We have begun the design and program layout for next year's community calendar.
We are very excited about this annual project that gives everyone the ability to keep track of Jewish dates, holidays and community events, using our beautiful calendars design and high quality print.
Please help us by supporting this important project that serves the community.
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Wishing you a good Shabbos!
Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
Shabbos Times
Friday, May 13
Candle Lighting: 7:47pm Evening service: 7:30pm
Saturday, May 14 Morning service: 10:00am
Kiddush Brunch: 12:00pm Evening service: 7:45pm
Shabbos ends 8:53pm
Kiddush Sponsored by Shmuel and Esther Kotlyar
in honor of their son Yehoshua Tami's
1st Brithday. Mazal Tov!
Full BBQ dinner! Cold beer for adults! Rides and giant inflatables! Cotton candy! Music! Arts & crafts! Round the fire marshmallow roasting!
Admission includes all rides, attractions, crafts, all food and drinks and full BBQ dinner. $20 per person
Full BBQ dinner, 'round the fire marshmallow roasting, sports and games!
Open to all teens in grades 8-12 Free admission!
Come and bring your friends!!
Join for a women's night out, creating your own beautiful flower arrangement, enjoy wine, cheese desserts and great discussion!
Reserve a table with your friends!
Couvert: $36 per person
After May 13: $40 per person
Complimentary for Partners in Pride
Thursdays 4pm- 5pm Geared for boys and girls in grades 6th - 8th, MVP is volunteering and Mitzvah madness, while connecting with other pre-teens and having a meaningful impact!
MVP is open to all junior teens free of charge!
A BISSELE HUMOR
A priest and a pastor from a local church were standing by the road pounding a sign into the ground that reads: The End is Near! Turn Yourself Around Now Before It's Too Late!
As a car sped past them, the driver yelled, "Leave us alone you religious nuts!"
From the curve, they heard screeching tires and a big splash.
The priest turns to the pastor and asks, "Do you think the sign should just say 'Bridge is down'?"
WEEKLY eTORAH
Every informed parent knows that we cannot expect our children to simply do as we say; they must see us in action. Kids have incredible antennae and the uncanny ability to pick up even the slightest inconsistency, so if parents preach what they themselves aren’t practicing, their sermon is doomed to failure.
Right at the beginning of this week’s Torah reading, Emor, we come across a phrase that seems somewhat superfluous. “And G‑d said to Moses, ‘Say to the Priests, the sons of Aaron: You shall say to them not to allow themselves to become impure.” Why repeat the word “say”?
Rashi explains this seeming redundancy as follows: “Say to the priests that they, in turn, shall say it to their children.” i.e., Tell the adult Kohanim that they must warn the younger ones to stay away from impurities.
As ministers in the Holy Temple, the Kohanim were privileged to have been granted a higher degree of sanctity. Privilege always comes with responsibility, and one of their responsibilities was to maintain a rigorous level of purity.
It is a lesson not only to members of the priestly tribe, but to all of us. Every parent and teacher has the duty to educate the younger generation accordingly.
We are forever telling our kids, “Be a mensch!” But the only way our child will be a mensch is if we are a mensch.
Parents are the primary instructors when it comes to values, ethics, and what we call menschlichkeit. We may learn Torah and math at school, but values, decency, dignity and, in general, how to be a mensch are learned at home.
“Go to Shul!” doesn’t work. “Come to Shul,” or “Let’s go to Shul,” has a much better chance of success.
In real estate, they say that the three most important components of any property are “location, location, location.” And in education they say the three most effective tools are “example, example, example.”
Children who see parents and teachers acting on their own life lessons are far more likely to follow in their footsteps. Otherwise, no matter how loudly we shout or how eloquently we may speak, our words remain hollow. Children who experience a family code of honor, decency, honesty, or a genuine commitment to Jewish life, will very likely feel guided by those same values in their own lives.
It is up to us to be successful role models who practice what we preach and educate by example.
