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       Why Some                                          Jupiter Senior Softball


       People Cannot                                       This  past April,  Tim                          Parks and Recreation Department which Storch said, has been
                                                         Lavery, 66, saw an insert in
                                                                                                           an outstanding partnership that has contributed greatly to the
                                                                                                           success of the senior softball program.
                                                         his water bill about the Jupiter
       See The Good In                                   Senior Softball program and                         Persons interested in playing are encouraged to register as
                                                         decided to sign up. “I hadn’t
                                                                                                           soon as possible. They will be added to rosters of pickup games
                                                         played softball, or any ball,
                                                                                                           and have an opportunity in the months ahead to hone their
       Their Lives                                       in 20 years,” he said. Since                      skills for the 2023 Winter League that kicks off next January
                                                         then he’s been playing in
                                                                                                           and runs through March.
                                                                                                             Registration can be made online at www.leaguelineup.
                                                         games three mornings a
                                                         week and said he’s enjoying                       com/jssa. For more information contact Gary Newman at
         The 19th century Rabbi,                         the camaraderie of fellow                         (917) 623-0791.
       Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter,                         players and being outdoors
       offers an astonishing                             and exercising.
       insight into the mysteries                          For Dave Jakubiak, 62,
       of the human psyche in his                        who began playing in the
       commentary on the prelude to                      fall of 2021, the motivation
       the romantic meeting between                      has been a combination of
       Jacob  and Rachel.  On  his                       meeting  and  making  new
       escape from his brother, Esau,                    friends, getting good exercise  On deck, batter Dave
       Jacob stopped by the local                        “and playing a game you  Jakubiak
       well, and to his dismay he sees                   love.” The year-round slow-
       the local shepherds standing                      pitch softball program is open to persons 55 and older and more
       idly instead of watering their flock. When he asked the   players are welcome, said League Commissioner Paul Storch.
       reason for their bizarre behavior, they pointed at a big     “It’s a fantastic way to spend two or so hours a morning
       stone covering the well. They couldn’t move the stone   three days a week,” Storch said. Games are every Monday,
       until more shepherds arrived, they told him. Despite their   Wednesday and Friday mornings at Jupiter Community
       claim, Jacob tried and ultimately succeeded in removing   Park, 3377 Church Street, beginning with batting practice
       the huge rock all by himself.                     at 8:30 a.m.
         Rabbi Alter reads the story metaphorically. The     The senior softball program is sponsored by the nonprofit   Tim Lavery takes a throw at first base during infield
       concept of a well, a source of life in the midst of a barren   Jupiter Senior Softball Association in cooperation with Jupiter’s   warm-ups.
       field, exists in all aspects of the universe. Everything
       and everyone contains a life-giving element that sustains
       it. Even that which appears to be as deserted as a field   Experience Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch
       has such a hidden place, a well, within it.
         As for humans, the well represents the source of
       what enables life and makes it worth living. The boulder
       symbolizes what obscures our vision and obstructs our            Cosmetic & Comprehensive Restorative Dentistry
       access to the spring of life. Life is God’s most cherished
       gift to which we must show eternal gratitude, but too                  State of the Art & Same Day Restorations
       often the stone muddles our reality and instead of life,
       we feel despair. While the shepherds succumbed to the                 Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation Available
       boulder, Jacob used his mental and physical strength to
       overcome the obstacle.
         So often we are like the shepherds. We stand at the          Joanne Green, D.D.S.
       mouth of the well, knowing what’s inside and how much
       we can benefit from it, but we perceive the stone to be              10887 N. Military Trail, Suite 6
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       anger at life that didn’t unfold the way we envisioned it
       in our youth; it is our disappointment with our children       Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry - Cum Laude
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       success, and the rock is blaming God for allowing the
       world to be so far removed from perfection.
         The High Holy Days give us the opportunity to identify
       the forces that pull the stone down and make it unmovable,
       and when we muster the strength to begin to move the
       stone, God, just like He did for Jacob, will push it with
       us, until the lifegiving water of the well is fully exposed
       and we are able to quench our spiritual thirst.
                                  Rabbi Alon Levkovitz,
                                       Temple Beth Am
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