Beit Halev
The Coffee Chavurah Zoom group will have a menorah lighting each night of Hanukkah beginning Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m., and celebrating through next Thursday, Dec. 17. To join, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/9152434704?pwd=THJGTE1OUXI5VXFDTWtuZHF4K3V xUT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704 and the passcode is RavGalit.
Shabbat services on Fridays start at 6 p.m. and on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Beit HaLev continues to livestream on Facebook as well. To attend, go to Rabbi Galit Shirah’s website at galityomtov.com, Facebook.com/galityomtov or YouTube.com on the “Shabbat Shalom LIVE!” channel. A link to the PDF version of each prayerbook, “Lev L’Lev,” is provided at each service.
This Saturday, the reading is from “Vayeishev,” (And he [Jacob] settled) in Genesis 38:1-30. It begins the longest (until now) account of one important character in the Book of Genesis, the story of Joseph. The Second Triennial Cycle Torah reading actually gives us insight into the maturing of Joseph’s brother Judah, who separates himself from his other brothers and marries a Canaanite woman and bears three sons. In the ensuing years, while Joseph is imprisoned in Egypt, Judah learns a lesson in humility from Tamar, his twice-widowed daughter-in-law, who, through an elaborate deception, becomes pregnant by Judah in order to fulfill her role as a mother.
Rabbi Galit Shirah conducts a weekday Ma’ariv service every Thursday for Sim Shalom, the online synagogue. Sim Shalom presents livestream services Monday-Thursday. To say Kaddish, pray for healing and to hear a spiritual message, go to SimShalom.com.
Classes are starting in Hebrew. Conversational or Prayerbook Hebrew classes are available. A class in Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) will also be available. For information, contact the Rabbi at (562) 715-0888 or duets@icloud.com.
