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February
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2010
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AT
PARDES
LEVAVOT
Events This
Week
(Shh! It's
Reb Victor's birthday - let's surprise him... come one come
all to our Shabbat service - which also happens to be the 51st
anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah - and bring a special dish to share for
a celebration lunch at our Rebbes' tisch)
Contemplative
Shabbat Service
Saturday,
February 20, 10am-noon
Parashat Terumah
Terumah
Torah Journey
Rebbes' Tisch
Saturday,
February 20, 12:15-1:45pm
Please bring a
vegetarian or dairy dish to share as we come together
for a meal and Torah study following our services.
Events Coming
Up
Purim Celebrations with Pardes
Levavot and Bonai Shalom
All events at Bonai Shalom, 1527
Cherryvale Road, Boulder, Colorado.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 – 13
Adar, 5770
5:30pm Purim Shelanu
A fun, interactive Purim
celebration for kids 0-6 and their parents, led
by Shelanu families and with special guest storyteller, Rabbi Marc
Soloway. Hear the story, sing the songs,
create crafts and stay for the costume parade!
6:30pm Community Wide Purim
Celebration
We will begin with a kids costume
parade and prizes for all. Costumes
are encouraged for all!
Followed by Ma’ariv, Havdalah
and Megillah Reading with an all star cast that you won’t
want to miss!
6:45 – 8:15pm Purim fun for
Kids
During Ma’ariv and Megillah
Reading, there will be Purim
activities and crafts for children ages 6-10. Children 5 and under are
welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Of course, all ages are
encouraged
and welcome to attend the Megillah reading if accompanied by their
parents.
~8:15pm Post-Megillah
schtick-a-rama
With Emcees Jim
McPhee and Robert Garelick. If you want to share a skit this year after
our megillah
reading, please contact Jim and Robert at schtick@bonaishalom.org.
Getting
Involved
Sowing the
Seeds of the New Jewish Food Movement with Nigel Savage
Bonai Shalom,
1527 Cherryvale Rd., Boulder
Thursday, 2/18 at 7 pm
This event
is sponsored by Boulder Tuv Ha'Aretz, an Hazon Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) program, with financial support from Oreg Foundation
and Rose Community Foundation.
Join us for
Havdalah, a sing-along, and ice cream with educators from the Teva
Topsy-Turvy Climate Change bus.
The Topsy Turvy bus travels around the United States teaching about the
environment in the context of Jewish values. The Teva
Learning
Center exists to renew the ecological wisdom inherent in
Judaism
Day: Saturday, February 20
Time: 6:15
Place: Bonai Shalom (1527 Cherryvale Rd.)
This event is sponsored by Boulder Tuv Ha'Aretz, a Hazon
Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, with a generous grant from 18
Pomegranates.
The Teva Learning Center, North America's foremost Jewish Environmental
Education Institute, is a non-denominational educational service for
participants from throughout the Jewish community. Working with Jewish
Day Schools, Congregational Schools, synagogues, camps and youth
groups, Teva's programs touch the lives of 6,000 participants annually.
If you have any questions or want to RSVP, email Lisa at boulderjewishcsa@gmail.com
Learn
Hebrew at Pardes Levavot
Beginning
Hebrew for Adults - classes began Thursday, November 12 - there is
still time to join! For
information and to register: Hebrew@pardeslevavot.org
Torah
cantillation (chanting) class will be offered in late winter/early
spring. Let us know if you're interested: Hebrew@pardeslevavot.org
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!
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February
2010
20,
Saturday, 10am-noon
Contemplative Shabbat Service
20, Saturday, 12:15-1:45pm
Rebbes' Tisch
27, Saturday
Purim Celebration at Bonai Shalom
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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.
-
Moshe
Yosef
b.
Esther
v'Shlomo
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Tamar
bat
Luba
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Chana
Leah
bat
Dora
v'Yaacov
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Shulamit
Ahuva
bat
Tom
Ora
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Grace
Kohler
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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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Moishe got a new job
with a firm of accountants.
One afternoon in the second week, he entered Martin Lewis’s office and
declared: "Boss, I know everybody in the world."
Obviously,
Martin didn't believe him and
replied, "Everybody in the whole world?"
Moishe said, "Yes sir, and you
can choose anyone, and I will prove it."
After a moment, Martin said, "I
bet you don't know Madonna."
Moishe said, "I talk to her very
often by e-mail, and what's more we've had dinner together. Now we are
friends."
Martin
decided to uncover the ruse, so
he bought two tickets to Hollywood and they went to Madonna's house.
Madonna
personally opened the door. She opened her arms and said, "Oh Moishe,
what
a surprise! Come in, you and your friend."
They spent a very nice afternoon
there. But Martin wasn't convinced. He thought that it could just
have been a coincidence, so he said, "How about President Obama?"
"Barak!"
said Moishe. "Of course. We were friends together when I lived in
Chicago.
We always talked by phone."
Martin almost
lost his cool and decided
that this one he had to see immediately. They flew to Washington and as
soon as they landed took a cab to the White House. There they went to
see
a press conference where Obama was making a speech. At the end, Obama
happened
to take a look in Moishe's direction. Moishe shouted, "Barak! Barak!"
and Obama, with a smile, shouted back: "Moishe, buddy, come on in and
let's
have a talk."
Martin was
bewildered – he couldn't believe
it. But his mind didn't stop working. The chances that Moishe knew
everybody
in the world were billions to one. He decided to use a final test: The
Pope. Moishe couldn't know the Pope. But Moishe said he knew the Pope
when
he lived in Gremany. So they flew to the Vatican. There, in the middle
of
thousands of people, the Pope interrupted his prayer. They could see
his
lips saying "Moishe" with a smile in his face. The Pope opened his arms
and called Moishe to come close to him by the veranda. Moishe was
there,
looking for Martin and he saw the exact moment when Martin fainted.The
Pope blessed Moishe, Moishe kissed the Pope's staff and ran to where
Martin
was lying.
When Martin
woke up, Moishe asked what
had happened. Martin, sweating and still confused, looked at Moishe and
finally said: "I have accepted Madonna, I have accepted Obama. Even the
Pope I have accepted! But I couldn't stand it anymore when here, in the
middle of the crowd, a random person asked me "Who is this guy dressed
all in white, by the veranda, close to Moishe?"
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