Do you ever feel that summer is going to quickly? If so, here are some tips to make the most of summer, even if you have limited time.
Read More »Being Strong in the Face of Adversity
This week we read two Torah portions. The first one is called Matos (literally staff) and the second one Masai (journeys). The commentaries tell us that there is a connection between the Torah portion and the time that it is read.
Read More »Free Shabbat Hikes with Adventure Rabbi for All Ages
This Shabbat, July 18, 2015 from 9:00 am-11:15 am, both our adult hike and our family hikes will be free. Come meet our Educator Elaine Barenblat (leading the hike for kids and their adults) and Rabbi Jamie Korngold (leading the hike for adults). Find out what we do and how we do and if it might be a good fit for you.
Read More »Let’s Thank the Mystery of Life–A Shabbat Lovesong
Here is an ahavah poem thanking God for giving us the capacity to love. It fits with the liturgy and takes the form of a ghazal, a genre of poetry popular in India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. Ghazals are love poems to God that, like the Song of Songs, express this emotion in the language of human love.
Read More »The Best Type of Protection
This week's Torah portion is perhaps the portion of the Torah that shows more than any other the divine love to the Jewish people.
Read More »Fridays on Flagstaff Service and Picnic
The Adventure Rabbi classic summer Shabbat program resumes this summer, June 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm.
Read More »Dance Tefila – Pray with Your Body
Come join us for an extraordinary embodied Torah experience this Saturday.
Read More »Beyond Reason
In this week's Torah Portion we learn about how a person who has come into contact with a dead body can be purified to be allowed to enter the Temple.
Read More »Hovering — What God Does Over Your Shabbat Island in Time
Mi kamokha--who is like You?--is what we ask when we feel overwhelmed by the joys and wonders of life. This mi kamokha poem responds to this feeling in its own little way.
Read More »20s/30s Hike + Hops Friday Night
Hike and Hops with the Adventure Rabbi 20s and 30s group is back for the summer season, and starts tonight!
Read More »Unity Vs. Uniformity
In this week's Torah portion, we read about Korach who was a cousin of Moses, who started a rebellion against Moses.
Read More »No Shushing Inclusive Shabbat Service
Har HaShem is pleased to put on another No Shushing Shabbat service on June 19, 2015.
Read More »Isolation vs. Co-Existance
In this week's Torah portion, we read how the Jews sent one person from each tribe to spy on the land of Israel.
Read More »Friday Evening Shabbat Services Outdoors
This coming Friday night, Congregation Har HaShem will be hosting Shabbat services outdoors on the lawn of our South Building.
Read More »Shabbat Hikes with Adventure Rabbi Start Saturday
Shabbat Hikes – one for adults and another for families -- begin this weekend with the Adventure Rabbi Program.
Read More »The Purpose of Our Journeys
This week's Torah portion begins with instructions regarding the Menorah (Candelabra) in the Temple.
Read More »Nine Days of Breath: A Poem to Bring Life to Your Shabbat
Here is another nishmat poem, suitable for shabbat morning. It can go after the nishmat prayer.
Read More »Kirtan Kabbalat Shabbat at Nevei Kodesh
A "Milk of the Mountain" Kirtan will be the final kirtan kabbalat Shabbat service at Congregation Nevei Kodesh this Friday.
Read More »Avoiding Strife
In this week's Torah portion we read about the Temple being erected in the desert. To celebrate this great occasion, the leaders of each tribe bought special gifts and sacrifices to the Temple.
Read More »The Mystery of Life–A Poem of Appreciation
Life is a beautiful mystery that is mysteriously beautiful! Who is like You, God, Who could create all of this and give us the ability to appreciate it-- even people who don't live near mountains and hills as we do in Boulder, Colorado!
Read More »Musical Kabbalat Shabbat at Bonai Shalom
With some new faces and wonderful new melodies, Bonai is excited that our popular Musical Friday Night Services are back!
Read More »Shavuos — The Marriage of the Jewish Nation
This Sunday and Monday, we celebrate the holiday of Shavuos when we commemorate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Read More »Everything That Breathes Praises You
This poem is meant to help you more fully appreciate the wonder of God and God's creation this Shabbat.
Read More »Three Opportunities to Hear Rabbi Arik Ascherman
Congregation Har HaShem is pleased to welcome Rabbi Arik Ascherman to Boulder for the weekend of May 22-24. Find out when and where you can hear him speak.
Read More »The Significance of a Mountain
This week's Torah portion begins with the verse, "G-d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai."
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