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WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR 
​​​​​​​THE WEEK OF MAY 29

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TONIGHT

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Shavuot Day 1
8:32 PM - Candle Lighting (from a flame lit prior to the beginning of Yom Tov)

SATURDAY, MAY 30

Shavuot Day 2
9:33 PM - Havdalah
After Shabbat - Musical Havdalah Service with Cantor Guber
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE  

SUNDAY, MAY 31

8:00 AM - Shacharit with Rabbi David
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE ​​​​​​​   or   ZOOM

2:00 PM  - Shinshinim Closing Program - Israel Trivia
Where:  ZOOM

8:45 PM - Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE  or   ZOOM

MONDAY, JUNE 1

8:00 AM - Shacharit with Rabbi David
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE ​​​​​​​   or   ZOOM

12:00 PM - Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom of the Sages with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  ​​​​​​​ FACEBOOK LIVE  or  ZOOM

8:45 PM - Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE  or ZOOM

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

8:00 AM - Shacharit with Rabbi David
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE ​​​​​​​   or   ZOOM

3:30 PM - Virtual Coffee and Conversation 
Join us in our virtual cafe. What are you doing during the day? Did you watch any good movies or TV series? Did you make a great recipe? How are you feeling? Say hello to your friends. 
Where:  ZOOM ​​​​​​​

8:45 PM - Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3

8:00 AM - Shacharit with Rabbi David
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE ​​​​​​​   or   ZOOM
​​​​​​​Sponsor: Services this morning are sponsored by Stuart Ziegler & Gail Mostyn in honour of their 30th wedding anniversary

12:00 PM - Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom of the Sages with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  ​​​​​​​FACEBOOK LIVE  or ZOOM

7:00 PM - Reel & Spiel with Rabbi Lipson - Episode 3 of Unorthodox
Where:  ZOOM ​​​​​​​

8:45 PM - Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE  or ZOOM

THURSDAY, JUNE 4

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

8:00 AM - Shacharit with Rabbi David
Where:   FACEBOOK LIVE    or   ZOOM

12:00 PM - Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom of the Sages with Rabbi Morrison
Where:  FACEBOOK LIVE    or  ZOOM

5:00 PM - Young Families - Songs 'n Stories with Rabbi David and Bryna 
Where:   ZOOM ​​​​​​​

6:00 PM - An early Kabbalat Shabbat service (up to and including Lecha dodi)
with Cantor Guber 
Where:   FACEBOOK LIVE
Sponsor: Kabbalat Shabbat is sponsored this evening by Joel, Michael, Marc and David Rosenberg on the 23rd yahrzeit of their beloved wife and mother, Mindy Rosenberg ז״ל

8:37 PM - Candle Lighting 

THIS WEEK

COMING SOON

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

SHAVUOT KESHER

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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.
 
The Executive, Board and Clergy thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. Best wishes for a healthy and safe Shabbat.

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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL COMING SOON. 
THIS YEAR MEMBERSHIP STATEMENTS WILL ARRIVE BY EMAIL! 

FROM RABBI MORRISON

Dear Congregational Family,
 
"Bikurim - Our First Fruits"
 
While Jewish tradition regards Shavuot as "Zman Matan Torateinu - the season of the giving of our Torah," Scripture itself calls Shavuot "Chag Ha'Bikurim - the Festival of the first fruits."
 
During the formative years of our people's experience, we were farmers living in an agricultural setting. In the book of Devarim, when the first fruits of the Spring harvest would ripen in the land of Israel, those fruits would be placed in a basket and brought to the Sanctuary as an expression of gratitude to God. An excerpt of Jewish history would be recited, beginning with the words  "My father was a wandering Aramean . . . "  In a later chapter of Jewish history, those words were transferred to the Passover Haggadah.
 
In Biblical times, the seven weeks of counting between Pesach and Shavuot covered the time from the planting of the Spring harvest to the ripening of the first fruits.
 
Nowadays, in an urban setting, how do we appreciate the notion of Bikurim - first fruits? Our little ones, our young children are our first fruits. In years past during Shavuot, our littlest ones would march down the aisle at the end of services holding a basket of fruits. 
 
Our older children, who would be graduating from recognized Jewish educational programs, would be honored on the first day of Shavuot. I am saddened that the honor and recognition due to our children will not take place in shul this Friday, the first day of Shavuot. But know that you are being recognized and honored. When the pandemic ends, we will hope to acknowledge your achievements publically.
 
In a similar spirit, in recent years on Shavuot, we have honored children excelling in sports achievements from the Joseph Smith scholarship award. We have also honored students embarking in advanced religious studies from the Robert Karol family Limudei Kodesh scholarship award. We hope to be able to present these prizes in the not too distant future.
 
Our shul's Aleph Beit Chadash school continued to function even during Covid-19. I extend our synagogue's appreciation to our young students, our teachers, our principal, our school board, and the parents. Our growing Hebrew school finished the academic year with imagination and creativity during a challenging time.
 
While our Shinshinim returned to Israel during the pandemic, we thank them for a wonderful year, both, in person at our shul, and with internet programs most recently delivered from Israel. We wish you well in the next chapter of your lives.
 
Our young families held amazing monthly Shabbat  services and programs before the pandemic broke out. Under the leadership of Rabbi David, our young families continued to meet regularly on Friday afternoons on Zoom to celebrate a pre-Shabbat with music, prayer, and story telling.
 
We at Beth Emeth are proud of all our Bikurim. While we are unable to honor you publically this Shavuot, please accept this Dvar Torah as our heartfelt appreciation for a year well done.
 
I wish everyone good health.
 
Chag Sameach in advance,
Rabbi Howard Morrison

KEEPING UP

 Click here to read Rabbi Morrison's daily blog 
Click here to read Rabbi Lipson's blog Ripple in Still Water
Click here to read Rabbi Lipson's weekly blog Drinking Wisdom​​​

WE EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO

• Gloria Rosenberg and family on the loss of her husband, Arthur Rosenberg ז״ל
• The family of Max Goldlist ז״ל
• The family of Dorothy Gartenberg  ז״ל
• Sidney Woolfson and family on the loss of his sister, Loretta Lundy ז״ל

Would you like a misheberach said for someone who is ill? 
​​​​​​​ Please email Rabbi David

YOUTH AND YOUNG FAMILIES

APEX KOSHER CATERING

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