Dear Friends,
Ettie and I are beyond thrilled to share with you that next week we are finally breaking ground on the long-awaited Big Build!
So much work has been put into reaching this incredible milestone and we couldn't have done it without the remarkable support of our community.
You've supported and cheered us on since we announced this historic project and now we invite you- friends, supporters, alumni and community members to please join us in person as we break ground on a new chapter of our Jay and Patty Baker Preschool story.
Join us for the Groundbreaking Ceremony on Friday, January 19, at 9 AM. Kindly RSVP to office@[email protected]
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Do you know how the Jews reacted when Moses came to tell them the news that they will be leaving Egypt? Think they partied and danced? Not quite… “And they did not listen to Moses out of shortness of breath.”
The Hebrew word for breath is Ruach. But Ruach also means “spirit”. This passage can be translated as "And they did not listen to Moses out of lack of spirit."
In the history of Egypt not a single slave had ever escaped. How could an entire nation ever walk free? Moses was a dreamer, they thought. It is just not realistic to hold out such high hopes, only to have them dashed yet again. And so the people were utterly despondent and spiritless and, therefore, they could not hear, i.e. absorb, Moses’ message.
It happens all too often. People become so set in their mediocrity that they give up hope of ever achieving the breakthrough. This is true for marriages, careers or our spiritual aspirations, we lose the desire to dream.
The Torah is teaching us never to lose our ‘spirit’, our hopes, our dreams and resolve!
Shabbat Shalom and have a great week ahead!
Rabbi Fishel & Ettie Zaklos