Shabbat Gathering: Welcoming the most holy of days.
Dear Chevra, as is our custom, we will gather tonight at 5.45p ct to welcome Shabbat. These are the coordinates:
Zoom
Meeting ID: 963 5113 1550
Password: 1989
Phone: +1 312 626 6799
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Here we go.
When I was in Madison, attending Shabbat services, I read this in our siddur. It's about how Shabbat is so very sacred. It made a big impression on me and I want to pass it on to you this week.
Those who keep Shabbat enjoy Your realm,
they call Shabbat the summit of delight.
A people that observes the holy seventh day
enjoys abundant goodness and delight.
The seventh day You favored and made holy,
You have called it the most loved of days,
a sign You made of it eternally,
in memory of Creation's works and days.
-- Kol Haneshamah, p. 308.
And may it be for all of us a blessing.
See you tonight!
Gut Shabbes!
All my love,
brian.
PS
I've heard about this seder before, a Chabad seder in Katmandu, one of the largest seders in the world. Here's more on it.
At a Seder in Nepal, I felt like the wicked son. Then a bluegrass-and-Buddhist Seder invited me in
An American Jew who’s studying Buddhism reflects the two faiths after attending two very different Passover Seders in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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