Shabbat Services tonight are at 7:30 PM. Tomorrow morning they are at 10 AM. At both of these services Cantor Ross Wolman will be leading us in song. If you have been seeking the wonderfully joyous and meditative experience that music can bring to Shabbat worship, I encourage you to join us tonight or tomorrow.
Rabbi Zoe Klein writes, in this week’s Ten Minutes of Torah from the Union for Reform Judaism, that the Hebrew word for "melody" is nigun, spelled nun, gimel, nun. The mystics say that the word is actually an acronym, the first nun standing for nefesh, which means "spirit," the gimel stands for Guf, which means "body," and the last nun stands for n'shamah, which means "soul." The Hebrew word for "melody" is also a palindrome, spelled the same backwards and forwards to teach that music is contagious. May you be blessed this Shabbat, surrounded by family, friends, and the beauty of music in your sprit, body and soul.
On another note, have a safe and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman
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