Shabbat Shalom Thursday, April 21, 2022/20 Nisan 5782
Eruv Tavshilin is made when Shabbat begins immediately following Yom Tov. Cooking on Yom Tov is permitted for the needs of that day. The rabbis permitted cooking on Yom Tov for Shabbat provided that preparations for Shabbat begin before the holiday. Those preparations happen through eruv tavshilin. Here's how: Before the final days of Passover begin, take a piece of matzah and a cooked food (typically hard-boiled egg), hold them, and recite the following: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל מִצְוַת עֵרוּב Barukh ata adonai eloheinu melekh ha’olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al mitzvat eruv Blessed are you Holy Gd who rules the universe and sanctifies us through responsibilities and mitzvot like the practice of creating an eruv. With this eruv we have permission to bake, cook, heat food, light candles and do what is necessary on the holiday in preparation for Shabbat. בַּהֲדֵין עֵרוּבָא יְהֵא שָׁרֵא לָנָא לְמֵפָא וּלְבַשָּׁלָא וּלְאַטְמָנָא וּלְאַדְלָקָא שְׁרָגָא וּלְמֶעְבַּד כָּל צָרְכָנָא מִיּוֹמָא טָבָא לְשַׁבַּתָּא לָנוּ וּלְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל הַדָּרִים בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת. Now set the eruv foods aside to be eaten on Shabbat.
Services
**Please note that most services and events require registration for Zoom information.** **Also, please remember that Zoom meeting links can only be scheduled on the half or full hour. The true start times of all Zoom services, programs, and meetings are indicated in the weekly email and on the Habonim website.**
Thursday, April 21 Candle lighting 7:23 pm Friday, April 22 Candle lighting 7:24 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 pm Register here for Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Saturday, April 23 In person Shabbat services have resumed for fully vaccinated (including booster shots) attendees. Masks are required. Zoom services are also available. Torah Tots 9:30 am Register here for Zoom Torah Tots
Please click on the picture to see this week's Yahrzeit observances. May all the mourners be comforted.
Passover Food Donations from the Habonim Bender Fund
The Bender Fund assets again allowed Habonim to help provide elderly Holocaust survivors, clients of Self Help Community Services, with Pesach food packages. We understand that recipients are most grateful to be able to celebrate the holiday with good food! The Bender Fund, created almost 50 years ago in conjunction with our Brotherhood, is dedicated to helping elderly, blind, and needy members of the Jewish community. Each year we have helped fund packages for the High Holidays, Hanukkah, and Pesach.
Celebrate Passover with Virtual Volunteer Service Projects
Click here to see Repair the World's list of virtual volunteer opportunities and to register.
Annual UWS Reading of the Names Wednesday, April 27 (10 pm) through Thursday, April 28 (5 pm) If we speak their names, they live on Be a part of this moving Yom Hashoah event, organized by the Meyerson JCC. For more information about attending in person (at the JCC or The Jewish Center) or to register for the livestream link, click here. Members of the Habonim community will be reading names from 2-2:30 am, in-person only at The Jewish Center, 131 W. 86th Street. COVID protocols to be observed. Volunteers are still needed -- if you're interested in reading, contact Susan Grant .
Third International Reading of Megillat Hashoah in commemoration of Yom Hashoah Thursday, April 28, 11 am EST For more information and to access the text, click here .
An Evolving Covenant: Understanding the Shoah's Role in Jewish Theology Thursday, April 28, noon Conversation between Rabbis Yitz Greenberg and Avi Killip about what lessons we can -- and cannot -- draw from the Holocaust. Register here for Zoom link.
Shlissel Challah Bake
Thursday, April 28, 6 pm RSVP to membership@habonim.net to receive the supply list, recipe, and Zoom information (all of which will be sent after Passover).
Holocaust Remembrance Day Documentary Films
Friday, April 29, and Sunday, May 1, 2:45 pm New Plaza Cinema, 263 West 86th Street Two documentaries, Black Flowers and Commandment 613, are being shown in honor of Holocaust Reembrance Day. Each is followed by a question and answer session with the director. Go here for tickets and additional information.
Habonim Gala
Together Again: A Cabaret Soiree Honoring Richard Verner, Jean Hellering and Jessica Futran
Thursday, May 12, 7:00-10:00 PM Redeemer West Side Loft - 150 West 83rd Street Register herefor Congregation Habonim's Cabaret Soiree Fundraiser. Please RSVP by April 25
Prozdor Teen Learning Open House
Sunday, May 1, 10 am - noon Prospective students and their parents are invited to the Jewish Theological Seminary to learn about Prozdor, which offers Hebrew and religious studies classes for teens on Sundays at JTS. Click here for more information and to register.
Israel Independence Day Film Festival
May 4-9 Celebrate Israel with a ticket to the Israel Independence Day Film Festival. One ticket provides access to nine films on six nights! (Two more films have just been added, for a total of 11.) Purchase tickets here and use Congregation Habonim's promo code BRACHA1 for 20 percent off.
Special Joint Book Club Event
Wednesday, May 18, 7-8:30 pm We will join with other book groups for an interview with the author of Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin. RSVP for Zoom link by May 11 toprofesseur38@me.com
Helping the People of Ukraine
Our hearts are with our Jewish communal family in Ukraine and all those in harm's way in the region. The Joint Distribution Committee is working non-stop to provide food, medicine, and diapers. To support the JDC in the Ukraine donate here .
We can also support Masorti Olami, our Conservative Movement international partner, in their emergency campaign for the Masorti communities in Ukraine, the Schechter Institute , also a Movement Partner, in Israel, and Project Kesher . Here at home, we can support UJA Federation.
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