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August
11, 2008
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Rabbi Raachel
Jurovics has made a generous donation to Pardes Levavot in honor of Jim
Wright.
Sharon Alexander has made a generous donation to Pardes Levavot in
honor of Rabbis Victor and Nadya and all the members who helped
celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Eliana.
Events
This Week
Saturday, August
16, 100am-12:30pm
NOTE NEW TIME
This Shabbat service will be a farewell to Amitai, who
will be leaving
for Bennington, Vermont to begin college on August 24th. We hope
everyone who
has ever been touched by Amitai's music and story-telling at Pardes
Levavot services will come to bless him on his way.
Parashat V'Etchanan
V'Etchanan
Torah Journey
Events Coming
Up
We are inviting
participation in High HolyDays services and preparation. We need
musicians, singers, torah readers, poets and other contributions to the
services. Please contact rabbis@pardeslevavot.org
if you are interested. We also seek volunteers to be the "Levites",
coordinating all the preparation, including decorating the sanctuary,
preparation of food, creative outreach to the unaffiliated, and more.
Contact info@pardeslevavot.org
if you would like to participate.
Come join us for
a six-day outdoor meditation retreat during the Democratic National
Convention. It's an interfaith gathering with meditation teachers from
the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Native American, and
African spiritual traditions. The teachers will offer brief talks and
short periods of guided meditation. There will also be a yoga class
every morning, and entertainment in the evenings after 7:00.
The event will take place at Fishback Landing Park, between the
Downtown Aquarium and the REI Superstore (near Confluence Park.) The
program begins Saturday morning, August 23, and continues through
Thursday afternoon, August 28. For more information, please go to our
website, www.meditate08.org
On Saturday evening, August 23rd we're holding an opening ceremony from
5:30 to 6:30 at the Green at DenverAquarium (700 Water Street). It's an
outdoor event with entertainment and invited guests. Please bring a
picnic blanket or lawn chair to sit on. Consult the website for more
information.
All events are free and open to the public.
Rabbis Nadya and Victor will be among the many wonderful teachers
leading a segment of the week's contemplative practice, on Wednesday,
August 27th from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. Reb Nadya will also participate in
the opening ceremony.
Getting
Involved
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
Community
Infant
Program (CIP) – There is
an on-going need for disposable diapers for young families with
children. You can bring them to the church. Thank you!
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August
2008
16,
Saturday, 10am-12:30pm
Torah
Study, Davenen and Torah Service
22, Friday
Shabbat at Home
30, 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!
- Elke
Birk
- Lita
Epstein
- Miriam
Fields
- Batya
bat Chaya v'Michael
- Lillian
Ruth Glassman
- Yael
Bracha bat Eidel Leah
- Ruti
bat Alma (Ruth Lederer MacGuire)
- Chana
Feygeleh bat Timka
- 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
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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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It seems Yankel was pushing 25 and he'd never been out on a date. His
Rosh Yeshiva calls him into the office one day and says, "Yankel! 18 to
the Chuppah! What's going to be already?" Yankel blushes and explains
to his Rebbe that he grew up in a house full of brothers, and he's
never even spoken to a girl anywhere near his age. He doesn't know what
to say to girls. Besides, it would interrupt his learning. The Rosh
Yeshiva puts a fatherly arm around him and tells him "Don't worry about
your learning, this is a Chiyuv with a capital ches. And as for what
to say, you can talk about her family, you can talk about what she
likes, and if all else fails you can talk philosophy."
Yankel leaves the Rosh Yeshiva repeating under his breath, "Family,
likes, philosophy. Family, likes, philosophy. Family, likes,
philosophy." Finally, the day arrives and he goes out on his first
shidduch.
The young people sit down in the hotel lobby and look at one another
uncomfortably. Yankel realizes that he's going to have to say
something, and the first thing on the Rosh Yeshiva's list is family, so
he blurts out, "Do you have any brothers?" "No." replies the girl, and
silence reigns. Yankel thinks hard, and then comes up with, "Do you
like baseball?" "No." is the immediate reply. Now Yankel is really at a
loss. Ah yes! Philosophy! So Yankel leans forward, and very intently,
in his best talmudic tones, asks "If you had a brother, would he like
baseball?"
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