SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM Jan 2, 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.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.
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, January 2, 2026. Please see the Shazoom schedule below.
You can read this week’s Torah Portion, Vayechi [He lived], at https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.47.28-50.26 and the Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.2.1-12. This is the last parsha of Genesis.
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: Jan 2, 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, 14 Tevet through 20 Tevet, we lovingly remember:
Esther Zelby Caron
Mother of Sam Caron
Linda Mager
Friend of Iris Adler
Victoria Marraccini
Friend of Ruben Gomez
Calik Rymar
TKH Memorial Board, husband of Henia Rymar-Sznejder
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.
Happy Secular New Year!
L’shalom,
-Ruben
PS – Schedule through January 2026 for Shazoom (Arizona Time Zone):
[December 30, Tuesday – Asara B’Tevet – (10 of Tevet) – Fast, Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia; starts at dawn, ends at nightfall]
[December 31, Wednesday – Secular New Year’s Eve]
[January 1, Thursday – Secular New Year’s Day 2026]
January 2, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
January 9, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
January 16, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[January 18-19, Rosh Chodesh Shevat]
January 23, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
January 30, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[January 30-31, Shabbat Shirah – Sabbath of Song]