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Cantor Kim Singer’s first d’var Torah at Temple Shir Shalom of Oviedo was, perhaps presciently, about arrivals and new beginnings. The message was uplifting as well as timely. Chukkat, the Torah portion for the week of June 26, discusses the arrival of the children of Israel to the Jordan River. On the other side is the Promised Land. Following a challenging period of leadership and rebellion, they are once again moving forward with one purpose, full of hope and looking forward in awe. This metaphorical new beginning served as a rather app...
Reform congregation, Temple Shir Shalom, “the Singing Temple,” has grown into a tight-knit community over 13 years. Like many b’nai mitzvah, they came to a crossroads in 2014 of deciding how they wanted to go forward. The spiritual leader sets the tone—and the tune. Enter Cantor Kim Singer, RJE. As the Bima Committee was putting together a job description for the position at Temple Shir Shalom, they may have had faint hopes to find all of what they wanted and needed in one person. Town hall meetings gathered congregants’ ideas of what trai...
