Beit HaLev
Beit HaLev is now 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 prayerbook is provided at each service. “Kee Teitzei,” (When You Take) is the reading from Deuteronomy 21:10-23:7. Moses addresses Israelite warriors, instructing them in the laws regarding marriage to a prisoner of war; the dissertation continues with laws of sexual misconduct (unchastity, adultery, rape, restrictions on marrying family members). The Parashah concludes with a charge to remember Amalek and his attack against the most vulnerable following the redemptional the Red Sea.
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 also teaches online Hebrew (Prayerbook and Conversational) and Cantillation (Torah chanting) for anyone who wants to learn something new. Contact the Rabbi at (562) 715-0888 or duets@icloud.com.
A schedule of the days and times of the services for the High Holy Days will be included in this column for the next several weeks.
