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Passover Schedule: Page 3 the Israelis CONGREGATION B’NAI TIKVAH April 2006 THE JCC OF NORTH AND SOUTH BRUNSWICK Nisan-Iyar 5766 Volume 27, Issue 8 OUR MISSION: TO FOSTER A VIBRANT EGALITARIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDED IN THE RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM; OFFERING EXCELLENT JEWISH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES WITH COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE HAKOL WORLD. Inside this issue: Rabbi Eligberg 2 Passover Schedule 3 Activities At A Glance 3 Hazzan’s Voice 4 Schedule of Daily Services 4 Adult Education 5 Membership Minute 6 March B’nai Mitvah 6 Congregation Events / Info 6 Israel Bonds Update 9 Editorials 10 Religious School 12 Nursery School 13 BT Community 14 Contributions 19 Synagogue Directory 23 Calendar 24 A Multimedia Passover The Israelis Presentation on the Are Coming! Schedule: Comedian April 6th Page 3 Harmonists 5th Year of Israeli First Seder Youth Exchange Sunday, April 23 April 12th Details page 5 Details Page 6 Page 2 HAKOL April, 2006 Nisan-Iyar 5766 RABBI ELIGBERG SPEAKS Passover = Pass[on & hand]over© Dear Haverim, tion between generations is the "chain of tradition". The Seder When the Torah speaks about the mitzvah of Pesach, the celebrants are at once the beginning, the end, and the middle link text speaks in very personal terms. Lots of "you" and "your". in that chain. As parents, we are the end of the chain that The Torah presumes that your celebration of this festival will be reaches back through the generations to the Exodus. Our chil- remarkable and noteworthy; that it will prompt your children to dren are the beginning of the chain that reaches into the future. inquire regarding the pageant that is unfolding before their eyes. All of us at the Seder, parent and child together, converge to cre- Once having captured the curiosity of our children and evoked ate the present, to forge the middle link that is the crucial nexus appropriate questions from them, the Torah bids us to answer by of past and future. saying, "This is because of what God did for me when we left Whether the future finds inspiration and hope in the past Egypt." and whether history prods us to purposeful action before God in For the generation who received the mitzvot from God at the future, is dependent on what we create around the Seder ta- Sinai, this was an easy and personal statement. Having been ble in the present. To forge strong links in the chain and insure eyewitnesses to the miracles of the Exodus they could relate that the Jewish people will remain a strong and self-perpetuating their experiences of that historic era. Those Israelites could ar- entity, we must acculturate and socialize our children into the ticulate the suffering of they endured at the hands of the Egyp- history and tradition of that entity. We need to inculcate them in tians and the sense of futility that surrounded all they did. For the language and vocabulary of our people, to enable them to them, it was a simple act of memory to describe the hopefulness speak with the “I” of our ancestors. that greeted Moshe's arrival and the crushing dejection that came On Pesach we remember that our ancestors were forced to with Moshe's initial failure to liberate the people. Our ancient build sterile edifices of bricks and mortar as tributes to dead ancestors could easily recount the unfolding of the ten plagues, kings who were buried with their possessions and past. More the debilitating effect they had on the Egyptians and the growing importantly, Pesach teaches us that our children are the building sense amongst the Israelites that salvation was at hand. Their blocks of our future – an indispensable necessity for perpetuat- frenetic departure from Egypt and flight into the wilderness, in- ing the lofty and enduring values upon which our heritage rests. delibly etched in their mind's eye, came trippingly off their "Destiny, we intuit, is rooted in history, tomorrow is yesterday's tongues; the elation of being free still challenging the speaker to child."2 find adequate articulation even after many years. Even the most With blessings for a happy and kosher Pesach, challenged of our Israelite ancestors could speak about the Exo- Rabbi David M. Eligberg dus with the magical word, "I" - an "I" that gave them authentic- ity and authority. It was the "I" of an eyewitness, unimpeach- 1 For those of you who are fans of Star Trek: Deep Space able and irreplaceable. 9, think of Odo and his connection to the rest of the Founders. That reality notwithstanding, the Torah commands us to an- 2 I really like this quote. It makes me wish I had written swer the questions put to us by our children with the very self- down who said it. I guess redemption will have to wait for an- same "I" and "me". This is what God did for me when I was other day. brought forth out of Egypt." We are commanded to speak as eyewitnesses to events that are handed down from generation to generation in the words of our tradition and teachings. The To- rah challenges to make the reality and the experience of these events our own - to learn how to speak of them in the first per- APRIL son. This is perhaps the greatest challenge in preparing for Pesach. Family Shabbat Embedded in this challenge is the key to grasping one of the central and essential themes of Pesach - K'lal Yisrael (Jewish Dinner nationhood). The Torah and the Haggadah remind us that the Jewish people have existed as a recognizable community from Followed by the moment of Exodus until the present. As a people, we are a continuous and self-replenishing entity. As a part of this endur- Family Shabbat Services ing entity, replete with collective memory - we were slaves, we were liberated, we were brought forth, and we were chosen. Friday, April 21 @ 6pm Viewed through the prison of Jewish peoplehood, our na- tional history becomes our life story. The Seder celebrant exists See the flyer in this month’s HaKol as both a unique individual in a specific time and place but also to RSVP. as part of a “great link”1 where time and place are without mean- ing. The ancient Jewish metaphor used to express the connec- HAKOL April, 2006 Nisan-Iyar 5766 Page 3 PASSOVER SCHEDULE 5766 ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE Erev Pesach/Prior to Passover Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Fast of the First Born/Siyyum 9:30 – 10:30 AM Jazzercise Class Wednesday April 12 7:00 AM Every Tuesday No Hametz may be eaten after 8-10 PM Open Court Men’s Basketball 10:47 AM Wednesday, April 12 Saturday, April 1st Burning of Hametz Wednesday April 12 11:53 AM 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Dedication of new wing service and Nullification of Hametz Wednesday April 12 11:53 AM luncheon nd Sunday, April 2 First Day of Passover 10:30 – 12:00 Spicing Up Your Seder with Fun for Kids. Candle Lighting Wednesday April 12 7:15 PM Ideas to entertain children at the Passover Seder. Pre- Mincha/Ma’ariv* Wednesday April 12 7:00 PM sented by Rabbi Eligberg Tuesday, April 4th First Seder 7:30 – 9:00 PM – Men’s Club to pack Yellow Candles Shahareet Service Thursday April 13 10:00 AM (Kiddush Room) Minha following Kiddush Thursday April 13 Wednesday, April 5th 7:00 – 8:00 PM Yoga Second Day of Passover Thursday, April 6th Candle lighting Thursday April 13 7:58 PM 10:00 AM Weight Watchers Meeting (weigh-in at 9:30AM) Ma’ariv* Thursday April 13 8:00 PM Saturday, April 8th Second Seder 10:00 – 11:30 AM Tot Shabbat Service Shahareet Service Friday April 14 10:00 AM 2:00 – 6:00 PM Pray, play and pray (MP room) th Minha following Kiddush Friday April 14 Sunday, April 9 10:00 – 11AM Operation Promise/Afikomen of Freedom Shabbat Program: Ethiopian Jewish speakers will share their experi- Candle lighting Friday April 14 7:16 PM ences and much more. Kabbalat Shabbat Friday April 14 8:00 PM 10:00 - 12:00 PM Men’s Club Meeting 10:00 – 12:00 PM Sisterhood General Meeting Shahareet Saturday April 15 9:30 AM Tuesday, April 11th Minha/Ma'ariv Saturday April 15 7:00 PM 7:30 – 9:30 PM New Beginnings Meeting Friday, April 21st Seventh Day of Passover 10:00 AM Weight Watchers Meeting (Weigh –in at 9:30 AM) Candle lighting Tuesday April 18 7:22 PM 7:00 – 8:00 PM Family Shabbat Service Minha/Ma'ariv Tuesday April 18 7:15 PM Saturday, April 22nd Shahareet Service Wednesday April 19 9:30 AM 9:00 – 11:00 PM Synagogue Bowling Minha/Ma'ariv Wednesday April 19 7:30 PM Sunday, April 23rd AM after Minyan –Breakfast & Special Yom HaShoah Pro- Eighth Day of Passover gram Minha/Ma'ariv Wednesday April 19 7:30 PM Late Afternoon – Eagle Court of Honor Program (Matthew Katz) and Dedication of the Holocaust Garden Candle lighting Wednesday April 19 8:05 PM th Shahareet Service Thursday April 20 9:30 AM Monday, April 24 Evening Yom HaShoah Program Yizkor is recited as part of the morning service Tuesday, April 25th Minha/Ma'ariv Service Thursday April 20 7:30 PM 1:00 – 3:00 PM 50+ General Mtg. & Yom Hashoah Program th Passover ends Thursday, April 20, 8:09 PM Wednesday, April 26 7:00 – 8:00 PM Yoga Class * This service will be held at the Rabbi’s home, 16 Gwyn Thursday, April 27th Avenue, North Brunswick.
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