Dear Members and Friends of Pardes Hannah:
Warm greetings as we welcome a new spiritual year. We invite you to be part of our community and to join us in our offerings this coming year.
Each year the Pardes Hannah community selects a theme to guide us through the Days of Awe and provide background and spark for our year- long study. Community members will have opportunity to reflect on this theme and cultivate practices. In addition to the traditional themes of turning and renewal, this year’s theme will focus on resilience and hope. And so important given the complexities that we are working with.
Pardes Hannah’s services and activities are open to members and non-members alike. Most of our offerings are hybrid – in person and/or online. Contributions for participation in the service are much appreciated, as are contributions to help support the ongoing work of Pardes Hannah. We ask you to please renew your membership in Pardes Hannah or consider joining for the first time. The cost of membership is $360 per person or $720 per family, payable by check or PayPal. Adjustments can be made based on need.
Your membership and donations support Pardes Hannah events: Shabbat morning services, Kabbalat Shabbat, monthly study sessions, meditation, Rosh Chodesh celebrations, holiday events, Counting the Omer, and many others. Your generosity goes directly to the costs of our programs, such as Zoom, our website, and most importantly, our rabbis. We have no building and no paid staff – all the work is done by volunteers who give generously of their time to make our events happen. Please support them, our community, and those who cannot contribute but need our community, by giving generously in the spirit of the new year.
As noted, this year Rabbi Elliot will be teaching on the theme of resilience. This past year, we have completed 30 years of Pardes Hannah. Who would have thought we would know such longevity, so many gilgulim, different spiritual life-times! Our small and mighty minyan has seeded and supported many on their Jewish spiritual paths. Please join us in helping to nurture continuing Jewish spiritual life, practice and experimentation both in Southeast Michigan and beyond!
Shanah tovah umetukah, may 5785 be a year of Renewal, of good health, of deep connection and brachah, lifted up by joy and moments of radical amazement.
May we be inscribed for life
in the coming year. Le-Chayyim!
For more information, explore this website
or contact Renee Robbins at 734-761-5325.