Shir Chadash 
Weekly Newsletter
March 23-30, 2018
Thursday, March 22nd
  • 6:30 pm, Vitrual Parasha Dine and Discuss sponsored by the Richard & Anne Uhry Education Fund
Friday, March 23rd
  • 6:15 pm, Friday Night Services
Saturday,March 24th
  • 9:30 am, Shabbat Services followed by kiddush lunch
  • 10:30 am, Family Shabat and Jr Congregation
  • 4:00 pm, Taft Shabbat at the Adelman home, 4505 Taft Park, Metairie
Sunday, March 25th
  • 9:00 am, Shul School
  • 9:15 am, Minyan followed by Men's Club breakfast sponsored by Nathan & Elliott Lew in memory of their sister, Betty Leifer
In This Issue
Parashat Tzav
Shabbat Hagadol
Torah:
Leviticus 7:11-38

Haftarah:
Malachi 3:4-24


Schedule of Weekly Services
Shabbat
Fridays, 6:15 pm 
(8:00 pm during July)
Saturdays, 9:30 am
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Weekday
Sundays, 9:15 am
Wednesdays, 7:00 am
*Both Minyans are followed by breakfast*

Contact Us
Rabbi
 
Executive Director
 
Director of Youth Education and Community Engagement

Office Manager
 

Office Phone
504-889-1144
 
Office Fax
504-889-1146

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This Coming Week at Shir Chadash

Tuesday, March 27th

  • 4:00 pm, Shul School Uptown
Wednesday, March 28th
  • 7:00 am, Minyan (there will be no breakfast)
  • 10:00, Sisterhood Class
Friday, March 30th
  • 7:00 am, Morning Minyan
    • Siyyum Bechorim (Short study to end the fast)
    • Cafe du Monde cards will be distributed
  • 9:00 am, Sale of Hametz
  • 6:00 pm, First Night Seder
Saturday, March 31st - First Day of Pesah
9:15 am, Morning Services followed by lunch

Sunday, April 1st - Second Day of Pesah
No Shul School
9:15 am, Morning Services followed by cake and coffee

Tuesday, April 3rd
No Shul School Uptown

Wednesday, April 4th
7:00 am, Morning Minyan: Hol Hamoed Pesah followed by breakfast
No Sisterhood Class

Thursday, April 5th
6:45 pm, Evening Minyan

Friday, April 6th - Seventh Day of Pesah
9:15 am, Morning Minyan.  Yizkor will be recited, followed by lunch

Saturday, April 7th - Eight Day of Pesah
9:15 am, Morning Services followed by lunch

See below in "Everything About Pesah" to get more updates
Taft Shabbat


Taft Shabbat - March 24th at 4:00 pm
4505 Taft Park Ave, Metairie, LA 70002

Andy, Aleeza, Yakir and Reeva Adelman invite you to their home as an informal, friendly space to gather and shmooze.  Expect children, adults, games, good conversation and really great food, with a festive Havdalah at the end.  All are welcome. 

Everything About Pesah 2018
For all of your Pesah needs, please click on any link below to view.


An ARTrageous Evening:  Bids, Bites and Bordeaux!


An ARTrageous Evening
Bids, Bites, and Bordeaux
Saturday, April 21st
 
Havdallah 7:45 pm
Socializing/Art Preview 8:15 pm
Live and silent auctions 9:00 pm
 
  An Amazing Array of Affordable Art

Works by popular gallery artists, plus our own talented artists and Shul School children. Come bid on these treasures and join us in honoring our art community and raising funds for Shir Chadash.

In The Silent Auction, you will have the opportunity to bid on and win several Amazing "bucket list" trips and experiences, beautiful one-of-a kind jewelry, and gift certificates for some of your favorite restaurants and services around town.

Socializing/Preview Time Features Guest Musicians from Israel, Appetizers & Wine. Door prizes for Fabulous Art Works. Raffle ticket holders must be present to win. Drawings every hour.
 
PATRON LEVELS Names will be printed in the keepsake Art Catalog (for response by April 8) and receive free raffle tickets to be part of our exclusive drawings to win fabulous works of art
  • $180 admission for one plus 5 free raffle tickets   
  • $ 500 admission for two plus 5 free raffle tickets
  • $1,000 admission for two plus 10 free raffle tickets   
  • $1,500 admission for two plus 15 free raffle tickets
 
TICKETS
$18.00/ person in advance          $25.00/ person at the door

Early Bird incentive: Free raffle tickets if RSVP by April 10th

NJBeats, Shabbat-in-the-Round & Potluck Supper
NJBeats, Shabbat-in-the-Round & Potluck Supper
Friday, April 13th at 6:15 pm
 
Please join us for another song-filled Erev Shabbat with plenty of rhythm, harmony and opportunity for community singing and eating. The evening's services and potluck supper will lead up to a performance by New Orleans' only Jewish a cappella group, the NJBeats!
 
Here's the approximate timing for the evening:
 
5:45 - 7:30 pm Hummus, carrots, and apples provided for families with young children to nibble on at any time.

6:15 Kabbalat Shabbat-in-the-Round

7:15 Vegetarian potluck supper. Please bring dairy vegetarian food in disposable dishes to share; we provide plastic ware, paper plates, challah, grape juice and dessert.

8:00 NJBeats concert. You may even recognize a few of the members who regularly daven with us on Shabbat mornings!
 
We'd love to see you for any or all of it!

Community News

 
                                                 
April Yahrzeits
 
April 1-7 (16-22 Nisan)
Theresa N. Lubel
Bernard Ivker
Zalman Kaplinsky
Dr. Nathan Kern
Stanley Koltun
Beatrice Taishoff
Ruby Buring
Herman Midlo
David J. Pailet
Lazar Slobtzky
Anna Katz
Jeanette W. Slipakoff
Rubin Blitz
Robert Roth
Beryl Samuelson
Lillie Green
Percy Jacobson
Fannie S. Schwartz
Frieda Singerman
Morris Baumgarten
Benjamin Fisher
Label A. Katz
Sadie Pailet
 
April 8-14 (23-29 Nisan)
Louis Alpert
Rosalie Cohen
Amy Correll
Fannie Ezkovich
Isaac Mitzenmacher
Judith K. Sher
Lillian Fisher
Mollie H. Lepow
Rose Resnick
Rachel Udinsky
Anna Weber
Esther Zaslow
Julian D. Luft
Blaire Mossman
Abraham Berger
Nathan Breen
Eva Margolis
Sol Steinwell
Samuel Burstein
Shabsa Midlo
Dora P. Phillips
Albert Pukof
Barry Sieff
Samuel Sieff
Edith M. Trachtenberg
Hilda B. Ezkovich
Florence Kiefer
Maurice Pailet
Bessie B. Zion
 
April 15-21 (30 Nisan - 6 Iyar)
Mose P. Brener
Natalie Brown
Sarah E. Covert
Lillian Altschul
Jennie Goldstein
E. Ralph Lupin
Marion Nelson

April 15-21 (30 Nisan - 6 Iyar), cont
Jacob Saltz
George Segel
Samuel Breen
Max Fuksman
Sylvia Neff
Leon Rosenzweig
Lillian Glazer
Abraham Cohen
Celia Gaethe
Helen Lindy
Moshe E. Naihaus
Nathan Shapiro
Isadore Slipman
Rubin Gaethe
Ida Koltun
Rose Sherman
Margaret Baumsten
Thelma Chesnick
Mitchell B. Herzog
Carl Naihaus
Milton J. Stiebel
Ruth Volodarsky
Mollie Washastrom
 
April 22-28 (7-13 Iyar)
Rudolf Berliner
Max Brunier
Richard Light
Rebecca Schwartz
Gertrude Z. Silvers
John Simmons
Maurice Singer
Sara Stern
Freda Finger
Margarethe Haas
Dorothy Katz
Albert I. Lupin
Sam Rosenberg
Sam Wolf
Ben Benson
Lazar Freiden
Sarah Levin
Fanny A. Rubin
Leah Deutch
Sol Kerner
Herbert B. Luria
Pincus Bagalman
Sidney Kayman
Maurice S. Rosenthal
Ione S. Fellman
Ida Kleiman
J. Jack Pastel
Judy Siegel
Pauline Viener
Morris Walsh
 
April 29-30 (14-15 Iyar)
Harry Mexic
Dorothy F. Paris
Herman Cohen
George Mc Neir
 
                                                 
Weekly Donations
 
Prayerbook Fund
Elliott Lew & Sandy Lassen               
In memory of your beloved sister, Betty Leifer           
Marlene & Reuben Friedman
 
Prayerbook Fund                 
Nathan & Robin Lew & Family         
In memory of your beloved sister, Betty Leifer           
Marlene & Reuben Friedman
 
Yahrzeit Fund
In memory of Mose Ellis, Meyer Ellis & Herman Oppman
Joyce Ellis
 
In memory of Jenny Strauss             
Margot Garon
 
In memory of Roslyn Fingerman    
Ellen Fingerman  
 
In memory of Celia Brown                
Sue Rae & Ken Bishop