Rabbi Adler z"l Yamim Noraim

To Our Beloved Rinat family,

It was deeply meaningful yesterday morning at Rinat, to watch Rabbi Adler’s funeral together, and to share the embrace of community as we shed quiet tears. Yet, we know we speak for many when we say: it is not enough. Our hearts are still broken.
We have lost our Rav, the one who held our hands and guided us through the happiest and saddest moments of our lives. We have lost the voice of our tefilot, the ruach that lifted our neshamot in this season of rachamim and din. We have lost the wellspring of Torah that inspired us to draw close to Hashem and to live lives of meaning.

At this moment, our focus is rightly on Sheryl and on Rabbi Adler’s family, the aveilim defined by halacha. But in truth, we are all aveilim, each in our own way. Today we will share memories of Rabbi Adler at the shiva, in the home of Dov and Sheva. We know that the memories will flood our souls as we hear the nusach of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in the days ahead.

While we, as a shul, will gather to mourn and to honor Rabbi Adler’s legacy in the weeks and months ahead, we believe it is especially meaningful to re-visit some of Rabbi Adler's Torah and Yamim Noraim niggunim as we go into Rosh Hashana. Below are links to two of Rabbi Adler’s pre-Rosh Hashana shiurim, as well as to a recorded concert of his Yamim Noraim niggunim, which he shared with us in 2020 during COVID. For those of us who cherished Rabbi Adler’s moving Yamim Noraim davening, and who will continue to recall the sounds of his beautiful nusach for years to come, we hope these recordings will bring some measure of nechama.

September 2nd, 2020 - Rabbi Adler's Pre-Rosh Hashana Series - Part 1 - click here

September 9th, 2020 - Rabbi Adler Pre-Rosh Hashana Series - Part 2 - click here

September 13th, 2020 - Rabbi Adler's Pre Yamim Noraim Concert - click here

May his memory be a blessing, and may his neshama be bound in the bond of eternal life.
With heavy hearts,

Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
Natan Krohn, President