This Coming Shabbat: Anticipatory Time. March 25, 2022
Supporting Ukrainian Refugees On this shabbat we continue to pray for peace in Ukraine and safety for those who have lost their homes. Many of you have asked how we as individuals and as a community can help.
(1) We can be advocates. You could raise your voice on social media and/or by writing to or calling your elected officials to support more action to help address the humanitarian crisis brewing in Ukraine and the surrounding nations who are welcoming refugees.
(2) We can donate: There are many options which our Social Action committee is gathering and sharing, but I want to highlight two: The Joint Distribution Committee; and Masorti Olami (the world-wide organization of Conservative movement communities).
Kabbalat Shabbat: Preparing for the month of Nisan and Passover
Last shabbat, Lori Lefkovitz shared a dvar torah about the weeks between Purim and Passover as a special time, an anticipatory time of planning, preparing our homes, and organizing our Seders. Tonight we will talk about that process and how we can make appropriate choices during our third Passover under COVID constraints. At our seders we will also be thinking about war and peace, and the many challenges that weigh on our minds (and bodies). How can we taste liberation in the midst of so many concerns? Join us for conversation and sharing.
Our service is on ZOOM and begins at 6:00 p.m. Join us for candle lighting, blessing one another, kiddush, motzei and invoking an angel to bless us during the week ahead. In keeping with the spirit of the celebratory month of Adar I-II we will also take a moment to celebrate our landmark moments and accomplishments. Please come prepared to share anniversaries, birthdays, successes and other happy moments. Hebrew College Rabbinic Intern Lisa Feld will lead services and offer our teaching.
Friday, 6PM:
New Zoom Link for Friday evening services (same as for Evening Minyan and for all B'nai Tikvah Services on Zoom): Zoom link | Meeting ID: 844 4705 9779 | Passcode: 183618
Shabbat Morning: Shabbat Parah, Parshat Shmini (Etz Hayyim, p. 630)
As the Sanctuary is undergoing a transformation we will be holding our services in the Social Hall and begin seating in the round. Please join us in person and through Zoom and livestream via Youtube for our services during coming weeks.
This is a special shabbat when, in addition to our weekly parashah, we recall how in Temple times, people would prepare themselves physically and spiritually for the pilgrimage festival of Passover. How did the people make sure that they were ritually pure and able to enter the Temple precincts? Our second torah reading will focus on the mysteriious ritual of the Red Heifer that stood at the center of the purification process.
We will also announce the new month of Nisan, the month of springtime and renewal, which begins next shabbat.
A PDF of our siddur is available hereLink to PDFso you can follow from home if you do not have a siddur. If you need a bible, please be in touch with our office or consider purchasing a copy of Siddur Lev Shalem and Humash Etz Hayyim for your home library.
Shabbat Morning Services New Zoom Link for Shabbat morning services (same as for Evening Minyan and for all B'nai Tikvah Services on Zoom):
After Shabbat, please join me this Sunday afternoon at 1PM, when I will be moderating an exciting program via Zoom about the Jewish Experience in other countries around the world.
Our own Allen Israel and Rose Warsofsky, along with Rami Mangoubi, will talk about life in Egypt; Yona Weisleder about life in Costa Rica; and Danielle Murad Waiss about life in Mexico and visiting other Jewish communities around the world. Another guest will speak about the persecution of Jews after the Six Day War. Registration is necessary (using this link) to obtain the Zoom information for the program. A Zoom link will then be emailed to you with your registration confirmation. Please join us Sunday at 1PM.
