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13 Nisan 5780
April 7, 2020

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The Temple will be closed to the public until further notice. Our goal is to keep everyone safe and healthy. I will be working from home so please don't hesitate to call or reach out with any questions, concerns, or just to say hello as all calls are forwarded to my cellphone. We will keep the website up to date with information as things are always changing.

Please refer to the website of ALL links to Zoom services or meetings.

This is an adjustment for everyone and we may have a few bumps in the road (virtually),  but this can only make our community stronger.

Stacie Gabert, Administrator  
THIS FRIDAY
To help keep everyone safe & healthy in these challenging times, we're going to have services online.  

Zoom Virtual Shabbat and Oneg  6:30 PM
 
In This Issue

 
THIS SATURDAY
9:30am
Virtual Morning Service followed by Torah Study. Join with Rabbi Edleson as he leads our usual chanted Shabbat morning service. Our virtual study of the weekly Torah portion with traditional and modern scholarly commentary.  Click HERE to join.


1st NIGHT SEDER FOR TEMPLE SINAI COMMUNITY
5:30 PM Wednesday, April 8, 2020  
https://zoom.us/j/5616434766 (Meeting ID: 561 643 4766)


A t Temple Sinai, we have not done a first night seder since this is a night for family Seders, but this year, if you don't have family coming and can't be with them online, please join us! Or start your family Seder by everyone joining us this year! This will be a short (40 minutes) basic Seder on ZOOM where we can all get together and then go to our meals. (NOTE: The seder really starts around 5:40, and the first ten minutes are to give people a chance to arrive, sing or watch a song or two, and get settled.


2nd NIGHT COMMUNITY SEDER WITH OHAVI ZEDEK
5:30 PM Thursday April 9, 2020  
Rabbi Edleson, Rabbi Small, Cantor Zeidenberg, Mark Leopold

We want to bring our communities together at this time of separation, so please join us for a festive Community Seder. In the first part, we'll do all the 'hits' of the Seder, plus some great songs and small group check-ins about the meaning of Passover, this year in the midst of this modern plague. We will then break for dinner, and invite people back for a shorter second part and sing-a-long. 

Click HERE to join the second night seder
 or check the Temple Calendar for the link!

Temple Sinai Young Families
2nd Night Passover
Online Kids Seder
Thursday April 9th
4:30PM-5:30PM

Saragail Benjamin leads a seder just for little kids and their families - a song-filled re-telling of the Exodus tale!

Parenting through a Jewish Lens - II
6-week online series

Hosts:
Rabbi Tobie Weisman
Rabbi David Edleson

Ever wonder how best to talk to your kids about BIG QUESTIONS when they come up?

On this series, you will join other parents in exploring how Jewish tradition and texts can help us talk with our children about faith, death, resilience and what gives life meaning. This is the second part of the series, but you don't need to have taken Part 1 to be part of this.

* Time, TBD, starting after Passover  

* One 45-miniute ZOOM class each week

*Online chavruta-style paired discussions during the week.

 

INTERESTED? Contact: administrator@templesinaivt.org
Zoom Wednesday Jewish History Group
Wednesdays at 11 am
NO CLASS APRIL 8TH (PASSOVER)

New Book: Jews in China: A History of Struggle by Nicholas Zhang

Please order the book or kindle version for class April 22nd.

Virtual Healing Circles

Please join us for healing prayers and poems.


Wednesdays at 12:20 PM

Mondays at 6PM
Are you a Small Business  Owner?

Are you concerned about whether your small business can survive the COVID crisis? Do you have questions about financial steps you can take to address your business' situation? 

If so, the SCORE program can help. SCORE provides education and mentoring to business owners free of charge. If you are interested, Steve Greenfield is a certified SCORE mentor and will be happy to speak with you. 

Take a Tip From Morah Judy

Here's my new feature, Take a Tip From Morah Judy. Every so often I will post small things you can do with your family during this time of isolation.

Tip #1 Turn Dish-washing Time into "Concert Time!"

Here's how it works, especially if you have a dishwasher. You tell the family that there's no more electric dishwasher. From now on, dishes are done by hand, and by EVERYBODY. Then use this time to learn about each other's music. Each person gets a day to play only their music during this time. Each person can make a playlist. You should choose songs you love, has meaning for you; and you need to tell each other why you chose that song. Do this without judgement (and parents, if you absolutely hate the music your child chose, don't say anything, just let them tell you what THEY like about it). 

Give it a week or two, and let me know how it went for your family!
***Social Action Opportunities***
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Passover Food Drive
Donate Blood

April Anniversaries & Birthdays
Join us in wishing them a wonderful day and many more!

4  ~ Mel and DeeDee Israel
10 ~ Len and Cheryl Rubin
11 ~ Judy and Irwin Pensack
13 ~ Dean and Linda Snider
21 ~ Paul and Better Mayer
24 ~ Steve and Patty Greenfield
25 ~ Neil Groberg and Ellen Wolfson
28 ~ Ken Edwards and Elizabeth Kuhn

  2~ Sophie Dauerman, David Gladstone, Jane Grayson, Sarah Weiss
  3~ Emily Duff
  4~ David Collins, Skye Lockwood
5~ Karen Cote, Howard Druckerman, Ella Eisenberg, Evelyn Lorentz
 6~ Merrill Epstein, Ginny Greenblott, Emma Marden
7~ Gene Sklar
8 ~ Jen Marx, Betty Mayer
9 ~ Julie Bayer, Taylor Chatoff, Colin Rehkugler
10 ~ Michael Orlansky, Yana Kalinin, Courtney Wright
11 ~  Robin Goodwin, James Valastro
12 ~ Judy Pensack, Otis Fenderson
13 ~ Patty Levi, Ophelia Levin
16 ~ Richard Melnick, Steven Schreer, Zev Werts
17 ~ Willialm Rider
18 ~ Reid Kamhi, Deborah Leopold, Andrew Orringer, Evan Stein
19 ~ Nancy Rondeau
20 ~Dianna Israel
21 ~ Ann Mindell
23~ Felix Weissberger
24 ~ Judy Auderieth, Jeffrey Benay, Jay Pasackow
25 ~ Dana Rachlin
26 ~ Deb Laskarzewski, Amy Loiter
27 ~ Ben Eisenberg, Hallie Grossman
29 ~ Myrna Fried, Mark Levine, RIchard Mark0
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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.