Beit HaLev
Beit HaLev is conducting services on Zoom. Anyone interested in joining the Beit HaLev Zoom community for services and Hebrew lessons, contact the rabbi at (562) 715-0888 for access and instructions on how to use Zoom.
Beit HaLev is continuing to livestream on Facebook and YouTube as well. To attend, go to Rabbi Galit Shirah’s website at galityomtov.com, Facebook. com/galityomtov or YouTube.com (Shabbat Shalom LIVE! channel). Evening services begin at 6 and morning services begin at 10:30. A link to the PDF version of each prayer book and “Lev L’Lev,” is provided at each service.
The Days of Awe begin next week but the special prayer service that precedes Rosh Hashanah, S’lichot (prayers of supplication), is this Saturday. Beit HaLev’s schedule for livestream services for S’lichot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is:
• Erev Sukkot: Friday, Oct.
2, 6 p.m.
• Sukkot: Saturday, Oct. 3, 10:30 a.m.
• Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah: Saturday, Oct. 10, 10:30 a.m.
The Torah reading for Shabbat/ Sukkot is from Leviticus 22:26-23:44; the Maftir reading is from Numbers 29:12-16.
Rabbi Galit Shirah conducts a weekday Ma’ariv service every Thursday for Sim Shalom, the online synagogue. Sim Shalom presents livestream services Monday-Thursday, with a different rabbi each day. To say Kaddish, pray for healing and hear a spiritual message, go to SimShalom.com.
Rabbi Galit Shirah’s classes will resume around November.
