CBI NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
KIDDUSH THIS SHABBAT is sponsored by the Cohen Family in honor of David Cohen's 70th birthday. Thank you, and Happy Birthday, David!
HAGGADOT & HAROSET: This Sunday, March 7 at 4:00 pm. Looking for ways to enliven, update or otherwise shake up your Passover Seder? Join us at Broadside Books in downtown Northampton as Rabbi Justin David shares eclectic ways to lead a seder through using a variety of Haggadot.
SHIRA CHADASHA KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE: Friday, March 12 at 7:00 pm (NOTE TIME) in the CBI Library with Rabbi Justin David and CBI member and guitarist, David Weidenfeld. Join us for this beautiful, spirited and musical celebration of Shabbat. All are welcome!
COMMUNITY SCHOLAR RABBI EDWARD FELD: Friday, March 12 after the Kabbalat Shabbat service and Shabbat, March 13 during Kiddush. As part of the CBI series "Opening the Gates - Ways into Judaism", Rabbi Feld will speak on "Wisdom in Times of Change: From the Bible to the Rabbis". Our Sages, 2000 years ago, witnessed and grappled with the destruction of their world. In an age without divine revelation, what do we do in order to find wisdom? Do we see ourselves in the struggles of the Rabbis? Please join us as Rabbi Feld shows us how we can look to ancient texts as a mirror for our spiritual questions and struggles.
THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED: Bread from the Earth - A Matzah Baking Workshop led by Eli Rigosa, Israeli Artisan Baker on Sunday morning, March 21, 9:00-10:30 am. Begin the journey to reclaim ancient Jewish food teachings in freedom from today's industrial food system. Learn to bake kosher matzah with our own hands and heart. Join us to study texts, explore ancient Jewish teachings of wheat and bread, and restore our matzah traditions anew. Grind flour from the almost-extinct Mother Wheat - emmer (Em Ha'Hitah) and bake it in a wood-fired oven. For more information: Alison Morse, Education Director at cbi.edudir@verizon.net
INVITATION - be a part of the divorce support network. In a caring community, divorce presents a unique challenge. Our good intentions, fears, and uncertainties about how to act often create a kind of interpersonal void that results in people feeling alone and abandoned. Forming this network is a first step toward helping those experiencing divorce feel that they have the support of friends and community. Whether you have experienced a divorce or not, you can be a part of this network. Come be a part of this project of support and compassion. If you would like to be a part of the divorce support network, please contact Rabbi David by phone or by email at cbirabbi@verizon.net
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
CANDLELIGHTING at 5:27 pm
KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE at 6:00 pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 6 (Parashat Ki Tissa)
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES at 9:30 am
EMBODIED PRAYER SHABBAT SERVICE at 9:30 am led by Deliah Rosel and Deborah Jacobson
TOT SHABBAT at 11:00 am led by Peggy Walker
SHABBAT FAMILY MINYAN at 11:00 am
KIDDUSH SPONSORED BY the Cohen Family in honor of David Cohen's 70th birthday.
SHABBAT ENDS at 6:27 pm
CBI HOME SHUL TEEN EVENT for 6th- 8th graders at 7:30-9:00 pm. Make your own ice cream sundaes and games with Melissa Gold.
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
SUNDAY MORNING MINYAN at 9:15 am followed by light breakfast
JUDY BLAUSTEIN FUNERAL at 1:00 pm at CBI
HAGGADOT & HAROSET at 4:00 pm at Broadside Books in Northampton
TUESDAY, MARCH 9
TEXT STUDY WITH RABBI JUSTIN DAVID at 12:15-1:15 pm in the CBI Library
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
LECHA DUMIYAH TEHILLA at 8:00-9:00 am with Rabbi Nancy Flam and Rabbi Sheila Weinberg
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
CANDLELIGHTING at 5:35 pm
SHIRA CHADASHA KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE at 7:00 pm (NOTE TIME)
COMMUNITY SCHOLAR PROGRAM & ONEG with Rabbi Ed Feld will begin after the Kabbalat Shabbat service at approx. 8:00 pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 13 (Parashat Va-yak'hel P'kudei)
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES at 9:30 am
BAT MITZVAH REBECCA MITRANI MARMOR
Daughter of Amy Mitrani and Bob Marmor
COMMUNITY SCHOLAR PROGRAM with Rabbi Ed Feld will continue in the Library during Kiddush
SHABBAT ENDS at 6:35 pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 (DAYLIGHT SAVINGS - MOVE AHEAD ONE HOUR)
SUNDAY MORNING MINYAN at 9:15 am followed by light breakfast
SISTERHOOD PASSOVER SALE at 9:00 am-12:00 noon
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
TEXT STUDY WITH RABBI JUSTIN DAVID at 12:15-1:15 pm in the CBI Library
CBI BOARD MEETING at 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
VALLEY JEWISH SENIORS LUNCHEON at 12:30 pm with guest, Rabbi Efraim Eisen, who will perform, with his guitar, contemporary folk and Jewish music. RSVP appreciated to Jane Trigere or Ken Schoen at 413-665-0548
THURSDAY, MARCH 18
LECHA DUMIYAH TEHILLA at 8:00 - 9:00 am with Rabbi Nancy Flam and Rabbi Sheila Weinberg
FRIDAY, MARCH 19
KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE at 6:00 pm
CANDLELIGHTING at 6:43 pm