Ruach Hamidbar - Spirit of the Desert





A Jewish Renewal Community - Pan-denominational

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GLBTQ friendly community 




SHABBAT SERVICES
 Community Friday Night Shabbat Services 
are held at 7:30pm

12753 N Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85254


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Rabbi Sarah Leah Grafstein
Cantorial Singer Pinna Joseph
Pianist Mark Broder


The following Friday Night Shabbat Dates 
are held at the School above:

February 10 
March 16
April 20 
May 11


SPECIAL SHABBAT on Friday, March 16

with Guest Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel 

Come, let’s welcome the Shabbat Bride in song and celebration
f
or this last portion of the Book of Exodus. 
What a journey it has been from Slavery to Freedom, 

from Revelation to the Golden Calf, from the building of the Mishkan to the embodiment of
Holiness. We will learn new melodies to ancient texts and share the joy of breathing into
the Holy Presence of our souls dancing in the Light of the One.

Saturday afternoon March 17 at Rabbi's
3rd Meal, Havdalah and Melave Malka Gathering 
 (e-mail for directions)
Come to sing and learn as we escort the Shabbat Queen to her weekly resting place.  
As we look forward to the Torah Portion of VAYIKRa, we listen to the wisdom
of the tiny Aleph at the end of the first word of Leviticus and explore our “calling.”  
Havdalah will be followed with music from Rabbi Hanna’s new CD,
Tiferet * Heart of Compassion, which will be available for sale. 



Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel is a singer-songwriter and liturgical artist, who weaves together prayerful songs and thoughtful teachings in a tapestry of love and kindness. Rabbi Hanna has been blessed with the gift of writing new melodies for ancient Hebrew prayers and her healing, uplifting music is sung around the world. She has just released her 8th album, 

“Tiferet * Heart of Compassion,” which invites us to bridge our differences and come together 

in joyful harmony through the vibration of song and the rhythm of dance.


Rabbi Hanna Tiferet was the first woman to receive the title of “Eshet Hazon,” Woman of Vision. Her music and ministry give voice to the wisdom of the feminine and the call of Mother Earth. Ordained by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and a cohort of Jewish Renewal rabbis, she is a “hands on” rabbi, who learns from doing and shares what she lives. She earned her MAJS at Boston’s Hebrew College and studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem as a Melton Senior Educator. She is trained as a Soul Memory facilitator and currently serves on the Hashpa’ah Faculty of the ALEPH Rabbinical Program as a Mashpi’ah Ruchanit, a Spiritual Guide. Hanna taught for many years at Elat Chayyim and the Conference on Judaism in Rural New England. She has travelled extensively throughout the US and Canada, leading workshops and concerts.


                                        

OTHER SERVICES & EVENTS In Different Locations:

Thursday, February 23 at 7pm  
at the Rabbi's home (e-mail for directions)

Remembering Bubbie Fayga za"l


Farbrengen in honor of her First Yehrtzeit
 

and celebrating Rosh Chodesh Adar

Guest Teacher: Rabbi Sholom Brodt

Head of Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo

 


 

Sholom Brodt is a Judaic studies teacher and storyteller. Sholom was educated at the Chabad yeshiva in Montreal, and at other yeshivot in Toronto and Jerusalem. As a student of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach zt”l, he received rabbinic ordination 1989. He received his BA and Diploma in Instructional Technology from Concordia University in Montreal and his MA in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University in New York.

Sholom has been working in formal and informal Jewish education for thirty years, teaching in Jewish communities of all denominations. For the past nine years he has also been a visiting Rabbi to the Jewish community in Montpelier, VT. As a teacher and participant at the Conference of Rural Judaism, he leads workshops, tells Chassidic stories and conducts services.

Sholom is committed to working for the unity of the Jewish people by providing high quality Jewish education. Believing that it is vital that we interact and study Torah together, that we share and celebrate together, and that we truly learn how to live together as one people, Sholom visits and teaches across North America in communities of all denominations.

Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo is dedicated to joyfully and practically manifesting Jewish spirituality in the world. The classes and environment we provide are inspired by our teacher, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z”l who taught us that Judaism is a vibrant and meaningful way of life. We teach a traditional, spiritually-infused Judaism that is in constant dialogue with the complex modern world in which we live.



Wednesday, March 7 @ 6pm @ Rabbi's
-
Purim Celebration (costumes!)

Sunday, April 20 from 12 - 4pm @ JCC - Israel Independence Day
 
May 26 @ 7:30pm @ Rabbi's - Tikkun Leil Shavuot Study


Shabbat Morning - Saturday Morning Service
10am @ Rabbi's
February 25
March 31
April 28

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