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generation.

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SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near and far,

experience

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online. OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New CANDIDATE'S APPLICATION FORM December 2021 . To: All Perspective Candidates . From: Nominating Committee Chair . RE: CANDIDATE’S APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS . Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Sinai Temple. DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.”. The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. It is the task of the kohen—the spiritual leaders of the generation—to feed and preserve

this fire

RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near and far,

experience

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online. OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New CANDIDATE'S APPLICATION FORM December 2021 . To: All Perspective Candidates . From: Nominating Committee Chair . RE: CANDIDATE’S APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS . Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Sinai Temple. DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.”. The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. It is the task of the kohen—the spiritual leaders of the generation—to feed and preserve

this fire

RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE WITH RABBI GUZIK Join Rabbi Nicole Guzik and women around the Sinai community for a special Torah study via Zoom. Click HERE to register. A Women’s Perspective with Rabbi Guzik will be on hiatus throughout July and August and we look forward to resuming the class after the High Holy

Days.

VIRTUAL KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE Calendar. Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat Service. June 9, 2023 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm | Recurring Event WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and SINAI TEMPLE MEMBER AREA Welcome to SINAI TEMPLE MEMBER AREA. Please enter your User ID and Password below. For additional help, please contact 310-474-1518.

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CLERGY & SENIOR STAFF Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org KORACH - KORACH AND THE PANDEMIC Keywords: Bertolt Brecht; Korach; monotony; Moses; pandemic; patience; purpose; reading; rebellion; reborn; redemption; Vladimir Nabokov;

wilderness

A YIZKOR MESSAGE

A Yizkor Message. On Yizkor we gather to remember the ones we miss. The ones who knew our world. The one who grasped the corkscrew twists special to your own soul. What we miss, and what we crave, is the intimacy that assures you in a world that spins no matter your wishes, that drives on heedless of your hopes, you are not alone.

MEHRZAD ROSHAN

Mehrzad Roshan and her husband Mansoor z’l joined Sinai Temple in 1986. Their three children, Negeen, Parisa and Matin, attended Sinai Akiba Academy and became B’nai Mitzvah at Sinai Temple. Their three grandchildren attended Douglas Family Early Childhood Center and are

enrolled in

RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering ROBERT T. (TOM) FLESH Robert T. (Tom) Flesh. Robert T. (Tom) Flesh was born in Los Angeles to parents who were both Holocaust survivors. He attended schools in Los Angeles and graduated from the USC School of Business in 1972 and Loyola Law School in 1975.

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near VIRTUAL KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE Calendar. Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat Service. June 9, 2023 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm | Recurring Event OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.”. The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. It is the task of the kohen—the spiritual leaders of the generation—to feed and preserve

this fire

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near VIRTUAL KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE Calendar. Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat Service. June 9, 2023 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm | Recurring Event OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.”. The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. It is the task of the kohen—the spiritual leaders of the generation—to feed and preserve

this fire

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online. CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and SINAI TEMPLE MEMBER AREA Welcome to SINAI TEMPLE MEMBER AREA. Please enter your User ID and Password below. For additional help, please contact 310-474-1518.

Thank you!

CLERGY & SENIOR STAFF Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org

WEBSITE THANK YOU

for their transformational gift to allow for the ongoing enhancement of Sinai Temple’s website. Thank you to the following individuals who have contributed generously to the launch of our new website: Abigail Goldman & Jonathan Anschell. Rebecca & David Kekst. Angela &

Jamshid Maddahi.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Membership Application We are pleased to welcome you to Sinai Temple as a member of our synagogue. You are joining a warm, caring, and inclusive community that focuses on our HOMEPAGE - SINAI TEMPLE - CYBERMITZVAH Cybermitzvah B’nai Mitzvah, Prayer & Trope Resources DEAR B’NAI MITZVAH FAMILIES, Congratulations! You have reached a momentous milestone in your child’s Jewish education. My team and I look forward to working with him/her, as they reach adulthood, in the eyes of Jewish tradition. Welcome to Sinai Temple’s B’nai Mitzvah resource website. Here you will find all of the necessary tools RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

DR. MARC LINDNER

Dr. Marc Lindner. Dr. Marc Lindner is thrilled to be back in Los Angeles, at Sinai Akiba Academy, in the role of Head of School. Born and raised in New York, Marc met his wife, Michelle, in Los Angeles nearly 30 years ago. From 1996-2016, Marc and Michelle lived in Los

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and CANDIDATE'S APPLICATION FORM December 2021 . To: All Perspective Candidates . From: Nominating Committee Chair . RE: CANDIDATE’S APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS . Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Sinai Temple.

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Membership Application We are pleased to welcome you to Sinai Temple as a member of our synagogue. You are joining a warm, caring, and inclusive community that focuses on our RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

V’AL KULAM

Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HATE JEWS? In other words, Jews have been hated because they remained Jews. Because they refused, in the face of the most furious persecutions, to cease being who they were. Because they reflect back on the world the reality of its own brutality. Because, as Maurice Samuel once put it, “no one loves his alarm clock.”. Those who have embraced and CANDIDATE'S APPLICATION FORM December 2021 . To: All Perspective Candidates . From: Nominating Committee Chair . RE: CANDIDATE’S APPLICATION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS . Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Sinai Temple.

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Membership Application We are pleased to welcome you to Sinai Temple as a member of our synagogue. You are joining a warm, caring, and inclusive community that focuses on our RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

V’AL KULAM

Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org VIRTUAL SUNDAY MINYAN An event every week that begins at 8:30 am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely. Event Category: Daily Minyan. Venue Sinai Temple

SERMONS ARCHIVE

Keywords: America; Civil War; freedom; history; Isaiah; learning; Memorial Day; memory; obligation; peace; remember; responsibility; teaching; tradition; United SINAI TEMPLE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL WELCOME TO SINAI TEMPLE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL (STARS)! We are committed to instilling a strong connection to the Jewish tradition, Israel and the community at large. Our accredited, nurturing, and enthusiastic staff are passionate about teaching children the joy of Judaism. Starting in our elementary grades, we ‘do’ hands on Judaism, through art OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to

THE BALANCE CLASS

The 10/100 Program consists of six simple movements designed to grow your brain (neuroplasticity), improve your balance (proprioception) and strengthen your immune system. Group Classes are FREE! Wednesdays from 9:30 -10:30 a.m. VIA CLERGY & SENIOR STAFF Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org MEN'S CLUB - SINAI TEMPLE The Men’s Club is devoted to the well-being of Jews throughout the world and specifically in the State of Israel. Our monthly programs include speakers who share their views on Israel’s historic and unprecedented achievements, the challenges it faces, and ways we can be effective in supporting the only Jewish state we have.

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering ROBERT T. (TOM) FLESH Robert T. (Tom) Flesh. Robert T. (Tom) Flesh was born in Los Angeles to parents who were both Holocaust survivors. He attended schools in Los Angeles and graduated from the USC School of Business in 1972 and Loyola Law School in 1975.

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SERMONS ARCHIVE

Keywords: America; Civil War; freedom; history; Isaiah; learning; Memorial Day; memory; obligation; peace; remember; responsibility; teaching; tradition; United VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Member Login; Calendar; Event Registration; Make a Gift; Annual Appeal; Affiliate Group Memberships; Shopping Cart; Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE There is a beautiful story told of the Brisker Rav, Reb Hayyim Halevy Soloveitchik. Once a man arrived late at night in Brisk. All the houses were dark save one so he knocked at the door.

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.” The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

V’AL KULAM

Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org

SINAI TEMPLE HOME

Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a welcoming and caring community for its members, devoted to Jewish learning and support for Israel and the Jewish people, and committed to improving ourselves and the world through a growing relationship with God from generation to

generation.

SINAI TEMPLE

SINAI TEMPLE VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING Welcome to Sinai Temple’s Streaming Website! Memorial Day Shabbat This website was created with congregational collaboration, clergy direction, safety precautions, a deep urgency to stay united as a Sinai Temple family and responsibility towards each other and the greater Jewish community. Our priority is to ensure that our community, both near SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online.

SERMONS ARCHIVE

Keywords: America; Civil War; freedom; history; Isaiah; learning; Memorial Day; memory; obligation; peace; remember; responsibility; teaching; tradition; United VIRTUAL FRIENDS OF SINAI Sinai Temple is dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming and caring community to all who wish to join us. During these times of virtual gathering we are offering a special way to participate for our out-of-town friends (those living further than 30 miles from Sinai Temple). A Virtual Friends of Sinai Temple subscription provides

access to

OFF THE PULPIT ARCHIVE The Great Innovation. By Rabbi David Wolpe on April 16, 2021. The Roman historian Tacitus relates that when Pompey and his troops entered the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem in 63 BCE, they found it “untenanted.”. It was a mystery to them to

RABBI DAVID WOLPE

Rabbi David Wolpe. Max Webb Senior Rabbi . Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple.Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New DID THE FIRE GO OUT? Leviticus 6:5 reads, “The fire upon the altar shall be kept burning in itand the priest shall burn wood on it every morning.” The Alshich, a 16th century rabbi, explains, “There is a fire of love for God that burns within every soul. RABBI EMERITUS ZVI DERSHOWITZ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz. Until he became Sinai’s Emeritus, Rabbi Dershowitz served this congregation 25 years on the pulpit, teaching, administering

V’AL KULAM

Contact. 10400 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 View larger map (310) 474-1518. info@sinaitemple.org SINAI STREAMED SCHEDULE While we may not be able to be together physically, we can still gather virtually as a community for prayer, programming and Jewish learning. Until further notice, all Sinai Temple programming has transitioned online. WORSHIP - SINAI TEMPLE Worship. Sinai Temple strives to provide you with inspiring, participatory religious services. Whether it is attending our daily minyan, joining us during the High Holy Days, or trying out a Friday Night Live Shabbat experience, we welcome you in prayer, study, conversation, and connection. VIRTUAL SUNDAY MINYAN An event every week that begins at 8:30 am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely. Event Category: Daily Minyan. Venue Sinai Temple

SERMONS ARCHIVE

Keywords: America; Civil War; freedom; history; Isaiah; learning; Memorial Day; memory; obligation; peace; remember; responsibility; teaching; tradition; United GRADUATION - SINAI TEMPLE This upcoming week we celebrate many graduations. The graduations of our eighth-grade students from Sinai Akiba Academy and Sinai Temple Religious School. The graduation of our own preschooler moving up towards kindergarten. Watching students say goodbye to teachers and friends bidding farewell for the summer. But in many ways, we’re all experiencing graduation: transitioning CONTACT US - SINAI TEMPLE MAIN OFFICE Phone: (310) 474-1518 Fax: (310) 474-6801 Email: info@sinaitemple.org DIRECTORIES By Department 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, MOVING UP - SINAI TEMPLE We are a people that moves, never settling in one place. The word teshuva means return, indicating a sedentary lifestyle is not preferred within Judaism. This week, I had attended the Sinai Akiba Academy Moving Up ceremony. The 5th graders were moving up to middle school. Yes, they will be in the same building come September with the same group of friends and even the same teachers, but these CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF SINAI TEMPLE The music of Sinai Temple is inspirational, accessible and rooted in a long history of tradition. Led by Cantor Marcus Feldman, our Music Department, in partnership with the Sinai Temple clergy, works strategically to blend traditional, nostalgic and contemporary melodies, while ensuring that the prayers we sing remain true to our

history.

IS IT MY FAULT?

When something bad or tragic happens to people, they will often say, “what did I do to deserve this?” Many people insist that nothing

happens without a

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