Temple Kol Hamidbar
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SHABBAT SHEKALIM Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Friday, 17 February 2023 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 18 February 2023. This corresponds to Parashat Mishpatim. Shabbat Shekalim (“Sabbath [of] shekels” שבת שקלים) read in preparation for Purim, requests each adult male Jew contribute half of a Biblical shekel for the upkeep …
From “The Haftarah Commentary” / by Plaut and Stern UAHC Press 1996: GLEANINGS p. 175 Words to Remember Holy, holy, holy is the God of heaven’s hosts, whose Presence fills all the earth! (Is. 6:3) PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/yitro Yitro (יִתְרוֹ — Jethro) – Exodus 18:1-20:23 Jethro, priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all …
EXODUS 15:20-21 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, picked up a hand-drum, and all the women went out after her in dance with hand-drums. And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to the Eternal, for God has triumphed gloriously; Horse and driver God has hurled into the sea. TALMUD MEGILLAH 10b A famous Midrash (or commentary) …
MEMBERSHIP Being a part of, contributing to and connecting with Temple Kol Hamidbar helps us fulfill our three-fold purpose as a Beit ha-Tefillah (House of Prayer), a Beit ha-Midrash (House of Study) and a Beit ha-Knesset (House of Community). Please commit yourself to supporting our “Shul,” “Kal,” “Synagogue.” A heartfelt Todah Rabah to those who …
MEMBERSHIP Being a part of, contributing to and connecting with Temple Kol Hamidbar helps us fulfill our three-fold purpose as a Beit ha-Tefillah (House of Prayer), a Beit ha-Midrash (House of Study) and a Beit ha-Knesset (House of Community). Please commit yourself to supporting our “Shul”, “Kal”, “Synagogue”. A heartfelt Todah Rabah to those who …
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Theodore Parker, a 19th century Unitarian transcendentalist MEMBERSHIP Being a part of, contributing to and connecting with Temple Kol Hamidbar helps us fulfill our three-fold purpose as a Beit ha-Tefillah (House of Prayer), a Beit ha-Midrash (House of Study) and a Beit …
MEMBERSHIP Being a part of, contributing to and connecting with Temple Kol Hamidbar helps us fulfill our three-fold purpose as a Beit ha-Tefillah (House of Prayer), a Beit ha-Midrash (House of Study) and a Beit ha-Knesset (House of Community). Please commit yourself to supporting our “Shul”, “Kal”, “Synagogue”. PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/va-ychi Vayechi (וַיִּגַּשׁ — …
MEDITATION From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.145 ENTRANCES to holiness are everywhere. The possibility of ascent is all the time, even at unlikely times and through unlikely places. There is no place on earth without the Presence. PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayigash Vayigash (וַיִּגַּשׁ— Hebrew for “And [Judah] Approached [Joseph]”) – Gen. 44:18-47:27 Judah …
MEDITATION Hanërot Halalu – הַנֵרוֹת הַלָּלוּ [these lights/candles] WE KINDLE THESE LIGHTS because of the wondrous deliverance You performed for our ancestors. During the eight days of Chanukah, these lights are sacred; we are not to use them but only to behold them, so that their glow may rouse us to give thanks for Your …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayeishev Vayeishev (וַיֵּשֶׁב — Hebrew for “[Jacob] settled”) – Gen. 37:1-40:23 Jacob now settled in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan. – Genesis 37:1 SUMMARY: Jacob is shown to favor his son Joseph, whom the other brothers resent. Joseph has dreams of grandeur. (Genesis 37:1-11) After Joseph’s …