Have you ever had a moment which you might describe as "the heavens opened and I knew what I had to do"? It was a kind of "revelation" and you acted on it. Has it always worked out for the best? Perhaps, most of the time it has but ,then, sometimes it hasn't. We may feel that we " have" to do something, we do it and then , upon reflection, we see that there were better options that we simply failed to see because we were carried away by the sheer power of that moment when we felt as if the heavens opened for us. We don't want to simply make up our own world, so we learn to share our insights with others. We see what they think.. We study the wisdom that we have inherited. We try to understand that wisdom and see if it confirms what we have experienced. At the end of the day, however, we are responsible for our own lives and must choose what we are to do. These moments when the heavens open are a great blessing--especially if we are able to work together with others to understand what they mean. Reflections of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, celebrating the giving of the Torah
SHAVUOZ
Sunday, May 16, 2021
7:49pm —Candles
8:00pm —Mincha
Siyum Shas with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
8:45pm — Maariv
9:00pm — Delicious Community Dinner (BY RSVP)
Late Night Learning in Main Shul
11:00pm - Rabbi Allen Schwartz: By The Numbers - What Comprises the 613 Mitzvos?
12:00am - David Israel: Happy Shavuos! - Torah and the Positive Psychology Movement
Teen Scene
11:00pm - Dr. Nava Silton: Finding the Meaning in Megillas Ruth
