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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!

December 24, 2007

AT PARDES LEVAVOT

Of Note

Thank you Jim Wright for providing the oneg this past Saturday morning.

Mazel Tov to Miriam Fields on the birth of her grandson, Maxwell Norman Dukeman, born December 9, 2007. And mazel tov to proud parents Amy and Joe Dukeman and big brother Sam.

Baruch Dayan Emet - condolences from our hearts to Michael Lewis, and the entire Lewis family, on the passing of his mother on Shabbat.

Events This Week

NO Chant and Meditation

We will resume our regular practice on Wednesday, January 16

Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Saturday, December 22, 9:30am-noon

Plus a special wedding blessing!

Parashat Shemot
Shemot Torah Journey

Events Coming Up

OHaLaH Shabbaton

Friday, January 4, 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 5, 9:45 am

Join with the ALEPH Smicha (ordination) Students and members of OHaLaH (Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal) at the Boulderado Hotel for a Shabbat of Renewal!

(Note: there will be no Shabbat services at Pardes Levavot)

20 Minute Kabbalah

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."

Personal Confessions: Writing Your Own Vidui

(Sponsored by Menorah - JCC)

With Rabbi Nadya Gross

Mondays: January 28, February 4, February 11, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: North Boulder - call 303-434-5583 for directions

Cost: $72 for three sessions

Rabbi Eliezer declared: "Repent one day before your death." Whereupon his disciples asked: How does one know which day that is? "Exactly," answered the sage. "For that reason, we ought to live our lives each day as though it were our last." (Babylonian Talmud)

What is the sum of your life's experience? What is your greatest regret? What hurts need to be addressed? From whom do you most crave forgiveness? The Jewish practice of deathbed confession, the vidui, is finding a new expression, as many are choosing to create a personal document that is an accurate and personal atONEment. Join Rabbi Nadya Gross for a three-session workshop and learn how to write, and regularly update, your vidui as life continues to unfold.

Getting Involved

From the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin

Pastor Martin Lettow's first Sunday at Shepherd will be January 13th.  There will be an installation ceremony held for Pastor Lettow on January 20th at 2 pm. Bishop Alan Bjornberg will be presiding and preaching. Please plan on attending the installation and showing your support for this significant event!


PARDES LEVAVOT CALENDAR

December 2007

26, Wednesday
NO Chant and Meditation

28, Friday, 7-9pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service with special wedding blessing!

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND

JCC Calendar

In the Belly of the Whale

An Evening with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Compassionate Listening

JewMex: The Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Jewish Mexico

Call and Response

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.


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
 
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.

A dialogue while Moses is at the top of Sinai.

G: And remember Moses, in the laws of keeping Kosher, never cook a calf in its mother's milk. It is cruel.

Moses: Ohhhhhh! So you are saying we should never eat milk and meat together.

G: No, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in its mother's milk.

Moses: Oh, Lord forgive my ignorance! What you are really saying is we should wait six hours after eating meat to eat milk so the two are not together in our stomachs.

G: No, Moses, what I'm saying is, don't cook a calf in its mother's milk!!!

Moses: Oh, Lord! Please don't strike me down for my stupidity! What you mean is we should have a separate set of dishes for milk and a separate set for meat and if we make a mistake we have to bury
that dish outside.

G: Ah, do whatever you want.