We are excited to announce a new project in 2025 to address a critical need for Temple — replacing our aging, actively-leaking roof — while actualizing our Vision & Mission of Living, Learning, and Leading Judaism. In partnership with Envinity Solar, Temple is installing a solar array that will:

  • Generate 249,356 kWh of electricity — the equivalent of 25 average family homes — in its first year of operation;
  • Offset 87% of Temple’s annual energy consumption;
  • Save Temple $1.4 million dollars over the 30-year warrantied lifetime of the panels.

This project will safeguard our sacred space while helping us demonstrate our commitment to the Jewish values of:

  • Bal Tashchit – Conservation of Resources: The mitzvah of not destroying nature and natural resources. In Sefer HaMitzvot, Maimonides says: “And not only trees, but whoever breaks vessels, tears clothing, wrecks that which has been built up, or wastes food in a destructive manner transgresses the commandment of Bal Tashchit.”
  • Tikkun Olam – Repairing the World: To mend, repair, and transform our world through acts of justice is a uniquely human endeavor and our responsibility as a Jewish community. In the 1999 Pittsburgh Platform, Reform Judaism affirmed: “We bring Torah into the world when we strive to fulfill the highest ethical mandates in our relationships with others and with all of God’s creation.”
  • L’Avdah Ul’Shomra – Earth is Ours to Safeguard: “When the Holy One, blessed be God, created Adam the first man, God took him and showed him all the trees in the Garden of Eden. God said to him: ‘See My creations, how beautiful and exemplary they are. Everything I created, I created for you. Make certain that you do not ruin and destroy My world, for there will be no one to mend it after you.’” Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13

Interested in the details of this system and how you can support it?

Learn more by clicking on the component parts below or by scheduling a conversation with Rabbi Aaron Meyer or Finance Director Rebecca Closson. Your financial support not only enables this project but creates a de facto annuity for Temple. Click here to make a contribution to our Giving Tuesday Annual and Capital Campaign.

408 Tier-1 Q.Cells Q.Peak solar modules

3 SMA Tripower Core1 inverters

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