There’s a Place for Me at CBD! פרשת יתרו Parashat Yitro 20 Shevat , 577‬ 6 / ‬January 30 , 201‬ 6 ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Triennial Cycle III: Exodus 18:1-20:23 Ḥumash Etz Ḥayim, page 432 Haftarah: Isaiah‬ 6:1-13; 7:1 -6; 9:5-6, page 451 1. (18:1-12) Jethro comes to visit his son-in-law Moses, bringing Zipporah, Moses' wife and his two sons. He rejoices at the rescue of the Israelites and acknowledges the greatness of God. 2. (18:12-27) Jethro advises Moses to appoint officers and judges to help him lead the people, and then returns to his home. 3. (19:1-25) Preparations for the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. God reveals himself to His people, accompanied by thunder and lightning, thick clouds and the sound of the shofar. 4. (20:1-14) The Ten Commandments. 5. (20:15-18) The people are terrified by God’s power, and they beg Moses to mediate between them and God. 6. (20:19-23) Further commandments concerning the altar. Candle lighting Friday, January 29th 5:11 pm General Information – [email protected] – 408.257.3333 Senior Rabbi Other Contacts Rabbi Philip Ohriner Lifecycle Events and Questions - Barbara Biran [email protected], 408.366.9106 Rabbi Emeritus Jewish Youth Education Program Rabbi Daniel Pressman [email protected], 408.366.9101 Membership, Community Involvement JET (Jewish Education for Teens) [email protected] Rabbi Leslie Alexander President, Board of Directors Rabbi of Community Engagement and Outreach David Hoffman, [email protected] [email protected], 408.366.9105 Executive VP, Board of Directors Dan Skilken, [email protected] Member Account Services Monica Hernandez Director of Operations - Tanya Lorien Member Accounts Associate [email protected], 408.257.3333 [email protected], 408.366.9108 For full staff and Board of Directors listing, visit the Beth David website or check out the inside back cover of D’var Friday, January 29th 10:00am Talmud Study (P-3A) 11:15am Jewish Ethics Discussion (P-3A) 5:11pm Candle lighting REMINDER: Please refrain from using cell phones, ** 8:30pm Services & Hazak Cantorial Shabbat (Sanctuary) ** th cameras and other electronic devices on Shabbat. Saturday, January 30 9:30am Services (Sanctuary) 10:30am Youth Congregation (P-3A) 12:00pm Ruah Rally Calling all USY Alumni! 12:30pm Kiddush (Social Hall) Come share your enthusiasm with the next generation of USYers! Contact Irene at [email protected]. 1:30pm A Jewish Journey: Colombia to Hillel (Sanctuary) 6:15pm SAUSY Progressive Dinner (offsite) Sunday, January 31st 9:30am Minyan (Sanctuary) Shabbat Schmooze 9:30am JCore Sunday School (Portables) 1:00pm Jewbilee (offsite) A Jewish Journey: From Colombia to Hillel Monday, February 1st Sarita Bronstein 10:00am Intermediate Hebrew (P-3A) Saturday January 30, 2016, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 11:45am Beginning Hebrew (P-3A) Sarita Bronstein, Executive Director of Hillel of Silicon Valley, 2:15pm Beginning Hebrew for FSU (offsite) explains how her formative years growing up in a close-knit 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) Jewish community in Bogota were a dress rehearsal for the work Tuesday, February 2st she does today. After moving to the Bay Area, she realized that if 3:00pm Yiddish Conversation Group (P-3A) she wanted her children to experience the kind of lively Jewish 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) community she remembered, she would have to help create it. One Wednesday, February 3rd thing led to the next, and the path led her to Hillel. Sarita will 4:00pm Jewel (Portables) describe the work she does at Hillel to inspire students to make an 6:15pm JET Dinner and Learn (P-4A) enduring commitment to Jewish life and Israel. 6:30pm Purim Shpiel Auditions (P-3A) 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) SAUSY Progressive Dinner th Saturday, January 30, 2016, 6:15 - 10:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4 th th 7:00pm Minyan (Sanctuary) All 8 – 12 graders join SAUSY (Saratoga USY) for an exciting Friday, February 5th night of house/meal hopping throughout the South Bay. We will be 10:00am Talmud Study (P-3A) meeting at Beth David for a lovely Havdallah and then carpool to 11:15am Jewish Ethics Discussion (P-3A) get the progressive dinner started. RSVP [email protected]. 5:19pm Candle lighting 6:30pm TGI Shabbat/Family Services (Sanctuary) Jewbilee Sunday, January 31, 2016, 1:00 – 8:00 pm 7:30pm TGI Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner (P-3A) At Addison Penzak JCC 14855 Oka Road, #201, Los Gatos The afternoon is divided into sessions, with many classes, workshops and performances happening simultaneously during CBD Board of Directors Vacancy each session. You choose what you want to do. General admission We currently have an opening on our Board of Directors. If you is $5 per person. Free for APJCC members. Also free for children are interested in filling the position of Executive Vice President, ages 5 and under. Get tickets at www.apjcc.org/jewbilee please email David Hoffman, Board President at [email protected] by February 5, 2016. Yiddish Conversation Group Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Are you, a family member, or a CBD Enjoy Yiddish conversation, jokes, and more with Yiddish friend in the hospital or rehab? speakers of all levels. Do you know of someone in our kehillah JET Dinner & Learn who might like a call or visit? Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 6:15 – 7:30 p.m. Please contact our ritual director, Barbara Biran at Get the Jewish slant on topics important to teens. Schmooze over [email protected] so our Pastoral Care Team can follow up. dinner, discuss over dessert! 8th-9th Hot Topics with Irene Or, go one step further! Consider picking up the phone or Swedroe. 10th-12th Teen Choice with Rabbi Ohriner. arranging for yourself a visit with someone in need of physical or spiritual well-being. They will feel better and so will you! Thank You/ Thank you to our Kiddish lunch donors for sponsoring today’s lunch TGI Shabbat - A Trip to Israel! Sunday Seminar Friday, February 5, 2016 Jews in Medieval Spain under Islamic Services start at 6:30 p.m.; dinner starts at 7:30 p.m. Welcome the day of rest and kick back because it's TGI Shabbat, and Christian Rule our upbeat multi-generational Kabbalat Shabbat service followed Dr. Fred Astren by a themed potluck dinner for the whole congregation to Sunday, February 14, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. enjoy! This month we have a few special happenings. First it’s Under Islamic rule in medieval Spain, Jews experienced a “Golden Scout Shabbat. We encourage all present AND former scouts to Age” in which some Jews attained high positions in society. A come in uniform! Second, our 5th graders will be inducted into the Jewish aristocracy emerged, accompanied by a burst of religious, Torah Reader’s Club. Everyone joining our potluck should bring a legal, literary, philosophical, and mystical activity. But Christian dish to share. Specific assignments are listed on the RSVP portal or conquest led to violence, the Inquisition, and ultimately expulsion call the office at 408-257-3333. If you choose, you may participate in 1492. This history, under Crescent and Cross, constitutes the in this month’s cuisine theme which is Israel. origin and heritage of Sephardic Jewry. About the speaker: Dr. Fred Astren is professor and chair of the Department of Jewish Board Installation Shabbat Studies at San Francisco State University. Saturday, February 6, 2016, 9:30 a.m. Don’t forget to come and celebrate the installation of our newly SAVE THE DATE elected board members. Scholar-in-Residence Netivot Haneshama From Kabbalah to the Big Bang: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Spirituality Mindfulness and Meditation Through Friday - Sunday March 4-6, 2016 the Hassidic Lens Dr. Daniel C. Matt, one of the world’s leading authorities on Saturday, February 6, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Kabbalah, will introduce us to some of the central themes of the Find personal meaning in Jewish prayer using Hassidic texts and Jewish mystical tradition. For over twenty years Dr. Matt served as stories with Rabbi Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia. Professor of Jewish Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis Hot Topics in Halakhah University and has also taught at Stanford University and the Saturday, February 6, 2016, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Hebrew University in Jerusalem. What topics of Jewish law is Rabbi Ohriner studying? Join Rabbi Ohriner to learn about the hottest halakhic issues facing our Yahrzeits Weed of January 29/30, 2016 kehillah, the Conservative movement, and the Jewish world. Moise Alchech, Father of Cohava Mor & Elie Alcheck Steven Auerbach, Brother of Elizabeth Batson Jr. Kadima Havdallah Launch Party Gregory Berger, Father of Rakhil Karasik Saturday, February 6, 2016, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. William Bloomfield, Father of Kenneth Bloomfield At the Handelsman home Harry S. Burd, Brother of Herman Burdman All 3rd-5th graders and their parents to the launch of our new Leonora Daniel, Sister-in-Law of Gerald Daniel parent-led Jr. Kadima group. Seudah Shlishit snack, socializing, Ida Eisen, Aunt of Harvey Checkman planning and Havdallah! Contact Nathan at 408-802-0845 or email Zushe Farber, relative of Hava Goldman [email protected]. Georgia Ferguson, Mother of Bryan Ferguson Zinovy Finsteyn, Brother of Lisa Lipkind Candle-licious Bessie Goldensohn, Grandmother of Dorothy Dorsay An Evening for the Women of CBD Iris Golinkin, Mother of Dorene Kastelman All Ages Welcome Herman Golub, Father of Sherman Golub Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.