Beth Shalom Schedule for the Week of May 9th

With H-shem's ever loving kindness, we will meet at the synagogue at 956 J Street in Crescent City this Friday evening at 7:00 pm for Shabbat services. These services will be led by the congregation and all friends and congregants are welcome to attend.

We will meet to light candles, hear about some Torah and have a little kiddish as a community before we retire to our respective weekends.

The following Saturday morning at 10:00 am we will meet at the synagogue in Crescent City for our weekly Torah study. This week we are beginning a whole new book with parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1 - 4:20). This book begins with Hashem issuing the command to Moses to take a census of the people. Then, we are given the directions of how each tribe was to be positioned in the layout of the camp. Next a separate census is commanded of the tribes of Leviim and Kohanim. Finally, we are told how to pack up and move Hashem's Holy Tabernacle.

Obviously, such a large assembly needs organization to move safely and effectively in the wilderness. What else can we glean from the inherent "structure" of this parshat?

Shavua tov and be well.