 | 6800 35th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Ph: (206) 524-0075
Fax: (206) 525-5095
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Shabbat Schedule | |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Beit Midrash
Candlelighting for May 18 is at 8:26pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00-7:00pm
Service Leader:
Shabbat Morning Services in the Sanctuary at 9:30am
Behar-Bechukotai
Leviticus 25:39-26:46
Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
Guest Darshan: Rabbi Dov Gartenberg
This week's Kiddush is Sponsored by CBS and prepared by Shabbas Chefs, Jettie Person & Harry Goldman, with their helpers
Please help us keep Beth Shalom clean by making sure no food leaves the Social Hall during and after Kiddush
Shabbat Babysitting at 10:15am in Room 4/5
FDI (Future Daveners of Israel) - kids ages 3-6 from 10:45am in Room 1
Kid's Kehilla - kids ages 7-11 from 10:45am in Room 5
Kiddush Co-op from 12:30-1:30pm in the open space downstairs
Discussion with Rabbi Gartenberg from 1:00pm in the Beit Midrash
Introducing a Seder Shel Hag HaShavuot: A feast celebrating Matan Torah through symbolic food, song, and text
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Come Leyn Torah on Weekdays
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The daily minyan at Beth Shalom is looking for volunteer leyners and people to make a minyan. Whether you are dusting off your leyning skills or giving it a first try, you could not find a more supportive and appreciative group.
We read the torah every Monday and Thursday, plus Rosh Chodesh and the like. Services start at 7:00 am and are over by 8:15 am.
Send Norbert Sorg a mail HERE if you, if you are interested. |
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Sign the Pledge Card | |
Washington United for Marriage has launched a
campaign to collect pledges to support civil marriage equality from more than 200,000 Washingtonians before June 2012. This latest effort seeks to match name-for-name the number of signatures opponents to marriage equality need to gather in order to qualify Referendum 74 (R74) for the ballot. If R74 is not "approved" the marriage equality law passed by the legislature would be repealed. This law respects religious liberty by allowing individual clergy and places of worship to decide who they will marry. To qualify for the ballot, opponents will need to collect at least 160,000 signatures before June 2012. If you support marriage equality please sign a pledge card HERE. |
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North End Eruv
Click here weekly for Eruv status. If you want to check out the Eruv map, click here. | |
Join our Facebook group! join in discussions,keep in touch.
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Insurance Professionals | |
The Finance Committee is looking for an "insurance professional" for a project they are working on. If you are interested in helping out or know someone we should contact please contact executive director Tzachi Litov HERE.
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Community & Volunteer Opportunities | |
Sukkot, Hannukkah, Tu B'Shvat, Purim - A Call for dreamers and workers to help make these holidays happen
We are looking forward to creating a new holiday planning committee this year that will work with the rabbi and program director helping to dream, plan, and implement our synagogue holiday programs. If you are someone who has ideas for celebrating the holidays, or likes to work on details, or happy to help out at the holiday celebrations themselves - we would love to have you for this exciting new committee. Please speak with either Carol or the Rabbi if you are interested.
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General Help
We could use help posting events to web calendars, bing, google, etc. Are you a Social Networking Maven?
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Gift Cards | |
The Beth Shalom Annual meeting on May 20th is fast approaching. The meeting provides a very convenient opportunity to purchase scrip outside of normal business hours. The gift cards that will be available include: PCC, QFC/Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, Home Depot, Starbucks and ARCO. Come and purchase the gift cards you need, and help Beth Shalom to close the fiscal year with a bang!
Remember that your use of these gift cards when you shop provides great benefit to the synagogue, and it costs you nothing extra! If you have any questions about the Beth Shalom gift cards, please contact Marjie Cogan in the office or Kevin Coskey HERE.
On the Beth Shalom web site, there is now a page dedicated to information about the Beth Shalom scrip program. You can go directly by clicking HERE, or simply follow the new link on the home page. Check it out! All questions or feedback about the scrip program are welcome. | |
| Shabbat in the Park | |
Do you look forward to summer Shabbat (Saturday) afternoons in View Ridge Park?
In past years families have spontaneously gathered in the late afternoons (4 or 5pm-ish) for conversation, games (there's a great playground for todders, pre-schoolers, and big kids) and sometimes a potluck. Spontaneity is great, but a little organizing is even better.
Do you want to make sure that these community gatherings really happen this summer? We're looking for a Shabbat in the Park coordinator. Small commitment, big mitzvah, lots of fun. Contact Carol Benedick Here or 206-524-0075 ext 2504. | |
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| Best Congregation in 2011 - voted in the JT News |
May 18, 2012 |
| Help Us End the Year in the BLACK! |
If you have not already done so, please pay off any outstanding financial obligations this month so we can end our fiscal year (May 31, 2012) in a healthy state. Already paid in full? Please consider an additional gift to support the community.
"Blessed are those who establish synagogues... give funds for heat and light... and devotedly involve themselves in the needs of the community." from the Prayer For Those Who Serve The Community |
| This Sunday!!! CBS ANNUAL MEETING & BRUNCH |
The Rabbi, Board & Staff of CBS invite you to join us to honor Shabbos Chefs - 2012 Volunteers of the Year Sunday, May 20 * 10:30am - 12:00pm NOTE! .jpg) The first 10 households to sign in will be entered in to a drawing for a $25 refillable PCC Gift Card!
The 60th household to sign in, representing a quorum, will also receive a $25 refillable PCC Gift Card!
Other items on the agenda will be:
- Budget presentations and vote
- Board Nominations
- Messages from President
Your presence is very important!
Please join us for schmoozing, honoring, working and noshing as a community.
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| Upcoming Events & Services | |
This Shabbat - Rabbi Gartenberg as Guest Darshan
Rabbi Gartenberg will be giving the dvar torah and a study session at 1 pm in the Beit Midrash. The afternoon session will be:
Introducing a Seder Shel Hag HaShavuot: A feast celebrating Matan Torah through symbolic food, song, and text
New Thursday Maariv Minyan - 7:30pm - Sanctuary
Have you been wanting to come for an evening minyan but been unable to make it on Mondays?
We have a minyan on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. Please join us.
Tot Shabbat
Upcoming dates - 6/2, 7/7
1st Shabbat monthly 11:00-11:30am in Room 2
A community-led, interactive celebration for children ages 0-3 and their parents. Join us monthly for songs, stories, and snack. All are welcome. For more information email Irit Eliav HERE. |
| SHAVUOT - Save the Date | |
Saturday, 5/26 from 9:45 until Dawn
Beth Shalom Shavuot Lail Tikkun - Delving Deep Into Torah: a Focus on Drama with Israeli playwright, Joshua Sobol
Join us for an evening with Joshua Sobol and a scene acted out from his internationally renowned play, Ghetto. Following the scene we'll have a conversation with Joshua Sobol and learn the fascinating story about the writing of this and other plays. The play and conversation take place from 10:00-11:30pm on 5/26. At 11:30pm we'll break for the Cheesecake Bakeoff. Starting at midnight we'll learn from some of our best teachers. The dawn minyan is at 4:05am.
There is no charge for Shavuot events. An RSVP is appreciated. https://bethshalomseattle.org/event_details.php?id=616
Attention Cheesecake Bakers!
This Shavuot, enter your favorite cheesecake (baked at Beth Shalom, of.jpg) course) in our Eighth Annual Shavuot Cheesecake Bakeoff.
Don't be buttonholed by tradition! Make it sweet, make it savory, make it vegan, make it anyway that you want and know that it'll get eaten anyway!
Cheesecakes will be tasted and voted on at our May 26th, Erev Shavuot Lail Tikkun (all night Torah study).
Contact Carol Benedick at (206) 524-0075 or email carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org and she'll hook you up with our Bakeoff Coordinators, Issy Kleiman, Iris Brumer, and Danielle Yancey, who will give you "the rules" and schedule your baking time.
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| From Rabbi Borodin - Kabbalat Shabbat and You | |
Kabbalat Shabbat and You - How to Change Your Week and be a Hero at the Same Time
New Options, New Times, Even Better Experience
One of the most special moments of the week is when we welcome in the Sabbath bride - the peace of Shabbat through lighting candles and the Kabbalat Shabbat service -one of our most poetic, melodic and intimate services. This summer, we are offering a few new Kabbalat Shabbat options, as a result of your feedback and hope you will join us.
On the first Shabbat of June, July and August, we are having a late, 8pm service, which will be proceeded each time by a picnic dinner in View Ridge park (bring your own picnic). Meet Rabbi Borodin and Beth Shalom friends for dinner in the park and walk back together for Kabbalat Shabbat services at Beth Shalom or just join us for Kabbalat Shabbat services or just picnic with us.
On the other Friday nights of the summer (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Shabbatot of the month), we will continue with our regular 6pm Shabbat services. And on Friday July 27th, we are delighted to have two different services - our regular Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6pm and a special family and young family Shabbat dinner followed by a family service. (Look for the information for this event elsewhere in the Ruach.)
Over the summer, lots of our members go away for the weekend and we want to make sure we always have a minyan on Friday night (and weekday morning and evening). To help ensure that, we are hoping you will join us for services and ideally let us know in advance you are coming so we can count you through our doodle poll, or by contacting Sandy in the office. Let us know what weeks you plan to join us and what weeks you are available to come if needed to make a minyan. We plan to review the poll every Wednesday to see how many we expect for Kabbalat Shabbat and if we need to put out additional requests.
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and respond to our doodle poll and let us know if you will be there.
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| CBS Family Camp | |
 June 8-10, 2012
Join us for a fun-filled weekend at Camp Solomon Schechter full of learning, playing, and making wonderful new friends. This event sells out every year. It is one you don't want to miss!
Forms are now available HERE. For more information, please contact Irit Eliav, Director of Education, at
Iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org. |
| Halacha for the week | |
From Joel Goldstein
The Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Brachot (1:5) teaches that when the hazzan gets to the Modim bracha in the repetition of the Amidah, the whole congregation bows with the Hazzan. The Babylonian Talmud in Sotah 40a asks what the congregation says while the hazzan recites the Modim. Several answers are given, all ending in "because we are thankful to you" which Rashi explains as, "that you gave us in our hearts [the ability] to be connected with you and thankful to you." Rav Papa rules that we should say all the statements, and the Beit Yosef tells us since we say a collection of statements from many Rabbis, it is called the Modim D'Rabbanan (Modim of our Rabbis). The Jerusalem Talmud (1:5) ends this section with the congregation saying the bracha, "Barukh atah Hashem, kel hahodaot" (blessed are you Lord, God of thanksgivings). The Babylonian Talmud does not mention such an ending. The Tur follows his father the Rosh, as does the Rema in the Darkhei Moshe, and they say we should say this bracha at the end. The Rambam does not. Based on the students of Rabbenu Yonah, we make a compromise and end it with a half bracha that does not include the name of God, which is the opinion favored by Rav Yosef Karo in the Beit Yosef and Shulchan Aruch. |
| Classifieds & Events Around Town | |
As part of our new updates, we are excited to share that what has previously appeared under the Classifieds section of the Cybershul is now hosted on the CBS website. Community events, things for sale, missing
items and much more can now be found online.
- Rental oppotunities
- Jobs
- Volunteer work
- New Events for May - July
Click here for a complete list of CBS Classifieds and Events around town - such as:
Fair Trade Judaica Fair
Wednesday, 5/23 from 5:30-8:00 pm at Stroum JCC, 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island - FREE!
Join us for this unique Fair Trade Judaica Fair, featuring over 50 products from Africa, Asia, and Latin/South America. This will be the largest gathering of all the Fair Trade Judaica products currently available in the marketplace, including:
- Kippot (including ones for women)
- Tallitot
- Home decorations
- Cards
- Tzedakah boxes
- Chanukah menorahs
- Lots of Fair Trade chocolate
- And more!
For more info email ilana@fairtradejudaica.org. |
| Adult Education Updates |
Read Blu Greenberg? Food for Thought-Dining Room Learning
Starting Tuesday, 5/22 through 9/11, from 7:00pm
Robert Hovden and Ron DeChene are holding a class "Food for Thought - Dining Room Learning" at their house starting on Tuesday, May 22 at 7pm. The class will continue on Tuesday nights through Sept. 11 and includes a pasta dinner. No charge. Come ready to learn from Blu Greenberg's book, How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household. RSVP to me at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org.
Pirkei Avot and Siddur Hebrew
We're offering Spring Supplemental Classes
Yiscah Smith has agreed to offer 7 extra classes between
April 24-June 12.
Take both classes together for a discount.
New and Continuing Students are Welcome.
More information and registration at: https://bethshalomseattle.org/event_details.php?id=638.
Middot & Mitzvot: Honor (Kavod)
with Shirah Bell and Rabbi Harry Zeitlin
Shabbat, 5/26, 1:15-2:30pm
Ben Zoma in Pirke Avot asks: "Who is worthy of honor?" And he answers: "The one who treats others with honor." Like every other soul-trait, honor is both a state of awareness and a deed. Soul-traits are virtues in action. It is not enough to feel reverence; one must act reverently. We act with honor when we honor the other (as well as ourselves) by treating all beings with the utmost respect and dignity. We act with honor when we listen carefully to the needs of another and respond; when we look beneath surface differences to see the shared ground upon which all beings stand.
What's a Piyut & How Do I Make One?
Instructor: Pat Hurshell
Thursday, 6/7 from 7:00-8:30pm
For poets and aspiring poets. Learn some background on piyut beginnings, its evolution and contemporary popularity. Pick a subject and write a piyut. No tests! No charge!
RSVP at: https://bethshalomseattle.org/event_details.php?id=646.
Beth Shalom Beit Midrash... in the Sanctuary - Now on Shabbat!
Please join teachers Joel Goldstein and Stuart Light for a weekly Talmud class covering the second chapter of Bava Metzia. This class meets every Shabbat after Kiddush. We will look not only at the Talmud in Bava Metzia, but at other connected pieces of Talmud and the opinions of commentaries ranging from Rashi, Tosefot, Rambam, Ramban, and Shulchan Aruch. No Talmud experience is necessary, nor is knowing all the terms in this class summary; all you need is an open mind and willingness to engage the text. Class meets after Kiddush lunch, about 1pm every Shabbat. No charge.
Do you want to join Israeli Dancing but are worried that you don't know the steps?
Israeli Dancing will now begin at 6:45pm on Wednesdays. The first half hour we'll learn and review the steps that are the basic building blocks for many dances. This is a great time for beginners to join the class.
No experience necessary. Please wear shoes that slide easily. Tennis shoes are NOT recommended.
A 5 class punchcard is $30 for members, $40 for non-members.
Get more information on Adult Ed Classes and how to register by clicking here. |
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