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, September 6 beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, who will chant a selection from Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9, in which Moses instructs the Children of Israel to appoint judges and law enforcement officers in every city: “Justice, justice shall you pursue,” to be administered without corruption of favoritism. 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. This prayer is only one way we honor the memory of people who have impacted our lives and who continue to live on in our own hearts, teachings, and kind deeds. Jewish tradition offers many ways to honor the dead and comfort the mourner. All are invited to stay for Kiddush, Motzi (blessings over the wine and challah) and refreshments.
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, September 11, led by Rosalie Malter and Rabbi Magal on zoom.
Torah study will be held on Thursday, September 12, at 4:00 pm on zoom, led by Rabbi Magal. The Torah portion to be discussed is Ki Teitze, Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19, containing about 74 Mitzvot – commandments- ranging from inheritance laws, to returning lost objects, rules of war, to debts, divorce, and many more. Bottom line is that even if one has power one should act with compassion in leading one’s life.
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. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Synagogue website – www.jcsvv.org.
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