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January
28, 2008
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Thank you to Jim
Wright for providing our Oneg Shabbat this past Friday.
Please take a few extra minutes at the end of our services and help
make sure everything is cleaned up and put back in both the oneg and
kitchen area and in the sanctuary. If we all pitch in it is done in a
snap. If only one person works it takes 1½ to 2 hours. Thanks for your
help!
Events
This Week
Wednesday,
January 30
Saturday,
February 2, 9am-12:15pm
Parashat Mishpatim
Mishpatim
Torah Journey
Bar/Bat
Mitzvah Program
Saturday,
February 2, 12:30-1:45pm
Events Coming
Up
(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
The Our Center
Clothing Bank (50 E. Rogers Road)
has an immediate need for volunteers. Volunteers help receive small
kitchen items and donated clothing, sort clothing and restock clothing
racks. 3 volunteers needed daily, Monday through Friday. The Shift is
8:00 am to Noon.
The Our Center Intake Office
has an immediate need for 5 volunteers for the following shifts:
Tuesday 12:30-4:00pm, Wednesday 9:00am to 12:30pm and 12:30pm to
4:00pm, Thursday 9:00am to 12:30pm, and Friday 9:00am to 12:30pm.
Volunteers work one on one with clients issuing grocery vouchers and
updating client files. Mandatory background check!
For more information please call E. Linda Ulibarri, Volunteer Program
Coordinator 303-772-5529 ext. 235
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The Pope met with his cardinals to
discuss a proposal from Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel. "Your
Holiness," said one of the Cardinals, "Mr. Netanyahu wants to
challenge you to a game of golf to show the friendship and ecumenical
spirit shared by the Jewish and Catholic faiths."
The Pope
thought it was a good idea, but he had never held a golf club in his
hand. "Have we not," he asked, "a cardinal who can represent me against
the leader of Israel?"
"None that
plays golf very well," a cardinal said. "But, he added, "there is a man
named Jack Nicklaus, an American golfer who is a devout Catholic. We
can offer to make him a cardinal; then ask him to play Benjamin
Netanyahu as your personal representative. In addition to showing our
spirit of cooperation, we'll also win the match." Everyone agreed it
was a good idea. The call was made. Of course, Nicklaus was honored and
agreed to play. The day after the match, Nicklaus reported to the
Vatican to inform the Pope of the result.
"I have
some good news and some bad news, Your Holiness," said the golfer.
"Tell me the good news first, Cardinal Nicklaus," said the Pope.
"Well, your Holiness, I don't like to brag, but even though I've played
some pretty terrific rounds of golf in my life, this was the best I
have ever played, by far. I must have been inspired from above. My
drives were long and true, my irons were accurate and purposeful and my
putting was perfect. With all due respect, my play was truly
miraculous." "There's bad news?" the Pope asked. Nicklaus sighed. "I
lost to Rabbi Woods by three strokes."
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January
2008
28, Monday,
7-9pm
Personal
Confessions: Writing Your Own Vidui
30, Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Hebrew Class
30,
Wednesday
NO Chant
and
Meditation
February
2008
2,
Saturday, 9am-12:15pm
Learners' Shabbat Morning Service for All Ages
2, Saturday, 12:30-1:45
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program
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AROUND
TOWN
AND BEYOND
Rabbi
Shefa Gold has
just released a new CD, called The Majesty of Nurture, which
will be celebrated at a concert on January 27th at the Woodstock Jewish
Center at 7PM. You can purchase it through her website: www.RabbiShefaGold.com
In speaking about this new music, Shefa says,
"The Majesty of Nurture takes us on a journey of prayer. We
begin by invoking the Divine presence in order to unify the places of
duality in us. We turn then to the practice of gratefulness for our
lives. We acknowledge the purity and infinite potential of our souls
and then do the work of balancing the forces of will and surrender. We
invite in a vision of our future self in order to see who we are
becoming and then we celebrate, first with the practice of complete
satisfaction and then exuberant praise. We turn then to the inspiration
of Torah and to the wisdom of the Prophets. Our prayer concludes an
affirmation of our participation in the process of the evolution of
consciousness, a hymn to the mystery of God, and a celebration of Joy."
Sacred
Speaking / Deeper Davenning
Jonathan Bender, who
just performed In the Belly of the Whale,
is holding his workshop on Sacred Speaking. Previously taught at
Kallah, this embodied approach to prayer focuses not on what to say,
but how to express yourself deeply, and connect more fully with text
and the Divine. A 3-hour workshop with practical exercises to take home
with you.
Date: Thurs 1/24, 6-9pm.
Boulder.
Cost: $40. Sliding scale
available.
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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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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