This Labor Day Weekend, we mark the final Shabbat of 5781 and prepare to welcome a New Year on Monday night. During our service, we will raise a series of questions for us to think about during the days ahead. What we are taking from the year that is ending? What do we wish to leave behind? What have we learned this past year as individuals and as a community? What are our hopes? What can we do to makes those hopes become reality? Join us for candle lighting, blessing one another, kiddush, motzei and invoking an angel to bless us during the YEAR ahead.
Our Friday night services are on Zoom and begin at 6:00 PM. Zoom Link Meeting Id: 978 470 037 Passcode: 183618
Shabbat Morning: Preparing the Holidays
Our Torah portion, Parshat Netzavim, contains Moses’ sermon on the meaning of the covenant, the brit, concluded between the children of Israel and God. Moses declares that the bonds created at Sinai are everlasting and include future generations. Every Jew, including everyone alive today, are understood to have been present at that founding moment. Everytime we gather in prayer, train the next generation, or observe a mitzvah we are affirming that we accept that connection as our own. The covenant, the bond, is eternal; but the content of the covenant and how it is observed changes continuously.
Services will be on ZOOM and begin at 10:00 a.m. We begin with checking in around 9:50 and services end around 11:30 with kiddush and motzei and a chance to wish each other a Happy New Year!
We will not be screen sharing so if you want to follow the service from home, please arrange with the office to borrow a prayer book and humash, purchase a set on line, or download the siddur PDFs, availabe by clicking here.
Zoom Link Meeting Id: 865 3190 1552 Passcode: 183618
Rosh Hashanah
Services begin on Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. continuing Tuesday and Wednesday morning starting at 8:45 a.m. Please go to our website for times and the High Holiday hour by hour schedule. Cantor Grossman and I look forward to joining with you in person and on line.
www.bnaitikvahma.org/high-holidays Shabbat shalom and best wishes from me and my family to each of you for a year of health, safety, enjoyment and many opportunities to celebrate together, Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Leonard Gordon
Adult Ed Course with Reb Nikki Thursday, May 1st 8:00p to 9:00p What are we talking about when we talk about "Israel"?
The name "Israel" in Jewish texts can have many meanings: the person, the nation, the land, and the modern state. In this six-session class, we will be examining different uses of the name "Israel" by looking at sources ranging from the Torah to modern thinkers. Together, we will gain deeper understanding into its meaning by looking at the connections between and teasing apart the differences among the range of meanings of the word, and be able to discern what we are talking about when we talk about Israel.
Adult Ed Course with Reb Nikki Thursday, May 8th 8:00p to 9:00p What are we talking about when we talk about "Israel"?
The name "Israel" in Jewish texts can have many meanings: the person, the nation, the land, and the modern state. In this six-session class, we will be examining different uses of the name "Israel" by looking at sources ranging from the Torah to modern thinkers. Together, we will gain deeper understanding into its meaning by looking at the connections between and teasing apart the differences among the range of meanings of the word, and be able to discern what we are talking about when we talk about Israel.
