Wednesday, November 6th at 8pm: Discussion and Drinks Join an engaging class for women using the Torah's timeless wisdom to gain practical tips and guidance on relationships, raising children and daily stress. Light refreshments and wine served.
Friday, November 22 at 7pm: Fridays for Families
Join us for a delightful Family Shabbos Services followed by Dinner.
A time to have fun, get inspired, enjoy community spirit, song and laughter!
Family friendly, beginner's service for parents and children, followed by sit down Shabbat dinner.
Friday, November 29 at 10:00am: Jteen Wrap and Breakfast
Join an exclusive Jteen Tefillin wrap, prayers and delicious buffet breakfast!
For boys and girls. No cost. Come and bring your friends!
Kiddush Sponsor
The Kiddush this week is sponsored by
Jay and Sarit Friedman
in honor of the upcoming wedding of their dear niece Sheina Shterna to her Chatan Shneur Zalman Ohr
Mazel Tov!!
Shabbos Times
Friday, November 1
Candle Lighting: 5:35pm
Evening Service Mincha: 5:35pm
Saturday, November 2
Morning Service 9:30am
Torah Reading and Sermon: 10:30am Kiddush Brunch: 12:00pm
Evening Service: 5:30pm Shabbos ends: 6:34pm
Schedule of Synagogue Services
November 3- November 8
Fridays for Families Friday, November 22 at 7pm
Join us for a delightful Family Shabbos Services followed by Dinner.
A time to have fun, get inspired, enjoy community spirit, song and laughter!
Family friendly, beginner's service for parents and children, followed by sit down Shabbat dinner.
Discussion and Drinks Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 8pm
Join an engaging class for women using the Torah's timeless wisdom to gain practical tips and guidance on relationships, raising children and daily stress. Light refreshments and wine served.
MVP Mitzvah Volunteer Program
MVP's our young Mitzvah volunteers, have been enjoying weekly Friday visits with the senior residents at the Maple Glen Center! Geared for boys and girls ages 11-13, MVP is for volunteering and Mitzvah madness, while connecting to others and having a meaningful impact!
A warm environment for our community of teens.
The perfect blend of social interaction with a dynamic Jewish twist offering opportunities for volunteering and social time.
Hang out, and get connected with other Jewish teens in the area for casual, social meet and discussions.
Saturdays 11am-12pm Give your child an opportunity to explore, learn and discover with songs, story time with Russian language, and kiddie play area! Bond with your little one while connecting with other moms in our area.
A Biselleh Humor....
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house.
Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, nosh was all over the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.
He was worried she may be ill, or that something serious had happened. He found her lounging in the bedroom, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?"
She again smiled and answered, "You know everyday when you come home from work and ask me what in the world did I do today?" "Yes," was his incredulous reply. She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."
Weekly E- Torah
Do you ever think to yourself: “I’m drowning! I’m swamped with life’s demands!”
Whether it’s slaving away at our jobs, sinking into the insurmountable pile of our bills or worrying about the hundreds of big and little things that challenge us, how can we stay afloat? When life comes rushing at us—leaving us with a never-ending “To Do” list, and making us feel confused and overwhelmed—how can we cope?
In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the great flood. The Hebrew word for flood, mabul, also means disorder and confusion. In a world full of disorder, our priorities can become skewed and distorted.
How did Noah handle the overwhelming floodwaters?
First, he builds an ark.
The Hebrew word for ark is tevah, which also means “word.”
When the world is churning, threatening to drown the spark of vitality within us, we need to enter into the tevah—the world of word.
We need to find moments of solitude, to regroup and regain our composure by studying the words of Torah and meditating on the words of prayer. We need to carve out a time to discover a soothing haven of wisdom and perspective against the raging floodwaters of life. We may not be able to save the world, but we can build for ourselves an ark, a sanctum of time, protected, and filled with purpose and meaning.
Noah’s ark was built from gopher wood, which is soft and able to withstand the pressures of the floodwaters. A stronger but less flexible wood would have snapped. The Talmud teaches: “It is better to be as soft as a reed, than as hard as a cedar.” (Taanit 20b)
In dealing with the pressures of a sometimes hostile world, we benefit most by having a soft, yielding nature, looking for resolution rather than confrontation.
But the gopher wood was covered with pitch. Without this waterproof covering, the floodwaters could have seeped in and destroyed the ark. As much as we need to be supple and compromising, when it comes to matters of principle, morals or ethics, we need to be impenetrable.
And finally, to test whether the earth was dry enough to be habitable, Noah sent out a dove who returned with an olive branch in its mouth. The dove is the universal symbol of peace. A raw olive is inedible. The olive’s precious oil is produced after processing. Only when we are at peace with ourselves can we find and process the precious potential within our surroundings.
Noah teaches us that to find our inner peace, we need to:
1) Immerse in the teivah, the words of Torah and prayer;
2) Become more compromising like gopher, while remaining impenetrable in our morals like pitch;
3) See the potential around us, even in an inedible olive.
Then the raging waters calm down, and we are able to find the beauty and blessing hidden in every person and every creation.
When Noah emerged, he beheld a new world. And we can, too.
