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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Thank you to our
Rabbinic Intern, Donna Friedman, who led services this past Friday.
Thank you
to Miriam Pollack for providing our oneg this past Friday.
Events
This Week
Wednesday, May
14,
3:45-5pm
Wednesday, May 14
Riki's school - Manhattan Middle School - will be performing the
one-act play, 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly' at the theater at New
Vista High School (Baseline and 27th Street) Wednesday, at 7pm and
again on Thursday at 7pm. (Riki is in the Wednesday night cast.) Thus,
no chant this week...
Saturday, May 17,
9:30am-noon
Parashat Behar
Behar
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.
Join the many folks who have registered for the best Ruach ever!
Boulder
Jewish Festival
Sunday, June 15,
11am-5pm
14th year! A one-day, family-oriented celebration of Jewish culture,
featuring live entertainment, dance, art, food, community organizations
and children's activities.
Boulder
chorus opens Jewish
festival
Shir HaLev, the
Boulder Jewish Chorus, will be opening the Boulder Jewish Festival at
11 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, on the Pearl Street Mall. Shir haLev
features Pardes Levavot member Fred Berkelhammer.
The chorus, in its third year of opening the festival, has been living
up to its name (Song of the Heart) by singing in assisted living
facilities and Jewish congregations this fall, winter and spring. "We
are a community chorus, so we love singing for elders and bringing such
varied and beautiful Jewish music into our community," says Zhenya
Gallon, acting director.
Chorus members are drawn from almost every congregation in Boulder, as
well as from the unaffiliated community. "We are varied in age and
musical experience, but we are united by our love for singing and for
the rich heritage of Jewish music - whether well-known or unfamiliar -
that we perform," she adds.
Getting
Involved
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
Lutheran Family
Services Position Available. LFS’s Pregnancy Counseling, Parenting and
Adoption Program is looking for a 20 hour a week Administrative
Assistant. Email inquiries or resume to pat.cimino@lfsco.org.
Spring
Clean-up! Please
join Boy Scout Troop #377 on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00-Noon in
cleaning up our
church property. Please bring water, work gloves and tools! Thank you!
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May
2008
14,
Wednesday,
3:45-5pm
Hebrew
YAY!
17, Saturday, 9:30am-noon
Torah
Study, Davenen and Torah Service
21, Wednesday, 3:45-5pm
Hebrew
YAY!
Final session for this semester
21, Wednesday, 7-9pm
Chant
and Meditation
23, Friday
Shabbat
at Home
31, Friday
Shabbat
at Home
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AROUND
TOWN
AND BEYOND
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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!
- Froma
bat Feigele (Francine Weaver)
- Lillian
Ruth Glassman
- Yael
Bracha bat Eidel Leah
- 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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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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There
once were two evil brothers. They were rich and used their money to
keep their evil ways from the public eye. They attended the same
temple, and to everyone else, they appeared to be perfect Jews.
One day, their rabbi retired and a new one was hired. Not only could
the new rabbi see right through the brothers' deceptions, but he also
spoke well and true about it. Due to the rabbi's honesty and integrity,
the temple's membership grew in numbers. Eventually, a fundraising
campaign was started to build a much bigger temple.
All of a sudden, one of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought
out the new rabbi the day before the funeral and handed him a check for
the amount needed to complete the new building. He held the check for
the rabbi to see.
"I have only one condition," he said. "At the funeral, you must say my
brother was a mensch. You must say those exact words."
After some thought, the rabbi gave his word and took the check. He
cashed it immediately.
At the funeral the next day, however, the rabbi did not hold back. "He
was an evil man," he said about the dead brother. "He cheated on his
wife and abused his family. Never once did he commit an unselfish act."
He railed on and on about the deceased. After nearly a half hour of the
evil truth, the rabbi paused and shrugged his shoulders. Finally, he
said, "But compared to his brother, he was a mensch."
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