Acharei Mot

Abigail K. , April 16, 2011, Temple Emanuel Newton, MA

Another lovely service at Temple Emanuel, Abigail did a nice job. In addition to her Bat Mitzvah there was a baby naming. Sometimes you tend to forget that the synagogue has other things going on........and the congregation seemed to be filled with congregants, not only related to the Bat Mitzvah and baby.

This week the usher came to talk to the kids...but not to tell them to keep quiet. He came to solicit volunteers, and Isaac and Kent had the honor of holding the first torah during the haftorah reading. A proud moment.

The elegant party was at the Henderson House, which as Goldie and Sammy put it "was sooooo Abigail"!!

Rachel B., April 16, 2011, Temple Beth Elohim

Halfway through the night, we brought Goldie and Sammy to Rachel's party at TBE, conveniently close to the Henderson House. Rachel is in your bunk at camp, hooray for camp parties! It was a very lively and loud party, and I recognized a few faces when we dropped you off. It's good to be young and invited to many parties.

And it is good to have a weekend off for Passover next week! May is busier than April!

Metzora

Mikki J. , April 9, 2011 Temple Israel, Boston

Mikki was cool as a cucumber, leading the service, and teaching her torah portion. She looked beautiful, too! As the Rabbi said, she made a difficult torah portion into an interesting topic, and did it with ease and an appropriate sense of humor. He also mentioned how the Janower family had taught everyone in the congregation something about overcoming odds from sickness. So true.

We guessed right about the Fashion theme! Fun magazine pictures.

Rebecca N., April 9, 2011, Chabad of Lexington

An evening Havdallah and dessert at Chabad was led by Rebecca. She has transitioned into quite a lovely lady also. Good to be with our Chabad peeps! We enjoyed Italian champagne and home made rugelach and lots of beautiful pictures of Rebecca in Italy and San Diego, her two homes away from home.

Tazria

Lily V., April 2, 2011, Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley, MA

Lily is one of your first friends from Rashi school, when you were in Ms. Farber's Kindergarten class! Only a few classmates remain at Rashi from that first year, when the class was young and very sweet. Lily was pretty nervous but the Rabbi and her parents were very calming.

Services were at the newly remodeled TBE, and the sanctuary was magnificent. The party was very fun, and included a Flash mob, a monkey (!!) and very creative face painting.

Bayla Bukiet, April 2, 2011, Chabad of Lexington, Lexington MA

The 5th daughter of Rabbi Bukiet, Bayla was at nursery school at the same time as you and Jacob at Chabad. Those were the years we really got to know the Bukiet family, and to enjoy Chabad. Dad and Jacob went to the services, and enjoyed Bayla's D'var Torah. Mazel Tov to the Bukiets.