SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM July 24, 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.

SHAZOOM ONLY

We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, July 24, 2026. Please see the Shazoom and Observances schedule through September 2026 below.

Read this week’s Torah Portion, Va’etchanan (I pleaded), which recounts the giving of the Ten Commandments, and the Sh’ma, a declaration of faith and a central text in Jewish prayer, at https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.3.23-7.11, and Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/Isaiah.40.1-26.

THE DECALOGUE (“Ten Commandments”) – Deut. 5:6-18

Here is a modern interpretation of the Decalogue from Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati, CA:

1. I am the Lord your God (Give your heart to what matters)
2. Don’t worship idols (Don’t devote your time and energy to harmful distractions)
3. Don’t take God’s name in vain (Choose your words with care)
4. Remember Shabbat (Make time for rest)
5. Honor your parents (Honor those whose shoulders you stand on)
6. Don’t murder (Don’t push others down)
7. Don’t commit adultery (Cherish your relationships)
8. Don’t steal (Don’t take, or take credit for, what’s not yours)
9. Don’t bear false witness (Don’t lie, no matter the reward)
10. Don’t covet (Don’t wish so much for what others have that you lose sight of your own blessings)

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 24, 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, 11 Av through 17 Av, we lovingly remember:

Danny Huber

Husband of Susie Morss

Betty Lou Shull

Mother of Keren Ginsburg

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 September 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):

[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 – Sabbath of Consolation/Comfort]

[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]