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April 9, 2016, 1:30 – 3:00 P.M פרשת תזריע/שבת החדש/ שבת ראש חדש Parashat Tazria/Shabbat Ha-Ḥodesh/Rosh Ḥodesh 1 Nissan 57‬ 76 / ‬April 9, ‬2016 ‬‬‬‬‬ (Tazria) Triennial Cycle III: Lev. 13:29-59; Ḥumash Etz Ḥayim, page 655 (Rosh Ḥodesh) Numbers 28:9-15, page 930 (Shabbat HaḤodesh) Exodus 12:1-20, page 380 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 1. (13:29-39) Laws regarding tzara’at [skin disease, sometimes (inaccurately) translated as “leprosy”]. If judged by the priest to have this affliction, the person had to be declared unclean and kept quarantined from the community. 2. (13:40-46) Distinguishing baldness caused by tzara’at from the normal kind. 3. (13:47-59) Laws concerning tzara’at of garments. Candle lighting Friday, April 8th 7:19pm Senior Rabbi Rabbi Community Engagement, Outreach & Membership Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Philip Ohriner Rabbi Leslie Alexander Rabbi Daniel Pressman [email protected] [email protected] Youth Education Program (5-13) Member Account Services President [email protected] Monica Hernandez Dan Skilken 408.366.9101 [email protected], 408.366.9108 [email protected] JET (Jewish Education for Teens (14-17) Lifecycle Events and Questions Executive Vice President [email protected] Barbara Biran Bill Beyda [email protected], 408.366.9106 [email protected] Director of Operations Tanya Lorien [email protected] 408.257.3333 www.beth-david.org Seder Matching Are you having a Passover Seder? Would you like to be a host family? Are you looking for a Seder for the first or second night? Friday, April 8th We are here to help match you up. The first Seder is Friday April 10:00am Friday Talmud Study: Tractate Megillah (P-3A) 22 and the second one is Saturday April 23. 11:15am Jewish Ethics Discussion (P-3A) Interested in hosting? Please email Barbara; biran@beth- 6:30pm Services (Sanctuary) th david.org with the following information by April 11 . 7:19 pm Candle Lighting 1)‬Which‬night(s)‬you’re‬willing‬to‬host? Saturday, April 9th 2)‬How‬many‬people‬you’re‬willing‬to‬host? 9:30am Services 3) Where your Seder is located? 10:30am Netivot Haneshamah - Praying with Your Body, 4) Best way for someone to contact you? a Jewish Yoga Experience (P-3A) 11:15am Tot Shabbat (P-4A) Looking for a Seder to attend? Please email biran@beth- th 12:00pm Ruah Rally david.org with the following information by April 18 . 12:30pm Kiddush 1)‬What‬night(s)‬you’re‬looking‬to‬be‬hosted? 1:30pm Book Discussion: The Mathematician's Shiva (P-3A) 2) How many people are in your party? 1:30pm Make Bag lunches for the unhoused (Social Hall) 3)‬What‬area/cities‬you’d‬prefer? Sunday, April 10th 4) Best way for someone to contact you? 9:30am Minyan (Sanctuary) JFS Passover Food Drive 10:00am Hiking Meet-up - Sunday Stroll (parking lot) th Though April 13 Monday, April 11th Help JFS collect and distribute Passover Food to families and 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) seniors in our community. Look for the food collection bin in the Tuesday, April 12th sanctuary. Donate the following Kosher for Passover 2016 foods: gefilte fish, horseradish, jam, candies, matzo ball soup mix, latke 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) mix, potato starch, grape juice, macaroons, cookies, dried fruit 7:30pm Conversations in Jewish Learning: The (pre-bagged or pre-boxed), matzo meal, cake meal, and tea. Mathematician’s‬Shiva‬(Sanctuary) Wednesday, April 13th Peninsula Food Runners 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) Feeding the Hungry Thursday, April 14th Peninsula Food Runners provides a free service to pick up excess 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) perishable and prepared food from restaurants, caterers, bakeries, wholesalers, event planners, corporate cafeterias, farmers market Friday, April 15th vendors, and hotels. Volunteers pick up food from these businesses 10:00am Friday Talmud Study: Tractate Megillah (P-3A) and deliver it directly to shelters, neighborhood feeding programs 11:15am Jewish Ethics Discussion (P-3A) and 100% affordable housing communities. Presently Peninsula 6:00pm PJ Shabbat (Social Hall) Food Runners is delivering 30,000 meals a week to families and 6:30pm Services (Sanctuary) individuals in need. 7:25pm Candle lighting Beth David Social Action has opted in to this effort. Any CBD member can help!! If you have children, you can bring them with you when you pick up and deliver and teach them a Mitzvah! Simply register at: www.peninsulafoodrunners.org. If you have Are you, a family member, or a CBD questions please contact [email protected] or Carol Cassell friend in the hospital or rehab? chair Beth David Social Action at CBD.Socialaction@Beth- David.org. Do you know of someone in our kehillah who might like a call or visit? Learn to Leyn - Chant Torah! Please contact our ritual director, Barbara Biran at Are you interested in learning to chant Torah? [email protected] so our Pastoral Care Team can follow up. Learning to chant Torah is a useful skill and is a wonderful way to Or, go one step further! Consider picking up the phone to arrange participate in the community. After learning the trope signs and a visit with someone in need of physical or spiritual well-being. their associated melodies, you too will be able to participate in Sale of Ḥametz chanting Torah. A new group of learners will be forming. With enough sign-ups (a‬minimum‬of‬6‬people)‬we’ll‬be‬able‬to‬start‬a‬ If‬possible,‬all‬ḥametz‬should‬be‬destroyed‬or‬given‬away‬before‬ class. There will be 15 one hour sessions meeting over the the Passover holiday begins. Should‬this‬be‬impossible,‬the‬ḥametz‬ summer. The total fee for the class will be split between the may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during participants. Please contact our Ritual Director, Barbara Biran for and its actual ownership transferred to a non-Jew until after the more details; [email protected]; 408-366-9106. holiday ends. Please visit www.beth-david.org/hametz-5776 to download the form. The form must be returned to the CBD office no later than 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 21st. Thank You/ REMINDER: Please refrain from using cell phones, Thank you to donors to the Kiddush lunch fund for cameras and other electronic devices on Shabbat. sponsoring‬today’s‬lunch PJ Shabbat Friday, April 15, 2016, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. What could be more fun for your children than coming to Shabbat Netivot Haneshamah: Pathways of the Soul Services in their PJs? Join us for a special Shabbat service filled On Select Shabbat Mornings at 10:30am with movement, song and stories. Stay for a kid (and parent) friendly dinner. The program is geared for children 6 and under. NEW for Spring Older siblings welcome. RSVP at www.Beth-David.org/RSVP. Praying with Your Body a Jewish Yoga Experience April 9th CBD Jewish Artists Group Jenessa Schwartz, a lay person who loves yoga and has a spiritual Saturday, April 16, 2016, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. connection with Judaism, will guide both yoga lovers and those Presentations and Discussions on Judaica. This month Dahlia that want to experiment with the mind, body, spirit connection. Perahia will do a presentation on Passover art. Meetings begin Jenessa will be using the book Yoga Shalom for this. immediately after Kiddush Lunch, approximately 1:30 pm. Artists and non-artists welcome whether a member of CBD or visitor. A Learning Minyan: Shabbat Prayer Beyond Email [email protected] for more information. Standing, Sitting and Bowing Sunday Seminar April 16th For those who want to understand the prayers, psalms and Beginnings of Ashkenazi Jewry in choreography of the Shabbat service so that it can deepen a Northern France and the Rhineland meaningful personal and communal experience. Dr. Fred Astren Sunday, April 17, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Jewish Book Group Jews, who probably emigrated from Italy and southern France, The Mathematician’s Shiva settled in small communities in northern France and the Rhineland By Stuart Rojstaczer, led by Ruth Kohan where they built a social order based on Torah. Influential Rabbis Saturday, April 9, 2016, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. including Gershom of Mainz, Rashi, and Rabbenu Tam, generated Rachela, a brilliant mathematician, has died and her son Sasha just a‬new‬“Talmud‬of‬Europe.”‬At‬the‬same‬time,‬northern‬European‬ wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the eccentric rabbis developed the pietist and mystical movement of Hasidei Polish émigré has solved a vexing equation and has spitefully Ashkenaz in a passionate quest for purity and experience of the taken the solution to her grave. Mathematicians descend upon divine. Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for About the speaker: Dr. Fred Astren is professor and chair of the themselves.‬This‬witty‬and‬poignant‬novel‬about‬Rachela’s‬chaotic‬ Department of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. shiva won the 2014 National Book Award for Outstanding Debut Fiction. Lean in Circle Monday, April 18, 2016, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Make Bag Lunches for the Unhoused Beth David Lean In Circle is a women's networking and support Saturday, April 9, 2016, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. group inspired by Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. Our mission is Come make bag lunches. Help feed the hungry. Do good. Email to help women lean into their ambitions, whatever they may [email protected] for more information.
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