The Star February 2021 • Volume 43, Number 7

Contents DonaEon Acknowledgements ...... 7-9 How to Reach Us ...... 4 People of Chelm Want to Know, Answers ... 5 People of Chelm Want to Know, QuesEons 4 President’s Message ...... 3, 5, 6 Schedule of Services ...... 3 Scholar in Residence Weekend Flyer ...... 2 Calendar ...... 10, 11

Congrega(on Beth Elohim Michael Rothbaum, 133 Prospect Street Sarra Spierer, Cantor

Acton, MA 01720 Beth R. Goldstein, RJE, Director of EducaEon

Susan C. Perry, Director, Early Learning Center

Lewis Mintz, Rabbi Emeritus Congregation Beth Elohim THE STAR February 2021 CBE Adult Education Presents Scholar in Residence Weekend with Ruth W. Messinger February 12-14, 2021

Potential & Peril: Attempting to Live a Life of Jewish Values

Friday, February 12 Shabbat service at 6:15 pm followed by: "How Did I Get to This Judaism, and What it’s Like to Live It:” How Ruth Messinger Found the Jewish Roots of Fighting City Hall — in conversation with Rabbi Mike Rothbaum

Ruth W. Messinger works as a social Saturday, February 13 10:30 am justice consultant in the Jewish Study with Ruth Messinger community in , engaged with issues of race/racism, voting rights, Parashat Mishpatim — Lessons on Life immigration and the environment, and from Shmattes and Donkeys teaches civic engagement and organizing. From 1998 to 2016 she was the CEO of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international Sunday, February 14 10:15 am human rights and development organization which she continues to Guest Speaker: Ruth Messinger serve as its Global Ambassador. What Does It Mean to Live With Social Previously, she had a twenty-year career in public service in New York Justice in Your Life? Rewards and City. She is married to an educator and Challenges has three children, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Visit the CBE website for more detail. www.bethelohim.org/scholar-2021

The event is free, but donations aregratefully accepted. For more information please contact [email protected]. Congregation Beth Elohim 133 Prospect Street, Acton

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-2 - February 2021 THE STAR Congregation Beth Elohim Schedule of Services Monday, February 1 4:00 PM Mincha Service February 2, 3, 4 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Friday, February 5 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat Service Friday, February 5 6:00 PM Candle Lighting Friday, February 5 6:15 PM Music and Movement Shabbat Service Saturday, February 6 9:30 AM Shabbat Service—Sophia Marder Bat Mitzvah February 9, 10, 11 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Friday, February 12 6:15 PM Shabbat Power Hour Service— Scholar-in-Residence Ruth Messinger Saturday, February 13 9:30 AM Shacharit Service Saturday, February 13 10:30 AM Study with Scholar-in-Residence Ruth Messinger Sunday, February 14 9:30 AM Shacharit Service February 16, 17, 18 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Friday, February 19 6:15 PM Tefillah b'Ivrit Shabbat Service Saturday, February 20 9:30 AM Shacharit Service Saturday, February 20 10:30 AM Torah Study February 23, 24, 25 4:00 PM Mincha Service (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Thursday, February 25 5:15 PM Tot Purim Thursday, February 25 6:15 PM Purim Service and Community Megillah Reading Friday, February 26 7:30 PM Reform-Style Shabbat Service Saturday, February 27 9:30 AM Shacharit Service Saturday, February 27 10:30 AM Torah Study President’s Message dreaming again about getting together in the building. As I mentioned in my January comments, it is still too David Leers premature to make any prediction about when we [email protected] may have in person meetings again. On cold snowy days in the middle of winter, like today, leadership and the Covid-19 Task Force continues to I try to think happy thoughts to get me through the monitor the situation. I still think that by the end of day. Truthfully, they come a little less easy these days, Q1 we will be able to provide more specific but luckily there are still plenty of good things information with respect to our re-opening plan. happening in our community. I am also excited to share that we have successfully Did you know, it is fewer than fifty days until spring applied for, and received, a (forgivable) loan under the starts? second wave of the Paycheck Protection Program. With this loan there is no doubt that we will make it Also, there are at least a few very special people with successfully through the pandemic. birthdays in February, one of them is my better half, Amy, who turns 39. Guess who the other one may be? Talking about excitement and making it through the pandemic, I am so proud to announce that we reached As you might imagine, I participate in a few CBE our High Holiday Appeal goal to raise $100,000. The related meetings throughout the week and receive participation rate was 65%, while short of the 100% some emails as well. More and more I hear from goal, it is well above the usual 20%. This is truly fellow congregants that they have received the awesome and from the bottom of my heart I want to vaccine. This is truly great news, first and foremost for thank all who donated; Emil Ray for his tremendous the folks receiving the vaccine. But of course also efforts organizing the fifteen-week campaign; and because it means we may be (slowly) getting to the end of this nightmare. Maybe soon we can start (conEnued on page 5) -3 - Congregation Beth Elohim THE STAR February 2021

Reviving the column devoted to like we are witnessing history. Recent examples questions about Jewish history called include the Capitol Insurgency on January 6 and The People of Chelm Want to Know… Presidential Inauguration two weeks later. In the first list below are the generally accepted dates of several This column was revived just over a year ago in The key dates in Jewish history. Can you associate each of Star after a decade of dormancy. Each month there these dates with a key event in the formation of are now two fairly difficult questions, and you should Judaism listed in the second list? be congratulated for trying to wrestle with them. If As many of know, years in Jewish history are you do not know an answer, you will find it on the typically expressed with the designation BCE “Before next page. Please share your new knowledge with Common Era” or CE “Common Era” after the year. your neighbors, fellow congregants, and especially BCE is equivalent to the more familiar BC (“Before the people of Chelm. In Jewish folklore, the people of Christ”), and CE is equivalent to AD (“Anno Domini” Chelm were famed for coming up with bizarre and in Latin meaning Year of the Lord). Thus, the year we usually incorrect answers to even the simplest are now in can be expressed as 2021 AD or 2021 CE. questions. Dates: 1. Last month’s Martin Luther King Day tribute was 1. 920 BCE an inspiring event, with over 300 virtual (Zoom) 2. 722 BCE attendees. We heard from many wonderful local 3. 586 BCE people involved in the pursuit of racial and social 4. 430 BCE justice. This event is an occasion also to honor a truly 5. 70 CE remarkable man, who spoke so eloquently for justice 6. 200 CE and offered a vision of a better day to come. It is no wonder his words have found such wide acceptance Events: in Judaism, including passages in many A. Codification of the Mishnah (the Oral Law) haggadot. Dr. King is indeed a modern day prophet, B. The destruction of the First Temple by the in the great tradition of Amos and Isaiah. And he also Babylonians spoke and worked actively for economic justice and it C. The building of the First Temple at Jerusalem in was in this cause that he lost his life, at the hands of Solomon’s reign sniper in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Do D. The origin of the practice of public Torah reading you know why he was in Memphis at that time? In a by Ezra very direct way, it involved the City of Memphis. E. The dispersal of the northern kingdom of Israel by 2. History, like contemporary life, is really a flow and the Assyrians not a collection of events fixed at one particular time F. The destruction of the Second Temple by the or another. But on some special occasions, we do feel Romans

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-4 - February 2021 THE STAR Congregation Beth Elohim President’s Message (con(nued) The membership committee, which continues to meet every member who generously offered their thoughts on a regular basis to think about inreach and in the beautiful videos. outreach: Randi Taylor; Sue Abrams; Rochelle Rubin; and Elise Jacobson. Even though the building is closed, there is still so much going on at CBE, so many volunteers working Waky for the weekly ‘Torah Study with Waky.’ their heart out to bring exciting programming to you. Elaine Braun-Keller and the Minyanaires for the daily At the risk of forgetting someone, let me recognize the Mincha services. many volunteers who have been busy in the past month, in no particular order. Gary and Judy Budiansky for continuing to support our Shulcloud and email infrastructure. My colleagues on the Board of Directors, thank you for all you do. The Constitution and Bylaws Restatement Committee: Alison Maker; Alan Weiss; Sue Abrams; Arye Hess; The phenomenal editor of The Star, Bob Becker, Linda Minkoff; Brian Hess; Rachel Gwaltney; and supported by his wife, Kathie. Barbara Green Whitbeck. Rick Green, the phenomenal editor of the weekly (and The Governance Amud: George Morton; Les Kramer; sometimes even more frequent) Star-Lite. Alan Weiss; Maureen Parker; Laura Kelmar; and Chuck Sarah Coletti and Sal Lopes for organizing a powerful Pollak. MLK celebration. More than 300 Zoom screens, a CBE Judy Kramer and the wonderful Choir. Even though I record. am writing this one day before the annual Shabbat The Sisterhood and Brotherhood under the leadership Shirah, I think I can state without much risk that it of, respectively, Lauren Pollak and Andrew Gruskay. once again was an awesome performance. Thank you for all the support provided by you and Adult Education, under the leadership of Matt your teams. Liebman and Leslie Sternberg, preparing for what will Sarah Coletti and the Na’aseh team, working hard every day to help make this world a better place. (conEnued on the next page)

Answers for the people of Chelm said that he “had been to the mountaintop. ” He had and any other curious souls. seen the promised land and knew that people who 1. In the great tradition of the prophets, Dr. Martin followed will get there. We can all help realize that Luther King had a way of engaging in the everyday dream. battles while at the same time connecting people’s 2. Real history is indeed complex, fluid, and efforts to much larger, universal moral themes. Dr. interwoven, but there are signposts that often help King was in Memphis that April of 1968 to lead a define a particular era. We will see if the election of march in support of the striking the sanitation 2020 is one of the for American history. For Jewish workers of the City of Memphis. Over 1,300 history, the six key milestones given in the question garbagemen walked off their jobs in support of better can be arranged chronologically as follows: working conditions and union recognition. They were paid abysmal wages, suffered intolerable working 1. C. The building of the First Temple at Jerusalem in Solomon’s reign, about 920 BCE conditions, had no benefits of any kind, and could be fired for any injury incurred on the job. King’s goals 2. E. The dispersal of the northern kingdom of Israel included not just racial justice but economic justice. by the Assyrians, 722 BCE The sanitation workers included many black 3. B. The destruction of the First Temple by the Americans as well as many other ethnic backgrounds. Babylonians, 586 BCE All were poor. The strike assumed national 4. D. The origin of the practice of public Torah significance, galvanizing support on both sides. A few reading by Ezra, about 430 BCE weeks after Dr. King’s death, the city did grant union recognition, and this led to further gains for public 5. F. The destruction of the Second Temple by the workers all over the South and in other parts of our Romans, 70CE country. In his last major speech given the night 6. A. The codification of the Mishnah (the Oral Law), before his death, Dr. King recalled when he about 200 CE

- 5 - Congregation Beth Elohim THE STAR February 2021 President’s Message (con(nued) Valade, Matt Liebman, and Dan Klein. Also here I am in two weeks surely be another fantastic Scholar-in- pretty confident to predict it was an awesome evening. Residence Weekend, featuring Ruth Messinger. And last but not least, I want to thank our clergy, The COVID-19 task force of Elaine Braun-Keller, Jaymi professional staff and teachers for their continued Formaggio, Les Kramer, George Morton, Neal hard work and dedication with a special shout out to Silverman, David Naparstek, and Bob Ferrara. Lori Lafayette for covering all the administrative tasks The “web support team” of Maida Fund, Lauren ‘dumped’ on her in December. Solomon, and Gary Budiansky for supporting all the And, everyone I forgot. In all seriousness, if I forgot events going on. you, please do let me know and I will make it right. I apologize in advance for the inevitable. Barbara Frank Michaelsen and her kitchen crew (Sara Levine, Ann Budner, Marcy & Hannah Hoban and Amy This was just what happened in January, amazing. I Leers) for preparing 40+ dinners for MLK day. hope that your takeaway is that a lot of work is being Chips Naparstek for making sure that all checks get undertaken to further strengthen CBE and continue to deposited and credited to the correct accounts. provide the programming you desire. And if you feel left out, please let me know and we can get you Barbara Frank (the other one) for all the awesome involved as well! work to organize Comedy Night featuring Joel ✡ Chasnoff. I also want to thank the fantastic support B’shalom. team of Emil Ray, Linda Minkoff, Tom Wachtell, Ellen

Megillah Esther at the Israel Museum -6 - February 2021 THE STAR Congregation Beth Elohim Dona(ons

The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends, and the larger community for donations recently received…

Adult Educa(on Fund Amy Naparstek Israel Scholarship Fund Stephen & Diane Richter "in honor of Waky for the Bill & Marcia Harris in memory of Amy Sara Wednesday Torah Study sessions and all she does Naparstek and her grandfather, Ben Harris for the Congregation, and Sal Lopes for all he Doris & Freddy Goldstein in loving memory of does for the Brotherhood and the Congregation" Amy on the occasion of her yahrzeit Robert & Deena Ferrara Bruce Sabot in honor of Arielle Faith Sabot's Alex Young Social Ac(on Fund graduation from New York University in 2020 Barbara Green & Chris Whitbeck Chesed Fund Emily & Michael Blumberg in honor of Marcy and Chips & David Naparstek in memory of Carolee Don Hoban and George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton Eileen & Benjamin Myers General Fund Peter & Heidi Lovitz Esther Bachrach in memory of David Bachrach Melissa & David Morse Eileen & Benjamin Myers "Thank you to Andrew and Sue Gruskay for delivering a Hanukkah Cantoral Fund goodie bag" Susan & Rodney Hass Ronda Kenger in honor of the yahrzeit of her Choir Fund father, Jerome Saks Lauren Solomon in honor of Judy Kramer and Sandra Roschelle & Peter Darlow in memory of Cindi Silverman for keeping us singing in 2020 Sandy's parents, Miriam and Irving Roschelle Shelley & Daniel Klein in memory of Judy Bob & Kathie Becker in memory of Carolee and Kramer's sister, Iris Gross George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton Adams Chips & David Naparstek in memory of Judy Bob & Kathie Becker in memory of Judy Kramer's Kramer's sister, Iris Gross sister, Iris Gross Robert & Deena Ferrara in memory of Iris Gross, Victoria Costello Judy Kramer's beloved sister High Holiday Appeal Michelle & Chris Siegert in memory of Iris Gross, Leslie Sternberg sister of Judy Kramer Bruce Sabot in Honor Of My children Aaron and Michelle & Chris Siegert "in memory of Carolee Arielle Sabot and George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton. May his memory be for a blessing." Alex Lessin Susan & Rodney Hass Hineni Capital Campaign Ellen & Mark Koretz in memory of Iris Gross, Judy Leora Zimmer Kramer's sister Rabbi's Discre(onary Fund Martha Shane in memory of Stratton, George and Shelley & Daniel Klein in memory of Carolee and Carolee Shaffer’s beloved grandson George Schaffer's grandson, Stratton

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The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends, and the larger community for donations recently received…

Na'aseh Social Jus(ce Fund Carol Barron Gail, Dick & Stephanie Palm in honor of Sarah David Martin Coletti, with congratulations on her conversion to Judaism Nancy Brown Daniel & Shelley Klein in memory of Art Shane Phyllis Myung Martha Shane in memory of Art Shane Younger by the Year Mar(n Luther KIng, Jr. Tribute Evelyn Bennett Susan Abrams Leslie & Andrew Knight Richard Burrows Beth Hellerbach-Rozek & Leon Rozek Cynthia Soule Sarra Spierer & Elan Riesman Margaret K Saphier Bridget Chamberas Edward A Bayne Cynthia Soule Ellen Valade Jacqueline Gottesman Dana Snyder-Grant Peter Light Carolyn Platt Sandra Roschelle & Peter Darlow Christine Brown Christine Vanasse Matthew Liebman & Amy Michelson Debra McLean Carole Marcacci Elaine Dors Julia Day Lauren & George Morton Leslie Fisher Melissa Dempsey Margaret K Saphier David & Karen Jarsky Tom & Marlene Wachtell David Brusie Bob Van Meter Mary Donald Roland Gibson Benjamin Wolfson Margaret Liversidge Cynthia Heiland Ellen Valade David Gerratt Hannah Bloch East Side Goods Jo-Anne & Barry Nyer Eleanor Terry Janet K Adachi Gary & Judy Budiansky Miriam Lezak Joan Fischer Anne Dranka Marilyn Peterson Becca Ford

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The congregation thanks our members, their relatives and friends, and the larger community for donations recently received…

Mar(n Luther KIng, Jr. Tribute (Con(nued) Karen & Michael Brandstein Alec Lewis Michael McKendry Andrew Stimac Randi & Roger Taylor Anne Anderson Richard Gentilman Beverley Bryant Robin Orford David Pavlik Ruth Richards Jane Murphey Adrienne B Nicosia Kathleen Luce Cavalcade Collectibles Kathleen Watt Coleen Phillimore Melissa C Buono Darien Smith Nancy Boucher Elizabeth Norton Wendy Holt Griet Dehandschutter Amy Osenar Judith Aronstein Daniel & Shelley Klein Kera Matthews Jeanine Wood Marion Scott Deborah Werneburg Priscilla Bolte Margaret S Tucker Richard & Shelley Green Nidhi Kapoor Russell Hart Abigail Reip Sandra Gieseke Charles & Lauren Pollak Stephen Lewin-Berlin Frances Nolde Susan & Stuart Wachter Frances Osman Tami Gouveia Helen Young Won Mee Hubert Fortmiller William Froberg Jo Candee Cundy Yiddish & Contemporary Israeli Music WERS, 88.9 FM, broadcasts Chagigah, Sunday mornings 8:00–11:00.

- 9 - Congregation Beth Elohim THE STAR February 2021 Adar Adar Adar Adar 1 8 15 22 1-34) 24 Shevat 24 issa itro T orah Study orah Study orah Study orah Study orah Y T T T T erumah Ki Ki etzavveh T T Mishpatim Saturday AM AM AM AM (Exodus 18-20) (Exodus 21-24) (Exodus AM Shabbat Service AM Shabbat AM Shacharit AM Shacharit AM Shacharit AM Shacharit (Exodus 30:1 (Exodus (Exodus 25-27:19) (Exodus (Exodus 27:20-30:10) (Exodus 9:30 Bat Marder —Sophia Mitzvah 9:30 Service 10:30 Scholar-in-Residence with Messinger Ruth PM Sisterhood- 7:30-9:30 Wine Day Galentine's Night 9:30 Service 10:30 9:30 Service 10:30 PM Purim 7:00-8:00 Shpiel 9:30 Service 10:30 6 13 20 27 Adar Adar Adar 7 14 21 ime—4:43 ime—4:43 ime—4:52 ime—5:01 ime—5:10 ime—5:22 23 Shevat 23 Shevat 30 T T T T T llah b'Ivrit llah EDT EDT EDT EDT EDT ot Shabbat ot Shabbat efi Friday T T Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting 5:30 PM 5:30 Service PM and 6:15 Music Shabbat Movement Service Power PM 6:15 Shabbat Service—Scholar- Hour Ruth in-Residence: Messinger PM 6:15 Service Shabbat PM 7:30 Reform-Style Service Shabbat Shabbat PM 6:15 Ruach Service 5 12 19 26 Adar Adar Adar 6 irtual irtual 13 20 22 Shevat 22 Shevat 29 ot Purim T Thursday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 7:30 Ritual Meeting Committee PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 7:00-9:00 V Sisterhood Mahjong PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 5:15 PM 6:15 Purim and Service Megillah Community Reading PM 4:00 Mincha Service 4 11 18 25 Adar Adar Adar 5 12 19 21 Shevat 21 Shevat 28 Wednesday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious 3 10 17 24 Adar Adar Adar 4 1 February 2021 February 1 18 20 Shevat 20 Shevat 27 Adult Adult Tuesday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 7:00 Education Meeting Committee PM 7:00 Na'aseh Meeting Committee PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious 2 9 16 23 Congregation Beth Elohim Beth Elohim Congregation Adar Adar Adar 3 10 17 19 Shevat 19 Shevat 26 Monday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 7:00 Board Brotherhood Meeting 1 8 15 22 Adar Adar Adar 2 9 Aleph Aleph 16 18 Shevat 18 Shevat 25 Sunday Adult Education: Bible & Bible Education: Adult AM Brotherhood Breakfast AM Brotherhood AM Family Education: AM Education: Family Bet AM Education: Family 1:30 1:30 1:30 AM CBE Board Meeting AM CBE Board AM Shpiel Purim AM - 1:30 PM Religious School AM - PM 1:30 Religious School AM - PM 1:30 Religious Service AM Shacharit 9:30 9:30-1 Class 7 9:30 9:30-1 Class 10:00 14 9:30 10:15-1 Ruth Scholar-in-Residence with Messinger 21 PM 4:00-6:00 Bourbon 28 10:00

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- 10 - February 2021 THE STAR Congregation Beth Elohim Adar Adar 22 29 7 7 Nissan 1-34) ime—7:48 ime—7:48 14 Nissan 14 Nissan 21 T issa T orah Study orah Study orah Study orah EST ayikra Tzav T T T V Ki Ki (Exodus (Exodus Saturday AM AM AM (Leviticus 1-5) (Leviticus 6-8) (Leviticus ayakhei/Pekudei AM Shacharit AM Shacharit AM Shacharit Service AM Shabbat AM Shacharit V (Exodus 30:1 (Exodus 35-38:20/38:21-40) Candle Lighting 9:30 Service 10:30 9:30 Service 10:30 PM 4:15 Bet Havdallah Service 9:30 Bat Jacobson —Sarah Mitzvah & PM 7:00 Sisterhood Event Brotherhood 9:30 Service 10:30 6 13 20 27 Adar Adar 21 28 6 6 Nissan ime—5:22 ime—5:22 ime—5:31 ime—6:39 ime—6:47 ime—6:56 13 Nissan 13 Nissan 20 T T T T T EST EST EST EDT EDT Friday Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting Candle Lighting 6:15 PM Ruach Shabbat Shabbat PM 6:15 Ruach Service Service PM 7:30 Shabbat Service PM 7:30 Shabbat Power PM 6:15 Shabbat Service Hour 5 12 19 26 Adar Adar 20 27 5 5 Nissan 12 Nissan 12 Nissan 19 Thursday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00 Mincha Service 4 11 18 25 Adar Adar 19 26 4 4 Nissan 1 Nissan 1 18 Nissan 18 Wednesday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious 3 10 17 24 31 March 2021 March Adar Adar 18 25 3 3 Nissan 10 Nissan 10 Nissan 17 Tuesday 4:00 PM Mincha PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious PM 4:00 Mincha Service PM 4:00-5:00 School Religious 2 9 16 23 30 Congregation Beth Elohim Beth Elohim Congregation Adar Adar 17 24 2 2 Nissan 9 Nissan 16 Nissan 16 Monday 1 8 15 22 29 Adar Adar 16 23 1 1 Nissan 8 Nissan 15 Nissan 15 Sunday AM B'nai Mitzvah Class Mitzvah AM B'nai 1:30 AM Purim AM Shpiel Purim AM - 1:30 PM Religious School AM - PM 1:30 Religious School AM - PM 1:30 Religious School AM - PM 1:30 Religious 10:00 7 9:30 10:00-1 14 9:30 21 9:30 28

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