Shabbat Shalom Thursday, December 3, 2020/17 Kislev 5781
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Tot Shabbat Friday, December 4, 5:15-5:45 pm Families with children 5 years old and younger: Come sing, dance, pray, and celebrate Shabbat together with your Congregation Habonim friends!
Torah on Tuesday December 8, 11 am Join our thoughtful and inquisitive group to discuss the weekly parasha on Tuesday mornings. In 5781, we will make use of The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held's Essays on the Weekly Torah portion. For those who like to have a book in hand, you may wish to purchase either one or both volumes. This week we will look at Vayeshev #2, Election and Service: 83 , 84-85 , 86-87
For a FULL listing of events and services at Habonim this week and beyond, please follow the links in the buttons below.
Please click on the picture to see this week's Yahrzeit observances. May all the mourners be comforted.
Giving Tuesday
There's still time to support Congregation Habonim through Giving Tuesday
Israeli Philharmonic
Sunday, December 6, 2-3 pm Israeli Philharmonic Pre-Hanukkah Global Celebration Free Virtual Event Click here to register
8th-12th Grade Students
Monday, December 7, 6:30 pm Have you ever wondered why we light the Hanukkah Menorah the way we do? Did you know there are different versions of our Hanukkah blessings? Who are the Maccabean heroes of our day and what makes a hero?? Join Rabbi Gelber for all things Hanukkah - light, miracles and heroic action. Hopefully some virtual dreidl playing, too. RSVP to Rabbi Gelber at rabbigelber@habonim.net for Zoom link.
Habonim Community Hanukkah Candle Lighting
Join Congregation Habonim to light up the night Thursday, December 10/24 Kislev, 5:45 pm Let's gather together to celebrate community, light candles, and sing songs. Zoom in live and/or be part of our community Hanukkah videos.
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Light Against the Darkness Hanukkah Program
The Adult Education Committee is proud to present a special Hanukkah event with Rabbi Francine Roston: Light Against the Darkness Sunday, December 13, 5 - 6 PM (EST) Rabbi Roston will share how Hanukkah's message of spiritual resistance inspired her Montana community when it was harassed and cyber-terrorized by Neo-Nazis and how Hanukkah can guide us all in the face of antisemitism and hatred. The program concludes with candle lighting. Appropriate for young people in Grade 6 and up. Register here and click on the photo for more information.
Sisterhood Hanukkah Happy Hour
Sisterhood Hanukkah Zoom Happy Hour Monday, December 14, 8 pm
Hanukkah Zoombration for families with young children (up to age 7) Tuesday, December 15, 5:10-5:30 pm We will sing, spin our dreidels and light Hanukkah candles together in our Zoom.
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Book Club
Book Club Wednesday, December 16, 7 pm We're reading The Color of Love by Marra Gad (recommended by Rabbi Gelber).
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Habonim Reads
Habonim Reads Sunday, January 10, 5:15-6:15 pm Join this special event where community members of almost all ages can read or listen to the same book and discuss it in a Zoom gathering. We're reading Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse. It's a fictional story based on the real-life inventors of the Teddy Bear, the Michtom Family, who arrived in Brooklyn from Russia in the late 1880s. Click here to register.
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In the Community
Divine Chocolate is partnering with T'ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, to promote Kosher Fair Trade gelt this Hanukkah. Click here to purchase. Click here to learn more about the partnership and to download Hanukkah recipes, blessings, and more.
When We Turned Within
When We Turned Within, Volume 2 features writing by 107 contributors from around the world - Rabbi Lisa Gelber and Malkie Grozalsky among them. Proceeds support UJA-Federation of New York’s COVID-19 relief work.
Congregation Habonim supports core Jewish values, including racial justice and dignity for all.
Congregation Habonim - Building Jewish Community Together RABBI LISA B. GELBER CANTOR BRUCE HALEV MALKIE GROZALSKY, Director of Administration RINA COHEN SCHWARZ, Education Director TINA LOBEL, Nursery School Director RICHARD VERNER, President www.habonim.net
