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UNION FOR
 REFORM JUDAISM

                    
                    

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THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE TEMPLE SINAI’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Temple Sinai was founded 50 years ago by a group of hard-working dedicated Jews 
who sought to establish a congregation with a warm and intimate atmosphere.  
We will soon begin to celebrate this milestone with several events, which are 
in the planning stage. Please contact Rabbi Bernstein or the Temple office 
if you have anything that will help us make this year one that will not only 
celebrate the past 50 years, but make memories to share with our future congregants.

Thank you! 

 

 




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Synagogues:
Transformation
And
Renewal

"Renewing Jewish Life through
Congregational Innovation and
Leadership Development"

Please join us
Friday, May 2nd
at 7:30 pm,
as we
welcome Shabbat with

FRIDAY
NIGHT
LIVE

 featuring our own
Friday Night Live Band

 Don't miss this
fun, energetic,
rockin' good time
for ALL AGES!!!

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A message from the 7th Grade Holocaust Studies Class...

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TEMPLE SINAI
JUBILEE YEAR
CELEBRATION

Please join us for a weekend
 of joy as we gatherto celebrate our Jubilee Year.

Shabbat Service
and Festive Oneg,
Friday, May 16 at 7:30 PM.

The celebration continues on
 
Saturday, May 17 at 6:30
with a Gala Dinner
and Silent Auction
in the social hall.

Dinner by reservation only.

 

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to view photos from Megillah Reading
 & Purim Spiel - led by our Grade 5 students and Purim Carnival run by our
Sinai High students

 


News and Notes


TEMPLE SINAI
CARING COMMITTEE

The Caring Committee of Temple Sinai is committed to extending the support of our congregation to all Temple members in need, or to those experiencing difficult life events. If you, or another Temple member you know, might benefit from a meal, a visit, a ride, or some other support, please contact Rabbi Bernstein, or leave a message with June to inform the committee.


FROM THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DIRECTOR

The Winter just has to be over by now and hopefully we are into the loveliness of Spring! April is a very busy month here at school!

The fifth graders were wonderful in the Spiel this year under Robin’s creative direction. A huge thank you to Candice Ross and all of the parents and the Sinai High students, who helped to make the carnival such a success! We are most grateful to the Trotsky/ Kotin Family who donated all of the prizes for the carnival.

On April 5, the kindergarten, first and second graders and their parents will participate in a special interactive Seder. Thank you to Becky Pins for planning and coordinating this event. Also, on April 5 & 6, the seventh graders, with their teachers and parents, will be filling and delivering “Ma’ot Chittim” baskets to various members in our community for Passover.

On Friday, April 11 the fourth grade class will lead services, preceded by a dinner for their families.

The students in Grades 3 - 7 will enjoy the “Seder Board Game”, a walk through interactive program on Wednesday, April 16. If you would like to help out with this program, please let me know!

Thank you to Harry Hubbard and Lynne Burke for monitoring traffic, and to Becky Finkelstein who has helped out with snack.

A word about Tzedakah: This year the classes have been collecting Tzedakah each month and earmarking it for Temple Sinai’s 50th anniversary. We have decided to use the money that was collected to furnish the classrooms with copies of “Mishkan T’Filah“, the new prayer book. Please encourage your children to bring in Tzedakah every week from now until the end of the year so we can reach our goal.

Reminder: There will be NO Religious School on April 19, 23 and 26.

Have an enjoyable Passover and a relaxing vacation!

 Wendy Davis Wong
Director of Education


TRAFFIC SAFETY REMINDER!

NO ONE will be allowed to drive up or down the hill on Saturdays, between 8:50 and 9:10 and 11:50 and 12:10, and on Wednesdays between 3:35 and 3:55 and again between 5:30 and 5:50. If you must come to the school building between these hours, please park in the lower lot and walk up. SPEED LIMITS ON THE HILL AT OTHER TIMES IS 5 MPH. These rules will be strictly enforced. THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN DEPENDS ON YOUR COMPLIANCE.


     


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“THE CHALLENGE TO BE PRESENT”

It is extremely difficult to be totally present. To be mindfullypresent re quires skill, a developed practice, and an ability to concentrate. There are countless distractions and reasons why we lose focus during any given moment. Often we are drawn back into our past or we consider what we expect we will be doing in the future. In either case, we keep ourselves from concentrating on the moment at hand. As important as the present is in our lives, we are products of our past and our present actions very much shape what our future will be.

When visiting the Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv, one is greeted with the inscription: “Lizkor haatid; lehiyot b’hoveh; livtoach b’atid - To remember the past; to live in the present, and to trust in the future.” At times we emphasize one temporal aspect over another. However, each temporal reality - past, present, or future - has an intrinsic value that can lead to sacred time.

This year we have spent a good deal of effort reflecting on our past, due to the 50th anniversary of our Temple. All of us have a past at Temple Sinai of which Temple Sinai congregants can feel proud. As uncertain as any future might be, we are filled with hope that our current personal and communal commitment to God, Torah, and Israel will bring us even closer to our faith, one another and our wider community. Each day we have precious, fleeting moments when we have the opportunity to make our lives and the lives of others more whole, more meaningful, and more worthy of Divine blessing.

Soon at our Seder meals we will hold the Passover Haggadahs in our hands. We will recall the historic moment that galvanized us as a people in the time of the Exodus. “It is what God did for me when we went free out of Egypt.” We will remember our history with the hope that we can, in the here and now, experience such a liberation in our own day. The Seder meal itself encourages each of us to experience the present-day moment of going free with a liberated spirit. In the end, we trust we will experience the ultimate redemption in the future. I look forward to being present with you at our Congregational Seder on Sunday evening, April 20th. May you and your loved ones experience a healthy and joyous Pesah.

Rabbi Seth L. Bernstein



Friday night, April 4th will be our next Family Tot Shabbat at 6 PM in the Temple Sanctuary. We begin with an art project followed by a singing, dancing service geared to preschoolers through 1st Graders.

Cantorial Soloist Robin Sparr-Rothman leads the service at 6:00 pm, and then we share a pot luck dinner. All are welcome to join and enjoy, Sinai members and non-members as well. For more information call 508-755-2519. 

Next Tot Shabbat - May 10 at 11:00 AM