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Sun June 23
5:30pm Men’s Club Texas Hold’em tournament
Sun June 23
9:00am Congregational Hike contact Jordan
Fri July 12
6:00pm Shabbat in the Park Sun July 14 Shoreshim Young Family Berry Picking on Sauvie Island, 10am Kruger Farm. Contact naomileavitt@gmail.com.org for more details. Film Club, 3pm, Room 102 - Catch a flick with fellow film buffs. We gather every 4-6 weeks to enjoy Jewish themed films and discussion. Refreshments served. Contact Joan Sher at joanzsher@aol.com Sun July 21 Men’s Club Meeting, 9:40am, Zidell Chapel Hinenu, Young Adults, Israeli Cooking Night hinenu.pdx@gmail.com Little Ripples Yard Sale Sun July 28 Pampers for a Purpose www.pamperforapurpose.org Weekend Aug 2-4 Neveh Shalom Annual Camping Trip, Cape Perpetua. Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon - Contemplate the natural wonders of our region and celebrate Shabbat with friends new and old. No experience necessary! All ages welcome. 3 meals included in price. $95 members/ $105 non-members (see flyer attached to this Chronicle). Fri Aug 9 Shabbat in The Park, 6pm, Mount Tabor Shabbat in the Park DEADLINE for High Holy Day Tickets Sun Aug 11 “Wandering in The Wood: A Portlander’s Search for Jewish Identity”, 4:30pm at Hollywood Theater Sat Aug 17 Hinenu, young auldt, Summer Movie Night hinenu.pdx@gmail.com Sun Aug 18 Film Club, 3pm in room 102. (See info on July 14.) Sun Aug 25 Sunday Parkways in South East - Come visit the Neveh Shalom table at this great family event, www.portlandoregon.gov for more details. |
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Parshat Hashavua: Hukkat, Numbers 19:1-22:1The rabbis declare this one of the more curious passages in the Torah. God instructs Moses and Aaron on the laws of purification. When an individual becomes ritually impure, primarily by proximity to a corpse, s/he must undergo a purification procedure. That involved being sprinkled with the ashes of an unblemished red heifer, which when located had to be properly slaughtered by the Kohen and then burned. The procedure for Kohen and for the one purified was enormously complex.