Thank You!

THANK YOU!!

The beautiful velvet white curtains on the ark, bimah and Torah scrolls are coming off today, to be replaced with the usual blue ones.

It's the end of the High Holidays. : ( Many synagogues have already changed the curtains back some time ago, but we lingered.

Today is the 7th of Cheshvan, the day our brethren in Israel begin praying for rain. They should have began on Sukkot, as that's when the rain season begins (it doesn't rain in the Summer), but in the times of the Holy Temple, they would wait 15 days after Sukkot for the last person traveling to get home after the pilgrimage.

So today officially marks the end of the holiday season.

What an amazing 2017 High Holiday season our community celebrated!

The prayers, inspiration, study, fasting, singing, dancing, shaking, and lots of eating all provided for an amazingly uplifting start of the year!

Topping it all off with a very moving talk by Dr. Rabbi Laibl Wolf on the Kabbalah of Habit Change right after the holidays.

Invigorated we go out to every day life and take on the world with our mission of Tikun Olam!

How appropriate that we do this in the week of Parshat Lech Lecha, tomorrow we read about G-d's calling to Abraham and Sarah to "Journey Forth!" "Go take on the world and teach them about Monotheism, chessed, goodness and kindness." And from then our people have been traveling around to the farthest corners of the earth, willingly or otherwise, to collect those hidden sparks of holiness waiting just for us!

Thank you all for being part of our community. Special thanks to our volunteers below!

We offer heartfelt condolences to Sharon Samules on the passing of her sister.

We wish Dr. Yehudah Patt a Refuah Shleimah-speedy recovery from surgery, and Jane Hochberg a speedy recovery and continued health.

See you tonight at 6:00 and tomorrow at 10:00am

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Berel and Devorah Levertov

Here are some photos for a taste of the celebrations. In respect of the holidays, no photos from the actual holidays. We thank all the volunteers who helped make this happen, beautifying the Shul, building the Sukkot, leading services, coordinating events, cooking and setting up!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Yaszmina Nedboy, Marcel Wallace, Cherie Hughes, Rosa Pretto, Brooke Remmert, Beverly Berger, Ryan Richens, Rita Joyce,David Sitrin, Bob Whittet, Justin Weimer, Richard Pretto, Damien Pretto, Gideon, Jacques and Linda Cohen, Cherie Hughes, Jacob Feldkempf, Diane Miller, Levi and Mussi Sharfstein, Mendel, Rivky, Esther, Sara and Cirel Levertov; Diane Miller, Sharon Samuels, Carol Lieberman, Regina Foster, Lisa Benge, Todd Thall, Dr. Yehuda Patt, Yossi Gutnik and Levi Goldberg

Santa Fe Middle East Watch Event!
This Wed. Nov 1! Amb. Yoram Ettinger on “The Myth about Palestinian-Israeli Demographics” “The Myth about Palestinian-Israel Demographics” Santa Fe University of Art and Design Auditorium Forum. Get your tickets now! www.sfmew.org/ettinger

A loss to the Santa Fe Jewish Community

Scher, Mordechai.jpg We mourn the passing of Rabbi Mordechai Scher who passed away last Shabbat.

Rabbi Scher was a towering figure in our community, a learned Torah Scholar, a great teacher and mentor to many.

The Santa Fe Jewish Community has lost a great teacher.

We offer condolences to his wife Dr. Sandra and daughters. May G-d comfort you among all mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

May his memory be a blessing to all.

Women's Circle Event!

Torah and Tea

TORAH AND TEA
A weekly women’s group with Devorah Leah.

Date: Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00am
Location: Santa Fe Jewish Center

Looking for inspiration? Camaraderie? Support?
Spiritual insights into life? Stimulating discussions?

Introducing a brand new discussion group at Chabad!

Join us every Wednesday for a Women's Torah & Tea get-together. Enjoy stimulating discussions on contemporary and relevant ideas in Judaism over steaming cups of tea and cake.

Adult Education

Join the weekly study groups on various topics of interest!

Mondays, 6:00-7:00pm: Explore the fascinating weekly Torah reading with Rabbi Berel Levertov

Tuesdays, 8:30-9:30am: Talmud Study

Saturday: 10:30-11:00am: Kabbalah Study

santafejcc.com/study

Weekly Parshah

Parshat Lech-Lecha

G‑d speaks to Abram, commanding him, “ Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.” There, G‑d says, he will be made into a great nation. Abram and his wife, Sarai, accompanied by his nephew Lot, journey to the land of Canaan, where Abram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of a one G‑d.

A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh’s palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. A plague prevents the Egyptian king from touching her, and convinces him to return her to Abram and to compensate the brother-revealed-as-husband with gold, silver and cattle.

Back in the land of Canaan, Lot separates from Abram and settles in the evil city of Sodom, where he falls captive when the mighty armies of Chedorlaomer and his three allies conquer the five cities of the Sodom Valley. Abram sets out with a small band to rescue his nephew, defeats the four kings, and is blessed by Malki-Zedek the king of Salem (Jerusalem).

G‑d seals the Covenant Between the Parts with Abram, in which the exile and persecution (galut) of the people of Israel is foretold, and the Holy Land is bequeathed to them as their eternal heritage.

Still childless ten years after their arrival in the Land, Sarai tells Abram to marry her maidservant Hagar. Hagar conceives, becomes insolent toward her mistress, and then flees when Sarai treats her harshly; an angel convinces her to return, and tells her that her son will father a populous nation. Ishmael is born in Abram’s eighty-sixth year.

Thirteen years later, G‑d changes Abram’s name to Abraham (“father of multitudes”), and Sarai’s to Sarah (“princess”), and promises that a son will be born to them; from this child, whom they should call Isaac (“will laugh”), will stem the great nation with which G‑d will establish His special bond. Abraham is commanded to circumcise himself and his descendants as a “sign of the covenant between Me and you.” Abraham immediately complies, circumcising himself and all the males of his household.

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