Kesher Quick - Celebrating a Sabbatical for Rabbi Spike Anderson
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February 15, 2024 | 8 Adar I 5784 | Issue # 505
A Shabbat Message from Rabbi Spike Anderson
Celebrating a Sabbatical for Rabbi Spike Anderson
Dear Temple Emanu-El,
About a year ago, we announced to the congregation that I would be heading out on a four-month sabbatical starting March of 2024. That time is fast approaching.
After 16 years in the rabbinate, nine of which I have served at Temple Emanu-El as Senior rabbi, I am so very grateful to have been granted this gift of time.
In these upcoming months, I plan to engage in serious Jewish study (some of which will be in Israel), explore mission-based service work, and perhaps write the book that I’ve been thinking about for a decade. No doubt, these activities will benefit my own spiritual life, and will certainly help to nourish the soul of Temple Emanu-El for years to come.
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