January 2024
Shabbat Dinner and Tu B’Shevat Seder
image fromreformjudaism.org Join us for the first of our Third Friday Shabbat Potluck Dinners on January 19. This month we will be including a special Tu B’Shevat seder along with our Shabbat meal. Space is limited, so all attendees MUST RSVP with the form at the bottom of this post. Please plan to bring a vegetarian (dairy or parve) dish to share. A Tu B’Shevat seder is divided into four sections that represent the four seasons and the four Spiritual Realms. As with the…
Find out more »Create Art With Hebrew Letters!
If you have trouble remembering the Hebrew letters, or if you haven't really learned them at all, art can be a fun way to improve your reading skills. As you draw the letters with precision, you will get to know each one intimately. After you've built art out of a word, you'll recognize it anywhere. In this workshop we will start with some warm ups before jumping into lettering. We will practice writing each of the letters in the aleph…
Find out more »February 2024
Third Friday Shabbat Potluck Dinner
Our Potluck Shabbat dinner and Tu B'shvat Seder was a great success in January, and we are looking forward to getting together again on the Third Friday in February. This month, we will be having our dinner on the night after Purim Katan, so the twin themes for the dinner will be Shushan (Persia) and Joy. The rabbis tell us that when the month of Adar comes in, Joy increases. This is why we add an extra month of Adar…
Find out more »Family Shabbat
Join us on Saturday Febraury 17 at 1pm for a special Family Shabbat service. This service is for kids of all ages and their families. The service will be led from the Children's Siddur and will include lots of singing and opportunities to get the wiggles out. Our service will include a short Torah Service using the children's Torah that was donated to the synagogue last year. This Torah scroll is small enough that even young kids will have the…
Find out more »Calligraphy and Art Workshop
In January we had our first Hebrew Calligraphy and Art Workshop in which we created posters for an eastern wall in our home so that we would know which way to face when praying. Along the way, we learned a little bit from the Sefer Yetzira -- a primary kabbalistic work that tells about how the letters of the Hebrew Aleph Bet were used to create the universe, and we learned a bit about the basic strokes involved in creating…
Find out more »Maddison Wickham’s Naming Ceremony
The entire congregation is invited to Maddison Wickham’s naming ceremony & 3rd birthday party on February 23 at 6:30pm at the synagogue building. There will be a short service followed by food (dairy) & fun. RSVP below
Find out more »Meditative Shabbat Service
In Hebrew, the word for "intention" is "kavvana". Sometimes in a regular prayer service, the kavvana can get lost in the rush to say all the appointed prayers at the appointed times and finish everything so we can all go home. This month, we're going to have an opportunity to slow down, get deep into the meaning of each prayer, and focus our kavvana with guidance from traditional Jewish mystical sources. This service, inspired by the Jewish Renewal movement and…
Find out more »March 2024
Third Friday Shabbat Potluck Dinner
The rabbis tell us that when the month of Adar comes in, Joy increases. This month is Adar Bet, the second Adar in this "pregnant year" (leap year). The theme of the evening will be "my favorite foods", so bring one of your favorite dishes to share. Plan to bring a meat or vegetarian dish (no dairy) for this meal. NB: Space is limited, so reservations are required. Please hit the RSVP button below!
Find out more »April 2024
Passover Cleaning Party
Can you spare an hour or two on Sunday April 14? Join us at 10am so we can make sure that all the dishes are ready for passover, all the carpets are clean, and there are no hidden crumbs in places no one ever thinks crumbs will fall. (I know you know what I mean... One year during Pesach cleaning my mom found popcorn in an apparently closed ceiling light fixture!) Please let us know that you are coming so…
Find out more »Shabbatluck Dinner
Our Shabbat Potluck Dinner (Shabbatluck) is a wonderful way to enjoy a little Yiddishkeit and social time, get to know more members of our community, and eat lots of tasty food. This is the last opportunity to eat chametz in the temple before Passover, so let’s live it up! Bring your favorite meat or vegetarian dish to share along with a healthy appetite!
Find out more »May 2024
Jewish Guidance Regarding End of Life Care
Do you have an advance directive for your medical care? Have you appointed someone to be your medical proxy in the event that you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself? If you had a medical emergency in the street, can EMTs or a nurse use your phone to call your emergency contact without unlocking your phone? Have you thought about what type of life saving treatment you want and what sorts you would prefer not to have? Does…
Find out more »June 2024
June Shabbatluck Dinner
Our Shabbatluck Dinner is a wonderful way to enjoy a little Yiddishkeit and social time, get to know more members of our community, and eat lots of tasty food. This month Shabbatluck will be a dairy meal in honor of Shavuot. Bring your mac and cheese, your favorite cheesecake recipe, your veggie dish, or some other dairy or parve dish to share.
Find out more »October 2024
High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
Find out more »High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
Find out more »High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
Find out more »High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
Find out more »High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
Find out more »High Holidays 5785 (October 2024)
Our High Holiday Schedule for 2024: Wed October 2 at 7 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 10 am Rosh Hashanah service Thurs October 3 at 3 pm Tashlich at Lakum Duckum Fri October 11 at 7 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service Sat October 12 at 10 am Yom Kippur service Sat October 12 at 5:30 pm Yizkor, 6:30 pm closing service (Havdalah 6:52) Please RSVP below so that you are on the list…
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