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Service Schedule Join us for Tot , this Friday, November 6th at 6:00 Friday, November 6 PM,. This a lively, dynamic service is perfect for young families. 6:00 PM Tot Shabbat Service Bring a shaker, musical (via Facebook Live) instrument, or your favorite wooden spoon and your most special stuffed animal to this Facebook Live 7:30 PM event. Erev Shabbat B'Simcha Service (via Facebook Live) View last week's services: Erev Shabbat Service, 10/30/20 ​Saturday, November 7 Shabbat Morning Service, 10/31/20 8:30 AM (via Zoom Classroom) From Cantor Becky: Music for the Moment

9:45 AM Shabbat Morning Service (via Facebook Live)

Friday, November 13 7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service (via Facebook Live)

Saturday, November 14 8:30 AM Torah Study Olam Chesed Yibaneh (via Zoom Classroom) Rabbi Menachem Creditor

9:45 AM Olam Chesed Yibaneh... Shabbat Morning Service I will build this world from love. (via Facebook Live) You must build this world from love. And if we build this world from love, Then God will build this world from love..

From Rabbi Meszler: Parashat Lech Lecha

Abraham Stories We Need Today

Abraham was alone, but we can hear the call as a community. Like Ishmael and Isaac coming together, we can also work for the common good with our differences. We - plural - are commanded now to listen and step up against suffering and hate in the name of the One God who unites us all. As our siddur says (p. 199), “O God, Inspiration and Guide for all, You have spoken in a thousand tongues for us to hear. In every land and every age, Your children have heard You and imagined You in separate ways, and yet, O God, You are One, Unifier of humanity.”

​Read Rabbi Meszler's Sermon here

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What's Happening "at" the Temple

A Life to Remember–a story of Melaveh Malkah & Perseverance, Hope and Love with Cantor Becky Tuesday, November 10 | 7:00 PM Saturday, November 14 | 4:30-5:15PM

South area Jewish Singles (SAJS) and Temple Sinai Adult Education Committee's The Melaveh Malkah ("Escorting the upcoming program with Sheryl Faye Queen") is a music-filled meal marking the performing the life of Anne Frank. departure of Shabbat.

We will watch the show via Zoom with a Join Cantor Becky to sing, schmooze, and Q & A with Sheryl to follow. make havdalah - an opportunity to connect with each other over Zoom - as we say RSVP or Info? Email Elaine Reiser goodbye to Shabbat.

Meeting ID: 886 7219 8218 Melaveh Malkah & Havdalah Zoom Info Passcode: 131645 Meeting ID: 953 011 3877 Passcode: Sinai Temple Sinai Blood Drive Sunday, November 29th ​JEWPARDY! on Facebook Live ​9 AM to 2 PM Saturday, December 5th | 7:00 PM

Do a and donate blood at our ​Featuring contestants Rabbi Goodman, annual winter blood drive. Cantor Khitrik & Rabbi Meszler and Scott Brody as our game show host. To schedule an appointment please visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter We’ll be offering you the chance to sponsor sponsor code: TempleSinai individual Jewpardy questions, so stay tuned for more information!

​Sharon Online Interfaith Thanksgiving Service: We Need Each Other, Now More Than Ever Sunday, November 22 | 7:00 pm

​Join the Town of Sharon’s Interfaith Clergy Association as we come together as a community on Zoom to honor Thanksgiving. Hear prayers from your town’s clergy and an appeal for our local food pantry as we join as one town on a large Zoom call. See each other’s faces, hear music, and offer the prayers of your heart.

Zoom Link* | Meeting ID: 814 4879 2702 | Passcode: Thanks *Please note the updated Zoom information for this event

Donate to our town-wide canned food and fund drive collection, coordinated (with great appreciation) by the Unitarian Church of Sharon in two ways:

Bring non-perishables to the Unitarian Church of Sharon (4 North Main Street): Drop off the week prior to Thanksgiving in the big gray bin to left of the side entrance.

Donate online or write a check*: Monetary donations will purchase small-denomination grocery cards that the pantry will distribute to those in need. Online donations via Paypal (Be sure to choose “S4JGC” (shopping for justice grocery cards) in the drop-down menu) OR mail them checks made payable to Unitarian Church of Sharon with "food pantry donation” in the memo line.

*The Unitarian Church of Sharon’s Social Justice Committee will donate an additional 5% of whatever funds are raised.

Introduction to Hebrew SINAI READS: My for Adults: No prior Father's Paradise : A knowledge of Hebrew is Son's Search for his required. Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq. Understanding Basic Hebrew for Adults: Sunday, December 6 Assumes familiarity with reading Hebrew 9:30-11:00 AM letters & vowels. In a remote corner of the Class environment is low-stress and world, forgotten for nearly three thousand friendly; all are welcome. Day/time to be years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so determined. Email Jay Ritt. isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics, gifted storytellers, Rabbi Meszler is included and humble peddlers who dwelt in as part of "When We harmony with their Muslim and Christian Turned Within, Volume 2," neighbors in the mountains of northern a collection of Jewish Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost writings, reflections, poems Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born. and prayers in response to Covid-19. This powerful book is an improbable story of tolerance and hope set in what today is ​Proceeds from the sale of this book the very center of the world’s attention. support UJA-Federation New York’s COVID-19 relief work. Meeting ID: 425 967 4998 ​Passcode: 0j5uSZ

In the Community

Schusterman Center for Israel Studies: Fall 2020 Webinar Series - American Jews and the State of Israel: As One or Divided? based on the book "Never Alone" on Monday, 11/9 at 12:00 PM

Keshet: Upcoming Programming for LGBTQ Families - Babka for Beginners - SAVE THE DATE! a Baking Workshop for Families on 11/8 Synagogue Council of Massachusetts at 2 PM Gala Thursday, December 3 | 7:00 PM LimmudBoston eFestival: Learn, laugh, discover, sing and share at LimmudFest Celebrating together from the comfort of online on Sunday, November 15 from 11 your own home - our HEROES who have AM to 4:30 PM made a difference in our congregations during the pandemic and our AREV MA Never is Now: ADL Summit on grant recipients. Temple Sinai member, Antisemitism and Hate: Join the online Jason Gay, will be among the honorees. summit from November 8-19.

Featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Ron Meet Your Member: A Conversation with Wolfson, author of the Relational the Representative-elect from MA 4th Judaism. District: Moderated by AIPAC New England on Tuesday, 11/10 at 7 PM Click here more info on registration and sponsorships Gateways Viral Sweet Sounds 2020: Celebrate Gateways' accomplishments and vision for inclusion on November 22

Learn more about all of these community programs here.

Resources for Challenging Times

From the URJ: resources and programs from the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ).

Resources from Institute for Jewish Spirituality: designed to relieve stress as we increase awareness and navigate this time of uncertainty and isolation

Parenting in a Pandemic: insights & practical advice to help parents support their teens

Coping with COVID-19: Temple Sinai's summer Q&A webinar series

Environmental & Racial Justice Webinar: Presented by Temple Sinai Social Justice Committee in partnership with Sustainable Sharon Coalition and Sharon Racial Equity Alliance.

The Moving Traditions Teen Groups: Helping Jewish Teens Grow:​ New Sigd: The Ethiopian-Israeli Experience programs added for LGBTQ+ teens Monday, November 16 | 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Event) From CJP and their community partners: helping you through this time CJP is teaming up with the Consulate with Emergency Fund Childcare Subsidies, General of Israel to New England, Get Employment Resources and a Warmline to Konnected!, and Hebrew College to honor help access assistance. and celebrate the Jewish-Ethiopian holiday of Sigd. Speakers will share the story of the Ethiopian-Jewish community, their journey to Israel, integration to Israeli society, and highlight the significant role of contemporary Israeli-Ethiopian arts and culture. Register here.

Insitute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS) faculty members have compiled written, audio, and visual kavanot (intentions) "reflecting upon leadership, tzedek (right and just action), experiencing voting as a sacred act, and remaining present, calm, and full-hearted."

Rabbi Jonathan Slater offers his teaching drawing wisdom from Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira of Piaseczno (and the Warsaw Ghetto): "Allow this to become the ground of faith: that it will be possible to meet the challenge of this moment, and whatever comes next."

We are grateful to IJS for sharing this wisdom with all of us. We join them in their wish that our collective efforts will "bring about a society of justice and compassion."

L'shalom Amy

Rabbi Amy E. Goodman, Executive Director Temple Sinai 25 Canton Street, Sharon, MA 02067 781-784-6081 x106 [email protected] www.temple-sinai.com

We want everyone to stay safe and healthy. PLEASE: Wear a mask Practice social distancing Wash hands often Monitor ourselves for symptoms – fever, cough, shortness of breath Disinfect frequently touched objects Monitor recommendations from Sharon Health Department, MA Department of Public Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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