Beit HaLev
Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah conduct online livestream Shabbat services every Friday evening and Saturday morning.
To join the Beit HaLev “Zoomagogue” interactive service, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/9152434704?pwd= THJGTE1OUXI5VXFDTWtu-ZHF4K3VxUT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704 and the passcode is RavGalit.
People can also join on Facebook at www.facebook. com/galityomtovOn or You-Tube at https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCU_LHxFlq4vsxs07H-U1Rw.
Shabbat Ma’ariv services will be held Friday, April 28, at 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. and include the counting of Omer. The Omer is a measurement of barley, but it serves as a method of counting the 49 days needed to arrive at Mt. Sinai—Beit HaLev counts each day until the holiday of Shavuot, giving each day a virtuous attribute so that souls may ascend and purify before the celebration of the Giving of the Torah.
“Tazria-Metzora,” (Tazria: At childbirth/Metzora: Skin disease) one of the “double parashiot,” instructs the Israelites in the Laws of Purity. The Torah reading is from Leviticus 12:1-13:39 and because it is also Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of the month of Iyar), the special Maftir reading is from Numbers 28:9-15. The laws of purity differentiate between giving birth to a male and to a female. Giving birth to a female is comparable to a menstruating woman and the time of impurity is twice as long as having given birth to a male.
All Beit HaLev services share special prayerbooks onscreen, “Lev L’Lev,” which include excerpts from the Reform Siddur, “Mishkan HaT’filah.”
Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah are a part of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities and Clergy. It is progressive in thought and traditional in liturgy. Services are joyous, meaningful and musical. Beit HaLev welcomes everyone who seeks a path to the divine and doesn’t believe in labels. It considers all BEIT HALEV
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religions holy and valid. To join Beit HaLev, call Rabbi Galit-Shirah at 562-7150888 or email duets@icloud.com. Contributions to Beit HaLev are welcome and may be sent to: Beit HaLev, P.O. Box 2279, Seal Beach, CA 90740.
