W&S SHABBAT BULLETIN

Calendar - Please see Upcoming Events Below

I will be away on November 21 and November 28. There will be no Zoom access while I am abroad. Please make every effort to help us make a minyan.

We are open to suggestions for tzedakah projects and ideas for organizations to support as we move towards the spring. Please be in touch!

Shabbat, November 14 - Parashat Toldot

10:00 am at 100 Centre Street, Brookline
Friday Evening Candle Lighting: 4:05 pm
Potluck Kiddush
Zoom Access Available

Shabbat, November 21 - Parashat Vayetzi - No Rabbi / NO ZOOM

9:30 am at Harvard Hillel, Smith Hall
Friday Evening Candle Lighting: 4:00
Potluck Kiddush

Shabbat, November 28 - Parashat Vayishlach - No Rabbi / NO ZOOM

9:30 am at Harvard Hillel, Smith Hall
Friday Evening Candle Lighting: 3:56
Potluck Kiddush

Minyan Service Opportunities

We need folks to volunteer to be present early at services and to stay late to help clear up after Kiddush. We also need folks to manage the Zoom access when Rabbi Jim is not around. If you have ideas about how to encourage members to help out more (or simply want to help out yourself!), please be in touch: rabbijim@worshipandstudy.org.

I want to put out a call for people to volunteer to bring Kiddush (rather than relying on a Potluck Kiddush). It does not need to be substantial—just a contribution to the life of our minyan! I have prepared a brief document about our Kashrut Standards, and I am very open to feedback about it. If you'd like to sign up to bring a spread for Kiddush, please be in touch with Maurie Fox-Warren or Loren Joseph.

Tzedakah Opportunities

The next Shabbat Dinner in Brookline will be December 11 at 5:30 pm at 1550 Beacon Street. You are welcome to join us as a volunteer (and have a delicious kosher meal). Please let me know if you're planning to come.
Our next "Soup Making Thursday -- Hanukkah Edition" at First Church Cambridge is this Thursday, December 10 from 4:00-6:00 pm. Please let me know if you're planning to come. See the full schedule here.

See our regularly updated schedule

This Week’s Services

Reading from Torah

Toledot (Genesis 25:19 – 28:9)

W&S Torah reading for year II of the triennial cycle: Genesis 26:23 – 27:27

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him: 'My son'; and he said unto him: 'Here am I.' (Genesis 27:1)

Andrea Ansaldo (1584-1638) - Esau e Giacobbe

Reading from Prophets

Malakhi 1:1-2:7

The teaching of truth was in his mouth and no injustice was found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and fairness, and he turned many away from sin. (Malachi 2:6)

Upcoming Events

Check out worshipandstudy.org/events/ for more information.

Check out the Harvard Hillel Calendar.

Sunday, November 22 - One Minyan One Book

7:30 on Zoom
Discussing This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

Sunday, December 6 - Hanukkah Party

2:00 - 5:00 pm
Music by Kevin Lubin
The Gazebo at 165 Pleasant Street, Cambridge (chez Loren and Petra)
Bring snacks and libations
We'll have latkes and sufganiot

Thursday, December 10 - Soup Making at First Church

Come make soup with a group of minyan friends.
4:00-6:00 pm at First Church (11 Garden St.) Cambridge
Please let me know if you're planning to come.
Feel free to bring something to eat: vegetarian appetizers, bread, dessert, and non-alcoholic libations...
Bring a hanukkiah and holiday treats!

Please note that you must be vaccinated and boosted to attend Worship and Study services; masking is optional.

Check out our web site: worshipandstudy.org and send your friends there!

For Shabbat, click the following links to download the Lev Shalem liturgy and the W&S Amidah Guide.

If you'd like to sign up to bring a spread for Kiddush, please be in touch with Maurie Fox-Warren or Loren Joseph.

We also need people to deliver a D'var Torah, to lead services or to leyn Torah. Please review this spreadsheet for availability and be in touch with me: rabbijim@worshipandstudy.org (for leading services or serving as gabbai); or Susan Brand: susan.brand@comcast.net (Torah chanting); or Harvey Mendelsohn harveymendelsohnbooks@yahoo.com (D'var Torah).

Zoom Services

Please feel free to reach out to me if you need help with the technology.

Click: https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/my/rabbijim

If you have the Zoom app, you can simply click “Join” and type in “rabbijim”

Call: 267 831 0333 or 301 715 8592

After the greeting, enter Meeting ID: 583 155 5454 #

If you need a toll-free number, please let me know.

Shabbat Shalom

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