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UNION FOR
 REFORM JUDAISM

                    
                    





COCOA (AND COFFEE) HOUSE

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH

1 - 4 PM 
IN THE SOCIAL HALL

An eclectic afternoon…
classical piano music,
 
singing “old favorites”, 
and ...YOU!

Please bring your instruments, voices and enthusiasm for an open mike.

Performance is not required. 
You can just sip war

beverages, nibble on goodies 
and enjoy the camaraderie.

Admission to the FUN-raiser is $10 for adults, 
$5 for children under 11

Proceeds will benefit the Temple Sinai Music Program.

 

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SOCIAL ACTION
UPDATE:

  

Hats, Scarves, Mittens 
and Socks Collection

During the month of February 
we will be collecting new, 
or gently used, hats, scarves and mittens, and NEW socks, to be distributed to area shelters for men, women and children. There will be a box designated for these items in the school foyer and 
Temple coatroom.

 Thank you for your generosity.

 
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW
THE BROCHURE FOR 2009/5770

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THE GOLDEN NOODLE 
IS RETURNING!

The second annual Temple Sinai fund-raiser/cook-off competition will be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010. This year's delicacy will be Passover desserts. Mark your calendars to ensure that you will be able to compete for the coveted Golden Noodle trophy.  
Watch this space for details!

 
 
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IGIVE.COM

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Tell your friends!

 Temple Sinai is now registered on “IGive.com”. Consider doing your online shopping through this website and Temple Sinai will receive a percentage of your purchase. 

It's easy - just visit online stores through IGive.com. Search “Religious Organizations in Massachusetts”. More visits by you and your fellow supporters mean more chances for Temple Sinai to receive 
the benefits.

 


COMING ATTRACTIONS

MITZVAH DAY 
AT TEMPLE SINAI
  

On Shabbat morning, February 6, 2010, from 9-10:30, in the social hall, Temple Sinai students, their families, and members of all ages will be able to participate in a Mitzvah Day, coordinated by the students in the "Fixing the World" special activity class. Our Mitzvah Day will allow everyone the opportunity to contribute money to support various organizations at home and in Israel. The students will set up tables with a Tzedakah box, information about their particular organizations for your perusal, and will answer any of your questions about the work the organization does.  The students will be collecting money to support Packages from Home (which supports Israeli soldiers), The Jewish National Fund (water and forests), NEADS (Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans), Breast Cancer Awareness, Pennies for Peace, Birthday Wishes, and Large Print Prayerbooks for Temple Sinai. Parents are encouraged to attend Mitzvah Day with their children, their checkbooks and loose change! Coffee will be available for those individuals who bring in a non-perishable food item for Rachel's Table. Along with collecting food items, our other on-going Tzedakah projects, collecting empty medicine bottles with the labels removed, and cancelled stamps for the Veterans, will be collected that morning. Please participate in our Mitzvah Day Project with your child, and help him/her become an individual who “gives, shares and cares.” We will be very happy to answer your questions. 

Ethan Cohen, Jacob Eagle, 
Marissa Fortugno, Max Halpern, Sarah Kotin, Zach Milaszewski, Jonathan Rubin, Cammi Sperling, Allie Trotta, and Hannah Zamore.  

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Dear  Members of Temple Sinai,

 
We are now collecting cancelled stamps for war veterans.

  
The stamps can come off the letters you receive. It is as simple   as that! 
  
It is an easy thing that will go to hospitals where war veterans are recovering. 
   Just put the already used stamps  in  the canister   on the table  in the front foyer of the Religious School.
 

 From the class of 
“fixing the world”

 

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Special Shabbat Seder coming 
on Friday Feb 19th!

The February 19th Shabbat service will be a special service combined with a Shabbat potluck dinner beginning at 6:30pm. The service will take place in the Social Hall directly following the dinner. We invite you to join us for the dinner. There will be chairs set up for those in our congregation who wish to join us for services but not participate in the potluck dinner. We expect services to begin around 7:10pm.  

CLICK HERE FOR
MORE INFO

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CLICK HERE TO VISIT
OUR NEW WESTY PAGE

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Our synagogue has joined
 with Treasures of King
 Solomon,
an importer of 
fine
Judaica from Israel, 
to create a fund-raising
  opportunity that all of our
 members and their 
extended  families
and
 friends can enjoy.

CLICK HERE 
FOR MORE INFO


PHOTO ALBUMS

SHABBAT SHIRA
2010 - 5770



SIXTH GRADE
SERVICE

FAMILY SHABBAT
CHANUKAH 2009/5770


SEVENTH GRADE SERVICE


FIFTH GRADE SERVICE
WITH SINAI SINGERS

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STEVEN CRAIG, MAGICIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE


CONSECRATION
5770 / 2009




TEMPLE SINAI PRESENTS
YOUNG@HEART




SUKKOT PHOTOS
5770 / 2009


CLICK HERE TO VIEW
PHOTOS FROM OUR
WEEKEND OF WENDY/
SPRING FLING



WESTY Fundraiser
at Temple Sinai 


CLICK HERE TO VIEW
PHOTOS FROM THE
SABABA EVENT


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

While February is a short month, we have a lot going on!

On February 5, the Sinai High students will lead services at 7:30, preceded by a dinner at 6:30.  They will be making hamentashen for the school and for the Purim carnival as part of their community service.  Last year we perfected those triangles!

Mitzvah Day - Our “Fixing the World” class has been working for several months planning a “Mitzvah Day”.  Please be sure to stop by the Social Hall on Saturday February 6 from 9:00 - 10:30 and support their efforts.  More information about Mitzvah Day can be found elsewhere in this bulletin.  We also have Tot Shabbat on February 6 at 11:00.

The fifth graders are working hard on the Purim Spiel, which will take place on Sunday, February 28 at 11:00.  The Spiel is always followed by the Carn ival run by our Sinai High, Confirmation and Post-Confirmation students. The students will be setting up on Saturday afternoon, February 27.  Thank you to Barbara Smith for coordinating the carnival again this year! Watch your e-mail for more information.

Passover candy brochures were sent home in the middle of January.  Please remember to bring them back by February 10.  The school receives a  percent profit of the sale.  In the past we have been able to purchase a television, camcorder, overhead projector and camera. We have also been able to fund the busses for various field trips. Please support the school by selling candy, and/or purchasing it for yourselves! Remember, your friends and family can purchase candy on-line!  You received directions with your candy brochure.  We also sent home information about planting trees in Israel for 
Tu B’Shevat.

Thank you to all of our parents for monitoring the traffic and helping out on Saturdays, and  to Maria Richmond for coordinating the 6th grade luncheon. Reminder, there is no Religious School February 13, 17 & 20.  Have a safe 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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DIVREI HALEV

“HAITI AND US”

One of the most poignant prophet passages in our Hebrew Scripture is found in I Kings 19. The prophet, Elijah, does not hear God in an earthquake, but only later, b’kol dmamah dakah, in a still, small voice - a soft, murmuring sound.”  I thought about that passage many times of late in considering the estimated 200,000 who lost their lives and the 1˝ million homeless individuals in Haiti. The devastation is so overwhelming and there seems so little we can do, but do we must.  In addition to our prayers for those who have died and survived, we are left in the wake of this devastation, as Abraham Joshua Heschel once said, and his words are quoted in our prayer book, “Act, so that others might live.”

I happened to be speaking about my recent trip to Israel last Friday when all of the details of the earthquake were unfolding in world media. Our prayers for the victims of Haiti, our prayers for Britney Gengel from Rutland, were all fresh. Most recently, I saw three news clips. One video came from a CNN news report concerning the best temporary hospital in that disaster region: an Israeli field hospital set up in a soccer field. The Israeli tented facility was the most advanced, functional hospital of any country’s immediate rescue effort. The second clip was a live “in the field” video clip of the rescue of a 52 year old Haitian man taken out of the rubble from under a collapsed building. And finally, I saw a video segment of a young Haitian woman holding her new baby born  in that Israeli field hospital on the outskirts of Port Au Prince. The mother and baby are healthy.  The mother decided to name the young boy, “Israel,” due to the miraculous efforts of the Israelis in delivering her child.

Immediately after the earthquake, I asked our Temple to publicize to our members the address of the American Joint Distribution Committee’s Relief Fund (jdc.org). In addition, The Union for Reform Judaism (urj.org), the American Red Cross (redcross.org) and numerous other organizations have ongoing efforts to help the victims. I hope that everyone in the congregation will give something toward this effort. This is another opportunity we are blessed to have to save lives now and into the foreseeable future.

Just after Elijah heard God in the “still, small voice,” he passed on his prophetic teachings to Elisha who carried God’s spirit and acts of loving kindness into the future. So may we do all that we can to keep alive those who need our extended hand.


Rabbi Seth L. Bernstein



Saturday, February 6th, at 11 AM
will be our next Family Tot Shabbat.
We begin with an art project followed by
a singing, dancing service geared to
 preschoolers through 1st graders.
Cantor Kim Singer, along with “Kimbu”,
will lead the service at 11:20 am,
and then at noon we share a pot luck lunch. 
All are  welcome to join and enjoy,
Sinai members and non-members as well. 
For more information call
the
Temple Office at 508-755-2519.