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December
8, 2008
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Events
This Week
Celebrate
Shabbat at Home with Friends and Family
Friday,
December 12
Events Coming
Up
Chanukah Party
Monday, December
22, 5pm
Pardes Levavot's annual Chanukah party, dinner and candle lighting is
in two weeks!
Friday, January
9, 5:45pm
This January the OHALAH conference of Jewish Renewal Rabbis, Cantors
and Rabbinic Pastors will return to Boulder. OHALAH has again extended
a very kind invitation to members of Pardes Levavot to attend the
pre-conference Shabbat service. Please note that new for this year, the
OHALAH organizers are requesting an RSVP from all community members who
plan to attend. Please
visit our web site for registration information. OHALAH is also
opening Shabbat dinner to Pardes Levavot members. Get your registration
in now if you plan to attend!
Sunday, January
11, 1-3pm
The OHALAH conference will conclude with the ordination ceremony for
ten graduates. Members of Pardes Levavot are invited to attend to
celebrate and honor these students' achievements. Our own Ori Har will
receive smicha as a Rabbi - be sure to attend!
Getting
Involved
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
A
great Thank
You from the Thanksgiving Basket Committee to everyone who
participated. The project was a great success. We were able to fill 104
baskets and give a substantial donation to EFAA.
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!
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December
2008
17,
Wednesday, 7-8:30pm
Chant and Meditation
20, Saturday, 10am-noon
Contemplative Shabbat Service
20, Saturday, following services
Rebbes' Tisch
22, Monday, 5pm
Chanukah Party!
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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!
- 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
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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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After
months
of negotiation, a Jewish Talmudic scholar from Odessa was granted
permission to
visit Moscow. He boarded the train and found an empty seat. At the next
stop a young man got on and sat next to him. The scholar
looked at the young man and thought:
This fellow doesn't look like a
peasant, and if he isn't a peasant he probably comes from this
district. If he comes from this district, he must be Jewish because
this is, after all, the Jewish district. On the other hand, if he is a
Jew where could he be going? I'm the only one in our district who has
permission to travel to Moscow. Wait - just outside Moscow there is a
little village called Samvet, and
you don't need special permission to go there. But why would he be
going to Samvet? He's probably going to visit one of the Jewish
families there, but how many Jewish families are there in Samvet? Only
two - the Bernsteins and the Steinbergs. The Bernsteins are a terrible
family, so he must be visiting the Steinbergs. But why is he going? The
Steinbergs have only girls, so maybe he's their son-in-law. But if
he is, then which daughter did he marry? Sarah married that nice lawyer
from Budapest and Esther married a
businessman from Zhadomir, so it must be Sarah's husband. Which means
that his name is Alexander Cohen, if I'm not mistaken. But if he comes
from Budapest, with all the anti-Semitism they have there, he must have
changed his name. What's the Hungarian equivalent of Cohen? Kovacs. But
if he changed his name he must have some special status. What
could it be? A doctorate from the University.
At this point the scholar turns to the young man and said, "How do you
do, Dr. Kovacs?"
"Very well, thank you, sir" answered the startled passenger. "But how
is it that you know my name?"
"Oh," replied the scholar, "it was obvious."
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