Beit HaLev

Beit HaLev will begin a new era with once-a-month Shabbat services on the first Friday of every month. The inaugural Shabbat service is Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 4. A livestream of the service will be available at Facebook.com/ galityomtov and Zoom. To join on Zoom, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/9152434704?pwd=TH JGTE1OUXI5VXFDTWtuZHF4 K3VxUT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704, and the passcode is RavGalit.

People are asked to wear a mask. There will be complimentary Beit HaLev masks for the service, and social distancing will be observed. There will be no Oneg Shabbat until the COVID- 19 crisis has ended.

The Sim Shalom Ma’ariv livestream service with Rabbi Galit-Shirah is every Thursday at 4 p.m. Beit HaLev livestream services are every Friday at 6 p.m and Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

The Saturday Shabbat services will be livestreamed at 10:30 a.m. The Third Triennial Torah reading is “B’reisheet,” Genesis 5:1-6:8. Following the death of their son Abel by the hand of Cain, Adam and Eve bore more children. The chronicles of the births and deaths continues for hundreds of years until the birth of Noah, a righteous man who lived in a period of great wickedness throughout the world. HaShem became so disappointed in his/her creatures that he/she wanted to destroy all but Noah and his family.

All services use special prayerbooks, “Lev L’Lev,” which were adapted and abridged for the online services from the Reform Siddur, “Mishkan HaT’filah.” Printed versions of the prayerbooks will be available at the inperson Shabbat services.

Beit HaLev is a Jewish Universalist community. It is progressive in thought and traditional in liturgy. Beit HaLev welcomes everyone who seeks a path to the divine and does not believe in labels.

Membership forms and return envelopes will be available at the Shabbat services. To request a membership form, call Rabbi Galit-Shirah at (562) 715-0888 or send an email to duets@icloud. com.