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March 2018 • Adar-Nissan 5778 Including Pesach Guide Volume 50, Issue 7

Ruach Congregation Beth Shalom

Celebrating our 50th Anniversary!

6800 35th Ave NE

Seattle, WA 98115

206.524.0075

Message from Rabbi Borodin

Join us with the 50 day Religious Practice Challenge – Building Mitzvah Muscles

The number 50 appears in several significant Jewish roles. At Rosh Hashanah, I talked about the number 50 in relationship to the Jubilee year. One of the other significant places we have the number 50 is the 50 days from Pesach to Shavuot, from redemption to revelation, called the omer. The omer period is 49 days with the 50th day being Shavuot. As a way to journey spiritually over these 50 days, and prepare ourselves for Sinai and in celebration of our 50th Anniversary, we hope that many of you will join us in a 50 day religious practice challenge. There are a number of different scientific studies that examine how many days it takes to create a new habit, and many of the findings are that it takes around 50 days, give or take, with variation by individual. It is with this idea in mind that members of the Religious Practices Committee (RPC) are hoping to encour-age many members of the CBS community to try a religious practice challenge and are curious to see how we grow indi-vidually and communally as part of this process and how it helps prepare us for Shavuot.

Realizing that our community is both very diverse in its Jewish practice and what resonates with our different members, our goal is not to have everyone try to same religious practice but to have a small menu of options for people to choose from and to create support and learning mechanisms to make this happen.

We have come up with the following list of suggested acts of daily Jewish practice for this challenge, and individuals may also choose items not on this list: Saying modeh ani in the morning when you wake up

and Shma before going to sleep (or if you already do that, adding in other daily tefilot)

Brachot before eating (or if you already do that, adding in other brachot of appreciation)

Refraining from lashon hara (gossip) Giving tzedakah

Reading one aliya of the weekly Torah portion (to read all seven aliyot over the course of the week)

We realize the creation of new habits is never easy and have built in a few different support mechanisms and resources. Based on the idea that human beings are more as part of a group, we are planning an introduction and preparation session on Saturday, March 17th at 1:15pm for us to learn more about these mitzvot and to create small support groups to support the process. We look forward to learning about each other’s experiences with a culminating group session on Saturday May 19th (Erev Shavuot) at 1:15pm.

We are offering a Make Your Own Omer Counter Workshop, led by Linda-Jo, on Sunday March 18th. We encourage you to use your Omer counter as a way of reminding you of your new mitzvah commitment and with the mitzvah of counting the Omer.

For those of you opting for the brachot or tefilah challenges, there are two new free apps that are great resources. The Rabbinical Assembly (the organization of Conservative rabbis) has an app call Sanctifull which has a huge listing of brachot for many, many different occasions including English, Hebrew, transliteration and a verbal option to hear the bracha and beautiful English meditations on the brachot and occasions for saying them. This app has a list of occasions for saying brachot. It also has a standard list of meditations for many other moments that one may feel

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Updates R1-7

Shomrei Atid R8

Youth Updates R9

PASSOVER GUIDE P1-5

CBS @ 50 R9-12

Adult Education R13-14

B’nai Mitzvah R14

Anniversaries, Birthdays R15

Events in Members Lives R15-16

Contributions R16-18

Service Schedules and Calendars R19-21

Tzedakah Form R22

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inspired to offer a prayer or word of gratitude, such as special experiences, daily acts, times of intense emotions, parenting, relationships and new experiences.

The Masorti movement - Conservative movement in Israel - has also created an app (all in Hebrew) of the Masorti siddur called VaAni Tefillati. This siddur has a few small liturgical differences from our Sim Shalom and is based on the Masorti siddur. If you allow it access to your location, it will adjust the davening to be at the tefilah set for your time with the right additions for that day. For instance, if you open the app after sunset, it will automatically open to ma’ariv, the evening service. You also have the option of looking up the tefilot for any additional days (except for the high holidays). Plus it also has brachot and the Torah reading for Monday and Thursday as well as the recordings of Kiddish, the zimun for birchat hamazon and the blessings for an Aliyah. The one challenge with this app is that it is all in Hebrew.

For those of you wanting to read the weekly Torah portion, I recommend the app Pocket Torah which has all of the Torah readings, divided by aliyah and the week’s Torah portion in Hebrew and transliteration. You can choose regular print or see how it appears in the Torah scroll and can click on the words to hear it chanted.

In the Sanctifull app, there is a meditation by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, for adopting a new mitzvah that I have taken the liberty of including here. May his words be a source of inspiration to us as we embark on our 50 day religious challenge, preparing to stand with all of Israel at the foot of Mt. Sinai.

“Beloved are the Jewish people, for the Holy Blessed One has surrounded them with mitzvot. When the great Jewish thinker Franz Rosenzweig was asked whether he put on tefillin, his answer was, “Not yet.”

Each and every day You create the world anew. With each new moment, I am graced with another opportunity for Encounter – with life, with humanity, with myself and with You, the source of all newness. Every instant created once more, I determine to offer my service and engagement, my passion and my deeds, in an affirmation of life, love and holiness. Now – this moment – as I am ready to take on a practice that is ancient, yet new for me, I open myself to surprise, I prepare myself for wonder, I embrace the unexpected.

You who are met (as with all true connection) in covenant, help me to find You as I seek You in this hallowed practice. Strengthen me in my resolve to walk a path of Torah, and to respond to Your instruction with a determination of my own. Help me, in this new mitzvah, to express myself and my people must truly.”

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Rabbi’s Message continued

CBS 2017-2018 Board of Directors President Michael Madwed

President Elect Norbert Sorg

Past President Andrew Cohen

Vice-President Jennifer Cohen

Treasurer Scott Cohen

Secretary

Rochelle Roseman

Religious School Committee Chair Joshua Newman

Members at Large: Erin Benzikry

Carolyn Bernhard

Craig Chosiad

Marc Cohen

Joani Diskin Saran

Keith Eaton

Debra Gussin

Beth Hartell Dov Pinker Scott Starr David Tarshes Aharon tenBroek

Deadlines: Articles / Announcements are due in synagogue office by the 10th of each month for the following month’s newsletter.

206-524-0075 CBS phone

206-525-5095 CBS fax [email protected]

Rabbi Jill Borodin

[email protected]

Rabbi Paula Rose

[email protected]

Carol Benedick

Executive Director [email protected]

Rachel Wachtel Education & Youth Director [email protected]

Leah Lemchen

Director of Early Childhood Center [email protected]

Marjie Cogan

Communications Coordinator [email protected]

Heidi Piel Lifecycle Coordinator [email protected]

Sarah Harel Program Director [email protected]

Shira Orzech

B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator [email protected]

Lauren Fellows

Front Office Coordinator [email protected]

Emma Shusterman

Bookkeeper [email protected]

Louis Friedkin

Comptroller

Tamara Fernandez

Asst to the Director of the ECC

Rimma Lobas

Service Assistant

Carlos DelCid

Building Mantainance

Luis Martinez Maekele Gebremeskel Custodial Attendants

Synagogue office address: 6800 - 35th Ave NE • Seattle, WA 98115 • website: www.bethshalomseattle.org

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President’s Message

A resident physician asked me a few weeks ago to share with her some of the factors that have helped me to main-tain enthusiasm and joy for being a family physician for the past thirty-five years. I thought for a bit, and my first an-swer was “Shabbat”. She did not really understand that at first, and so we talked about it.

I told her that Shabbat does two very important things for me that provide an anchor to my life. First, it provides something significant and meaningful to anticipate each week, something that is distinct from work life. As the week marches on, and as the subtle drive of fatigue in all its forms gathers, Shabbat provides a motivational destina-tion to point towards, a counter to pessimism or burnout.

Secondly, the day itself has so many gifts. There is the special celebration, whether large or small, of Friday night dinner. The dinner gathers so many elements to satisfy hungers – food, prayer, singing, learning, intimacy with family and friends. There is the community gathering at synagogue on Shabbat morning for further prayer and singing, learning and discussion, food and friendship. There is the relaxation of Shabbat afternoon. And there is Havdallah, that sweet ceremony to say goodbye to the day.

This past Saturday, February 10, Karin and I hosted a group of Beth Shalom congregants at our house for Havda-lah and dessert. It was a modest but very pleasurable gathering, and the ceremony and dessert time were both very sweet.

Earlier that day, during morning services, Beth Huppin gave a moving d’var Torah, which actually helped me to see a third way in which Shabbat, specifically through Hav-dalah, is anchoring for me.

She spoke about the following passage in detail.

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Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone shall be proscribed. 20

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 21

You shall not ill-treat any widow or orphan. 22 If you do mistreat them, I will heed their outcry as soon as they cry out to Me, 23

and My anger shall blaze forth and I will put you to the sword, and your own wives shall become widows and your children orphans.

She pointed out that the “you” in lines 20 and 21 is in the singular, referring to wrongful such acts by any of us as individuals, but that the “you” in line 23 is in the plural. And thus, there is a sense that the community as a whole is ultimately responsible for the wrongful behavior of indi-viduals in oppressing a stranger, or ill-treating a widow or orphan, collectively the most vulnerable of any society.

This passage also contains the reminder that God heeds the outcry of the oppressed and the vulnerable, and that there will be consequences to their oppression. Of course, this line echoes our own story as Jews, that God heard our cry and responded for us long ago. Thus the fate of our people and the fate of the oppressed are forever linked, and that places a special obligation on all of us in our com-munity.

I thought about this for the remainder of Shabbat, in vari-ous levels of focus, and in preparing for Havdalah, I real-ized that the ceremony, and thus Shabbat itself, can in turn serve as a motivation to go out into the world and put some of our finest thoughts into action to make the world a more redeemed place.

So, Havdalah is not just a saying goodbye to the wonder of Shabbat. It can be a motivational springboard to the chal-lenge of making the world a better place, to putting our loftiest thoughts and aspirations to practice in the real world.

And so, that is what I wish for all of us in our Beth Shalom community. I hope that we can see Shabbat as a destina-tion in our lives and also as a starting point, both aspects serving to make the world a better place.

L’Shalom,

Michael Madwed

Create Your Own Omer Counter Workshop

Led by Linda-Jo Greenberg Sunday, March 18, 4:00-

6:00pm Every year we are commanded to count each day from the 2nd

day of Pesach until Shavuot (this year April 7 -May 19). We use the counting as a time for reflection on self-improvement in anticipation of receiving the Ten Commandments. Remembering to count 49 nights in a row can be hard! In the 21st century there are apps to help, but this workshop will help us to combine counting

the Omer with the practice of hiddur mitzvah, beautifying observance of mitzvot. Learn about the counting of the Omer Make counting calendars with beautiful images of

flowers, tile work, and Israel. No artistic skills required! Have fun learning 7

creating a new tradition with Beth Shalom friends!

The cost is $18 to cover materials; all materials will be provided. Please RSVP by March 12th to Sarah Harel at [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Social Action Committee, contact: Gail Coskey

March begins with the end of Purim and ends with the beginning of Pesach! Both holidays are celebrations of survival. For Purim, the Jews of Persia were saved from the wicked Haman, while Pesach recounts the miracles God performed to ensure the survival of the entire Jewish people from a wicked Pharoah.

To those enduring homelessness or hunger or poor health or addiction or fear of deportation miracles might seem in short supply, but your acts of tikun olam can make a difference. You donated funds the night of Purim to help alleviate homelessness. You made mishloach manot bags to alleviate hunger. In preparation for Pesach you will have the opportunity later this month to donate your chametz at CBS to be delivered to Mary’s Place and a Tent City. You can use your seder to reinforce the importance of, “Let all who are hungry come eat”. Use each week leading up to Pesach to support a worthy charity or cause. You might just be the ‘miracle’ someone is waiting for.

Yasher Koach to those who were able to travel to Olympia on February 20th or 21st, for the Faith Action Network (FAN) and /or Jewish Federation Advocacy Days. Due to publishing deadlines, we will report on what transpired and who participated in the April Ruach. While many of us are probably familiar with the work that Federation does for the Jewish community, unless you have been involved directly with a FAN activity you might not be aware of the many issues FAN is involved with and why CBS chose to become a FAN partner congregation several years ago. A good place to start is the FAN website (fanwa.org). Here you can find more information about FAN and perhaps find a cause in which you have a particular interest that the SAC might not be directly involved with. If you do, let us know!

Early in February, Jorge Baron, Executive Director of Northwest Immigration Rights Project spoke after Shabbat services about protecting immigrant and refugee rights with all the changes and uncertainties involving government immigration policies. He made this very complex issue personal by sharing the stories of several of his clients and how their lives have been affected.

If you would like to stay more informed on this important topic, Kayla Weiner will plan to have regular updates from the Immigration and Sanctuary Committee in the Ruach. Anyone for whom this is an important topic may sign up for the CBS "Google group" email list. You will receive 1-3 emails a week announcing upcoming activities, trainings, and educational opportunities. To join the list contact Kayla at [email protected]. CBS member Edna Oberman is working with the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). She has organized drives to collect toiletries, warm coats, and other necessities. She has also organized trainings to teach about the Center and is organizing volunteers to staff a Hospitality Bus to help newly released detainees get back on their feet. Contact Edna if you are interested in helping with this. The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP - pronounced nerp!), a lead group in supporting immigrants provides many opportunities for education and volunteer-ing. Look for information at the CBS Google group and the CBS Facebook page for future events that CBS members

might be able to attend.

Ahavat v'Avodat HaAdamah (Love and Service of the Earth or AAA), has been active in the months of January and February around the holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year of Trees. In late January, we participated in a Tu B'Shvat Seder and began re-thinking our organization's purpose. On February 4th we planted trees in Magnuson Park for the fourth year in a row. This tree planting party has grown is larger and more diverse than ever before. We co-sponsor this event with Plant for the Planet, a children's climate organization, and with Bet Aleph Meditative Synagogue and First Baptist Church. AAA is also growing and is increasingly reaching out to connect with the entire Seattle-area Jewish community. Opportunities to participate are largely advertised to a dedicated e-mail list and also on Beth Shalom's Facebook page. Members of the list, and also visitors to the Beth Shalom Facebook Page, are invited to participate in events, advocacy and direct action, and are inspired with Jewish wisdom and ideas. Members of the list will also be invited to participate in monthly planning meetings which will be starting soon. If you would like to join the AAA email list, or just would like to ask a question about what the group is up to, please email Deirdre Gabbay at [email protected].

Yasher Koach to all who donated blood at the February 25th Blood Drive. Look for information about the next drive in future issues of the Shavuon and Cybershul.

Toddah Rabah to our Teen Feed Volunteers: Joan Lite Miller – Chair, Marilyn Meyer – head chef along with Ciona Antolin, as well as the day of volunteers: Marilyn Meyer, Robert Isgur, Rose Marie Bensadon, Edna Oberman, Wendy Katz, Patti Kieval, Ann Sherman, Trudy Antolin, Ciona Antolin, Elsbeth Nathanson, Stephanie Allen, Teddy Berman, Meg Kapousouz, Neil Nathanson, and Cindy Katz – Yasher Koach, and we would not be able to continue this program without you. The next Teen Feed will be Monday, April 30th. Contact Joan Lite Miller if you would like further information or to volunteer ([email protected]). You can also volunteer to provide a meal on the third Sunday of the month with the Lake City Meals program. Contact Leah Rapalee for additional information ([email protected])

At our January SAC meeting, we chose to fund: Teen Feed- $250 each time TF is held. Safeway Gift Cards ($25 each) for immigrants released

from the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. This helps released detainees buy food and other necessities- $300 total.

Jewish Family Service Refugee Resettlement- $200

Mary’s Place Shelter- $200

International Rescue Committee- $200

Your generous donations to the CBS SAC fund or to the daily minyan tzedakah box help support these important causes. Todah Rabah!

If you would like more information about these or other SAC activities, or have an idea for a Social Action Project or event, contact Gail Coskey: [email protected].



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The Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle at Beth Shalom

Tuesday, 3/20 from 6:45-9:00pm

in the Social Hall - Light dinner provided

Help Girls Stay in School!

We are a multi-cultural, multi-faith community with a two-part goal: to create feminine hygiene kits (using a Days For Girls template) for girls in Cameroon, Africa and to

build cross-cultural community here in Seattle. Any questions, email the Beth Shalom office and we'll put

you in touch with Wendy Katz, our project organizer .

Stitch and … Schmooze

Thursday evening, 3/8 from 7:00-

8:30pm at the home of Solomon Michaels

Join other Knitters and Crocheters for a fun morning of conversation and relaxation. Any level of knitting, crocheting, or other handwork is invited. No Charge. Please no perfume or cologne. We have cats and dogs, and although they’ll be put away for this event, please plan your allergy meds appropriately.

For more information or to host a future Stitch & Schmooze, please contact Michelle Geller at (206) 491-

2059 or Solomon Michaels at (206) 910-8299.

Young Family Tefillah and Lunch

March 17th from 11:30am-12:30pm

Join Rabbi Rose for a fun service geared towards families with children ages 0-5, followed by a light lunch.

For questions or to be added to our Young Families email list, please contact [email protected]

Dates for Young Family Tefillah: 4/21, 5/19

Empty Nester Potluck

Sunday, 3/11 from 6pm at the home of Rich Zwetchkenbaum

RSVP to Stan Zeitz at [email protected]. Rich will present an interesting program based on music with themes that relate to Jewish tradition. He will discuss a period in American history and then play a recording of Jewish music of that period. Our food alphabet: A-F dessert bread fruit / G-J salad / K-R main / S-Z appetizer

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Buying groceries for Passover?

Come to Beth Shalom first and buy scrip!

Get your Scrip and Gift cards at Beth Shalom

Support Beth Shalom while you shop. If you have questions about the scrip program, please contact Kevin Coskey at 206-365-2275 or [email protected]. Or call the CBS office at 206-524-0075.

for: QFC/Fred Meyer PCC

Whole Foods

Safeway

Albertsons even Starbucks, Arco, and Home Depot.

SJFF Screening: Keep the Change

Sunday, 3/11 from 3:15-5:06pm at AMC Pacific Place 11, Downtown

The film is about a support group for adults with disabilities. An endearing and naturalistic, romantic comedy about navigating the difficulties of a relationship, KEEP THE CHANGE portrays an underrepresented community with authenticity, optimism and charm. CBS is a co-sponsor with JFS.

http://www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org/comedy/keep-the-change/cat_listevents/-

I Can Get It For You Wholesale For the third year, Congregation Beth Shalom is again partnering with Temple Beth Am to present a performance by the Seattle Jewish Theater Company of a great Jewish play on Sunday afternoon, April 22 at 2:00 p.m. This year the play is the classic Jewish musical “I Can Get It For You Wholesale.” It will be performed on stage at the University Prep Theater, 8000 25th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

The musical was a hit on Broadway in 1962 where it ran 300 performances and launched the careers of Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand. It is set in New York’s garment district in 1937 and portrays the lives of the Jewish community that made the industry a major force in American life.

Tickets are $18, $12 for students and seniors and are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3326244

More information at www.bethshalomseattle.org or SeattleJewishTheater.com.

https://www.alphagraphicsseattle.com/alphagraphics-seattle-client-spotlight-jewish-family-service/

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3326244

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3326244

http://www.bethshalomseattle.org

Purchasing cemetery space during life - rather than waiting for an emergency - is a gift to yourself and your family.

For more information contact, Debra Jeffs-Grad

(206) 522-6136 or [email protected]

BEIT SHALOM

CEMETERY

Shabbas Chefs

Shabbas Chefs is an easy and fun way to meet new people and give back to our community. There are a few ways to get involved. First is to be a Shabbas Chefs Captain. This means that you choose the menu and prepare lunch, usually on Thursday, before Shabbat and then serve on Shabbat. Menus can be as simple as tuna salad and bagels or as gourmet as spanikopita and shepherds pie. You can even theme the menu around the parsha, like Michele Yanow did for Parshat Noach! If you want to be a captain but aren’t sure what to prepare, we can help! If you’re not up to being

captain, you can be a prep cook and/or be a server on Shabbat.

All are needed and appreciated.

Between b’nai mitzvah and other Catered lunches, we only have 25 Kiddush lunches that need a Shabbas Chefs Captain and serving team. If you are interested in being a Shabbas Chefs Captain but haven’t cooked in the CBS kitchen, you can come in for a tour before you cook. We all love our Kiddish lunch on Saturday - be a part of creating the magic.

Contact: [email protected].

Are you shopping at Amazon.com? Instead, start your amazon.com shopping trip by going to smile.amazon.com. You’ll have the option to donate .5% of your purchase to Congregation Beth Shalom (make sure you choose Seattle’s Congregation Beth Shalom). You can make all your usual purchases, and without spending extra, and you’ll be helping the shul.

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Guardians of the Future

Congregation Beth Shalom

Shomrei Atid

As my parents planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who come after me.

~ Talmud

Shomrei Atid, Guardians of the Future, are

Beth Shalom members like you who want to ensure that our exceptional community endures long into the future. Shomrei Atid are members who formalize their commit-ment to Beth Shalom through legacy giving and connect with each other in a common cause: to safeguard the long term vitality and stability of our congregation so that Beth Shalom will be here to support our community and instill our values into the many generations to come.

Join Shomrei Atid with a legacy gift or bequest and “plant trees” for the generations that follow us!

For more information on joining Shomrei Atid and Legacy giving,

please contact Carol Benedick, 206.524.0075 ext 2502,

[email protected]

Anonymous Jacquie Bayley

Jerry, z”l, & Dorothy Becker Mark & Judith Benjamin

Karen Binder Rabbi Borodin & Cary Atlas

Andrew Cohen

Jennifer Cohen

Jill Cohen, z”l Shelly Crocker & Sandy Kibort Lynn Gottlieb

Carol & Allen Gown

Sharon Greenberg

Werner, z”l, & Edith Horn

Mitchell Hymowitz Debra Jeffs-Grad

Patti Kieval Margot Kravette

Marilyn Meyer Joel Migdal Isaac Morgensztern

Susan Morgensztern

Neil Nathanson & Stephanie Allen

Joe Orzech & Carol Benedick

Rochelle Roseman

Joani Diskin-Saran

Ron & Diana Schneeweiss Norbert Sorg & Kevin Gallagher Amy Stephson & Brian Rapalee

Ernest, z”l, & Doris Stiefel Mark & Sheryl Stiefel David Tarshes & Debby Kerdeman

Marianne Tatom

Kayla Weiner Sam Wineburg & Susan Monas

Shomrei Atid Members

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Youth Updates - Idkunim La’yeladim

Education and Youth Director, Rachel Wachtel

Religious School Survey Time

When I began my work at CBS three years ago, we asked the Religious School and Prozdor parents what they hoped their children would get out of their Religious School experi-ence and what their priorities were for their learning. We took this information as well as feedback gathered from educators and began to craft our school’s curriculum. Each year since then we have adjusted our program based on feedback from parents, students, and educators. Now three years later, we are formally asking these questions again through a Religious School and Prozdor survey. We are hoping to gather information around why parents choose our program, what their priorities are, and what pieces of our program are working for them. This infor-mation along with feedback from our students and educa-tors will directly influence our program for next year. We will also use the data collected to begin exploring how we can best meet the needs of families who due to scheduling conflicts or travel time aren’t able to come to CBS twice a week.

We know that there is a great deal of diversity in what our families are looking for and what works and doesn’t work for them. Though we cannot promise to adjust our program to each and everyone’s distinct needs, the more partici-pants who complete the survey, the better we will be able to understand the diversity of our community and also the commonalities in what families are hoping for their children. Then we can adjust to better meet the needs of our com-munity.

If you are a Religious School or Prozdor parent, we urge you to complete the survey! We so appreciate your time and honesty. Know a Religious School or Prozdor parent? Encourage them to fill it out as well! We look forward to using this tool to better align our program to the needs of families in the CBS community!

Rachel Wachtel CBS Education and Youth Director [email protected]

Explore the new teen program at CBS

https://bethshalomseattle.org/educationyouth/teen-

program-at-cbs-5778/

Kadima cooking with Tal Sunday, 3/4 from 5:30-7:30pm in the CBS Kitchen

Kadima (6th-8th grade) is making falafel sliders with Tal! Cost: $8

https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/kadima-cooking-

with-tal/

Matanot and Chaverim (2nd-5th Grades) Pre-

Passover Cooking Class

Sunday, 3/18 from 12:30-2pm in the CBS Kitchen

Learn to make the Passover version of a delicious Israeli treat, “bayit l’zayit,” the kosher and Israeli take on pigs in a blanket. Lunch is included. Cost: $5 in advance, $10 day of Sign up online at the CBS website: https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/matanot-and-

chaverim-pre-passover-cooking-class/

USY Chocolate Seder

3/25

Did you know you could follow our USY Chapter, Seattle Nimratz, on Instagram? Follow them to see photos of events, hear about upcoming programs, and more! https://www.instagram.com/seattlenimratz/

Youth Events

Sha’arei Tikvah Purim

Sunday Afternoon, March 4th, 3:00pm-5:00pm

These special holiday services and celebrations are open to everyone in the community. They are designed to be meaningful for individuals with developmental disabilities or persistent mental illness, as well as their families and friends.

Sha’arei Tikvah Purim Celebration for People of All Abilities. Hosted by Jewish Family Service. RSVP to Talya Gillman at [email protected] or call (206) 861-8784 for more information.

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Seder Matches

Have extra room at your seder? We need you. Looking for a seder?

Let us know NOW. Deadline: Friday, March 16th. Call 206-524-0075, or email Lauren at [email protected]. There is also a webpage to fill out whether you are a seeker or a host: https://bethshalomseattle.org/2018-seder-matching/.

Sale of Chametz

Check page 5 of this Peasach Guide. Deadline: Friday, March 30 at 10:00am. Call 206-524-0075 ext 2508 or email [email protected]

with any questions.

We regret that during Passover we will be unable to serve a Kiddush Lunch on Shabbat and Yom Tov as our kitchen will be closed.

Passover Guide ~ Table of Contents:

Events & Practices 1, 3-4

Passover

Schedule

2

Contract for

Sale of Chametz

5

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As of printing The Rabbinical Assembly Passover Guidelines are not yet available

Copies will be available in the Beth Shalom lobby. For information on Kosher for Passover products, see the Va'ad HaRabainim of Greater Seattle's Passover Guide or check the

Va'ad website: www.seattlevaad.org. As of this printing the Va’ad Pesach guide was not yet published.

To make it even easier to help the hungry...

Donations may also be made to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, Attn: Mazon, and will be

forwarded to Mazon.

PASSOVER SCHEDULE:

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Event Date Time Place Notes

Kashering Utensils for Passover

Sunday, March 25 2:00-4:00pm CBS Kitchen

Bring cleaned pots & non-Teflon pans that haven’t been touched for 24 hours.

Bedikat Chametz

(Search for Chametz)

Thursday, March 29

After Dark

At Home

Done by candlelight with feather. See instructions at the beginning of the Haggadah.

Mechirat Chametz

(Sale of Chametz) Friday, March 30 10:00am Congregation

Beth Shalom

Submit forms to the office by Friday, March 30 at 10:00am. Forms can be found in the Ruach, the CBS office, and at bethshalomseattle.org.

Ta’anit Bekhorim (Fast of the Firstborn)

Friday, March 30 Begins at dawn

5:11am

CBS Beit Midrash

Minyan, Siyum (Learning) & Seudat Mitzvah (Breakfast)

Friday, March 30 7:00-8:30am CBS Beit Midrash

The siyum (completion of learning) will be celebrated with a seudat mitzvah. Firstborn who participate are permitted to eat afterwards as well.

Last Time to Eat Chametz Friday, March 30 11:04am

At Home Last time to eat chametz before Passover begins.

Last time for Biur Chametz

(Burning of Chametz) Friday, March 30 12:09pm

At Home Remaining chametz must be burned or disposed of by 12:09pm.

FIRST NIGHT SEDER

(no Kabbalat Shabbat Service) Friday, March 30 At Home Candle lighting at 7:18pm or earlier

First Day Yom Tov Pesach & Shabbat Services

Saturday, March 31

9:30am-12:15pm CBS Sanctuary No Lunch after services

SECOND NIGHT SEDER Saturday, March 31

At Home Candle lighting through transfer of flame after 8:25pm

Sefirat HaOmer begins

(Counting of the Omer) Saturday, March 31

Evening

end of seder At Home As indicated in Passover Haggadah

Second Day Yom Tov Pesach Services

Sunday, April 1 9:30am-12:15pm CBS Sanctuary No Lunch after services

Chol Hamoed Pesach Weekday Minyan

Monday, April 2

Tuesday, April 3

Wednesday, Apr 4

Thursday, April 5

7:00am

7:00am

7:00am

7:00am

CBS Beit Midrash

Some people follow the practice of not wearing tefillin on chol hamoed

Erev Seventh Day Pesach Thursday, April 5 Candle lighting, 7:27pm or earlier

Seventh Day Yom Tov Pesach Services

Friday, April 6 9:30am-12:15pm CBS Sanctuary CBS Office Closed—No Lunch after services.

Erev Shabbat & Erev Eighth Day Pesach

Friday, April 6 6:00pm service CBS Beit Midrash

Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv at 6pm. Erev Shabbat and Erev 8th Day candle lighting through transfer of flame, 7:28pm or earlier

Eighth Day Pesach, Shabbat & Yom Tov & Yizkor Service

Saturday, April 7 9:30am-12:15pm CBS Sanctuary No Kiddush lunch

End of Passover Saturday, April 7 8:35pm

Re-Buying of Chametz Saturday, April 7 8:45pm The chametz sold by Rabbi Borodin will automatically return to your legal possession at this time.

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PASSOVER EVENTS & PRACTICES AT HOME & CBS

Passover Prep —

50 day Religious Challenge Kick-off Learning with Religious Practices Committee and Rabbi Borodin

Saturday, March 17 at 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash

The Haggadah as Midrash with Rabbi Rose Saturday, March 24 at 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash

Where do the four children come from? Why does the haggadah say that there were 250 plagues? Come study the Haggadah in its context as midrash to learn the answers!

Do It Yourself Pot and Utensil Kashering

Sunday, March 25 from 2:00-4:00pm at Beth Shalom Kitchen (no charge) Large kashering pots are available for CBS members to kasher their metal pots, pans, and utensils for Passover.

Please only bring cleaned metal pots (no Teflon), utensils, and silverware that have been set aside for at least 24 hours. You will not be allowed to dip anything that still has visible chametz on it. Scouring pads will be available if you need to do additional scrubbing. This is a do-it-yourself kashering event, drop-offs not permitted. Can you help? Please contact David Frum at [email protected].

Pre-Passover Rituals

Bedikat Chametz (Search for Chametz) Thursday, March 29, after dark, at home

The search is usually performed the night before Pesach. It is customarily done with a candle, feather and wooden spoon and the recitation of the blessing “Baruch atah…asher kiddeshanu…al biur chametz.” Chametz which is found (except that which may be specifically set aside for use before Pesach), is put aside until the morning for burning. The formula for nullification is recited after the search. (See the beginning of the Haggadah for both the blessing and the formula). Mechirat Chametz (The selling of the Chametz) Friday, March 30, 10:00am

Any chametz not consumed, burned or otherwise disposed of prior to Passover must be sold to a non-Jew who will own it during Pesach. In order to ensure compliance with the details of the law, Rabbi Borodin will act as our agent for the sale. If you would like Rabbi Borodin to serve as your agent, you must complete the “Sale of Chametz” form and return to Heidi Piel by Friday, March 30 at 10:00am.

Ta’anit Bekhorim (Fast of the Firstborn), Siyum Bekhorim & Morning Minyan

Friday, March 30, 7:00-8:30am (Minyan: 7:00-7:30am followed by Siyum led by Rabbi Rose and bagel chametz breakfast: 7:45-8:30am.) The fast applies to the firstborn child of a mother or a father and is usually held on Erev Pesach. It is customary, after Shacharit, to have a siyum, completion of study of a tractate of rabbinic literature, following which there is a seudat mitzvah, a meal accompanying the performance of a mitzvah. All firstborn in attendance are then permitted to eat. After the completion of study and before the meal, the prayers for a siyum are recited, concluding with the expanded Kaddish d’Rabbanan. Bagels and coffee will be served for the seudat mitzvah. Biur Chametz (Burning of Chametz) Friday, March 30

eat chametz no later eat chametz no later eat chametz no later than than than 11:04am on 11:04am on 11:04am on Friday, March 30, Friday, March 30, Friday, March 30, burn chametz no later than 12:09pm on burn chametz no later than 12:09pm on burn chametz no later than 12:09pm on MondayMondayMonday, at home, at home, at home

A second, slightly modified form for the nullification of chametz is recited in the vernacular, after the chametz is burned. (See Haggadah for the appropriate formula.)

Advance Preparation of a Flame for Yom Tov

Kindling a new fire is not permitted on Yom Tov; however, the use of an existing fire for cooking or other purposes is permitted. To light candles for the second day of Yom Tov (Saturday night), ensure that you have a fire burning before candlelighting time on the first day (Friday) that will continue to burn until after dark on Saturday. For example:

A burning candle that lasts for more than 25 hours

A pilot light on a gas range (not a gas range with an electronic starter) Likewise, a flame must be prepared in advance of Yom Tov on the eve of the 7th day of Passover, Thursday night, April 5, for use in food preparation and for lighting candles on the eve of the 8th day of Passover, Friday night, April 6.

Birkat Hamazon during Passover

It is traditional to use either your haggadot or benchers only used at Passover (not the rest of the year) for birkat hamazon during Passover to avoid being exposed to possible chametz in the regular bencher. We add Ya’aleh v’yavo for every day of Passover. On days 1, 2, 7 and 8 we also add harachaman for Yom Tov.

First And Second Day Of Pesach

Candlelighting

On the first night of Pesach, we recite the blessings “Baruch atah...le’hadlik ner shel Shabbat v’shel Yom Tov” and “Shehecheyanu.” On the second night we recite “Baruch atah...le’hadlik ner shel Yom Tov” and “Shehecheyanu” (p. 718/303 of Siddur Sim Shalom). On the second night (Saturday, March 31), candles should not be lit until the end of the first day of Yom Tov and Shabbat, and we do not light a match but transfer the fire to the candles from an existing flame. Meals

Details regarding the evening festival meals, or Sedarim, are fully set forth in the Haggadah. On the second night, the Counting of the Omer (p. 237/55 of Siddur Sim Shalom) is included. Festive meals are also eaten for lunch on both days. The morning Kiddush (page 335 of Siddur Sim Shalom) consists of the biblical verse beginning “Vayedaber Moshe” followed by the blessing “Borei p’ri hagafen.” On the first day of Pesach (Saturday, March 31), “Veshamru and “al kein berach…” are added for Shabbat. At these meals, as throughout Pesach, the blessing of haMotzi is made over matzah. Birkat haMazon—Blessing after Meals After the meals, include “Ya’aleh v’Yavo—Our God and God of our ancestors" (p. 762/340) in Birkat haMazon (p. 755/337) as well as the Harachaman for festivals (p. 768/343).

Seventh And Eighth Days Of Pesach

Candlelighting

On the seventh and eighth nights of Pesach, we do not recite “Shehecheyanu.” On the seventh night (Thursday, April 5) we recite the blessing “Baruch atah...le’hadlik ner shel Yom Tov.” On the eighth night (Friday, April 6), we recite “Baruch atah...le’hadlik ner shel Shabbat v’shel Yom Tov.” On the eighth night (Friday, April 6) we do not light a match but transfer the fire to the candles from an existing flame. Meals

There are festive meals for dinner and lunch on each of the final two days of Pesach. At each meal Kiddush is recited and haMotzi is made over matzah (see above). Evening Meals. On the seventh and eighth nights we recite the evening festival kiddush with the insertion for Pesach. Omit the blessing Shecheheyanu both evenings. Afternoon Meals. The morning Kiddush (page 746/335 of Siddur Sim Shalom) consists of the biblical verse beginning “Vayedaber Moshe” followed by the blessing “Borei p’ri hagafen.” On the eighth day of Pesach (Saturday, April 7), “Veshamru and “al kein berach…” are added for Shabbat. Birkat haMazon—Blessing after Meals After the meals, include Ya’aleh v’Yavo "Our God and God of our ancestors" (762/340) in Birkat haMazon (755/337) as well as the Harachaman for festivals (p. 768/343).

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3/31 Passover Day 1

Regular Shabbat programming

4/1 Passover Day 2

11:30-12:30 k-5 program with Tal Classroom open for young families to play in with Passover related activities (books, stickers, etc)

4/6 Passover Day 7

No programming

4/7 Passover Day 8

Regular Shabbat programming

Passover Youth Schedule

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/871715/jewish/Passover-Pesach-2018.htm

SALE OF CHAMETZ

Pesach 5778

If possible, all chametz – food not acceptable during Pesach, or materials containing such unacceptable food – should be destroyed or given away before the holiday begins. Should this be impossible, the chametz may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday and its actual ownership transferred to a non-Jew until the holiday ends. The following contract must be filled out and given to Heidi Piel or be received by mail at the synagogue by Friday, March 30 at 10:00am.

NO LATE CONTRACTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

It is traditional to enclose tzedakah for the purpose of Maot Hittim (food distribution for Pesach). Your contributions will go to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund and will be used for Maot Hittim. These funds will be used to support the kosher food bank, Mazon, and to provide direct gifts to families and individuals in need during the festival season.

CONTRACT

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS: That I/We, _________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Congregation Beth Shalom my true and lawful representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and in my behalf, to sell all chametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the sages of Israel (e.g., chametz; hashash chametz – suspect chametz; and all kinds of ta’arovet chametz – chametz mixtures); also, chametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans, pots, or other cooking or eating utensils, of whatsoever nature, and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned chametz owned or possessed by me may be found, especially in the premises located at (your address). Congregation Beth Shalom has the full au-thority and power to sell said chametz and to lease said place or places wherein said chametz may be found, upon such terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Congregation Beth Shalom has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the synagogue, and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that Congregation Beth Shalom or rabbinic substitute law-fully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents. And to this I hereby affix my signature on this _______________ day of ___________________, in the year _____________.

Signature(s)__________________________________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________

Town ____________________ State ______________ Telephone _______________________________

Donation Enclosed $_______________

Please return to Heidi Piel by Friday, March 30 at 10:00am

Congregation Beth Shalom

6800 35th Ave. NE

Seattle, WA 98115

206 524-0075. Fax 206 525-5095

[email protected]

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CBS @ 50

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50th Anniversary Fundraising Update

The gala is past, but the 50th Anniversary celebrations continue. Fifty years is an

amazing milestone for any community. We have committed, as a community, to rais-

ing $250,000 to mark this momentous birthday. Of this, half of the money will be ap-

plied to the operating fund and the balance to our unrestricted endowment fund. A

number of members have pledged $50,000 as a challenge to the community, and there

are additional funds already “pledged” to this goal from members’ previous commit-ments to the Double Chai campaign.

I/We would like to help build for the future and pledge

the following to our 50th Anniversary Campaign:

Platinum - $10,000 or more

Gold - $5,000-$9,999

Silver - $2,500 -$4,999

Bronze - $1,000-$2,499

Patron—$500-$999

Community Supporter—$1-$499

Please tell us your pledge amount _________

Name_________________________________________

Please check here if you would like your donation

listed anonymously

Phone________________________

Email_________________________

I would like to pay by check credit card

VISA/Mastercard: ______/______/______/______

Expiration: _____/_____

Security Code ______

Signature: _________________________

Date: _______

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A Page from Our History

April 1975

In celebration of Beth Shalom’s 50th Anniversary, we are looking at how far we’ve come, and also learning that some things never change. 43 years ago, Beth Shalom was discussing whether or not to count women in a minyan. Three years later, in 1978, Dorothy Becker was our first women President of the Board of Directors. No time was wasted in enacting the rule that “all persons shall wear a head-covering when on the bimah.” It was during Dorothy Becker’s tenue as president that the board decided it was time to hire Beth Shalom’s first congregational rabbi, Rabbi Ira Stone. The March 1978 Ruach advertised different stations at that year’s Food Faire, including stations for bagels and lox, corned beef sandwiches, Israeli “tacos”, as well as sponge cakes, strudel cake, and cheesecake. If you won the Food Faire Raffle, your prize was either a Whirlpool Trash Compactor or 50 gallons of gasoline!

March was also the start of Beth Shalom’s baseball season. In March 1983, after a few disappointing years, the team was looking for a new name.

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CBS @ 50! - Pleasure of Your Company

Meet new people. Make new friends. Over 2017-2018, there will be 50 events in 50 homes.

The Pleasure of Your Company series returns! Sign up for a dinner, wine tasting, dessert buffet, or fascinating talk!

You will have a lovely experience and support Beth Shalom at the same time. All the food and wine will be contributed by the hosts.

Your reservation is a CBS contribution of $18 or $36 dollars per person. With a $100 per person contribution, you will become a “Pleasure Of Your Company Patron.”

Join the Party. Create an event and contact: Bob Low at [email protected] or Carol Starin at [email protected]

March

Post Purim Persian Dinner - NEW! Sunday, 3/4 at 6pm

Hosts: Alison Sands and Alan Rodan

Purim influenced attire (optional) A vegan Persian Mezze of delicious delicacies Guests: 8 adults Location: Meadowbrook neighborhood

Murder Mystery Dinner

Saturday night, 3/10, 7:00pm—SOLD OUT

Hosts: Margot Kravette, Diane Douglas & Steve Perlmutter Location: Belltown

Kosher Mystery Meal: 10 guests

Karaoke and Dessert Saturday, 3/10, 7:30-

10pm

Hosts: Carolyn and Dan Bernhard

Location: Wedgwood

14 guests: All ages welcome. Homemade desserts, fruit, alcohol. Dairy

Karaoke DJ Saturday night, 3/17, 8:15pm

Hosts: Mark Igra & Nancy Simon

Catered drinks and dairy desserts. 50 people: Adults only

Queen Anne

Spring Celebration Dinner Saturday night, 3/17, 6:30pm

Hosts: Cezanne Garcia & David Grossman, Kari Lombard, Paige Chapel & Rhian Lombard

Location: Capitol Hill 10 guests Seasonally inspired kosher pescaterian feast. Paired wine flight and a sprinkle of art.

Adult Board Game Night: Games for Grown-ups

Sunday evening, 3/18, 5:30 pm

Hosts: Shelly Crocker & Sandy Kibort, Hannah Kibort-Crocker & Eli Gabel-Frank

Locations: Wedgwood

Fun for parents and adult children: an evening of board games, some cooperative, some competitive. Bring a favorite to share, if you’d like

light dairy supper - soup, salad, dessert. 16-20 guests

Seder Plate Making Brunch! - NEW! Sunday, March 25 at 10am

Hosts: Amanda Taylor, Matt Saunders, and Isaac Saunders Number of guests: 8 kids with their parents Location: Ravenna

Dairy: bagels, schmears, fruit

April

Learn to Smoke (Fish that is) - NEW! Sunday, April 15, 10:30am-1:30pm

Hosts: Carol and Mark Slosberg

Follow the full process of creating delectable smoked sable (black cod) with a recipe that rivals the best New York appetizing stores. From salting and curing to the smoking and finishing process, we will use the best TV cooking show gimmicks to condense a 3-

day process into 3 hours. Along the way, enjoy bagels and home-smoked sable dairy breakfast with all the fixings. Guest: 10 adults Location: Seward Park

Israeli Brunch - NEW! Sunday, April 22, 10am to Noon

Hosts: Judith and Mark Benjamin

Featuring Joel Migdal and Peggy Brill who will talk about “Israel’s Changing Social Landscape” Guests: 18 adults Location: Greenlake neighborhood

Dairy

The "klezmer" of your company: Explore the "groyse velt" of Yiddish song

Sunday, 4/22, 2-5 pm Hosts: Harvey Niebulski and Marianne Tatom Location: Broadview Dairy desserts with tea and coffee. 18 guests

Summertime

A Passage to India

Sunday, 6/24, 7:00pm

Hosts: Susan Monas and Sam Wineburg

A sumptuous Indian meal followed by a slideshow of Susan and Sam’s 4-month sojourn criss-crossing the India subcontinent. Guests: 10

Location: Phinney Ridge neighborhood

Vegetarian

Fabulous Israeli Hotel Breakfast Sunday, 7/15, 11:30am-

2:30pm

Hosts: James Packman and Andrew Cohen

Location: Wedgwood

Guests: 30

Kosher Dairy

Challah Birds

Sunday, 8/26, 11:30am-

2:00pm

Host/Instructor: Rochelle Roseman

Lunch and a Baking Lesson: 8 students Location: Bellevue



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CBS @ 50! - Pleasure of Your Company

Register for a Pleasure of Your Company Event!

Please return completed form to Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115

You may also register online for individual events at bethshalomseattle.org/organizer/pleasure-of-your-company/

Name on Card: _________________________________

Card # _________/_________/_________/___________

Expiration: _____/______ Card verification # ________

Your name: ________________________________________________

Names of other attendees: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

Contact email: ________________________________________________

Contact phone: ________________________________________________

Please select the events you’d like to register for. You will be charged per-person, per event. We will contact you if an event fills up.

Make your reservation with a CBS contribution of $18 or $36 per person per event. With a $100 per person contribution, you will become a “Pleasure of Your Company Patron.”

Per-person donation amount: □ $18 □ $36 □ $100

I will pay via: □ Enclosed check □ Visa/MC

□ 2/3 DANCE PARTY!

□ 3/4 Post Purim Persian Dinner - NEW!

□ 3/10 Murder Mystery Dinner—X

□ 3/10 Karaoke and Dessert

□ 3/17 Karaoke DJ

□ 3/17 Spring Celebration Dinner

□ 3/18 Adult Board Game Night

□ 3/25 Seder Plate Making Brunch! - NEW!

□ 4/15 Learn to Smoke (Fish, that is) - NEW!

□ 4/22 Israeli Brunch - NEW!

□ 4/22 Klezmer of Your Company

□ 7/15 Fabulous Israeli Hotel Breakfast

□ 8/26 Challah Birds

X = SOLD OUT

Full page

_____ $500

Half page

____ $250

Quarter page

____ $125

Make a Donation for a Tribute in the

50th Anniversary Memory Book for the event in May

Honor a family member, a rabbi,

or your connection to Congregation Beth Shalom

Please email a copy of your text or camera ready art to use for your tribute to:

[email protected]

Or send to Tributes at Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115

Donor Name: _____________________________ Tribute Level: $ ____________

Text:

Questions? Please call the office at 206-524-0075

50th Anniversary Memory Books will be made available at the 50th Anniversary

Culmination (May 6th).

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Adult Education

African Asylum Seekers & Refugees in Israel

A Conversation with Oded Oron & Yikealo Beyene

Yikealo Beyene, originally from Eritrea, spent two years in an Ethiopian refugee camp, where he volunteered for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). As a refugee in Israel for eight years, he graduated high school, won a national prize for outstanding students, & pursued his education in Israel despite enormous legal and financial obstacles. Yikealo earned a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Organizational Behavior and Development from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya. He worked for the African Refugees Development Center (ARDC) as a community organizer and trained community leaders on non-violent movement. Yikealo moved to the United States in 2016 on a family unification visa to join his wife. He currently lives in Seattle, works at a Fred Meyer store, and plays an active role in the Eritrean community. Yikealo has resumed his literary project to translate the diary of Anne Frank, having lost his original completed manuscript along the perilous journey to Israel through Sudan and Egypt.

Saturday, March 10th @ 1:15pm

Part of the CBS@50 50 Learning Opportunities

Oded Oron is a Ph.D. candidate at UW, with research focusing on the mobilization of irregular migrants such as guest workers, undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. His dissertation compares African migrants mobilizing in Israel with migrant movements in WA state. Prior to joining the Jackson School, Oded worked in the Israeli media and as a Professional Consultant for Israel’s Government Press Office. Oded’s primary foundational field is Law, Rights, and Governance (LRG) and he is also a CLASS Fellow at the Law, Justice and Societies Program. Oded has a B.A. from Bar-Ilan University in Political Science and Communications and an M.A. in Politics and Government from Ben-Gurion University.

B’nai Mitzvah Mazel Tov to All!

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The Torah Begins and Ends with Lovingkindness with Beth Huppin The goal of a life of Torah is to bring more love and healing into the world. How can we do this when there is so much anger and division that surrounds us? Our sages were no strangers to hardship and heartbreak. Yet, they devised a system that, if done well, leads us toward gratitude and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. We will examine numerous texts, from Torah to Talmud to the Zohar. Tuesday mornings, 9:30-10:45am, Classes in session Now-March 20. No charge. Everyone is welcome, including Drop-ins. Donations to CBS adult education are appreciated.

Rabbis on the Radio with Rabbi Rose

Tuesday nights from 7:00-8:00pm – now through March 27 Most halakhic literature begins and ends with letters and books. But two very different morn rabbis, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef and Rabbi Ethan Tucker, have both disseminated answers to Jewish legal questions through audio: a radio show and a podcast. We’ll look at a few questions and answers by each of them, diving into the classical texts that they use to come to their decisions. Learners of all backgrounds welcome! Check with our Program Director, Sarah Harel, for pro-rated prices.

Learner’s Minyan

March 17

Torah Service

April 21

Ashrei

May 19

Ein Keloheinu and Aleinu

June 16

Kaddish and Adon Olam

Learner’s Minyan takes place on Saturdays, 10:30-11:30am, in the Beit Midrash. No charge.

Adult Education

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Refuah Shlemah

CBS members

David ben Sarah v’Avraham (David McDonald)

Orly Pnina bat Leah v’Chaim (Orly Steinberg

David ben Miriam v’Yakov haKohen

Devora Hannah bat Sara v’Shlomo (Doris Stiefel)

Hanoch ben Miriam Zelda v’Balin Chunah

Yisroel Gad ben Katie Zelda v’Aaron David

Hanoch ben Miriam Zelda v’Balin Chunah

Shoshana bat Miriam Zelda v’Aaron Dovid

Esther Rachel bat David (Emily Freedman)

Chavah Malka bat Sara Raisel v’’Hillel Nochim

David Adler Chaya Esther bat Sheina Leiba

v’Mordechai Shlomo Menachem ben Sarah (Solomon

Michaels)

D’vora bat Elkev’Chaim (Dorothy Becker)

Meira bat Esther Yenta v’Asher (Meira

Shupack)

Sara bat Leah v’Nachman

Bezalel ben Miriam v’Avraham (Eugene Huppin)

Leah Rachel bat Sarah (Lynette Brodsky)

Chaya bat Sarah Atarah (Chaya Appelbaum)

Eleazar Aharon ben Miriam

Aviella Bara bat Shlomo v'Nechama Raisel (Susan Aylesworth)

Orli bat Sofia

David Henached Shel Goldja (Elric Wolfsbruder McCurdy)

Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben Rachel v’Eliezer

Ita bat Taube (Inna Lacker)

Relatives of Members

Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner

Joan Siewart, aunt of Carrie Horwitch

Janice Portney, cousin of Linda Portnoy

Reuven ben Yetta (Reuben Feldman), father of Rhona Feldman

Yakov David ben Shaindel (Jeffrey David Pachter), brother of Mihal Bat-Or

Jay Richards, step-father of Shelly Crocker

Justine Benedick, mother of Carol Benedick

Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman

David ben Golda v’Yaakov, father of Rabbi Jodie Futornick

Rivka Gittle bat Zipora (Marta Kaplan), relative of Carolyn Cohen

Shoshana bat Chana Gitel, mother of Cindy Katz

Sarah Rivka bat Chaya Mir’l, aunt of Harvey Niebulski

Yenta Hadassah bat Rachel, mother of Meira Shupack

Friends of Members

Raisa bat Elka (Raisa Vilkevitch),friends of Emma Shusterman, Marina Kiselev, Svetlana Burke and Marina Nagel

Chava Rafaela bat Shendel (Eve Grossman Bukowski), friend of Dina Tanners and others from Spokane

Yaakov Rani ben Margalit (Salomon Gruenwald Koby), friend of Rabbi Borodin

Daniel ben Shlomo, friend of the Orlick Salka family

John Lewis ben Julia, friend of Patti Kieval Rachel Nagorsky, friend of CBS and the

ECC

Avery Rosen, friend of Kayla Weiner Moshe ben Zipporah v’Avraham (Mal

Sachs), friend of Rabbi Borodin

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Anniversaries

Mark & Judith Benjamin

Paul Berkelhammer & Laurie Becker Joel Freedman & Rebecca Cory

Selig & Maureen Leyser Mark & Marina Nagel Grant & Justine Norwitz

Peter & Meryl Shier Ted & Ruth Stern

Mikhail & Lucy Taskar

Birthdays David Adler Benjamin Adler Steve Adler Leora Alk

Michelle Allen

Laurie Almoslino

Elie Amkraut Sasha Appelbaum

Judith Arms

Kevin Aylesworth

Alan Baumgarten

Livia Bell Judith Benjamin

Anna Bennett Aviad Benzikry

Yaniv Benzikry-Stern

Claire Bernhard

Arielle Bernstein

Beth Bloom

Yehudit Blume

Miriam Bornstein

Alexandra Borodin

ANNIVERSARIES, and BIRTHDAYS Mazel Tov to All

Naomi Borodin

Bekah Burdick

Stephanie Butow

Benjamin Cameron

Benjamin Cerf Jennifer Cohen

Hannah Cordes Justin Coskey

Marsha Damian

Tom Damm

Joani Diskin Saran

Elisa Erlitz Noah Etzioni Rhona Feldman

Rebecca Friedman

Amy Fulton

Chelsea Garbell Lucy Glazer Deirdre Glynn-Levin

Rochelle Goffe

Harold Goldfarb

Kim Goldov

Madeline Grigg

KaraAnne Grodin

Michael Grodin

Yosef Huntley

Michael Hurshell Deborah Isgur Joseph Jacobowitz Ella Jeffries Alice Kaderlan

Joshua Kahn

Sarah Kai Schwarz

Ronnie Katz Terry Kegel Patti Kieval Yoel Kintzer David Kintzer Sharon Kipersztok

Andrey Kiselev

Dylan Kittay

Jordan Klaiman

Edward Krigsman

Miranda Lam

Pamela Lavitt Michelle Lawson

Gabriel Levy

Gregory Leyser Claire Lieberman

Betsy Maurer Danielle Meir Peggy Mesnik

Erika Miyagiwa

Devin Naar Mark Nagel Marina Nagel Lisa Orlick-Salka

Amit Perlin

Linda Portnoy

Laurie Pritchard

Daniela Rifkin

Debora Rifkin

Stefanie Robbins Zachary Rodan

Neal Rosenshein

Emily Safer

Martin Safer Andrew Schulman

Shachar Shamay

Meryl Shier Stewart Shusterman

Jonah Silverstein

Robert Snyder Anna Solovy

Abraham Solovy

Taryn Spear Robert Spitzer Tara Springer Sylvia Stern

Amanda Taylor Elena Vasquez

David Volk

Martin Wahl Livia Wahl Michelle Weinberg

Ida Wicklund

Michael Wineburg

Ayelet Yancey

Michele Yanow

Riva Zeff Marla Zink

For security purposes, your anniversary dates and birth dates are no longer included.

EVENTS IN MEMBERS LIVES

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50th Anniversary Campaign

Cary Atlas & Jill Borodin

Andrew Cohen & James Packman

Scott Cohen & Lauren Kurland

Rochelle Roseman

Sylvia Stern

Dave Tarshes & Debby Kerdeman

Kayla Weiner Joshua Newman & Emily Anderson

Julie & Mitch Klein

Karen Friedman & Robert Snyder Louis & Carolyn Friedkin

Marvin Stern

Neil Nathanson & Stephanie Allen

David Frum & Liz Labadie

Stan & Nancy Zeitz

Wendy & Murray Raskind

Rachel & David Kleit To Steve Katz, in memory of Mayer

Glimcher, z"l Susan Bernstein

In honor of Beth Shalom

Muriel Dance & Alvin Martin

In honor of Beth Shalom

Temple de Hirsch Sinai In honor of Beth Shalom

6838 House Pledge


Allen & Carol Gown

Joshua Newman & Emily Anderson

Rochelle Roseman

Adult Education Fund

Patti Kieval In honor of Beth Huppin

Rita Leshner To Heidi Piel, in gratitude for her

help with a special project

Atid Fund

Rose Marie Bensadon

Cary Atlas & Rabbi Borodin


Brad & Ellen Spear

Edwin & Marilyn Bierman Scholar in Residence Pillars

Rabbi Jodi Futornick

Julie Kohl

Double Chai Plus Chavurah

Jesse Kleinman

Margot Kravette

Sarah Levy

Alan Rodan & Alison Sands

Craig Saran & Joani Diskin Saran

Brad & Ellen Spear

General Fund

Dave Tarshes & Debby Kerdeman

Robin L. Bryant-Hayes

Alice Madwed

To Karin Madwed, in memory of mother, Vibeke Dwyer, z"l



To Will Berkovitz, in memory of father, Ron Berkovitz, z"l

To Bob Strauss, in memory of Bruno Strauss, z"l

To Sam Perlin, in memory of Carole Sue Perlin, z"l

Bernice B. Resnick


David Dintenfass & Laurie Blauner In memory of Jerome Dintenfass,

z"l

Debby Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes

To Karin & Michael Madwed, in memory of Karen’s mother, Vibeke Dwyer, z"l

Elinor Ianuly

To Karen Madwed, in memory of mother, Vibeke Dwyer, z"l

Jeff, Jackie, Josh and Rachel Madwed


Jennifer Cohen & Michael Spiro



To Sam Perlin, in memory of mother, Carole Sue Perlin, z"l

Lori & Allen Safer In memory of Barney Cohn, z"l Louis & Carolyn Friedkin

In memory of Evelyn Friedkin, z"l Melvin Glazer To Will Berkovitz and Family, in

memory of Will’s father, Ron Berkovitz, z"l

Perry & Michelle Weinberg

To Sam Perlin, in memory of Carole Sue Perlin, z"l

In memory of Robert Weinberg, z"l In memory of Emmanuel Weinberg,

z"l Warren, Lisa, Sam, and Jacob Fein

In memory of Jane Fein, z"l

High Holiday Appeal Jeremy Alk & Cynthia Green-Alk

Rose Marie Bensadon

Freya Brier

(Continued on page R18)

EVENTS IN MEMBERS LIVES

CONTRIBUTIONS

Kevin Kramer, friend of Carolyn Cohen & Scott Cline

Ronit Gottlieb, friend of Lynn Gottlieb

Ari ben Particia, friend of Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater

MILESTONES

SAY MAZEL TOV TO…

The Limmud co-chairs, our own Deb Arnold and Robert Hovden

Shira Pinker, and her family, on her becoming Bat Mitzvah

Kayla Weiner, on the engagement of Viki Bedo to Jonah Fisher with a summer wedding in Hungary

TODDAH RABAH To…

Michelle & Jon Geller, Shabbas Chefs and their helpers, for preparing our Kiddush lunch

The Thursday Connection volunteers: Janet Zepel, and Gloria Goldstein, for helping tag the Siddurim

Dov Pinker & Bonnie Rochman, for Cater-ing our Kiddush Lunch in honor of Shira be-coming Bat Mitzvah

The Thursday Connection volunteers: Deb Gordon for helping tag the Siddurim; she almost completed the job by herself!

Debra Jeffs-Grad for teaching our 7th grade cohort about tahara and chevra kadisha

To Shabbas Chefs, our amazing USYers! The Thursday Connection volunteers:

Susan Monas, Nancy Coomer, Janet Zepel and Joanna Gerber, who prepared the dough and filling for Hamentaschen!

Beth Huppin, for her D’var Torah

Peggy Brill, for her after Kiddush speaking on Israel

Kevin Coskey, Shabbas Chef and his helpers, Debbie Sopher, Iris Brumer, Yehudit Blume, Trudy Antolin, Sarah Shalinsky and Ariana Shalinsky, for preparing Kiddush lunch

The Thursday Connection volunteers: Nancy Coomer, Susan Monas, Marsha Malkin, Rochelle Wynne (and those who we don’t know, please check in with us so we can thank you properly), who baked many Hamentaschen!

A special thanks to all of our volunteers who generously devote their time to the Shul consistently!!

(Continued from page R16)

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Suzanne Cole

Mark & Betsy Deutsch

Rabbi Jodie Futornick

Allen & Carol Gown

Joshua & Leslie Katz

Margot Kravette

Paul & Danielle Nacamuli Daniel & Stefanie Robbins

Ilene Ruvinsky & Jeff Ross

Craig Saran & Joani Diskin Saran

John Schochet Adam Sheridan & Zephyr Mattinson

Daniel & Linda Strickman

Andreas Galle & Rose Haechler Galle

Israel Travel Fund


To Bob & Cindy Strauss, in memory of Bruno Strauss, z"l

To Sam & Sharon Perlin, in memory of Carole Sue Perlin, z"l

Kiddush Fund

Lori & Allen Safer In memory of Eliane Cohn, z"l Sharon Greenberg

In memory of Evelyn Rubin, z"l Sidney & Francine Cohen

In memory of mother, Anne Cohen, z"l

Sidney & Francine Cohen

In memory of parents, Jack H. & Pearl Richlen, z"l

Marcy Migdal Endowment Fund

Ken Weinberg

In memory of Lillian Weinberg, z"l Lisa & Robert Low

In appreciation of Joel Migdal & Peggy Brill


Mitzvah Corps Fund

Elaine & Herb Selipsky

In memory of Charles Nathan, z"l Marty Schnitzer & Marsha Malkin

In memory of Roberta Wodlinger, z"l

In memory of Bess Schnitzer, z"l In memory of Mark Schnitzer, z"l David Frum & Liz Labadie

To David Grossman & Cezanne Garcia, in memory of Moses (Misha) Grossman, z"l

Pleasure of Your Company (POYC)

Cary Atlas & Jill Borodin


Scott Cohen & Lauren Kurland

David Frum & Liz Labadie

Rabbi Jodie Futornick

Douglas & Debra Glazer Kim & Nancy Goldov

David Grossman & Cezanne Garcia

Lynn Katz

Stephen King & Sheryl Kipnis

Margot Kravette

Craig & Deborah Lawson

Ira & Peta Mehlman

Edna Oberman

David Tarshes & Deborah Kerdeman

Kayla Weiner Jeremy & Alys Wylen

POYC Patron

Deborah Arnold

Allen & Carol Gown

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Sarah & Michael Soung

In honor of Alexandra Borodin becoming a Bat Mitzvah


To David Grossman & Cezanne Garcia, in memory of Moses (Misha) Grossman, z"l

To Alexandra Borodin and Family, in honor of Alexandra Borodin becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Isabella Chapman

In memory of Julius Chapman, z"l In memory of Joseph Braudes, z"l In memory of Regina Pasternack

Braudes, z"l In memory of Charlotte Levin

Chapman, z"l Jackie Schulze

In memory of Maurice Louis Galperin, z"l

Jacquie Bayley



Kevin & Gail Coskey

In honor of Shira Pinker becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In honor of Noa tenBroek becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Maizy Tenner To Sam Perlin, in memory of

mother, Carole Sue Perlin, z"l

Merrill & Frances Ringold

In memory of J. Vernon Williams, z"l

Paul Brosgall To Merrill & Francie Ringold, in

appreciation for the welcome given by Food & Friends on January 28, and for the hosts, Merrill & Francie Ringold

Rochelle Wynne



To Tatyana Globerman, in memory of mother, Maya Gitlina, z"l

To Katie Dawson Wynne, in memory of her grandmother

Sharon Greenberg

In memory of Rose Greenberg, z"l The Shalinsky Family

To Tatyana Globerman, in memory of mother, Maya Gitlina, z"l



Religious School Scholarship Fund

Jessica Shapiro & Jeff Dossett

Social Action Fund

Edna Oberman

In memory of Leon Segal, z"l Joan Lite Miller & Jeff Miller In memory of Joseph Lansing, z"l Kayla Weiner

In honor of Noa tenBroek becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In honor of Jordan Shapiro becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In honor of Maital Perlin becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In honor of Esther Weiss-Tell becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Marilyn Meyer & Stuart Lester In honor of Norbert Sorg's 60th

Birthday



(Continued from page R17)

CONTRIBUTIONS

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SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 2018 - ADAR-NISSAN 5778

Members of the Beth Shalom community lead worship services at CBS. If you have synagogue skills and wish to participate, call Heidi Piel, 206-524-0075.

CBS DAILY MINYANS

Please support the minyan by attending on a regular or even irregular basis one or more days a week. The minyan does not meet on Festival days. The minyan (Monday – Friday) starts at 7:00am on all American holidays except Thanksgiving, December 25th, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day when it will meet at 9:00am.

Monday through Friday mornings: 7:00-7:45am (Beit Hamidrash). Sunday mornings: 9:30-10:15am (Beit Hamidrash) Monday Evening Minyan: 7:30-8:00pm (Beit Hamidrash)

For Torah Readings on Mondays and Thursdays, add ten to fifteen minutes to services.

YESHAR KOACH TO OUR SERVICE LEADERS TODDAH RABAH TO THOSE WHO MAKE OUR SHUL EXPERIENCE RICHER

January 16, 2018 – February 15, 2018

Ashrei Club: Orli Pinker & Elizabeth Gabbay

Bimah Representatives: Alison Sands, Rochelle Roseman, Stan Zeitz, Rich Zwetchkenbaum, Ron DeChene, Norbert Sorg, John Schochet, and Susan Morgensztern

Daveners (the prayer leaders): Edee Polyakovsky, Daniel Markowitz, Jason Kintzer, Nance Adler, Harvey Niebulski, Dov Pinker, Shira Pinker, Bonnie Rochman, Debbie Gordon, Alexandra Borodin, and Linda-Jo Greenberg

Leyners (the Torah readers): Benson Margulies, Amy Lanctot, Danielle Nacamuli, Alison Sands, Jesse Kleinman, Shira Pinker, Aviv Pinker, Ben Pinker, Tal Vovik, and Carol Benedick

Haftarah: Sharon Greenberg, Shira Pinker, and Julianna Margulies

Gabbai Rishon & Sheni (gabbai rishon calls the aliyot to the Torah and the sheni monitors and corrects the Torah reading): Michael Madwed, Rochelle Wynne, Nance Adler, Debbie Gordon, Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Shira Orzech, Sharon Greenberg, and Marilyn Meyer

Guest Darshanim (guests who deliver the sermon, the teaching, the d’var Torah): Beth Huppin, Danielle Matt, and Shira Pinker

Greeters (open the doors and invite everyone into services): Robert Isgur, Kevin Coskey, Nance Adler, Debbie Gordon, Brian Rapalee, Laurie Blauner, Stephen King, Linda Gebaroff, and Steve Adler

Gabbayim/Ushers: Alan Rodan, Alison Sands, Carolyn Bernhard, Lyle Margulies, Dave Tarshes, Jacquie Bayley, Margot Kravette, Amy Stephson, and Jeff Ross

Daily Minyan Shatzim & Leyners: Ellen Goldblatt, Lori Safer, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Sam Perlin, Robert Hovden, Nance Adler, Kathy Andeway, Vanessa Edrich, Michael Sherer, Sharon Greenberg, Ruth Abers, and Marianne Tatom

Kabbalat Shabbat Shatzim (service and prayer leaders): Alexa Kapor-Mater, Bonnie Rochman, Dov Pinker, Shira Pinker, Orli Pinker, and Rachel Wachtel

Kiddush Caterers & Sponsors (Caterers cater the Kiddush Lunch for the congregation & sponsors cover the cost of the Shabbas Chefs): Catered: Pinker/Rochman Family

Sponsored: Shabbas Chef: Kevin Coskey (and Israel Committee), Jon and Michelle Geller, and USY’ers with Tal Bronstain, Jeremy Rose, and USY Advisor, Ari Geary-Teeter

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SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 2018 - ADAR-NISSAN 5778

CANDLE-LIGHTING AND THE WEEKLY KABBALAT SHABBAT MINYAN

(Friday Evening Services): Beit Hamidrash

The regular Kabbalat Shabbat services last approximately one hour. The service is spirited with the beautiful melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat including L’cha Dodi and Yedid Nefesh. After services, participants return home for Shabbat dinner. Shabbat hospitality will be available. Children are welcomed and treasured. If you wish to help lead services, to offer home hospitality after services, or simply to participate on a regular basis, please contact Kim Schulze at [email protected].

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES: Main Sanctuary at 9:30am - 12:15pm

Date Kabbalat Shabbat Candelighting Havdallah Special Events

March 2 6:00 pm 5:38 pm 6:40 pm

March 9 6:00 pm 5:49 pm 6:50 pm

March 16 6:00 pm 6:59 pm 8:00 pm

March 23 6:00 pm 7:09 pm 8:10 pm

March 30 6:00 pm 7:19 pm 8:20 pm Fast of the Firstborn

1st Seder/No services

Shabbat Morning

Dates & Portion

Concurrent Services

B’nai Mitzvah, Sermon Topics and Special Occasions

March 3

Ki Tisa

Exodus 31:18-33:11

Haftarah: I Kings 18:1-39

9:30am—Prozdor & Babysitting

10:45am-Kids Kehillah

11:30am—Torah & Tots 12:30pm-Shulchan Yisraeli

March 10

Vayakhel-Pekudei Shabbat Parah

Exodus 37:17-39:21

Maftir: Numbers 19:1-22

Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38



11:30am—Torah & Tots 12:30pm-Shulchan Yisraeli

1:15pm—(TBD) AE Shabbat Learning: with Camp Schechter

1:15pm—African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel

March 17

Vayikra

Shabbat HaChodesh

Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Numbers 28:9-15

Maftir: Exodus 12:1-20

Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18


10:30am—Learners Minyan


11:30am—Young Family Tefillah and Lunch

1:15pm—50 Day Religious Challenge Kick-off with RPC and Rabbi Borodin

Kids4peace youth visit for Shabbat

March 24

Tzav

Shabbat HaGadol Leviticus 7:11-38

Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-24


10:00am—Youth Minyan


11:30am—Torah & Tots 1:15pm—Pesach Prep Class with Rabbi

Rose

March 31

Pesach Day 1

Exodus 12:21-51

Maftir: Numbers 28:16-25

Haftarah: Joshua 5:2-6:1

9:30am—Babysitting


11:30am—Torah & Tots

Pesach Day 1

No Kiddush lunch

Guest Darshan: Amram Migdal

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Celebrating our 50th Anniversary!

Join us Sunday May 6th at 12pm

To celebrate Beth Shalom’s Past, Present, & Future

Enjoy the delicious Food Fair

Create special tiles for our community art project

Music presented by Sababa

Congregation Beth Shalom’s 50th Anniversary

Culminating Event

Please RSVP at www.bethshalomseattle.org

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