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SUKKOT (Festival of Booths) – September 20-27, 2021 From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/sukkot Sukkot, [the last of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals along with Pesach and Shavuot,] is one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar. “Sukkot,” a Hebrew word meaning “booths” or “huts,” refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall …
May we gain wisdom in our lives, overflowing like a river with understanding. Loved, each of us, for the peace we bring to others. May our deeds exceed our speech, and may we never lift up our hand but to conquer fear and doubt and despair. Rise up like the sun, O God, over all …
L’SHANAH TOVAH TIKATËVU V’TËCHATËMU – May you be written and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year! PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayeilech Vayëlech (וַיֵּלֶךְ — Hebrew for “[Moses] went”) Deuteronomy 31:1-30 [According to the triennial cycle, all of Deut. 30:1-30 is read in 2021.] SUMMARY: Moses prepares the people for his death and …
KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of September. 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 …
KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/ki-tavo Ki Tavo (כִּי-תָבוֹא — Hebrew for “when you enter” [the Land]) Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 When you enter the land that the Eternal your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, …
KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH ְPARSHA – Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/ki-teitzei Ki Tëtzë’ (כִּי־תֵצֵא — Hebrew for “when you go out (to battle)”) Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 SUMMARY: Moses reviews a wide variety of laws regarding family, animals, and property. (21:10–22:12) Various civil and criminal laws are delineated, including those regarding sexual relationships, interaction with non-Israelites, loans, vows, …
KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH ְPARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shoftim Shof’tim [שֹׁפְטִים – Hebrew for “judges”] Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the Eternal your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. – Deuteronomy 16:18 SUMMARY: Laws regarding both sacred and secular …
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of August. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, recite a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26): …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/eikev Ëkev (עֵקֶב – Hebrew for “[And if You] Obey {follow} [These Rules]) Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25 And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Eternal your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant made on oath with your fathers. – Deuteronomy 7:12 SUMMARY: Moses tells the Israelites that …
SHABBAT NACHAMU (Sabbath of Comfort) The name is taken from the first word of Isaiah 40:1-26, the haftarah for the Parsha which is read on the Shabbat immediately after Tisha B’Av, which was this past Sunday. PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/va-etchanan Va’etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן – Hebrew for “and I [Moses] pleaded [with the Eternal]”) Deuteronomy 3:23−7:11 I …