REMINDERS: SATURDAY SERVICE+LUNCH

Thursday Zoom Bible Class

HONORING BERNIE GOODMAN'S YAHRZEIT

Note from Rabbi David Goodman

I hope that you can join me this Shabbat for Nafshenu's first Saturday morning service and meal of the new year. Pearl and I are sponsoring the kiddush and lunch in honor of my dad, Bernard Goodman, whose yahrzeit is next week. Our family was blessed to have him in our lives until his passing in 2023, at age 99. 

In place of a potluck, we'll bring the kind of nosh Dad would have loved -- Bagels & lox, white fish, herring, and all the fixings. Love. Pray. Eat.

Our family is also honoring our parents' memories through the Joyce and Bernie Goodman Scholarship at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. This year's recipient is Jesse Weil. He's looking forward to joining Nafshenu for an upcoming Shabbat service. Watch for updates. 

Saturday's service starts at 10am in our space at Prince of Peace Church. We'll have singing, prayers, a Torah reading, and discussion. Looking forward to seeing you! 

Rabbi David, 248-508-0874, rebdovid@nafshenu.org 

A NEW BOOK of the Torah opens this week. Leviticus comes out of the "priestly" thread of the Bible, which also contains what may be its most hopeful and uplifting passage: "Seeing all of creation, God said, "That's very good!'" (my translation of Genesis 1:31).

PLEASE join us Thursday (7-8pm) for our regular Zoom Bible class for a discussion of the priestly Torah.

LINK: bit.ly/NafTorah  

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NAFSHENU CALENDAR: 

• Zoom Bible study: Every Thursday but April 2 (Passover seder), 7-8pm. Link: bit.ly/NafTorah.

• Saturday, March 21: Shabbat morning service, Prince of Peace, 10am-12:30pm. 
• Thursday, April 2: Passover Seder, Prince of Peace, 6-8:30pm. No Bible study.
• Sunday, April 12: Food Justice Sunday, 1-3pm, at Anita and Menashe’s house, making sandwiches for Cathedral Kitchen.
• Friday, April 24: Shabbat evening service and potluck dinner at Prince of Peace, 6-8:30pm.
• Tuesday, April 21: Yom HaZikaron-Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israeli Memorial Day-Independence Day, location TBD, 7-8:30pm.
• Saturday, May 2: Shabbat morning service and potluck lunch at Prince of Peace. 10am-noon. 
• Sunday, May 10: Food Justice Sunday, at Karen and Steven's house, 1-3pm, making sandwiches for Cathedral Kitchen
• Thursday, May 21: Erev Shavuot special Zoom text study, 7-9pm. Link: bit.ly/NafTorah
• Friday, May 22:  Shavuot service and Torah reading (Ten Commandments), followed by dairy dinner at Prince of Peace, 6-9pm.
• Friday, June 5: Shabbat evening service and potluck dinner at Prince of Peace, 6-8:30pm.