SHABBAT SHALOM!

Please join your Nafshenu friends for a Friday evening potluck and Shabbat service. Rabbi David will bring Israeli salad and dips: hummus, babaganoush and techinah. Hear about David and Pearl's recent trip to see family and volunteer in Israel.

Other side and main dishes, desserts and drinks are welcome! We start at 6:30pm at Prince of Peace.

And on Thursday, we re-start our Zoom Torah study with a NEW APPROACH. It's the first of a 4-part series Bible 101 that examines parts of the Hebrew Bible we often ignore. We'll take the weekly Torah and Haftarah portions (Mishpatim, Exodus chapters 21-24; and Jeremiah 33:25-26 and 34:8-22) and use them as a jumping-off place to look at what the Bible is: what's in it and how it came together as an anthology of holy texts. You'll get a source sheet tomorrow. 

Whether you've joined Nafshenu's Torah study before or not, you should find this interesting. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS AND IDEAS. The Zoom link is the regular one: bit.ly/NafTorah. 

Ahead at Nafshenu: PURIM PARTY

We're just over three weeks away from "Jewish Halloween." Purim celebrates the victory of the Jews of the Persian empire over the genocidal plot of Haman. Nafshenu is a community that knows how to have a good time. We proved it last year (see photos below) . Please plan to come for the NAFSHENU PURIM PARTY on Friday, March 14, at Prince of Peace. We'll do our Purim story play and have a potluck Purim/Shabbat dinner.

STAY IN TOUCH/GET IN TOUCH: Please reach out to me whenever for whatever by text, phone or email: 248-508-0874 or rebdovid@nafshenu.org. 

-- Best wishes, Rabbi David Goodman