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JANUARY 2024

JANUARY 2024

TEVET / SHEVAT 5784 CHECK OUT ALL OUR SCHEDULED EVENTS ON THE S-H October Calendar: https://shirhayam.org/calendar/ __________________________________________________________________ RUACH Please join us for a Shabbat Meditation on Saturday, January 6 from 9:00 – 9:30 in the Zoom Room. ___________________________________________________________________________ TIKKUN OLAM: Cropwalk took place on October 1 with about 25 walkers participating. Shir Hayam raised $1,430 (second in total donations to only Eagle Harbor Congregational Church -they raised $4,481), but we were the highest on a per-capita basis. The total raised…

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OCTOBER 2023

OCTOBER 2023

TISHREI / CHESHVAN 5784 CHECK OUT ALL OUR SCHEDULED EVENTS ON THE S-H October Calendar: https://shirhayam.org/calendar/ ______________________________________________________ RUACH: HIGH HOLIDAYS 5784: The High Holidays began in the glory of late summer, radiant, warm, with blue skies as we began Rosh Hashonah services. Perfect weather to compliment the promise of a New Year. By the time Kol Nidre arrived, we were thrust quickly into Autumn, with rain, winds, cooler temperatures, and shorter, darker days. The weather, like the mood, had become…

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SEPTEMBER 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023

ELUL 5783 / TISHREI 5784 CHECK OUT ALL OUR SCHEDULED EVENTS ON THE S-H July Calendar: https://shirhayam.org/calendar/ _____________________________________________________________________ HIGH HOLIDAYS 5784 Shir Hayam is excited to welcome Rabbi Lavey Derby back for the third year to lead us on our High Holiday 5784 journey. From Reb Lavey: My desire is to be in community with others who seek a profound spirituality, who wish to explore the mysteries and secrets found in the books of mystics, who would like to celebrate Jewish…

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JULY 2023

JULY 2023

TAMMUZ / AZ 5783 CHECK OUT ALL OUR SCHEDULED EVENTS ON THE S-H July Calendar: https://shirhayam.org/calendar/ RUACH SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE: SATURDAY, JULY 29 at 10:00 a.m. Please join us gathering at Robin and Mike’s home on their beautiful deck for Shabbat morning Service, followed by a Potluck Lunch. In this Shabbat’s parsha, VaEtchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11), Moses, gazing into the promised land, reiterates our powerful movement from slavery to freedom, describes how Jews are to live from then on, passes leadership on to Joshua, and…

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JUNE 2023

JUNE 2023

SIVAN / TAMMUZ 5783 RUACH: Please join us for Shabbat Service and Potluck at Carol Shakow’s on Friday, June 16th at 6PM. Event will be held outdoors, with a short Shabbat Service, singing, and a potluck. Hope to see you there! Shabbat morning meditation offered via Zoom on July 1st, 9-9:30. Great way to set the mind and spirit for celebrating the sacred space that observing Shabbat provides.   SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE IN JULY ON THE GLORIOUS DECK AT ROBIN…

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MAY 2023

MAY 2023

IYAR / SIVAN 5783 ANNUAL MEETING !! SAVE THE DATE!! SHIR HAYAM’S ANNUAL MEETING Sunday, May 28, 2023, 10:00 to 12:30 PM We will gather on Zoom (no in-person meeting this year) to: Please come to participate and to support our very special community. Agenda and review materials will be emailed to all members before the meeting. An in-person Community Meeting is being planned – stay tuned for the date! Your Coordinating Committee, Cay Vandervelde, Paul Travis, Jill Onewein, Jon…

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APRIL 2023

APRIL 2023

Adar / Nissan 5783 ANNUAL MEETING SAVE THE DATE!! SHIR HAYAM’S ANNUAL MEETING  Sunday, May 28, 2023, 10:00 to 12:30 PM We will gather to shmooze and nosh on bagels with shmeers, enjoy coffee and tea, and to hear from our committees – their activities from this past year, as well as plans for next year. We will vote on the budget for 2023-2024 and new Coordinating committee members. Please come to participate  and to support our very special community….

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MARCH 2023

MARCH 2023

ADAR / NISSAN 5783 RUACH: Please join us for a Shabbat service on Friday, March 17 at 7:00 PM. We will welcome the Sabbath and honor the Anniversary of Ukraine’s Struggle for Freedom through song, literature, and words of Ukrainian Jews living through these difficult days. In the Zoom Room ___________________________________________________________________ Start the day in calm reflection at our Shabbat Meditation, Saturday, April 1, 9:00-9:30 AM. In the Zoom Room _______________________________________________________________________ CULTURAL EVENTS: BOOK CLUB: Continuing our tour of Jews…

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FEBRUARY 2023

FEBRUARY 2023

SHEVAT / ADAR 5783 RUACH Tu B’Shevat: Sunday, February 5 @ 1:00 PM Robin and Mike are hosting a Tu B’Shevat Celebration, the New Year of the Trees. We may be outside for a bit, so be sure to dress warmly. We willl be planting a cedar seedling to replace a hemlock lost to the last two years of hot summer weather. Also, Robin has two rubber plant starts that need homes. Start your own tree indoors! They are already…

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JANUARY 2023

JANUARY 2023

TEVAT / SHEVAT 5783 RUACH SHABBAT POTLUCK and CELEBRATION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 @ 6:00 PM. Location: TBD. If you are interested in hosting please contact Robin Hruska @robinhruska@gmail.com TU B’SHEVAT: Sunday, February 5 @ 1:00 PM. Come to share the “Celebration of the Trees”, and the Four Worlds embodied by four different kinds of fruits: Four Worlds, their characteristics, and symbolic Fruit:Assiyah: Action. Fruit with hard, outside shell or peel, and soft inside. Example: BananaYetzirah: Formation. Fruit with a soft…

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