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, March 17, 2023

6:00 PM


Mincha and Shabbat Evening Services in the Sanctuary at 6:00 PM.

Services will be led by Bob Winograd..

Please join us and help us make certain that we have a minyan.


Shabbat Candle lighting is at 6:46 PM

Friday, March 17, 2023 - Friday, March 24, 2023

24 Adar - 2 Nisan 5783

Parshat Vayakhel - Pekude

Shabbat HaChodesh


This Shabbat morning we bless the new month of Nisan, which arrives this coming week.


Shabbat HaChodesh ("Sabbath [of the] month" שבת החודש) takes place on the Shabbat preceding the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan (or on the 1st of Nisan itself if it falls on Shabbat), during which Passover is celebrated. A special maftir, Exodus 12:1-20 (from Parashah Bo) is read, in which the laws of Passover are defined. On the first day of Nisan, God presented the first commandment of how to "sanctify the new moon" (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months).

To read a commentary on this week's parsha from

Bex Stern Rosenblatt from the

Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem,

CLICK HERE

To read a commentary on this week's haftarah from Vered Hollander - Goldfarb of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, please CLICK HERE

To read a special column on the Halacha in this parsha

CLICK HERE

To read an aliyah by aliyah summary of this week's parsha, CLICK HERE

SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023

9:00 AM.


Rachel Zohn Mincer will lead Pesukei D'Zimra and Bob Winograd will lead Shacharit and read Torah. Sam Swartz will chant the haftarah and Monica Sass will lead Musaf.

Immediately following services there will be a kiddush. There is no sponsor for this week's kiddush.



If you are interested in sponsoring kiddush in the coming weeks, please call the synagogue office at 212-929-6954, or email us at csfa11e11@aol.com


Saturday Night

March 18th, 2023

8:00 PM

Havdalah


PLEASE NOTE

TIME OF

8:00 pm. 


Shabbat ends at 7:56 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

MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2023

MAH JONGG WILL MEET

THIS WEEK.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

7:00 PM


A New Short Series of Classes with Rabbi Daniel Shibley on Passover will begin this week.

The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue

invites you to a series of classes with visiting

Rabbi and Scholar

RABBI DANIEL SHIBLEY

PASSOVER - PESACH

Pesach is coming! Come and share in the foundational texts of the Passover seder. We will examine the Mishnah that makes up much of the seder as we know it today and add some new questions to your seder discussions. In addition, we will learn about customs and practices surrounding Passover preparation. From preparing your kitchen the easy way to what exactly does it mean to sell hametz, and why do we do it in the first place? All are welcome to attend and ask questions, all texts will be presented in the original and in translation



Classes Meet LIVE and IN PERSON

at the Synagogue

TUESDAY, MARCH 21 AT 7:00 PM

MONDAY, MARCH 27 AT 7:30 PM

Date and time of 3rd Class to be Determined.


These classes will also be able to be viewed online on Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/424977839




Rabbi Daniel Shibley is originally from Washington, DC. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Clark University, and an M.A. in Security and Diplomacy Studies from Tel Aviv University. Daniel has learned at Yeshivat Hadar, Pardes, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. He made aliyah to Jerusalem in 2012 and completed military service in a combat unit. Rabbi Shibley received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes in 2016 and was a member of the faculty at Pardes in Jerusalem until August, 2019. Daniel is now adjunct faculty at Pardes, a Hebrew tutor, and has completed his master’s degree in international relations at New York University.  Daniel enjoys cooking, gardening, and long distance running.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Passover Seders definitely are better when they are shared with others…

 

The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue invites you, your family, and your friends to come together and celebrate the Passover holiday with our community at the

CSFA Congregational First Seder.

 

Join us for a lively and exciting Seder in the warm and “heimish” environment of our synagogue.

 

A delicious, kosher for Passover Seder meal will be served and everyone is invited to participate in the Seder service. 

 

 

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Mincha/Maariv Services …... 7:10 PM

Seder ………………….………7:30 PM

 

 

 

Seating is Limited

RSVP by Friday, March 31, 2023

 

Rsvp to csfa11e11@aol.com with “Seder” in the subject, or call 212-929-6954,

or follow the link below:

First Night Seder Reservation – CLICK HERE

$85 per person per Seder

Pre-paid reservation required

The Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue

11 East 11th Street

New York, New York 10003

Csfa11e11@aol.com

THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS

To Become a Family Member

CLICK HERE

To Become a Single Member

CLICK HERE

To Make Your Kol Nidre Gift

CLICK HERE

3 tiered Israeliana Seder Plate & Matza holder — $35