What’s that delicious smell

Keeping Connected    November 2024

“Mmmmm – What’s that delicious smell?”

Imagine it’s a Friday night. You have had a busy week of work and school and activities. You are exhausted and can’t even think about cooking up a Shabbat dinner for your family. Lucky for you, once a month you can have Shabbat Dinner at temple! Jump in the car and head over for a 6pm meal of pasta, meatballs, salad and challah. And you get an added bonus welcoming in Shabbat with your temple community!

You walk into the temple and immediately smell sauce simmering in the kitchen. The tables are already set, with markers and paper for everyone to doodle. Friends and classmates begin to gather in the lobby and the social hall. Everyone then sits together, grabs a dinner plate and enjoys good food, good company and the joy of Shabbat. No shopping, no cooking, no preparing for you! How can you not join us?

After dinner and socializing, you can then head into the sanctuary for a Family Shabbat Service, filled with music, prayer and much joy. This all sounds like the perfect Friday night.

And you can do this every month!

A few years ago, we changed the structure of our monthly Friday night Shabbat dinners in the hope of gathering more of our community together for Shabbat. All school families are invited each month. It is really fun if you reach out to your friends and classmates. You may also meet a new friend and family. It’s really a win-win!

Let’s work together this year to create even more joy and community at the monthly Shabbat dinners. Mark your calendars. Plan to join us for dinner and Shabbat. What a great way to welcome in Shabbat!

Though we do offer the dinners at no cost, we do accept donations at any time to cover the cost of the food. (We have a great group of cooks and clean-up crew who volunteer their time so the cost is just for the food!) If you want to donate to the Shabbat Dinners, please earmark your donation to say it is for School Shabbat Dinners. Thank you in advance for any money you choose to donate.

The dates for the dinners for the rest of the year are as follows:

  • November 15
  • December 20
  • January 10 – Pizza
  • February 7
  • March 7
  • April 4
  • May 2

Hope to see you at a Shabbat Dinner,

Deborah

 Schedule for November

  • Friday, November 1 – Tot Shabbat at 6pm
  • Sunday, November 3 – Religious School for Preschoolers -7th grade, Family Ed for 6th grade
  • Wednesday, November 6 – Hebrew School, 4:15pm-6:00pm; Chai School 6:15pm-8:15pm
  • Sunday, November 10 – NO Religious School due to long holiday weekend
  • Tuesday, November 12 – Post Confirmation, 7pm-8:30pm at Rabbi Perry’s home
  • Wednesday, November 13 – Hebrew School, 4:15pm-6:00pm; Chai School 6:15pm-8:15pm
  • Friday, November 15 – Shabbat Dinner at 6pm; Family Shabbat led by 4th/5thgraders at 7pm
  • Sunday, November 17 – Religious School for Preschoolers – 7th graders; Kol Kolot rehearsal
  • Wednesday, November 20 – Hebrew School, Chai School
  • Sunday, November 24 – Religious School for Preschoolers – 7th graders: Kol Kolot
  • Wednesday, November 27 – NO HEBREW SCHOOL
  • Sunday, December 1 – NO SCHOOL – due to the Holiday weekend