WEEKLY NEWS
19 Adar 5781
March 3, 2021
Friday, March 5th
6:30 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
Service

Join us for our annual Shabbat on which we join with HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) to remind ourselves of the ongoing plight of refugees, and of the core Jewish value of helping the stranger, as we read in Exodus 22, "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."   


Join us for services via Zoom
Meeting ID: 148 242 561
     Winter Service Handout HERE

Please call the office if you need the password. Same password we have been using.
Saturday, March 6th
9:30 am
Saturday Morning Service

Our weekly, one-hour chanted morning service, mostly in Hebrew, with some of the great tunes of our tradition.

Torah Study
Directly following the service (10:30 am)
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This week's Torah portion is:
 Ki Tisa
When You Take a Census
Exodus 30:11−34:35

Read more about the Torah portion from URJ HERE or Sefaria HERE
Saturday, March 6th
6:00 PM
Havdalah and Making Prayer Real Preview

Join us to say goodbye to Shabbat with a short Havdalah service.    Following the service is a preview of our Making Prayer Real Class    starting Sunday, March 14th at 4pm with Rabbis Edleson and Small.
Temple Sinai Sisterhood
Dr. Mark Levine
Wednesday March 3rd 
7:30 PM

COVID Variants, Vaccines, Travel, & More! 

This event is for Temple Sinai Sisterhood and Temple Sinai members only. 
FaithNet Training
Thursday March 4th 
7:00 PM

NAMI FaithNet encourages an exchange of information, tools and other resources which will help educate and inspire faith communities about mental health and the vital role spirituality plays in recovery for many Vermonters. NAMI FaithNet is not a religious network but includes an effort to outreach to all religious organizations.

If you are interested in the training, please email Chaverim.
REFUGEE FILMS DISCUSSION   
Wednesday March 10  
 6:30 pm  

This year, Rabbi Edleson is suggesting two films about refugees for us to watch and discuss:

SKY AND GROUND and THE LONG WAY HOME

On March 10 at 6:30, those interested will gather to discuss both films and their responses to them.

For more information on the films - please Click HERE
(For Class Starting March 14th)


South Burlington Food Shelf Food
 Drive
    "Let all who are hungry come and eat."

Passover begins March 27. Many folks have the custom to clear their homes of "hametz," proscribed foods for the holiday.  We're combining the holiday cleaning with food-shelf giving. Our Kitah Gimmel/Dalet teacher, Morah Danielle Levine, is leading a food drive for the South Burlington Food Shelf.

Here are the days and times you can drop off items, with a list of items that are always needed. Of course you may include other items as well:

Thursday, March 25 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm 
Friday, March 26 from 8 am to 10 am
Saturday, March 27 from 8 am to 10 am

FOOD ITEMS NEEDED
Israeli Court Says Converts to Non-Orthodox
Judaism Can Claim Citizenship

People who convert in Israel to Reform or Conservative Judaism have a right to citizenship . . . .

Read the article in the New York Times Here
March Anniversaries & Birthdays
Join us in wishing them a wonderful day and many more!


5 ~ Eli Goldberg and Nick Lemon
12 ~ Shelli and Arthur Goldsweig
14 ~ Elizabeth and Robert Kehr
24 ~ Irene and Merrill Epstein
25 ~ Wendy and James Valastro
29 ~ Joan and Kenneth Lorber
31 ~ Laura Rowntree and Andrew Gilman



1 ~ Hannah Gilman
2 ~ Sadie Galimidi
3 ~ Aimee Hutton
4 ~ Dayna Lorentz
6 ~ Suzanne Grocki
Max Gurtman
8 ~ Russ Goodwin
     Linda Samets
9 ~ Tom Grocki
      Nancy Rosenthal
10 ~ Rachel Wolson
11~ Alexa Davis
    Len Rubin
    Adam Winter
12 ~ Sabrina Davis
13 ~ Michael Stevens
14 ~ Jason Baer
      Gail Shulman
15 ~ Elana Valastro
16 ~ Louis Prue
18 ~ Nick Lemon
      Maureen Mindell
19 ~ Robert Kehr
21  ~ Coleman Davis- Bermanzohn
23 ~ Rachel Cunningham
      Johnny Cunningham
    David Punia
24 ~ David Edleson
     James Grossman
      William McLaughlin
25 ~ Ian Solomon
26 ~ Alex Epstein
27 ~ Genay Cohen
28 ~ Elizabeth Kuhn
29 ~ Jacob Eisenberg
   David Roth
    Addison Smith
31 ~ Felicia Kornbluh
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Mission Statement
We are a diverse, egalitarian, and inclusive community of Jews and interfaith families.  We joyfully embrace Judaism as a way of life through prayer, music, social action, celebrating Jewish holidays, lifelong learning, and life cycle events.  Through these activities, we seek to promote spiritual growth, moral values, and the social welfare of our community.
 
Vision Statement
Temple Sinai strives to be a joyful, energetic, accepting, innovative, caring, and accessible faith community.  We choose to practice and teach Jewish traditions in our community, so that Jews and Judaism will continue to flourish, both in Vermont and in an ever-changing world.  We believe that support for a safe and prosperous State of Israel is an important part of our Jewish identity.