KJ Happenings
8 Adar 5781 | 20 February 2021
Weekly Schedule

PARASHAT TERUMAH

EREV SHABBAT ZAKHOR
Friday 2/19
Candle Lighting 5:22 pm
Minha & Arvit – at Home

SHABBAT ZAKHOR
Saturday 2/20
Shaharit & Musaf - at Home
Minha, Seuda & Arvit - at Home
Havdallah 6:27 pm

WEEKDAYS
Sunday-Wed
Shaharit – at Home
Minha & Arvit - at Home

PURIM FOR KIDS!
Sun 2/21 at 11:00 am

Ta'anit Esther Fast
Fast begins, Thu 2/25, 5:12 am
Fast ends, Thu 2/25, 6:26 pm

PURIM MEGILLAH & MORE
Thu 2/25@6:15 pm AND
Fri 2/26@9:30 am
Membership & Sponsorship
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Rabbi's Message
Shalom Uvracha,
 
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been a long and challenging time since we have been able to pray together at our beloved Kahal Joseph. We have been hoping and praying that we will be able to pray and worship together again. Be’ezrat Hashem, it seems that time is approaching.
 
On that note, the Zohar comments on this week's Parashah Terumah: “The nation of Israel is meritorious... Hashem is constantly looking out for our best interests. Hashem called out to Israel to bring us closer to him. For this reason, this holy nation of Israel needs to unite and rise up to the ‘Beit Ha’knesset,’our holy synagogues, to pray and serve Hashem together.” No wonder we all miss praying together so much!
 
Another fundamental commandment is transmitted in Terumah: “And they shall make Me a sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst.”

Shouldn’t the Torah have stated, ‘I will dwell within it’? By staging His presence ‘in their midst,’ Hashem intimates that He resides in each one of us according to our capabilities. Each of us makes a sanctuary for Hashem in our hearts and lives.
 
This shows that the holiness of the sanctuary is intricately linked and dependent on the holiness of the people. For this reason, the destruction of both Temples and many of the tragedies that have befallen our nation have had to do with the nation's spiritual standing and with disharmony in our nation in general. By refining ourselves and making our lives a fitting ‘Mikdash,’ a ’sanctuary,’ for Hashem, we do our part in rebuilding the Holy Temple and rectifying this matter. 
 
There are many areas where we can make a ‘dwelling’ for Hashem in our lives. One area is speech. The Torah equates great power to spoken words. The words we use have an effect, whether we realize it or not. By engaging in positive speech such as Torah learning and prayer we strengthen our spirit and bring blessing to ourselves and to all of existence. By having intimate, positive, and important conversations with our family, loved ones, and friends we solidify our connections and strengthen the bond we have with each other. G-d forbid, negative words create the opposite effect of this. 
KJ Learning & Melodies for Shabbat Zakhor
KJ Learning & Melodies for PURIM!
from KJ Hazzan Saeed Jalali
Help in Troubled Times
Dear community,

In these challenging and sometimes difficult times, Rabbi Halevy is available to listen, offer spiritual counseling and helpful resources. Click here to send him a message.

Wishing you peace, health, and sustenance,

Board of Directors
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Mazal Tov
 
Estrella and Sam Sheff
on their recent marriage
 
Besiman Tov
to their parents
Rachel & Neil Sheff
Denisse and Elias Levy
and to both families
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Refuah Shelema

Gabriel Naghdi / Gavriel ben Rahel
Ezra ben Farha
Sassoon Ezra
Sylvia Cohen
Mehry bat Miriam Hakimipour
Tilda Levy
Yvonne Moalim
Florice Newberry
Aliza bat Rahel
Aliza bat Victoria
Chaya Chana bat Batya
Katie bat Farha
Miriam bat Yetta
Miryam bat Malka
Moshe Ezra ben Mazal Tov
Chaya Rachel bat Simcha Ruhama
Dina bat Rahel
Rahel bat Ramah Regina
Karen bat Chana Meir
Eti Esther bat  Fortuna
Ezra ben Rahel
Albert Nissan ben Victoria
Mark Jonah
Reuven Halevi ben Batsheva
David ben Tova
Odette bat Louise
Dina bat Simha / Diana Solomon
Rachel Bakhash / Rahel bat Dina
Fouad Salem / Hayeem ben Naima


 

In Memoriam

We remember these yahrzeit anniversaries from February 20th to 27th 2021. We light memorial candles, donate tsedaka, & attend Shabbat services to honor the memory of our loved ones.

8 Adar / Shabbat, February 20th
Abraham Avrahamy Avraham ben Yoseph
Jacob Benjamin Elias Yaacov Binyamin
David Kay David ben Yaacov Yehuda Yehezkel
Issac Jacob Jonah Itzhak ben Yaacov Yonah
Abraham Naji Joseph Avraham Shalom Naji ben Itzhak Yoseph
Jacques Litvac Yoachim David ben Micha Hacohen

9 Adar / Sunday, February 21st
Irena Stoler
Victoria Levy Victoria bat Hanina

10 Adar / Monday, February 22nd
Clara Solomon Gala bat Masouda
Menashe Solomon Menashe ben Shlomo Reuven

12 Adar / Wednesday, February 24th
Rooholah Haykani
David Shapiro Dovid ben Chaim

13 Adar / Thursday, February 25th
Esther Jacob D'Cruz Esther HaMulka bat Rahel
Elliot Zvi Wyner Yechiel Zvi ben Yitzhak
Bernard J. Lurie Binyamin ben Avraham
Kodadad Tbibi Kodadad ben Yair

14 Adar / Friday, February 26th
Shaoul Moshi Shaoul ben Shoua

15 Adar / Shabbat, February 27th
Nuriel Daizadeh Nuriel ben Yochanan
Jack Jacob Meir ben Yaacov
Vera Rosenfeld Vera bat Hannah Hatoun

KAHAL JOSEPH CONGREGATION
Rabbi Natan Halevy
Sassoon Ezra, Senior Hazzan
Saeed Jalali, Hazzan

Yvette Dabby, President
Orly Kattan, Senior Vice President

Sarah Bouchoucha, Administrator
Dafna Ezran-Young, Editor (Email & Web)
Penina Meghnagi Solomon, Administrative Assistant