SHAZOOM ONLY December 26, 2025
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, Who frees the captives.
From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” CCAR, New York 2007, p.180
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom alëinu,
v’al kōl Yisraël, v’al kōl yoshvëi tëvël, v’imru. Amën.
May the One who makes peace in the high heavens
make peace for us, for all Israel and all who inhabit the earth. Amen.
SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom this coming Friday evening, December 26, 2025. Please see the NEW Shazoom schedule below.
Read this week’s Torah Portion, Vayigash (He approached), at https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.44.18-47.27 and the Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.37.15-28.
YAHRZEITS/ANYOS
This coming week, 7 Tevet through 13 Tevet, we lovingly remember:
Rudy Lowery
First Yahrzeit – Relative of Ruben Gomez
Peter Yarrow
First Yahrzeit – Am Yisrael – Musician
Domicinda Espinoza
Mother of Mary Caron
Sarah Levy
TKH Memorial Board – Mother-in-law of Iris Adler
Those victims of the Sho’ah (Holocaust) who died at this time of year.
“ZICHRONAM LIV’RACHAH” – MAY THEIR MEMORIES BE FOR BLESSING.
From URJ https://urj.org/what-we-believe/resolutions/refugees-and-sanctuary
We are instructed in the Holiness Code (Lev. 19:33) to take to heart the lessons of our own history by treating aliens in our midst with justice and compassion. “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong. The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Judaism affirms the supreme value of human life and the equal dignity of every human being. The prophets of Israel bade us to pursue justice, seek peace, and build a society of loving-kindness among all of God’s creatures.
L’shalom,
-Ruben
PS – Shazoom and Observances schedule through December 2025 (Arizona Time Zone):
December 26, 2025 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[December 30, Tuesday – Asara B’Tevet – Fast, Siege of Jerusalem]
[December 31, Wednesday – Secular New Year’s Eve]
[January 1, Thursday – Secular New Year’s Day 2026]