Beit HaLev

The Prayer and Blessings Class is postponed until November, after the High Holy Days.

Beit HaLev conducts Livestream services on Facebook. com/galityomtov, You-Tube.com (Beit HaLev LIVE! Channel) and Zoom.

Livestream services for the Friday Shabbat evening and Saturday morning service can e found at https://us02web.zoom. us/j/9152434704. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704, and the passcode is RavGalit.

“Va’etchanan” (“I pleaded”) from Deuteronomy 6:4-7:11, refers to Moses asking HaShem once again to be allowed to enter the Promised Land and once again being rejected. The Triennial Cycle reading begins with the “Sh’ma” and “V’ahav’tah,” the affirmation of the Jewish faith that HaShem is the one Omnipotent power of the universe. Moses then calls upon the people to show absolute loyalty to God’s Law and vow to teach it to future generations. The chapter concludes with the explanation that the Law is given to them out of God’s unconditional love for them. This is also the Shabbat of Consolation, “Shabbat Nachamu,” following the saddest day of the Hebrew calendar, “Tisha B’Av.”

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 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 to Beit HaLev are welcome and can be sent to Beit HaLev, P.O. Box 2279, Seal Beach, CA 90740.

Rabbi Galit-Shirah