The Chai Times // Sun and Moon + Torah Pictures
Jun 02, 2023 6:58 pm
Each one of us is both the sun and the moon.
The sun is constant—every day the same fiery ball rises in the sky.
But the moon cycles through constant change—one day it is whole, then it wanes until it has disappeared altogether. Yet then it is renewed, reborn out of nothingness.
So too, we learn and progress by quantum leaps and bounds, yet the timeless, constant wisdom of Torah doesn’t budge from its place. On the contrary, the more we move forward, the deeper we fathom the truths behind us.
Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat,
Rabbi Mendy & Mussy
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Of interest:
Photos from the Torah Celebration!
What a wonderful celebration that was - celebrating a 100-year-old Torah and its new chapter at YJP Austin! Click here for the full album of pictures shot by the very talented Liz Moskowitz. And watch the presentation video here.
Thank you to the following who dedicated a portion of the Torah - there is more available you can participate here.
Torah Dedication
Brynn and Freddy Brick
Chumash Book Dedication
Beth Steinberg
Marc Cooper
Brad Meltzer
In Memory of David ben Shraga Feivel
Cara Lawler
Special Section
Juliana and Caleb Angel
Parsha Dedication
Yehuda Abrams
Matt Ford
Farkash Family
Rabbi Chaim & Batsheva Feldman
Juliana and Caleb Angel
Janet & JP Newman
Verse Dedication
Chaim Feldman
Joel Sumner
Shana Alterman
Alex Payatetsky
Ian Spechler
Jeremy Goren
Netzer Arev
Talya Wasserman
Word Dedication
Josh Hoffman
Adir Golan
Chaim Feldman
Max Sacher
Moriel Levy
Sarah Guccione
Aviva Frank
Danielle Thompson
Aryeh Roth
Carrie Chess
Abby Shay
Davida Rosenthal
Duncan Bryer
Aliyah Jacobson
Rachel Feinstein
Nikki Nissan
Evan Sacks-Wilner
Letter Dedication
Alex Popper
Julia Raygorodsky
Lauren Goodman
Hannah Hittleman
Marlee Friedman
Dedicate a section here: yjpaustin.org/torah
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