SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM Mar 6, 2026 – Shabbat Parah
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.
MARCH BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of March. 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!)
SHUSHAN PURIM 2026 / שׁוּשָׁן פּוּרִים 5786
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities
Shushan Purim for Hebrew Year 5786 begins at sundown on Tuesday, 3 March 2026 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.
Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim.
Read more from reformjudaism.org or Wikipedia
SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, March 6, 2026. Please see the Shazoom and Observances schedule through June 2026 below.
You can read this week’s Torah Portion, Ki Tisa [When you elevate], at https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.30.11-34.35 and Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.18.1-39.
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: Mar 6, 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, 18 Adar through 24 Adar, we lovingly remember:
Madeleine Albright
Am Yisrael – US Ambassador
Samuel J. Alexander
TKH Memorial Board – father of Holly Sickles
Gershom ben Efraim Gomez
Uncle of Ruben Gomez
Hilda Klein
TKH Memorial List – mother of Bill Klein
Doris Leiber
Temple Sinai – mother of Laurie Leiber, friend of Ruben Gomez
Paul Libanti
Temple Sinai – friend of Ruben Gomez
Sara bat Yitzchak
Aunt of Ruben Gomez
Yitzchak ben Yitzchak
Husband of Ruben Gomez’s cousin Irene bat Gershom Gomez z”l
Joseph Schwartz
TKH Memorial Board – husband of Enid Schwartz z”l
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 June 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
[March 3-4, Tues-Wed, Shushan Purim]
March 6, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[March 6-7, Shabbat Parah – Shabbat of the Red Heifer]
[March 8, Sun, International Women’s Day]
March 13, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[March 13-14, Shabbat HaChodesh – Shabbat of the Month (precedes 1 Nisan)]
[March 18-19, Rosh Chodesh Nisan]
March 20, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm TBD
March 27, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm TBD
[March 27-28 – Shabbat HaGadol – the Great Shabbat]
[March 28-29, Yom HaAliyah – Aliyah Day]
[April 1 – Erev Pesach; 6:30 pm Temple Kol Hamidbar Community Seder, Sierra Vista]
[April 2-8 (9), Pesach, in Israel and in the Reform Movement]
[April 2 pm-May 21 pm, Days of the ‘Omer (7 weeks)]
April 3, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm TBD
[April 3-4, Pesach III; ‘Ómer 2]
April 10, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm TBD
[April 13-14, Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day]
April 17, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[April 16-17, Rosh Chodesh Iyar]
[April 20-21, Yom HaZikaron – Israeli Memorial Day]
[April 21-22, Yom Ha’Atzma’ut – Israeli Independence Day]
April 24, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[April 30-May 1, Pesach Shëni (Second Passover)]
May 1, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[May 4-5, Lag Ba’Ómer – 33rd Day of Counting of the ‘Ómer]
[May 5-6, LaD B’Ómer – Sefardic 34th Day of the ‘Ómer]
May 8, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
May 15, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[May 14-15, Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day]
[May 16-17, Rosh Chodesh Sivan]
[May 21, Erev Shavuot]
May 22, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[May 22-23, Shavuot – Festival of Weeks]
May 29, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
June 5, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
June 12, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[June 14-16, Rosh Chodesh Tamuz]
June 19, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
June 26, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[July 2, Tzom Tamuz – Fast of Tamuz]
TBD – Sam and Mary Caron will lead services; meeting Link, ID and Passcode pending