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Summer Storms, by Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

by mussar | Aug 3, 2021 | August, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter

It’s hard to believe Elul begins early next week. Even though this is one of those years where the High Holy Days do fall early (Erev Rosh HaShanah is September 6th), noting our amazement at the seemingly sudden onset of the New Year is still a classic Jewish trope....

On Continuing, Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

by mussar | Jun 3, 2021 | June/July, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter

I want to add my voice to the chorus congratulating our new graduates here at CCM. And even while blessing this occasion – and it is not just a nice thing to do, but a joyful necessity to bless arrivals such as this – I want to reflect a little on the phenomenon of...

CCM Tribute to Mindy Shapiro Highlights the Month of May

by mussar | Apr 27, 2021 | May, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter

By Herb Levine on behalf of the Tribute Committee “We are delighted that so many people have come forward to honor Mindy at our upcoming Tribute on May 23rd,” says Rosh Yeshivah, Ira Stone. “Mindy has been the cornerstone of our program. No other Madrichah has taught...

Counting the Omer, by Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

by mussar | Apr 1, 2021 | April, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter

The Slonimer Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Noach Barzovsky (1911–2000), said that the central thing of these 49 days of Counting the Omer is each day, slowly but surely, to go a little further out of Egypt. It’s not dramatic and at least day by day, the distance we cover does...

CCM Community Update: Discovering Practice’s Vibrant Edge, by Dr. Beulah Trey and Isha Strasser

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...

The Call of Anavah at Purim

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...
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