Shabbat Gathering: Chodesh Tov Iyar!

Dear Chevrei, as is our custom, we will gather tonight at 5.45p ct to welcome Shabbat. These are the coordinates:

Zoom
Meeting ID: 883 8469 4181
Password: 822665
Phone: +1 312 626 6799

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Here we go.

Chodesh Tov Iyar! Or, in other words, Happy new month of Iyar! (I know. It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming Nisan.) Things are growing. The first wheat is even coming in. We might remember a newsletter from May 12, 2023 where we read about the holiday of Lag B’Omer that happens in Iyar. Or we might remember that the most interesting thing about Iyar is that we spend the entire month counting the Omer. For more on that, refer to a previous newsletter.

That’s about all I’ve got for the month of Iyar, a couple of callbacks to a couple of previous newsletters. Be well, chevrei.

And may it be for all of us a blessing.

See you tonight!
Gut Shabbes!

All my love,
brian.

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