September 24, 2007
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PARDES LEVAVOT
PARDES
CALENDAR
SPECIAL
MEMBER NEEDS/OFFERINGS
- High Holy Days
Music
- High Holy Days
Artwork
- A special request
from
the Boulder Jewish community rabbis
- 4-Quarters/4-Corners
AROUND
TOWN AND BEYOND
PRAYERS
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AT PARDES LEVAVOT
Thank
You
Thank you to everyone
who worked long and hard to make our High Holy Days such a joyous
success. Pardes Levavot is a wonderful community, and this was truly a
community effort.
First off we would like to welcome all the families that have joined
Pardes Levavot during this High Holy Days season. Please make a special
effort to look for these new members and welcome them.
- Yael & Philip
Costeff, Hillel, Yair
- Lael Har &
Greg Greenstreet, Tamar Chavah
- Marcia Kirsh
Kohler & Will Kohler, Graham, Grace
- Shirly Pugatzky,
Ari
- Ellen & Mark
Rossier, Chloe, Susannah
- Dana & Adam
Sher, Ariel, Eli
- Robert &
Arden-Marie Silvers
If you are considering
joining Pardes Levavot, we'd like to remind you
that the cost of tickets can be applied toward your membership pledge
if you join before Chanukah!
The first and biggest thank you goes out to everyone who joined us in
our High Holy Days celebrations. Gathering in community to pray, chant,
dance, meditate and schmooze is such a blessing. And thanks to anyone
accidentally omitted from this list - we truly appreciate your help!
service leaders
- Rabbis Victor
& Nadya Gross
- Donna Friedman
- Ori Har
- Rabbi Zalman
Schacter-Shalomi
organizer
musicians
- Sam Yulsman -
piano
- Amitai Gross -
drums, guitar
- Nalini Indorf
Kaplan - guitar, vocalist
- Lisa Trank -
vocalist
- Eddie Nerney -
guitar
- Liz Stewart -
drums
- Yael Costeff -
flute
- Jim Wright - sound
construction
- Fred Berkelhammer
- David Kirsh
sacred space design and
setup
- Darlene Massey
- Faith Davis
- Anthony Massey
- Shoshana Nejman
- Lael Har
oneg
- Myra Tuckerman
- Deb Foster
- Steve Nerney
- Lita Epstein
- Arnie
Epstein
- Deb Leeds
- Miriam Fields
- Oz DiGennaro
- Vicki Penna
welcome table
- Deb Leeds
- Vicki Penna
- Sylvia Fibich
- Miriam Pollack
- Tom Yulsman
- Gary Leeds
sacred space helpers
- Anna Yulsman
- Sam Berkelhammer
- Sara Berkelhammer
- Riki Gross
- Evelyn Masoner
advertising
community outreach
- Vicki Penna
- Deb Leeds
- Miriam Fields
- Myra Tuckerman
- Faith Davis
- Sylvia Fibich
- Jim Wright
child care
- Eddie Dombrower
- Stephanie Turner
- Conner Trout
- Krista West
- Julia Pitkin
break the fast planning
support the businesses
who
support us!
set up and clean up
- Fred Berkelhammer
- Sara Berkelhammer
- David Kirsh
- Vicki Penna
- Lisa Trank
- Jack Greene
- Elena Silverman
- Miriam Pollack
- Myra Tuckerman
- Steve Nerney
- Miriam Fields
- Sylvia Fibich
- Tom Yulsman
- Philip Costeff
- Yael Costeff
- Hillel Costeff
- Yair Costeff
- Deb Leeds
- Gary Leeds
- Darlene Massey
- Anthony Massey
- Robert Silvers
- Jim Wright
And last but certainly
not least, the Longmont Daily
Times-Call on September 14, 2007 printed a feature article on Pardes
Levavot and our wonderful young musicians. You can view
that article on our web site.
Events
This Week
Erev Sukkot Chant
Service and Potluck Dinner in the Sukkah
Wednesday, September
26, 6:30pm
Bring a non-meat dish to share - salad, main dish, side dish or
desert. And bring something to adorn our Sukkah. Fruits, gourds,
grains, etc. are all in keeping with this harvest festival.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Service
Friday, September 28,
7-9pm
We will have oneg in the Sukkah following the service. Everyone bring a
treat to share!
Events Coming Up
We're making changes in
our Shabbat morning format to include more opportunities for
interactive learning and special attention to families with small
children. We plan to introduce our new format beginning Saturday,
October 6. In addition to the new format, also please note the NEW
STARTING TIMES. Visit our web site at the link above for more
information on what we are planning.
Simchat Torah
Thursday, October 4,
6:30 pm
Don't miss your Torah Oracle for the year 5768! Join Pardes Levavot and
our great musicians as we dance the new Torah Cycle into being. Then
take your place around the Torah as it is completely unrolled to reveal
the secrets of the year to come, and YOUR OWN special blessing.
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PARDES
CALENDAR
September 2007
26, Wednesday - Erev
Sukkot chant service and potluck dinner in Sukkah,
6:30pm
28, Friday - Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7-9pm
October 2007
3, Wednesday - Chant and
Meditation, 7-9pm
4, Thursday - Simchat Torah, 6:30pm
6, Saturday - Learners'
Shabbat Morning Service for All Ages, 9am-12:15pm
10, Wednesday - Chant
and Meditation, 7-9pm
12, Friday - Kabbalat
Shabbat Service, 7-9pm
17, Wednesday - Chant
and Meditation, 7-9pm
20, Saturday - Torah
Study, Davenen and Torah Service, 9:30am-noon
24, Wednesday - Chant
and Meditation, 7-9pm
26, Friday - Kabbalat
Shabbat Service, 7-9pm
31, Wednesday - Chant
and Meditation, 7-9pm
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SPECIAL MEMBER NEEDS/OFFERINGS
If you enjoyed the
music at this year's High Holy Days observances, and you or someone
you know is looking to hire someone to play live music for an upcoming
bar or bat mitzvah, a holiday party, or any other event, please
consider Pardes Levavot's piano player Sam Yulsman. Among his many
musical engagements, Sam plays with the Colorado Conservatory for the
Jazz Arts big band, called "The Jazz Arts Messengers." (www.jazzarts.org)
These high
school and middle school students were recently selected to perform
this coming January at the world's largest jazz gathering, the
International Association of Jazz Educators convention in Toronto. (www.iaje.org)
This is quite an honor,
considering that only a few student bands from around the world are
selected each year. The students now have to finance their journey to
Toronto. So they are kicking off a major fund-raising effort. But
they're not looking for donations (although I'm sure they'd accept
them). They're looking for paying gigs.
Sam is the band's piano player, and one of the top jazz pianists of his
age
in the country. He is available to play solo, in a small or
medium-sized ensemble, or with the entire Jazz Messengers band. (Sam
can also play classical music.) So if you know anyone who is looking to
hire one or more musicians for an upcoming event and would like to
consider these incredible musicians, please let me know: 303-652-8875
or tom.yulsman@colorado.edu.
You can also go to Sam's website, where you'll find audio and video
clips of him playing solo and with various ensembles: www.samyulsman.com.
Many thanks! And hope to see you soon at our upcoming Pardes events and
services. -- Tom Yulsman
Did you enjoy the
paintings decorating the sanctuary during the High Holy Days? Lael Har
painted the beautiful art and will show more of her brilliant work
during Boulder Open Studios.
Showings will be on Saturday October 6, Sunday October 7, Saturday
October 13 and Sunday October 14. Visit from noon to 6:00 pm on all
dates.
Lael's studio is located at 1025 Rosewood Avenue #108. This is west of
Broadway, just North of Violet Avenue in
Boulder. You can also view and purchase works at Lael's web site: www.LaelDesigns.com.
Dear Jewish Community
Member,
This letter regards Meira (Lucia) Chmiel, a person most of us know,
whether as friend or teacher, as student or colleague. She has
participated in four of our synagogues in Boulder that span
denominations: Har HaShem, Aish Kodesh, Pardes Levavot, and Bonai
Shalom. What many of us do not know is that Meira has also been a
rabbinic student these last five years through the ALEPH Renewal
rabbinic ordination program. The time has come in Meira's rabbinic
training to study abroad for a full-time year in Israel. Meira needs an
additional scholarship in order to attend. We, the local rabbis of
Boulder, are creating a fund to help her in this endeavor. Please
see our web site for the full letter and more information on the
wonderful contributions Meira has made to the Boulder Jewish community.
Dear Hearts and Friends
of
Hearts (who are also Hearts):
Thank you for your interest in my newly designed 4-Quarters/4-Corners
Talitot! In brief, the idea came to me in the fall of 2005, while
living in Jerusalem, Israel. When I brought one back to the Ohalah
(that’s the annual rabbinic conference for Jewish Renewal, which takes
place in Boulder, Colorado every January) for my friend Jalda Nehora
Rebling to wear at her ordination this past January, everyone said
"Donna, you MUST make these available here in the States." Thus, I
found Ibrahim the tailor and well, the rest is
herstory/history/ourstory/you’re part of the story.
Blessings, Donna Friedman, Rabbinical Student
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AROUND TOWN
AND BEYOND
View additional
information from the local community on our web site by following the
links below.
Chevra Kadisha
The Boulder Chevra
Kadisha is looking for a few amazing people to help us out with an
incredible mitzvah. The Chevra Kadisha, or Holy Society, is a group of
Jewish volunteers who help purify a body for burial by washing and
preparing the body while reciting psalms and prayers. This is called "tahara".
Next, we sit "shmira" – or watch over the body until burial,
while reciting psalms, meditating, or praying. This allows for the
soul of the person to leave his or her body in a gentle way by still
having a connection to someone here. Participating in the tahara or
sitting shmira is considered one of the highest mitzvot a person can
do, as the deceased cannot express their thanks.
Shmira is generally done in 2-hour shifts, but the late night hours
have been particularly hard to fill. We are looking for a few "night
owls" who would be willing to sit shmira from midnight to 6 AM and be
paid by the family of the deceased. If you feel that you possess the
kavanah for this, or are interested in the Chevra Kadisha in general,
please contact Carol Navsky at 303-499-4432 for more information.
A Seven-Day Jewish
Meditation Retreat. December 2-9, 2007 with Rabbis Diane Elliot, Burt
Jacobson, and Jeff Roth at the Ralston L White Retreat in Mill Valley,
Marin County, California. Sponsored by The Awakened Heart Project and
Ruach Ha'Aretz.
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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!
Yehoshua Mishulim ben Sarah Leah
David Sapper
Shoshana Nejman
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
John Silverman
Mimi Ito
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A Rabbi was so compulsive a golfer that once, on Yom Kippur, he left
the house early and went out
for a quick nine holes by himself. An angel who happened to
be looking on immediately notified his superiors that a grievous
sin was being committed on earth. On the sixth hole, G-d caused a
mighty wind to take the ball directly from the tee to the cup for a
miraculous and dramatic hole in one. The angel was horrified. "Lord,"
he said, "you call this a punishment?!"
"Sure," answered G-d with a smile. "Who can he tell?"
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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