HaShavua: Weekly ENewsletter from Shabbat with Friends NM (SWF)
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2023 || 12 Menachem Av 5783, Parshat Ekev
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You are Invited to the
Shabbat with Friends Gathering in Old Ft. Marcy Park, Santa Fe
Friday Eve, August 4th, 6-8:30pm
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View Northward from Old Ft. Marcy Park in Santa Fe. |
- Shabbat Potluck Dinner 6-7:15
- Shabbat Fabrengan-Singing Shabbat and Jewish Folk music with the Oneg Shabbos Ensemble. 7:15 to 8:30pm
This gathering is free in honor of Shabbat and open to the community. It is kid-friendly with special activities planned for children organized by Shera Farkas. It is intergenerational, all ages welcome.
To attend, please sign up for the Shabbat potluck at the button below before Friday, August 4th at 2:06pm.
Do you have a questions? Email our conveners, Shera Farkas, sheraf@shabbatwithfriends.org or Rabbi Dov at dov@shabbatwithfriends.org.
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Host a Shabbat with Friends Gathering
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One of the aims of Shabbat with Friends NM is to support persons and households which want to host a Shabbat gathering at home or at a special outdoor or indoor venue. Our gatherings include music and singing, conversations, Torah study, and other formats. We provide logistical, educational, and motivational support to persons wanting to rediscover Jewish hospitality practices. Contact our Convener, Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, dov@shabbatwithfriends.org to consider the possibilities. | |
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for SWF Gatherings in ABQ and Santa Fe
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Receive the Weekly Email
from Shabbat with Friends NM
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The best way to learn about Shabbat with Friends gatherings, learning opportunities, and special programs, is through our weekly Eblast called HaShavua-The Week. You can customize which information you want to receive from SWF. While you can always check our website at www.shabbatwithfriends.org, signing up for emails keeps you up to date and informed as SWF grows and evolves. | |
Acknowldegements
Please let us know of any milestones you would like to share with the SWF community by writing to Rabbi Dov.
These acknowledgments cover the period from July 1 through July 31, 2023
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Todah Rabbah to
- Acy DuBois and Milt Lasoski for hosting a SWF gathering on July 22nd.
- Alan and Diane Chodorow for hosting a SWF gathering on July 29th.
- Shera Farkas for her organizational efforts and skills on behalf of SWF.
- James Connors for assisting SWF with website improvements and other technical matters.
- Jonas Actor for reading from the Book of Eichah on Tisha B'av
Mazal Tov to
- Rick Hammer for joining the SWF Board of Directors
- Lea Koshkin, SWF Board Member, on the upcoming Bat Mitzvah of her daughter, Julia.
Refuah Shlemah to
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SWF Volunteer Opportunities
If you are interested in volunteering for any of the tasks below, please contact SWF Board Member, sheraf@shabbatwithfriends.org.
- Hosting SWF gatherings.
- Expertise in accounting, nonprofit financial management.
- Fundraising-Helping with SWF Peer to Peer fundraising.
- Zoom hosts to assist Rabbi Dov when he teaches.
- Marketing/Publicist Coordinator.
- Photography Curator/Archivist.
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Notice: To reach Rabbi Dov by phone, please call his personal number, 206 739-9924, but not his SWF number 505 582-9577. Rabbi's work number is temporarily out of order. | |
Panim Hadashot is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, tax ID #20-1751054, doing business as Shabbat with Friends, New Mexico. It has operated as an IRS approved nonprofit corporation since 2004. Panim Hadashot was registered in New Mexico as a nonprofit corporation with the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State on December 30, 2022, #7063946. | | | | |