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Our Minyan Needs Your Help!
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Please join us this Saturday, March 17th, at 11 am for a special Children's Service in the Chapel. Conducted by Roberta Selzter, this service is ideal for children up through age 7 (and their families & friends!). Afterwards, we hope you'll stay and enjoy our Saturday kiddush luncheon at
noon.
This service has been sponsored by Diana & Avi Yacobi for our congregation and guests. We hope to see you this Saturday with your children or grandchildren!
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Shabbat Kiddush
Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat. This is the perfect opportunity for us to experience community and get to know each other better.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Richard Fasman
David Kessler
Joey Guigliano
Brooke Leon
Erwin Dickman
Stuart Goldsmith
Alex Salit
Marilyn Saposh
Beth & Howard Schefflan
Elaine & Ivan Shore
Kristin & Andrew Schulman
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday 3/10
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Morning Service 9:30 am
Special Children's Service 11:00 am
Minha 6:30 pm
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Tuesday 3/20
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Sisterhood Book Club "The Other Einstein" by Marie Benedict 1:00 pm
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Thursday 3/22
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Rabbi's Class 10:30 am
Jewish American Composers 12:30 pm
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Friday 3/23
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Bible Class 11:30 am
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Torah Rea
ding
592, 930, 380 Haftarah 1291
VA-YIKRA
The third Book of the Torah begins with the five personal and voluntary sacrifices that an individual could bring. The Torah is very specific about where these sacrifices were to be offered (on the Sanctuary's courtyard altar), that the priest must perform the ritual on behalf of the person bringing the sacrifices, and that restitution or repentance must precede the offering, if applicable.
Our sidra's sacrifices are: The Olah (Voluntary), Minha (Meal Offering, brought by someone of limited means) Sh'lamim (Thanksgiving or Peace),
Hatat
(Sin-Offering, for an action committed unwittingly or in error), and
Asham
(Guilt-Offering, for the unintentional withholding of tithes and donations, or for falsely retaining another's property)
HA-HODESH
From the third Torah scroll (the second scroll is for Rosh Hodesh/new month) we read a passage from Chapter 12 of Exodus which proclaims the importance of the month of Nisan-the month in which Passover and the exodus from Egypt took place. This portion is always read on the Shabbat preceding the beginning of the month of Nisan, or on Rosh Hodesh Nisan itself, if it falls on Shabbat, as it does today. It is one more reminder of the approach of Passover
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Tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.
There's a lot going on in tomorrow morning service: it's the last of the special Shabbatot, for which we take out an extra Torah. In fact, because it's also the new Hebrew month of Nisan, will be taking out three Torahs! That only happens every Simhat Torah, occasionally on Shabbat Hanukkah, and on the Shabbat. Because it's Rosh Hodesh, will also be chanting the Psalms of Hallel. If you've never experienced that (and I'm betting the Cantor will be using a lot of Passover melodies), you should...
Minha tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
During the Seudah Shlishit we will be reading the story about a young Egyptian man, entitled My New Friend Hussein - he has quite an awakening.
My thanks to Cantor Zim, Jeff Adler, Alan Herschenfeld, Naomi Altschul, Martha Shemin, Regina Friedman and Evelyn Baer, for all filling in in my absence, and allowing me to go away for my son's wedding with great peace of mind.
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I derive a great deal of satisfaction from knowing that this is taking place in Iran:
I never denied that he was a master politician; I've also praised him for his role as Israel's UN ambassador and as Israel's finance minister. Are we going to miss him if he goes? Some will; not I. And of course no one else has as much experience is Bibi does (Rosner's chief contention) , but that's no different than saying Kennedy didn't have as much experience as Eisenhower - and even Lyndon Johnson, when he took over under tragic circumstances, didn't have as much experience as JFK.
Irony of ironies: on the same page with Mrs. Kirschner's obituary, is one for "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz". I have often said that the young liberators of the camps are passing away, along with those who they rescued; it is also true that the youngest of the tormentors are also passing away, along with their victim-survivors:
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This article lays all the blame at the feet of our sainted UN Ambassador Nikki Haley:
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Israeli Cultural in North America- Your weekly
Highlights
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Opening with screening SHELTER by Eran Riklis, The 18th Annual NJJFF has become one of the premier Jewish cultural events in the state screening award-winning premieres followed by thought-provoking post screening discussions.
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The Israeli Artists Project - IAP Present: SCOOP an original Israeli play by Yair Packer. This play explores how far people will go for their loved ones and personal interests when faced with tough moral dilemmas. Directed by Charlotte Cohn, Original music by David Broza.
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70 international and local films, industry workshops and panels, and other events dedicated to social issues and the filmmakers that highlight them. Israeli films participating; The Gravedigger's Daughter by Shira Gabay, The Girl by Lihi Sabag, Jerusalem In Line by Amir Har-Gil and Hotel Everest by Claudia Sobral.
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From Shubert to Strauss, Bach to Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman's transcendent violin playing evokes the depth of the human experience. This enchanting documentary details the virtuoso's own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré, and reminds us why art is vital to life.
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The exhilarating power of music - HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir in concert.
25th Anniversary Celebration at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center. Honoring Kinor David Award recipient, Vivian Lazar.
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A Quiet Heart לב שקט מאוד by Eitan Anner, The Testament העדות by Amichai Greenberg, a sneak preview of Fauda Season 2 and more including new films from around the globe at Westchester Jewish Film Festival 2018.
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Greenpoint is composed of seven highly demanded musicians, each with a strong, emotional and unique sound. Or Bareket (host) Sagi Kaufman (alto sax) Eitan Gofman (tenor sax) Alex Levine (tenor sax) Itai Kriss (flute) Yoav Eshed (guitar) Tamir Shmerling (bass) Eviatar Slivnik (drums).
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