Thanks to everyone who made our Rosh Hashanah celebration a success, with great turnouts for the evening Rosh under the Big Top and the morning service at Prince of Peace. This Thursday night’s Torah Study on Zoom (Sept. 21, 7pm), looks at an unusual Jewish legal proceeding that opens our Yom Kippur observances: Kol Nidre. In it, we create a courtroom-in-a-synagogue for the
purpose of invalidating unfulfilled vows and oaths. What’s the history of Kol Nidre and why do we keep doing it? Please join me, Rabbi David, on Thursday for a give-and-take discussion at our regular Zoom link: bit.ly/NafTorah.
We’re taking special decoration and design efforts to make our space at Prince
of Peace feel like a spiritual Jewish setting. You’ll get a look at our Yom Kippur observances: Kol Nidre at 7pm Sunday (Sept. 24), Morning Service and Yizkor at 10am Sunday (Sept. 25), and Ne’ilah and break fast at 6:30/7:30pm Sunday). Please let us know you’re coming by registering at nafshenu.org/events.
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We had a very interesting Torah study session last month led by Nafshenu member Etty Lassman. It dealt with the wide range of laws contained in the Torah portion Ki Teitze (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19).
Etty put together sources and graphics in a slide show, and I highly recommend
giving it your attention. Here’s a link: bit.ly/NafKiteitze.
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Here’s a Nafshenu calendar for the next 2½ weeks:
- Thursday, Sept. 21: Torah Study on Zoom at bit.ly/NafTorah, 7-8pm.
- Sunday, Sept. 24, Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur, Prince of Peace, 7pm.
- Monday, Sept. 25, Yom Kippur morning service, Prince of Peace,
10am.
- Monday, Sept. 25, Yom Kippur Ne’ilah, break fast, Prince of Peace, service 6:30pm, break fast 7:30pm.
- Thursday, Sept. 28, Torah Study on Zoom at bit.ly/NafTorah, 7-8pm.
- Sunday, Oct. 1, Sukkah Party and open house, Rabbi’s house (8220 Manor
Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027), 2-5pm.
- Thursday, Oct. 5: Torah Study on Zoom at bit.ly/NafTorah, 7-8pm.
- Saturday, Oct. 7: Simchat Torah celebration, Location TBA, 6:30pm.
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QUESTIONS OR JUST WANT TO TALK? I’d love to hear from you by phone, email or message. Here’s my contact information:
Rabbi David N. Goodman
rebdovid@nafshenu.org
248-508-0874
