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6930 Alpha Road / Dallas, Texas 75240-3602 / 972-661-1810 / FAX 972-661-2636 E-mail: [email protected] / Facebook: Temple Shalom Dallas / Website: www.templeshalomdallas.org AUGUST 2020 AV / ELUL 5780 VOLUME 55 NO. 2 SERVICES and ONLINE MEETINGS & CLASSES SATURDAY ~ August 1 THURSDAY ~ August 6 Torah Study Sisterhood Virtual Coffee Break 9:00am 10:00am via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) via Zoom (link instructions on Page 24) 6:30pm - Havdallah Service FRIDAY ~ August 7 view via Facebook group Ekev ~ Deuteronomy 10:12 - 11:25 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 5:00pm - Young Families Service TempleShalomDallas/ view via Facebook group Sisterhood/Brotherhood Family Feud https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 7:30pm TempleShalomDallas/ via Zoom (link instructions on Page 24) 6:00pm - Shabbat Service view via Facebook group SUNDAY ~ August 2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ Brotherhood Anat Hoffman/IRAC in Israel TempleShalomDallas/ 1:00pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 22) SATURDAY ~ August 8 Super Seniors Torah Study The Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism 9:00am 4:00pm Via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) via Zoom (link instructions on Page 21) 10:30am - Munchkin Minyan PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley Temple Lawn 7:00pm (see Page 5) view via Facebook group 6:30pm - Havdallah Concert https://www.facebook.com/groups/ with Noah Aronson TempleShalomDallas/ members only via Zoom (see back page) MONDAY ~ August 3 Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery SUNDAY ~ August 9 2:00pm Sisterhood via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) Exploring Unconscious Bias 2:00pm TUESDAY ~ August 4 via Zoom (link instructions on Page 25) Community Gathers with Rabbi & Cantor 7:00pm PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) 7:00pm view via Facebook group WEDNESDAY ~ August 5 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ Lay Led Learners TempleShalomDallas/ 12:30pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) MONDAY ~ August 10 Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery HUC-JIR Program 2:00pm Rebirth After the Holocaust via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) 2:00pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 15) August 2020 www.templeshalomdallas.org Page 2 SERVICES and ONLINE MEETINGS & CLASSES (continued) TUESDAY ~ August 11 MONDAY ~ August 17 Community Gathers with Rabbi & Cantor Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery 7:00pm 2:00pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) THURSDAY ~ August 13 TUESDAY ~ August 18 Sisterhood Virtual Coffee Break Community Gathers with Rabbi & Cantor 10:00am 7:00pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 24) via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) Brotherhood Guys Night Out THURSDAY ~ August 20 6:45pm Sisterhood Virtual Coffee Break via Zoom (link instructions on Page 23) 10:00am via Zoom (link instructions on Page 24) FRIDAY ~ August 14 Re’eh ~ Deuteronomy 15:1 - 16:17 FRIDAY ~ August 21 5:00pm - Young Families Service Shoftim ~ Deuteronomy 19:14 - 21:9 view via Facebook group 5:00pm - Young Families Service https://www.facebook.com/groups/ view via Facebook group TempleShalomDallas/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 6:00pm - Shabbat Service TempleShalomDallas/ view via Facebook group 6:00pm - Shabbat Service https://www.facebook.com/groups/ view via Facebook group TempleShalomDallas/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ TempleShalomDallas/ SATURDAY ~ August 15 Torah Study SATURDAY ~ August 22 9:00am Torah Study via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) 9:00am 6:30pm - Havdallah Service via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) view via Facebook group Sisterhood & Brotherhood Coffee Break Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 1:45pm TempleShalomDallas/ via Zoom (link instructions on Page 25) SUNDAY ~ August 16 6:30pm - Havdallah Service Adult Education view via Facebook group Planning for Your Financial Future https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 10:30am TempleShalomDallas/ Via Zoom (link instructions on Page 16) SUNDAY ~ August 23 Super Seniors PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley Updates with President Debra Levy-Fritts 7:00pm 4:00pm view via Facebook group via Zoom (link instructions on Page 21) https://www.facebook.com/groups/ PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley TempleShalomDallas/ 7:00pm view via Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ TempleShalomDallas/ August 2020 www.templeshalomdallas.org Page 3 SERVICES and ONLINE MEETINGS & CLASSES (continued) MONDAY ~ August 24 SATURDAY ~ August 29 (continued) Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery 5:00pm - Bat Mitzvah Service 2:00pm Rachel Grossman via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) Daughter of Stephanie Russell & Barney Grossman Epstein Chapel Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh 7:00pm 6:30pm - Havdallah Service via Zoom (link instructions on Page 25) view via Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ TUESDAY ~ August 25 TempleShalomDallas/ Community Gathers with Rabbi & Cantor 7:00pm SUNDAY ~ August 30 via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) Adult Education Avoiding COVID-19 Scams & Fraud WEDNESDAY ~ August 26 10:30am Sisterhood Reproductive Right Program via Zoom (instructions on Page 16) 7:00pm via Zoom (registration instructions on Page 26) Sisterhood Scattergories Game Night 2:00pm THURSDAY ~ August 27 via Zoom (link instructions on Page 25) Sisterhood Virtual Coffee Break 10:00am PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley via Zoom (link instructions on Page 24) 7:00pm view via Facebook group FRIDAY ~ August 28 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ Ki Tetze ~ Deuteronomy 24:14 - 25:19 TempleShalomDallas/ 5:00pm - Young Families Service view via Facebook group MONDAY ~ August 31 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery TempleShalomDallas/ 2:00pm via Zoom (link instructions on Page 6) 6:00pm - Shabbat Service Under the Stars and Blessing of the Backpacks Temple Lawn and can be watched via Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ TempleShalomDallas/ (see Cover Page) SATURDAY ~ August 29 Torah Study 9:00am Via Zoom (link instructions on Page 14) 10:30am - Bat Mitzvah Service Emily Deich Daughter of Amy & Sam Deich Epstein Chapel August 2020 www.templeshalomdallas.org Page 4 Questions? Email [email protected] August 2020 www.templeshalomdallas.org Page 5 Knitting Hour with Cantor Avery Mondays thru August 2:00pm Bring any creative projects you are working on, needle point, crocheting, knitting, coloring, beading, etc... We will schmooze, create, and connect. Further into our time together, we will talk about creative projects we can work on as mitzvah projects. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89564553244 Meeting ID: 895 6455 3244 One tap mobile: +13462487799,,89564553244# Temple Shalom Gathers - Turn out, tune in and drop by! Tuesdays thru August 7:00pm Online via Zoom Come join Rabbi Paley and Cantor Avery along with your Temple Shalom family each week as we check in, say hello and catch up. Invite a friend, grab your family and take a little time out of your day for some learning, laughing and connecting. See you soon! Meeting ID: 653 228 621 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/653228621 One tap mobile: +13462487799,,653228621# Dial in information: 1-346-248-7799 PJs and Story with Rabbi Paley Sundays thru August 7:00pm Online via Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TempleShalomDallas/ Kids of all ages - even kids at heart...get in your PJs and grab your favorite stuffed animal (or pet) and join us on Sunday nights. August 2020 www.templeshalomdallas.org Page 6 A Note from Cantor Avery Balancing Netzach and Hod Clergy Leadership Program with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality Retreat Two A couple of weeks ago I was with my Clergy Leadership Program Cohort for our second retreat. It was held online due to the pandemic. There are 42 rabbis and cantors, across denominations, in our cohort. During our retreat we studied Chassidic and Kabbalistic texts, meditated, prayed, and practiced yoga (embodied mindfulness). We use these texts and practices to nourish and strengthen our awareness. Through this awareness we are able to lift and improve ourselves and the work we do as clergy. The more attuned we are to ourselves, noticing with curiosity our challenges and triumphs, the more able we are to lead others in their own journeys. This retreat we studied the middot, or inner qualities, through which we will be identifying areas to expand our awareness. We are connecting these middot to the sefirot, ten emanations through which the Kabbalists believed God reveals God’s self. We began by discussing how everything in creation is connected, in small ways and big ways. So connected, in fact, that each connected part informs and affects other parts of the whole. Think of our bodies. We are made of molecules, the molecules make up cells, the cells make up tissues, the tissues make up our organs and the organs are a part of the larger organism. When one organ is out of balance, it affects the rest of the organism. We looked at this in a spiritual way by connecting it to the idea that when our middot, our inner qualities are out of balance, they effect the entirety of who we are and what we do in the world. We looked first at one of the lower Sefirot: Netzach. Netzach connects to the following inner qualities: Victory, Endurance, Grit, Tenacity, and Effort. We connect it to the famous words from Mishnah “Bishvili nivra haolam.” “The world was created for me.” Netzach is our drive to “do do do” and “go go go”. It’s the quality within that pushes us to achieve and accomplish. You may be thinking that this is wonderful, and it is. However, this drive can get out of balance. When we don’t stop, when we don’t rest, when we don’t give ourselves a break, our Netzach is out of balance. We then looked at the opposing Sefirah: Hod. Hod connects to the inner qualities: Surrender, Humility, Gratitude, Non-effort. We connect it the words from Genesis, “I am but dust and ashes.” Hod is the part of us that keeps us humble.