This weekend:
Sunday, April 1
10:15 a.m. Hesed Outreach meeting in the social hall.
12:00 noon Unveiling of the stone for Ltc. Sam Lurey at Whaley Street Cemetery.
Cleanse yourself spiritually in preparation for the Passover holiday.
10 a.m. - 12 noon Mikveh open for ladies use.
1 - 3 p.m. Mikveh open for mens use.
The cost to use the mikveh for this occasion is $10 (free with a mikveh membership), please bring a towel with you. Contact the office to sign up for a time slot.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, April 3 - First Day of Pesach
9:45 a.m. Pesach services (office is closed in observance of the holiday)
7 p.m. Beth Shalom’s Community Seder (Second Seder) in the social hall.
Wednesday, April 4 - Second Day of Pesach
9:45 a.m. Pesach services (office is closed in observance of the holiday)
Thursday, April 5–7 p.m. Board of Education meeting
Monday, April 9 - Seventh Day of Pesach
9:45 a.m. Pesach services (office is closed in observance of the holiday)
Tuesday, April 10 - Eighth Day of Pesach - YIZKOR will be said
9:45 a.m. Pesach services (office is closed in observance of the holiday)
Wednesday, April 11–7:30 p.m. Board of Directors meeting
Friday, April 13–6:45 p.m. Jenna Safran Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, April 14–9:45 a.m. Jenna Safran Bat Mitzvah
Birkat HaIlanot (Blessing the trees): The Talmud teaches us a wonderful way to appreciate God’s renewal of nature in the spring. Take a moment this week to appreciate the beauty of a blossoming tree, and recite the following brocho: Blessed are you, lord our God, King of the universe, who did not allow anything to lack in your world and [who] created within it good creatures and good trees to give pleasure to humanity through them." (Talmud Brachot 33b)
Hametz: More than just Bread! Hametz includes anything with a grain (wheat, oat, barley, spelt, rye) or grain derivative in the ingredients if there is water in the product. Ashkenazim customarily add kitniyot (beans, corn, rice, etc) to this list. Eating Hametz is prohibited from Monday morning, April 2, through Tuesday night, April 10.
Bedikat Hametz–Hametz should be removed by 8:00 p.m. Sunday night, at which point it is customary to look for hidden crumbs by candlelight. Before the search, there is a prayer: asher kidshanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu al beur hametz.
Bitul Hametz (Nullification of Hametz): After getting rid of your hametz, you can nullify any crumbs you didn’t find by formally renouncing ownership of any remaining hametz: Any chametz or leaven that is in my possession which I have not seen, have not removed and do not know about, should be annulled and become ownerless like the dust of the earth.
Beur Hametz (destruction of Hametz): Any hametz not yet sold (i.e. the pieces you found last night) should be burned on Monday morning, and the Bitul Hametz phrase recited again: Any chametz or leaven that is in my possession whether I have recognized it or not, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, should be annulled and become ownerless like the dust of the earth.
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Adult Education:
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 p.m. “Understanding the Shabbat Services,” Intro to the meaning and structure of Jewish prayers. This study group is being facilitated by Alan Witten (Tuesday, April 3 & 10 there will be no class, due to Passover).
Thursdays 5:15-6:15 p.m. Pirke Avot “The Ethics of our Fathers.” This study group is being facilitated by Dr. Henry Ray Wengrow.
Thursdays 6:30-8:00 p.m. Join us as we study the Zohar, the classic work of Jewish mysticism.
Saturdays 1:30-2:15 p.m. “Journey to Virtue”- a study of the Torah laws of Interpersonal Relationships.
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