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May
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Events
This Week
Contemplative
Shabbat Service
Friday, May 16,
10am-noon
Rebbes' Tisch
Saturday, May 16,
immediately following services
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share as we come together for a meal
and Torah study following our services.
Coming Up
Tikkun Leil
Shavuot
Thursday, May
28th, at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Har HaShem. A Tikkun Leil Shavuot
(all night learning) is an extraordinary
opportunity for all members of the community to study with a
multi-denominational group of rabbis and educators, and a chance to
hear diverse interpretations of Torah on this night of revelation and
celebration of the giving of Torah. The program will end with a dawn
prayer service.
Kids' Shavuot
Let's
go get the 10 Commandments! We'll take a short child friendly walk and
hear a story about Shavuout
When: May 28th, 6-7 pm
Where: Chautauqua Park.
Meet in front of the Dining Hall on the east side.
Who: Geared towards families with young children
Bring: Warm clothing, rain
gear, sturdy shoes, water, snack
Fee: None
Rain Policy: Canceled
if raining. Check www.AdventureRabbi.org
for status
Directions: Take
Broadway to Baseline.Turn right (West - toward Mountains), follow to
Chautauqua Park (on left). Park in parking lot or on nearby streets and
meet at the Dining Hall. We will be standing on the grass on the east
side of the Dining Hall. Give yourself at least 15 minutes to park and
walk to where we are gathering. Parking tends to be difficult, so
arrive early.
Eli Sher's
Bar Mitzvah
Saturday, May 30,
9:30am-noon
Please join us in celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Eli Sher, son of Dana
and Adam Sher.
Special
Member Needs/Offerings
Open
Studios Juried Art Fair
Second
annual Juried Art Fair at Twenty Ninth Street mall this
weekend in Boulder. Outside on 29th Street between Canyon
Boulevard and Pearl Street. Saturday, May 16, 10am-6pm and Sunday, May
17, 11am-5pm. Over
50 talented artists from Boulder County will be participating,
including Pardes Levavot members Mark Rossier and Lael Har. For an
image representing each artist's work, see www.openstudios.org/artfair.html
Getting
Involved
Tahara /
Shmira Training
Boulder
is fortunate enough to have a wonderful Chevra Kadisha (Jewish Burial
Society) that reflects the diversity and spirit of our community.
Loving volunteers care for the dead from the time of death until
burial. First, the body is washed and purified in a ritual called
Tahara. Then a vigil, called Shmira, is maintained until burial, with
Chevra Kadisha members praying, reading psalms, or meditating, to help
the soul's transition.
We
serve any Jew, regardless of affiliation, in the Boulder community.
Although we are an all-volunteer group, we do have operating expenses
and we depend on donations from families and the community to keep
going. We recommend a donation of $108/family for these services, but
no one is ever turned away. Please consider the Boulder Chevra Kadisha
when providing donations to the Jewish community.
We are actively seeking new
volunteers to help us with these mitzvot. A training for Tahara and
Shmira is just around the corner. On June 14, from 10AM-12PM we will
have a training and practice Tahara at Howe Mortuary, 1701 W. South
Boulder Road, in Lafayette. All potential volunteers are strongly
encouraged to participate. All
seasoned volunteers are invited to visit Howe Mortuary at the same
time, as we will soon be using this mortuary in addition to Crist
Mortuary in Boulder. The Tahara training will be followed by a short
introduction to sitting Shmira. For more information and to sign up,
please contact Carol Navsky at 303-499-4432 or how.car@comcast.net
From the
Shepherd of the Hills Bulletin
Items needed for the
Boulder Homeless Shelter: Blankets, Vitamins, Cough
Drops, Jelly, Maple Syrup, and Ground Coffee. You may bring donations
to Shepherd.
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May
2009
16,
Saturday, 10am-noon
Contemplative Shabbat Service
16, Saturday, 12:15-1:45pm
Rebbes' Tisch
30, Saturday, 9:30am-noon
Eli Sher's Bar Mitzvah
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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. Names will cycle off the list after
one month - please let us know if you wish for it to remain longer. Please send names in
Hebrew
and/or English, with other details as desired, to info@pardesleavavot.org.
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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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An Israeli fellow stopped at a petrol station and, after filling the
tank on his car, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by
his car to drink his cola and he watched a couple of men working along
the roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then
move on. The other man came along behind and filled in the hole. While
one was digging a new hole, the other was about 25 feet behind filling
in the old. The men worked right past the fellow with the soft drink
and went on down the road. "I can't stand this," said the man tossing
the can in a trash container and heading down the road toward the men.
"Rega, rega (Hold it, hold it)," he said to the men. "Can you tell me
what's going on here with this digging?"
"Well, we work for the Keren Kayemet (JNF)," one of the men said.
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You're not
accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting the Jewish People's money?"
"You don't understand, chaver," one of the men said, leaning on his
shovel and wiping his brow. "Normally there's three of us - me, Shlomo
and Yitzchak. I dig the hole, Yitzchak sticks in the tree and Shlomo
here puts the dirt back. Now, just because Yitzchak's sick, that don't
mean that Shlomo and I can't work."
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