by admin | Oct 29, 2026 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
The month of Cheshvan is devoid of holidays, the odd birthday notwithstanding. Popular wisdom has it that this is the reason the month is also called Marcheshvan – read as Mar (bitter) Cheshvan. This turns out not to be true, as Marcheshvan is in fact the month’s...
by admin | Aug 25, 2026 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
As I write, we are preparing to prepare for the high holy days. In fact, the entire holiday season is layered with increasing degrees of preparation for what is to come. Ten weeks before the new year, the cycle of Torah and Haftarot locks into a count towards the...
by admin | Jun 22, 2026 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
Over the summer here at Congregation Shaara Tfille, we are replacing floors and carpeting for much of our building, including the offices. Of course, floors have furniture on them, and furniture is filled with things like books, so all of that needs to be packed up...
by admin | Feb 22, 2026 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
“If not for you,” sang Bob Dylan, “my winter would hold no spring.” Our two early springtime holidays – Purim and Passover – form a remarkable study in contrasts. The latter is both the first Jewish holiday (born alongside the Jewish nation), and falls first in the...
by admin | Dec 26, 2025 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
I was dreaming when I wrote this; forgive me if it goes astray. By the time you read these words, these events may seem distant memories, chased away by once unthinkable circumstances that seem to follow upon one another’s heels at breakneck pace lately. Better, I...
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