Kabbalat Shabbat Torah Service May 22

We begin a new book this Shabbat, the Book of Numbers (also known as B’midbar).  This book in our scroll picks up where Exodus left off, telling the story of the long wandering of the Ancient Israelites.

What’s in the Book of Numbers? Korach, the dude who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. A seer and a talking donkey. A goodly number of marches, hither and yon.  Fiery serpents and a metal one made by Moses himself.

This Friday night we will look at the Book of Numbers in the light of the haftorah from Hosea that accompanies it’s very first parsha.

Please bring something to share at oneg!

Friday, May 22, 7:00 pm
Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church, 9704 Mallard Creek Rd, Charlotte

ALEPH: Ruach Ha’Aretz Summer Retreat

July 6-12

Exploring Deep Ecumenism is the theme, and Rabbi Barbara is one of the teachers at this weeklong  retreat in at West Chester University in Pennsylvania.  Deep Ecumenism was a central teaching of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l.  Deep Ecumenism teaches that all religious traditions are a way to the Holy One.

The retreat is preceded by “Getting It… Together,” a weekend celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of  The Jew in the Lotus with nationally recognized Jewish leaders who were part of the Jewish delegation that met with the Dalai Lama and inspired the well-known book.

For more information, head to aleph.org/ruach