We stand with Israel at this difficult time and pray for safety, healing, and peace. Please join us for our recitation of additional Psalms at all of our services.
We wish a Mazal Tov to the Lebewohl and Rosenthal Families upon the birth of a boy to Cara & Josh Lebewohl. Join us on Friday night for a Shalom Zachar immediately following services.
Now that we are on Standard Time, Friday night davening is super early. Please help us to ensure that our service begins on time. Expect snacks, drinks, as well as some Torah study and song. This week we look forward to a short Shalom Zachar related dvar Torah from Rabbi Bellino.
We are grateful to Brian Yagoda - soft drink enthusiast - who has generously sponsored the soft drinks at Friday Night Kiddush for the year. Please help us to support this great start to Shabbat.
Kiddushes on Sixth Street - always plentiful and delicious - greatly enhance our synagogue and community. The next available Kiddush for sponsorship is December 5th, Parashat Vayeshev. (We look forward to hosting Rav Gilad on this Shabbat). To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.
Classes
Wednesday Night classes continue this Wednesday, November 18th.
FOUNDATIONS OF JUDAISM: A sensitive and sophisticated introduction to Judaism, intended for beginners, and focusing on many of the ritual, legal, linguistic, and philosophical basics of our faith. Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 PM
6:30 PM - Hebrew Reading
7:00 PM - We will conclude the Jewish Life Cycle and Introduce Varieties of Prayer
THOUGHT OF NACHMANIDES: A weekly class focusing on the thought of Rabbi Moses ben Nachman. Rabbi Bellino will teach the more essential commentaries on that week’s parsha and will contextualize the Ramban’s remarks within the greater contexts of parshanut and philosophy. Wednesdays 8:00-9:15 PM
This week: Location of Jacob's Ladder (sources)
MIRIAM KAPLAN ON THE PRAYERS OF DAVID, SOLOMON, DANIEL, EZRA, and NEHEMIAH. Immediately following Kiddush, Miriam Kaplan will discuss the structure of the reader's repetition of the Shacharit Amida, offering both classical commentaries as well as her own unique approach. Shabbat, Following Kiddush.
JEWISH POETIC LITURGY: Rabbi Bellino will present ancient, medieval, and early-modern religious poetry. Special attention will be paid the Biblibal, Talmudic, Midrashic, and often Kabbalist references contained therein. Shabbat, Seudah Shelishit
This week: Mah Yedidut
Events
MONDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES: We eagerly await this Monday evening (November 16) when we shall hold our first Monday Night Lecture of 5776, featuring Dr. Elissa Sampson. Dr. Sampson, an esteemed urban geographer, will present "A History of the Sixth Street Synagogue," an account of our 75 year old synagogue in its 168 year old building. Pizza and PBR will be served! Find more information here.
We look forward to this Thursday evening (November 19th), when we will host a round-table get-together featuring music by MUTTY & Friends! and words from Rav Judah Mischel. Rav Judah is the Program and Personnel Director of HASC, a Jewish camp for children with intellectual and physical disabilities. The suggested donation is $18 and all proceeds will go to benefit Camp HASC. Keg and Kugel will be served! For more information or to RSVP click here.
Chanukah is just around the corner. On Monday, December 7th (7:00-10:00 PM), unleash your inner Maccabee at our synagogue Chanukah Party at the Promenade Sports Bar (344 Third Avenue), featuring Prime Sushi. Expect delicious sushi, latkes, donuts, and all sorts of festive beverages. Our party will include a musical Menorah lighting, high stakes Draidel, and 70 TVs to watch football or Bravo. Food will be served from 7:30-9:30 PM. Tickets are $36 per person and may be purchased here. Sponsorship of the event ($180) would be most appreciated. Prime Sushi at Promenade is under the Hashgacha of Rabbi Shmuel Fishelis.
Downtown Community
We are thrilled that there are new Kosher options in our neighborhood.
Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.
Prime Sushi at the Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue.
Please support all of our local Kosher restaurants.
We are proud to be a member synagogue of The Downtown Va'ad, an Orthodox rabbinic network, founded by Rabbis Sarna & Bellino, intended to advance the welfare and flourishing of the Downtown community. Check out the Va'ad on Facebook for more information.
