Special Events
Grand Opening New Space Shavuot Services Boulder Community-Wide Shavuot Teachings: The Secret of 7
Grand Opening Celebration - Nevei Kodesh
Saturday, May 11, 6:30-9 p.m.
Nevei Kodesh, 1925 Glenwood DrivePlease join us! Our celebration will include delicious food, blessings and dedication, the Kosher Hams performing a comedy play, "Shul of Dreams," and klezmer music and dancing thanks to Sheldon Sands, Joe Lukasik and our house band. All are welcome - bring your friends and neighbors!
(Please Note: Our Sanctuary will be formally dedicated at Friday eveing Shabbat Services, May 10, 7 p.m.)
Shavuot Services and Teachings - May 14-16
We hope you will join us for Shavuot Services as well as the community-wide teachings that will be happening at the beginning and end of the two-day holiday!
Nevei Kodesh Shavuot Services, followed by optional dairy/vegetarian potluck lunch.
Thursday, May 16, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Nevei Kodesh, 1925 Glenwood DriveOn Shavuot we ready ourselves to receive the Torah anew. Join Rabbi Hannah and the Nevei Kodesh Community for morning services, reading the Torah, and Yizkor Memorial services. Followed by optional dairy/fish/vegetarian potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to share if you wish to stay for lunch.
Shavuot - The Secret of Seven! Boulder Community-Wide Celebration!
Shavuot, the culmination of seven weeks of seven days of counting. This year there are two opportunities to join Boulder’s rabbis for community, celebration, and learning around the theme of 7. Seven days of creation, Shabbat, seven Divine attributes, the sabbatical seven-year cycle, and much more. Some classes will run concurrently and are noted by their times.
Tuesday, May 14, First Night of Shavuot - All night teachings.
9 pm Ma’ariv (evening service) and Candle Lighting Led by Rabbi Hannah Laner & Rabbi Marc Soloway at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd.
9:30 pm Kiddush and Dinner at Bonai Shalom Social Hall RSVP to kit@bonaishalom.org by Thursday, May 9. RSVPs are required for the dinner only!
10:30 to 11:20 pm “Assembling and Disassembling the Mishkan 7 times” Taught by Rabbi Jamie Korngold at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd.
10:30 to 11:20 pm“What Happened at Sinai?” Taught by Rabbi Joshua Rose at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd., Sanctuary.
11:30 to 12:30 am “Seven Paths to the Tree of Life”: 7 Rabbis Reflect on Preparing for Revelation” A Panel with Rabbis Ruthie Gelfarb, Ori Har, Gavriel Goldfeder, Hannah Laner, Joshua Rose, Marc Soloway, and Morah Yehudis at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd., Sanctuary
12:40 to 1:30 am “Transcending Spirit, Penetrating Matter: Torah Beyond 7 Heavens” Taught by Morah Yehudis Fishman at Bonai Beit Am.
12:40 to 1:30 am “Jewish Yoga and Meditation” Taught by Raj Seymour at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd., Sanctuary
1:40 to 2:30 am “Let the Fields Rest! What Shmita, the 7th Year, Teaches Us About How We Live Our Lives” Taught by Rabbi Marc Soloway at Bonai Shalom, Beit Am.
1:40 to 2:30 am “Jewish Meditation and Yoga” Taught by Rivkah Bacharach at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd., Sanctuary.
2:40 to 3:30 am “The 7 Names of the Yezter Harah” Hevruta Style Learning Led by Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder at Aish Kodesh, 1545 Cherryvale Rd. (the white building just north of Bonai Shalom).3:40 to 4:30 am “Visions of the Chariot” (Secrets from the Haftorah for Shavuot – Ezekiel Ch. 1) Hevruta Style Learning Led by Rabbis Gavriel Goldfeder & Marc Soloway at Aish Kodesh, 1545 Cherryvale Rd. (the white building just north of Bonai Shalom)..
4:40 to 5 am Jewish Meditation Led by Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
5 am Dawn Shacharit Service (including reading Revelation at Sinai from the Torah) Led by Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder at Aish Kodesh & Rabbi Marc Soloway at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary. Final decisions about shacharit services will depend on how many people are there at 5 am.
May 16, 2013 – 5 to 9 pm (Second Day of Shavuot - Final Hours)
All events below at Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Rd.
5 pm Minchah (afternoon service) Led by Rabbi Marc Soloway at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
5:30 to 6:20 pm “Zohar Study for Shavuot: Come Study Zohar Texts to Engage The Heart & Ignite Your Inner Fire” Taught by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
5:30 to 6:20 pm “The Mystical Aleph of Anochi: HaShem’s Call from the Sound of Silence” Taught by Rabbi Hannah Laner at Bonai Shalom Beit Am.
6:30 to 7:20 pm “Like a Garland of Souls: Returning to Mount Sinai” A Text Study and Guided Meditation Towards Our Sacred Essence Taught by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone at Bonai Shalom Beit Am.
6:30 to 7:20 pm “R. Alkabetz’s L’Cha Dodi to Marge Piercy’s Wellfleet Shabbat: Poetry for the 7th Day”Taught by Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
6:30 to 7:20 pm “What Happened at Sinai: 7 Opinions About Revelation” Taught by Rabbi Joshua Rose at Bonai Shalom Social Hall
7:30 to 8:20 pm “Emboldened Women: 7 Biblical Prophetesses: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Avigail, Chuldah and Esther” Taught by Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb at Bonai Shalom Beit Am.
7:30 to 8:20 pm “The 7 Names of the Yezter Harah”Taught by Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder at Bonai Shalom Social Hall.
7:30 to 8:20 pm “Let the Fields Rest! What Shmita, the 7th Year, Teaches Us About How We Live Our Lives”Taught by Rabbi Marc Soloway at Bonai Sanctuary.
8:30 to 9:00 pm “Embodied Torah” Taught by Rabbi Ori Har at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
9:00 pm Ma’ariv (Evening Service) & Havdalah Led by the rabbis at Bonai Shalom Sanctuary.
WANT TO LEAD A SPECIAL EVENT, CLASS OR PROGRAM? We welcome proposals for classes, workshops or programs. Please download and fill out a Program Proposal Form. Then you can email it to programs@neveikodesh.org