PUZOOM 6:30 PM Friday, Feb 27, 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.98
SIM SHALOM tovah uv’rachah, chën vachésed v’rachamim, alëinu v’al kōl Yisraël ‘amécha, [v’al kōl yoshvëi tëvël, v’imru: Amën.]
GRANT PEACE, goodness and blessing, grace, kindness, and mercy, to us and to all Your people Israel [and all who inhabit the earth, and let us say: Amen.]
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY and JEWISH DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH
PUZOOM
We will meet for Shazoom and a pre-Purim celebration this coming Friday evening, February 27, 2026, at 6:30 pm. Attendees are welcome to wear Purim costumes.
You can read this week’s Torah Portion, Tetzaveh [(You) shall command], at https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.27.20-30.10, and the Haftarot at https://www.sefaria.org/Esther.7.1-10 and https://www.sefaria.org/Esther.8.15-17 or https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.15.1-15.34.
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:
Puzoom – Erev Shabbat Service and Purim Celebration
Time: Feb 27, 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, 11 Adar through 17 Adar, we lovingly remember:
Raúl Grijalva
First Yahrzeit – US Representative
Alan K. Simpson
First Yahrzeit – US Senator
Irma Fabela
Aunt of Ida Farmer
Linda Downs Gomez
Sister-in-Law of Ruben Gomez
Lucy H. Gomez
Aunt of Ruben Gomez
Edmund Burke Harris
Husband of Tarciana z”l and father of Rachel Harris
Mabel Manuelito
Friend of Jane Kolber
Levy ben Yitzchak
Uncle of Ruben Gomez
Chaim Topol
Am Yisrael – Israeli Actor
“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 February 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
February 27, 2026 – Puzoom at 6:30 pm [TKH Erev Shabbat & Purim Celebration]
[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]