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Shabbat, February 2 and 3, 2018 / 18 Shevat 5778
Parashat Yitro
הי אש�ר הוצאתי מא�ץ מצ�י�ם מבית עבדים: -אנכי ה' א �הי�ה ל אהים אח�ים על־פני א־י
“I am the Eternal One who brought you out from slavery in the land of Egypt;
You shall have no other gods besides Me” (Exodus 20:2).
SHABBAT PROGRAM SHABBAT PROGRAM
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Welcome to CBST!
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is a vibrant spiritual community and an influential progressive voice within Judaism. We are people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We hope you feel at home here. Here for the first time? Have a question? Interested in getting involved? Ask an usher for a “Learn about CBST” card. Leave the card with an usher and we’ll be in touch after Shabbat. Visit www.cbst.org.
Photo by Esteban Kuriel
ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה! קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב שנים ועמוק עם ישראל, עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל.
ן לגלות יהדות ליבראלית גם בישראל! \אנחנו מזמינים אתכם ם בפלאיירים בכניסה. \ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\מצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינות אתכם
לפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנות לרב נועה סתת [email protected]
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FEBRUARY 2, 2018 / 18 SHEVAT 5778
PARASHAT YITRO OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS הכנת הלב
*Hineh Mah Tov Yemenite טוב מה הנה 30 *Candle Blessings Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967) הדלקת נרות ש�ל ש�בת 38
*Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956) ש�לום עליכם 40KABBALAT SHABBAT / WELCOMING SHABBAT קבלת ש�בת
*L’chu N’ran’nah (Psalm 95) Abayudaya Ugandan צה) (תהלים נ�ננה לכו 52 *Zamru Ladonai (Psalm 98) Suki Berry צח) (תהלים לה' זמרו 58 *Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Yiddish Melody (Shnirele Perele) מזמור לדו�ד (תהלים כט) 62
*L'chah Dodi (Shlomo Alkabetz) Yoel Sykes (Born 1986) דודי לכה 66Chassidic*
*Tov L’hodot (Psalm 92) Peter Halpern (Born 1958) צב) (תהלים להדות טוב 72MA’ARIV / THE EVENING SERVICE מע�יב
Bar’chu Nusach ב�כו 78 Hama’ariv Aravim Nusach המע�יב ע�בים 80
*Ahavat Olam Eric Mandell (1903-1988) עולם אהבת 86 Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) ש�מע י�ש��אל 88 V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trop) ו�אהבת 89 *Mi Chamocha Debbie Friedman (1951-2011) כמכה מי 94 Hashkiveinu Max Helfman (1901-1963) הש�כיבנו 98 *V’shamru South African Melody ו�ש�מרו 102 Chatsi Kaddish Nusach חצי קדיש 104 Silent Amidah עמידה 106 Yih’yu L’ratson Dennis Arlan (1945-1979) ל�צון י�היו 118 *Oseh Shalom Jeff Klepper (Born 1954) עש�ה ש�לום 118
Prayer for Healing תפלה ל�פואה 130Program תפלה למדינה Prayer for our Country With Braille translation
Kaddish Shalem Nusach קדיש ש�לם 138GUEST SPEAKER: JACQUELINE ROTH
*Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) עלינו 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קדיש י�תום 150
*Yigdal Bulgarian-Sephardic Melody י�גדל 152*Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig
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COMPOSER FEATURE Born in Detroit in 1945, Dennis Arlan Hirschbein (pseud: Dennis Arlan) was an accomplished singer, pianist, composer, and choirmaster. He completed his Master of Music Degree in Composition at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1967, including his dissertation: “Beowolf: an epic cantata.” For the next 10 years, he performed as pianist for several prestigious companies: Boston Opera, Dallas Civic Opera, the Milwaukee Symphony, The Song of Norway Festival, Manhattan Savoyards, and the Denver Symphony. During this period, he continued to write music, including several children’s operas. He was the cantor during the High Holy Days for Hebrew Tabernacle in Washington Heights and was a cantorial student at HUC-JIR in New York. Tragically, however, he died of cancer in 1979 at the age of 33.
ACCESSIBILITY SHABBAT Accessibility is a core CBST value. We thank UJA-Federation of New York and The Jewish Deaf Resource Center (www.jdrc.org) for their support. Additionally, UJA-Federation of New York has offered financial support through their Jewish Community Deaf Interpreting Fund. Jacqueline Roth will be the Guest Speaker and will emcee the First Fridays Nighttime Nosh panel with members of the Deaf Jewish community and interpreters 10 USEFUL FACTS: 1. Sign Language is not universal/international 2. “ASL”—American Sign Language 3. “ISL”—Israeli Sign Language 4. The sign language used in England is called BSL and is very different than ASL! 5. “Deaf” and “hard-of-hearing” are terms of identification that many prefer, rather than the pejorative “hearing-impaired.” 6. “deaf” vs. “Deaf”—People who describe themselves as Deaf with an uppercase “D” are typically people who identify as culturally Deaf and have a strong Deaf identity, whereas people who use a lowercase “d” may not be as connected to the Deaf Community and may be more specifically referring to their hearing loss. There are nuances to this that are too much for this little fact sheet! 7. “Interpreter”—This is the standard term for someone who works with spoken and signed languages (rather than “Translator,” which refers to someone who converts written languages from one language to another. Sometimes people may use the term “Signer,” which just refers to someone who signs.) 8. “CODA,” or Child of Deaf Adult(s)—This term may describe an actual child or a (Deaf or hearing) adult who grew up in a family with a Deaf parent or two. 9. Interpreters in synagogue are using ASL, even when Hebrew is spoken/sung, because they don’t know the Hebrew sign language used in Israel (ISL), nor do most Deaf congregants here in the United States. 10. There is no one correct/agreed upon way to sign any specific prayer, or even how to sign the word/concept G-d. You may have learned from someone, for example, how to “sign the Shema,” but what you have learned is one interpretation, and someone else’s may differ. A deaf/Deaf person or an interpreter may even sign it a few different ways in the course of one service!
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PRAYER for OUR COUNTRY Our God and God of our ancestors,
bless this country and all who dwell within it. Help us to experience the blessings
of our lives and circumstances, To be vigilant, compassionate, and brave. Strengthen us when we are afraid, Help us stay angry, So that our anger motivates us to action. Help us to feel our fear, So that we do not become numb. Help us to be generous with others, So that we raise each other up. Help us to be humble in our fear,
knowing that as vulnerable as we feel, there are those at greater risk, and that it is our holy work to stand with them.
Help us to taste the sweetness of liberty, To not take for granted the freedoms won
in generations past or in recent days. To heal and nourish our democracy,
that it may be like a tree planted by the water whose roots reach down to the stream; it need not fear drought when it comes, its leaves are always green (Jeremiah 17:8).
Source of all Life, Guide our leaders with righteousness, Strengthen their hearts,
but keep them from hardening. That they may use their influence and authority to
speak truth and act for justice (Isaiah 16:3-5). May all who dwell in this country
share in its bounty, enjoy its freedoms, and be protected by its laws.
May this nation use its power and wealth to be a voice for justice, peace, and equality for all who dwell on earth.
May we be strong and have courage To be bold in our action and deep in our compassion, To discern when we must listen and when we must act, To uproot bigotry, intolerance, misogyny, racism,
discrimination, and violence in all its forms, To celebrate the many faces of God reflected
in the wondrous diversity of humanity, To welcome the stranger and the immigrant
and to honor the gifts of those who seek refuge and possibility here, as they have since before this nation was born.
Let justice well up like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream (Amos 5:24)
© Rabbi Ayelet Cohen
י אבותנו ואמותינו. ברך את ארצנו ואת כל -ינו ואלו-אלו היושבות והיושבים בה
יחד לבבנו להודות לך על חיינו ועל הזמן הזה להיות דרוכות, אמיצים, ומלאי חמלה.
כאשר אנו אחוזים בפחד חזקנו וחזק ידנו סייע בנפשנו להישאר כועסים
כדי שהכעס יוביל אותנו לידי מעשהלחוש את מלוא הפחד שלנוחזק לבבנו
כדי שלא נהפוך לאדישות סייע לנו להשפיע נדיבות על אחרים כדי שנרים זה את זו .
סייע לנו להיות צנועות בפחד, כדי שנדע כי גם כשאנו מרגישים בסיכון גבוה אף יותר, זוהי חובתנו הנמצאותפגיעות, יש אחרות,
הקדושה להיות עמן. החופשברכנו בטעם המתוק של
כדי שנשכיל להעריך את החופש לו זכינו בדורות קודמים ובעת הזומי�ם, -כעץ ש�תול על לרפא ולחזק את הדמוקרטיה שלנו שתהיה
י�בא חם, ו�הי�ה עלהו �ענן; -יובל י�ש�לח ש��ש�יו, ו�א י��אה כי-ו�על (ירמיהו יז, ח)
שכינה, אם כל חי, שלחי אורך ואמתך למנהיגנו חזקי לבבותיהם שלא יתקשו
שישתמשו בכוחן כדי לדבר אמת ולפעול בצדק (ישעיהו טז, ג-ה)מי יתן וכל יושבי הארץ יחלקו בעושרה, ישגשגו בחופש שתציע,
ויהיו מוגנים בחוקיה מי יתן ואומה זו תשתמש בכוחה ובעושרה על מנת לקדם צדק,
חופש ושלום לכל יושבי תבלי יתן ונהיה חזקות ואמיציםמ
מי יתן ונהיה נועזים במעשי ידנו ועמוקות בחמלה שבלבנו שנבחין מתי עלינו להקשיב ומתי עלינו לפעול
לעקור שנאה, גזענות, שוביניזם, אפליה, אלימות בכל צורה,
לחגוג את צלם אלוהים בפנים שונות המשתקפות בכל המגוון האנושי
, ולכבד את המתנות שמביא כל מי לקבל את הזר ואת המהגרתשמבקשת מקלט והזדמנות בארץ זו, כפי שהיה מאז לפני שאומה זו
נולדה ו�י�גל כמי�ם, מש�פט; וצדקה, כנחל איתן
(עמוס ה כד)
Hebrew by Rabbi Noa Sattath
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Paul Reisch Edith Tanur
Family & Friends memorialized on plaques on the Kuriel Chapel Memorial Wall
Carolyn Austin Mitchell Ingerman Bruce Kagle
Bertha Kawer Sarah Levine Hugh Andrew Mathis
Hyman Siegal Beatrice Peshie Silver Edie Applebaum Weingarten
The CBST community extends condolences to mourners among us. May God comfort you among all who mourn. We pray for peace.
All are welcome to an Oneg downstairs following the service.
Seating & Accessibility: CBST is committed to accessibility. At Friday night services, several spaces for someone in a wheelchair and an adjacent chair are reserved; seats are released at 6:15pm if not occupied. We are live streaming each service. To ensure you will not be in the camera’s view, please sit in the balcony seats. Phones and photography: Please silence your cell phones. Photos are not permitted during services. Bags and coats: Please leave your bags and coats in the coatroom. If you wish to bring them into the sanctuary, they are subject to search by security personnel. Smoking: Is not permitted within 25 feet of our front door so that smoke doesn’t drift back in. Thank you. From CBST’s Green Team: We are blessed to live in a city where rigid plastics are recyclable. Toss plastic straws, bottles, etc. in receptacles labeled “cans/bottles.” The earth & the Green Team thank you. Tonight, our thanks to Better Events Sound Technician · CBST Set-Up Staff Jorge Loyola and Victor Reyes Nancy Nisselbaum, Programs and Communications Manager · CBST Members & Friends who greet everyone at services · Shabbat donors and sponsors.
Tonight’s Service Leaders Ba’al Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg, Steven M. Fruh-Paul L. Marsolini Cantorial Position Music Director and Pianist: Joyce Rosenzweig Service Leaders: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Roth
Condolences to Former CBST Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen and her husband, Rabbi Marc Margolius, on the death of Rabbi Margolius’s father, Edwin Margolius, z”l, who died early Thursday morning, February 1, at the age of 99.
Refuah Shlemah – Healing Prayers Alton Bader Jenny Berman Mary Crumbacher Mary Goldrich
Josephine Kleinbaum Steve Kotick Ken Levinsohn Sarah Siegel
Neil Tiger Rose Wahnon Jason Waxler
If you or a CBST member you know is ill and would like support, contact [email protected]. This printed list is for those with acute illness. You may say a name aloud during the healing prayer at services. CBST’s Chesed Committee provides assistance for members who are hospitalized or recovering from illness or loss. Email [email protected]. We’re your community, we’re here for you.
Yortzeits 18 Shevat through 24 Shevat
Members memorialized on Wine Family Sanctuary Memorial Wall
Ahead… Saturday, February 3, 2018 / 18 Shevat 5778 Yoga/Meditation Shabbat Limmud b’Shabbat Led by Rabbi Yael Rapport
Friday, February 9, 2018 / 25 Shevat 5778 Parashat Mishpatim Anniversary Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:30pm Ba’alei Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg and Larry Kay Music Director and Pianist: Joyce Rosenzweig and the CBST Community Chorus Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Drashah: CBST Board President Gregg Passin
Saturday, February 10, 2018 / 25 Shevat 5778 Liberal Minyan Shabbat Ba’al Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg Service Leader: Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Ayalon Eliach D’var Torah: CRRI Ayalon Eliach
World Premiere by CBST member, Jonathan Sheffer Kabbalat Shabbat, Anniversary Shabbat, Friday, February 9, 130 West 30th Street The CBST Community Chorus is proud to present the premiere of Jonathan Sheffer’s gorgeous new composition, “Yedid Nefesh.” Please join us for this special service, and celebrate the birth of this magnificent new work!
Oneg and Discussion on Sexual Harassment, February 16 After services, CBST Board member and Past President Eric Rosenbaum and Rabbi Kleinbaum will lead a discussion about sexual harassment issues. On November 10, 2017, Rabbi Kleinbaum gave a drashah about these issues and received a great deal of feedback. (Our Facebook page has the video of this service.) We are committed to deepening our community on all these issues and we welcome you to come for the next conversation. It won’t be the last.
See all these events and more at www.cbst.org/events/month
CBST Yoga Thursday, February 8, 2:00 - 3:15pm, 130 West 30th Street Indulge in some self-care. We have the teacher, Hilary Nudell, the mats, and the space—you just bring yourself. Steve Fruh, co-chair of CBST's Mishpachah group says, “Hilary tailors the class to its participants, concentrating on correct breathing, balancing, and stretching.” Aleinu Havdalah Hangout with Text Study
Saturday, February 10 at 6:30pm, Ditmas Park Dig into biblical text, then relax with food, drinks, and games in the Ditmas Park apartment of Aleinu members Carley and Tamarah Balazs. RSVP to [email protected]
Israeli Dancing Mondays, February 12, March 19, 7:00 - 9:00pm, 130 West 30th Street Come learn Israeli dancing with internationally known dancer and choreographer Mitch Ginsburgh. New dancers should come ready to enjoy the best Israeli music from yesterday and today, build coordination and dance skills, and master challenges, and sweat. No dance experience is necessary. Our last class had participants excalimging about the fun they had and how much exercise they were getting! Everybody is welcome. http://bit.ly/IsraeliDancing
Shabbat Dinner hosted by Mishpachah Join us for a Lunar New Year dinner with vegetarian Chinese food. Build new friendships, have some fun, and support one another in a pre-service dinner for those age 55 and up and their friends of all ages. $16 if registered before February 12; $20 thereafter. http://bit.ly/LunarNewYearDinner
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CBST Community Retreat— Registration is now open Friday, April 27—Sunday, April 29, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT We are thrilled to announce this year's annual retreat to be held at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. The theme of this year’s retreat, “The 70 Faces of Israel,” reflects Israel’s many facets, from the ancient land to the modern state,
as well as the many people who live there. Early bird discount in effect until February 28. http://bit.ly/2018CBSTRetreat Concert for Social Justice Monday, February 26, 7:00pm, 130 West 30th Street CBST Member and violist, Adria Benjamin and her esteemed colleagues, Sebu Sirinian, violinist, Lisa Tipton, violinist, Tomoko Fujita, cellist, and Adrienne Kim, pianist, present chamber music by Jessie Montgomery, William Grant Still, Antonin Dvorak, Henry Thacker Burleigh, Joseph Haydn, and Leonard Bernstein to bring beauty, meaning, and comfort to our community in these challenging times. All are welcome, held in our magnificent Wine Family Sanctuary. Admission and your gift of any amount support music at CBST and our bold social justice work—http://bit.ly/FebConcert.
Lehrhaus Adult Education On Death and Dying with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Steven Philp Thursdays, February 8, 15, 22, 6:30 – 7:30pm Judaism teaches: “It is better to attend a funeral than a feast” (Ecclesiastes 7:2). Why? Because what we understand about death shapes how we create lives of purpose. We will explore a range of Jewish perspectives on death and dying, drawing from biblical narratives, rabbinic text, ritual practice, and our own experiences.
Spring 2018 Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, and 20 * 6:30pm: Deepening the Shabbat Morning Service
7:45pm: Intro to Hebrew Language II OR Intermediate Hebrew II
Classes are open to all; * Spring classes are required for CBST Adult B’nai Mitzvah students.
Register at www.cbst.org via our website calendar. Questions? Email [email protected]
CBST Adult B’nai Mitzvah Program This remarkable journey of learning, praying, studying, and exploring Jewish identity and tradition is open to all CBST members beginning in November. Learning covers topics including liturgy, Jewish history, Torah, theology, Hebrew, and Cantillation.
Sign up to join the cohort at bit.ly/AdultBnaiMitzvahReg
We look forward to learning, questioning, and exploring together!
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Weekly Actions of a Bold Spiritual Community of Resistance and Love
Workshop on Legal Demonstrations and Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Sunday, February 11, 11:00am-4:00pm Join Rabbi Kleinbaum and trainers Jamie Bauer and Alexis Danzig for a workshop on legal demonstrations and non-violent civil disobedience. Learn about the history and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience, and why it is a deeply effective and deeply Jewish way of taking action in the face of injustice. Taking this workshop does not in any way commit you to taking part in any action! This course is for CBST members only. Lunch and materials are included. http://bit.ly/SancTraining. “Stormy Weather” with the Green Team Thursday, February 8, 7:00-9:00pm, JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave., @ 72nd St. Members of CBST's Green Team will join our partners from the Jewish Climate Action Network for a symposium on climate change. Pre-registration is required. If you are member of JCAN-NYC, use the discount code SWFRIENDS18 and register for $10 instead of $15. If you are a student, use code SWSTUDENT18 and your ticket is free! Come learn with activists, educators, scientists, and faith leaders as we consider how we can bring our Jewish traditions and scientific knowledge together in our efforts to address climate change. Resistance: Calls and Cards Thursdays, 12:30—2:00pm at 130 West 30th Street Come for pizza to fuel your phone calls and postcard writing. Make your voice heard by exercising your right to contact your officials. Bring a cell phone and your fighting spirit! Welcoming Visit at Islamic Center at NYU Fridays, 12:45—2:30pm at 238 Thompson St. Welcome worshippers to the Islamic Center at NYU’s Jummah mid-day prayer service.To participate in House of Peace, speak to Harold Levine or Kristen Plylar-Moore, or email Harold at [email protected]. Want to help Puerto Rico? Operation Aqua is providing a reliable source of safe drinking water to families across Puerto Rico. CBST member and AFT President Randi Weingarten is spearheading this effort in conjunction with AFT, AFSCME, Operation Blessing International, and the Hispanic Federation. A $30 contribution provides an in-house purifier that requires no electricity and provides 10+ gallons of safe water per day to a family. $5,000 delivers a generator that can disinfect 150,000 gallons per day, enough safe water for thousands. For donations and more information: https://www.aft.org/operation-agua
Music at CBST Monday, February 26, 7:00pm—Concert for Social Justice
Monday, March 12, 7:00pm—Harp Concert Shushan Hashalom Monday, May 7, 7:00pm—Concert for Social Justice
Sunday June 10, 4:00pm—Concert featuring the CBST Chorus
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The December 4 “Bringing Vision to Life” evening was magical. Thank you to all our donors, organizers, volunteers, program participants, particularly our keynote speaker, the Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and most especially Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum for 25 years of inspired and inspiring leadership.
$2.3 million was raised to address the total $24.5 million Home of Our Own project budget, leaving just $300,000 to complete this campaign.
The Donor Wall at CBST is scheduled to be updated in Spring 2018, acknowledging donors at the $18,000, $36,000, $50,000 & $100,000+ levels. Dedication opportunities are still available.
Contact Ann at 212-929-9498x 814 or [email protected]. CBST Goes to Israel! Kids and Their Grown-Ups Israel Trip Wednesday, August 22 – Sunday, September 2, 2018 This trip is sold out, but sign up for the waitlist by calling Customer Service at 888-811-2812 x 1 OR by going directly to https://www.daattravel.com/Congregation-Beit-Simchat-Torah
Israel In-Depth for CBST Adults Sign up for the waitlist for this adult-only trip to Israel and the West Bank November 11-20, 2018, with the option of an initial three days in Krakow and Auschwitz, November 7-10, 2018. Call Customer Service Center at 888-811-2812 x 1 or by going directly to https://daattravel.com/Package/33433.
Membership: You are warmly invited to become part of this vibrant community. Pick up a form in the Sheffer Family Lobby; visit cbst.org; or contact Ann: 212-929-9498 x814 or [email protected].
NEW! The Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Bobblehead Specially created especially for the “Bringing Vision to Life” December 4, 2017 Celebration of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum’s 25th Anniversary at CBST. Place your order now at http://bit.ly/RSKBobblehead.
Many thanks to all who have already pledged and contributed in the longstanding, meaningful tradition of High Holy Day giving that sustains our community: Annual Appeal, Open Door, Yizkor Appeal, and support for Social Justice, Jewish Learning and Music at CBST. You may now contribute online at cbst.org or contact Ann at [email protected] or 212-929-9498 x 814.
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Children’s Education and Programs at CBST CBST is committed to a dynamic, inclusive, and multifaceted Jewish education program for our children and their families. Through learning and doing, our program builds and strengthens a contemporary, learned, relevant, ethical, and deeply rooted sense of both Jewish and LGBTQ values and identity, reflecting our community and enabling our children to understand the diversity of the Jewish world and find their home in it.
Alef Bet Shabbat: a song-filled, kid-and-baby-focused (age 0-5, with their grown-ups) service. No registration required. Same schedule as Limmud, check www.cbst.org/events/month for details.
Limmud b’Shabbat for students K-7th Grade: T’fillah Services for Children, Hebrew instruction, Jewish texts and core values, art, drama, music, Jewish culture and history, and LGBTQ values. Registration required. B’nai Mitzvah for Children: Children of CBST members, under the age of 13, prepare for B’nai Mitzvah through Limmud b’Shabbat, our Children’s Education program, which includes CBST clergy, staff, and tutors. Teen Track – Year of Study on Civil Rights and Trip to the South! For students grades 8-12. Enroll: http://bit.ly/CBSTLimmud! Questions? Email Julie Seltzer at [email protected]
Seeking Purim Shpielers for Purim 5778 Do you have a penchant for acting, script-writing...or both? Whether you are a drama-queen-Esther or not, YOU can help create and/or act out mini-skits that will provide commentary and satire between sections of our multi-lingual Megillah reading this year.
Purim Decorating with Earl Anthony Every year CBST member Earl Anthony generously creates decorations for and puts up decorations for Purim. Last year, our basement flooded and we tragically lost all of our decorations. However, we have new ones—help us put them up!
Purim Party for Kids and Their Grownups Wednesday, February 28, 5:30 - 6:30pm, 130 West 30th Street Families, friends, and fun-lovers of all ages are welcome to CBST's Purim Carnival. Enjoy mask making, hamentashen baking, face painting, balloon animals, and more! Pizza dinner will be provided. Purim Celebration and Megillah Reading Wednesday, February 28, 6:30pm, 130 West 30th Street Purim with CBST is always a fabulous night of revelry! Come hear a fun-filled Ma’ariv service, multi-lingual Megillah reading, and help retell the story of queens and villains and victory!
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Tonight’s Oneg (Delight) Sponsored by
Deluxe: Randi Weingarten and Jacki Arams in loving memory of our mother, Edie Applebaum Weingarten, z”l, on her 9th yortzeit – she was always a big presence and is very much missed. Leslie Bernstein for the yortzeit of her aunt, Beatrice Peshie Silver, z”l To sponsor a holiday celebration, contact Ann Targownik, Director of Development, at 212-929-9498 x 814 or [email protected].
Shabbat Flowers sponsored by David Wine and Michael MacElhenny
Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, D.D. Rabbi Yael Rooks Rapport ASSISTANT RABBI Rabbi Marisa Elana James DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMMING Cantor Steve Zeidenberg Steven M. Fruh-Paul L. Marsolini Cantorial Position Gregg H. Passin PRESIDENT Yolanda Potasinski EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Joyce Rosenzweig MUSIC DIRECTOR
130 West 30th Street New York, NY 10001
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