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A MEDITATION From PSALM 34:13-15 [JPS translation as found at Sefaria.org] Who is the [one] who is eager for life, who desires years of good fortune? Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from deceitful speech. Shun evil and do good, seek amity and pursue it. A SAYING Sefardic culture seems to have a …
To borrow a term used for a recent international Erev Shabbat Service hosted in Liverpool, Madrid and Barcelona, you are invited to join Temple Kol Hamidbar online for our weekly local “Shazoom”. ONLINE SERVICES – 7 PM Making sure you have the latest version of Zoom, please join us online this Friday evening: Topic: Erev …
JULY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of July. 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): …
KOL HAMIDBAR – A VOICE IN THE DESERT “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, March 13, 1962 “You do not take a person, who for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him …
CELEBRATING FREEDOM – From History.com “Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth …
We are getting better in our use of Zoom technology. The good news is that you do not have to have a Zoom account to attend a Zoom meeting or interview. You will be prompted to download the software, once you have clicked on the link that you have been provided. HOWEVER, you don’t even …
LOOKING FOR LIVE SERVICE? Click on “LIVE SERVICES AND EVENTS” in the upper right corner of the page. https://templekol.com/live-services-and-events TZEKED, TZEDEK TIRDOF “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deut. 16:18-20). The prophet Isaiah says, “observe what is right and do what is just.” (Isa. 56:1) More than ever do these words and ideas matter and mean …
JUNE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary or significant event including graduations and Father’s Day during the Month of June. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, recite a special prayer for you, and recite the …
Mo’adim l’simcha – a good festival period! CHAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH We have finally arrived at the Holiday that counting the ‘Omer has been anticipating and leading us to, starting with the Barley and ending with the Wheat offerings, we rejoice in the giving of the Torah, which is likened to milk and honey. We stand …
Here are a few online Shavuot resources. The first one, the one with the URJ address is 2000 to 2400 eastern time on Thursday, 1700 to 2100 Arizona time. Shavuot offers us the opportunity to celebrate the Torah and its teachings. Come together with the Reform Movement on Thursday, May 28, for Tikkun Leil Shavuot – an evening …