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August
18, 2008
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Of Note
Thank you to
Debbi Foster for providing a wonderful kiddush this past Saturday!
Congratulations to Amitai as he heads to the Great White East to
experience a real winter, and go to college at Bennington.
Mazal Tov to our own favorite photographer, Jack Greene on his new
studio/business, "3rd and Main Photography" (Longmont). Check out the
website at www.3rdAndMainPhotos.com
and make your appointment for a family photo session... or pass his
name
on to friends who have a Bar Mitzvah or wedding or other celebration
coming up.
Events
This Week
Friday August 22
Parashat Eikev
Eikev
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
22,
Friday
Shabbat at Home
27, Wednesday, 7-8:30pm
Chant and
Meditation
29, 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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A man has been in business for many, many years and the business is
going down the drain. He is seriously contemplating suicide and he
doesn't know what to do. He goes to the Rabbi to seek his advice. He
tells the Rabbi about all of his problems in the business and asks the
Rabbi what he should do.
The Rabbi says "Take a beach chair and a Bible and put them in your car
and drive down to the edge of the ocean. Go to the water's edge. Take
the beach chair out of the car, sit on it and take the Bible out and
open it up. The wind will riffle the pages for a while and eventually
the Bible will stay open at a particular page. Read the first words
your eyes fall on and they will tell you what to do."
The man does as he is told. He places a beach chair and a Bible in his
car and drives down to the beach. He sits on the chair at the water's
edge and opens the bible. The wind riffles the pages of the Bible and
then stops at a particular page. He looks down at the Bible and his
eyes fall on words which tell him what he
has to do.
Three months later the man and his family come back to see the Rabbi.
The man is wearing a $1,000 Italian suit, The wife is all decked out
with a full-length mink coat and the child is dressed in beautiful
silk. The man hands the Rabbi a thick envelope full of money and tells
him that he wants to donate this money to the synagogue in order to
thank the Rabbi for his wonderful advice. The Rabbi is delighted. He
recognizes the man and asks him what words in the Bible brought this
good fortune to him.
The man replies: "Chapter 11."
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