Rabbi's Weekly Message
Hashiveinu... Come Home Kiddo!
September 24, 2026
It’s been wild. It’s been uplifting. It’s been joyous. One hundred and sixty Jews joined us throughout Rosh Hashana for meaningful services, delicious meals memorable Tashlich experience and of course the annual Shofar in the Park at Lindley. I was inspired by the souls on fire who showed up to celebrate the New Year. During these Ten Days of Teshuva, Chavie hosted a marvelous Challah Bake event for women and girls on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the men enjoyed our eighth Mensch Club at the home of the Lifson’s. the spirit of renewal can be felt in the air and it’s awesome. Personally, I enjoyed the extra prayers we say during this time, including Avinu Malkeinu twice each day, especially the words “Our Father, our King, bring us back to You in wholehearted repentance.”
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I think of myself as a juggler: leading a Jewish community with my sushi loving husband, caring for my five rambunctious kids (who are adopted), and living in the Wild West of Montana, where it’s ALWAYS winter (or so it feels). It’s an art to be juggler, to live our fullest potential and still have very real lives. Not the perfect, glossy, manicured ones we so often encounter. I am here to be real.
