{"id":142,"date":"2018-03-12T14:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:56:51","slug":"home-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"142\" class=\"elementor elementor-142\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11b0beb elementor-section-stretched animated-slow elementor-section-full_width sc_bg_mask_3 elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"11b0beb\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Currently, I serve as one of the Clergy at The Jewish Chaplaincy Society<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"u2461-5\">I am available for life cycle ceremonies, teaching, and spiritual counselling.\u00a0 I believe that everyone should have access to their traditions regardless of the directions our lives sometimes take<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c659e elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d9c659e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/index.php\/about-us-style-1\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dreamstime_xs_23922000.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dreamstime_xs_23922000.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><div class=\"mask\"><\/div><div class=\"icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/index.php\/services\/tribe\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-plus\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t<div class=\"sc_services_item_info\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sc_services_item_header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sc_services_item_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishchaplaincysociety.com\/index.php\/services\/tribe\/\">Joining the Tribe<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_services_item_subtitle\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- \/.sc_services -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681006c 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the first mitzvah of Shabbat is the kindling of lights. That is because Shabbat is actually a celebration of the Creator and His Creation. G\u2011d\u2019s creation of the world follows a seven-day cycle, which peaks each Shabbat and begins anew. At Creation, the first thing that was brought into being was light. Therefore, it is appropriate to kindle lights at the start of Shabbat in commemoration of the first light that was created.<\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b86ba animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"56b86ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<center><div id=\"hebcal-shabbat\"><strong><\/div>\r\n<script>\r\nfetch('https:\/\/www.hebcal.com\/shabbat?cfg=i2&geonameid=6173331&ue=off&b=18&M=off&m=5&lg=s&tgt=_top')\r\n  .then(response => response.text())\r\n  .then(data => document.getElementById('hebcal-shabbat').innerHTML = data);\r\n<\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">ONLINE CALENDAR OF SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING, READINGS, HOLIDAYS, AND FAST <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"font-size: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hebcal.com\/hebcal?v=1&amp;geo=geoname&amp;geonameid=6173331&amp;ue=off&amp;b=18&amp;M=on&amp;lg=s&amp;yt=G&amp;year=2025&amp;c=on&amp;s=on&amp;maj=on&amp;min=on&amp;mod=on&amp;mf=on&amp;ss=on&amp;nx=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d0dfc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9d0dfc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bf7fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-trx_sc_title\" data-id=\"85bf7fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"trx_sc_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"trx_sc_title_1312893115\"\r\n\t\tclass=\"sc_title sc_title_default\"><h2 class=\"sc_item_title sc_title_title sc_align_center sc_item_title_style_default\">Important Upcoming Festivals &  Holidays <\/h2><\/div><!-- \/.sc_title -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-parallax-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bg&quot;,&quot;x&quot;:0,&quot;y&quot;:0,&quot;scale&quot;:0,&quot;rotate&quot;:0,&quot;opacity&quot;:0}\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section 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