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A Reform Jewish Congregation
500 Swift Street | South Burlington, VT 05403
For my house shall be called
a
house of prayer
for all people.
~ Isaiah 56:7
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2-3 Shevat 5779
January 8, 2018
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This Friday
Please join us for the first of our Community Shabbat Dinners & Youth Led Services for 2019. From January through May, one Friday evening service per month will will be co-lead by different classes from our Religious School. This first of the five services will be co-lead by our 6th & 7th grade class.
 Before each service at 5:30pm, there will be a Congregational Dinner hosted by the parents of the students and different Committees within Temple Sinai.
Please plan to join us in this time of socializing and worship on Shabbat.
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FRIDAY
YOUTH LED KABBALAT SHABBAT
~ 6:30pm
Join us for the start to Shabbat followed by kiddush and an Oneg in the Social Hall.
SATURDAY
~ 9:30am
Join us for our Shabbat morning services every week from 9:30am-10:30am. Our one-hour service is rooted in the traditional chanting of prayers, but includes English readings and song as well so that all can be included. (This service does not include a Torah service.) The service is a lovely, meditative, and peaceful way to start the day. Whether we have five or fifty, we'll be mixing traditional chanting with songs both old and new tunes to create a prayerful space for connection.
TORAH STUDY
~ 10:30am
Torah study with bagels/donuts and coffee will begin at 10:30am and go until Noonish. We'll look at both modern scholarship, traditional commentary, and considering how these ancient texts can help us explore our own spiritual lives, our values, and what it means to be human.
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ACTION REQUIRED--2019 DUES COMMITTMENT
All members should have receive an email from the Temple Administrator concerning your 2019 Dues Commitment. This email provided you with information regarding your Dues Category and amount for the 2019 calendar year and to request that every member household submit the newly created Dues Commitment Form.
The Dues Commitment Form will provide us with essential information so that we may process your dues commitment and payments more efficiently. This form also incorporates the Dues Abatement/Reduction request for households who need assistance. This entire form is simple and will only take 5-10 minutes to complete and submit.
Please click the link below to complete the Dues Commitment Form. If you have any questions during the completion of this form, please contact the Temple Administrator.
We ask that all households submit a form regardless of your current situation (prepaid already, autopay in the past, etc.).
We respectfully request that EVERY HOUSEHOLD complete and submit this Dues Commitment Form NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 2019.
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Tu B'Shevat Seder & Service
Friday, January 18 | 5:30pm
SAVE-THE-DATE
Join us for the
Temple Sinai Tu B'Shevat Seder & Service
on Friday, January 18, beginning at 5:30pm
In Vermont, it is the depth of winter, but in Israel, the almond trees will soon have tiny buds as the land looks toward the beginning of spring. In Jewish tradition, Tu B'Shevat is the special new years for trees. Originally, this had to do with the ancient tax year, since trees were one of the ways a person's wealth was counted, but in the middle ages, mystical Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition transformed Tu B'Shevat into a celebration of God's gift of nature, and the divine flow of energy in nature and in us. We will have a very special Friday night service, that combines some of our normal prayers with a Tu B'Shevat Seder, a meal where wine, fruits and nuts native to Israel are eaten ceremonially, and with readings that celebrate nature and the power of trees. Please join us!
WHAT TO BRING: Please, bring red wine and white wine, and a dish for the pot luck meal
TIME: Jan 18, 5:30. (Note:
we are starting early because it is a meal/Seder/service)
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A Special Martin Luther King Shabbat Service w/ Song of the Sea Torah Reading
Saturday Morning, January 19 at 9:30am,
please come and help us celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on a very auspicious Shabbat when we read the Song of the Sea, the song of celebration at freedom led by the Miriam and the Israelite women once they were safely out of Egypt. Instead of our usual Torah Study, we will have a Torah reading, (so please come and help make sure we have a minyan!) If you have favorite short readings from Dr. King, please email
Rabbi
so he can include them.
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Apres-ski Torah Study
& Havdalah
On Saturday Afternoon, January 19 at 4:00pm, w
e will have our usual engaging and participatory Torah Study, followed by a short Havdalah service. Everyone is welcome. We will be considering the Torah portion, BaShalach, in light of modern notions about freedom and liberation, particularly those of Dr. King and the Women's Movement.
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Informational Meeting
Sunday, January 20 | 11:00am
Many of you have been in touch about an adult bar or bat mitzvah. We are (at last) having our informational/organizational meeting on
Sunday, January 20, at 11:00am at Temple
. We will talk about what the program will be, and figure the levels, etc., that are needed. If you are interested but can't come, please let the
Rabbi know. Otherwise, we will see you there. (If you are interested in pursuing a bar or bat mitzvah, and you already have basic Hebrew skills, please strongly consider singing up for Judy's Hebrew II class starting January 17, see below for more info about the class.)
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Social Action Commitee Meeting
We will be having an organizing meeting
of the Social Action Committee on
January 22 | 6:30pm
If you are interested in attending, please contact the Committee Chair, David Shiman
via
email
or at
802-881-4583
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OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC IN MARCH
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Click Photo to Read Interview |
Susan Leff
In an effort to get to know each other better, this page on our website was started a few years ago. Members are interviewed and share stories and events in their lives. This month, we meet our newly elected 1st Vice President, Susan Leff. Click her photo to read about her.
If you are interested in being interviewed for this page, please contact
Jan Orlansky.
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Oneg Coordinator Needed
Do you enjoy getting to know your fellow community members? Do you like organizing food for events? Then we have a place for you as our Oneg Coordinator.
If you are interested,
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Level II Hebrew Reading
Crash Course
This follow-up course enables participants to strengthen their Hebrew reading skills for increased fluency. Participants read (and even sing) passages in the text and develop their reading comprehension by learning to identify prefixes, suffixes and root words. Participants will also learn approximately 100 new vocabulary words. Each participant will receive a Level II student text.
You do need to have taken Crash Course I, you just need to know how to read basic Hebrew.
DATES
Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, & 21
TIME
4:15pm ~ 6:15pm
This course is free and open to anyone with a desire to improve their prayer reading skills.
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Jewish History Study Group
Wednesdays | 11:00am
Our Jewish History Study Group has started a new book,
The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire
(The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History) - Adam D. Mendelsohn.
Click the image to read
more about the book
Please join us on Wednesday as we read and discuss this work. All are welcome!
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Birth Announcement
Theodore Karsif Chalmer
January 6 | Rosh Chodesh Shevat
Theodore was born to Jessie Karsif & Eli Chalmer,
and is the grandchild of Temple Members
Bruce Chalmer and Judy Alexander
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Anniversaries & Birthdays
Join us in wishing them a wonderful day and many more!
~ None this Week
January 8 ~ Glenn Harple
January 14 ~ Joshua Kalfus
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Birthdays Celebration
Oneg
Friday, January 18
CALLING ALL
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS!
Mark your calendars, and join us
Friday,
January 18, after the 6:30pm worship
for a special Oneg
in honor of your birthday.
No need to RSVP,
just come for some cake
and to CELEBRATE!
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Women Preventing
Gun-Related Domestic Violence
We are in the process of setting up a meeting of those who expressed interest in helping shape Temple Sinai's work in the larger community by being on the Social Action Committee. If you are interested, please email
David Shiman. Meanwhile, we wanted to share this upcoming event that was shared with us by a new resident of the area who is Jewish and has been deeply involved in the fight against gun violence.
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Ohavi Zedek Event
Saturday, January 19 | 6:30pm
OZ members Kathryn and Josh Kernoff used to run a trivia night company, and they are generously offering up a free fun night of questions + games for us all.
Saturday, January 19th at 6:30 pm in the OZ Social Hall, bring your friends (or make new ones), and join us for free pizza + drinks. We're asking folks to BYOB-- maybe you're into local cider or beer? Some tasty wine? Bring some + share for a fun night.
Feel free to bring your kids and let them romp, or to leave them at home with a babysitter and enjoy a date night out with friends. Please spread the word to your community-- this is open to all! No need to be an OZ member.
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Throughout Vermont
Click the logo to view upcoming Jewish events sponsored by Jewish groups and houses of worship in VT.
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Click the image for a calendar
of upcoming events.
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UVM
Miller
Center for
Holocaust Studies
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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.
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