Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Arnow 7/9/2021
Dear Kol Rinah Family,
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our vaccination/High Holiday survey. The information is so helpful as we are working to plan things for the fall.
I've noticed over the last weeks that some of us are looking backward more, and others are looking forward more. Some are still looking back at what the last year and a half have been like, and are not yet ready to look ahead. Others are more focused on the future, and perhaps not feeling like it's needed or that they're ready to look back.
Even when we all look back, we don't all see the same thing. Some of us look back and see some great time at home, among other things. Others look back at the ways they and those close to them really suffered.
When we look forward too, some of us are optimistic and ready to "go back to normal." Others are more pessimistic, and not at all ready to go out again like they used to.
There's a detail in the way the Israelites' journeys are recounted, a discrepancy in the way that Moses and the Israelites describe those journeys, that leads the Maggid of Dubno, an 18th century rabbinic preacher, to say that the Israelites were looking back at their journeys, while Moses was looking ahead. The Maggid says that Moses knew that where the Israelites were going (Israel!) would be great, while the Israelites, without that certainty, were still looking back.
Do you find yourself more looking back or forward?
With sorrow or gratitude for the past?
With joy or anxiety for the future?
Or maybe all of this.
And for good measure, if we throw into the mix Tisha b'Av, the 9th of Av, which commemorates the Temples' destructions, we have this sense of foreboding now, but in the past, along with hope for the future--the future that was in the past, as well as the future that still lies ahead of us.
I'll be leading Torah Talk today at nooon on Zoom, where we'll look at some Hasidic takes on the recounting of Israelites' journeys.
We'll be in person at 6pm tonight in our courtyard (inside if it rains). No services on Zoom tonight.
Candle lighting is at 8:10pm.
Tomorrow morning services will be at 9:30am in the sanctuary, live and livestreamed. We'll include Hallel in honor of Rosh Chodesh (the new month of ) Menachem Av.
We'll read:
Torah: Numbers 32:1-33:49 and 28:9-15
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4
Mincha Saturday evening will be at 8:05pm, and Shabbat ends at 9:15pm.
Tomorrow at 4pm on Zoom (details on the website), our member Dr. Deborah Rubin will be speaking about Jewish Nobel-prize winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel in our Jews in Science series.
Wednesday evening at 7pm will be our final session on Machloket--disagreement. We'll be looking at the rabbinic story of the disagreement that one strand of our tradition says led to the destruction of the Second Temple.
Tisha b'Av begins next Saturday night. We'll begin with maariv and the reading of Eicha (Lamentations) in person and livestreamed at 9:30pm.
Services on Sunday 7/18 for Tisha b'Av will be on Zoom our normal times, 8am and 6pm. At the end of the morning service, we'll spend some time reciting and studying a few kinnot, or lamenting liturgical prayers of Tisha b'Av.
Shabbat shalom, and see you soon, I hope!
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-Thursday evenings at 6pm (but not on Jewish holidays)
Friday evenings when not in person
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
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.”
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our vaccination/High Holiday survey. The information is so helpful as we are working to plan things for the fall.
I've noticed over the last weeks that some of us are looking backward more, and others are looking forward more. Some are still looking back at what the last year and a half have been like, and are not yet ready to look ahead. Others are more focused on the future, and perhaps not feeling like it's needed or that they're ready to look back.
Even when we all look back, we don't all see the same thing. Some of us look back and see some great time at home, among other things. Others look back at the ways they and those close to them really suffered.
When we look forward too, some of us are optimistic and ready to "go back to normal." Others are more pessimistic, and not at all ready to go out again like they used to.
There's a detail in the way the Israelites' journeys are recounted, a discrepancy in the way that Moses and the Israelites describe those journeys, that leads the Maggid of Dubno, an 18th century rabbinic preacher, to say that the Israelites were looking back at their journeys, while Moses was looking ahead. The Maggid says that Moses knew that where the Israelites were going (Israel!) would be great, while the Israelites, without that certainty, were still looking back.
Do you find yourself more looking back or forward?
With sorrow or gratitude for the past?
With joy or anxiety for the future?
Or maybe all of this.
And for good measure, if we throw into the mix Tisha b'Av, the 9th of Av, which commemorates the Temples' destructions, we have this sense of foreboding now, but in the past, along with hope for the future--the future that was in the past, as well as the future that still lies ahead of us.
I'll be leading Torah Talk today at nooon on Zoom, where we'll look at some Hasidic takes on the recounting of Israelites' journeys.
We'll be in person at 6pm tonight in our courtyard (inside if it rains). No services on Zoom tonight.
Candle lighting is at 8:10pm.
Tomorrow morning services will be at 9:30am in the sanctuary, live and livestreamed. We'll include Hallel in honor of Rosh Chodesh (the new month of ) Menachem Av.
We'll read:
Torah: Numbers 32:1-33:49 and 28:9-15
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4
Mincha Saturday evening will be at 8:05pm, and Shabbat ends at 9:15pm.
Tomorrow at 4pm on Zoom (details on the website), our member Dr. Deborah Rubin will be speaking about Jewish Nobel-prize winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel in our Jews in Science series.
Wednesday evening at 7pm will be our final session on Machloket--disagreement. We'll be looking at the rabbinic story of the disagreement that one strand of our tradition says led to the destruction of the Second Temple.
Tisha b'Av begins next Saturday night. We'll begin with maariv and the reading of Eicha (Lamentations) in person and livestreamed at 9:30pm.
Services on Sunday 7/18 for Tisha b'Av will be on Zoom our normal times, 8am and 6pm. At the end of the morning service, we'll spend some time reciting and studying a few kinnot, or lamenting liturgical prayers of Tisha b'Av.
Shabbat shalom, and see you soon, I hope!
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-Thursday evenings at 6pm (but not on Jewish holidays)
Friday evenings when not in person
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
Click the link below, then click the triangular "play" buttom:
https://player2.streamspot.
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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