Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

We’re playing and dancing at The Funky Hanukkah Fiesta today! Come join us! 1 - 4 PM.
Next REHEARSALS begin in January 2025!

Lively entertainment, wonderful bargains, good food —and most importantly, the chance to support Nahalat Shalom
while have fun doing so!

Don't miss . . . 
Nahalat Shalom’s Annual FUNky Hanukkah Fiesta THIS SUNDAY, December 15th from 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Enjoy lively entertainment, amazing bargains, great food — and support Nahalat Shalom while having fun doing so!

ENTERTAINMENT— DANCE AND ENJOY Klezmer Music by The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band and dancing led by Rikud Dancers. Performance and symbolic lighting of the menorah by our Religious (Simcha) School Students. A Hanukkah Story by Maggidah Batya Podos.

FOOD — Latke lunch with Greek salad, dolmathes, humus, pita + sufganiyot (jelly donuts). Come early to eat - food while supplies last!!

SHOP — Silent Auction, Local Crafts - featuring beautiful gift items, Judaica and Jewelry shop, Clothing Boutique (all clothes are brand new and only $5), and a “FREE or pay-what-you-want table.” And YES, we have Hanukkah candles! Silent Auction closes at 3:00 PM.

ARTISTS AND OTHER VENDORS — 1. Melanie LaBorwit Books and Chackes; 2. Julianna Kirwin Printmaking - Julianna is a printmaker whose work, inspired by her Polish roots, includes cut paper and folk images. She uses printmaking, paper, and cloth collage to create large representational images. https://newmexicowomeninthearts.org/julianna-kirwin; 3. Liz Unique Jewelry and Gift Items; 4. Hershel Weiss Woodworks will be selling handcrafted menorahs and mezuzahs - all are made from trees on the Nahalat Shalom property hershelweiss.com

SILENT AUCTION, LOCAL CRAFTS — featuring beautiful gift items, Judaica and Jewelry shop, Clothing Boutique (all clothes are brand new and only $5), and a “FREE or pay-what-you-want table.” And YES, we have Hanukkah candles! Silent Auction closes at 3:00 PM.

SING ALONG —Join Dan Matthews and Nancy Koenigsberg at 3:15 PM for this fun musical event. Sing songs of peace, justice and Hanukkah. Song sheets will be provided.

JEWISH BOOK GIVEAWAY— A free book to each attendee (while supplies last).

COST — Suggested donation of  $3 admission for adults; no charge for children. Food is not included with festival admission.

NEEDED: 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED — Please CLICK HERE to volunteer for a little task to help make or festival a success.

SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS — It's not too late!  Please contact the office or Ilene Dunn if you would like donations picked up from your house.  Or bring them to Nahalat Shalom during business hours.

FUN STUFF — space clearing?  Do you have fun or useful items for our FREE or Pay-What-You-Want table?  You may bring items with you to the festival.

DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE

ZOOM ID: 282 164 5784
No password required

Download SONG SHEET AND PRAYERS
Download POEM

Pot luck vegetarian dinner with songs and prayers in Ladino, Hebrew and Spanish led by Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen, and a bilingual poetry reading.

This month we present Pathways to Heaven, the third and final poem in our series on the contemporary Mizrahi poet Sami Shalom Chetrit. Born in Morocco and raised in Israel, Sami Shalom Chetrit makes his home in New York City where he teaches at Queens College.

If you are able, please show up early and or stay late to help set up and clean up. And bring a vegetarian dish to share!

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal for the first time, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Zoom ID 282 164 5784 (no password required)

PDF Chant Sheet
The service will be contemplative as we take time to enter the liturgy through chant, then pause in the silence long enough to allow for an unfolding of possibilities and to develop the skillful practice that allows for Shabbat consciousness to flourish.

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

THE VEGGIE POTLUCK DINNER at 7:45PM is BACK!!

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:40 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Kaddish Yatom, Mi Shebeirach, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a Vegetarian Potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a live klezmer music jam from 8:20-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal for the first time, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

CANCELLED THIS WEEK!

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

CANCELLED THIS WEEK!

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal for the first time, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Meeting ID: 834 0699 8075

Passcode: arachim

There are many good reasons to come to Nahalat Shalom for our annual meeting on Sunday from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM. The best one is to be here with our community, but here are more motivations:

• Find (and create!) ways you can make a difference in our congregation. Volunteering is at a low point all over the country, and we need to be the exception to that rule. There are a million ways to help vitalize us, and you will have so much fun and feel so good about yourself as you get involved.

• See what’s brewing! There are a lot of projects in the works, and many of them need you to help bring them to fruition.

• Get a peek at the budget. How did we do? Where did we fall short? What is the plan for next year and beyond?

• Vote in the new va’ad (it’s not too late for that to include you!) and give thanks to Erwin as he steps off the va’ad after about a gazillion years of service.

• Enjoy a Nosh with your fellow congregants!

• See the grounds. We’ll have a tour of our campus available for those of you who are curious to explore our facility.

We hope to see you at the Community Meeting!

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Meeting ID: 282 164 5784
No Passcode Required

Have you wondered why we call organized prayer, “services”? We gather together in sacred space to “serve,” to do sacred work with and for each other.

The Shabbat morning “service” is not a random collection of prayers. It is a journey taking us both out of ourselves and into ourselves. Through prayer, chant, song, movement, and meditation, we will travel the path of the Jewish mystics to the sacred heart of Shabbat.

Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time. This is a space for self-identified Queer Jews and their loved ones to gather. We will be hosting hybrid Queer Shabbat OUTDOOR IN-PERSON and also on ZOOM. We are meeting in the Courtyard (weather permitting) or in the Cheder Room if rainy. Please come masked! Whether you are attending virtually or in person, you're invited to bring: songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. Bring (vegetarian) food to eat yourself or to share while we chat after the service (some people may choose to unmask in order to eat together). Ritual items and challah welcome.

For any questions and zoom link, please contact queershabbatnahalatshalom@gmail.com

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

As winter descends and our spirits need to be uplifted, we'll circle up around candlelight for a night of nigunim at Nahalat Shalom, hosted by community member Adam Horowitz. A nigun (meaning "melody" in Hebrew) is a wordless melody, sung in repetition and with devotion, to stir the soul and take us where words cannot. Drawing from the wellspring of Jewish mystical tradition, we'll sing nigunim new and old. No prior experience required! If there are nigunim that you know and would enjoy sharing, please feel free to bring and to teach!

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal for the first time, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal Cancelled for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers. See you next week! No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal for the first time, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net