Temple Kol Hamidbar
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PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhaalotcha B’haalot’cha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ — Hebrew for “When You Raise [the Lamps]“) – 8:1−12:16 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.’” – Numbers 8:1-2 SUMMARY God speaks to …
JUNE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of June. 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): …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/naso-i Naso I (I נָשֹׂא – Hebrew for “Take a Census”) – Numbers 4:21-5:31 The Eternal One spoke to Moses: “Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.” – Numbers 4:21-22 SUMMARY A census of the Gershonites, Merarites, and Koathites between the ages of …
YERUSHALAYIM SHEL ZAHAV Jerusalem all of gold/ Jerusalem, bronze and light/ Within my heart I shall treasure/ Your song and sight. By Naomi Shemer 1967, melody based on an old Basque Lullaby PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bmidbar B’midbar (בְּמִדבַּר — Hebrew for “In the Wilderness”) – Numbers 1:1−4:20 On the first day of the second …
WORDS TO REMEMBER Those who gain wealth by unjust means are like a partridge hatching eggs it never laid: in the middle of life it will forsake them, at the end they are [known to be] fools. – Jer. 17:11 PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhar-bchukotai B’har – B’chukotai (בְּהַר – בְּחֻקֹּתי Hebrew for “On Mount …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/emor Emor (אֱמֹר — Hebrew for “speak”) – Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The Eternal One said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall defile himself for any [dead] person among his kin, . . .” – Lev. 21:1 SUMMARY: • Laws regulating the lives …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/acharei-mot-kdoshim Acharei Mot – K’doshim (אַחֲרֵי מוֹת – קְדֹשִׁים After the Death [of the Two Sons of Aaron] / [You Shall Be] Holy) – Leviticus 16:1-20:27 The Eternal One spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to the presence …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/tazria-mtzora Tazria – M’tzora (תַזְרִיעַ – מְצֹרָע — Bearing Seed / A Leper) – Leviticus 12:1-15:33 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she shall be impure seven days; she shall be impure as at the time …
Temple Kol Hamidbar joins with communities worldwide today to remember the six million Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This solemn occasion is an important reminder of the atrocities committed against the Jewish people during World War II and serves as a time for reflection and education …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shmini Sh’mini (שְׁמִינִי — The Eighth [Day]) – Leviticus 9:1-11:47 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel. – Lev. 9:1 SUMMARY: Aaron and his sons follow Moses’ instructions and offer sacrifices so that God will forgive the people. (9:1-24) Two of Aaron’s sons, …