Parashat Tatzeveh and running with the Rabbi!
Services Friday Night, 2/27, at 7:00 pm
Saturday Morning Services, 2/28 at 9:00 am with the Torah reading around 9:50 am.
Purim Wednesday March 4 at 7:00 PM
Running with the Rabbi…
As a fundraiser, Rabbi Michael Gisser has set a goal to run the length of Israel, from the north to the south, a distance of 263 miles. Starting with the Army Half Marathon this Sunday, March 1, and Rabbi Gisser hopes to reach this distance by the High Holidays. All funds collected will be split between Congregation Beth El and a charity in Israel selected at a later date. To donate to this fundraiser bring or mail a check to Beth El or go online at http://bethelaustin.wpengine.com/donate
Running the Army Half Marathon this Sunday with Rabbi Gisser will be congregants Kevin, Yosef, and Art. Good luck runners!
Shabbat Across America Friday Night March 13, 2015
Services at the Special Time of 6:30 PM Followed by a Community Shabbat Dinner
Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message
This week we read, in addition to our regular parshah, Tetzaveh, the additional reading for Shabbat Zachor, which is to remember what Amalek did to our ancestors on the way out of Egypt. This is always read on the Shabbat before Purim, when we read of Haman the Agagite-that is, a descendent of Agag, last king of Amalek. The Torah warns us to be always on guard against those who hate us and seek our destruction, to which the Hassidic masters added that we must also guard against hateful and destructive tendencies *in ourselves*. May it be God’s will that all causeless hatred disappear from the Earth, and be replaced with causeless love. Shabbat Shalom and Happy Purim.
