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  Friends, Passover begins on March 27. CSOA Zoom Seder March 28. Order your Passover supplies and foods on this handy form: Passover-Order-Form If there is anything you need that is not on the list, please add it to your email. Please place your order by Monday, March 8, so we can ensure availability of everything […]

Rabbi Brian’s Diary –  Here’s what I did in a 2-day period, February 22-24, 2021 Drove 3 hours from St Paul to La Crosse in heavy snow and dark, after dropping off my son. 7 AM Cardiology – Heart Ultrasound (clean bill of health!) Made an omelet with veggies Phone call – Member with problems […]

People often ask me, “Rabbi Brian, what does a rabbi do all day?” So I thought I would share most of my schedule for February 22 to 24: Drove 2 hours from St Paul in heavy snow and dark, after dropping off my son. 7 AM Gundersen Cardiology – ultrasound (Congratulations! It’s a rabbi!) Picked […]

ב”ה New Year’s Resolutions? Greetings, friends, and Happy New Year! There has been much talk about how 2021 just HAS to be an improvement over 2020. In many ways, that’s true. On one hand, there are plenty of toilet paper and paper towels available. On the other hand, all this time at home has motivated […]

ב”ה Norma Deborah Altman (Lebovitz) – Dvorah bat Leah v’Shmuel – passed away peacefully but reluctantly on December 25, 2020, at age 89. What follows is Norma’s obituary written by herself. Norma was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, on March 16, 1931 to Samuel and Lily (Contorer) Lebovitz. Norma lived in Chicago, […]

Friends, as this challenging year comes to an end, we can only hope for a better year ahead. This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi – “And Jacob lived”. Although that’s how the parsha begins, the parsha deals not with Jacob’s life, but his demise.  This reminds us of another parsha, Chayei Sarah.  Although it was […]

ב”ה Greetings, friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, despite the fact that we were not able to share it with our usual guests.  I am grateful for the hospitality you have showed my fiancee Renana Friedman.  She has enjoyed getting to know our members. Perhaps it’s due to pandemic – or just […]