February 5, 2007
AT
PARDES LEVAVOT
PARDES
CALENDAR
SPECIAL MEMBER NEEDS/OFFERINGS
- Sacred Garment: Women
and Tefilin
- Embracing Your Power
Woman
AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND
- Boulder JCC Events and
Classes, February 2007
- At the Boulder JCC and
Around Town.week of 02/04/07 - 02/10/07
- Center for Judaic
Studies,
January 2007
- News from ALEPH,
January 2007
- Temple of Song: the
Ecstasy of Hebrew Chanting
- Rafael Spiritual
Healing Center to offer bereavement support group
- ALEPH Passover in
Israel!
- Paper Clips at the
Boulder International Film Festival
- Call for Art
- Holocaust Awareness
Week at CU
- Perek Shira: The Song
of Creation
- Seeds of Wonder
- The Cave of
Reconciliation
- Participate in the 2007
Jewish Community Study
PRAYERS
AT PARDES LEVAVOT
Thank
You!
Congratulations to
Eddie Dombrower who celebrated the last day of his 40s with us on
Shabbat! And thank you to Eddie, Laura, Micah and Selah who provided
the oneg in honor of Eddie's birthday.
Last Saturday, January 27th, after Ari Saponar's Bar-Mitzvah I walked
away with two different boots. Both are the color beige but one is
shorter and a bigger size. Whoever experienced the same mismatch please
contact Ori Har @ 303.440.1024. Thank you, Ori.
Events
This Week
Chanting and Meditation
Wednesday, January 31,
7-9pm.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/chant.html
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, February 9, 7-9pm
Yitro
The upper grades of the Boulder Jewish Day School will join us for
Kabbalat Shabbat, and lead us in part of the service, as they did last
year. We hope our members will come to welcome these kids and their
families and teachers, and enjoy the special joy that they bring to us.
Circle of Family
Education Program, including Havdalah and potluck dinner
Saturday, February 10, 3-6pm
Events
Coming Up
Esther's Feast
Find out what secrets will be
revealed at Esther's Feast: A Pre-Purim Gala Honoring Rabbis Victor and
Nadya
Gross and to Benefit Pardes Levavot: A Jewish Renewal Congregation.
Saturday, February 24,
6:30 - 10:30pm at the home of Michael and
Jackie Lewis, 8625 Portico Lane, Longmont. Creative Black Tie. Food,
cocktails, live music, tarot and Torah
readings and special surprises!
Tickets:
$108/individual; $180/couple.
Tickets can be
purchased online.
If you are unable to
attend, please consider
making a donation.
For more information
and to RSVP: contact
info@pardeslevavot.org
or call (303) 530-4422.
Seeking goods and services valued at $400 and up for the LIVE AUCTION
at Esther's Feast - please contact ltrank@comcast.net
if you have something you would like to donate.
JCC Purim Carnival
Volunteers
Purim is fast approaching. As
we have done in the past three years, Pardes Levavot will be in charge
of the kitchen, selling snacks and lunch. If you would like to join the
fun, please contact
info@pardeslevavot.org.
Tikkun
Olam: Repairing the World
Help Farm Workers in
California
ALEPH's Sacred Foods Project
holds out fair and just treatment of farm workers as one of its
fundamental principles. Please consider supporting the farm workers in
California who will be suffering greatly as a result of this year's
freeze. The news is full of stories about the freeze and how
California's multimillion dollar citrus crop is being hit hard. The
harsh January freeze that ravaged California citrus also damaged
strawberries, avocados and possibly other crops. It could also ravage
the lives of an estimated 20,000 farm workers and their families in
citrus alone. While growers are assessing the situation, the United
Farm Workers is already hearing from citrus workers who are out of
work. Workers have told us they think it will be almost a total loss.
News reports talk about the negative effects of this disaster on
growers. However, growers can apply for relief under emergency
declarations and many have insurance to cover some of their losses.
There is little or no aid for the farm workers who pick the crops.
Please help the UFW fight for these farm workers. Contact California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein. Thank
the governor for calling a state of emergency and ask Sen. Feinstein to
work to get the federal government to declare a national emergency, as
she did after the 1998-1999 freeze. Ask them to make sure emergency
assistance provides unemployment insurance; rent or mortgage
assistance; utilities assistance; and organized food distribution to
farm workers and their stricken families. When the assistance comes in,
the UFW will be there to get it to all those who need it - just as we
did back after the last freeze. Every e-mail sent makes a difference.
Please help us spread the word about this campaign. Visit the UFW's
"Freeze page" to see the latest news clips and press releases.
www.ufwaction.org/campaign/freeze11707/
PARDES
CALENDAR
February 2007
7, Wednesday - Chant and
Meditation, 7-9pm
9, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm
10, Saturday - Circle of
Family Education Program, including Havdalah and potluck dinner,
3-6pm
14, Wednesday - Chant and
Meditation, 7-9pm
17, Saturday - Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study, 10am-noon
21, Wednesday - Chant and
Meditation, 7-9pm
23, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm
24, Saturday - Circle of
Family Education Program, kids only!, 3-4:30pm
24, Saturday - Esther's Feast!,
6:30-10:30pm
28, Wednesday - Chant and
Meditation, 7-9pm
SPECIAL MEMBER NEEDS/OFFERINGS
Sacred Garment: Women and
Tefilin
Tefilin are called in our
holy sources, a sign, “ot.” Even though the Torah exempted women from
wearing them, there is no prohibition against it. The Talmud says that
if women wish to put on tefilin, we should not stand in their way.
Moreover, the women are rewarded for it. What are Tefilin? May women
wear Tefilin? What is prayer? Can Tefilin help us to pray? How can
Tefilin contribute to our spiritual practice? Come! Learn and
experience how Tefilin can help you to connect heart, mind and soul to
divine energy.
When: February 18, 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Road, Boulder, CO 80303
Fee: $10
The class is taught by
Ori Har, spiritual director and rabbinic student. If you are interested in
participating, please RSVP to Sara Hollander. E-mail: sandiji2@yahoo.com Phone:
303.499.0312
If you have a set of Tefilin at home please bring it to class.
Embracing Your Power Woman
Embracing Your Power Woman:
11 Steps to Coming of Age in Mid-Life. 13 week course with Barbara
Wilder, author of the book of the same title. In this 13 week deeply
transformational course you will follow the Eleven Points of Spiritual
Feminine Power that will help you overcome the myths that keep women
from expressing themselves fully in what is the most powerful,
creative, and fulfilling time of our lives. You will dive into the
depths of your psyche and connect with your soul's purpose. Deepak
Chopra says, "Barbara helps women access and nourish their deepest
selves." Shirley MacLaine says, "Embracing Your Power Woman is a required course for women,
middle aged and beyond, whose voices need to sing. It is a
life-shifting book for each of us to learn from."
Monday evenings, February 12 to May 7, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Transformational Light Center, 3333 Iris Ave. Suite 207, Boulder
Fee: $275 + $20.00 for the book. Learn more at www.barbarawilder.com
Call Barbara at 303-444-2367 for more information and to register, a few spaces are still open.
AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND
Boulder JCC Events and
Classes, February 2007
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/JCC-2007_01_11.html
At the Boulder JCC and
Around Town.week of 02/04/07 - 02/10/07
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/BJCC-2007_02_03.html
Center for Judaic
Studies, January
2007
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/cjs-2007_01_31.html
News from ALEPH, January
2007
www.pardeslevavot.org/aleph/2007-01.html
Temple of Song: the
Ecstasy of Hebrew Chanting
Temple of Song: the Ecstasy
of Hebrew Chanting with Eyal Rivlin and Danya Uriel, a Naropa
Continuing Education Class. Chanting works! Hebrew chanting invokes the
collective consciousness of four millennia of ancient mystical
teachings. In this experiential workshop, chants and nigguns will be
explored along with attunements (kavvanot) and contemplations into the
deeper meanings of the ancient Hebrew prayers and mantras. These
powerful chants can be used for meditation, healing, prayer, and as
vehicles to connect with the spiraling rhythm of the Jewish year. No
previous musical background or knowledge of Hebrew is necessary. This
class will be offered in a safe and open-hearted environment, with live
accompaniment. Thursdays, February 22–April 12, 7–9 p.m. Non-credit:
$245, or $208.25 by February 3. For location and registration
information please contact: Naropa University’s Extended Studies
Department. 303-245-4800. naropa.edu/extend/wisdom.cfm
Rafael Spiritual Healing
Center to offer bereavement support group
Rafael Spiritual Healing
Center, a program of Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS), will
offer a Spiritual Healing Bereavement support group on Thursday, Feb.
8, 2-3:30 p.m. at the Healing Center, located in the JFS building at
3201 S. Tamarac Dr.
www.pardeslevavot.org/articles/jfs-rafael.html
ALEPH Passover in Israel!
Rabbis Victor and Nadya
strongly urge folks to consider this amazing opportunity to see Israel
through the spiritual lens that is Rabbi Marcia Prager's and Hazzan
Jack Kessler's special gift.
Have you been yearning for an experience of Israel that speaks to your
body, heart, mind and soul? Have you been longing to participate in a
community of travelers who are open to an honest encounter with the
timeless teachings of a living Torah? Have you been planning on going
to Israel when the time is right, but haven't yet found it?
The time is now! Sunday, March 25 to Thursday April 5
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/aleph-israel-2007.html
Paper Clips at the
Boulder International Film Festival
The Boulder International
Film Festival is showing Paper Clips on a NO school day,
Friday February 16th at 1pm in the auditorium of Boulder High School,
for FREE. We hope many youth will take advantage of
this opportunity. There is no school that day and no tickets are
necessary.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/biff-paperclips.html
Call for Art
Calling all women! The
University of Colorado at Boulder’s Dennis Small Cultural Center and
Hillel invite you to submit art for this spring’s annual Women’s Art
Show. Submission deadline: February 15th, 2007. No charge for
submissions.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/CUHillel-art.html
Holocaust Awareness Week
at CU
Visit the link for a draft of
upcoming events during Holocaust Awareness Week at CU Boulder,
sponsored by Hillel. HAW begins Monday, February 26, 2007 and ends
Friday, March 2, 2007. There will be quite a number of survivors
offering testimony during the week at UMC 235. There are also three
major keynote speakers: Pierre Sauvage, Michael Berenbaum and Deborah
Lipstadt. If there are any local people interested in volunteering,
please have them contact me at cu@hillelcolorado.org
or at r.amaru@comcast.net.
The students organizing HAW can be contacted directly as well. They
would very much appreciate community volunteers from the JCC, the local
Hebrew schools, Hebrew High, BYO, etc. Thank you, Rachel Amaru. Gabriel.Gelman@colorado.edu,
Kara.Zucker@colorado.edu
Perek Shira: The Song of
Creation
A special learning for women
entitled Perek Shira: The Song of Creation will be lead by Rachel
Trugman on Tuesday morning February 6th at 11:00AM at the home of Leah
Mehler, 101 Grape Street in Denver. Perek Shira is a mysterious and
beautiful midrash describing the song of each creation. Each person
also has a song. Come and learn how to tap into your inner song and the
song of the Creator. All proceeds to benefit Ohr Chadash.
Ohr Chadash, Rabbi Avraham Arieh & Rachel Trugman, tel:
972-8-9265-247, fax: 972-8-9265-448, trugman@netvision.net.il, www.thetrugmans.com
Seeds of Wonder
Reb Nadya and Reb Victor
recommend to you: SEEDS of WONDER, Hanna Tiferet's seventh
recording, has come to life during this first week of Shevat. It may be
late for Hanukkah, but it's just in time for Tu B'Shevat! SEEDS of
WONDER contains 15 new song-prayers to nourish your heart and soul.
Once again, Hanna has created beautiful music that will carry you
through hard times, help you prepare for Shabbat, inspire your
children, and renew your connection to ancient texts. She is joined by
a host of talented musicians including Shulamit Wise Fairman, Cantor
Jeff Klepper, and a choir of angels. SEEDS of WONDER is available both
digitally and in a full CD format from www.cdfreedom.com/artists/hannatiferet/
The Cave of Reconciliation
In the Southern Judea region,
3,050 feet above sea level, lies a city; some know it as Hebron, others
Al-Khalil. In this city sits a cave with three names: the Tomb of the
Patriarchs, Ma'arat H'Machpelah, and al-Haram al-Ibrahimi. The cave is
said to house the remains of a man and his family. The name can be
pronounced Abraham, Avraham, or Ibrahim, but the man is the same.
www.pardeslevavot.org/teachings/CaveOfReconciliation.html
Participate in the 2007
Jewish Community Study
Help Us Map Out Our Future.
No matter how you are Jewish, the Community Study is about you! Being
Jewish is personal. It means something different to each of us. We want
to know your perspective. A major study of all seven counties in the
Denver/Boulder Jewish community will soon be conducted. A survey of
this depth has not been performed in ten years.
The objective of the study is to keep Jewish life meaningful in a
changing world. Your participation is important and greatly
appreciated. Your answers will help us assess the service needs of our
growing community in order to create a strong, vibrant environment that
will be enjoyed for generations to come.
Beginning in late February, professional interviewers will be calling
thousands of randomly selected Jewish and non-Jewish homes in the
seven-county Denver/Boulder Metro Area. If you receive the call, please
answer the phone. This study is being co-chaired by Nancy Gart and Rob
Klugman on behalf of the agencies, synagogues and schools in the Jewish
community. INFORMATION: www.jewishcolorado.org/2007study.
Telephone numbers will be selected anonymously and your answers will be
anonymous. Interviewers will not know or ask for your name, address or
any other personal information. There will be no solicitation of funds.
Survey results will be released in summer and fall 2007. The study is
being conducted by Ukeles Associates, Inc., managed by Allied Jewish
Federation of Colorado, and is made possible through a generous grant
from Rose Community Foundation.
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.
Ari Saponar
Dr. Howard Goldstein
Will Kohler
Shirley Elaine Garfinkle
Alter Shoresh ben Zion v'Shoshana
HaRav Devorah Rut bat Tamar (Rabbi Deborah Ruth Bronstein)
Rut bat Miriam
Lior
bat Esther Masha
Dov Baer Ben Yehuda ha Kohen v'Devorah
David Sapper
Jackie Lewis
John Silverman
Mimi Ito
For information about Pardes Levavot or our events please visit our
website at www.pardeslevavot.org
or write info@pardeslevavot.org.
To contact Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross write rabbis@pardeslevavot.org.
If you would like to post something on our Pardes Levavot mailing
lists, or if you have questions about our mailings, lists,
communications, etc., contact info@pardeslevavot.org.
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