UPCOMING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
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Shabbat Morning Service
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) Chapel and Rm. 318, 3rd floor
Saturday, October 6, 2018
10:30 a.m.
Rabbi Goldberg will lead, with Paula Wolfson as cantorial soloist. We thank Ed Weiss, for chanting the Torah portion, and guest speaker David Orenstein for delivering this week's d'var Torah on
Beresheit (first chapters of Genesis).
Please bring your children. All are welcome in the chapel, and/or for those ages three to six there is also childcare down the hall.
A kiddish lunch will follow the service.
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Other Upcoming Services & Events
Morning services begin at 10:30 a.m. at the MNJCC, 3rd floor chapel.
A kiddish always follows the Saturday service in Rm. 318.
Saturday, November 3rd
Shabbat morning service led by Rabbi Goldberg.
1:30 p.m. (after the kiddish). We are very pleased to announce our 2018 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week (HEW) program,
Saturday, December 1st
Shabbat morning service led by Rabbi Goldberg.
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Friday (evening), November 30th
Workshop led by Chazzan Gesundheit on the musical liturgy and songs of Shabbat at home. Venue and time tba.
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Shir Libeynu Film Series
519 Church Street Community Centre, Rm 301
(room subject to change, please check monitor at
519 when arriving for the film screening)
Our Next Film, Sunday October 21st:
Late Marriage
Late Marriage (Hebrew:
חתונהמאוחרת
, Hatuna Meuheret) is a well-reviewed, 2001 Israeli film directed by Dover Kosashvili, with Hebrew and Judaeo-Georgian dialogue (and subtitles in English). The film centers on Zaza (Lior Ashkenazi in his breakthrough role), as the 31-year-old child of tradition-minded Georgian-Jewish immigrants who are anxiously trying to arrange a marriage for him while he is secretly dating an older divorcée, Judith (Ronit Elkabetz). The parents' discovery of his romance forces him to make a poignant choice. Israel's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards.
All films will start at 1:30 p.m.followed by a question/answer session. The program will conclude by 4:00 p.m.
More Information
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SAVE THE DATE:
OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: DECEMBER 9th AT 10:00 a.m.
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DONATE TO OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Attending the October service? Our children's programs are in need of the following items:
Magazines (such as National Geographic), which will be used for collages;
Lego
If you have any items you can donate to our programs, please drop off them off at the childcare room on Saturday, October 6th.
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 5779
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The "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen version) surprise tribute by congregants to Rabbi Goldberg
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Our 2018/5779 High Holy Days marked the 23nd year of meaningful, musical and uplifting Yontiv services. In the light-filled, serene sanctuary we prayed, sang, laughed, listened and, on Rosh Hashanah's second day, also danced! As she has since our beginnings, Rabbi Goldberg led, inspired and comforted us. The musical liturgy and songs were conducted and rendered exquisitely by Chazzan Daniela Gesundheit. Various members chanted Torah, gave sermons, sang, played music and blew shofar to herald the new year. Our youngsters participated in their own Torah service, made challahs, learned a song with the chazzan and created holiday mementos to take home. The services included sermons by Rabbi Goldberg and others on spiritual, historical and scholarly topics that both called us to action and made us ponder. Gutte Yontif/Shana Tova/Happy New Year to all!
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CHOIR: ALL WELCOME TO OUR NEW MONTHLY
SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Did High Holidays leave you feeling you need to sing more throughout the year? Beginning soon, the Shir Libeynu choir will be meeting monthly at a central location on the Tuesday following the Shabbat services. No prior singing experience or Hebrew knowledge required - we will help you get there! Write to Ellie Goldenberg with questions, and the address of the gathering, at choir@shirlibeynu.ca.
The first practice is on Tuesday, November 6th at 7p.m.
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BEIT OLAM - A JEWISH BURIAL SITE
Congregation Shir Libeynu is pleased to partner with Beit Olam on this new cemetery site. Beit Olam welcomes persons of Jewish faith, interfaith families, and those with Jewish connections. Burial at Beit Olam (within Glenview Memorial Gardens) is to be made in accordance with Jewish customs and protocols, and monuments are expected to contain Jewish symbols or be non-denominational. All burials and monuments at Beit Olam will be respectful of the Jewish nature of the gardens. Beit Olam will be surrounded by borders and roads to delineate it from the rest of the Glenview Memorial Garden's other sites. A rabbinic advisory group will oversee all of Beit Olam and ensure that established standards of ritual and practice are honoured and upheld.
Shir Libeynu now has a designated section at Beit Olam, with a limited number of plots reserved for our congregants. We are planning a visit to the site and a ceremony in October to mark this designation. If you are interested in attending, please write
here.
For more information or to contact our shul about our partnership with Beit Olam, write
here.
For more information on Beit Olam, write to family service director Tanis Floom:
tfloom@arbormemorial.com or phone her: 647-467-7365.
Shir Libeynu thanks Tanis Floom for her help and support to our community at Beit Olam.
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