Shavuot!

We are changing our schedule after input from the regulars at services. Beginning this week, we will have both Torah study and services on Friday. Torah study will be from 4-6, and services will be 7-9. In between, we will break for dinner. This eases the burden for those who have a long distance to drive to the temple, but want to attend both services and Torah study.

Shavuot, the holiday that comes on the fiftieth day after the Passover seder, is this coming week. It begins Tuesday night, June 7,  for one day for Reform Jews, and two days for those who follow Conservative and Orthodox traditions. Traditionally, this holiday represents the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

At Beth Shalom, we will celebrate Shavuot this Friday with Torah study at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City, at 4 P.M. We will have pizza and perhaps cheesecake, if our cardiologists allow, during the break from 6-7 P.M., followed by a Shavuot Shabbat service at 7 P.M. Our service will include a Torah service.

The parsha this week is Naso, Numbers 5:1-7:89. This section includes the priestly blessing. We may also discuss the Book of Ruth, which is traditionally read at Shavuot.

Please join us for our festive holiday celebration.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom