Anxiety makes us fearful. In our vulnerability, we call on God. It is in such moments that we are forced to admit that we need help, to confess – even to ourselves – that we don’t want to be left alone.

Fleeing from his enraged brother, Esau, Jacob dreams of the divine. God’s own angels traverse the way between heaven and earth before him. God, Jacob decides upon wakening, was “in this place.” He himself had no idea, no clue.

During this service, we will focus on our own questions about God’s presence in our lives. Who and what is God? Why does God seem absent, or uncaring? When does God seem to be involved with the actualities of human existence?

Join us for a lively Tot Shabbat at 10 a.m.; Shabbat Shacharit service follows at 10:30.