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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

There is a beautiful saying in our Talmud that “the world only exists due to the breath of schoolchildren” (Shabbat 119b). This "breath” is interpreted to mean the recitation and study of Torah because no one brings as much innocence…
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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

To everything there is a season The Book of Kohelet teaches us that “to everything there is a season”, and boy, is it coming up to that time of year again. You know the one; the one with the shofar blast, and the sweetness of apples and…
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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

Honouring our Wisdom Generation Growing up, and still to this day, my family has the tradition of celebrating Shabbat dinner together at my grandparent’s home, every Friday night. Like many of your families, we too have our Shabbat routines;…
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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

Dear Holy Blossom Temple family,  For those of you who I have not had the pleasure to meet yet, I am Rabbi Eliza McCarroll, your new Assistant Rabbi, and I thought I would tell you a little about my role in our community.  My first…

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