This Week at CSFA - September 24

We believe it is best to continue our current guidelines as updated below.

CSFA’s COVID-19 policy is as follows:

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.

All CSFA members, visitors, and program attendees are required to be fully vaccinated, including with boosters if eligible.

Masks are required 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 compelled to protect one another by maintaining our policy in this way, as we begin to navigate this next wave of COVID-19.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Friday, September 23, 2022

6:00 PM

Shabbat Evening Services will be led by

Sarah King. Services will be in the Sanctuary.

Shabbat Candle lighting is at 6:33 PM

Immediately following service there will be a dinner in the social hall for those who have already made reservations. This dinner is Sold Out.

Friday, September 23, 2022 - Friday, September 30

27 Elul 5782 - 5 Tishrei 5783

Parshat Nitzavim

Saturday, September 24, 2022

9:00 AM

Live and In Person Shabbat Morning Services

Please join us for Shabbat morning services. Services will be led by Sam Swartz and Cantor Sarah King. Torah will be read by Bob Winograd and the Haftarah will be chanted by David Oppenheim.

Immediately following services there will be a Shabbat Kiddush in the Garden (in the event of bad weather, we will meet in the Social Hall).

To view a synopsis of this Shabbat's parsha

Click Here

To view a this week's D'var Torah,"Beyond the Sea"

by Ilana Kurshan

Click Here

To view a commentary on this week's haftarah,

"The Big Bad Wolf"

by Bex Stern Rosenblatt of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem,

CLICK HERE

CSFA Rosé Party

Join us this Shabbat

afternoon,

September 24, 2022 as we come together to "shmooze" in the

CSFA Garden.

4:00 - 6:00 PM

(weather permitting)

Saturday Night

September 24, 2022

7:40 PM

Havdalah

PLEASE NOTE

TIME OF

7:40pm.

Shabbat ends at 7:40 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

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

BEFORE ROSH HASHANAH

Preparing a Flame for Yom Tov

On Yom Tov, kindling a new fire is not permitted; however, the use of an existing fire for cooking or other purposes is permitted.

To light candles for Day 2 of Rosh Hashanah (Monday night), ensure that you have a fire burning before candle-lighting time for Day 1 (Sunday evening) that will continue to burn until after dark on Monday. For example:

A burning candle that lasts for more than 25 hours
A pilot light on a gas range (not a gas range with an electronic starter)

SUNDAY, SEPTMEBER 25

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

Candle lighting - 6:30 PM

Rosh Hashanah Services at the Center for Jewish History start at 6:20 PM. Please bring your ticket, proof of vaccination, and mask with you to the Center for Jewish History.

MONDAY,

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Rosh Hashana Day 1

8:30 AM - Morning services at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC. Masks and proof of vaccination are required.

1:30 pm (time approximate)

Buffet Holiday lunch for those who made reservations.

5:00 pm - Meet in front of CSFA, 11 East 11 Street for a walk to the Hudson River for tashlich.

6:30 pm - Mincha/Arvit at CSFA, 11 East 11 Street.

7:36 pm - Candle Lighting from a pre-existing flame for Day 2 of Rosh Hashana

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Rosh Hashana Day 2

8:30 AM - Morning services at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC. Masks and proof of vaccination are required.

1:30 pm (time approximate)

Buffet Holiday lunch for those who made reservations.

6:30 pm

Mincha/Arvit Services at CSFA, 11 East 11 Street.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Dawn to Dusk

Fast of Gedaliah

The Fast of Gedalia (צוֹם גְּדַלְיָה ), is a minor fast day to lament the assassination of Gedaliah, the righteous governor of what was the Kingdom of Judah. His death ended Jewish autonomy following the destruction of the First Temple and the fall of King Zedekiah.