February
4, 2008
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Thank you to Jim
Wright for providing our Oneg Shabbat this past Saturday, and thanks to
Deb Foster for the extra special chocolate goodies!
Thank you to everyone who helps clean up after services!
Our deepest condolences to Miriam Pollack on the loss of Molly, her
beloved four-legged companion of many years.
Events
This Week
Wednesday,
February 6, 4:30-5:30pm
Wednesday,
February 6
Friday,
February 8, 7-9pm
Please join us as we welcome the students from the Boulder Jewish Day
School, who are making their annual visit to Pardes Levavot and will be
leading parts of our service.
Parashat Terumah
Terumah
Torah Journey
Events Coming
Up
June 30 - July 6
in Redmond, OR
Ruach
Ha’Aretz will again host one of the premier retreats in Jewish
Renewal, boasting some of the best teachers in the Jewish world, deep
spiritual intimacy, inspired davenning and great food all in a
beautiful
natural setting. This year the retreat will be going upscale, at the
luxurious full service Eagle
Crest Resort, on 1700 acres in the high
desert of Central Oregon, nestled among the Cascade Mountains.
Getting
Involved
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
Donate Donate! CIP is in need of
at least three high chairs. Plus an ongoing need for diapers for their
clients. Please spread the word!
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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!
- Ruti
bat Alma (Ruth Lederer MacGuire)
- 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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February
2008
4,
Monday, 7-9pm
Personal
Confessions: Writing Your Own Vidui
6, Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Hebrew
YAY!
6, Wednesday
NO Chant
and Meditation
8, Friday, 7-9pm
Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
11, Monday, 7-9pm
Personal
Confessions: Writing Your Own Vidui
13, Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Hebrew
YAY!
13, Wednesday, 7-9pm
Chant
and Meditation
16, Saturday, 9:30am-noon
Torah
Study, Davenen and Torah Service
20, Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Hebrew
YAY!
20, Wednesday
NO
Chant and Meditation
22, Friday, 7-9pm
Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
27, Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Hebrew
YAY!
27, Wednesday, 7-9pm
Chant
and Meditation
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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."
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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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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An
Irish
priest and a Rabbi found themselves sharing a compartment on a train.
After
a while, the priest opened a conversation by saying, "I know that, in
your
religion, you're not supposed to eat pork. Have you actually ever
tasted
it?
The Rabbi
said, "I must tell the truth. Yes, I have, on the odd occasion."
Then the Rabbi had his turn
of interrogation. He asked, "Your religion, too...I know you're
supposed
to be celibate. But...."
The priest
replied, "Yes, I know what you're going to ask. I have succumbed once
or
twice."
There was silence for a
while. Then the Rabbi peeped around the newspaper he was reading and
said, "Better
than pork, isn't it?"
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