Meet Our Rabbi

AT THE LIGHTING OF THE MENORAH IN NAVY HALL, NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE

ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2023

Rabbi Meirovich was asked to light the Chanukiah at the Niagara-wide

community event, organized by Alana Huron this year.  Click the headline to view the video.

From Our Rabbi’s Desk

One of the things that Rabbi Meirovich has done willingly and at first, voluntarily, was to contribute to our local newspaper, The St. Catharines Standard.  Our paper has a weekly column entitled FAITH MATTERS and here are a few of the entries published under our rabbi’s byline.

Faith Matters – September 24th, 2024 – Speech Has the Power to Heal or Rend

Faith Matters – August 16th, 2024 – To Comfort is Human, But Consolation is Divine

Faith Matters – July 24th, 2024 – Model Ani: A Prayer of Gratitude or a Prayer of Confession

Faith Matters – June 9th, 2024 – Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem Has Religious Signifcance

Faith Matters – May 11, 2024 – Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Commemoration of What It Means to Be Jewish

Faith Matters – April 6th, 2024 – Pesach, not Passover:  A time of Faith in God’s divine protection

Faith Matters – March 9th, 2024 – The Protagonist of the Esther Narrative Alive and Well.

Faith Matters – February 3rd, 2024 – I Am That I Am

Faith Matters – December 13, 2023 – Channukah and Psalm 30

Faith Matters – November 23, 2023 – An Existential Crisis for the World

Faith Matters – October, 2023 – Vindication of God and the Book of Job

Faith Matters – September 21, 2023 – The Bible’s Creation Narrative & The Sabbath

Faith Matters – August 5, 2023 – A Perspective For The High Holy Days

Faith Matters – July 23 – Day of Mourning on Jewish Religious Calendar Starts with Lamentations and Moves to Hope

Faith MattersJune23 – Spiritual Transformations:  Father-In-Law of Moses Transformed by What He Heard

Faith Matters – Shavuot 2023 –  Chanting of the Torah on Shavuot an Emotional Experience

Faith Matters – May 23 – Religious Perspectives On The Creation of the State of Israel

Faith Matters – April23 – Removing Drops of Wine During the Passover Seder

Faith Matters – March23- With Anti-Semitism Again Rising, The Narrative of The Book of Esther Shines Forth As A Beacon Of Hope

Faith Matters – February 23rd – An Eye for An Eye?  Biblical Law of Retaliation Can Spark Considerable Debate

  The St.Catharines Standard – Saturday,January 7, 2023 – Jewish worship, service of the heart
Jews seek self-evaluation in prayer and see themselves
as the object of God’s love
and justice

The St. Catharines Standard – Saturday December 10, 2022 – Faith matters: Chanukah, a matter of light vs darkness
Through lighting of the Menorah, Judaism reaffirms a different spiritual message as recorded in the Hebrew Bible

The St. Catharines Standard – July 23rd – A  Prayer For Healing in the Torah

The St. Catharines Standard – May 29, 2022 – Shavuot: Revelation of The Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai

The  St. Catharines Standard – April 2, 2022 – What Does It Mean To Be Free : A Passover Message

The St. Catharines Standard – March 5, 2022 – Purim: Why Did Mordechai Refuse To Bow Down to Haman?

MEET RABBI DR. MOSHE MEIROVICH

Rabbi  Dr. Moshe Meirovich

Our current rabbi, part-time, has come out of retirement to us.  He hails originally from Toronto and a full and successful career as an educator, cantor, and spiritual leader of congregations in both Canada and the United States.  Rabbi Meirovich has been a great addition to our community! He has enhanced our lives as our part-time leader because he comes to us with an impressive wealth of knowledge and experience. While serving our congregation, he completed his PhD and was presented with his degree at a ceremony many of us witnessed from Spertus College in Chicago.  His dissertation centred on an in-depth comparison in historical background and liturgical precendent of the currently used prayer books of the Conservative and Orthodox movements.   Equally importantly, he brings with him a compassionate understanding of Jewish community life and which provides support and helps expand that life in our community. His services and Torah study sessions always draw solid attendance and are meaningful and enriching. We continue to enjoy his service to B’nai Israel.

Rabbi Meirovich’s first Purim with us

 

 

His second Purim with us

Rabbi Moshe Meirovich’s Video Greetings for High Holy Days  September 2023 / Tishri 5784

 

Picture of Maya Sternin and Rabbi Moshe at Purim this spring, 2023

 

Picture of one of our costumed members at Purim, 2023