Beit HaLev

Beit HaLev has livestream services on Facebook.com/galityomtov, YouTube.com (Beit Ha-Lev LIVE! Channel) and Zoom.

The livestream service for the Shabbat evening service is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 5149315811? pwd= T3hOUkx5 NUorR1M3UldWNS84d3RK QT09. The meeting ID is 851 4931 5811, and the passcode is RavGalit.

For the Shabbat morning service, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/87999429979?pwd= eml5L09HL0d0Y3c2MUNFR GZZM05KUT09. The meeting ID is 879 9942 9979, and the passcode is RavGalit.

The Triennial Cycle Torah reading for this Shabbat is “Naso,” from Numbers 7:1-89. In this passage, Moses assembles the Tabernacle and consecrates all of the furnishings and ritual items. Following these rituals, a leader or prince, (Nasi), from each of the 12 tribes brings gifts, offerings, animals for sacrifices to be given to the Levites for their use. In all 12 cases, the gifts from each tribe are identical. The Torah lists each item from the tribes as an accounting record in a markedly repetitive fashion, indicating symbolically that each offering brought is as important as the one before.

The Maftir, the closing verses, describes a private moment between God and Moses in which Moses hears the voice of the Divine emanating from above the cover of the Ark.

All Beit HaLev services use special prayerbooks, “Lev L’Lev,” which include excerpts from the Reform Siddur, “Mishkan HaT’filah.” Printed versions of the prayerbooks will be available for sale at in-person services.

Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah are a part of the Union of Jewish Universalist Clergy and Communities. It is progressive in thought and traditional in liturgy. Everyone who seeks a path to the Divine is welcome, and Beit Halev doesn’t believe in labels.

To request a membership form, call Rabbi Galit-Shirah at (562) 715-0888 or email duets@icloud.com. Contributions in the name of Robert Slater can be sent to Beit HaLev, P.O. Box 2279, Seal Beach, CA 90740.

Rabbi Galit-Shirah