March 19, 2006

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AT PARDES LEVAVOT

• Thank You!
• Events This Week
  • Jewish With Feeling - First meeting THIS Monday!
  • Freedom, Divine Love and Experiential Kabbalah
  • Chanting and Meditation
  • Kabbalat Shabbat Service
• Events Coming Up
  • Yom HaShoah services
  • Observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rembrance Day)
• Getting Involved
  • Sharing Our Sacred Space
  • News from the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin

PARDES CALENDAR

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND

• A Sampling of Elat Chayyim courses for 2006
• At the Boulder JCC - week of March 19-25, 2006
• At the Boulder JCC - events for April, 2006
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Jewish Meditation
• Boulder JFS Seeks Donations for Passover Project and Volunteers for Seders
• Heavenly Days Right Here on Earth
• Ruach Ha'Aretz

PRAYERS

AT PARDES LEVAVOT

Thank You!

Congratulations to our newest member, and most recent Bar Mitzvah, Daniel Sherman. Daniel led a wonderful service and gave a very thoughtful and heartfelt d'var Torah, including the work from his project on Peak Oil. And thanks to the Sherman family, Pam, Steve and Daniel, for a wonderful oneg lunch following the service.

Events This Week

Jewish With Feeling - First meeting THIS Monday!

"Many people have access to God ideas; but not to the living God. How does one have access to the living God?" - Reb Zalman

Come join a lively discussion group to find your answer to this question. Based in a study of Reb Zalman's book, Jewish With Feeling, we will explore a Jewish spiritual path that includes our heart, mind, soul and body.

Facilitator: Rabbi Victor Gross
Dates: Monday evenings: March 20, 2006 - May 8, 2006 omitting March 27 and April 24 (six sessions)
Where: Pardes Levavot: a Jewish Renewal Congregation, 71st Street and Lookout Road in Gunbarrel (NE Boulder)
Time: 7-9pm
Cost: $54 Pardes Members & JCC Members; $60 non-members
Text: Jewish with Feeling by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
For more information call: (303) 563-2110 or visit www.pardeslevavot.org

Freedom, Divine Love and Experiential Kabbalah

Tuesday, March 21st, 7pm - 9pm
Join Levi Ben-Shmuel for an inspirational evening of music and exploring Kabbalah's Tree of Life as a path to freedom and a deeper connection to God. Levi will recount stories from his own experience of using the Tree as a guide to an open-hearted, joyful life. He will perform songs related to the energy of the Tree, including selections from his debut CD, Take a New Road.

Levi's twenty-five year spiritual journey led him to study with many teachers from the East and West. In 1996 he began studying with his Kabbalah teacher Hadassah ben Yishai (now Matananda Ben-Shmuel) in Jerusalem. His studies culminated in the fall of 2003 and corresponded to his move, with his family, to Santa Fe. Her teachings, shared through the story of Levi's spiritual journey, will be available as a book in 2006. For more information about Levi, visit www.Nomad4All.com. Suggested donation $10-20. Location: Pardes Levavot (Shepherd of the Hills) at 71st and Lookout in Gunbarrel. Call (303) 563-2110 for more information.

Chanting and Meditation
Thursday, March 23, 7-9pm
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/chant.html

Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, March 24, 7-9pm

Events Coming Up

Yom HaShoah services

This year the Haver-sponsored community-wide Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rembrance Day) services will be hosted by Pardes Levavot. Join us Monday, April 24, 2006 at 7pm.

Observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rembrance Day)

Join the entire Jewish community for a unique perspective on the Holocaust, Better Don't Talk, a theatrical presentation written & performed by actress playwright Naava Piatka. Better Don't Talk celebrates the art of survival during the darkest of times as Naava Piatka tells her mother's story. Through a powerful journey gleaned from memories, newspaper clippings and items kept hidden in a basement, Piatka shares a personal narrative, original songs and humor to unlock her mother's hidden past. She delivers a theatrical experience critics and audiences alike describe as "unforgettable," "stunning," and "powerful." This program is co-sponsored by Bonai Shalom, Har HaShem, Aish Kodesh, Pardes Levavot, the Boulder JCC and the Mizel Museum.

Sunday, April 30, 7 P.M. at Har HaShem. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $10 for students. For more information and to purchase tickets, talk with Reb Nadya or Reb Victor, or email Molly at m.goldsmith@harhashem.org, or call 303-499-7077, ext 18.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/naava-piatka.html

Getting Involved

Sharing Our Sacred Space

We still need tea-light candles! If you can contribute bags of 50 or 100, you will be doing a wonderful mitzvah and helping to keep the light going for our Kabbalat Shabbat services. Pardes Levavot does not have a budget to buy supplies - your donations keep us going.

News from the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin

A man from the Bayou in Venice, Louisiana came to Shepherd this week looking for work. His name is James Reid. Pastor Linda, Cindie and Lee spent quite a bit of time with him. He was an oyster and shrimp fisher. James doesn't want charity, he's looking for painting, welding, yard work, anything. He says he's really handy. Contact the Pastors. We are also trying to help him find out if his family is still alive. To help with that talk to Lee Zacha.

Landscaping Fabric: Do you have some unused landscaping fabric lying around? If so please bring it to Shepherd to redo the area around the gym. All extra fabric collected and not needed here will go to Pastor Sally Ponfick's rural church out on the plains - they are planting a garden to try survive economically out on the drought stricken eastern plains of Colorado. Put fabric under the Give Back! table Thanks

HANGERS?? we are in need of hangars (all sizes and shapes) for the CIP room.

CIP immediate need: 2 cribs

Immediate Homeless Shelter needs: deodorant and disposal razors.

PARDES CALENDAR

March 2006

20, Monday - Jewish With Feeling - a class with Reb Victor

21, Tuesday - Freedom, Divine Love and Experiential Kabbalah

23, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

24, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm

30, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

April 2006

1, Saturday - Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study, 10am-noon
1, Saturday - B'nai Mitzvah and Parent Preparation, 12:30-2pm

3, Monday - Jewish With Feeling, 7-9pm

4, Tuesday - Community Council Meeting, 6-7:30pm

6, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

7, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm

9, Sunday - Family Middot Education, 3-6pm

10, Monday - Jewish With Feeling, 7-9pm

13, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

15, Saturday - Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study, 10am-noon

17, Monday - Jewish With Feeling, 7-9pm

20, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

21, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm

24, Monday - Yom HaShoah service, 7pm

27, Thursday - Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

29, Saturday - Torah study, Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, Havdalah, 4-6pm

30, Sunday - Better Don't Talk - a Yom HaShoah presentation, 7pm at Har HaShem

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND

A Sampling of Elat Chayyim courses for 2006

Including courses being taught by Reb Nadya and Reb Victor!
www.pardeslevavot.org/aleph/ec-2006.html

At the Boulder JCC - week of March 19-25, 2006

www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/BJCC-2006_03_18.html

At the Boulder JCC - events for April, 2006
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/JCC-2006_03_10.html

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Jewish Meditation

Join Reb Zalman and special guests for the last night of "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Jewish Meditation," Sunday, March 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Boulder JCC. This evening is the culmination of the first annual Rocky Mountain Jewish Meditation Retreat. Reb Zalman will be joined by Jewish meditation experts from around the country who will help us understand the centuries-long lineage of Jewish meditation and how it differs from other contemplative traditions. Cost: $12; For more information, visit www.yesodfoundation.org.

Boulder JFS Seeks Donations for Passover Project and Volunteers for Seders

Boulder Jewish Family Service will be conducting seders in 5 retirement homes this Passover season. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help. JFS is also planning its fifth annual Passover project which will provide Passover goody bags to many Boulder Jewish seniors living in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and independent retirement homes.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/jfs-passover2006.html

Heavenly Days Right Here on Earth

Renewal Judaism points to a way of life that is neither ascetic nor self-indulgent. Rather, it reveals and honors the Divine Source within the earthy details of this very life. Join Reb Zalman, Eve Ilsen and the rabbis of Jewish Renewal in a celebration of life and a renewed blossoming of hope.
Keswick Theatre, May 12, 13, 14, 2006, Philadelphia, PA
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/shabbaton-philly2006.html

Ruach Ha'Aretz

2006 Ruach Ha'Aretz Summer Retreat in the beautiful forested Santa Cruz mountains of California, August 14-20, 2006. Featuring many of your favorite Jewish Renewal teachers, including Reb Nadya and Reb Victor, musicians and artists, plus exciting programs for children and teens. www.ruachhaaretz.com

PRAYERS

Each newsletter contains names of people in our community, or friends of our community, who need prayers for healing, support, et cetera. Please send names in Hebrew and/or English, with other details as desired, to info@pardesleavavot.org

Jonah Miller
David Sapper
Jackie Lewis
Harley Chase
Dr. Howard Goldstein
Davidah Kale
Lisa Miller (healing)
John Silverman
Leslie Weidner
Mimi Ito (healing)

For info about Pardes Levavot or our events please visit our web site at www.pardeslevavot.org or e-mail info@pardeslevavot.org.

To contact Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross e-mail rabbis@pardeslevavot.org.

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