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September 6th, 2014 - 11th of Elul, 5774
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Candlelighting - 7:25 pm
Havdalah - 8:25 pm
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Kehillat Shabbat and Iyunim Begin
Shabbat morning, September 6
 Iyunim (age 3-1st grade) come at 9:30 to your classrooms. Older children and teens come at 10 am to the sanctuary.
We will celebrate the beginning of our children's year of learning together as a community!
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Avodah Farm Visit 1:00 pm Sunday, September 7  Join your fellow Beth Jacobites and other members of the farm to participate in a meaningful, fun, and beautiful day. Everyone is welcome- the more hands, the merrier!
We will meet at Beth Jacob at 1:00 to set up carpools for a scenic drive (about 2 hours) to Avodah Farm in Arkasaw, WI. Farmers Martha, Geoffrey, and Elijah Or-Hai Black will give us a tour of the farm, where we will be put to work helping this earth-friendly farm care for the delicious crops. (Sampling will be encouraged) We will reward ourselves for our hard work with a potluck (vegetarian) meal around 5:00, and then back to the cities. Please RSVP here so we can arrange for carpooling. Questions? Contact Frances. |
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High Holiday Tune Learning Workshop
Shabbat, September 13, After Kiddush
Prepare to sing your heart out with our prayer leaders on the High Holidays -- come learn some of the music they'll be leading, or just listen to start to tune your ears and turn your mind towards the new year ahead.
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Yes, it's that time of year already! Click here to order your lulav & etrog, and we'll let you know when they're available to pick up at Beth Jacob.
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After Kiddush at 12:45 pm
Everyone truly is welcome! Sing to praise G-d, to open your heart, to make something beautiful together, or all of the above. The focus is on liturgical songs with harmony, chants, rounds, and niggunim.
Please volunteer to lead a song or make a song request a week and a half ahead of the date, so Aaron Hodge Silver, our songbook designer, can get it ready. Questions, comments, requests, and to VOLUNTEER TO LEAD A SONG, call or e-mail Pam Winthrop Lauer: wpdj@usfamily.net, 952-432-7038.
Childcare will be available.
*Ozi v'Zimrat Yah = G-d is my Strength and my Song.
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Beginning September 27!
Jew in the Pew
With Rabbi Lynn Liberman - 9:15-10 am
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
Jew in the Pew will be meeting 2nd & 4th Saturday mornings in the chapel. Dates: Sep. 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8, 22
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Monthly Shabbat Potluck Dinner
at Beth Jacob
Fri., September 19th
6:00 pm: Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services
7:00 pm: Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner
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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
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Minyan Katan is a joyful, playful shabbat morning service for kids birth-kindergarten with their grownups. All are welcome! Minyan Katan: Now Every Week! at 11:30 am _________________________________ Click link above for more info! |
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 Adult Jewish Learning
 Monday Night Talmud Class With Rabbi Allen
7:00 Pre-learning Schmooze and Munch
7:15 Class Begins
Study the words and thoughts of Rabbinic tradition as a living text in our modern world.  Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons With Rabbi Allen from 3-4 pm Study of this week's Torah portion.
 Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman after Minyan Our learning chug (circle) meets for half an hour over breakfast, digging into rabbinic text related to the cycle of the Jewish year.
 Jew in the Pew: Saturday Mornings With Rabbi Lynn Liberman - 9:15-10 am
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
Class meets on 2nd & 4th Saturday mornings in the chapel.
Dates: Sep. 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8, 22
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For our full Community Events calendar, click here |
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Center for Jewish Studies Community Lecture Series Presents:
Christine Hayes, Yale University
'We're no Angels':
Perfectionism in Rabbinic Judaism
Thursday, September 18, 2014
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
5225 Barry St. W, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
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