Prague Journal

Friday, February 18, 2005.

Rabbi Norman Patz from Temple Sholom of West Essex, New Jersey, led the service at Bejt Praha this evening. He and his wife and eight students from the 10th grade confirmation class (and a few parents) had come to Prague for a visit. We had met Rabbi Patz seven years ago when Bejt Praha met on the second floor of the Jewish Town Hall. It was nice to have a Rabbi lead the service, especially because he gave a brief commentary on this week’s parsha about the ner tamid, the eternal light. The message of the parsha is that there is a spark of this light within each of us and that we should use this internal spark to do good things. A nice uplifting message to greet the weekend.
Helen joined us for dinner after the service, this time at Restaurace v žatecké, just across the street from U Kapra. We had a very nice meal and, of course, interesting conversation. It’s so nice to have time to become friends, not just acquaintances, with people we meet here.

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