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CHAIYAE SARAH - Gainesville When I was 11 years old, I distinctly remember going to my grandfather’s 70th birthday.  This ...

PARASHAT VAYEIRA - GAINESVILLE The Torah likes to talk in coded language, or at least we read Torah as if ...

Rabbi Cy Stanway - Gainesville The parasha this week is something of a pivot point, if you think about it.  ...

Bereshit - Gainesville Welcome back to the beginning of the Torah and probably the most misunderstood portion in Western religious ...

SUKKOT GAINESVILLE Americans have a deep desire to either be happy, pretend we are happy, or make everyone else happy! ...

Yom Kippur Morning Rabbi Cy Stanway American society loves to assign names to significant and, oftentimes, not-so-significant events. Every month ...

Shir Shalom - Gainesville Temple Shir Shalom: Gainesville
 Rabbi Cy StanwayWhen I became an American many years ago, someone told ...

Rosh Hashanna Morning 2025 – GainesvilleRabbi Cy Stanway  Several years ago, the tabloids had a field day when the beautiful, ...

Gainesville, 2025 Even though I pretty in the dark about baseball, even I know the iconic picture of Babe Ruth ...

Nitzavim - Gainesville I am not sure why, but this week’s portion is my all-time favorite. I have tried to ...