Installation Shabbat - Shabbat Va'era 2025

“I promise that we will continue to be a congregation that lives the Jewish imperatives of tikkun hanefesh and tikkun olam that centers the work of transforming lives and bringing about a more just society.

And every Shabbat, please God, we will sanctify creation. The process of creation did not just happen in the mythic six days that we read about in our sacred stories. This process of creation is ongoing. We are God’s partners in that creation, and this community will take our energy, our creativity, our experience, our goodwill, and spread it among our congregation.”

Rabbi Jason Klein delivered this talk at Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday, January 24, 2025 / 25 Tevet 5785.

Be in community with CBST at Kabbalat Shabbat services, every Friday at 6:30pm EST, either in person or streaming live on CBST’s website at cbst.org/livestream.

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