Beit HaLev

Beit HaLev’s livestream services are on Facebook.com/ galityomtov, YouTube.com (Beit HaLev LIVE! channel) and Zoom. To join the Zoomagogue community, go to https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/915243470 4?pwd=THJGTE1OUXI5VXF DTWtuZHF4K3VxUT09. The meeting ID: 915 243 4704, and the passcode is RavGalit.

Livestream services on Fridays are at 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. The Coffee Chavurah social period has been suspended until further notice.

The Shabbat morning Torah reading is from “Kee Tissa” (When you [take a census]), Exodus 33:12-34:33. Moses implores HaShem to continue to lead the Israelite people into the Promised Land by using a physical presence (the cloud by day and the fire by night), signaling the deeply intimate relationship between them. As Moses persists in asking to see HaShem “face to face,” he is told that were he/she to reveal, that the intensity would be fatal. HaShem allows Moses to see “my hand . . . my back . . .” but not “my face.” Following this encounter, Moses must veil his face when interacting with the people because the radiance was too bright.

All Beit HaLev services use special prayerbooks, “Lev L’Lev,” which include excerpts from the Reform Siddur, “Mishkan HaT’filah.” Printed versions of the prayerbooks will be available for sale at in-person services.

Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah are a part of the Union of Jewish Universalist Clergy and Communities. It is progressive in thought and traditional in liturgy. The services are joyous, meaningful and musical. It welcomes everyone who seeks a path to the divine and doesn’t believe in labels. Beit HaLev considers all religions holy and valid.

To request a membership form for Beit HaLev, call Rabbi Galit-Shirah at (562) 715-0888 or email duets@icloud.com.