by mussar | Feb 4, 2021 | February, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter
CCM Community Update: Discovering Practice’s Vibrant Edge, by Dr. Beulah Trey and Isha Strasser In the December Newsletter, we published an article which communicated our intent to Build a Vibrant Graduate Community. We reported that so far, CCM has graduated a...
by mussar | Feb 4, 2021 | February, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter
The Call of Anavah at Purim, By Rabbi Joshua Boettiger The middah of humility, or anavah, challenges us to treat every person as a potential teacher. Initially, we might understand this as simply being open to the possibility of learning something from each encounter...
by mussar | Feb 3, 2021 | February, Newsletter, Pre-Pesach Series
Out of Mitzrayim: Toward the Joy of Responsibility By Herb Levine, Sec., CCM Board of Directors, Board Liaison to CCM’s Rabbinic Advisory Council When we think of our ourselves as members of households, there’s no question that for most of us the Passover Seder is the...
by mussar | Feb 3, 2021 | February, Newsletter, Student Platform
Purim: A Hidden Mussar Journey, by Heidi Schneider Queen Esther’s journey that we are about to recall during the festival of Purim parallels my own Mussar path. In the Five Books of Miriam, scholar Ellen Frankel calls Esther, “the Hidden One.” Esther did not reveal...
