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 online or email a copy to the office.
If you do not submit your card beforehand, you MUST bring it with you.
Sunday, January 30, 2022 • 28 Shevat 5782 5:30PM Teen Group 7:30PM Daily 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. No class this week, January 24th Resumes next Monday from Noon to 1:00 PM Zoom Link - Meeting ID 431 181 532 Passcode 183618
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. No class this Wednesday, January 26th. Resumes next Wednesday from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Zoom Link | Meeting ID: 868 0444 8894 | Passcode: 183618
Saturdays at 12:00 PM Enjoy a cup of coffee while discussing various topics ranging from the weekly parsha to current events. This informal group meets on Zoom. No RSVPs are needed; come regularly or just pop in on the occasional Shabbat. Zoom Link
Israel Trip NEW Dates and Itinerary! The Israel Trip will now take place May 10 - 22, 2022 Check out the new itinerary and let the office know if you would like to be added to the trip.
We are renovating the sanctuary and we need your help! We need 200 chairs to replace the pews, which will be removed so we can install new carpet. The chairs have been ordered but we don’t want to have to use stabilization funds to pay for them.
You can “buy a chair” for $100. If you can buy one or more chairs, that would be greatly appreciated. If you cannot, we encourage each congregant to give what they can.
Remember, this sanctuary is for all of us. When the project is completed, it will be accessible to all. Having chairs instead of pews will make seating flexible and enable us to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers easily. In addition there will be a portable table for the Torah on the same level as the chairs so Torah readings will be accessible to every member.
The refurbishing project also includes the purchase of flooring for the sanctuary and carpeting for the sanctuary and bimah as well as repair of the bimah.
Thanks to those who have already contributed. Working together, we can provide a beautiful and accessible sanctuary for our current and future members. It’s easy to make a donation and invest in B’nai Tikvah. Simply go to your online ShulCloud account, select donate, select Sanctuary Refurbishment Fund, and then fill out the form. You can also send a check made payable to B’nai Tikvah, indicating Sanctuary Refurbishment Fund on the memo line. If you have any questions, please contact either Leslie Pearlstein (781 -828-0694) or Joe Doniger (781-910-7601), fund raising co-chairs. Thank you!
Adult Ed Alert Kol Kahol
Kol Kahol is a local Jewish Bluegrass music group.
We are really looking forward to gathering with you on Saturday night (6pmET) for an evening of music and song-sharing, hosted by Kol Kahol. The event is meant to be participatory, so we’ll invite you to bring your voices, niggunim, melodies, or favorite songs as we usher out Shabbat together.
The event will be held live and streamed, so please join us in person (384 Harvard St) or online , however is right for you! Looking forward to seeing you there, P.S. For KI’s most updated COVID guidelines, please click here .
Tales of Chelm JArts TheatreWorks Presents: Tales of Chelm Online
Every Thursday in February at 8:00 PM ET
Adaptors Jesse Garlick and Dori Robinson approach classic Jewish folktales through a modern lens in Tales of Chelm, reimagined by JArts Theatreworks. Composed of four segments, Tales of Chelm utilizes innovative performance techniques, such as puppets, masks, and clowning, to tell the stories of the people of Chelm— Eastern European villagers who considered themselves uniquely wise, and whose antics have been amusing us since the sixteenth century. Learn how the town of Chelm came to be, follow along as they attempt the seemingly impossible, and discover why Jewish culture has rendered these stories immortal. Zany fun for all ages! Register to Watch
UPCOMING TEMPLE BETH DAVID ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 10:30 AM STEPHEN KURKJIAN: A Zoom presentation about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist Stephen Kurkjian, author of MASTER THIEVES- The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist, will give an intriguing presentation on Sunday morning, January 30 at 10:30 AM. His book is regarded as the most authoritative account of the crime. Stephen is an acclaimed three-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The Boston Globe. Due to the rise in Covid cases, the event will be on Zoom only. Registration is required. Here is the link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vd-uqpjorHdKhfvR51fKq8lc9XSzqnM-W
Minyan List for the Week 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.
Monday - 24th Captain: Ellie Sirk Leader: Ellie Sirk Harry Dietrich Linda Dietrich Stan Finer
Tuesday - 25th Captain: Marci Shaw Leader: Marci Shaw Stan Finer Joel Kepnes Marty Packer
WEDNESDAY - 26th Captain: Howie Finer Leader: Howie Finer Sherri Finer Stan Finer Bob Pransky
SUNDAY - 30th Social Action Committee Captain: Ann Hartstein Leader: Cathy Stern Stan Finer Janet Silberberg Stan Zoll
Social Action Committee Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:00 a.m. EST United Nations United Holocaust Memorial Ceremony
Ms. Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications will host the virtual ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
The ceremony will be livestreamed worldwide through UN Web TV .
Zoom Meeting Info: Meeting ID: 842 0706 8113 Passcode support
CHECKS MUST BE IN NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022 $10 for large and $9 for standard. Please send your check made out to B’nai Tikvah Sisterhood to: Carol Bernstein 18 Newland Street Norton MA 02766 Questions : 617-699-4852 Cbernstein1110@gmail.com
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.
Cantor's Discretioary Fund Elaine & Norman Swartz in Memory of Sam Forman General Fund Howard Cohen in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Benjamin Cohen Beverly Singer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Fannie Simon Bernice Weiner in Memory of Janet Gordon Carol & Ken Turkewitz in Memory of Janet Gordon James Meyer in Memory of Janet Gordon J & D Spivack in Memory of Louis Segal Joyce & Leonard Levine in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Milton Rotenberg Beverly Singer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Sadie Halperin Edward Appel Donation Holocaust Memorial Courtyard Natalie Weinberg in Honor of Sari Epstein Joel Kessel Memorial Youth Fund Brenda Kessel in Memory of Arthur Fleishman Cathy Stern & Ann Hartstein in Memory of Arthur Fleishman Brenda Kessel in Memory of Janet Gordon Kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement Fung Rebecca & Andrew Baizen in Memory of Janet Gordon Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Elaine Matisoff in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Herbert Stanley Levine Anita & Arthur Podolsky in Memory of Janet Gordon Carol & Steven Bernstein in Memory of Janet Gordon Cathy Stern & Ann Hartstein in Memory of Janet Gordon Elise & Marvin Wolfert in Memory of Janet Gordon Harvey Weisthal in Memory of Janet Gordon Irma & Sheldon Zieper in Memory of Janet Gordon Nili Shoenig in Memory of Janet Gordon Robin & Stan Zoll in Memory of Janet Gordon Rae & Burton Kaufman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Maurice Kaufman Religious School Fund Charlotte & Howard Goldberg in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Elliott Goldberg Bonnie & Joe Doniger in Memory of Janet Gordon Sharon & Leo Orkin in Memory of Janet Gordon Bonnie & Joe Doniger in Honor of Michelle Langmead Ritual Fund Simeon Korisky in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Glenda Korisky Simeon Korisky in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Leah Korisky Simeon Korisky in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Morris Korisky Sanctuary Reburbishment Fund Carol & Steven Bernstein in Memory of Ellie Cella's Brother William Zimmerman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Helaine Zimmerman Carol & Steven Bernstein Get Well Wishes to Ken Weinberg Carol & Steven Bernstein Get Well Wishes to Stephen Ostrer
