Weekly Update: Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah 5781
10/08/2020 10:23:08 PM
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You can also Venmo us @sixthstreetsynagogue, or mail a check to 325 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003.
Our classes are being held on Zoom. For those of you who do not know, Zoom is a remote conferencing service that facilitates meetings online, by video and by phone. A useful instructional video may be found here. We strongly encourage you to download the free app to your phones and/or computers and then click the meeting links that we provide. If you do not have the technology to participate over the Internet, you may simply dial in. We will provide the links and numbers in a separate email as well as PDFs of any relevant class material. To access a schedule of upcoming classes, class materials, and zoom links, click here.
MASEKHET AVOT: Rabbi Bellino's untraditionally traditional approach to Masekhet Avot. Mondays and Thursdays, 7:00 PM.
FOUNDATIONS OF JUDAISM: A sensitive and sophisticated introduction to Judaism, intended for beginners, focusing on many of the ritual, legal, linguistic, and philosophical basics of our faith. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM.
PARDES: Pardes is the Talmudic story of the search for mystical revelation. We will explore these Talmudic tales, mystical literature (Hekhalot) and other narratives of Divine encounters. Tuesdays, 8:00 PM.
Downtown Community
There are several local Kosher options that are open for take-out/delivery: Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place
We are proud to be a member synagogue of The Downtown Va'ad, an Orthodox rabbinic network intended to advance the welfare and flourishing of the Downtown community. Check out the Va'ad on Facebook for more information.
Feedback
We encourage your participation and insight. Feedback to Elie Yudewitz, Rabbi Bellino or the Shul Office would be most appreciated. Please contact us with any suggestions and/or concerns, or most importantly, to volunteer. You can also make suggestions here.
We like to have fun and be creative on social media. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram for much much more! |
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Weekly Update: Sukkot 5781
10/01/2020 11:14:38 PM
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CORRECTED: Thank You, Kol Nidrei, Sukkot
09/30/2020 12:54:40 PM
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Thank You, Kol Nidrei, Sukkot
09/30/2020 12:49:09 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Ha'azinu (Shuva) 5781
09/25/2020 07:32:20 AM
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Kol Nidrei
09/24/2020 03:37:10 PM
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Greetings friends,
This has been a year like no other. For six months we experienced festive social events, thoughtful in-person study, and beautiful services; and then we learned to temporarily live without these blessings and we adjusted our model so that we would continue to shine despite our new reality.
We are still very much a center of thoughtful and fun Modern Orthodox Judaism. We continue to thrive online and at our carefully social-distanced services (Six-Feet Synagogue). Unfortunately, our operating expenses are not all that different, and so we ask you now for some support.
https://www.sixthstreetsynagogue.org/kol-nidrei-appeal.html
Our Kol Nidrei campaign is underway. Please consider partnering with us so that we may continue serving the Downtown community, operating in our unique way, continuously providing and redefining thoughtful and kind Jewish experience.
We are grateful to you for your support,
Alan Schwartz, Treasurer
Gavriel Bellino, Rabbi
Weekly Update: Rosh Hashana 5781
09/18/2020 12:25:35 AM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Netzavim-Vayeilech 5780
09/10/2020 09:46:53 PM
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This Just In! (Ki Tavo 5780)
09/04/2020 11:27:54 AM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Ki Tavo 5780
09/03/2020 10:33:53 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Ki Taitzei 5780
08/27/2020 10:32:51 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Shofetim 5780
08/20/2020 10:24:46 PM
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This Shabbat (Re'eh)
08/14/2020 01:46:12 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Re'eh 5780
08/13/2020 11:44:53 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Eiqev 5780
08/06/2020 10:45:05 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat VaEtchanan (Nachamu) 5780
07/30/2020 11:20:05 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Devarim (Hazon) 5780
07/24/2020 12:40:51 AM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Matot-Masei 5780
07/16/2020 11:23:04 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Pinchas 5780
07/09/2020 11:34:51 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Huqat-Balaq 5780
07/02/2020 09:41:52 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Korach 5780
06/25/2020 10:58:20 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Shelach 5780
06/19/2020 06:36:35 AM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Behaalotecha 5780
06/11/2020 10:24:50 PM
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Membership Drive 2020
06/10/2020 12:01:07 PM
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Dear Friends,
A new fiscal year began on June 1st, so it is once again time for us to encourage membership, asking you to formalize and renew your annual commitments to our synagogue.
We acknowledge that this is a strange time to make this request. With our synagogue indefinitely closed, we are forced to appeal to your memory of our important work, our beautiful building, and our thriving community as well as to your optimism for our safe return.
Despite our now ten week hiatus, this has been a year of significant growth, meaningful services, insightful classes, festive parties, engaging children’s programming, and respected and inspiring speakers. We continue to make essential repairs and aesthetic improvements to our 174 year old building. We are most grateful to the many of you who have stepped up to join our leadership, attend our services, contribute financially, and strengthen our community through your presence, establishing our synagogue as a true center of thoughtful Orthodox Judaism.
Membership dues go a long way in making all of this possible. Won’t you please share in our great legacy and help us continue our impressive revitalization? There are, of course, various membership options and we hope that one works for you.
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Family | $1000 |
Individual | $550 |
Associate | $300 |
Student | $150 |
You can also Venmo us @sixthstreetsynagogue, or mail a check to 325 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003.
- Should you prefer, membership payments may be made in installments. You can easily arrange this through our website and/or with the help of our office.
- If you have recently paid membership, please ignore this request. If you - for whatever reason - generally pay membership at another time of the year, you may continue to do so.
- If you are having financial difficulty meeting the membership dues obligations, please contact our Rabbi or Treasurer to discuss alternate financial arrangements. All conversations will be kept confidential.
Thank you for being a part of our great success,
Elie Yudewitz, President
Tali Zilberman Neuhaus, Secretary
Alan Schwartz, Treasurer
Gavriel Bellino, Rabbi
Weekly Update: Shabbat Nasso 5780
06/05/2020 01:13:34 AM
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Weekly Update: Shavuot 5780
05/27/2020 09:49:32 PM
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Still Closed.
05/25/2020 10:30:18 AM
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Dear Friends,
You must now be aware of Governor Cuomo's recent permission to religious institutions to hold services limited to 10 people (albeit masked and distanced), of President Trump's declaration of religious institutions as essential, as well as of the handful of well-intentioned synagogues that are giving this a try.
Despite all of this, our synagogue will continue to remain closed. Here's why:
- Our closing was an easy decision, but our re-opening is a much more difficult task; one that will require a patient and thoughtful deliberation involving risk mitigation policies that we are not yet able to offer and/or enforce. It is simply too soon to re-open and we will not be reckless with your safety.
- We agree with the RCA and OU recommendations in exercising extreme caution, even more so than the demands of State. We share in Rav Herschel Schachter's insistence that our primary religious duty is to protect life and we are proud to be a link in the chain of a tradition that is cautious, sensible, and mahmir (strict) regarding issues pertaining to pikuah nefesh (the protection of life).
- Even if we felt perfectly safe doing so, we would never open for only 10. We believe that a quorum of 10 men constitutes a halachic minyan, but we would never hold a service that definitionally excludes women, potential converts, or children from attending. We are similarly uncomfortable with formal policies that restrict those 65 and older. We will not hold services limited to 10 Jewish men under 65 because we are reasonably modern, passionately welcoming, and confident that our diversity is one of our great strengths.
- We are mindful of the great Hillul Hashem that several of our co-religionists have created and we feel the responsibility to compensate for their disregard for public safety and relations. We would never want to be complicit - or even perceived as being complicit - in a second wave of illness, God forbid. We will be more comfortable re-opening when the majority of other synagogues, as well as the church around the corner and the masjid down the street do so as well. We are in communication with them.
The reality is that the major institutional synagogues of the Tri-State area - and beyond - remain completely closed. We believe that our synagogue is extraordinary and that our leadership and community are pioneers in Modern-Orthodoxy, but this time we are going stay conventional.
Thank you for your longing to return, your appreciation, your patience, and your understanding. We will continue to update you.
Gavriel Z. Bellino, Rabbi
Elie Yudewitz, President
Membership Drive 2020
05/22/2020 11:32:56 AM
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Dear Friends,
With a new fiscal year beginning on June 1st, it is once again time for us to encourage membership, asking you to formalize and renew your annual commitments to our synagogue.
We acknowledge that this is a strange time to make this request. With our synagogue indefinitely closed, we are forced to appeal to your memory of our important work, our beautiful building, and our thriving community as well as to your optimism for our safe return.
Despite our now ten week hiatus, this has been a year of significant growth, meaningful services, insightful classes, festive parties, engaging children’s programming, and respected and inspiring speakers. We continue to make essential repairs and aesthetic improvements to our 174 year old building. We are most grateful to the many of you who have stepped up to join our leadership, attend our services, contribute financially, and strengthen our community through your presence, establishing our synagogue as a true center of thoughtful Orthodox Judaism.
Membership dues go a long way in making all of this possible. Won’t you please share in our great legacy and help us continue our impressive revitalization? There are, of course, various membership options and we hope that one works for you.
Membership Level | |
Family | $1000 |
Individual | $550 |
Associate | $300 |
Student | $150 |
You can also Venmo us @sixthstreetsynagogue, or mail a check to 325 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003.
- Should you prefer, membership payments may be made in installments. You can easily arrange this through our website and/or with the help of our office.
- If you have recently paid membership, please ignore this request. If you - for whatever reason - generally pay membership at another time of the year, you may continue to do so.
- If you are having financial difficulty meeting the membership dues obligations, please contact our Rabbi or Treasurer to discuss alternate financial arrangements. All conversations will be kept confidential.
Thank you for being a part of our great success,
Elie Yudewitz, President
Tali Zilberman Neuhaus, Secretary
Alan Schwartz, Treasurer
Gavriel Bellino, Rabbi
Weekly Update: Shabbat Bemidbar 5780
05/21/2020 11:38:01 PM
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Weekly Update: Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai 5780
05/15/2020 06:56:48 AM
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Tue, April 20 2021
8 Iyyar 5781
membership
Our historic and beautiful building, our thoughtful programming, and our welcoming atmosphere are possible only with the annual support of our community.
Become a member here.
Renew your membership here.
Thank you for sharing in our great legacy and for helping us to continue our impressive revitalization.
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