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Shabbat Service
On Friday, November 7, 6:45 PM at All Souls we gather together to celebrate Shabbat with beautiful music amidst a beautiful community. Join us!

Adult Study
We come together for enriching study and discussion on Saturday, November 8 at 9:30 AM, either at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug or on Zoom. If attending in person, please RSVP to: rabbidoug@kolamikc.org.

​​We Wish Mi Shebeirach

A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Melvin Michael Slater
Edi Shifrin
Carol Ann Parker
Michelle Hills
Joanne Jupiter
Scott Krell
Mashey Bernstein
Jane Murray
Chris White
Frank Enger

If you would like a name to continue to be listed or if you have a new name to include, please send an email to healing@kolamikc.org.

Yahrzeits

Nov 4
Charlene Fleischer - Friend of Brad Ordo

Nov 9
Richard Chessler -  Grandfather of Miranda Ferguson

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Rabbi's Week in Review

Fay and I were out in Sonoma last week to celebrate a big birthday (Fay’s, not mine). While I don’t write a whole lot about nature in this blog, two experiences with nature stand out.

We had a day out to hike in the state park’s redwood forest (I know, go ahead and continue the song…to the gulf stream water), and from there headed to the Pacific coast. Seeing majestic 1300 and 1400 year old trees was both awe inspiring and peaceful. Towering over three hundred feet high, it gives one a sense of our relative smallness...read more.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parasaht Vayera (Bereishit/Genesis 18:1-22:24)
This week we read of Avraham and Sarah welcoming strangers, people they are meeting for the first time with an open heart and extraordinary hospitality. (After all, when is the last time you were a guest in someone’s home and they washed your feet.) This narrative, occurring before we ever read of the Mitzvot-the commandments regarding not oppressing and loving the stranger, is a message about those we do not really know, to lead with a generosity of spirit, and to overcome our fear of the unknown. As an aside, participating with and making a significant contribution to the hospitality of Avraham and Sarah was Ishmael, progenitor to the Muslim people.

Kol Ami Events

Havdalah - Jazz Night
Saturday evening, November 8 at 7 PM at All Souls we will have a Havdalah-Jazz Night. We say farewell to Shabbat for another week with music, light and the sweet smell of spices. Afterwards Rabbi Doug will give a brief talk on Jazz and Kansas City Jazz. Afterwards we will head down to the Green Lady Lounge to hear live Jazz. Please note that there is a $10 cover charge for Green Lady Lounge. If attending please rsvp to: rabbidoug@kolamikc.org. We would like to give the folks at Green Lady Lounge an idea of how many people are going to show up.

Community Events

Hanukkah Bazaar
On Sunday, Nov. 9 from 11 AM-4 PM, at Congregation B’nai Jehhudah, 12320 Nall, there will be a Hanukkah Bazaar, a chance to buy your gifts for the holiday. The glass work of our own Fay Balk will be featured.