Beth El Updates and Services Tonight and Tomorrow
/in announcements, fundraiser, Shabbat /by bethelaustinCongregants and Friends,
A reminder of our regular Friday night and Saturday morning services this weekend, August 19th and 20th. Friday night services start at 7:00 pm and Saturday morning start at 9:00 am.
SANCTUARY RENOVATION – Beginning Monday, August 22, we will take our sanctuary out of service while we install new chairs, new carpet, a new ark, and other improvements. During this renovation, we will continue to hold Friday night services in the social hall. If all work goes as scheduled, services will resume in the sanctuary on the weekend of September 16 and 17.
Thank you to everyone who have generously donated, invested time, and helped on these improvements.
Shabbat Devarim
/in announcements, Shabbat /by bethelaustinShabbat Service tonight at 7
/in announcements, Shabbat /by bethelaustinThis week’s parashah is Mas’ei, the last of the Book of Numbers, Sefer Bemidbar. The parashah begins with a list of the way stations during the journey of the People of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land. Why give such an accounting? If we travel from Austin to Dallas, we’re unlikely to tell people that we went from Austin to Pflugerville, from Pflugerville to Round Rock, from Round Rock to Georgetown, etc. We’re more likely to mention only our final destination. I believe though, that the Torah is teaching us a lesson. While our destination matters, our route matters as well. We need to pay attention to the process by which we arrive at our destinations, whatever they may be. The People of Israel may have been bound for the Land of Israel, but it was the journey in the wilderness that made them into worthy inheritors of the Land. So too, our journeys are what make us who we are, before we arrive at our final destination. Shabbat Shalom.
Shabbat Matot – Services Tonight & Tomorrow
/in announcements, Shabbat /by bethelaustinServices Friday at 7pm & Saturday & 9AM, with a light kiddush lunch.
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8902 Mesa Drive
Austin, TX 78759