Counsel from Rabbi Judith HaLevy

Dear TJC

We may be separated by appropriate “social distance,” and even the road from Santa Fe to Taos, but it is not in our hearts.
This is a trying and difficult time for all of us, and even though we cannot gather together in person, it is more important than ever to strengthen the bonds that hold us together as one community.
Please, take the time, this afternoon perhaps, to reach out to someone with a Shabbat shalom.
We have many elderly members, and I know that we all will be monitoring their health and well being.
My phone number is 310 - 924 - 2742.
My email is .
Please do not hesitate to call and touch base in these anxious times.
Sending much much love (but not hugs) on this Shabbat.
Rabbi Judith

Prayer for Coronavirus Pandemic
Presider over the Universe:
By Rabbi Lynnda Targan

Fear over the coronavirus plague is sweeping across the landscape of the world.  
Everyone has been touched by this scathing interloper, threatening our welfare our businesses and our lives.
We are engulfed in grievous times of uncertainty and worry.
We continue to get conflicting information because no one knows for sure what might be the best-case scenario for keeping the virus at bay and preventing the disease from invading our bodies.
To date there is no known cure and emotional chaos surrounds us.
So we pray that in light of the unknown, we make the right choices.
That we stay safe and illness free.
That those who are vulnerable be spared from this current scourge.
That those who have already contracted the virus heal quickly and completely.
That those who are confined and quarantined stay safe and strong.  
That those who have already lost loved ones be comforted in sympathy by a community of caring and loving people.
Please help our doctors and scientists find answers for this pandemic.
Please help our health-care providers stay safe and healthy and grant them courage in the face of this plague.   
Please help us find peace, solace and serenity in hidden corners
And help us help others stay calm.
Please show us the way to kindness by wrapping us in your sheltering arms…
And bring us closer to each other as we all have to wait in hope and in prayer.
Thank-you for the power of this serene moment in time…
Amen.  

 

Tashlich at Fred Baca Park,
9/29/19

Taos Organizations that Feed the Hungry    
The Shared Table, c/o El Pueblito United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1302, El Prado, NM   87529  www.elpueblitoumc.org
The Taos Coalition to End Homelessness, P.O. Box 1516, Taos, NM   87571 www.taosmensshelter.org
St James Episcopal Church Food Pantry, 208 Camino de Santiago, Taos, NM   87571  www.stjamestaos.com
Taos Immigrant Allies, c/o B’nai Shalom Havurah, 810 Dillon Lane, Taos, NM   87571   www.taosimmigrantallies.org
Sin Fronteras, P.O. Box 531, Ranchos de Taos, NM   87557 (you can find them on Facebook)
HEART of Taos, P.O. Box 613, Taos, NM   87571   
Thank you for anything you can give.   No donation is too small. 

Purim is a time for gifts of food and Tzedakah.

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