SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM September 18, 2026 – Shabbat Shuvah
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.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.]
SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, September 18, 2026. Please see the Shazoom and Observances schedule through December 2026 below.
Read this week’s Torah Portion at https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.32.1-32.52, and Haftarot at https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.14.2-10, https://www.sefaria.org/Micah.7.18-20, and https://www.sefaria.org/Joel.2.15-27.
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 – Shabbat Shuvah
Time: Sep 18, 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, 8 Tishri through 14 Tishri, we lovingly remember:
Miriam TG Bellavia
Cousin of Ruben Gomez
Diane Feinstein
Am Yisrael
Jonna Levine
Aunt of Elizabeth Bernstein
Carol Petesch
Friend of TKH member Iris Adler
Gertrude Schwartz
Mother of Joe 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.
BENEDICTIONS
From Temple Sinai Machzor for the High Holy Days p.53
And now, at the beginning of a New Year, we pray for blessing:
The spirit of wisdom and understanding. Amen
The spirit of insight and courage. Amen
The spirit of knowledge and reverence. Amen
May we overcome trouble, pain, and sorrow. Amen
May our days and years increase. Amen
Eternal our God and God of our people, renew us for a good year: Amen and Amen.
From URJ https://urj.org/what-we-believe/resolutions/refugees-and-sanctuary
“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.” Lev. 19:33
L’shalom,
G’mar Chatimah Tovah – May you be sealed for good (in the Book of Life)
–Ruben
PS – Shazoom and Observances schedule through December 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
September 18, 2026 – Erev Shabbat Shuvah – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[September 19 – Shabbat Shuvah (Shabbat of Return)]
[September 20, Sunday – Erev Yom Kippur – Kol Nidrë]
[September 21, Monday – Yom Kippur]
September 25, 2026 – Erev Sukkot (TBD)
[September 26-October 2, Saturday-Friday – Sukkot]
October 2, 2026 – Erev Shabbat – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[October 2-3, Sh’mini Atzéret (Eight Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah); Reform Movement combines as in Israel]
October 9, 2026 – Erev Shabbat – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm)
[October 10-12, Saturday-Monday – Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan]
[October 12, Monday – Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day]
October 16, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
October 23, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
October 30, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
November 6, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[November 8-9, Sunday-Monday – Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur)]
[November 9-11, Monday-Wednesday – Rosh Chodesh Kislev]
[November 11, Wednesday – Veterans Day]
November 13, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
November 20, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[November 26, Thursday – Thanksgiving Day]
November 27, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
December 4, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm (Erev Chanukah, First Candle)
[December 5, Friday – Chanukah on Shabbat]
[December 5 to 12, Saturday-Saturday – Chanukah]
[December 9-10, Wednesday-Thursday – Chag HaBanot–North African Chanukah Festival of Daughters]
[December 9-11, Wednesday-Friday – Rosh Chodesh Tevet]
December 11, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm (Chanukah Eighth Candle)
[December 12, Saturday – Chanukah on Shabbat]
December 18, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[December 20, Sunday – Asara B’Tevet – Fast, Siege of Jerusalem]
December 25, 2025 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[December 31, Thursday – Secular New Year’s Eve]
January 1, 2026 – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[January 1, Friday – Secular New Year’s Day 2027]