December
17, 2007
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Thank you Jim
Wright for providing the oneg this past Friday evening.
Thank you to Elliot and Margie Davidoff for a generous donation to
Pardes Levavot in honor of the naming of their grandchildren, Lily and
Noah Davidoff.
Thank you to Aviva and Scott Moore for a generous donation to the
Rabbis' Discretionary Fund in honor of their daughter Ilana's naming.
Thank you to Joseph Lukasik for a generous donation to the Rabbis'
Discretionary Fund in honor of Reb Victor.
Events
This Week
Wednesday,
December 19, 7-9pm
Saturday,
December 22, 9:30am-noon
Plus a special memorial service for Carol Barrish's Mother, Esther
Barrish.
Parashat Vayechi
Vayechi
Torah Journey
Events Coming
Up
A Workshop
featuring Rabbi Wayne Dosick and Ellen Kaufman Dosick.
Sponsored by Pardes Levavot.
Thursday, January 10, 2008, 7-9:30pm.
At the Boulder JCC, 3800 Kalmia Avenue.
Join us and discover how to use authentic Tree of Life mysticism, sweet
melodies, and meditative prayer to connect and communicate with God in
deep, intimate relationship; how to "zoom" into God's holy presence;
how to talk to God and listen as God responds, and how to fulfill the
yearnings of heart and soul. Anytime. Anywhere. All in just 20
minutes a day!
Open to people of all faiths and spiritual paths; you "don't have to
be Jewish" to practice 20 Minute Kabbalah.
Please come to this extraordinary Workshop and say to God: "Hineini.
Here I Am."
Getting
Involved
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
CIP still needs
disposable diapers and infant clothing.
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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,
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December
2007
19,
Wednesday,
7-9pm
Chant
and Meditation
22, Saturday, 9:30am-noon
Torah
Study, Davenen and Torah Service and memorial for Carol Barrish's
mother, Esther Barrish
26, Wednesday, 7-9pm
Chant
and Meditation
28, Friday, 7-9pm
Kabbalat
Shabbat Service with special wedding blessing!
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AROUND
TOWN
AND BEYOND
Join
Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan, Eyal Rivlin and Danya Uriel in a day of exploring
the magic of Call and Response chanting. Journey with the Ancient
Hebrews and discover their desert songs and Temple sacred singing as
they are reflected in old texts and in new chants.
Sunday, January 13th, 10:30 am - 5 pm. Please RSVP for Boulder
location. $54 (some scholarships available) To register contact Danya
or Eyal 303-443-3796 eyalrivlin@yahoo.com
Reb Zalman in Hawaii
Come
join Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Eve Ilsen for a magical Shabbaton
on the Big Island of Hawaii over the weekend of February 15-17, 2008.
The
Outrigger hotel is giving participants in the Shabbaton a great rate of
$135 per night for ocean view rooms and these rates are good 5 days
before the Shabbaton to five days after. Leading prayer and teaching in
Hawaii has been a dream of Reb Zalman's for a long time. For more
information or to download the flyer and registration form go to www.konabethshalom.org.
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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!
- Chana
Feygeleh bat Timka
- HaRav
Shohama bat Yehudit
- Sarah
Yehudis Krissel bat Chaya Fayge
- Bob
Snyder
- David
Sapper
- 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
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Moskowitz
had bought a parrot and one morning found the bird at the
eastern side of the cage, with a
small prayer shawl over its head, rocking to and fro, and mumbling.
Bending
low to listen, Moskowitz was thunderstruck to discover the parrot was
intoning
prayers in the finest Hebrew.
"You're Jewish?" asked Moskowitz.
"Not only Jewish," said the parrot, "but Orthodox. So will you take me
to the synagog on Rosh Hashonah?"
Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, was indeed only 2 days away, and it
would as always usher in the high-holiday season which would end with
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, ten days later. Moskowitz said "Of
course I'll take you, but can I tell my friends about you? This isn't a
secret is it?"
"No secret at all. Tell anyone you want to." And the parrot returned to
his praying.
Moskowitz went to all his friends to tell them about his Jewish parrot.
Of course no one believed him, and in no time at all Moskowitz was
taking bets. By Rosh Hashonah he had $1,000 in bets riding on the
parrot.
Grinning, Moskowitz brought the parrot to the synagog in its cage. He
put him in a prominent place and everyone turned to watch the parrot do
his prayers. Even the rabbi watched, as he had $7 that said the parrot
would not pray.
Moskowitz waited. Everyone waited. The parrot did not pray.
Moskowitz put the prayer shawl over the parrot's head, but the bird
ducked and shawl fell off. After the services all of Moskowitz's
friends laughed, and collected their money.
Utterly humiliated, Moskowitz returned home, turned viciously on the
bird, screaming, "Prepare to die you little monster, for I'm going to
wring your neck! If you can pray, now's the time!"
The parrot's voice rang out clear, "Hold it, you idiot. In 10 days it's
Yom Kippur, when all the Jews will sing the tragic, haunting Kol Nidre.
Why don't you bet everyone that I can sing Kol Nidre."
"Why? You didn't do anything today!"
"Exactly," replied the bird.
"So for Yom Kippur, just think of the odds you'll get!"
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