Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Shafrin 4/29/2022
Dear Kol Rinah Family,
Yesterday, Jewish communities all around the world commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. For the first time, my children were old enough to ask me real questions about the Holocaust: What happened? Why were so many stripped of rights, possessions, property, dignity, and ultimately lives? How could so many people let such horrors be perpetrated? How could so many risk and sacrifice their lives to save complete strangers?
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up with personal relationships to survivors of the Holocaust, people who escaped the terrors of the Nazi regime, who fled anti-Semitism in many parts of the world during the 20th Century, and who shared their stories with me. I found myself retelling these same stories to my 1st grader, explaining the needless horrors that so many have gone through.
And when it was clear that he understood, at least the facts, and I felt like I didn't need to go on further, I finished up by saying, "This is why we remeber these stories, why we remember the terrible things that have happened to our people: it's because terrible things are still happening to many people, and this reminds us to do everything we can to help as many as we can with whatever power we do have."
When I think about these moments, the first thing I reflect on is how proud I am to be a part of this community, a community that is working to build a more just and equitable world. Our amazing Tzedek team, our staff, our board, and so many of our members have been engaged over the past several years in working for justice through every avenue available to us.
And I am even more proud that this year, on Sunday, May 15, Kol Rinah will host our first ever Mitzvah Day. This incredible event will not only be full of opportunities to do direct service for the many people in our community who might need help, but it will also be a showcase of the incredible partnerships we have been developing with other organizations and communities to do justice here in St. Louis. We will be learning how to effectively communicate with, and apply pressure to, our elected leaders in order to address real concerns in our community. We will be collecting food to benefit our local Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, and we will also be collecting money which will benefit our local community as well as our siblings in Ukraine who are struggling against an unjust invasion of their sovereign land.
I encourage you to sign up, check out the amazing activities we will have for every person in our community. Click here to register.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
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We WILL be having Torah Talk today! After a few weeks off to accomodate our Pesach celebrations, we are returning today with some exciting new learning! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a wonderful session at noon today on Parashat Acharei Mot.
Kabbalat Shabbat will be live in the sanctuary this evening at 6:00 pm, as well as livestreamed through the link below (same link as Shabbat morning). We are thrilled to be back together for a rousing musical beginning to our Shabbat, and we hope you will join us!
Tomorrow morning, our service for Shabbat will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. We will also be celebrating the bar mitzvah of Aaron Abeles! You can stream the service using the live stream link below.
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin in the sanctuary at 7:25 pm on Saturday evening.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 7:33 pm
Shabbat, April 30
Parshat Achrei Mot
Shabbat Mevarchim
Torah Reading: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
Haftarah: Samuel 1 20:18-42
Havdalah 8:17 pm
Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
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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 ( tinyurl.com/KR-EveningMinyan )
Sunday-Friday evenings at 6pm
Morning Minyan on Zoom ( tinyurl.com/KR-MorningMinyan )
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 ( tinyurl.com/KR-TorahTalk )
Every Friday at 12pm
Join us for study and discussion of the week's Torah portion.
Kabbalat Shabbat/Shabbat morning ( tinyurl.com/KR-Streaming )
Fridays at 6:00pm, Saturdays at 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 the service officially begins, there will a filler screen, but livestreamed video and sound will both start before the start of the service.
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.”
Yesterday, Jewish communities all around the world commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. For the first time, my children were old enough to ask me real questions about the Holocaust: What happened? Why were so many stripped of rights, possessions, property, dignity, and ultimately lives? How could so many people let such horrors be perpetrated? How could so many risk and sacrifice their lives to save complete strangers?
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up with personal relationships to survivors of the Holocaust, people who escaped the terrors of the Nazi regime, who fled anti-Semitism in many parts of the world during the 20th Century, and who shared their stories with me. I found myself retelling these same stories to my 1st grader, explaining the needless horrors that so many have gone through.
And when it was clear that he understood, at least the facts, and I felt like I didn't need to go on further, I finished up by saying, "This is why we remeber these stories, why we remember the terrible things that have happened to our people: it's because terrible things are still happening to many people, and this reminds us to do everything we can to help as many as we can with whatever power we do have."
When I think about these moments, the first thing I reflect on is how proud I am to be a part of this community, a community that is working to build a more just and equitable world. Our amazing Tzedek team, our staff, our board, and so many of our members have been engaged over the past several years in working for justice through every avenue available to us.
And I am even more proud that this year, on Sunday, May 15, Kol Rinah will host our first ever Mitzvah Day. This incredible event will not only be full of opportunities to do direct service for the many people in our community who might need help, but it will also be a showcase of the incredible partnerships we have been developing with other organizations and communities to do justice here in St. Louis. We will be learning how to effectively communicate with, and apply pressure to, our elected leaders in order to address real concerns in our community. We will be collecting food to benefit our local Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, and we will also be collecting money which will benefit our local community as well as our siblings in Ukraine who are struggling against an unjust invasion of their sovereign land.
I encourage you to sign up, check out the amazing activities we will have for every person in our community. Click here to register.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
--
We WILL be having Torah Talk today! After a few weeks off to accomodate our Pesach celebrations, we are returning today with some exciting new learning! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a wonderful session at noon today on Parashat Acharei Mot.
Kabbalat Shabbat will be live in the sanctuary this evening at 6:00 pm, as well as livestreamed through the link below (same link as Shabbat morning). We are thrilled to be back together for a rousing musical beginning to our Shabbat, and we hope you will join us!
Tomorrow morning, our service for Shabbat will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. We will also be celebrating the bar mitzvah of Aaron Abeles! You can stream the service using the live stream link below.
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin in the sanctuary at 7:25 pm on Saturday evening.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 7:33 pm
Shabbat, April 30
Parshat Achrei Mot
Shabbat Mevarchim
Torah Reading: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
Haftarah: Samuel 1 20:18-42
Havdalah 8:17 pm
Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
--
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 ( tinyurl.com/KR-EveningMinyan )
Sunday-Friday evenings at 6pm
Morning Minyan on Zoom ( tinyurl.com/KR-MorningMinyan )
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 ( tinyurl.com/KR-TorahTalk )
Every Friday at 12pm
Join us for study and discussion of the week's Torah portion.
Kabbalat Shabbat/Shabbat morning ( tinyurl.com/KR-Streaming )
Fridays at 6:00pm, Saturdays at 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 the service officially begins, there will a filler screen, but livestreamed video and sound will both start before the start of the service.
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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