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Chai Lights
Oct. 25, 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, October 25

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

     Zoom Link   Meeting ID:  431 181 532  Passcode:  183618
7:00 PM - Planning & Strategy Meeting
    Zoom Link Meeting ID:  838 7615 7438  Passcode:  183618
7:30 PM - Evening Minyan   

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618
8:00 PM - Ritual Committee Meeting
     Zoom Link   Meeting ID:  812 7027 3613  Passcode:  183618

 

Tuesday, October 26
3:45 PM - Religious School

7:30 PM - Evening Minyan

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618
8:00 PM - Social Action Committee Meeting
      Zoom Link  Meeting ID:  756 3009 9979  Passcode:  Uwmu3D

Wednesday, October 27

7:30 PM -  Evening Minyan   

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618
8:00 PM - Moral Thinking Behind Jewish Law

      Zoom Link    Meeting ID:  868 0444 8894   Passcode:  183618

Thursday, October 28

7:30 PM -  Evening Minyan   

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618

Friday, October 29
6:00 PM - Family Shabbat Evening Services (see below)

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 978 470 037 Passcode: 183618

Saturday, October 30
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)

    
12:00 PM - Starbucks Shabbat - Zoom Link
 

Sunday, October 31
7:30 PM - Evening Minyan

     Zoom Link Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 Passcode: 183618

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

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
Oct. 25; 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
Oct. 27; Nov. 3; Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22

 

 

 

 

 

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.
Contact Heidi Wortzman for more information

Learning Hebrew for Services
In addition to the above class, Heidi will also offer Hebrew class focused on learning to follow and eventually lead an evening service.  The class will take place over five consecutive Tuesdays from 6:00 - 7:30 PM over Zoom.  The first class will be October 5th.
Please contact Heidi to participate and get the Zoom information.   

 

Minyan List for the Week of October 18

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.

Nancy Swartz Get well wishes for Ken Weinberg to the Adult Education Fund
Debbie & Mark Gladstone Get well wishes for Ken Weinberg to the Religious School Fund
Maria DiCiaccio in Memory of  Joan (Foster) Race to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Stan Finer in Memory of  Joan (Foster) Race to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Stan Finer in Memory of  Germaine Israel to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Stan Finer in Memory of  Gloria A. Deputat to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Stan Finer in Memory of  Bernice Rich to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Myra & Bob Pransky in Memory of  Bernice Rich to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Elaine Matisoff in Memory of  Germaine Israel to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Dena Kaufman in Memory of  Germaine Israel to the kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement fund
Dena Kaufman in Memory of  Bernice Rich to the kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement fund
Dena Kaufman in Honor of Joe Doniger to the Accessibility Fund
Selma & Norman Blacker in Memory of  germaine Israel to the Adult Education Fund
Janet & Marshall Silberberg in Memory of  Germaine Israel to the Rabbi's COVID Relief Fund
Janet & Marshall Silberberg in Memory of  Joan (Foster) Race to the Rabbi's COVID Relief Fund
Carol & Steve Bernstein Get well wishes for Ken Weinberg to the General Fund
Carol & Steve Bernstein in Memory of  Germaine Israel to the General Fund
Elise & Marvin Wolfert in Honor of Grace Woolner to the Joel Kessel Memorial Youth Fund
Elise & Marvin Wolfert in Honor of Phinn Evans to the Joel Kessel Memorial Youth Fund
Harvey Weisthal in Memory of  Sheldon Tandler to the Cantor's Discretionary Fund
Michelle Fuhrman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Charles Peel to the Kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement fund
Erik Abel & Allison Henkel in Memory of  Joan (Foster) Race to the General Fund
Robin & Stan Zoll in Memory of  Bernice Rich to the Adult Education Fund
Carol Green in Memory of  Lesman-Gibson Family's Mother to the General Fund
Barbara Finkle in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Arlene Davis to the Religious School Fund
Arthur Simon in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Sandra Simon to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Michael Galer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Melvin Galer to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Judie & Marty Packer in Memory of  Bernice Rich to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Carol & Steve Bernstein Get well wishes for Stephen Middlebrook to the General Fund
Judith Gorin in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Agnes Levine to the Kiddush Fund