SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM July 3, 2026
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICT
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.
JULY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of July. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26):
o May the Eternal One bless you and protect you!
o May the Eternal One deal kindly and graciously with you!
o May the Eternal One bestow favor upon you and grant you peace!
KËIN YEHI RATZON (Let it be so!)
TZOM TAMMUZ 2026 / צוֹם י״ז בְּתַמּוּז 5786
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple
Tzom Tammuz for Hebrew Year 5786 occurs at dawn on Thursday, 2 July 2026.
The Seventeenth of Tammuz (Hebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז, Shiv’ah Asar b’Tammuz) is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B’Av. Like other minor fasts, Tzom Tammuz begins at dawn (first light) and ends at nightfall (full dark). If the 17th of Tammuz falls on a Shabbat, the fast is instead observed the next day, the 18th of Tammuz (on Sunday).
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SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Please see the Shazoom and Observances schedule through September 2026 below.
Read this week’s Torah Portion, Pinchas (Hebrew for “Phinehas”, a name), at https://www.sefaria.org/Numbers.25.10-30.1, and Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.1.1-2.3.
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: July 3, 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/72510500854?pwd=Z3VQZWF4U1BBZytNYmh3aHFTWkFDZz09
Meeting ID: 725 1050 0854
Passcode: 4NrMk0
Hint: The last character of the password is the number zero.
YAHRZEITS/ANYOS
This coming week, 19 Tamuz through 25 Tamuz, we lovingly remember:
Ernest Aragon
Uncle of Mary Caron
Those victims of the Sho’ah (Holocaust) who died at this time of year.
“ZICHRONAM LIV’RACHAH” – MAY THEIR MEMORIES BE FOR BLESSING.
L’shalom,
-Ruben
PS – Shazoom and Observances Schedule through September 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
[July 2, Tzom Tamuz – Fast of Tamuz]
July 3, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[July 4, Independence Day US]
July 10, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[July 15, Rosh Chodesh Av]
July 17, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[July 18, Shabbat Chazon]
[July 22, Erev Tish’a B’Av]
[July 23, Tish’a B’Av – Ninth of Av]
July 24, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[July 25, Shabbat Nachamu]
[July 29, Tu B’Av, Minor Jewish Holiday of Love]
July 31, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
August 7, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[August 13-14, Rosh Chodesh Elul]
August 14, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[August 14, Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot – New Year of the Animals]
August 21, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
August 28, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
September 4, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[September 5, after nightfall, Leil Selichot]
[September 7, Labor Day US]
September 11, 2026 – Erev Rosh Hashanah (TBD)
[September 12-13 – Rosh Hashanah (mostly one day in Reform Movement)]
September 18, 2026 – Erev Shabbat Shuvah (TBD)
[September 19 – Shabbat Shuvah (Shabbat of Return)]
September 25, 2026 – Erev Sukkot (TBD)
[September 26-October 2 – Sukkot]
[October 2, 2026 – Erev Shabbat (TBD)
[October 2-3, Sh’mini Atzéret (Eight Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah); Reform Movement combines as in Israel]