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[email protected] TIFERETH ISRAEL IN This issueAffiliated With The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism A National Historic Site E-Volume 22 Number 1 January 2020/Tevet-Shevat 5780 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS • Shabbat and Holiday Services Fridays: Erev Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. [except Rosh Chodesh Jan., Feb., and March at 6 p.m.] Saturdays: Shabbat, 9:30 a.m. Learning at our Shul Monday, Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27: Hebrew class, 4 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26: “The Ethical Life” course continues, 11:30 a.m. Shul Events Sunday, Jan. 19: Board meeting, 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24: Shabbat at 6 p.m., followed by Shabbat supper in social hall Lighting Shabbat Candles in December Jan. 3: 4:22 Jan. 10: 4:29 Jan. 17: 4:37 Jan. 24: 4:45. Jan. 31: 4:54 Dates to Remember Jan. 1:New Year’s Day Sunday, Jan. 12: Project Genesis w/Rabbi Gadi and Fr. Roy, Peconic Landing, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15: Book Circle, social hall of the shul, at noon Monday, Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day Sundays, Feb. 2, 9 and 16; March 22 and 29: “The Ethical Life” course continues Monday, Feb. 10: Tu B’Shevat Monday, Feb. 17: Presidents’ Day Tuesday, March 10: Purim Wednesday, April 8: Ecumenical Seder at noon; first Passover Seder 5 p.m., community room Thursday, April 9: Second Passover Seder, venue to be announced, based on attendance (Submission deadline for the February 2020 issue of The Shofar: January 20 From The Rabbi… “Fifty Shades of Light” Recently, I was privileged to be invited to the 11th annual Congressional bipartisan Hanukkah celebration at the Library of Congress.