Weekly News from Temple Sinai

Weekly Newsletter of Temple Sinai

April 20, 2016

12-13 Nisan 5776

Worship Times

Friday, April 29

6:00pm

~Lay Led Service

7:30pm

~Shabbat Service

Torah Portion

ACHAREI MOT I

Leviticus 16:1-17:16

Friday, April 29

5:30pm

~Folk/Youth

Shabbat and Teacher Appreciation Service wiht Congregational Dinner to follow

No Torah Study

Please note that Saturday morning Torah Study will not meet April 30. Torah Study will resume on May 7 at 9:00am.

Friday, April 29

Temple Offices will be closed this

Friday, April 29

in observance of the last day of Passover.

Offices will

reopen for normal business hours on

Monday, May 2.

Serving Dishes

Their are several serving pieces that have been left in the Temple kitchen from past events. If you are missing a dish, please contact the Temple Office to claim it. All unclaimed dishes will be donated if not claimed by May 15.

BLOGS

Rabbi's Blog

James Glazier

Board President:

Joel Goldberg

Education:

Judy Alexander

Please let us know if you are ill, hospitalized, or planning to be hospitalized. Also let us know if you know of someone who is shut in, hospitalized, or in need of visitation. Please call the Temple office or e-mail Rabbi.

Links

Onegs

Rabbi's Passover Message

Read Rabbi Glazier's Passover message to you

by clicking the image above.

Lay Led Service | April 29 @ 6:00pm

Having trouble making a 7:30pm service? Why not join us at 6:00pm for this new worship service and time?

The Spiritual Committee is offering a new Lay Led Service on the last Friday of each month at 6:00pm from now until the end of May. There will still be a regular Shabbat Service at 7:30pm.

Try it out and let us know what you think about the time of the service--does it work better for you? Also consider leading one of these worship services. Please contact Marc Kamhi for information.

Yom HaShoah Service | May 5 @ 7pm

In conjunction with Ohazi Zedek, please join us for this special service as we remember the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.

The service this year will be held here at Temple Sinai on Thursday, May 5 at 7:00pm.

Folk/Youth Led Teacher Appreciation Shabbat | May 6 @ 5:30p

Join us Friday, May 6 for our monthly Folk Service. The service will be partially led by our Pre-K Religious School Class. We will also be honoring our teachers for their service to the Temple over the past year(s).

After the Service, please plan to stay and share in our Congregational Dinner provided by the parents of the Pre-K class,M emb ership Committee, and Spiritual Committee.

Bat Mitzvah | Saturday, May 7 @ 10am

Please join us

in celebrating the

Bat Mitzvah

Shayna Larrow

Whenever there is a Bat or Bar Mitzvah, please know that everyone is welcome to attend the service and stay for the Kiddush afterwards.

Temple views these life-cycle events as a simcha that should be shared by the whole community. Families understand this and are happy to have congregants celebrate with them.

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Friday, April 29

Have you ordered your new High Holiday Praybooks yet?

The Greenblotts have, and Ginny dropped by to pick them up a few days ago after being notified that the first order had arrived.

Order your set today and avoid the rush and stress closer to the holiday. Also, Rabbi will be holding a class on the new prayerbook beginning May 10 (see article below for information), so order now to have yours for the class.

***Please note that the Temple will only have copies for out of town guests who may not be aware of our change to Mishkan Hanefesh . Temple members are expected to have purchased copies for their own use prior to the High Holidays.***

New High Holiday Prayer Book

At the January meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to adopt

Mishkan Hanefesh as our new High Holiday Prayer Book.

The cost of the new prayer book is $42 per set-when ordered through Temple Sinai. This price includes shipping.

*** Order Online ***

CLICK HERE to place your order online

Once logged in, click the Event Sign-Up button and

follow the instructions on the screen.

Rather order by mail?

Send you check payable to Temple Sinai

to the Temple Office. Please write HHPB on memo.

Also, please consider donating a set to Temple in honor or in memory of someone.

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New Adult Education Offering:

Introduction to the new High Holiday Machzor:

Mishkan HaNefesh

This upcoming High Holiday season Temple Sinai will be using a new Machzor,

Mishkan HaNefesh. Rabbi James Glazier will be teaching a four week introduction to the new Machzor. Some of the topics to be discussed will be:

Why a new Machzor?
What changes have been incorporate to help me in the worship experience?
Will it take me much time to feel comfortable with the new book?

Come and explore the new Machzor together! All participants in this Adult Education offering are asked to have their own copies of the new Machzor. Copies will be now available for purchase in the Temple office prior to the class.

Class dates will be May 10, 17, 24, and June 7 at 7:00pm.

Upcoming Onegs

Sign-up Today!

April 29 | OPEN

May 6 | Congregational Dinner (No Oneg)

Provided by Spiritual and Membership Committees and Parents of the Pre-K Class

May 13 | Barbra & Doug Marden

May 13 | Greenfield and Gabert Families

Calling All Singers!

To kick off the Gala Celebration of Temple Sinai's 50th Anniversary on June 24,we'll be doing a performance of

Come Inside: A Midrash on Genesis 18:1 directed by the composer, our own Bruce Chalmer.

Based musically and midrashically on the first verse of Parshat Vayera (Gen. 18:1), Come Inside is a commentary on the development of liberal Judaism: rooted in tradition, but grafting together traditional and modern elements into a living organism.

We need singers in all parts (SATB). You don't have to be able to read music--recordings of each part are available online.

Rehearsals will be at Temple on the following Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm: May 25, June 1, June 15, and June 22, plus a rehearsal at 3:30pm the afternoon of the performance, Friday June 24. Please contact Bruce ([email protected]) and let him know you're in!

Temple Sinai Jubilee Celebration | June 24-26, 2016