Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Shafrin! 7/22/2022
Dear Kol Rinah Family,
In this week's Torah portion, Parashat Pinchas, contains within it some of the most often read sections of Torah because it includes one of the most complete Biblical calendars of the Jewish year. It contains the sections on Rosh Chodesh, which we then read at the first shacharit (morning) service of each new month. It contains readings which explain parts of the celebrations for Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret, giving an amazing account of the meanings of these special times, their interrelationships, and a few of the rituals for each.
I have always appreciated that even though we each have ways in which we celebrate any point on the Jewish calendar, whether it's Shabbat each week or Rosh HaShanah to begin a new year, so much of the emphasis of the Jewish holidays are on connecting with the people around us. We gather to hear the sound of the Shofar, to dance with the Torah, or to take shelter beneath the sukkah. We make space for one another to pray, to sing, to learn, and to grow, and with each cycle of the year, these holidays give us new opportunities to create relationships with one another, often in surpising or unexpected ways.
So, this Shabbat, as we learn about Parashat Pinchas, I want to challenge each of you to reach out and find new ways to connect. You don't need to wait for the next holiday (though there's always one right around the corner), just look for opportunities to build relationships with other people.
If you haven't been to Shabbat services in a while, come check us out! Our Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services are always integrating new melodies, experiences, and people into the space we share together, like this coming Shabbat morning when our Kol Chadash musical service will making its long-awaited return.
If you are looking to learn, we have opportunities all the time, some virtual, some in person. If you have something to teach, we are always looking for people to help our students learn at our Kol Rinah Education Hub (KoREH), especially if you are a high school student who might be interested in being a madrich/madricha and helping our teachers in the classroom.
If you are looking to find folks with similar interests, our ever-expanding network of KR Circles might just have a group of people who are waiting to welcome you into a fun, new activity. And if you don't see a KR Circle that fits you, there's always room for you to start your own!
Parashat Pinchas shows us a highlight reel version of community, the best and most exciting times for us to gather together in community, share our sacred space, build relationships, and create memories. But we can do those same things at any time, here in this community that we are, each day, building together.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
--
We want to wish a nisiah tova, a safe an successful journey to Rabbi Shulamit Cenker, who will be moving to Atlanta, GA at the end of the month. Rabbi Cenker has been a Kol Rinah member for several years and has been an incredible teacher, resource, and spiritual presence, as well as a valued member of our Chesed committee! We will miss her dearly, but wish her much happiness with her family in Atlanta.
This Shabbat is going to be incredible! Tomorrow morning marks the return of our Kol Chadash service for Shabbat morning, which will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. If you have not joined us for Kol Chasash before, we would love to see you, hear your voice, and feel your energetic presence as we celebrate Shabbat in joyous song! We are always looking for new ways to help our entire Kol Rinah community find spiritual meaning and fulfillment. Please join us as we come together to explore a new kind of prayer experience. The service can be livestreamed using the special livestream link below for Shabbat morning services.
Our service will feature music with acoustic instruments and will bring together new melodies and words of Torah to create what we hope will be a deep and moving experience. We'll be focusing on some particular prayers and words. To make space for this, we won’t read Torah or Haftarah, but we will have a Torah discussion. Come in person, or watch from home,, sing and be with us from 9:30-11:30am, and share your voice, and your feedback!
Here’s some of the music we’ll be using for Kol Chadash
Much of this is on this Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79GEd3mP0DqkhNxb1lcnmJ?si=wzwKSOvdSomY-3HSDK0KVA
Videos and other recordings of music is here too:
One Voice by The Wailin' Jennies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-24qGCvo7A
Modeh Ani by Rabbi Scott Shafrin
https://youtu.be/qpnqtCTx3JI
Psalm 136
https://soundcloud.com/sixth-i/psalm-136-ki-lolam-chasdo/s-tLw2Z?in=sixth-i/sets/shabbat-pure-and-simple-abm/s-J2jNF
Psalm 92 (Psalm for Shabbat) by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB6NpP8lYhA
Ashrei/Happy are the Ones by Joshua C. Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slFayI2qqY
Psalm 148 by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yElV439cnZw
Psalm 150:6 (Kol Haneshama) by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVRzPG9j7xE
Nishmat Kol Chai by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1Vt9ESZ18
Shochen Ad by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcJYq5THeE
Sunrise Nigun (we’ll be using for El Adon) by Deborah Sacks Mintz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYaNTG713E
Ahava Rabba by Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz
V’ha-er Einenu by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
https://soundcloud.com/sixth-i/ahavah-raba-vha-eir-eineinu/s-WXMjk?in=sixth-i/sets/shabbat-pure-and-simple-abm/s-J2jNF
V’ahavta by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsNMf1jsD0
Emet by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8RQZ9tEiKo
Mi Chamocha by Elana Arian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzClD3_RS5c
Yihyu l’ratzon by Michelle Citrin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V03tbo72A8A&t=17s
Sim Shalom by Julie Silver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSF_puIRss
Ein Keloheinu by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmiqWeRYZqs
V’hasheivota (Aleinu) by Shir Yaakov Feit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iYogsflGwo
We will be having Torah Talk today on Zoom at noon! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a discussion on Parashat Pinchas and peeling back the layers of the text in new and fascinating ways!
Tonight, we will meet in the Guller Chapel at 6:00 PM for our Kabbalat Shabbat service. We have found that the experience in this space to make for a more communal, intimate prayer service, and will be trying it out for a few weeks. This does mean that we will not be livestreaming on Friday night, but we hope you will be able to join us live and in person at Kol Rinah.
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin at held this Saturday afternoon at 7:55 pm in our sanctuary.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 8:03 pm
Parshah: Pinchas
Torah Reading: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3
Dessert Kiddush to follow services
Havdalah: 9:05 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-Thursday 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.”
In this week's Torah portion, Parashat Pinchas, contains within it some of the most often read sections of Torah because it includes one of the most complete Biblical calendars of the Jewish year. It contains the sections on Rosh Chodesh, which we then read at the first shacharit (morning) service of each new month. It contains readings which explain parts of the celebrations for Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret, giving an amazing account of the meanings of these special times, their interrelationships, and a few of the rituals for each.
I have always appreciated that even though we each have ways in which we celebrate any point on the Jewish calendar, whether it's Shabbat each week or Rosh HaShanah to begin a new year, so much of the emphasis of the Jewish holidays are on connecting with the people around us. We gather to hear the sound of the Shofar, to dance with the Torah, or to take shelter beneath the sukkah. We make space for one another to pray, to sing, to learn, and to grow, and with each cycle of the year, these holidays give us new opportunities to create relationships with one another, often in surpising or unexpected ways.
So, this Shabbat, as we learn about Parashat Pinchas, I want to challenge each of you to reach out and find new ways to connect. You don't need to wait for the next holiday (though there's always one right around the corner), just look for opportunities to build relationships with other people.
If you haven't been to Shabbat services in a while, come check us out! Our Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services are always integrating new melodies, experiences, and people into the space we share together, like this coming Shabbat morning when our Kol Chadash musical service will making its long-awaited return.
If you are looking to learn, we have opportunities all the time, some virtual, some in person. If you have something to teach, we are always looking for people to help our students learn at our Kol Rinah Education Hub (KoREH), especially if you are a high school student who might be interested in being a madrich/madricha and helping our teachers in the classroom.
If you are looking to find folks with similar interests, our ever-expanding network of KR Circles might just have a group of people who are waiting to welcome you into a fun, new activity. And if you don't see a KR Circle that fits you, there's always room for you to start your own!
Parashat Pinchas shows us a highlight reel version of community, the best and most exciting times for us to gather together in community, share our sacred space, build relationships, and create memories. But we can do those same things at any time, here in this community that we are, each day, building together.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
--
We want to wish a nisiah tova, a safe an successful journey to Rabbi Shulamit Cenker, who will be moving to Atlanta, GA at the end of the month. Rabbi Cenker has been a Kol Rinah member for several years and has been an incredible teacher, resource, and spiritual presence, as well as a valued member of our Chesed committee! We will miss her dearly, but wish her much happiness with her family in Atlanta.
This Shabbat is going to be incredible! Tomorrow morning marks the return of our Kol Chadash service for Shabbat morning, which will begin in our sanctuary at 9:30 am. If you have not joined us for Kol Chasash before, we would love to see you, hear your voice, and feel your energetic presence as we celebrate Shabbat in joyous song! We are always looking for new ways to help our entire Kol Rinah community find spiritual meaning and fulfillment. Please join us as we come together to explore a new kind of prayer experience. The service can be livestreamed using the special livestream link below for Shabbat morning services.
Our service will feature music with acoustic instruments and will bring together new melodies and words of Torah to create what we hope will be a deep and moving experience. We'll be focusing on some particular prayers and words. To make space for this, we won’t read Torah or Haftarah, but we will have a Torah discussion. Come in person, or watch from home,, sing and be with us from 9:30-11:30am, and share your voice, and your feedback!
Here’s some of the music we’ll be using for Kol Chadash
Much of this is on this Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/
Videos and other recordings of music is here too:
One Voice by The Wailin' Jennies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Modeh Ani by Rabbi Scott Shafrin
https://youtu.be/qpnqtCTx3JI
Psalm 136
https://soundcloud.com/sixth-
Psalm 92 (Psalm for Shabbat) by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Ashrei/Happy are the Ones by Joshua C. Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Psalm 148 by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Psalm 150:6 (Kol Haneshama) by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Nishmat Kol Chai by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Shochen Ad by Joey Weisenberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Sunrise Nigun (we’ll be using for El Adon) by Deborah Sacks Mintz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Ahava Rabba by Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz
V’ha-er Einenu by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
https://soundcloud.com/sixth-
V’ahavta by Nava Tehila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Emet by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Mi Chamocha by Elana Arian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Yihyu l’ratzon by Michelle Citrin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Sim Shalom by Julie Silver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Ein Keloheinu by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
V’hasheivota (Aleinu) by Shir Yaakov Feit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
We will be having Torah Talk today on Zoom at noon! Rabbi Arnow will be leading a discussion on Parashat Pinchas and peeling back the layers of the text in new and fascinating ways!
Tonight, we will meet in the Guller Chapel at 6:00 PM for our Kabbalat Shabbat service. We have found that the experience in this space to make for a more communal, intimate prayer service, and will be trying it out for a few weeks. This does mean that we will not be livestreaming on Friday night, but we hope you will be able to join us live and in person at Kol Rinah.
Mincha/Ma'ariv services for Shabbat will begin at held this Saturday afternoon at 7:55 pm in our sanctuary.
Candle Lighting Friday night is at 8:03 pm
Parshah: Pinchas
Torah Reading: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3
Dessert Kiddush to follow services
Havdalah: 9:05 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-Thursday 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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