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!

October 155, 2007 AT PARDES LEVAVOT Thank You Events This Week Chant and Meditation Torah Study, Davenen and Torah Service Getting Involved From the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin PARDES CALENDAR AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND PRAYERS

AT PARDES LEVAVOT Thank You Thanks to Vicki Penna and Jim Wright for providing our Oneg on Shabbat. Events This Week Chant and Meditation Wednesday, October 17, 7-9pm Torah Study, Davenen and Torah Service Saturday, October 20, 9:30am-noon   Parashat Lech-Lecha Lech-Lecha Torah Journey 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 introduced our new format on Saturday, October 6 with great success! Adults and children alike were fully engaged and loved the learning, the praying and the "up close and personal" Torah service. Ariela Gill is back, teaching our younger members. It's not too late to get in on the year of learning we have planned for you. Bring your friends - especially those with children, to First Shabbat in Nov. This week, join us for a full hour of Torah study, beginning at 9:30, followed by another musical service. Please note the NEW STARTING TIMES. Visit our web site for more information on what we have planned. Events Coming Up CIP Thanksgiving Basket Donations Needed It's that time again! Shepherd of the Hills and Pardes Levavot have begun collecting food and monetary donations for the annual CIP Thanksgiving Baskets. Our goal is to feed 120 families. Please bring your donations to the display table in the narthex (welcome room). Food donations can be placed under or around the table – monetary donations can be placed in the turkey basket on the table or mailed to the shul. This is a synagogue-wide and church-wide service project, everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate. The following items are needed: canned green beans, canned corn or other vegetables, canned yams, canned cranberries, boxed stuffing, boxed instant potatoes, packaged gravy mix, rice, canned soup or broth, packaged cookies, aluminum roasting pans. We also need cash donations to purchase turkeys, milk and eggs. SAVE THE DATE! Everyone is invited to pack the food boxes on Sunday, November 18th at 11:30am. Packing all the food we have gathered is a fun an extremely rewarding experience for the entire family. Be sure to attend! And finally, we need volunteers to be at the shul Monday morning, November 19th to help pick up the perishable goods and to load the boxes into social workers' cars for delivery to family homes. Thank you all for contributing and for participating. Getting Involved From the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin The CIP room should be up and running soon! Because the water ruined many things, donations of all kinds are now needed. Spread the word!

PARDES CALENDAR October 2007 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

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND View additional information from the local community on our web site by following the links below. Hebrew Dances of Universal Peace - Live DVD Filming For over 30 years, the Dances of Universal Peace have been a sacred practice for many world wisdom traditions. Seeking to enrich the Hebrew collection of this form, Eyal Rivlin and Timothy Dobson have been collaborating over the last 3 years to create a rich and powerful new repertoire of dances inspired by ancient Hebrew prayers. Through simple, deep, and heart opening dances we dance ourselves to an experience of Oneness! The circle dances are accessible and require no previous experience or partner. If you are searching for new and meaningful ways to "em-body" your Jewish practice be sure to check it out.   When: Saturday, November 10th, 9-5. Since we will be filming this event please plan to be there for the whole time.  Where: Boulder Mennonite Church, 3910 Table Mesa Dr (1 block East of Broadway)  How Much: Free! Also, in gratitude for your participation in the filming we will be offering lunch.   Please RSVP to Eyal Rivlin at 303-443-3796 Exploring Devekut 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.

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! DOvid BOruch ben Rachel and Raphael HA Levi Magdalena Merovingia Gershom ben Leah v Avraham Yehoshua Mishulim ben Sarah Leah 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

Yossi and Yitzhak are on a train across Poland, each on his way to meet a prospective bride on the other side of the country. Halfway there, Yitzhak turns to Yossi and says, "Forget about this whole marriage thing. I just don't like the idea." So he gets off at the next stop and makes his way back home. Meanwhile, Yossi continues on and is met at the final destination by the mothers of the two prospective brides. When the mothers realize what has happened, they instantly begin to fight over whose daughter should wed this precious little boychik. "He's mine!" cries one. "Not on your life," cries the other, "He will marry my daughter!" After bickering for a while, Yossi and the two mothers decide to go to the rebbe and ask him to resolve the situation. In the grand tradition of the ancients, the rebbe replies, "Well, there is only one solution to this problem. Cut the boy in half, and you each take half home with you." At this, the first mother looks shocked, while the second mother grins and cries emphatically, "Yah! Cut him in half!!" The rebbe points to the second mother and says, "THAT is the real mother-in-law. Case closed." 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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