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There are 2 wonderful ways you can help us: 1. Enjarre of the Adobe Wall; 2. Working on Josie’s office. The replastering of the Adobe wall with mud (Enjarre) is well underway and we have had numerous volunteers. If you can’t work in the hot sun, then consider volunteering to help create Josie’s new office.

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letter from rabbi josie

Wow, my heart is still full from the past two weeks of time together in community, filling the space with song and prayer as we brought in the new year of 5787 together. I am so grateful to have shared these Days of Awe with you, and I want to take the time to say thank you, your presence helps shape Nahalat Shalom into the vibrant community that it is.

If you would like to revisit any of my sermons from this year, or share them with folks who missed them, you can find them below.

EREV RH: WHAT THE LEAVES KNOW

RH MORNING: MAKING A PRACTICE OF HOLINESS

KOL NIDRE: WE WILL DO AND WE WILL HEAR

I’d love to hear what stuck with you from this high holiday season, if you would like to find time to meet one-on-one, to talk about the high holidays or anything else on your mind, please reach out to me at rabbijosie@nahalatshalom.org.
These Days of Awe were made possible by this community, in every sense. If you've already made a High Holiday gift this year, thank you. It's a big part of how we pay for the High Holidays, and for everything else we do here the rest of the year. If you haven't yet given, I hope you'll contribute a gift of any size now. And if you're not yet a member of Nahalat Shalom, I'd love to invite you in. Membership is how this community sustains itself and how you help shape what we become together. I'm always happy to talk with you about what that could look like.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to fulfill one of my favorite mitzvot - divine instructions - of the year, building the sukkah alongside Nahalat Shalom members. Sukkot is a holiday of rejoicing, known by the ancient rabbis as zman simchateinu  - the season of our joy.

After we finish the heavy heart and mind work of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, our tradition sends us back out into the physical world, building a temporary structure for us to dwell in where we are amidst the elements of the natural world.

We’ve built a gorgeous Sukkah at Nahalat Shalom, in the back of the building by the playground. I hope you will take the time to come and dwell in its beauty over the next week.

I will be leading shabbat morning services tomorrow morning in the sukkah and I would love to see you there.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sukkot Sameach!

Rabbi Josie

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KLEZMERQUERQUE MAKES THE NEWS! Here’s a link to a very nice article in the New Mexico Jewish Journal:

Klezmer Music and Dance: How an Old Jewish Art Form Finds Joyous Life at KlezmerQuerque

Are you interested in buying a plot in the Nahalat Shalom section of La Puerta Natural Burial Ground?  

For those who are not aware, Nahalat Shalom has its own section at La Puerta Natural Burial Ground for our members and their loved ones.  There's plenty of room for all of us.  Bryan & Claire, the owners and stewards of this natural burial ground are lovely and always supportive of Nahalat Shalom and our section. 

For this month, La Puerta has offered a bulk rate just for Nahalat Shalomers… READ MORE   

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