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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
Our
first Mitzvah Day, planned and implemented by our “Fixing
the World” class, was a huge success!! Thank you to all who
came out to support their efforts!
The
fourth
graders will
be participating in an overnight on March
6th at
the JCC with fourth graders from area synagogues. The students
will also lead services on March
12 at 7:00,
preceded by a family dinner at 6:00.
On
Thursday,
March 11,
our Sinai High, Confirmation and Post-Confirmation students
will join with the Community Hebrew High school for a program
at the JCC.
Author Carole G. Vogel, who wrote the book, The
Man Who Flies with Birds,
will speak about this inspiring story of one man’s mission
to protect the environment and strive toward peace in the
Middle East.
On
Saturday,
March 13, our
7th
- 12th
graders
and their parents will participate in an incredible
multi-media program on teen issues, in the social hall.
This program is presented by Motivational Media
Assemblies and we are thrilled to have them back with us.
It is sure to be a riveting and thought provoking
presentation.
The
sixth
graders and their parents will
participate in a family education program, “Putting
the Mitzvah into B’nai Mitzvah” on
March
20.
The
seventh graders will again be putting together “Ma’ot
Chittim” baskets for members of our community on March
20 and 21.
Our
Passover celebration for grades 3 - 7 will take place on Wednesday,
March 24 and
our K,1,2 Interactive Seder will take place on Saturday,
March 27.
Watch
your e-mail for more
information
on the above programs.
Thank
you to all of our Saturday parent volunteers.
Reminder:
No Religious School on Wednesday,
March
31 and Saturday, April 3.
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
“A
PASSOVER PUNCHLINE”
In
thinking about my Passover message to you, I am reminded of a
request from the New York Board of Rabbis during my first year
as a congregational rabbi. I was asked to offer a radio
message. The
producer of the program asked me to offer a holiday message
and concluded his comment with, “Make sure your message
contains a ‘Passover punch line.’”
That has always stuck with me and it was as perplexing
then as it is today.
The “punch line” of Passover is all about freedom
and human dignity that can only unfold in the context of
liberation.
There are still countless individuals throughout the
world who yearn for freedom and live in conditions that strip
away their human dignity.
This
year as I consider the “punch line” of Passover, I am
reminded of the words of Nelly Sachs, the Nobel Laureate, who
wrote poems on the Holocaust and whose words still strike a
chord in each of us.
“If
the prophets broke in
through the DOORS of night
and sought an EAR like a homeland,
EAR of mankind
overgrown with nettles
would you hear?”
In
a famous rabbinic commentary the question is asked, what is
the relationship between the door and the ear?
The answer is given, “the door, like the ear, can be
opened and shut at will.”
On
Seder night we open our doors to admit symbolically the
prophet Elijah, the forerunner of freedom.
This year let us not only open our doors but our ears
to hear the voices of all who need our help:
all who are in broken families, all who are suffering
from hunger and poverty, all who crave learning and
opportunity, and all for whom freedom remains elusive.
Such is my message with a “Passover punch line”
this year.
What would your message be?
May you enjoy a healthy and wonderful Pesah and I look
forward to being with you for our Passover Freedom Service,
Tuesday, March 30, at 10:00 a.m. and at our congregational
Seder, Tuesday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m.
Rabbi Seth L.
Bernstein
Saturday, March 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.
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