929--A new opportunity for daily blessing

 Dear friends,

As we journey through our years together, we have opportunities to learn and grow. As a community, we have a number of exciting educational and social possibilities, where we can come together and inspire.  Sometimes our endeavors are local--like our new reminder that every day is mitzvah day--and some are national--like our partnership with USCJ's incredible ScholarStream programming.  

Sometimes we have the chance to participate in something even larger than that.  A number of our members participate in Daf Yomi, studying a page of Talmud each day.  While an incredible learning experience, it is more than many might wish to take upon themselves.  Today I want to share a bite-size program, that will lead to a great accomplishment. 929 is a program to read one chapter each day of the TaNaKH, the Jewish Bible.  The newest cycle began this past week and continues through 8/27/2025.  Each Sunday-Thursday you read one chapter (5 per week) and review on Shabbat.  It is not a huge time commitment, but reading a little each day you see the depth and breadth of our Scriptures.  

Of course, as Jews, TaNaKH is just the beginning.  We have thousands of commentaries and thousands of years of Jewish practice that follow--yet learning some of our foundational texts can lead to great meaning.  On the webpage: https://www.929.org.il/lang/en/today/ you can sign up for regular reminders, read the chapter in English, see works of art and more.  On a communal level, I will be sharing daily lessons at my "other" facebook page.  My goal will be to inspire questions and share positive thoughts about the day's readings. Link: https://www.facebook.com/morejoylessoy/. If you "like" that page, you will see my posts.  The more you interact, the more other people will be able to see it.  I will also share brief videos at times and am considering the best way to create a weekly podcast.  (If you have great ideas or would like to participate, let me know.

If you are interested in signing up with CBI, please follow the link here

https://forms.gle/VzoTCgh47HxngJo48

In my lunch and learn this week, we learned about the mystical power of community in prayer and study.  May this endeavor lead us to holiness and blessing!