PAST ARTICLES AND SERMONS FROM RABBI EMERITA MYRA SOIFER
Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer
AUGUST 1984 TO JUNE 2009
SEPTEMBER 2012 TO JUNE 2013
Email: RabbiMyra@sinaireno.org
Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer served as Temple Sinai’s rabbi for 25 years (from August 1984 through June 2009). Prior to coming to Reno, Rabbi Soifer served as the Assistant Rabbi at Temple Sinai in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was ordained in 1978, by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rabbi Soifer’s activities at Temple Sinai in Reno included services of worship and life cycle, teaching, home and hospital visits, community lectures, and private counseling. She is the author of numerous published articles on a variety of Jewish topics.
Retired on June 30, 2009, Rabbi Soifer retains the title “Rabbi Emerita.” She has been granted life-time membership at our Temple.
Rabbi Soifer also came back to Sinai for nine months (September 2012 through June 2013) and provided full rabbinic services during our search for a permanent rabbi. She re-entered retirement on June 30, 2013.
Isaac Follows in His Father’s Footsteps
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 21, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:1-9 Next Session Saturday, August 28, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:10 Last week we discussed the famine in Gerar (after the previous famine in Abraham’s time), YHVH telling Isaac not to go to Egypt yet (in case he might think the exile to Egypt […]
Exhausted Esau Prefers Lentil Stew to His Birthright
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 14, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 25:28-34 Next Session Saturday, August 21, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:1 Last week we discussed Isaac loving Esau ‘because he put game in his mouth’ and Rebecca loving Jacob, that the love may have been of opposites since Esau was a crafty hunter while […]
To Be Oysgezoomt or To Be Otherwise, That is the Question
Dear Friends, One of our congregants, Judy Schumer, introduced me to a new Yiddish word last summer: oysgezoomt. For a fascinating article on the word’s etymology, check out the article “The Yiddish Word of 2020.” Simply put, it is the feeling of being utterly fatigued by online offerings. Friends, looking into a second virtual High […]
High Holidays 5782 / 2021
High Holy Day Donations Donate for the High Holy Days online with your credit card or PayPal account. You don’t have to actually have a PayPal account to donate this way. You can use your credit card instead during the PayPal checkout. Message from the JPC on Behalf of the Board High Holy Days Announcement […]