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We believe it is best to continue our current guidelines as updated below.
CSFA’s COVID-19 policy is as follows:
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If you test positive for Covid or are living with or are in close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid, please do not attend services or synagogue activities for a period that includes at least one Shabbat. Please stay home the required Shabbat and be tested with negative results before you return to the synagogue.
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All CSFA members, visitors, and program attendees are required to be fully vaccinated, including with boosters if eligible.
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Masks are suggested for all indoor services and programming.
We recognize that many of us are feeling enormous fatigue around masking, while for others continued masking creates a stronger feeling of safety. We feel obligated to protect one another and suggest but do not obligate individuals to continue masking indoors.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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Friday, March 31, 2023
6:00 PM
Mincha and Shabbat Evening Services in the Sanctuary at 6:00 PM.
Services will be led by Toby Silverstein.
Please join us and help us make certain that we have a minyan.
Shabbat Candle lighting is at 7:01 PM
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Friday, March 31, 2023 - Friday, April 7, 2023
9 - 16 Nisan 5783
Parshat Tzav
Shabbat HaGadol
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SHABBAT HAGADOL is the name of the Shabbat preceding Passover. Some rabbis explain that this Shabbat takes its name from the end of the special haftarah for the day (Malakhi 3:25): "I will send the prophet Eliyahu to you before the coming of the great (הגדול), fearful day of the Lord."This is a foreshadowing of the role Eliyahu plays at the Pesach seder as a harbinger of the coming of the messianic age. Other rabbis offer alternative explanations for the name.
We do not add a special Torah reading for Shabbat HaGadol.
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To read a commentary on this week's parsha from
Bex Stern Rosenblatt from the
Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem,
CLICK HERE
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To read a commentary on this week's haftarah from Vered Hollander - Goldfarb of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, please CLICK HERE | |
To read an aliyah by aliyah summary of this week's parsha, CLICK HERE | |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023
9:00 AM.
Sam Swartz will lead Pesukei D'Zimra and Bob Winograd will lead Shacharit and read Torah. Chana Neumann will chant the haftarah and Michael Massen will lead Musaf. Rabbi Gaffney will give the Shabbat Hagadol D'var Torah.
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Immediately following services there will be a kiddush. Kiddush this week is sponsored by Farha Joyce Haboucha on the occasion of her father Eliahou Elie Haboucha's yahrzeit, and in memory of her beloved husband, Jerry Harkins.
If you are interested in sponsoring kiddush in the coming weeks, please call the synagogue office at 212-929-6954, or email us at csfa11e11@aol.com
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Saturday Night
April 1st, 2023
8:15 PM
Havdalah
PLEASE NOTE
TIME OF
8:15 pm.
Shabbat ends at 8:11 PM
Join the members of the congregation as we gather online via Zoom to recite Havdalah and say goodbye to Shabbat.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85899668980
or CLICK HERE
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR SALE OF CHAMETZ FORMS ARE DUE BY 9:00 PM ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
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Monday, April 3, 2023 - 1 PM - 2 PM
CSP Pre-Pesach Event
with Prof. Sharon Keller, live from New York City, NY
Dedicated in honor of Judy and Howard Brostoff
Egypt, the Exodus, and the Passover Story
Monday April 3, 2023
10:00-11:00 AM PDT/1:00-2:00 PM EDT/20:00-21:00 Israel Time
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We all know the story of the Exodus – we hear it each year in the Torah reading, we discuss it yearly at our sedars, and we have our conceptions of illustrations firmly embedded in our minds-eye. But when we look at the story through the lens of Egypt, with actual Egyptian artifacts, what can we see? Not the pyramids, and not the chain-gang slave marches of Hollywood, rather a glimpse of life, a peak at what could be understood in an ancient contemporary context. Join us as we examine some of our preconceived notions and therefore see the story in a different light.
Prof. Sharon Keller, who served as CSP's 15th Annual One Month Scholar in residence in January 2016 and who earned her doctorate at NYU in the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies in the area of Bible and the Ancient Near East, is a member of the Classics faculty at Hofstra University. She has been an Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at The Jewish Theological Seminary and at Hebrew Union College; she has also held appointments at NYU, and New York City’s Hunter College—teaching biblical text courses as well as more general courses in biblical literature and history, as well as the courses in the art and archaeology of the lands of the Bible and the ancient Mediterranean world. She has written and edited numerous scholarly articles and academic books, most of which relate to the interplay between biblical Israel and ancient Egypt. Her most popular book, Jews: A Treasury of Art and Literature was awarded the prestigious National Jewish Book Award. Known for the enthusiasm and humor that she brings to all of her talks that make otherwise esoteric subjects easily accessible, Sharon is an in-demand lecturer and adult education course instructor throughout the United States.
Celebrating our 22nd year, the Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program shares the joy of Judaism, builds community, and celebrates our Jewish heritage with a rich adult education program and unique family experiences. Whether we are picking apples for Rosh Hashana, celebrating Shabbat while camping, clapping along with Jewish Blues or Rock musicians, hosting a community-wide Shabbat Alive outdoors, learning with internationally-known scholars, making life-long Jewish friends at family and adult retreats, or providing distance learning programs during a pandemic, CSP has programs to offer for all ages. We ignite passion for Judaism! CSP live-streams programs on our CSP Facebook site and shares recordings on our new CSP YouTube Channel (please visit and subscribe!). If you are interested in our I-tunes archive of over 200 programs, you can listen at this LINK. You can reach us on the web at www.occsp.org and by phone at (949) 682-4040.
CSP participates in the community-wide Create a Jewish Legacy initiative, in partnership with the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Contact CSP at (949) 682-4040 to explore the many ways you can leave a legacy to CSP.
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MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2023
MAH JONGG WILL MEET
THIS WEEK.
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Monday, April 3, 2023
7:30 PM
FINAL Classes on Passover
with Rabbi Daniel Shibley
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The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue
invites you to a series of classes with visiting
Rabbi and Scholar
RABBI DANIEL SHIBLEY
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Pesach is coming! Come and share in the foundational texts of the Passover seder. We will examine the Mishnah that makes up much of the seder as we know it today and add some new questions to your seder discussions. In addition, we will learn about customs and practices surrounding Passover preparation. From preparing your kitchen the easy way to what exactly does it mean to sell hametz, and why do we do it in the first place? All are welcome to attend and ask questions, all texts will be presented in the original and in translation
Classes Meet LIVE and IN PERSON
at the Synagogue
MONDAY, APRIL 3 AT 7:30 PM
ThIs class will also be able to be viewed online on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/424977839
Rabbi Daniel Shibley is originally from Washington, DC. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Clark University, and an M.A. in Security and Diplomacy Studies from Tel Aviv University. Daniel has learned at Yeshivat Hadar, Pardes, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. He made aliyah to Jerusalem in 2012 and completed military service in a combat unit. Rabbi Shibley received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes in 2016 and was a member of the faculty at Pardes in Jerusalem until August, 2019. Daniel is now adjunct faculty at Pardes, a Hebrew tutor, and has completed his master’s degree in international relations at New York University. Daniel enjoys cooking, gardening, and long distance running.
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Passover Seders definitely are better when they are shared with others…
The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue invites you, your family, and your friends to come together and celebrate the Passover holiday with our community at the
CSFA Congregational First Seder.
Join us for a lively and exciting Seder in the warm and “heimish” environment of our synagogue.
A delicious, kosher for Passover Seder meal will be served and everyone is invited to participate in the Seder service.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Mincha/Maariv Services …... 7:10 PM
Seder ………………….…….…7:30 PM
Seating is Limited
RSVP by Friday, March 31, 2023
Rsvp to csfa11e11@aol.com with “Seder” in the subject, or call 212-929-6954,
or follow the link below:
First Night Seder Reservation – CLICK HERE
$85 per person per Seder
Pre-paid reservation required
The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue
11 East 11th Street
New York, New York 10003
Csfa11e11@aol.com
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PASSOVER SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 4
Bedikat Hametz – Search for Hametz
After Sundown
Wednesday, April 5
Siyyum B’Chorim
Fast for the First Born
Biur Hametz
Burning of the Hametz
Before 10 AM
Candlelighting 7:06 PM
Mincha/Maariv Services 7:10 PM
FIRST SEDER
CONGREGATIONAL SEDER AT THE SYNAGOGUE
Seder 7:30 PM
Thursday, April 6
First Day Passover
Services 9:00 AM
Holiday Candlelighting after 8:16 PM
SECOND SEDER
(Your private seder. There is no 2nd Seder at CSFA)
Friday, April 7
Second Day Passover
Services 9:00 AM
Shabbat Candlelighting 7:08
Shabbat Services 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 8
Services 8:30 AM
Tuesday, April 11
Passover Candlelighting 7:13 PM
Wednesday, April 12
7th Day Passover
Services 9:00 AM
Passover Candlelighting after
8:22 PM
Thursday, April 13
8th Day Passover
Passover Services
9:00 AM
Yizkor
Pesach ends at 8:23 PM
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3 tiered Israeliana Seder Plate & Matza holder — $35 | | | | |
