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May
18, 2009
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PARDES LEVAVOT
Events
This Week
Celebrate
Shabbat at Home
Friday, May 22
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.
Center for
Spiritual Friendship Grand Opening
Sunday, May
31st 12:30-4:30 pm
Come Bless the Beginning of our new Center for Spiritual Friendship -
see flyer, below.
Haver Program
on Jewish Funeral Services
Thursday, June 4
7:00 pm Haver program on Jewish Funeral Services and the Boulder
Chevre Kaddisha- see flyer below.
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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Q: How many Hassidic Rebbes does it take to change a light bulb?
A: What is a light bulb?
Q: How many Orthodox Rabbis does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Change?
Q: How many Conservative Rabbis does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Call a committee meeting.
Q: How many Reform Rabbis does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, anyone can change it whenever they want to.
Q: How many Jewish Renewal rabbis does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It depends.
* One if it's an eco-kosher bulb that isn't going to be lit from
electricity from nuclear power.
* Two, as long as a man and a woman rabbi have equal turns putting in
the bulb.
* Three, one to change it, one to do a Buddhist mindfulness practice
during the change, and one to document the paradigm shift in a
best-selling book called "The Jew in the Light bulb."
* Four, same as above plus an additional rabbi to study the
psycho-halachic implications of such a change and then lead a retreat
weekend on the experience.
Q: How many Shlomo hassidim does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Gevaldt, it's mamash such a great opportunity to do t'shuvah. So it
takes everyone there to get real close, sing a niggun, listen to an
Ishbitzer teaching, tell a Levi Yitchak story, and change the bulb at 2
in the morning.
Q: How many Reconstructionist Rabbis does it take to change a light
bulb?
A: Four. One to wish they were doing what the Orthodox rabbi does, one
to wish they were doing what the Reform rabbi does, one to wish they
were doing what the Renewal rabbi does, and one eventually to change
the bulb.
Q: How many Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 30. One to change the bulb and 29 to discuss it and give
contradictory advice to the person changing the bulb.
Q: How many Lubavitchers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, it never died.
Q: How many Breslover Hassidim does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. There will never be one that will burn as brightly as the
first one.
Q: How many congregates does it take to change a light bulb in a
synagogue?
A: CHANGE? You vant we should CHANGE the light bulb? My grandmother
donated that light bulb!!!
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