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KJ Happenings
23 Adar II 5782 | 26 March 2022
In this Issue
  • Rabbi's Greeting & Message
  • Kahal Joseph Schedule
  • Melodies with Hazzan Jalali
  • Post-Purim Party for Teens 3/26
  • Pesah Class 3/30, Torah and Tea 3/31
  • Refua Shlema & Azkarot
A Shabbat Greeting from Rabbi Halevy
Parashat Shemini
SHABBAT PARAH
PARASHAT SHEMINI

EREV SHABBAT PARAH
Friday, March 25th
Shabbat Candle Lighting 6:50 pm
Shabbat Arvit – at Home

SHABBAT PARAH
Saturday, March 26th
Shaharit 9:00 am at Kahal Joseph
KJ Kids Korner 9:30 am
Birkat Hachodesh, Nisan
Minha, Seuda, Arvit 6:40 pm
Havdallah 7:54 pm
POST PURIM TEEN PARTY 8:30 pm

Weekdays
Sunday, March 27th
Shaharit 7:00 am
Talmud Torah 9:45 am

Mon. March 28- Fri April 1
Shaharit 6:30 am

Pesah Mysteries Revealed
Wednesday, March 30th
1st in Class Series 7:30 pm
Live at Kahal & on Zoom
Also Wed 4/6 & 4/13

Tea & Torah
Rosh Hodesh for Women
Thursday, March 31st at 10 am
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Rabbi's Message
Rabbi Natan Halevy

Shalom U’vracha,
 
This week's parasha culminates with the inauguration of the Mishkan, the traveling tabernacle, the sanctuary of Hashem in the desert. The Shechina, or divine presence, descended into the tabernacle on the eighth day of the inauguration, after the initial seven days, as stated in the Torah: “the glory of Hashem appeared to all the people.” This eighth day is placed in a new parasha. The parasha division associated with the eighth day marks a new level of reality in our world.
 
We think of seven days as connected to the days of the week and to the natural cycle of things, for example the phases of the moon. Eight, on the other hand, is a number that we associate with a spiritual realm, a realm that is beyond this physical realm. The Torah emphasizes this split by placing the eighth day on which the Mishkan was inaugurated in a different section.
 
Human beings do not have the power to bridge the gap between these realms on their own. However, through Torah and mitzvot we are able to bring some of the high spiritual energy of the eighth day into our physical world. This is how we start to reveal the ‘glory of Hashem’ in our reality.
 
Hashem knows this world is challenging and gave us the Torah and mitzvot to empower us in this mission. King Solomon says something very powerful in Proverbs: “Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.”

 
Melodies with Hazzan Saeed Jalali
Parashat Shemini | 1 | פרשת שמיני
Haftarat Shabbat Parah | הפטרת שבת פרה
KJ Community Notices
Refuah Shelema
We wish complete healing of body, mind, and soul to all those who are suffering with illness in our community, including:

Modi ben Yvonne
Zvi Moalim
Ariella Rivka bat Tziporah
Rylla Elias / Rahel bat Mazal
Ben Elias / Benyamin ben Yohevet
Latif ben Chanina
Alexander ben Yehezkiel and Chana Hai Reiza
Shimon ben Yosef v'Leah / Simon Saul
Shmuel ben Yaacov v'Tova / William McAbian
Tal ben Alona Basha
Meir Iny / Meir ben Sabiha
Ezra ben Farha
Sassoon Ezra
Sylvia Cohen
Mehry bat Miriam Hakimipour
Tilda Levy
Yvonne Moalim
Florice Newberry
Aliza bat Rahel
Aliza bat Victoria
Chaya Chana bat Batya
Miriam bat Yetta
Miryam bat Malka
Chaya Rachel bat Simcha Ruhama
Dina bat Rahel
Karen bat Chana Meir
Eti Esther bat  Fortuna
Ezra ben Rahel
Albert Nissan ben Victoria
Reuven Halevi ben Batsheva
David ben Tova
Rachel Bakhash / Rahel bat Dina
Fouad Salem / Hayeem ben Naima
Noach Yaakov ben Tzipporah
Ori ben Nuphar Chaia
 
In Memoriam

We remember these yahrzeit anniversaries from March 26 to April 2, 2022 (23 Adar II to 1 Nisan). We light memorial candles, donate tsedaka, & attend Shabbat services to honor the memory of our loved ones.

23 Adar II / Shabbat, March 26th
Elisha Nawy Elisha ben Nassim Nawy
Kathleen Rosen Ramah Khatoon bat Regina v'Aharon
Rachel Jonah
Moshe Ezra Moses Moshe Ezra ben Raphael Moshe

24 Adar II / Sunday, March 27th
Fortunate Dallal Fortunate bat Naima

25 Adar II / Monday, March 28th
Rivka Blank Rivka bat Sarah Hannah
Sarah bat Gurjiyee
Gamra Dallal

26 Adar II / Tuesday, March 29th
Yaghoub Partiyeli Yaacov ben Partiyeli
Salomon Emquies Shlomo ben Messod

27 Adar II / Wednesday, March 30th
Elias M. Judah Eliyahu Hayim ben Meir Yehuda
Achajal Aghalar Nisim ben Yaacov
Saul K. Masliah Shaul ben Hacham Moshe Yakob

28 Adar II / Thursday, March 31st
Moshe Haim Navid Moshe Haim
Tefaha Perry Tefaha bat Salima
Rahmatollah Rahamim

29 Adar II / Friday, April 1st
Tefara Menashe Tefara bat Ezra
Lulu Raymond Lulu bat Matooka
Mordechai Sarraf Mordechai ben Yehudah

1 Nisan / Shabbat, April 2nd
Loftollah Nassi Loftollah ben Benyamin Yosef
Clara Saltoon Gazala bat Ester

KAHAL JOSEPH CONGREGATION
Rabbi Natan Halevy
Saeed Jalali, Hazzan
Sasson Ezra, Sr. Hazzan
Yvette Dabby, President
Orly Kattan, Sr. Vice President
Sarah Bouchoucha, Administrator
Penina Meghnagi Solomon, Administrative Assistant
Dafna Young, Editor