Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Shafrin 5/13/2022
Dear Kol Rinah Family,
This week has been a flurry of energy, as we have so many incredible things all happening in the week ahead!
This Sunday, our year of learning concludes for our Kol Rinah Education Hub (KoREH). It has been a tremendous year, with incredible milestones. Our school has been growing each year and thanks to the excitement of our students and decidation of our amazing parents and families, the year was a huge success. I also want to say a special thank you to our incredible KoREH teachers, our madrichim (teaching assistants), and especially, Melissa, Bellows, my partner in crime. All of your hard work has made this learning community so fantastic!
I am even more proud that this year, on Sunday, May 15, Kol Rinah will host our first ever Mitzvah Day. There is still time to register and attend this wonderful day of doing good for our community, as well as learning more about the incredible partnerships we have been developing with other organizations and communities to do justice here in St. Louis.
We will be collecting food to benefit our local Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, books to donate to Ready Readers, and also money to 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.
We are also getting set to celebrate Lag Ba'Omer, the 33rd Day of the Omer, this coming Wednesday evening and Thursday. Traditionally, this day of celebration, coming in the otherwise somber, seven-week period of the Omer, which starts at Pesach and concludes on Shavuot. We'll be coming together Wednesday night starting at 5:00 pm at Shaw Park. We'd love to see you there!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
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We WILL be having Torah Talk today! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a fascinating session at 12:00 noon today on Parashat Emor, which happens to be both of your rabbis' bar mitzvah portion!
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 and singing joyously to start Shabbat in the sanctuary.
Tomorrow morning, our service for Shabbat will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. We will also be formally welcoming all of our members who have newly joined us in the past year! We are thrilled to join together and help create new relationships throughout our community!
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin in the sanctuary at 7:25 pm on Saturday evening.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 7:46 pm
Parshat: Emor
Kol Rinah New Member Shabbat
Torah Reading: Leviticus 21:1-24:23
Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31
Mincha/Ma'ariv: 7:40 pm
Havdalah 8:50 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.”
This week has been a flurry of energy, as we have so many incredible things all happening in the week ahead!
This Sunday, our year of learning concludes for our Kol Rinah Education Hub (KoREH). It has been a tremendous year, with incredible milestones. Our school has been growing each year and thanks to the excitement of our students and decidation of our amazing parents and families, the year was a huge success. I also want to say a special thank you to our incredible KoREH teachers, our madrichim (teaching assistants), and especially, Melissa, Bellows, my partner in crime. All of your hard work has made this learning community so fantastic!
I am even more proud that this year, on Sunday, May 15, Kol Rinah will host our first ever Mitzvah Day. There is still time to register and attend this wonderful day of doing good for our community, as well as learning more about the incredible partnerships we have been developing with other organizations and communities to do justice here in St. Louis.
We will be collecting food to benefit our local Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, books to donate to Ready Readers, and also money to 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.
We are also getting set to celebrate Lag Ba'Omer, the 33rd Day of the Omer, this coming Wednesday evening and Thursday. Traditionally, this day of celebration, coming in the otherwise somber, seven-week period of the Omer, which starts at Pesach and concludes on Shavuot. We'll be coming together Wednesday night starting at 5:00 pm at Shaw Park. We'd love to see you there!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
--
We WILL be having Torah Talk today! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a fascinating session at 12:00 noon today on Parashat Emor, which happens to be both of your rabbis' bar mitzvah portion!
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 and singing joyously to start Shabbat in the sanctuary.
Tomorrow morning, our service for Shabbat will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. We will also be formally welcoming all of our members who have newly joined us in the past year! We are thrilled to join together and help create new relationships throughout our community!
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin in the sanctuary at 7:25 pm on Saturday evening.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 7:46 pm
Parshat: Emor
Kol Rinah New Member Shabbat
Torah Reading: Leviticus 21:1-24:23
Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31
Mincha/Ma'ariv: 7:40 pm
Havdalah 8:50 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.
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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7 Iyyar 5785
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