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Pardes Levavot

Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.

For information on our congregation please call (303) 563-2110 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.


Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!

October 6, 2008

AT PARDES LEVAVOT

Of Note

Thank you to everyone who helped lead Rosh HaShanah services, plan, set up sacred space, provide kiddush, and thanks to all the wonderful people who attended and made it such a special time. We look forward to seeing you all at Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur.

Annual High Holiday Food Drive

Please fill a shopping bag or a box with non-perishable food and bring it to Pardes Levavot by Yom Kippur. All donations go to Community Food Share, Boulder's only food bank. Items most needed this year are canned fruit, canned meat or tuna, canned meals (stews, chili), pasta sauce, canned tomatoes, fruit juice.

Events This Week

Kol Nidre

Wednesday, October 8, 6:30-9:30pm

Yom Kippur

Thursday, October 9, 10:00am-7:30pm

Celebrate Shabbat at Home

Friday, October 10

Parashat Ha'azinu
Ha'azinu Torah Journey

Events Coming Up

Simchat Torah - Pardes Levavot and Nevei Kodesh, with Reb Zalman

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7:00pm

Join us for a joyous and mystical evening as we celebrate the completion of the annual Torah cycle with music and dance embodying the kabbalistic Tree of Life. We will include a "Torah I-Ching" ritual, where we unscroll the entire Torah and each person points to a passage to find personal guidance for the coming year. This is a family oriented event. Please bring a dessert, juice or spring water to share! Location: Unity Church, 2855 Folsom St (at Valmont), Fellowship Hall. Cost: free for members of Pardes Levavot and Nevei Kodesh, guests $10; childcare $2/child.

Special Member Needs/Offerings

Boulder Open Studios 2008

Visit artists' studios throughout Boulder in this annual event. And be especially sure to visit the studios of painter Lael Har and potter Mark Rossier, both members of Pardes Levavot! October 11 & 12 is the second of two weekends.

House Sitter

We live on Sugarloaf 10 miles west of Boulder. We are looking for a house sitter for Friday night December 19th through dinner Friday January 9, 2009. We have 2 very friendly dogs, and 3 well-behaved horses. The dogs need to be walked twice a day, and fed dinner, with company over night. The horses need to be fed twice a day.  And the water tanks need to be filled about every 7 days. It is beautiful and peaceful and quiet up here. We will be happy to pay for someone to house sit and take care of our loving animals who are very important to us.

If you are interested, or know of someone else who might be interested, please call me at 303 442-6656 and leave a message if I am not home, and I will call you back.

Thank you very much.
Arleen Miller
303 442-6656
Mountain Meadows, Sugarloaf

Getting Involved

From the Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin

Community Infant Program (CIP) – Bring baby items to help struggling parents and single mothers. There is an ongoing need for disposable diapers for young families with children. You can bring them to the church. Thank you!


PARDES LEVAVOT CALENDAR

October 2008

8, Wednesday, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Kol Nidre

9, Thursday, 10:00am-7:30pm
Yom Kippur

15, Wednesday, 7-8:30pm
Chant and Meditation

18, Saturday, 10am-noon
Contemplative Shabbat Service

18, Saturday, 12:15-1:45pm
Rebbe's Tisch in the Sukkah

29, Wednesday, 7-8:30pm
Chant and Meditation


AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND

Drumming Havdallah for Teens

Sylvia Boorstein lecture and retreat


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!
  • Fran Scully
  • Elke Birk
  • Miriam Fields
  • Batya bat Chaya v'Michael
  • Yael Bracha bat Eidel Leah
  • Ruti bat Alma (Ruth Lederer MacGuire)
  • Chana Feygeleh bat Timka
  • David Sapper
  • Magdalena Merovingia
  • Gershom ben Leah v Avraham
  • 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


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.


Morty and Sam are walking their dogs by the temple on Saturday morning. Morty says, "Lets go in. I hear they have chopped liver at the Oneg Shabbat every Saturday."

Sam says, "They will never let us in with the dogs."

"Just follow my lead," says Morty.

Morty goes into the temple. The Shammos says, "No dogs are allowed."

Morty says, "It's my seeing eye dog!"

The Shammos says, "OK, go ahead." Sam follows. Again the Shammos says, "No dogs are allowed."

Sam says, "It's my seeing eye dog!"

The Shammos asks, "This is your seeing eye dog? A chihuahua!"

Sam looks startled and says, "Is that what they gave me?"