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- 14 Simple and Surprising Things Jews Do With FireFire enhances life in a great many ways, while simultaneously being one of the most dangerous substa... Read More
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Upcoming Events
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Thu, August 27, 2026 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Zlata's Garden Meet & Greet
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Sun, August 30, 2026 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Zlata's Bas Mitzvah
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Tue, September 1, 2026 - 9:00am - 3:30pm
Zlata's Garden 1st Day!!
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Sun, September 6, 2026 - 12:00pm
CKIDS: Rosh Hashana Event
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Sat, September 12, 2026 - 10:00am - 1:30pm
High Holiday Services
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Daily Thought
Man sees a tree and the tree says, “I am here, I was here, and I am nothing more but a thing that is here.”
Man ponders and answers, “No! I give you a name! You are ‘tree’! You have beauty and you have a soul. You point upwards and you say, ‘There is something higher, there is the One who gives me life and gives me my very being.’”
And so Man goes on, until he has brought the whole of creation down on its...









