Candle lighting: Friday, October 23 • 5:51 PM
Shabbat ends: Saturday, October 24 • 6:49 PM |
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A JOURNEY THROUGH THE TORAH |
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This Week’s Parashah Lech-Lecha |
לֶךְ־לְךָ |
Genesis 12:1–17:27 / Saturday, October 24
FROM DR. ELY LEVINE
God chooses Abram to begin a new kind of community by promising him many offspring, a land to call their own, and blessing. But throughout this portion, there is more challenge than success on these fronts. Abram is forced to move around by famine, fights wars that threaten his family, and keeps some of his neighbors at arm’s length. What does it mean to hold out hope while all the evidence is pointing in the other direction?
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FROM RABBI SHAWN
A question for your Shabbat table
When facing situations that require solutions, when do we leave it to others to solve (passivity), and when do we decide to take action ourselves (agency)?
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Friday, October 23| 5:51 PM | Candle Lighting Welcome Shabbat at home. | | 6:00 PM | Evening Service Dogole Chapel • In person & online |
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Saturday, October 24Join us for Kiddush at noon in the Fishman-Tobin Auditorium. |
| 9:30 AM | Morning Service Dogole Chapel • In person & online | | 10:30 AM | Spirit Shabbat Berkowitz Family Auditorium  Join Cantor Herman and guest musicians for a shorter, musical Shabbat service with instruments, joyful singing, and creative moments in a warm community setting. | | 12:00 PM | Kiddush Fishman-Tobin Auditorium | | 1:00 PM | Interactive Torah Study Bailis Room & Zoom Meeting ID: 409 394 9318
Password: 5787 | | 4:45 PM | Talmud Study with Rabbi Charlestein Rudofker Library | | 5:45 PM | Minha / Ma’ariv / Havdalah Dogole Chapel • In person & online | | 6:00 PM | Seudah Shlishit Bailis Room | | 6:49 PM | Shabbat Ends Havdalah time |
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Service Links
Join services and daily minyan using the Zoom link below. Interactive Torah Study has its own Zoom link in the Saturday schedule.
Service Zoom details
Meeting ID: 559 871 8497 • Password: 18
Dial in: 1-929-205-6099
YouTube streaming is available for Shabbat and Yom Tov only.
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Plan Your Week: October 25–30
| 9:00 AM |
Sunday Morning Minyan
Sunday • Dogole Chapel & online
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| 7:15 AM |
Weekday Morning Minyan
Monday–Friday • Dogole Chapel & online
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| 6:00 PM |
Evening Minyan
Sunday • Zoom only
Monday–Friday • Dogole Chapel & online
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See What Else Is Happening This Week
Explore this week’s classes, programs, and events at Har Zion.
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More from Har Zion
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Mazal Tov to Our Bat Mitzvah | |
Emma Stern
Mazal tov to Emma Stern, daughter of Laura & David Stern, who recently celebrated becoming Bat Mitzvah.
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Good Stuff |
Mazal Tov and Welcome to
Emma Parker Fuerst, daughter of Haley & Jake Fuerst, granddaughter of Nancy & Stuart Selarnick and Margie Siegel and Jeff Fuerst, great granddaughter of Esther Gilman & John L. Selarnick (z”l) and Anita H. Matusow (z”l) and Donald & Janine Hoffman (z”l), and Joe & Julia Siegel and Joel & Peppy Fuerst, niece of John & Paige Selarnick, Alex & Dana Selarnick, Michael & Sydney Selarnick and Sam Selarnick & Alison Amar, and Alexa Fuerst, cousin to Mason, Blake, Cole, Wes, Olivia, Elle, Jackson, Brooks and Max, and great niece of Meredith & Jonathan Hoffman.
Emma arrived September 16, 2026.
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Celebrating Community Service
Alan Seeherman recently spoke at the Lower Main Line Rotary Club meeting about his work with the American Cancer Society, focusing on Hope Lodge and its support for people facing cancer.
Congratulations to Florence Lovitz on becoming president-elect of Lower Main Line Rotary Club! We’re proud to celebrate her leadership and grateful to Alan for sharing this important work with the community.
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Fall Festivities in Early Childhood
Prachim and Shorashim have been getting into the fall festivities!
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Har Zion Connections, Community-Wide Impact
Har Zion’s tradition of service extends well beyond our walls. On October 20, congregants gathered at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Main Event, featuring Debra Messing in conversation with journalist Jonah Kaplan. Rabbi Haaz took part in the memorial service preceding the evening’s program. With fellow Har Zion members Mark Fishman and Michele S. Levin serving as Federation’s board co-chairs, we’re proud to see our congregation’s longstanding commitment to Jewish communal leadership continue.
Photos courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
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Tekiah Campaign Update |
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Thanksgiving Outreach: Volunteers Needed
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Help cook meals, make casseroles and soup, and prepare snack bags for Caring for Friends and St. John’s Hospice. |
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Tuesday, November 10
Har Zion Kitchen
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| 6–9 PM |
Thursday, November 12
Har Zion Kitchen
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| 9 AM–12 PM |
Sunday, November 15
Snack bag assembly
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| 6–9 PM |
Tuesday, November 17
Har Zion Kitchen
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Contact Jeff Handen to sign up or ask questions.
HIAS PA Coat Drive
This Wednesday, Judy Solomon and Andy Coren purchased 17 winter coats for HIAS PA. These coats were paid for by YOU—our generous congregants! THANK YOU! We now have nearly 35 warm, beautiful new coats to donate to HIAS PA.
Bring new adult men’s and women’s winter coats, in any size, with tags attached to the coat rack in the Kramer Lobby by Thursday, November 5, 2026. Monetary donations of any amount may be brought to Dawn in the main office. Make checks payable to Har Zion Temple with “HIAS PA” in the memo. For coat suggestions, contact Andy Coren.
A Small Item, a Meaningful Mitzvah
A message from the Tikkun Olam Committee: Please bring a nonperishable food item to support the Mitzvah Food Pantry. Put it in the box outside the gift shop. Thank you!
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