This Coming Shabbat

This Coming Shabbat
October 22, 2021

Services this shabbat honor our growing Religious School as our children become our prayer leaders and teachers, led by Morah Langmead and Cantor Grossman.   The school community will be in our Sanctuary, and congregants can join us via ZOOM.  Services begin at 6:00 p.m.   Join us and meet our future.

Zoom Link
Meeting Id:  978 470 037
Passcode: 183618

Shabbat Morning:
Bat Mitzah of Emma Harris

Mazal tov to Emma and her parents, Robin and Jeff, as Emma reaches the age of mitzvot and joins us to lead services and teach this Shabbat.  Our Torah portion is Vayera, a section of the Book of Genesis containing the stories we read on Rosh Hashanah of the family of Abraham and Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac.  At an advanced age, Abraham and Sarah are promised a child.  What does this reading teach us about expectations and being open to surprise.

We also will meet Isaac Lit, son of Susan and Barry as he prepares to join the Marines in early November  Isaac has a wonderful story and we will offer him a prayer for the journey ahead.  

Our service is hybrid, in person and on Zoom and services begin at 10:00 a.m.    

If you want to follow the service in the siddur from home, you can purchase a set on line or download the siddur PDFs, availabe by clicking here.  

Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 865 5624 4965
Passcode: Emma!

Alternative Shabbat Programs
We have two regular alternative shabbat programs,
Starbucks Shabbat and Soul Stroll.

Starbucks Shabbat meets on-line at noon on a regular Shabbat, and at 1 p.m. when there is a bar or bat mitzvah.  Contact Sari Epstein for more information.
Starbucks Shabbat

Soul Stroll is on the third shabbat of the month.  For information contact Janice Halpern.


Soul Stroll

Israel Trip:  New Dates and Itinerary

Our B’nai Tikvah trip to Israel has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID situation.  Our new dates are May 11-23, 2022.  You can see the new itinerary and pricing here www.bnaitikvahma.org/israel-trip .  Interested?  Have questions?  -- please contact me ( rabbi@bnaitikvahma.org ).

Adult Education Continues
www.bnaitikvahma.org/adult-ed

Rabbi’s Lunch and Learn:
Jewish Storytelling from Rebbe Nachman to the Coen Brothers
www.bnaitikvahma.org/event/lunch-and-learn-5782
Mondays, noon-1, In person and on ZOOM
Remaining Fall Sessions:
​​​​​​​October 25; November 1; December 6, 13, 20

Rabbi’s Wednesday Evening Class:  
The Moral Thinking Behind Jewish Law (Halakhah)
www.bnaitikvahma.org/event/jewish-law-5782
Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. ZOOM only
Remaining Fall Sessions: 
October 27; November 3; December 1, 8, 15, 22

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Leonard Gordon