From RabbiClaudia Kreiman's Shabbat Noach message: Our tradition teaches that the world was created from one human being to remind us of the infinite worth of every single life. Many of us know the teaching from the Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5: לְפִיכָךְ נִבְרָא אָדָם יְחִידִי, לְלַמֶּדְךָ, שֶׁכָּל הַמְאַבֵּד נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִלּוּ אִבֵּד עוֹלָם מָלֵא. וְכָל הַמְקַיֵּם נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִלּוּ קִיֵּם עוֹלָם מָלֵא Whoever destroys a single soul is as if they destroyed an entire world; and whoever saves a single soul, it is as if they saved an entire world. Even when God doubts the human project, even when the world seems irredeemable, Noah embodies the potential still alive in humanity: the potential to care, to protect, to preserve life. God understands that saving Noah’s life and his family’s means saving all of humanity. In that act, God teaches us that same lesson. Read the full message here: https://www.tbzbrookline.org/welcome/spiritual-leaders/rav-claudia-kreiman/parshat-noach-october-23-2025/ (fb)

From RabbiClaudia Kreiman's Shabbat Bereshit Message: "The day after Simchat Torah often feels like the true first day of the year. After twenty-three days of the holiday season (if you start counting from Rosh Hashanah!), today is the first day we return to something resembling normalcy, rhythm, and routine. The words that come to mind for me are from Naomi Shemer’s song “Hachagiga Nigmeret” (The Party Is Over): לקום מחר בבוקר עם שיר חדש בלב לשיר אותו בכח, לשיר אותו בכאב לשמוע חלילים ברוח החופשית ולהתחיל מבראשית To wake up tomorrow morning With a new song in our hearts, To sing it with strength, To sing it with pain, To hear the flutes in the free breeze, And to start—from the beginning. The refrain, ulehatchil mibereshit (to start from the beginning), repeats throughout the song. To stand again, to wake up again for a new beginning, this is the essence of Simchat Torah and of this moment in the calendar. Read the full message here: https://www.tbzbrookline.org/welcome/spiritual-leaders/rav-claudia-kreiman/parshat-bereshit-october-16-2025/ (fb)