Temple Emanuel | Newton MA

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Flawed Vessels, Flawless Ideals

Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
May 17, 2014
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  • Welcome
    ▼
    • Welcome
    • Our Mission & History
      ▼
      • Voices of Temple Emanuel
    • Join us!
      ▼
      • Membership Application
    • Seven Gates
    • Clergy and Staff
    • Lay Leadership and Governance
      ▼
      • Officers
      • Board of Directors
      • Board of Trustees
      • Presidents Assembly
    • Photo Gallery
    • Media Room
      ▼
      • Live Stream
      • In the News
      • Community Blog
      • Bulletin / From the Gates
      • Annual Report
      • Communications
    • Contact Us
  • Events
    ▼
    • Live Stream
    • Program Listings
      ▼
      • Adult Education
      • Music
      • Sisterhood
      • Brotherhood
      • TE Tots: Young Families
      • Youth/Teens
      • Yisod – 20’s and 30’s
      • L’Chaim: Older Adults
    • Events Calendar
    • Full Calendar
      ▼
      • Service Times
    • Event Planning
      ▼
      • Bris/Baby Naming
      • Planning Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
      • Wedding Guide
    • Request a Space
  • Pray
    ▼
    • Service Times
    • Prayer Services
      ▼
      • Youth and Family Services
    • Selected Sermons
      ▼
      • Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
      • Rabbi Michelle Robinson
      • Rabbi Aliza Berger
    • Observance Resources
      ▼
      • Candle Lighting Times
    • Bereavement
      ▼
      • Temple Emanuel Cemetery
    • Publications/Guides
  • Learn
    ▼
    • Preschool
      ▼
      • Welcome
      • Our Programs
      • Jewish Values
      • Our Educators
      • Enrollment
      • Our Community
      • Events
      • Parent Resources
      • Photo Gallery
      • Contact Us
    • Religious School
      ▼
      • About Our School
      • Our Classes
      • Enrollment
      • Events
      • Parent Information
      • Photo Gallery
      • Contact Us
    • Bar/Bat Mitzvah
      ▼
      • Join the Jewish Conversation
      • Study Materials
    • Family Education
    • Adult Education
      ▼
      • Upcoming Programs
      • Rabbi’s Talmud Class
      • Hartman Learning Initiative
        ▼
        • Selected Hartman Lectures
      • MOST Program
    • Library
  • Community
    ▼
    • Community and Social Groups
    • Sisterhood
      ▼
      • Sisterhood Homepage
      • Upcoming Programs
      • Lang Judaica Shop
      • Photo Gallery
    • Brotherhood
      ▼
      • Upcoming Programs
      • Brotherhood Leadership
      • Photo Gallery
    • TE Tots – Young Families
    • Youth & USY
      ▼
      • Upcoming Youth Programs
      • United Synagogue Youth (USY)
      • Day School Family Connection
      • Photo Gallery
      • Scholarship Application
    • Yisod – 20’s and 30’s
    • Jewish Singles Mingle
    • L’Chaim – Seniors
    • Havurot
    • Keruv – Interfaith Families
    • B’Tselem Inclusion
  • Israel
    ▼
    • Passport to Israel
    • Israel on Campus
    • Travel to Israel
    • Hartman Learning Initiative
      ▼
      • Hartman Institute Study Trip
    • Israel Action & Advocacy
  • Music
    ▼
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Cantor Elias Rosemberg
    • Adult Choirs/Band
    • Youth Music Program
      ▼
      • Youth Choirs/Band
      • iGenesis Music Studio
    • Shabbat Alive!
      ▼
      • Shabbat Alive! – CD
    • Our Music
      ▼
      • Music of the High Holidays
        ▼
        • HHD Liturgy – CD
        • HHD Contemporary Service – CD
      • Let My People Sing – Pesach
        ▼
        • Pesach – CD
      • Shabbat Alive!
        ▼
        • Shabbat Alive! – CD
    • Highlights from Past Concerts
  • Give
    ▼
    • Annual Appeal
    • Synagogue Gift Funds
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Dedicate a Siddur
    • Establish a New Fund
    • Legacy Society
  • Social Action
    ▼
    • TEkun
    • Ongoing Opportunities
    • Partnering Organizations
    • Chesed Caring Community
    • Holocaust Remembrance