Kabbalat Shabbat Services this Week are Hybrid - please join us in our Sacred Space or on Zoom
Shabbat Morning Services are Virtual Only
Join us at Kabbalat Shabbat and at Shabbat Morning Services as we pray for peace and safety in Ukraine.
Friday, March 4, II Adar 1 6:00 PM Please join Rabbi Marcia Plumb and Rose Spitzer for an IN-PERSON and virtual "From Our Home to Yours" Kabbalat Shabbat Service.
A brief Dvar will be given by Rabbi Hazzan Marcia Tilchin, the founder and spiritual leader of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County, an emergent non-profit that builds community through collaboration with houses of worship, schools, non-profits and community leaders.
Saturday, March 5, II Adar 2 9:30 AM Please join Rabbi Marcia Plumb for a service of learning, laughter and spirituality. Rose Spitzer will read Torah in this virtual “From Our Home to Yours’ service.
Join Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire for an interactive Torah study. This study invites us all to deepen our understanding of the parasha. Torah Study begins immediately following Shabbat morning service on the same Zoom.
If you have a simcha, please share it with us and receive a special blessing from Rabbi Plumb during an upcoming Shabbat service. Sponsor a Kiddush by virtually inviting us to your home as you lead the community in KIddush and HaMotzi prayers. (we will provide challah and grape juice!) Please contect Rosalie Reszelbach, Janet Stein Calm or Toni Spitzer to arrange.
Please click here for the link to the new Conservative prayerbook, Siddur Lev Shalem: Shabbat Shaharit Siddur Lev Shalem The prayers will be the same as in our usual blue siddur, so feel free to use that instead if you wish.
Please click here for the link to the page numbers for Shabbat morning prayers in Sim Shalom (Blue) and in Lev Shalem Page Numbers for Shabbat Morning
Weekday Minyan
Support Your Community - We Need You for Minyan!
Weekly, Mondays at 7:00 PM
Additional Minyan this week: Thursday, March 10 - 7:00 PM
If you are observing a yahrzeit or saying kaddish and need a minyan on a different evening, please let us know and we will make it happen - contact Toni.
We Remember: This week's upcoming Yahrzeit Observances
Saturday
Sunday Yovel Resnick Herman Sereisky Etta Schwartz
Monday
Tuesday Ethel Sheinkopf Morris Sagan
Wednesday Bernice Fisher Leve
Thursday
Friday Edward Jaye Joseph Rubinstein
A Teaching From Our Rabbi
Every year, Shabbat Shekalim, this Shabbat, is designated as Refugee Shabbat by HIAS. It is tragic that Refugee Shabbat comes as we watch so many innocent Ukrainians flee their beloved homes for safety in neighboring countries. The eyes of the world are on Russia and Ukraine, as we hold our breath for fear of this war spreading; in compassion for those forced to fight, on both sides, led by an evil man who kills others for his own aggrandizement. Before our eyes, we are witnessing a battle for democracy, freedom of speech, and human dignity.
We feel powerless, shaken, and full of despair that this outrageous attack comes just as the world is struggling to recover from the trauma of Covid.
But then I think of my friends, Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich and Rabbi Alexander Dukhovny, from the Ukraine, who are experiencing the war first hand, but have not lost their faith in humanity or the future.
Please join me tonight, in person and on zoom, and tomorrow morning, on zoom only, as we pray for Ukraine, for all refugees forced to flee in fear, and for peace
Please click on this link to hear special words from Rabbi Alexander Duchovny, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kiev at World Union for Progressive Judaism
If you would like to donate to support Ukrainians in need, here are two suggested organisations:
