The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom.
Rabbi Magal will lead Friday evening services on August 1 which will begin at 7:00 pm. Note: Each Friday evening service on the First Friday through September will begin at the later time of 7:00 pm. The rest of the Friday services in the month will begin at 5:30pm. The service will include songs to usher in the Sabbath, prayers of healing for loved ones, and Kaddish, the Mourner’s prayer in memory of those who have passed away recently or around this date in past years. The focus this evening will be on Torah portion Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22) which consists of Moses’ farewells to Israel delivered to the people at the end of his years of leadership. He recalls the difficulties he had in governing the people and how he had set up a system of government and courts. He reminds the younger generation of all their parents had undergone since leaving slavery in Egypt and receiving the gift of Torah at Mt. Sinai. He wanted them to feel as though they themselves had encountered the Divine Presence and appreciated the challenges and battles they had endured in order to reach the Promised Land. Kiddush and Motzi (blessings over the wine/juice and challah) and socializing follow the service.
Saturday evening, August 2, at 7:30, we will begin the solemn holiday of Tisha B’Av at 7:30 pm, with a review of the many calamities that befell the people of Israel around this date, including the destruction of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem, as well as other dispersions and devastation of Jewish communities throughout history. The Book of Lamentations will be read.
Egalitarian, participatory Morning Minyan meets on zoom every Wednesday at 8:30 am with traditional morning blessings, healing prayers, and Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer. Come be counted in our minyan! Link on the website.
Meditation class, led by Rosalie Malter and Rabbi Magal, will meet on Wednesday, August 6, at 4:00 pm on zoom, focusing on sacred seasons or texts to add a deeper dimension to our encounter with Jewish traditional teachings.
Torah study, led by Rabbi Magal on Thursday, August 7, will focus on Torah portion Ve’etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23 -7:11, a continuation of the first of Moses’ three farewell talks to Israel and the beginning of the second farewell talk. This portion includes a review of the Ten Commandments, and also the central message of “Shema Yisrael… Hear O Israel, God is One!” The zoom link is on the synagogue website.
The Social Action Committee is collecting non-perishable foods, as well as infant formula and feminine hygiene products, for the local Sedona food pantry. Please drop off your donations in the bin provided for collections located at the bottom of the stairs in the parking lot.
We wish all our members, guests, and neighbors a sense of wholeness and peace, included in the word Shalom.