In D’varim, the last book of the Torah, Moses recalls the scene at Sinai. He reminds the people – do not forget your experience of the wondrous, of the miraculous, of the gift of experiencing the Divine. These memories call us to our highest selves, our highest hopes.

Indeed, millennia later, we still find it a difficult task to hold on to our experiences of undiminished joy, our memories of transcendent moments. How can we balance our world of obligations and tasks with our need to know the peace prayer can grant us, the joy community can offer, the knowledge that our lives matter beyond their span in time?

In this Shabbat service we will ask these questions and more. Perhaps a fresh encounter with the ancient miracles of Torah can help us recall the memory of so many small miracles we ourselves have seen with our own eyes.