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Pardes Levavot

Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.

For information on our congregation please call (303) 530-4422 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.


Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!

March 19, 2007

AT PARDES LEVAVOT
PARDES CALENDAR

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND
  • Boulder JCC Events and Classes, March 2007
  • At the Boulder JCC and Around Town.week of 03/18/07 - 03/24/07
  • Center for Judaic Studies, March 2007
  • Mazon Passover
  • Celebrate Boulder's Jewish Educators
  • ALEPH's Kallah Brochure is now on the web!
  • Summer 2007 Taglit-birthright Israel Registration Now Open
  • Tales of Torah - Telling the Stories of Our Lives
PRAYERS


AT PARDES LEVAVOT

Thank You!

Thank you to David Kirsh for providing our oneg this past Saturday morning.

Thank you to Melissa Klein for organizing our Dinner For 8 parties last shabbat evening, and thanks to everyone who participated - especially our hosts. It was a wonderful event, enjoyed by all. If you missed it this time, stay tuned as it we will be organizing more dinners in the near future.

Events This Week

Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity - The Legacy of A. J. Heschel

A six-week class with Rabbi Victor Gross and guest speakers
Tuesdays, 10:30 am - noon
March 6, 13, 20, April 17, 24, May 1
Drop-ins welcome! $18, or $16 for JCC members

One of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century, Abraham Joshua Heschel may be best known for marching with Martin Luther King - the subject of Menorah's January program, which left many who attended longing to learn more. Indeed, there's much more to Heschel than social activism. Come learn more about this great scholar, theologian, writer and teacher from one of his students, Rabbi Victor Gross. Rabbi Victor Gross was a student of Professor Heschel in the late 60's and had a personal  relationship with him and his family and paid a partial debt to his influence by writing his Ph.D. on him.

Chanting and Meditation

Wednesday, March 21, 7-9pm
www.pardeslevavot.org/chant

Kabbalat Shabbat Services

Friday, March 23, 7-9pm
Parashat Vayikra
Vayikra Torah Journey

Events Coming Up

Mother's Day Concert

Sunday, May 13th at 7:00 pm  Pardes Levavot invites you to celebrate with all mothers and all others at a concert featuring: Rabbi Jack Gabriel, Eyal Rivlin & Danya Uriel, and Shir HaLev, Boulder's Jewish Chorus. More information to come soon!

Adopt-a-Road Cleanup

April 22 is Earth Day - join Pardes Levavot and Shepherd of the Hills as we make the world a cleaner place. We will be cleaning our adopted road, 79th Street from Lookout Road to Mineral Road. Sunday, April 22 from 1-3pm.

Getting Involved

From the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin

ADOPT-A-ROOM – It's easy, and you can work on your own schedule. Please talk to Karen Johnson whoopie38@hotmail.com about adopting a room in the building to clean.


PARDES CALENDAR

March 2007

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

28, Wednesday -  Chant and Meditation, 7-9pm

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


AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND

Boulder JCC Events and Classes, March 2007

www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/JCC-2007_02_16.html

At the Boulder JCC and Around Town.week of 03/18/07 - 03/24/07

www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/BJCC-2007_03_17.html

Center for Judaic Studies, March 2007

www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/cjs-2007_03_15.html

Mazon Passover

How can you make this night different  from all others? This Passover, you can help make a difference in the lives of 35 million Americans at risk of hunger. Your support enables them to eat and provides them the tools they need to achieve a better future. So join us. Together, we can make this night different.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/MazonPassover2007.pdf

Celebrate Boulder's Jewish Educators

Join us in Celebrating the 6th Annual Chidush Award Winners: Lana Bernhardt, Shoshi Bilavsky, Yehudis Fishman, Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder, Steve Kessler, Sarah Pew, Shirly Pugatzky, Talia Rubin, Wren Siegel, Rebecca Swartz. Dessert Reception with Peter Asher Pitzele, the founder of Bibliodrama and Biblio-therapy. Thursday, April 19th, 7:00-9:00 pm at the Community House at Chautauqua. A project of the Weaver Family Foundation in cooperation with HaSifria at the Boulder JCC & CAJE. www.chidush.org

ALEPH's Kallah Brochure is now on the web!

Friends, I can't tell you how excited I am about this upcoming Kallah. Every year the class proposals are more impressive, and this year is no exception. That means that your study options will be wide and deep. You will see that at this Kallah we paid special attention to providing a broad range of intermediate and advanced level courses for all of you life long learners. We already have some amazing evening programs planned, not to mention our "Rebbe is In" sessions and davenning offerings. And the workshop track! Oh my goodness-what a rich selection. You can see it all (except the workshop offerings-they are not yet final) and get your Kallah questions answered about fees, etc. at: www.aleph.org/kallah.html. Deb Kolodny

Brochures will soon be available at our shul.

Summer 2007 Taglit-birthright Israel Registration Now Open

Registration for the Spring / Summer 2007 round of free Taglit-birthright Israel trips with Israel Outdoors is now open at www.israeloutdoors.com
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/taglit2007.html

Tales of Torah - Telling the Stories of Our Lives

A Jewish Women's Spiritual Shabbat Retreat. Friday evening, April 13 - Sunday morning, April 15. Led by Rabbi Leila Gal Berner and Rabbi Ilyse Kramer, with Torah Yoga teacher Larissa Blechman. At Capital Camps Retreat Center, Waynesboro, PA (ninety minutes drive from Washington DC). Deadline to register is March 5, 2007.
www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/dc-retreat.html


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. And remember to let us know when our prayers have been effective!

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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