On behalf of the Beth Emeth Synagogue Executive, Board, Clergy and Staff we wish you and your family a happy and healthy Pesach!
WHAT'S HAPPENING
JOIN THE CLERGY FOR DAILY SERVICES & CLASSES STREAMING ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND ZOOM! *Please note that you do not need a Facebook account in order to view our Facebook page Click here for a version of kaddish that can be said without a minyan
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Candle Lighting - 7:35 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Candle Lighting - 8:48 pm (from a pre-existing flame kindled before the onset of the first day of Pesach)
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Shabbat Candle Lighting - 7:37 pm(from a pre-existing flame kindled before the onset of the second day of Pesach)
SATURDAY, APRIL 11 Havdalah - 8:41 PM
Musical Havdalah Service When: after Shabbat With: Cantor Guber Where: FACEBOOK
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 Shacharit When: 8:00 AM With: Rabbi David Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
Mincha/Maariv When: 7:45 PM With: Rabbi Morrison Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
MONDAY, APRIL 13 Shacharit When: 8:00 AM With: Rabbi David Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
The Counting of the Omer - Count each day and make each day count When: 12:00 PM With: Rabbi Morrison Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
ממעמקים (from the depths) - CONCERT When: 6:30 PM With: Cantor Guber Where: FACEBOOK LIVE Sponsors: Tonight's concert is generously sponsored by Susan Colomby in memory of her parents Pearl Colomby ז״ל & Morris Colomby ז״ל, by the Kuchinsky family in honour of the birth of their granddaughter, Kaia Sydney and by the Werger family in honour of their children.
Mincha/Maariv When: 7:45 PM With: Rabbi Morrison Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 Shacharit When: 8:00 AM With: Rabbi David Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
Yizkor Service When: 9:30 AM With: Rabbi Morrison and Cantor Guber Where: ZOOM Text: Click here for the personal Yizkor service prayers Sponsor: Today’s Yizkor Service is sponsored by Bernie & Riva Schwartz and family in memory of their fathers, Morris Schwartz ז״ל , and William Gasner ז״ל , as well as their grandparents Philip & Lily Jablonsky ז״ל , Eli & Pearl Schwartzberg ז״ל, Morris & Sara Beitcher ז״ל and Leopold & Regina Gasner ז״ל. Finally, we dedicate this Yizkor Service to the memory of all those who perished in the Shoah. May their memories all be for a blessing and may we soon see an end to this terrible pandemic. Torah Reading When: 12:00 PM With: Shlomo Where: FACEBOOK LIVE
Candle Lighting - 7:42 PM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Candle Lighting - 8:44 pm (from a pre-existing flame kindled before the onset of the seventh day of Pesach)
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Pesach concludes - 8:50 PM FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Shacharit When: 8:00 AM With: Rabbi David Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom of the Sages When: 12:00 PM With: Rabbi Morrison Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
An early Kabbalat Shabbat service (up to and including Lecha dodi) When: 6:00 PM With: Cantor Guber Where: FACEBOOK LIVE
Candle Lighting - 7:46 PM
BECOME A SPONSOR
In our new norm with online Clergy led private services, Divrei Torah, Torah Readings, Cantorial Music, Rabbi Lectures and Classes, you too can also sponsor one of these weekly online live sessions in honour of your Simchas or in memory of your loved ones for a donation of $54.00.
Your generous sponsorship will be included in the weekly e-blast, as well as mentioned by the clergy at the beginning and end of the online live session you are sponsoring. While we are temporarily closed due to this health crisis, it is imperative we continue to keep our synagogue operating at this time thereby ensuring we are able to once again open our doors to you - our dedicated members, and to the Jewish community when it is viable to do so.
Please click on the form below or contact Candace Vogel at Candace@beby.org to make your sponsorship.
The Executive, Board and Clergy thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. Best wishes for a healthy and safe Shabbat and Passover.
Earlier this week we added a unique preparation for Passover link on our shul website page under "Rabbinical information for Pesach."
Given the fact that many of us will not be with usual large gatherings this year, we may find ourselves leading a Seder for the first time. This can be an overwhelming challenge. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international organization of Conservative Rabbis, has prepared a unique youtube for this year entitled, " A Seder Made To Order. " In this two hour video, conservative rabbis from around the world explain and demonstrate how to conduct a Passover Seder from beginning to end with meaningful explanations. Even a seasoned family leader will find new insights.
If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to sit as a student in front of this video with your own personal Haggadah and notebook in hand. Look for a particular section of the Haggadah that speaks to you and follow its explanation on the video.
I advise you to look at the Passover information section below in the e-blast to discover many new ideas and links to making your Seder more relevant this year in the context of COVID-19. In particular, you will find a Haggadah Supplement which interprets almost every section of the Haggadah in the spirit of our challenges this particular year.
As we read early in the text, "The more one tells and discusses the Exodus from Egypt, behold how praiseworthy it is."
I wish everyone a zisen pesach - Chag Kasher V'Sameach. Rabbi Howard Morrison
FROM RABBI LIPSON
Why Is This Leil Shimurim Different From Other Ones?
I didn’t grow up in a time or a place where the sense of fear was immediate. I didn’t grow up in a police state, I didn’t grow up in Nazi occupied Europe, I didn’t grow up in a totalitarian state, I didn’t grow up during great economic turmoil. Sure, when I was a kid, we had those ridiculous school drills that required us to get underneath our desks in case the Russians launched a nuclear weapon. However, in terms of immediate fear? Not so much. So as a child and a teenager, the idea of Leil Shimurim, “A Night of Vigil” as told to us in the Torah, was exactly that, a narrative confined to our people’s history. Leil Shimurim Hu L’Adoshem L’Hotziam M’Eiretz Mitzrayaim Hu HaLailah Ha’Zeh L’Adoshem Shimurim L’Chol B’nei Yisroel - It is a night of vigil to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt; this is the Lord’s night, a night of vigil for all B’nai Yisroel for their generations (Ex. 12:42). As a result, the Leil Shimurim held an atmosphere of excitement, anticipation, mystery, almost excitement for what was imminently approaching: Pesach, the Seder, family, and friends gathered together to share an experience that was happening that night the world over; the recounting of our people journey from slavery to freedom, Yetziat Mitzrayim.
A social evening with Rabbi Morrison and Cantor Guber on ZOOM Topic: Ma Shlomchem - How are you?
Sunday, April 19 - 8:30 PM
Lunch & Literature on ZOOM Suanne Kelman will be discussing Dorit Rabinyan’s book "All The Rivers"
Thursday, April 23 - details to follow
KEEPING UP
Click here to read Rabbi Morrison's daily blog Click here to read Rabbi Lipson's daily blog Ripple in Still Water Click here to read Rabbi Lipson's weekly blog Drinking Wisdom
DID YOU KNOW?
If you are in need of a prayer book (used) they are outside the shul in the Wilmington parking lot for pickup from 9 AM - 5 PM (weather permitting)
Volunteers have been reaching out to seniors in our community by phone - to say hello and see how they are managing.If there are any specific concerns they will be brought to the attention of the Clergy. If you know of a situation - please let us know.
