Rabbi Howard Morrison

Dear Congregational Family,

These past few weeks have transitioned us from one year to the next. With the passing of Simchat Torah, our Torah reading cycle has transitioned from the end to the beginning. An old joke has us pronounce the Torah's opening words "In the beginning" as "In the big inning."

As a Boston raised baseball fan living in Toronto, every inning this weekend will be a big inning, as Toronto, Boston, New York and Seattle compete for two wild card spots. How ironic is it that the baseball season ends and the playoffs begin as we finish and begin the Torah reading cycle.

On a more serious note, how will we make the new year of 5782 a more Jewishly enriching one than the year before? The beginning of the Torah anew allows us to spiritually begin anew in our personal lives.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Howard Morrison