Temple Kol Hamidbar
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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday weekend! Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees, begins at sundown today, Sunday, January 16, 2022. Temple Kol Hamidbar will have an online Tu B’Shevat Seder starting at 6:30 PM MST. The Seder explores our relationship to nature and our impact on the world around us. We eat symbolic …
TALMUD MEGILLAH 10b A famous Midrash (or commentary) in the Talmud says that as the Egyptians started to drown in the Sea of Reeds, the angels began to sing praises, but God silenced them, saying, “the work of My hands are drowning at sea, and you wish to sing songs?” PARSHA – Shabbat Shirah From …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bo Bo (בֹּא — Hebrew for “Go [to Pharaoh]”) – Exodus 10:1-13:16 Then the Eternal One said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them.” – Exodus 10:1 SUMMARY: God sends …
BLESSING of the YEARS Bless this our year and its abundant harvest for good. Grant blessing throughout the earth and satisfy us with Your goodness. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who blesses the years. “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.86 PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/va-eira Va’ëra (וָאֵרָא – “I (God) appeared [to Abraham, Isaac, …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shmot Sh’mot (שְׁמוֹת — Hebrew for “names”) – Ex. 1:1-6:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. – Exodus 1:1-4 SUMMARY: The new king …
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study/torah-commentary/between-light-and-darkness From the D’VAR TORAH BY: RABBI KARYN D. KEDAR We are all Jacob, we are all Joseph, trying to live in the truth and splendor of who we are. Yearning to forgive, to be forgiven. To come to our final moments with the sense of having lived with …
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 …
CHANUKAH SHAZOOM 7 PM (different time) December 3, 2021 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 …
MEDITATION Light one candle for the strength we all need To never become our own foe! And light one candle for those who are suff’ring Pain we learned so long ago! Light one candle for all we believe in, Let anger not tear us apart! And light one candle to bind us together With peace …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayishlach Vayishlach [וַיִּשְׁלַח (Jacob) Sent] Genesis 32:4−36:43 Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the countryside of Edom. – Genesis 32:4 SUMMARY: Jacob prepares to meet Esau. He wrestles with a “man,” who changes Jacob’s name to Israel. (32:4-33) Jacob and Esau …