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Yizkor? It’s not Yom Kippur!
Posted on May 18, 2018 by Valley Temple, UncategorizedShalom! This Sunday morning is Shavuot! Shavuot is one of the holidays commanded in the Torah and is as important as Passover and Sukkot. We read from the Ten Commandments during this holiday, commemorating the gift of Torah given to us at Sinai. Each Festival features a time when Yizkor memorial prayers are included in
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Rabbi Kopnick’s Erev Yom Kippur sermon
Posted on October 14, 2016 by Valley Temple, UncategorizedWe Jews know what it is like to be at the wrong end of a superficial generalization about our faith and people. We also know that since we were freed from Egypt, we were commanded to never fall into the same trap of fear of the stranger. When we remain indifferent at times when non-Jews
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A World Without Elie Wiesel
Posted on October 13, 2016 by Valley Temple, UncategorizedWatch Rabbi Kopnick’s Erev Yom Kippur 2106 sermon in which he pays tribute to the life and memory of Elie Wiesel who died in July, 2016 and challenges the Jewish people to apply the lessons that Elie Wiesel’s life taught.