Tag Archives: Shabbat

Zoom into Shabbat with Beth Ami – Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism this Friday, June 11 at 6 pm!

I am who I am thanks to Shabbat. Due to this biblically mandated institution, I have peace of mind, a flourishing community, a great relationship with my family and a career where I traverse the country singing its praise.

Here’s a suggestion. At least for right now, for a few minutes. Take this opportunity to stop wrestling with any of the things that are weighing heavy on your heart at the moment. Just take a Rest.

Great Big Virtual Challah Bake Starts This Sunday with @BoulderJCC #url#

In a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities and 106 countries from November 6-7.

Join us from your own kitchen and bake along with others during the Boulder JCC’s Great Big Virtual Challah Bake presented by Women of the J.

Join Rabbis Rachel Kobrin and Marc Soloway and their new dogs Baruch and Luna as two communities come together with their pets for a special Kabbalat Shabbat blessing

In these final days of 5780, on the threshold of a New Year with fire, flood, famine and plague ravishing our globe, what does it mean to return and how do we enter Rosh HaShanah when the world is so different.

Whether celebrating alone, dining digitally with a virtual gathering, or at strategically planned socially-distanced dinner, OneTable hosts in Colorado have inhaled Shabbat’s message and are using Friday nights to exhale after weeks filled with waves of uncertainty, virtual meetings that bleed into one another, and an often overwhelming sense of …

On July 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm MT, join us on Zoom for 30-minutes of singing, blessing, and schmoozing.

There is a lot of drama and emoting going on in Parshat Chukat.

Today is Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of counting towards Sinai. As well as bonfires, this is a festival whose themes include the power of the eyes and the mouth.

As these very hard and confusing days of lockdown continue, it is easy for today to feel like yesterday and tomorrow, and to count off the days until we can go back to seeing the people we miss and resuming some of our activities.

I offer a few reflections on celebrating Pesach in this new reality, with the knowledge that Holy Week for Christians and Ramadam for Muslims are also in this season.

The Talmud teaches us that the Shabbos has tremendous power to bring healing to the world.

Keep Breathing is Episode 104 of A Dash of Drash. In the fear, anxiety and uncertainty of these days, we so need to take care of ourselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.

In these very uncertain times, we know that Shabbat can be an anchor. We’re working on ways to bring Shabbat tables together, even while we must remain physically apart.  And while we’ll continue to support local communities in unique ways, these updates are totally digital, and so available to all. …

How can we remain close and connected while being physically separate? Distancing and Connecting - a podcast for these times is Episode 103 of A Dash of Drash.

Join us as we bring a little Shabbat joy to the residents of Manor Care Retirement Home, Friday, February 7, 2020.

The notion that changing gears after a mistake could be a positive, even beautiful thing seemed like a revelation to me.

In this week’s Torah portion, Vaera, G-d instructs Moshe and Aharon to confront Pharoah and demand he allow the Israelites to go off and pray. It soon became a high-stakes challenge between G-d's power and Pharaoh's wise men and sorcerers.

A Name and a Place with special guest Reverence Pedro Silva, Honoring the Legacy of MLK is Episode 102 of A Dash of Drash.

Ancestral Healing with Special Guest Rabbi Tirzah Firestone is Episode 101 of a Dash of Drash.

Godwrestling: Halachah and Aggadah, Law and Narrative is the 100th Episode of A Dash of Drash!

Angel of Friendship with Rabbi Greg Alexander is episode 99 of A Dash of Drash, recorded at the end of Thanksgiving weekend in Manhattan.