SHAZOOM ONLY 6:30 PM October 9, 2026
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICT
From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.60
BARUCH atah, Adonai Elohëinu, Mélech ha’olam,
yotzër ‘or uvorë chóshech, ‘oseh shalom uvorë et-hakol.
PRAISED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe,
Creator of light and darkness, who makes peace and fashions all things.
OCTOBER 7th REMEMBRANCE DAY (2023/5784)*
From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/
Where Are We, Three Years Later?
By: Rabbi Josh Weinberg
Three years after 10-7, how has it impacted Jewish life in North America?
* Swords Of Iron War Memorial Day / יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מִלְחֶמֶת חַרְבוֹת בַּרְזֶל
Israeli national memorial day commemorating the fallen victims of the October 7 attacks, and the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. Observed on 24 Tishrei.
SHAZOOM ONLY
We will meet for Shazoom ONLY this coming Friday evening, October 9, 2026. Please see the NEW Shazoom schedule below.
Read this week’s Torah Portion, B’reishit (“In the Beginning”), at https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.1.1-6.8, and the Haftarah at https://www.sefaria.org/Isaiah.42.5-43.10.
NOTE: ACCESS TO THE WEEKLY SHAZOOM MEETINGS HAS BEEN CHANGED.
Shazoom – Erev Shabbat Service
Time: Oct 9, 2026 06:30 PM Arizona]
YAHRZEITS/ANYOS
This coming week, 29 Tishri through 5 Cheshvan, we lovingly remember:
Ya’akov ben Rahman
First Anyos – Brother-in-law of Ruben Gomez
Raymond Espinoza
Brother of Mary Caron
Carol Rodriguez
Temple Kol Hamidbar Memorial List
Emma Bessi Yazzie
Friend of Jane Kolber
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 December 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
[October 7th Attacks, remembering the killed and captured]
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]