In Mattot-Maasei, the end of the Book of Numbers, several tribes choose prime grazing lands in exchange for their promise to serve on the front lines until the other tribes also get their own shares of the land. What are the challenges of being first? Our Friday night service begins at 6:00 p.m. and concludes around 6:50 p.m. This week I will lead the davening and share a teaching.
Our service is designed to create a buffer between the work week and Shabbat rest. We aim to make the atmosphere like a family shabbat table complete with Candle Lighting, Blessing one another, Kiddush, and Motzei. Before and after the service we take time to check in with one another and share greetings (feel free to log on early). Our service has been abridged for ZOOM but includes familiar and new melodies, readings from the margins of the siddur, and some learning.
SHABBAT MORNING:
Lost Stories
Mattot-Maasei (Num. 30:2-36:13), includes a listing of every place the Israelites stopped on their 40-year journey. Some of these places are familiar to us from stories we read in Exodus and Numbers, but some names are mysterious, and intriguing. If we no longer remember what happened to us in those places, do they still matter?
Our Shabbat morning service begins at 10 a.m. in our Seresky Sanctuary, and you can join us in person or on Livestream. Sam Evans will read Torah, Joe Doniger will read Haftorah, and I will lead services and offer a teaching. Services will conclude around noon and will be followed by a kiddush luncheon.
Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Lisa Feld
Simcha Shabbat & Kiddush
We encourage you to sponsor a kiddush to mark a simcha, celebrate a birthday, anniversary, commemorate a yahrzeit, honor an individual's accomplishment, or just to enhance our Shabbat. Since not every kiddush is sponsored, we hope you will consider a contribution to the kiddush fund so we can provide a kiddush every week. All sponsors are much appreciated and will be acknowledged.
We have streamlined this process to make it easier than ever-- come see our new kiddush sponsorship page on the website!
Starbucks Shabbat: Saturdays at 9 AM onZOOM Enjoy an informal cup of joe while discussing various topics from the weekly parsha to current events. No RSVP needed; come regularly or pop in!
B'nai Tikvah www.BnaiTikvahMA.org | 781.828.5250 1301 Washington St | Canton, MA 02021 Office Hours: Mon, Weds, Thurs, 9-3 | Tues 9-5 | Fri 9-12
