By Rabbi Alicia Magal
The JCSVV offers services and classes which are life-affirming and soul enriching. All are listed on the synagogue website,
jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. People who cannot attend or who live far away can access the service through zoom.
Erev Shabbat services begin on Friday evening, June 14, beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom led by Rabbi Alicia Magal. Yona Salberg will chant from the portion for this week: Naso (Numbers 4:21−7:89), including the beautiful priestly blessing, “May God watch over you and protect you, shine God’s countenance upon you, and bring you peace.” Included in the service are also healing blessings for those who are ill, a mazal tov for Simchas (happy occasions), and Kaddish, mourner’s prayer, recited for loved ones who have passed away. Stay for refreshments and socializing following the service.
On Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. we offer a morning minyan on Zoom, with traditional prayers sung or read in Hebrew and English. Join through the website link to support each other needing a minyan to say Kaddish for a loved one.
Meditation class will meet on Wednesday, June 19, led by Rosalie Malter and Rabbi Magal on zoom, focusing on the power of our words to heal or hurt.
Torah study will be held on Thursday, June 20 at 4:00 pm on zoom, led by Rabbi Magal. The portion for that week is Baha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1 – 12:16) dealing with the lighting of the seven-branched Menorah, the making of silver shofarot, trumpets, and reporting on three cases of opposition to Moses: the people demanding meat, the breaking away by two of the 70 elders of Israel, and a third was criticism by Aaron and Miriam. It took courage for Moses to carry on his task as Israel’s leader for almost 40 years in the face of uprisings and criticisms.
The Social Action Committee is continuing to collect food for the local Sedona food pantry. Please drop off cans or boxes of non-perishable foods in the bin provided for collections at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the synagogue sanctuary.
The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadow Lark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. Messages to the office telephone at 928 204-1286 will be answered during the week. Updated information is available on the synagogue website –
www.jcsvv.org.
