קול הלב
High Holiday Services at Kol HaLev
Friday, Sept. 18: Erev Rosh Hashanah, 7:30 p.m
Saturday, Sept. 19: Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 10 a.m. (9 a.m. children's service)
Sunday, Sept. 20: Rosh Hashanah Day 2, 10 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 25: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26: Shabbat Shuva, 10 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27: Kol Nidre, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 28: Yom Kippur, 10 a.m. (9 a.m. children's service)
Yizkor, 12:15 p.m.
Ne'ilah/Havdalah/Break-fast, 6 p.m
To read more about Tisha B'Av, the "descent for the sake of ascent," click on the "Rabbi's Corner"
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Kol HaLev is Baltimore's new synagogue community in the making. Subscribing to a Reconstructionist approach to Judaism, we feature regular Shabbat services and a variety of programs. Offering a broadly defined spirituality and flexible practice, we serve a diverse population, reaching out to and inviting self-identifying Jews and their loved ones who may be independent of other Jewish affiliations. We welcome inter-faith families as well as non-Jews who want to join our explorations of Jewish traditions and the crafting of a meaningful life. Please join us for services and take a look at our upcoming programs and click here to find out what makes us different.
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Click here to see photos from our first Passover Seder at Brown Memorial Woodbrook.
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Kol HaLev services are now held at Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church at 6200 N. Charles St. (across from Eddies Market on North Charles)
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June, 2009 Schedule (all events at Brown Memorial Woodbrook)
Reminder for the summer: we will have one Shabbat service each week, alternating between Friday evening and Saturday morning.
June Services:
Friday the 5th: Kabbalat Shabbat/oneg 7:30pm
Saturday the 13th: 10am "Mindfulness" Morning Service, Part 1. Come enjoy a different view of mindfulness and prayer (parts II and III the first Saturday morning service of each month this summer)
Friday the 19th: Kabbalat Shabbat/oneg 7:30pm
Saturday the 27th: 10am, Morning service and Torah discussion on Korach and the issue of leadership and community with Cantor George
Upcoming Events This Summer:
Friday, July 3rd: 6 p.m., Shabbat and Community dinner/BBQ (get ready for the 4th!)
Saturday, July 11: 10 a.m., "Mindfulness" Shabbat Service.
Saturday July 25: 11 a.m., Shabbat lunch and learn plus picnic. Guest speaker with be Georges Mushuyama, a refugee from the Congo and new American citizen. Georges will talk about his experiences as a mediator between warring tribes and his first-hand experiences with ethnic cleansing.
Wednesday, July 29: 8 p.m. Tisha B'Av service. BMW.
Saturday, Aug. 15: 10 a.m., Final "Mindfulness" Shabbat Service. NOTE: THIS IS A NEW DATE.
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Adult Education
Contact Shirley Levin to RSVP and for directions. 410-484-1898
Join us as we continue our exploration of the Reconstructionist approach to Judaism. This month, “Living as a Reconstructionist,” a discussion of Jewish practice (broadly defined) based on chapter 7 of “Exploring Judaism” by Alpert and Staub. Feel free to come and join the conversation whether you have the book or not. Shirley’s address is: 5 Pomona North, Apt. 5, Pikesville, 21208. Tel. is 410-484-1898.
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B'nai Mitzvah Family Classes
Future dates to be announced. See the Rabbi's "Family B'nai Mitzvah program" at the "Programs" button to your left.
Contact Rabbi Basik. gbasik@comcast.net
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Children's Programs (ages 6 - 10)
To be announced. Contact Rabbi Basik
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Special Programs
Exploring Judaism for Interfaith Couples and Families
Contact Rabbi Basik or Joanne Giza 410-542-4166, jhgiza@aol.com.
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Thanks to all who sponsored onegs and kiddushim, and made donations to KHL.
Contact Bernie Guyer (bguyer@jhsph.edu) or Rabbi Basik (gbasik@comcast.net) if you wish to sponsor an oneg or kiddush or have a special occasion.
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Volunteer & Sponsorship Opportunities
Are you interested in playing a role in our new and exciting synagogue community but aren't sure how to help? Many hands are needed for a variety of things. We need assistance setting up weekend events, building committees, and Oneg Shabbat sponsorships to name just a few. If you would like to get involved, please contact Bernie Guyer at bguyer@jhsph.edu for more information. |
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Kabbalat Shabbat
The Friday evening prayers of "Kabbalat Shabbat" refer to the Sabbath as a bride: "Come my friend, towards the bride; let us greet the Sabbath". What does this metaphor mean?
The Sabbath is a time of close connection to Torah and spiritual enlightenment. Through the light of the 'extra Sabbath soul', our "neshama yeteira", we are able to grasp that which was distant and concealed from us during the weekdays.
This special receptive quality towards the Torah on the Sabbath day is like the relationship of a bride towards her new husband. The bride does not know her husband in a deep, intimate way like a couple married for many years. Yet there is a tremendous joy in the bride's love, which comes from the newness of the relationship.
The Sabbath is a 'taste' of the World to Come. One day a week we feel some of the holiness and knowledge that will fill the universe in the future era, a time of pure and continual Sabbath.
Our weekly Shabbat does not have the depth of enlightenment that will bless the World to Come. But there is the delight of newness, just like a young bride. This bridal joy is particularly appropriate in the very start of the Sabbath, as we celebrate to greet her with "Lecha Dodi".
The future world will also be graced this newly wed joy. "Like the rejoicing of a groom over his bride". The enlightenment of those days will continually increase, and the soul will rejoice in its constant renewal. May we speedily merit that great light, in a permanent acquisition.
[adapted from Olat Re'iyah vol. II p. 21]
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