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APRIL 6, 2017 / 10 NISAN 5777
A weekly update on happenings, events and news at Beth El
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PASSOVER SCHEDULE
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Passover is quickly approaching. Make sure you make a note of service times throughout the week. Some highlights:
- Monday morning, April 10 (after services - Siyyum Bekhorot, break the fast of the first born)
- Monday, April 10 - Finish Eating Chametz by 11:00 am; Sell and Burn Chametz by 12:07 pm
- Monday, April 10 - Beth El offices close at 3:30
- Monday night, April 10 - 1st Seder
- Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 and 12 - Services at 9:00 am and Beth El offices closed
- Tuesday, April 11 - Beth El Hosts 2nd Seder: "Refugee Stories", led by Rabbi Davis and Cantor Abrams at 7:30 pm that will feature human rights advocate and Yemini refugee, Zaynab Abdi. Abdi has shared her story at the UN as a Malala Fund Youth Advocate. Contact Jill Blustin for space availability.
- Sunday, April 16 - Special Young Families Live Action Passover Production and Matzah Brei lunch following
- Monday and Tuesday, April 17 and 18 - Services at 9:00 am and Beth El offices closed
- Tuesday, April 18 - Yizkor
Passover ends on Tuesday, April 18 at 8:45 pm. Chametz can be consumed shortly thereafter.
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PASSOVER
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Let Us Help You Get Ready For Pesach
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April 10 - 18
- Review the Passover Guides HERE.
- Rid your house and your heart of leaven by selling your Chametz. Visit HERE to use our online sale form.
- Are you willing to host or would like to be hosted for a Seder? Please contact Liz Rappaport at 952.873.7314 or email.
- Missed your opportunity to participate in Beth El's Passover Wine Sale? Do your Passover wine shopping at MGM St Louis Park next to Cub Foods in Knollwood. When you mention you're from Beth El, they will donate a portion of sale to the synagogue.
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IYUN TEFILLAH
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TRANSFER OF MEMORY
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Iyun Tefillah - Prayers from the Heart
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Transfer of Memory - An Art Exhibition
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| Saturday, April 8 | 9:15 - 10:15 am | Classroom 4 |
April 11 - 23 | Learning Center
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A contemplative, slow, quiet and mindful experience, centered around the prayers of the morning service. Enrich Shabbat with an open heart, a sense of gratitude and a deeper connection to God. Facilitated by Cantor Abrams.
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This exhibition illustrates Holocaust survivors living in Minnesota, in their homes, in full color. As a collection, these images focus on life and hope. Their lives are constant reminders about the value of freedom and the enduring human spirit.
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ART FOR THE HEART
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YOUNG FAMILIES PLAY
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Mindful Tuesdays - Art for the Heart
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Young Families Live Action Passover Production
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No class April 11
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Sunday, April 16 | 10:00 am | Beth El |
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Please note that there will be no class on Tuesday, April 11 due to the Pesach holiday. We look forward to seeing you at the last class of this semester on Tuesday, May 9.
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Come experience the story of Pesach through a live action production throughout the synagogue. All who attend will participate in the story telling! Stay for a delicious Matzah Brei lunch prepared by Beth El's Men's Club. More information
HERE
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CENTER FOR LEARNING
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YOM HASHOAH
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Strangers in their own land: Stories of race and diversity in Minnesota
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Yom Hashoah Commemoration
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| Sunday, April 23 | 10:00 am | Beth El Synagogue |
Sunday, April 23 | 7:00 pm | Beth El Synagogue
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Please join the Center for Learning for a conversation with contributing authors of
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota. Co-Sponsored by NCJW. More information
HERE. Please rsvp to
Liz Rappaport.
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The Theater of Witnesses, featuring Holocaust survivors and Yachad students. The 2017 Yom Hashoah Commemoration is free of charge and open to the public. Click
HERE for more information.
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EMPLOYER WORKSHOP
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WOMEN'S LEAGUE
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Good for Business: Hiring Employees with a Criminal Record
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Shower for Sojourner Project
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Tuesday, April 25 | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Beth El Synagogue
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Tuesday, April 25 | 11:30 am
Adath Jeshurun Congregation |
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Join JCA and Main Street Alliance at an employer workshop to explore growing your business, solving worker shortages, and giving people a second chance. The program will include advice, tools, and strategies or hiring and maintaining employees with criminal records. For more information, contact
Rachel English.
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Join the Women's Leagues of Beth El and Adath Jeshurun, along with BOND, as they host a shower for Sojourner, a women's shelter, on Tuesday, April 25, at 11:30 am at Adath. Unable to attend but still want to help? A bin for donations is by the Welcome Desk. Click
HERE for more information.
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HEILICHER BENEFIT
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INSPIRING MINDS
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Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School Annual Benefit
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An Evening With Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder
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Thursday, April 27 | 5:45 pm
Beth El Synagogue
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Wednesday, May 10 | Beth El Synagogue |
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Join us to celebrate Heilicher, recognize honorees Debbie and Jed Stillman and enjoy delicious food and specialty cocktails. Register
HERE.
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Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as Sarah and Julie (co-creators and hosts of the Serial podcast) open our minds to the problem of wrongful conviction in our criminal justice system, and bring the stories and struggles of the actually innocent closer to our Minnesota community-empowering us to make a change and correct this injustice. Tickets available
HERE.
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DONATIONS NEEDED
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BECAUSE OF YOU
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Collecting Items for 613 Mitzvah Toiletry Bags
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We Are Proud That Beth El...
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Now through April 30
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B'nai Mitzvah families will be packing 613 toiletry bags to distribute to the homeless by "The Sandwich Guy," Allan Law. Consider donating travel size toiletries
(many more toiletries needed): mints, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, shampoo, bodywash, deodorant, chapstick, all-purpose wipes, combs, brushes, socks. Donation bin by the Welcome Desk. Questions: Contact
Mary Baumgarten.
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Live streams Shabbat services, enabling people everywhere to experience the prayers, songs, and reflections led by our esteemed clergy.
Take pride in your shul's past and present. Invest in Beth El's future.
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| Weekly Words of Torah: "Politics at the Seder" |
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"If your seder is anything like mine, at some point, the discussion will turn to politics. That is not unique to our day in which politics creeps into many conversations. It goes back to our ...
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READ MORE.
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We gratefully acknowledge our Women's League for providing the Kiddush & Congregational Shabbat Lunch.
All are invited to attend in the Leonard & Fay Ribnick Kiddush Hall & the Gruman Social Hall.
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Service Times
EREV SHABBAT (FRIDAY NIGHT)
Kabbalat Shabbat 5:45 pm
YOM SHABBAT (SATURDAY)
Shacharit 9:00 am | Minchah 5:45 pm
SUNDAY
Shacharit 9:00 am | Maariv 5:45 pm
DAILY MINYAN
Shacharit 7:00 am | Maariv 5:45 pm
Shabbat Times
Candle Lighting 7:31 pm
Havdalah 8:32 pm
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Services can be streamed by visiting:
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Services this week are in the
Fiterman Chapel.
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GREATER COMMUNITY
Holocaust Art, Narratives and Contemporary Response | April 7 - June 1 | READ MORE
Pretty Things Don't Break Book Signing | April 13 | 7:00 pm | Beth El Synagogue |
READ MORE
Chai-lights Annual Benefit Concert | April 24 | 7:30 pm | Beth El Synagogue | READ MORE
The Illusion Theater Presents: Wiesenthal | April 24 - 30 |
READ MORE
The Witness Theater Project | Presented by Yachad | 3 Performances beginning April 30 |
READ MORE
"Keeping the Spirit Alive" Conference | April 30 | 8:00 am - 1:45 pm | Adath Yeshurun |
READ MORE
PJ Library Hosts: "PJ Cares for Kids" | April 30 | 3:30 - 5:00 pm | Children's Hospital |
READ MORE
JFCS & Pathways Hosts: "Renewing Life" | May 3 - June 28 | 6:00 - 8:30 pm | JFCS |
READ MORE
Minnesota Hillel Maroon and Gold Shabbat | May 5 | 6:00 pm | McNamara Alumni Center |
READ MORE
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