From Rabbi David’s Desk

It’s plague time in the Torah reading cycle, concluding
with the death of the firstborn in this week’s portion, Bo
(Exodus 10:1-13:16). Question: Is it fair that innocent
Egyptians died along with the guilty? Was it an
unavoidable step toward freedom? This question has
troubled readers for 2,000+ years. See what the Bible
and rabbis say about it at Thursday’s Torah study (7-
8pm) – and at our experimental Zoom “mini-Shabbat” at
11am Saturday. Zoom link: https://bit.ly/NafTorah.

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What is a mini-Shabbat? Zoom in at 11am Saturday
(Joins us for a 5-minute intro to the Torah reading, talk, sing a song and do Kiddush. Link: https://bit.ly/NafTorah

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The big event in the coming week is Sunday’s (Jan. 29)
Book Club (1pm). Debbie Ottenberg is hosting, and the
book is Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Here’s a blurb from goodreads: “It’s the day of Nina
Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is
at a fever pitch. … The only person not looking forward
to the party of the year is Nina … By midnight the party
will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva
mansion will have gone up in flames.”