SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM Feb 20, 2026
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.161
Baruch atah, Adonai, haporës sukat shalom alëinu v’al kōl amo Yisraël v’al Yerushaláyim.
GIVE US A PLACE TO REST, Adonai, our God. Bring us into shelter…. Spread over us Your shelter of peace, over all we love – over our Jerusalem and Yours.
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY and JEWISH DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH
SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, February 20, 2026. Please see the Shazoom schedule below.
You can read this week’s Torah Portion, Terumah [Gifts], at https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.25.1-27.19, and the Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.5.26-6.13.
Zoom continues updating its security and performance features. Making sure you have the latest version of Zoom, please join us online this coming Friday evening:
Shazoom – Erev Shabbat Service
Time: Feb 20, 2026 06:30 PM Arizona
To join Shazoom click on the following link [you may need to copy it into your browser]:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3885401743?pwd=NTJNVGJvZVBqa1RZU3AvZ3Uxd0pYQT09&omn=84406565445
Meeting ID: 725 1050 0854
Passcode: 4NrMk0
Hint: The last character of the password is the number zero.
YAHRZEITS/ANYOS
This coming week, 4 Adar through 10 Adar, we lovingly remember:
Orsonio Baquirig
Husband of Barbara Gomez, cousin of Ruben Gomez
Linda Fleisher
Sister of Barbara Haas
Yosef ben Efraim Gomez
Father of TKH Member Ruben Gomez
Marvin Levy
Husband of Iris Adler
Alexei Navalny
Russian and World Figure
Irving Roth
Am Yisrael
Bela “Bill” Vidor
First Yahrzeit – Holocaust Survivor, Temple Sinai Oakland
“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 – Schedule through February 2026 for Shazoom (Arizona Time Zone):
February 20, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
February 27, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[February 27-28, Fri-Sat, Shabbat Zachor – Sabbath of Remembrance]
[March 2, Mon, Ta’anit Esther – Fast of Esther – Erev Purim]
[March 2-3, Mon-Tues, Purim]
[March 3-4, Tues-Wed, Shushan Purim]