The Scholar in Residence, Rabbi David Jaffe will be rescheduled
Friday:
Pot-luck dinner and Tisch Cancelled
Shabbat:
Bet Midrash Cancelled
Tot-Shabbat Cancelled
Adult Bet Midrash Cancelled
We are planning to have services at 10 AM for those who can safely make it to synagogue and back home. We will send out an announcement and post on the internet if we cancel for safety reasons.
Sunday:
Gimmel Family Education Cancelled
Scholar in Residence Cancelled
Opportunities to Study at Home
Learn Torah Trope with Rabbi Ariann
Rabbi Ariann created these YouTube Videos as part of an evolving series to teach trope to our Kitah Vav (6th grade) students. Please contact Rabbi Ariann if you'd like more materials to help you learn to chant Torah.
Tu b’Shevat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is known best as the New Year or the birthday of the trees. It is said that all trees turn a year older on the same day, which helps us
keep track of the traditional timeline of when we can start collecting fruit from trees. Tu b’Shevat gives us an opportunity to try new fruits and celebrate all the sweet things nature gives us!
As the Eastern Seaboard prepares for an epic snowstorm, many Shabbat services may be cancelled, but Shabbat goes on! Friday evening, January 22 marks the beginning of Shabbat Shirah (the Sabbath of Song), named after the joyous Song at the Sea (Exodus 15) at the center of the week's Torah reading. And even in the aftermath of a blizzard, the following Monday marks Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees.
To ensure that our souls rise up even as our bodies may be snowbound, we'd like to pass on Spiritual Snowbound Shabbos, a page of "texts, articles, and songs to help you find flashes of meaning, and soulful warmth, on this blizzarded weekend. This resource was created by Reconstructionist Congregation Adat Shalom in the Washington, D.C. area. Many thanks to Rabbi Fred Dobb for sharing!
