Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach from Rabbi Arnow 4/2/2021
Dear Kol Rinah Family,
For me, the arc of Passover is as follows: a huge amount of work to get ready, followed by the high of the seders, and then settling into chol hamoed (the intermediate days), some enjoyable quiet time during the last two festival days (this year tomorrow and Sunday), which is accompanied by feeling like I could do this Pesach thing for a while longer. And then the holiday ends, and it's a scramble to get all the Pesach stuff away before we start getting chametz on it.
Before Pesach, the idea of radically changing one's eating feels overwhelming, at least to me. Not being able to eat pizza, bread, cereal, rice or beans (my family doesn't eat kitniyot, aka legumes on Pesach) sounds impossibly restrictive.
But I'm not missing anything particular now; I've adjusted, adapted. (I do miss my good coffee maker, but that's a question of equipment, not chametz, per se.)
In some ways, this radical change in our eating to which we are required to adapt, happily or not, reminds me how adaptive we really can be.
Of course, this shouldn't be a surprise this year. Not eating in a restaurant for more than a year? Not going to a movie or a sporting event, or having a room full of people at shul, doing minyan on Zoom, not seeing my parents for a year, not seeing so many of you since can't remember when...
We can adapt, faster and more radically than we know or expect.
The question for me with the ending of Passover is what from those eight days do I want to bring with me into "regular" time? Are there a few of our Pesach kitchen implements that we love so much we want to use them year-round? (Last year, we decided to make our Pesach meat silverware our year-round meat silverware.) I tend to eat more "whole" foods on Pesach. Is that something I can continue past Passover?
The question I'm wrestling with, and I think many of us are thinking about, personally, professionally, and communally, is what from this past year we want to bring with us. Are there restrictions that we find actually liberating, or perhaps just some tools and implements that we've really come to appreciate?
What will you bring out of Pesach, and what will you, and we, bring out of Covid?
Today at noon, I'll be leading Torah Talk on Zoom, where we'll look at one verse from the Song of Songs, and try to understand a few different ways to read it. Hope to see you!
Tonight at 6pm on Zoom, we'll have mincha and "Kabbalat Yom Tov," some time together to welcome the festival, since we don't do Kabbalat Shabbat tonight going from chol hamoed into Shabbat/festival.
Candle lighting is at 7:08pm.
Tomorrow morning we'll have services in person (pre-registration was required) and streaming starting at 9:30am. Dr. Wendy Love Anderson,our member and Kol Rinah's rabbinic intern, will speak tomorrrow on a question that I'd never thought about before--why is the 7th day of Passover a holiday--what purpose does it serve? We'll also read from the Song of Songs tomorrow, and sing Hallel.
Saturday night, candle lighting is after Shabbat ends--after 8:09pm.
Sunday morning, for the 8th day of Passover, we'll have services again in person and streaming, starting at 9:30am. The service will include Yizkor, and I'll be speaking about the conundrum of believability and transmissibility.
Pesach ends at 8:12pm, but any chametz that I was your agent to sell you should not eat until 9pm.
Wednesday night and Thursday is Yom HaShoah ve'ha-Gevurah - Holocaust Remembrance Day (or translated more literally, "Day of Destruction and Heroism"). Wednesday night we light the yellow candles that Kol Rinah's Brotherhood distributed as part of the Purim Mishloach Manot.
And coming up over the coming weeks are lots of learning and fun opportunities, including programs on Kabbalah, the recent Israeli elections, opera, Jews in Science, and babka baking. Check the front page of our website (www.kolrinahstl.org) and just scroll down to see all the things happening.
Links for minyan, streaming and Torah Talk are below.
Shabbat Shalom, Chag Sameach, and hope to see you soon,
Rabbi Noah Arnow
ZOOM AND STREAMING LINKS
To join our Zoom Minyanim or classes, click on the desired meeting link, or call into either of the following numbers:
+1 312 626 6799
+1 646 558 8656
Then, when prompted, enter the Meeting ID of the desired minyan/class then press #. Then, when prompted, enter the password then press #.
Services (all times Central)
Evening Minyan on Zoom
Sunday-Friday evenings at 6pm
Morning Minyan on Zoom
Monday-Friday mornings at 7am; Sunday mornings and national holidays at 8am (not including Jewish holidays)
Learning Opportunities
Torah Talk with Rabbi Arnow or Rabbi Shafrin
Every Friday at 12pm
Join us for study and discussion of the week's Torah portion.
Shabbat morning
Saturdays, 9:30am, as well as the first day, seventh and eighth days of Passover
Click the link below, then click the triangular "play" buttom:
https://player2.streamspot.com/?playerId=3506a4c8
Until shortly before 9:30am, there will a filler screen, but livestreamed video and sound will both start around 9:30am.
You can also set your computer or device in advance so that this link will continue streaming continuously and you will not have to press any buttons on Shabbat. To make sure that your device will not shut itself down or do into sleep mode, follow the directions below to disable sleep mode:
For PC:
To disable automatic Sleep:
1. Open up Power Options in the Control Panel. In Windows 10 you can get there from right clicking on the start menu and going to Power Options
2. Click "change plan settings" next to your current power plan
3. Change "Put the computer to sleep" to never
4. Click "Save Changes"
For Apple Products:
1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click "Energy Saver."
2. Do either of the following:
a. Set the amount of time your computer or display should wait before going to sleep: Drag the “Computer sleep” and “Display sleep” sliders, or the “Turn display off after” slider.
b. Keep your Mac from going to sleep automatically: Select “Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.”
For me, the arc of Passover is as follows: a huge amount of work to get ready, followed by the high of the seders, and then settling into chol hamoed (the intermediate days), some enjoyable quiet time during the last two festival days (this year tomorrow and Sunday), which is accompanied by feeling like I could do this Pesach thing for a while longer. And then the holiday ends, and it's a scramble to get all the Pesach stuff away before we start getting chametz on it.
Before Pesach, the idea of radically changing one's eating feels overwhelming, at least to me. Not being able to eat pizza, bread, cereal, rice or beans (my family doesn't eat kitniyot, aka legumes on Pesach) sounds impossibly restrictive.
But I'm not missing anything particular now; I've adjusted, adapted. (I do miss my good coffee maker, but that's a question of equipment, not chametz, per se.)
In some ways, this radical change in our eating to which we are required to adapt, happily or not, reminds me how adaptive we really can be.
Of course, this shouldn't be a surprise this year. Not eating in a restaurant for more than a year? Not going to a movie or a sporting event, or having a room full of people at shul, doing minyan on Zoom, not seeing my parents for a year, not seeing so many of you since can't remember when...
We can adapt, faster and more radically than we know or expect.
The question for me with the ending of Passover is what from those eight days do I want to bring with me into "regular" time? Are there a few of our Pesach kitchen implements that we love so much we want to use them year-round? (Last year, we decided to make our Pesach meat silverware our year-round meat silverware.) I tend to eat more "whole" foods on Pesach. Is that something I can continue past Passover?
The question I'm wrestling with, and I think many of us are thinking about, personally, professionally, and communally, is what from this past year we want to bring with us. Are there restrictions that we find actually liberating, or perhaps just some tools and implements that we've really come to appreciate?
What will you bring out of Pesach, and what will you, and we, bring out of Covid?
Today at noon, I'll be leading Torah Talk on Zoom, where we'll look at one verse from the Song of Songs, and try to understand a few different ways to read it. Hope to see you!
Tonight at 6pm on Zoom, we'll have mincha and "Kabbalat Yom Tov," some time together to welcome the festival, since we don't do Kabbalat Shabbat tonight going from chol hamoed into Shabbat/festival.
Candle lighting is at 7:08pm.
Tomorrow morning we'll have services in person (pre-registration was required) and streaming starting at 9:30am. Dr. Wendy Love Anderson,our member and Kol Rinah's rabbinic intern, will speak tomorrrow on a question that I'd never thought about before--why is the 7th day of Passover a holiday--what purpose does it serve? We'll also read from the Song of Songs tomorrow, and sing Hallel.
Saturday night, candle lighting is after Shabbat ends--after 8:09pm.
Sunday morning, for the 8th day of Passover, we'll have services again in person and streaming, starting at 9:30am. The service will include Yizkor, and I'll be speaking about the conundrum of believability and transmissibility.
Pesach ends at 8:12pm, but any chametz that I was your agent to sell you should not eat until 9pm.
Wednesday night and Thursday is Yom HaShoah ve'ha-Gevurah - Holocaust Remembrance Day (or translated more literally, "Day of Destruction and Heroism"). Wednesday night we light the yellow candles that Kol Rinah's Brotherhood distributed as part of the Purim Mishloach Manot.
And coming up over the coming weeks are lots of learning and fun opportunities, including programs on Kabbalah, the recent Israeli elections, opera, Jews in Science, and babka baking. Check the front page of our website (www.kolrinahstl.org) and just scroll down to see all the things happening.
Links for minyan, streaming and Torah Talk are below.
Shabbat Shalom, Chag Sameach, and hope to see you soon,
Rabbi Noah Arnow
ZOOM AND STREAMING LINKS
To join our Zoom Minyanim or classes, click on the desired meeting link, or call into either of the following numbers:
+1 312 626 6799
+1 646 558 8656
Then, when prompted, enter the Meeting ID of the desired minyan/class then press #. Then, when prompted, enter the password then press #.
Services (all times Central)
Evening Minyan on Zoom
Sunday-Friday evenings at 6pm
Morning Minyan on Zoom
Monday-Friday mornings at 7am; Sunday mornings and national holidays at 8am (not including Jewish holidays)
Learning Opportunities
Torah Talk with Rabbi Arnow or Rabbi Shafrin
Every Friday at 12pm
Join us for study and discussion of the week's Torah portion.
Shabbat morning
Saturdays, 9:30am, as well as the first day, seventh and eighth days of Passover
Click the link below, then click the triangular "play" buttom:
https://player2.streamspot.com/?playerId=3506a4c8
Until shortly before 9:30am, there will a filler screen, but livestreamed video and sound will both start around 9:30am.
You can also set your computer or device in advance so that this link will continue streaming continuously and you will not have to press any buttons on Shabbat. To make sure that your device will not shut itself down or do into sleep mode, follow the directions below to disable sleep mode:
For PC:
To disable automatic Sleep:
1. Open up Power Options in the Control Panel. In Windows 10 you can get there from right clicking on the start menu and going to Power Options
2. Click "change plan settings" next to your current power plan
3. Change "Put the computer to sleep" to never
4. Click "Save Changes"
For Apple Products:
1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click "Energy Saver."
2. Do either of the following:
a. Set the amount of time your computer or display should wait before going to sleep: Drag the “Computer sleep” and “Display sleep” sliders, or the “Turn display off after” slider.
b. Keep your Mac from going to sleep automatically: Select “Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.”
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