Shavua tov — a good new week to you!
Join us on Shabbat morning at 9:30am for Shabbat morning services led by Rabbi Pam Wax.
This week we’re reading Naso. If you’d like to read some commentaries on this week’s Torah portion, here are a few:
- 2006: Jealous bread and bitter water
- 2008: Voice [Torah poem]
- 2009: Nazir [Torah poem]
- 2012: The things they carried
- 2014: Rituals, spiritual fidelity, and turning toward God
And here are commentaries from the URJ: Naso at the URJ.
This week contains the festival of Shavuot, when we celebrate receiving Torah at Sinai. If you’re not coming to Isabella Freedman with me, please join us at CBI at 8pm on Tuesday night for a tikkun leyl Shavuot (late-night study session) organized by Rabbi Pam Wax, who writes:
1. Tuesday evening, May 30, 8 PM we will hold our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot at which we all have the opportunity to present something as a representation of the Torah that we want to teach! Our line-up thus far (with more to come, maybe you?) includes “Cryptography” with Dr. Steven Miller, “Asher Kidshanu B’mitzvotav: The Love Song of Jewish Prayer” with Cantor Bob Scherr, “Nathan the Truth-Sayer” with Chaim Bronstein, Barbara Bashevkin, “A Few More of My Favorite Jewish Poems”.“Pi and Judaism” with Shira Bronstein, and “Reproductive Justice Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” with Rabbi Pam Wax. Marc Jaffe — Reflections on Jewish Identity. Patti Lipman will be creating revelatory art, as she did last year. Contact Pam if you would like to participate either as a presenter or a participant, pwax@bcn.net. Please bring a snack to share!
2. On Wednesday morning, May 31 at 10 AM, we will stand at Sinai under the chuppah to receive the Ten Commandments. PLEASE RSVP to Pam, pwax@bcn.net, so we can insure that we have a minyan. We will also be commemorating yizkor for our beloved dead at this service, in addition to reviewing the Book of Ruth, the text that is associated with Shavuot.
Blessings to all for a good week and a wonderful Shavuot —
Rabbi Rachel
