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The Star
February 2021 • Volume 43, Number 7
Contents
DonaEon Acknowledgements..................7-9
How to Reach Us .........................................4
People of Chelm Want to Know, Answers ...5
People of Chelm Want to Know, QuesEons 4
President’s Message ............................3, 5, 6
Schedule of Services ...................................3
Scholar in Residence Weekend Flyer ..........2
Calendar ..............................................10, 11
Congrega(on Beth Elohim Michael Rothbaum, Rabbi
133 Prospect Street Sarra Spierer, Cantor
Acton, MA 01720 Beth R. Goldstein, RJE, Director of EducaEon
Susan C. Perry, Director, Early Learning Center
Lewis Mintz, Rabbi Emeritus
Congregation Beth Elohim THE STAR February 2021
CBE Adult Education Presents
Scholar in Residence Weekend
with Ruth W. Messinger
February 12-14, 2021
Potential & Peril: Attempting to Live a Life of Jewish Values
Friday, February 12
Shabbat service at 6:15 pm
followed by: "How Did I Get to This
Judaism, and What it’s Like to Live It:” How
Ruth Messinger Found the Jewish Roots of
Fighting City Hall — in conversation with
Rabbi Mike Rothbaum
Ruth W. Messinger works as a social
Saturday, February 13 10:30 am justice consultant in the Jewish
community in New York, engaged with
Study with Ruth Messinger
issues of race/racism, voting rights,
Parashat Mishpatim — Lessons on Life immigration and the environment, and
from Shmattes and Donkeys teaches civic engagement and
organizing. From 1998 to 2016 she was
the CEO of American Jewish World
Service (AJWS), an international
Sunday, February 14 10:15 am human rights and development
organization which she continues to
Guest Speaker: Ruth Messinger serve as its Global Ambassador.
What Does It Mean to Live With Social Previously, she had a twenty-year
career in public service in New York
Justice in Your Life? Rewards and City. She is married to an educator and
Challenges has three children, eight grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
Visit the CBE website for more detail.
www.bethelohim.org/scholar-2021
The event is free, but donations aregratefully accepted. For more information please contact
adulted@bethelohim.org. Congregation Beth Elohim 133 Prospect Street, Acton
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Schedule of Services
Monday, February 1 4:00 PM Mincha Service
February 2, 3, 4 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Friday, February 5 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat Service
Friday, February 5 6:00 PM Candle Lighting
Friday, February 5 6:15 PM Music and Movement Shabbat Service
Saturday, February 6 9:30 AM Shabbat Service—Sophia Marder Bat Mitzvah
February 9, 10, 11 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Friday, February 12 6:15 PM Shabbat Power Hour Service—
Scholar-in-Residence Ruth Messinger
Saturday, February 13 9:30 AM Shacharit Service
Saturday, February 13 10:30 AM Torah Study with Scholar-in-Residence Ruth Messinger
Sunday, February 14 9:30 AM Shacharit Service
February 16, 17, 18 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Friday, February 19 6:15 PM Tefillah b'Ivrit Shabbat Service
Saturday, February 20 9:30 AM Shacharit Service
Saturday, February 20 10:30 AM Torah Study
February 23, 24, 25 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Thursday, February 25 5:15 PM Tot Purim
Thursday, February 25 6:15 PM Purim Service and Community Megillah Reading
Friday, February 26 7:30 PM Reform-Style Shabbat Service
Saturday, February 27 9:30 AM Shacharit Service
Saturday, February 27 10:30 AM Torah Study
President’s Message dreaming again about getting together in the building.
As I mentioned in my January comments, it is still too
David Leers premature to make any prediction about when we
president@bethelohim.org may have in person meetings again. Synagogue
On cold snowy days in the middle of winter, like today, leadership and the Covid-19 Task Force continues to
I try to think happy thoughts to get me through the monitor the situation. I still think that by the end of
day. Truthfully, they come a little less easy these days, Q1 we will be able to provide more specific
but luckily there are still plenty of good things information with respect to our re-opening plan.
happening in our community. I am also excited to share that we have successfully
Did you know, it is fewer than fifty days until spring applied for, and received, a (forgivable) loan under the
starts? second wave of the Paycheck Protection Program.
With this loan there is no doubt that we will make it
Also, there are at least a few very special people with
successfully through the pandemic.
birthdays in February, one of them is my better half,
Amy, who turns 39. Guess who the other one may be? Talking about excitement and making it through the
pandemic, I am so proud to announce that we reached
As you might imagine, I participate in a few CBE
our High Holiday Appeal goal to raise $100,000. The
related meetings throughout the week and receive
participation rate was 65%, while short of the 100%
some emails as well. More and more I hear from
goal, it is well above the usual 20%. This is truly
fellow congregants that they have received the
awesome and from the bottom of my heart I want to
vaccine. This is truly great news, first and foremost for
thank all who donated; Emil Ray for his tremendous
the folks receiving the vaccine. But of course also
efforts organizing the fifteen-week campaign; and
because it means we may be (slowly) getting to the
end of this nightmare. Maybe soon we can start (conEnued on page 5)
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Reviving the column devoted to like we are witnessing history. Recent examples
questions about Jewish history called include the Capitol Insurgency on January 6 and
Presidential Inauguration two weeks later. In the first
The People of Chelm Want to Know…
list below are the generally accepted dates of several
This column was revived just over a year ago in The
key dates in Jewish history. Can you associate each of
Star after a decade of dormancy. Each month there
these dates with a key event in the formation of
are now two fairly difficult questions, and you should
Judaism listed in the second list?
be congratulated for trying to wrestle with them. If
As many of know, years in Jewish history are
you do not know an answer, you will find it on the
typically expressed with the designation BCE “Before
next page. Please share your new knowledge with
Common Era” or CE “Common Era” after the year.
your neighbors, fellow congregants, and especially
BCE is equivalent to the more familiar BC (“Before
the people of Chelm. In Jewish folklore, the people of
Christ”), and CE is equivalent to AD (“Anno Domini”
Chelm were famed for coming up with bizarre and
in Latin meaning Year of the Lord). Thus, the year we
usually incorrect answers to even the simplest
are now in can be expressed as 2021 AD or 2021 CE.
questions.
Dates:
1. Last month’s Martin Luther King Day tribute was
1. 920 BCE
an inspiring event, with over 300 virtual (Zoom)
2. 722 BCE
attendees. We heard from many wonderful local
3. 586 BCE
people involved in the pursuit of racial and social
4. 430 BCE
justice. This event is an occasion also to honor a truly
5. 70 CE
remarkable man, who spoke so eloquently for justice
6. 200 CE
and offered a vision of a better day to come. It is no
wonder his words have found such wide acceptance Events:
in Judaism, including passages in many Passover A. Codification of the Mishnah (the Oral Law)
haggadot. Dr. King is indeed a modern day prophet, B. The destruction of the First Temple by the
in the great tradition of Amos and Isaiah. And he also Babylonians
spoke and worked actively for economic justice and it C. The building of the First Temple at Jerusalem in
was in this cause that he lost his life, at the hands of Solomon’s reign
sniper in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Do D. The origin of the practice of public Torah reading
you know why he was in Memphis at that time? In a by Ezra
very direct way, it involved the City of Memphis. E. The dispersal of the northern kingdom of Israel by
2. History, like contemporary life, is really a flow and the Assyrians
not a collection of events fixed at one particular time F. The destruction of the Second Temple by the
or another. But on some special occasions, we do feel Romans
How to Reach Us
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President’s Message (con(nued) The membership committee, which continues to meet
every member who generously offered their thoughts on a regular basis to think about inreach and
in the beautiful videos. outreach: Randi Taylor; Sue Abrams; Rochelle Rubin;
and Elise Jacobson.
Even though the building is closed, there is still so
much going on at CBE, so many volunteers working Waky for the weekly ‘Torah Study with Waky.’
their heart out to bring exciting programming to you.
Elaine Braun-Keller and the Minyanaires for the daily
At the risk of forgetting someone, let me recognize the
Mincha services.
many volunteers who have been busy in the past
month, in no particular order. Gary and Judy Budiansky for continuing to support
our Shulcloud and email infrastructure.
My colleagues on the Board of Directors, thank you for
all you do. The Constitution and Bylaws Restatement Committee:
Alison Maker; Alan Weiss; Sue Abrams; Arye Hess;
The phenomenal editor of The Star, Bob Becker,
Linda Minkoff; Brian Hess; Rachel Gwaltney; and
supported by his wife, Kathie.
Barbara Green Whitbeck.
Rick Green, the phenomenal editor of the weekly (and
The Governance Amud: George Morton; Les Kramer;
sometimes even more frequent) Star-Lite.
Alan Weiss; Maureen Parker; Laura Kelmar; and Chuck
Sarah Coletti and Sal Lopes for organizing a powerful Pollak.
MLK celebration. More than 300 Zoom screens, a CBE
Judy Kramer and the wonderful Choir. Even though I
record.
am writing this one day before the annual Shabbat
The Sisterhood and Brotherhood under the leadership Shirah, I think I can state without much risk that it
of, respectively, Lauren Pollak and Andrew Gruskay. once again was an awesome performance.
Thank you for all the support provided by you and
Adult Education, under the leadership of Matt
your teams.
Liebman and Leslie Sternberg, preparing for what will
Sarah Coletti and the Na’aseh team, working hard
every day to help make this world a better place. (conEnued on the next page)
Answers for the people of Chelm said that he “had been to the mountaintop. ” He had
and any other curious souls. seen the promised land and knew that people who
1. In the great tradition of the prophets, Dr. Martin followed will get there. We can all help realize that
Luther King had a way of engaging in the everyday dream.
battles while at the same time connecting people’s 2. Real history is indeed complex, fluid, and
efforts to much larger, universal moral themes. Dr. interwoven, but there are signposts that often help
King was in Memphis that April of 1968 to lead a define a particular era. We will see if the election of
march in support of the striking the sanitation 2020 is one of the for American history. For Jewish
workers of the City of Memphis. Over 1,300 history, the six key milestones given in the question
garbagemen walked off their jobs in support of better can be arranged chronologically as follows:
working conditions and union recognition. They were
paid abysmal wages, suffered intolerable working 1. C. The building of the First Temple at Jerusalem in
Solomon’s reign, about 920 BCE
conditions, had no benefits of any kind, and could be
fired for any injury incurred on the job. King’s goals 2. E. The dispersal of the northern kingdom of Israel
included not just racial justice but economic justice. by the Assyrians, 722 BCE
The sanitation workers included many black 3. B. The destruction of the First Temple by the
Americans as well as many other ethnic backgrounds. Babylonians, 586 BCE
All were poor. The strike assumed national
4. D. The origin of the practice of public Torah
significance, galvanizing support on both sides. A few reading by Ezra, about 430 BCE
weeks after Dr. King’s death, the city did grant union
recognition, and this led to further gains for public 5. F. The destruction of the Second Temple by the
workers all over the South and in other parts of our Romans, 70CE
country. In his last major speech given the night 6. A. The codification of the Mishnah (the Oral Law),
before his death, Dr. King recalled Moses when he about 200 CE
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President’s Message (con(nued) Valade, Matt Liebman, and Dan Klein. Also here I am
in two weeks surely be another fantastic Scholar-in- pretty confident to predict it was an awesome evening.
Residence Weekend, featuring Ruth Messinger.
And last but not least, I want to thank our clergy,
The COVID-19 task force of Elaine Braun-Keller, Jaymi professional staff and teachers for their continued
Formaggio, Les Kramer, George Morton, Neal hard work and dedication with a special shout out to
Silverman, David Naparstek, and Bob Ferrara. Lori Lafayette for covering all the administrative tasks
The “web support team” of Maida Fund, Lauren ‘dumped’ on her in December.
Solomon, and Gary Budiansky for supporting all the And, everyone I forgot. In all seriousness, if I forgot
events going on. you, please do let me know and I will make it right. I
Barbara Frank Michaelsen and her kitchen crew (Sara apologize in advance for the inevitable.
Levine, Ann Budner, Marcy & Hannah Hoban and Amy This was just what happened in January, amazing. I
Leers) for preparing 40+ dinners for MLK day. hope that your takeaway is that a lot of work is being
Chips Naparstek for making sure that all checks get undertaken to further strengthen CBE and continue to
deposited and credited to the correct accounts. provide the programming you desire. And if you feel
left out, please let me know and we can get you
Barbara Frank (the other one) for all the awesome involved as well!
work to organize Comedy Night featuring Joel
Chasnoff. I also want to thank the fantastic support B’shalom. ✡
team of Emil Ray, Linda Minkoff, Tom Wachtell, Ellen
Megillah Esther at the Israel Museum
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Dona(ons
The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends,
and the larger community for donations recently received…
Adult Educa(on Fund Amy Naparstek Israel Scholarship Fund
Stephen & Diane Richter "in honor of Waky for the Bill & Marcia Harris in memory of Amy Sara
Wednesday Torah Study sessions and all she does Naparstek and her grandfather, Ben Harris
for the Congregation, and Sal Lopes for all he
Doris & Freddy Goldstein in loving memory of
does for the Brotherhood and the Congregation"
Amy on the occasion of her yahrzeit
Robert & Deena Ferrara
Bruce Sabot in honor of Arielle Faith Sabot's
Alex Young Social Ac(on Fund graduation from New York University in 2020
Barbara Green & Chris Whitbeck Chesed Fund
Emily & Michael Blumberg in honor of Marcy and Chips & David Naparstek in memory of Carolee
Don Hoban and George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton
Eileen & Benjamin Myers General Fund
Peter & Heidi Lovitz Esther Bachrach in memory of David Bachrach
Melissa & David Morse Eileen & Benjamin Myers "Thank you to Andrew
and Sue Gruskay for delivering a Hanukkah
Cantoral Fund
goodie bag"
Susan & Rodney Hass
Ronda Kenger in honor of the yahrzeit of her
Choir Fund father, Jerome Saks
Lauren Solomon in honor of Judy Kramer and Sandra Roschelle & Peter Darlow in memory of
Cindi Silverman for keeping us singing in 2020 Sandy's parents, Miriam and Irving Roschelle
Shelley & Daniel Klein in memory of Judy Bob & Kathie Becker in memory of Carolee and
Kramer's sister, Iris Gross George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton Adams
Chips & David Naparstek in memory of Judy Bob & Kathie Becker in memory of Judy Kramer's
Kramer's sister, Iris Gross sister, Iris Gross
Robert & Deena Ferrara in memory of Iris Gross, Victoria Costello
Judy Kramer's beloved sister
High Holiday Appeal
Michelle & Chris Siegert in memory of Iris Gross,
Leslie Sternberg
sister of Judy Kramer
Bruce Sabot in Honor Of My children Aaron and
Michelle & Chris Siegert "in memory of Carolee
Arielle Sabot
and George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton. May his
memory be for a blessing." Alex Lessin
Susan & Rodney Hass Hineni Capital Campaign
Ellen & Mark Koretz in memory of Iris Gross, Judy Leora Zimmer
Kramer's sister
Rabbi's Discre(onary Fund
Martha Shane in memory of Stratton, George and
Shelley & Daniel Klein in memory of Carolee and
Carolee Shaffer’s beloved grandson
George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton
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Dona(ons
The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends,
and the larger community for donations recently received…
Na'aseh Social Jus(ce Fund Carol Barron
Gail, Dick & Stephanie Palm in honor of Sarah David Martin
Coletti, with congratulations on her conversion to
Nancy Brown
Judaism
Phyllis Myung
Daniel & Shelley Klein in memory of Art Shane
Younger by the Year
Martha Shane in memory of Art Shane
Evelyn Bennett
Mar(n Luther KIng, Jr. Tribute
Susan Abrams Leslie & Andrew Knight
Richard Burrows Beth Hellerbach-Rozek & Leon Rozek
Cynthia Soule Sarra Spierer & Elan Riesman
Margaret K Saphier Bridget Chamberas
Edward A Bayne Cynthia Soule
Ellen Valade Jacqueline Gottesman
Dana Snyder-Grant Peter Light
Carolyn Platt Sandra Roschelle & Peter Darlow
Christine Brown Christine Vanasse
Matthew Liebman & Amy Michelson Debra McLean
Carole Marcacci Elaine Dors
Julia Day Lauren & George Morton
Leslie Fisher Melissa Dempsey
Margaret K Saphier David & Karen Jarsky
Tom & Marlene Wachtell David Brusie
Bob Van Meter Mary Donald
Roland Gibson Benjamin Wolfson
Margaret Liversidge Cynthia Heiland
Ellen Valade David Gerratt
Hannah Bloch East Side Goods
Jo-Anne & Barry Nyer Eleanor Terry
Janet K Adachi Gary & Judy Budiansky
Miriam Lezak Joan Fischer
Anne Dranka Marilyn Peterson
Becca Ford
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Dona(ons
The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends,
and the larger community for donations recently received…
Mar(n Luther KIng, Jr. Tribute (Con(nued) Karen & Michael Brandstein
Alec Lewis Michael McKendry
Andrew Stimac Randi & Roger Taylor
Anne Anderson Richard Gentilman
Beverley Bryant Robin Orford
David Pavlik Ruth Richards
Jane Murphey Adrienne B Nicosia
Kathleen Luce Cavalcade Collectibles
Kathleen Watt Coleen Phillimore
Melissa C Buono Darien Smith
Nancy Boucher Elizabeth Norton
Wendy Holt Griet Dehandschutter
Amy Osenar Judith Aronstein
Daniel & Shelley Klein Kera Matthews
Jeanine Wood Marion Scott
Deborah Werneburg Priscilla Bolte
Margaret S Tucker Richard & Shelley Green
Nidhi Kapoor Russell Hart
Abigail Reip Sandra Gieseke
Charles & Lauren Pollak Stephen Lewin-Berlin
Frances Nolde Susan & Stuart Wachter
Frances Osman Tami Gouveia
Helen Young Won Mee
Hubert Fortmiller William Froberg
Jo Candee Cundy
Yiddish & Contemporary Israeli Music
WERS, 88.9 FM, broadcasts Chagigah,
Sunday mornings 8:00–11:00.
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February 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
18 Shevat 1 19 Shevat 2 20 Shevat 3 21 Shevat 4 22 Shevat 5 23 Shevat 6 24 Shevat
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Religious School 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—4:43 Yitro
9:30-11:30 AM Family Education: Aleph Service Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 18-20)
Class 7:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 7:30 PM Ritual 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat 9:30 AM Shabbat Service
Congregation Beth Elohim
Brotherhood Board Religious School Religious School Committee Meeting Service —Sophia Marder Bat
Meeting 7:00 PM Adult 6:15 PM Music and Mitzvah
Education Movement Shabbat
Committee Meeting Service
7:00 PM Na'aseh
Committee Meeting
7 25 Shevat 8 26 Shevat 9 27 Shevat 10 28 Shevat 11 29 Shevat 12 30 Shevat 13 1 Adar
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Religious School 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—4:52 Mishpatim
9:30-11:30 AM Family Education: Bet Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 21-24)
Class 4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 6:15 PM Shabbat Power 9:30 AM Shacharit
10:00 AM CBE Board Meeting Religious School Religious School Hour Service—Scholar- Service
in-Residence: Ruth 10:30 AM Torah Study
Messinger with Scholar-in-Residence
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Ruth Messinger
7:30-9:30 PM Sisterhood-
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Galentine's Day Wine
Night
14 2 Adar 15 3 Adar 16 4 Adar 17 5 Adar 18 6 Adar 19 7 Adar 20 8 Adar
9:30 AM Shacharit Service 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—5:01 Terumah
10:15-11:30 AM Brotherhood Breakfast Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 25-27:19)
with Scholar-in-Residence Ruth 7:00-9:00 PM 6:15 PM Tefillah b'Ivrit 9:30 AM Shacharit
Messinger Sisterhood Virtual Shabbat Service Service
Mahjong 10:30 AM Torah Study
21 9 Adar 22 10 Adar 23 11 Adar 24 12 Adar 25 13 Adar 26 14 Adar 27 15 Adar
4:00-6:00 PM Adult Education: Bible & 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—5:10 Tetzavveh
Bourbon Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 5:15 PM Tot Purim 7:30 PM Reform-Style 9:30 AM Shacharit
Religious School Religious School 6:15 PM Purim Shabbat Service Service
Service and 10:30 AM Torah Study
Community Megillah 7:00-8:00 PM Purim
The congregation calendar is also online at http://www.bethelohim.org/calendar
Reading Shpiel
28 16 Adar 17 Adar 18 Adar 19 Adar 20 Adar 21 Adar 22 Adar
10:00 AM Purim Shpiel 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—5:22 Ki Tissa
Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 30:11-34)
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 6:15 PM Ruach Shabbat 9:30 AM Shacharit
Religious School Religious School Service Service
10:30 AM Torah Study
February 2021Congregation Beth Elohim
March 2021
February 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
16 Adar 1 17 Adar 2 18 Adar 3 19 Adar 4 20 Adar 5 21 Adar 6 22 Adar
10:00 AM Purim Shpiel 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—5:22 Ki Tissa
Service Service Service EDT (Exodus 30:11-34)
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 6:15 PM Ruach Shabbat 9:30 AM Shacharit
Religious School Religious School Service Service
10:30 AM Torah Study
7 23 Adar 8 24 Adar 9 25 Adar 10 26 Adar 11 27 Adar 12 28 Adar 13 29 Adar
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Religious School 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—5:31 Vayakhei/Pekudei
10:00-11:30 AM B'nai Mitzvah Class Service Service Service EDT (Exodus
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 7:30 PM Shabbat Service 35-38:20/38:21-40)
Religious School Religious School 9:30 AM Shacharit
Service
10:30 AM Torah Study
4:15 PM Bet Havdallah
Service
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14 1 Nissan 15 2 Nissan 16 3 Nissan 17 4 Nissan 18 5 Nissan 19 6 Nissan 20 7 Nissan
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Religious School 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—6:39 Vayikra
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Service Service Service EST (Leviticus 1-5)
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 7:30 PM Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Shabbat Service
Religious School Religious School —Sarah Jacobson Bat
Mitzvah
7:00 PM Sisterhood &
Brotherhood Event
21 8 Nissan 22 9 Nissan 23 10 Nissan 24 11 Nissan 25 12 Nissan 26 13 Nissan 27 14 Nissan
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Religious School 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—6:47 Tzav
Service Service Service EST (Leviticus 6-8)
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 6:15 PM Shabbat Power Candle Lighting Time—7:48
Religious School Religious School Hour Service EST
9:30 AM Shacharit
Service
10:30 AM Torah Study
The congregation calendar is also online at http://www.bethelohim.org/calendar
28 15 Nissan 29 16 Nissan 30 17 Nissan 31 18 Nissan 19 Nissan 20 Nissan 21 Nissan
4:00 PM Mincha 4:00 PM Mincha Candle Lighting Time—6:56
Service Service EST
4:00-5:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM
Religious School Religious School
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