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Chai Lights
November 1, 2021

Shabbat Services & Vaccination Cards

Going forward, we will have hybrid (in-person and streaming) Shabbat Morning Services.  If you come in-person, we ask that you sign up to come to services by Thursday morning. 
You can sign up for multiple weeks all at once or
You can do it on a week to week basis.
www.bnaitikvahma.org/shabbat_services
For those attending any services in person:
If you have not already done so, please submit your proof of vaccine via the webpage ( Link Here ) or email a copy to the office.

If you do not submit your card beforehand, you MUST bring it with you. 

NEW STREAMING on SHABBAT
https://bnai-tikvah.livecontrol.tv/
(Web Browsers Only)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrS0g-jvDweP4Acw2SLG8IQ
(Web Browsers and Smart TVs)

We will not be using the Zoom Links for Shabbat any more. 
Please update any information that you may have saved.

B'nai Tikvah Schedule

For all upcoming events, please see our calendar:
bnaitikvahma.org/calendar

Monday, November 1

12:00 PM - Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gordon - In Person and Zoom (see below)

     Zoom Link   Meeting ID:  431 181 532  Passcode:  183618
7:30 PM - Evening Minyan   

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618

Tuesday, November 2
3:45 PM - Religious School

7:00 PM - Sisterhood Board Meeting
7:30 PM - Evening Minyan

Wednesday, November 3

7:30 PM -  Evening Minyan   

      Zoom Link    Meeting ID:  868 0444 8894   Passcode:  183618

Thursday, November 4

7:30 PM -  Evening Minyan   

Friday, November 5
6:00 PM - Shabbat Evening Services

Saturday, November 6
9:30 AM - Religious School
10:00 AM - Shabbat Service
    https://bnai-tikvah.livecontrol.tv/  (Web Browsers Only)
     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrS0g-jvDweP4Acw2SLG8IQ
                                                    (for Smart TVs and Web Browsers) 

Sunday, November 7
7:30 PM - Evening Minyan

Monday, November 8

12:00 PM - Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gordon - In Person and Zoom (see below)

     Zoom Link   Meeting ID:  431 181 532  Passcode:  183618

7:30 PM - Evening Minyan  

Other News and Upcoming Events

Rabbi Gordon's Lunch & Learn
In Person and on Zoom
Jewish Storytelling from Rebbe Nachman to the Coen Brothers

The Hasidic revolution involved a return from Judaism’s longtime focus on law (halacha) to the Jewish storytelling (aggadic) tradition. Hasidic stories range from fairy tales about lost princesses to stories of wonder-working rabbis. How did the medium impact the message? Why stories? How does this tradition continue in new forms today? Our class will conclude with watching the Coen brother’s film, A Serious Man (2009).   All readings will be distributed in class and on line. No prior knowledge assumed. 
Mondays from Noon to 1:00 PM
Nov. 1; Dec. 6, 13, 20

Rabbi’s Wednesday Evening Class
Zoom Only
The Moral Thinking Behind Jewish Law (Halakhah)
Starting with the Mishnah (220 C.E.), our class will read classics of Jewish Law, asking what ethical ideals underpin specific legal rulings.  All texts will be read in English; no prior experience assumed.  Texts will be screen shared in class.
Wednesdays from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Nov. 3; Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22

Saturday November 6th 6:30 pm
Family Havdalah and Bedtime stories. Join our religious school families as we say goodbye to Shabbat and welcome the new week. 
We will create all the items needed for you to celebrate your own family Havdalah. Have the kids come in their pajamas as we will read a bedtime story before having our own Havdalah service. All families, grandparents, and friends with children 12 and younger are encouraged to attend. No rsvp required. Your text goes here!

Join us for B’nai Tikvah’s Social Action Shabbat on November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance, to meet (virtually) renowned author, teacher, and speaker, Joy Ladin. Through reading some of the best known Torah stories through the lens of transgender experience, Joy explores fundamental questions about how religious texts, traditions, and the understanding of G-d can be enriched by transgender perspectives, and how the Torah and trans lives can illuminate one another.
Drawing on her own experience Ladin shows how the Torah speaks both to practical transgender concerns such as marginalization, and to the challenges of living without a body or social role that is clear to others…..challenges that can help us understand a G-d who defies all human categories.

Click the button below for more information on TDOR and Transgender Awareness Week.

Israel Trip NEW Dates and Itinerary!
The Israel Trip will now take place 
May 11 - 23, 2022
Check out the new itinerary and let the office know if you would like to be added to the trip.

Newest Itinerary!!   Newest Pricing!!

A Special Free Trip to Israel
for those that are 22-26 years old

Learn to Read Hebrew in 5 Easy Sessions
In conjunction with NJOP’s read Hebrew America/Canada program, B’nai Tikvah will be offering Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level I. The course consists of five 90 minute classes to be held on consecutive Wednesday mornings, at 10:30am, beginning November 3, 2021. The classes will be taught by Heidi Wortzman. Location to be decided based on the Covid situation, with the possibility of either in-person or zoom classes.
Registration is ongoing.
​​​​​​​LAST WEEK TO SIGN UP
Contact Heidi Wortzman for more information

Minyan List for the Week of November 1
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Congregants commemorating a yahrzeit may wish to honor that event by leading some portion of the evening’s service. It might be as small as leading a prayer or could be leading all of Mincha or Ma’ariv. If you are interested in taking this honor feel free to call Joe Doniger at 781-910-7601 or email us at  MinyanRangers@bnaitikvahma.org  at least two days in advance, and we’ll help make arrangements with that night’s minyan leader. Due to the pandemic, as many people are observing a virtual Shiva week, if you inform the leader, a third Mourners' Kaddish will be included as is done in a shiva house.

Thank you to those that have donated to B'nai Tikvah.
You can donate online at:  www.bnaitikvahma.org/payment.php or
send your donation directly to B'nai Tikvah.

Adrienne & Jerry Fleishman  in Honor of the Yahrzeit of  to the Joel Kessel Memorial Youth Fund
Michelle & Andrew Langmead  in Honor of the Yahrzeit of  to the Al Burak Building Fund
Marilyn Geller  in Honor of the Yahrzeit of  to the Izzy Geller Education Fund
Kayla Friedman  in Honor of the Yahrzeit of  to the Adult Education Fund
Dorothy & Ira Kaye  in Honor of the Yahrzeit of  to the Holocaust Memorial Courtyard Fund
Faye Solup  in Memory of   to the General Fund
Linda & Samuel Kaplan  in Memory of   to the General Fund
Phyllis & Elliott Richman  in Memory of   to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Wendy & David Lustbader  in Honor of  to the Cantor's Discretionary Fund
Leslie & Arthur Pearlstein  in Honor of  to the Kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement fund
Susan & Barry Lit  in Honor of  to the General Fund
Janet & Buddy Promisel  in Memory of   to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Janet & Buddy Promisel  in Memory of   to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Blossom Glassman  in Memory of   to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund