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SHABBAT PROGRAM SHABBAT PROGRAM March 29 and 30, 2019 / 23 Adar II 5779 Parashat Shemini Trans Jews are Here: A Convening Who ordains impassable? One may cross; equally stretch out an arm The journey toward self reveals it, this to the redeemed long known; None may hinder The way that God has parted. - Rabbi Reuben Zellman, Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern 2005-2006 (from CBST’s Siddur, pg 93) 1 Welcome to CBST! ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה! קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב שנים ועמוק עם ישראל, עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל. אנחנו מזמינים אתכם\ן לגלוּת יהדוּת ליבראלית גם בישראל! מצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינות אתכם\ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\ם בפלאיירים בכניסה. לפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנות לרב נועה סתת: [email protected] 2 MARCH 29, 2019 / 23 ADAR II 5779 PARASHAT SHEMINI—SHABBAT PARAH TRANS JEWS ARE HERE: A CONVENING הֲכָנַת הַלֵּב OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS Program Open Judith Silver (Born 1965)* *(Hinei Ma Tov (Psalm 133:1) Elana Arian (Born 1981 הִנֵּה מַה טּוֹב (תהלים קלג) Program *(Candle Blessings Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967 הַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת שׁ�ל שׁ�בָּת 38 *(Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956 שׁ�לוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם 40 קַבָּלַת שׁ�בָּת KABBALAT SHABBAT / WELCOMING SHABBAT *(Shiru Ladonai (Psalm 96) Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994 שׁ�ֽירוּ לַה' (תהלים צו) 54 Zamru Ladonai (Psalm 98) Suki Berry* *Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Western Sephardic מִזְמוֹר לְדָ ו�ד (תהלים כט) 62 *(L'chah Dodi (Shlomo Alkabetz) Yoel Sykes (Born 1986 לְכָה דוֹדִ י 66 Moshe Laufer* *Mizmor Shir (Psalm 92) Beit T’fillah Yisra’eli מִזְמוֹר שׁ�יר (תהלים צב) 72 מַ עֲ �יב MA’ARIV / THE EVENING SERVICE Bar’chu Nusach בָּ�כוּ 78 Hama’arivah Aravim Nusach הַמַּעֲ�יבָה עֲ�בִים 85 We Are Loved/ Shir Ya’akov Feinstein-Feit (Born אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם 86-87 Ahavat Olam 1978)* Eric Mandell (1902-1984)* (Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 שׁ�מַע י�שׂ��אֵל 88 (V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trop ו�אָהַבְתָּ 89 *(Mi Chamochah Hanna Tiferet-Siegel (Born 1948 מִי כָמֹֽכָה 94 *(Hashkiveinu Yoshi Zweiback (Born 1969 הַשׁ�כִּיבֵֽנוּ Program *(V’shamru Moshe Rothblum (Born 1944 ו�שׁ�מְרוּ 102 Chatsi Kaddish Nusach חֲצִי קַדִּ ישׁ 104 Silent Amidah עֲ מִ ידָ ה 106 Elohai Neshama Fred Ross-Perry אֱ -הַי נ ְשׁ�מָ ה Program *(Oseh Shalom Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994 עֹשׂ�ה שׁ�לוֹם 118 /Prayer for Healing תְּפִלָּה לִ�פוּאָה & 130 Program Heal Us Now Leon Sher (Born 1957)* Prayer for our Country תְּפִלָּה לַמְּדִינָה Program Kaddish Shalem Nusach קַדִּ ישׁ שׁ�לֵם 138 דְּ �שׁ�ה DRASHAH: SETH M. MARNIN *(Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 עָלֵֽינוּ 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קַדִּ ישׁ י�תוֹם 150 *(Ruach Elohim Lisa Levine (Born 1961 ר וּ ַח אֶ -הִים 133 (*Oseh Shalom Debbie Friedman (1951-2011 עֹשׂ�ה שׁ�לוֹם 118 *Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig 3 Open (Words: Judith Silver) Open my eyes to truth Open my hands to give freely Open my lips to good words, to pure words. Open my heart to love. הִנֵּה מַה טּוֹב / Hinei Ma Tov (Text: Psalm 133:1, adapted by Elana Arian) הִנֵּה מַה טּוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שׁ�בֶת כֻּלָּנוּ י�חַד. Hineh mah tov umah na’im shevet kulanu yachad. How good and pleasant it is when all of us dwell together. הַשׁ�כִּיבֵֽנוּ / Hashkiveinu (Text: Liturgy, adapted by Yoshi Zweibeck) הַשׁ�כִּיבֵנוּ ה' אֱהֵינוּ לְשׁ�לוֹם ו�הַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיּ�ים וּפְרוֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ סֻכַּת שׁ�לוֹמֶ Hashkiveinu Adonai Eloheinu l'shalom, v'ha-amideinu malkeinu l'chayim. Ufros aleinu sukat sh'lomecha. Shelter us beneath Your wings, O Adonai. Guard us from all harmful things, O Adonai. Keep us safe throughout the night, Till we wake with morning’s light. Teach us, God, wrong from right. Amen. 4 ֱא -הַי נ ְשׁ�מָ ה / God, the Soul (Text: Morning liturgy) אֱ -הַי, נְשׁ�מָה שׁ�נָּתַתָּ בִּי טְהוֹ�ה הִיא. אַתָּה בְ�אתָהּ, אַתָּה י�צַ�תָּהּ, אַתָּה נְפַחְתָּהּ בִּי, ו�אַתָּה מְשׁ�מְּ�הּ בְּקִ�בִּי. Elohai, neshama shenatata bi, t'horah hi. Ata b'ratah, ata y'tzartah, ata n'fachtah bi v'ata m’shamrah b'kirbi. My God, the soul You have given me is pure. You created it, You formed it, and You breathed it into me. And You guard it while it is within me. Heal us Now (Text: Leon Sher, based daily Amidah prayers for healing, Numbers 12:13, 145:18) �פָאֵנוּ ה' ו�נֵ�פֵא, הוֹשׁ�יעֵנוּ ו�נִוּ�שׁ�עָה אֵ -ל קָרוֹב לְכָל-קֹ�אָיו אַ קָרוֹב לִי�אַין י�שׁ�עוֹ R’fa’einu Adonai v’neirafei, hoshi’einu v’nivashei’a. El karov l’chol kor’av. Ach karov lirei’av yish’o. We pray for healing of the body. We pray for healing of the soul. For strength of flesh and mind and spirit. We pray to once again be whole. אֵ -ל נָא רְ פָא נָא לָהּ El na r’fa na Oh please, heal us now. רְ פוּאַ ת הַ נֶּפֶשׁ וּרְ פוּאַ ת הַ גּוּף, רְ פוּאָ ה שְׁ לֵמָ ה R’fu’at hanefesh ur’fu’at haguf, r’fu’ah sh’leimah. Heal us now. We pray for healing of our people. We pray for healing of the land, And peace for every race and nation: every child, every person, hand in hand. אֵ -ל נָא רְ פָא נָא לָהּ El na r’fa na Oh please, heal us now. רְ פוּאַ ת הַ נֶּפֶשׁ וּרְ פוּאַ ת הַ גּוּף, רְ פוּאָ ה שְׁ לֵמָ ה R’fu’at hanefesh ur’fu’at haguf, r’fu’ah sh’leimah. Heal us now. 5 THIS SHABBAT & WEEKEND Friday, March 29, 2019 / 23 Adar II 5779 Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:30pm – open to all Trans Jews are Here: A Convening Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Ba'alei Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg, Jillian Weiss, and Ze’eva Berman Music Director & Pianist: Joyce Rosenzweig Drashah: Seth M. Marnin Prayer for Our Country: Rafaela Anshel Candle Lighting: Rafi Daugherty, Convening Director Convening Introduction: Chanel Lopez, New York City Commission on Human Rights Saturday, March 30, 2019 / 23 Adar II 5779 Trans Jews are Here: A Convening Shabbat Morning Services, 10am – open to all Service Leaders: Ze’eva Berman, Koach Baruch Frazier, and Earnest Vener D’var Torah: Rabbi Leiah Moser Shabbat Mincha Services, 6pm Service Leader: Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael D’var Torah: Talia Johnson Havdalah, 8pm Service Leaders: Noam Lerman and Jessica Levine Sunday, March 31, 2019 / 24 Adar II 5779 Trans Jews are Here: A Convening Shacharit Services, 8am Service Leaders: Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater and Davina Bookbinder D’var Torah: Abby Stein Thank you to Brotherhood Synagogue for lending siddurim for this service. Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari is a White, queer, trans person, of Ashkenazi and Italian descent. He serves as rabbi of Kol Tzedek in Philadelphia. He was ordained from the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He has worked as a Jewish educator, Hebrew School director and prison chaplain. Ari Lev trained at CBST, teaching, preaching, and providing pastoral care for congregants of all stripes while developing programing for people 55+. He has completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education, in both a Geriatric and Trauma Hospital. Ari Lev serves on the faculty of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva and hopes to make the wisdom of the Talmud accessible to everyone at Kol Tzedek. Seth M. Marnin is the chair of Keshet’s Board of Directors and founder and principal of Workplace Strategies, where he advises non-profit organizations on a range of legal issues. Seth has authored numerous articles and legal briefs and spoken nationally and internationally on LGBTQ issues, hate crime laws, discrimination, civil rights, and religious freedom. He has served on the planning committee for the National LGBT Bar Association’s Transgender Roundtable, the World Professional Organization for Transgender Health (WPATH) Legal Committee, and as a board member for Out for Work. Seth resides in New York with his wife and their blended family. 6 Jillian Weiss is Of Counsel to the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP, and a member of the firm’s LGBTQ Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm in 2019, Dr. Weiss was Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, and a Professor of Law & Society at Ramapo College. She received her B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1983, her J.D. from Seton Hall University in 1986, and her Ph.D. (Law & Society) from Northeastern University in 2004. Dr. Weiss co-litigated the first transgender employment rights cases with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. Ze’eva Berman is a second-year cantorial student at Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music. Ze’eva is the Student Cantor at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. This summer, Ze’eva is excited to be a T’ruah fellow. TRANS JEWS ARE HERE: A CONVENING An uplifting and educational convening of transgender and non-binary Jews, hosted by CBST with Keshet. The Convening brings together trans and non-binary Jewish individuals, including spiritual leaders, artists, educators, performers, and more, to celebrate and explore the intersection of transgender identity and Jewish life. The Convening includes Shabbat services, workshops, discussions, presentations, and performances. The following Convening events are open to all: Kabbalat Shabbat Services – Friday, March 29, 6:30pm Shabbat Morning Services – Saturday, March 30, 10am Live Performance – Saturday, March 30, 8:30pm Featuring storyteller S. Bear Bergman and rock trio Word of the Year Tickets available at bit.ly/TJAHPerformance Plenary: “From Acceptance to Celebration of Trans Jewish Identity” – Sunday, March 31, 3:30pm Featuring Rafi Daugherty, Abby Stein, and Dubbs Weinblatt, with introduction by Masha Gessen Tickets available at bit.ly/TJAHPlenary 7 TRANS JEWS ARE HERE WORKSHOPS – REGISTRANTS ONLY Saturday, March 30 Sunday, March 31 Trans Jews of Color Caucus Non-Binary Jews and the Hebrew We Use Born