Torah, High Holidays, and More!!

Post date: Aug 10, 2018 7:56:36 PM

Shalom Chaverim,

This week's Torah portion is R'eih, Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17:

See this day I set before you, Blessing and curse. God places both blessing and curse before the Israelites. They are taught that blessing will come through the observance of God's laws. Moses' third discourse includes laws about worship in a central place, injunctions against idolatry and self-mutilation, dietary rules and laws about tithes, debt remission, the release and treatment of Hebrew slaves, and firstlings. Moses reviews the correct sacrifices to be offered during the Pilgrim Festivals--Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot. (URJ website)

Yartzeits:

If you have an extra moment, when you fill our your form for the Yizkor book, please email me the names you are listing and the month of their passing if known. We do include the name of a loved in, both in our Torah and more and during our monthly Friday night Services. Please send us the names of those you would like to have remembered in this way.

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Song for our High Holiday Service:

Last year I noticed that a poem included in our High Holiday Machzor was from a 'yesteryear' song called Dust in the Wind. Here is the link to the YouTube and the lyrics. Enjoy!!

Lyrics - Dust in the Wind

Lyrics

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone

All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind

All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea

All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind

All we are is dust in the wind

Oh, ho, ho

Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

It slips away

And all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind

All we are is dust in the wind

All we are is dust in the wind

Dust in the wind

Everything is dust in the wind

Everything is dust in the wind

The wind

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Betsy