Announcements for Shabbat Parah / שבת פרה
Congregants and Friends,
Please note that we have our regular Friday night services tonight at 7pm and Saturday morning at 9am. We hope to see you all.
Also, our dear friend and Beth El founding member and past President, Herb Kadish is leaving Austin to be near family in Chicago. We will be having a dinner in his honor on Friday March 23 at 6:30 pm and we hope you can join us as we say farewell to Herb.
from the cantor:
This week’s Parshah is the double parshah of Vayak’hel/P’kudei, the conclusion of the Book of Exodus. These parshot detail the building of the Mishkan, the Sanctuary in the desert. This Shabbat is also Shabbat Parah, one of the four special Shabbatot before Passover. The special reading for Shabbat Parah details the sacrifice of the parah adumah, the Red Heifer which was part of the ritual for purification from contact with the dead. Since the main observance of Passover was the sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb, everyone had to be in a state of purity in order to properly celebrate the Festival. This special reading is part of the preparation for Pesah, now less than a month away.
When you come in to Beth El beginning this week, there will be a sheet of paper in the lobby, which you can sign in order to make me your agent to sell hametz for the duration of the Passover holiday. Shabbat Shalom.
Cantor Yitzhak Ben-Moshe
8902 Mesa Drive
Austin, TX 78759
8902 Mesa Drive
Austin, TX 78759