Kol Nidre Appeal 2003 One Rosh Hashanah morning, the Rabbi ...

vanishkes, stuffed derma, or, dare I say, tongue. For some, it means weekly attendance at
Shabbat services. For some it means attending services once a year. For some it may be
all, or none, of the above. Whatever our differences, they all come from the same center–
or hub–our Jewishness.
All of these differences, these spokes, are held together by one thing...our wheel
or tire...our Temple. It is here, at the Highland Park Conservative Temple and Center,
that we can come together as one people...Klal Yisroel...together with all our differences,
as one....a symbol of who we are.
Last week Rabbi Malomet spoke so movingly about the importance of a loving,
beautiful home...a place to come home to. This is our home. It is up to us to bring that
love and beauty here into our home. I believe that it is the many different “spokes” we
each bring to the “wheel” of our Temple that makes us beautiful. And, it is the “hub” of
our Jewishness that gives us the ability to love and accept all our differences.
Tonight, we think of many images and symbols. This year, come home to our
“wheel”...our Temple. Bring your very own reasons for coming. Be one of our
“spokes”. You share a common center...a common “hub” with the rest of us. You are a
part of us. Find your own way to play a more active part of our “home”. Whether you
volunteer by joining a committee, or chose to make a donation for our future, or both,
you, and everything that symbolizes who you are, have a place with us. Help us create
the symbols and images that will be our future.
Symbols. Images.