Welcome to Har Kodesh events. All are welcome. Havurah Har Kodesh webpage is authored by Saul,maylechul@hotmail.com. Further information and location of events can be answered by Saul at maylechul@hotmail.com or Vera at p028@hec.ca. To be added to Har Kodesh's eList and receive eBulletins send an email to Vera (sse her email address in this paragraph
EVENTS coming up We will be having an Erev Yom Kippur service on Sunday eve, Sept. 27, (there will be no meal preceding the service ...) at Marilyn's. Details re time, etc. to follow. And here’s another event to add to your holiday calendar! Sukkot, Saturday, Oct. 3 – meal, lulav & etrog, havdalla, mellava malka, music and singing into the night in the Sukka! Those wishing to decorate the sukkah, please come at 6:30 PM; meal at 7 PM (potluck, stuff that does not require reheating, please). At Marilyn’s (back yard). Hope to see you! Also - reserve the date! Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, Playback in the Sukkah at the Spanish and Portuguese! The performers will include Havurah members! Again, full details to follow! For more information about these events, contact Vera, p028@hec.ca
P>Here are some details regarding the upcoming activities: Sunday, Sept. 27, we will gather for Kol Nidre at 6:15, at Marilyn's Friday, Oct. 2, at 2 PM, you are invited to help build the sukkah in Marilyn's back yard. Saturday, Oct. 3, bring decorations and goodies (wine, scotch ...) for the mellava malka in the sukkah! Come at 6:30 to help decorate, 7 PM for meal! Tuesday, Oct. 6, Playback performance in the Sukkah at Spanish & Portuguese, I believe the performance will start at 7 PM, but will confirm and send address, etc.!
EVENTS HELD
Reb Sholom Brodt is coming wed. march 25 7-9 at marilyn's
The first Seder( april 8)wil be at marilyn's .Potluck kosher for pesach plus bring 1/2 bottle of wine/grape juice per person and a haggadah. we will supply seder plate items and matzoh. please email if you plan to attend and what you will bring.
The women's seder will be at vera's on sunday april 12 at 3.30 again potluck kosher for pesach and 1/2 bottle wine or grape juice. more details will follow for this later
monday march 9 /09 purim come to marilyn's for dressup, drinking, eating homentashen, re-enacting the story of queen esther, discussing the meaning of evil . Bring booze, desserts,costumes, megillas, noise-makers,musical instruments. All welcome. Starts at 7 pm
there will be an oneg on lucky friday feb. 13 led by sherril gilbert from paradise , nfld. It will be held at marilyn's pot-luck vegetarian ( try to bring food already prepared , so not too much fuss in the kitchen) at 6 pm ; service starts at 7.30. Theme will be " tikkun be'ahavah ' healing with love .... our answer to valentine's day. bring all your friends and loved ones
We are planning a Saturday morning chanting service for next Saturday, January 17, starting at 10:30 AM. We will be marking Shulamit�s shloshim, the end of the first 30 day period of mourning. Led by Marilyn and Ruth. Taking place at Marilyn�s, followed by kiddush and pot luck vegetarian lunch. Please bring an ample vegy dish to share. If you arrive after the service has started, please enter as quietly as possible. Thanks!!
A memorial service honouring the life of Shulamit Lechtman was held on Monday, December 29 from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M. at Congregation Dorshei Emet (the Reconstructionist synagogue), 18 Cleve Road, Hampstead. Please bring a light snack that does not require preparation, such as finger food (e.g. dip and veggies, pita) or fruit, pastry, cookies to share afterwards. For those wishing to make a contribution in Shulamit�s memory, a Trust Fund has been set up for her daughter Micaela. Please make cheques payable to Micaela Lechtman Trust and send to Ben and Marilyn Lechtman, 28 Dellpark Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6B 2T4 Miriam Maayan would like to remind some, and let others know, that Sunday December 21st, friends of Shulamit & Micaela are invited to gather at her house to rebirth the light of the Solstice and Hanukah and of Shulamit, while making a communal dreamcatcher to give to Micaela with our love for her birthday. Miriam will provide the multicoloured beads, string, needles and the form made from vines.
There will be an ONEG SHABBAT on Friday, December 5, to be led by Marilyn. Veggie potluck supper at 6 PM (please bring an ample dish to share), service following at 7:30 PM. If you are coming just for the service, please bring a little dessert to share afterwards. At Marilyn�s.
We have arranged a LEARNING WITH RABBI SHOLOM BRODT, to take place on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 7 PM to 9 PM, at Marilyn�s. Voluntary contribution. Please bring a little kosher snack to share.
The Build it and they will come Sukkah Company consisting of David, Marilyn and Saul erected the structure of the world famous Har Kodesh Sukkah at Marilyn's Marilyn adequately proved her skills as a construction tradeswoman (Jacqueline of all trades) with Saul and David 's help. We will wrap the Holy Sukkah with Holy Schmatis and decorate beginning at 4.30 PM, Erev Sukkot, Monday (Thanksgiving) October 13 at Marilyn's. Afterwards we will sing, chant, have a little potluck and a little ritual (Lulav-Etrog). It will finish at 8.30. Bring an ample dish, vegetarian, to share Happy Sukkot to all! Saul
Rosh Hashanah 5769/2008 � Drawing Down the Hidden Light
Join Havurah Har Kodesh, the Holy Mountain community, as we celebrate life and re-align ourselves with the Power-that-is-Goodness through spirals of song, chant, gentle movement, reflection, meditation, and praise. All our singing, all our praying, and all the inner work we do during this time helps us heal on different levels as we return to the goodness at the centre of who we really are, for the benefit of ourselves,our relationships, and the world. In the spirit of deep ecumenism, we open our doors to seekers of all backgrounds as we co-create a New Year of forgiveness, compassion, blessing, and shalom.
Would you like to join us? Our services will engage body, heart, mind and spirit with joy, meaning and inclusivity. This year, Rosh Hashanah services will be facilitated by Sherril Gilbert of Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador. Sherril is a former Har Kodeshnik, and will be ordained as a Rabbinic Pastor (ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal) in January 2009.
Preliminary Rosh Hashanah Events Schedule (place, exact times TBA)
Erev Rosh Hashanah � Monday, September 29 Evening Service Kiddush Rosh Hashanah Day 1 - Tuesday, September 30 Chanting & Meditation Morning Service Kiddush/Potluck vegetarian lunch Break Tashlich Rosh Hashanah Day 2 � Wednesday, October 1 Living the Thirteen Qualities of Mercy: a morning of chanting, meditation and learning, Kiddush. Further information about cost,location,please email Vera at p028@hec.ca
Here are the details about the Melava Malka in honour of Marilyn's mother: Saturday Aug 30, starting at 5:30 PM: A little learning, then a potluck Seuda Shlisheet (at around 6:30 PM), followed by Havdala and singing. Please bring wine, food, instruments. At Marilyn's
A LEARNING with Sholom Brodt will take place on Monday, Aug. 4, at Marilyn's from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Bring a little kosher nosh to share. Voluntary contribution.
Pre-Shavuot Oneg and Learning: Marilyn has kindly offered her house for a pre-Shavuot Oneg Shabbat, on Friday, June 6. Potluck veggie supper (bring dairy for Shavuot) at 6 PM, service will start at 7:30 PM. Marilyn will lead, assisted by Saul. She says: "we can study into the wee hours , if i have any takers"!
Marilyn has kindly offered her home and leadership for a Seder the Second night of Passover (Sunday, April 20). Starting at 6:30 PM. Please bring a kosher-for-pesach ample vegetarian pot luck dish. People can e-mail Marilyn directly if they want to come and to tell her what they are bringing.Her email is: bronste9@yahoo.com. In addition to their food contribution, everyone should bring a bottle of wine or grapejuice, whatever they want to drink. Also please bring a haggadah. Marilyn will prepare the seder plate. Thank you Marilyn for this generous offer!
Har Kodesh Women's seder will take place on Sunday April 13, at Vera's, Starting at 5 PM. Bring your beautiful, festive selves and be ready to sing and drum and dance. And also bring a pesachdik dish to share for the potluck supper.
Har Kodesh is delighted to invite all to a Shabbaton with Rabbi David Ingber. Friday evening, March 28, 2008 � Sunday morning, March 30, 2008. Parsha Shemini. Full details including cost,place.. are available from Saul. His email address is: maylechul@hotmail.com
Saturday morning chanting at Marilyn's to mark the Shloshim for her father. Saturday, Feb. 16 - Please arrive by 10:15; we will start the chanting at 10:30, until 12:30. Followed by a light pot luck lunch for those who wish to stay.
Chanting,Saturday morning, Dec. 1, to be led by Diana, at Marilyn's. Please arrive by 10:15; we will start promptly at 10:30. Please plan to stay for the entire time (chanting will go until about noon). If you cannot do this, please make sure that your arrival or departure is done with the least disruption possible. Kiddish will follow, please bring a light snack to share.
Channukah Melava Malka, Saturday evening, Dec. 8, from 5 PM to 8 PM, with meal. We will do havdala, then sing, light chanukah candles, eat, schmooze. Har Kodesh supplies the latkes, please bring an ample vegetarian dish to share. Also bring your menorahs, candles - and children! At Marilyn's
Learning with Sholem Brodt, Sunday evening, Dec. 9, from 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, at Shulamit's. Please note that there will be no food at this event, please do not bring anything. We ask also that you respect the times, as Monday is a workday.
HAR KODESH IN A NUTSHELL Havurah Har Kodesh
The Concept of Havurah. The first Havurah group was conceived in the 3rd or 4th century C.E. as an esoteric, mystical, and elite circle of scholars who were prepared to embark on the study of the Kabbalah- the book of Jewish Mysticism. Aside from kabbalistic practices, the Kabbalists created much of the liturgy found in the Orthodox Siddur still in use today. Havurahs in our time have opened up to the interested masses and have become a "Friendship Circle" or a "Jewish Community of Friends". In our era, Havurah is a term generally associated with free, creative worship and Jewish renewal. It is designed to accommodate people without synagogue affiliation, religious training and experience in Judaism or for those who are seeking a novel approach to Judaism. History and Evolution of Havurah In the 1960's Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi founded a religious organization, now known as the P'nai Or Religious Fellowship. From this seed grew many Havurah groups across North America, South America, Europe and Israel. Our Har Kodesh has received much of its inspiration, guidance and direction from P'nai Or. Har Kodesh Montreal was founded in September 1988 by a group of 10 individuals who, while being exposed to various spiritualities in the past, still found the need to express and explore their spirituality within a Jewish context. Rabbi Sara Lea Grafstein of Toronto was the individual who gave shape to the creation of Har Kodesh. Goals of Har Kodesh Our goals are to explore and express our Judaism in traditional and non-traditional ways. This new expression unfolds within a homey, egalitarian, open-minded environment, accepting all who feel the need to explore Judaism regardless of religious background and experience. Activities We meet in homes about every third Friday for Oneg Shabbat, where we pray, chant, sing, dance, meditate, have discussions and share a pot-luck vegetarian shabbat meal. We also celebrate all the major Jewish holidays together. Our other activities include a Women's Rosh Chodesh group, an annual retreat, a study group that meets once a month, occasional Shabbat morning services, life event celebrations, havdalah services, melava malkas, and more. Occasionally, we invite speakers, Rabbis or other spiritual leaders to come for an Oneg or a Shabbaton. We also have a library. To find out about upcoming events Send an e-mail to: Vera at p028@hec.ca and ask to be put on the Har Kodesh mailing list.