Announcements

CHol

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat - this week at 5:50 PM - is held shortly after candle-lighting time. Please join us and enjoy a beautiful davening and wonderful community.

We have decided to read Kohelet before services, at 8:45 AM. For every thing, there is a season...

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

We wish a Mazal Tov to Zipporah & Jason Nagel on the birth of their daughter, Maya Rena. Mazal Tov to big-siblings Jonah and Gabriella.

Please join us as we honor Barnet Liberman as Chattan Torah, and Harris Marks as Chattan Beraishit. Mazal Tov to them, to their families, and to our entire congregation.

This Shabbat we celebrate the birthday of our beloved, Gloria "I think they got your number" Karpas.

Hoshana Rabbah: Shacharit will start at 7:30 AM this Sunday.

Our Annual Simchat Torah Celebration begins on the afternoon of Shemini Atzeret, October 24.

4:30 PM Super Pre-Game
5:30 PM Mincha
5:45 PM Pre-Party
7:00 PM Maariv
7:15 PM Hakkafot
8:15 PM Meta-Party

On Simchat Torah morning (Tuesday, October 25) both men and women will have the opportunity to have aliyot. This will begin at 10:30 AM sharp. If anyone would like to learn the reading - or how to take an aliya - please click here.

There are many sponsorship opportunities for our Simchat Torah celebrations. (Pre-Game, Pre-Party, Party, Meta Party, Bar, Keg, Snacks, Kiddush, Advil). Please help us to be ridiculous.

Please continue to support our Kol Nidei Appeal.

To pay your Kol Nidrei pledge, click here, or send a check to:

Sixth Street Community Synagogue
325 East Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003

And if you have not yet paid for your membership or for your holiday seats,
please do so ASAP. 

We ask that you continue to assist our weekday morning Minyan. Please consider increasing your commitment to community and synagogue by attending?

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbat Shabeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.
 

Classes

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.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize our Synagogue's kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). The next meal will be prepared after the holidays. If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.

SAVE THE DATES:

November 12 - Melave Malke with Ezra Amichai

November 17 - Thursday Night Kiddush with Rav Judah Mischel

November 19 - Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Naftali Harczstark

November 29 - Book Discussion with Miri Kubovy

Downtown Community

The Downtown Va'ad is happy to announce that, as of today, all of Lower Manhattan has been joined to the larger Manhattan Eruv.
To read the letter from the Va'ad, click here.

To see maps, click to the Manhattan Eruv website.

Or, check out facebook.com/DowntownNYCEruv

We are thrilled to have Ilana Gadish as the Yoetzet Halacha for the downtown community. Yoetzet Ilana is available to answer questions related to Toharat Hamishpacha and may be reached by phone at (646) 598-1080 and by email. Click here to read the Va'ad's recent letter about her appointment.

There are several Kosher options in our neighborhood including:

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

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.

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat - this week at 6:10 PM - is held shortly after candle-lighting time. Please join us and enjoy a beautiful davening and wonderful community.

Please join us on Saturday at 5:30 PM for Rabbi Bellino's Shabbat Shuva sermon. Rabbi Bellino will speak about Kol Nidrei.

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

We wish a Mazal Tov to Alexandra & David Schorr upon the birth of a daughter.

Please renew your commitment to our synagogue in the form of Membership. Membership dues go a long way in facilitating our synagogue's many improvements and accomplishments. There are, of course, various membership options and we hope that one works for you.

Family - $800 (Includes Two High Holidays tickets)
Individual - $450 (Includes One High Holidays ticket)
Associate - $300 (Does not include High Holiday Seats)
Student - $150 (High Holiday Seat may be purchased for $100)

For more information, please contact our treasurer, Alan Schwartz, or Rabbi Bellino. To make a payment send a check or proceed with payment online.

We ask that you continue to assist our weekday morning Minyan. Please consider increasing your commitment to community and synagogue by attending?

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbat Shabeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.

Yom Kippur

We anticipate a record number attending our beautiful High Holy Day services this year, so please be sure to reserve seats.

Tuesday, October 11 – EREV YOM KIPPUR
Mincha: 2:00 PM

Candle Lighting: 6:02 PM
Kol Nidrei: 6:05 PM
Fast Begins: 6:21 PM

Wednesday, October 12 – YOM KIPPUR
Shacharit: 8:30 AM
Yizkor: 11:00 AM
Mincha: 4:10 PM

Neila: 5:30 PM
Maariv: 6:50 PM
Havdala/Fast Ends 7:00 PM
 

Additional seats for members are $125 and all seats for non-members are $250. We have made every effort to preserve your customary seats.

To make a payment, please send a check or make a donation on our website. To discuss any special seating needs or requests that you may have, please call the office (212-473-3665) or e-mail us.

We plan to provide childcare on Tuesday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM and then on Wednesday from10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and then 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Please remember that only parents and children are allowed in the Beit Midrash during these hours.

Classes

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.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize our Synagogue's kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). The next meal will be prepared after the holidays. If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.

SAVE THE DATES:
October 9 - Downtown Vaad Morning of Study

November 12 - Melave Malke with Ezra Amichai

November 17 - Thursday Night Kiddush with Rav Judah Mischel

November 19 - Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Naftali Harczstark

November 29 - Book Discussion with Miri Kubovy

Downtown Community

The Downtown Va'ad is happy to announce that, as of today, all of Lower Manhattan has been joined to the larger Manhattan Eruv.
To read the letter from the Va'ad, click here.

To see maps, click to the Manhattan Eruv website.

Or, check out facebook.com/DowntownNYCEruv

We are thrilled to have Ilana Gadish as the Yoetzet Halacha for the downtown community. Yoetzet Ilana is available to answer questions related to Toharat Hamishpacha and may be reached by phone at (646) 598-1080 and by email. Click here to read the Va'ad's recent letter about her appointment.

This Sunday, October 9th, there will be a communal Morning of Study devoted to Preparation for Yom Kippur. This event is presented by the Downtown Va’ad in collaboration with Drisha Institute of Jewish Education and hosted by the Stanton Street Shul.

8:30 AM: Selichot/Shacharit
9:30 AM: Breakfast
10:00 AM: Lecture I: Repairing the Shattered Tablets - Rabbi David Silber
11:00 AM: Lecture II: Hope for the Hopeless: Biblical & Talmudic Perspectives on Judgment - Yoetzet Ilana Gadish

To RSVP, click here or email Rabbi Bellino.

There are several Kosher options in our neighborhood including:

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

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.

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat - this week at 6:35 PM - will be held shortly after candle-lighting time. Please join us and enjoy a beautiful davening and wonderful community.

This Shabbat, we welcome Yehudah Katz, founder and lead singer of the innovative Jewish rock band, Reva L'Sheva. Yehudah will teach a class at 5:15 PM on והאמת והשלום אהבו ("And you shall love truth and peace.") Yehudah will also join us for Seudah Shelishit, Musical Havdalla, and a Selichot concert.

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

We wish a Mazal Tov to Elisa & Mo Septimus upon the birth of of a boy.

We wish a Mazal Tov to Dana & Philippe Gerschel upon the birth and naming of their daughter, Odelia Selah.

We wish Blessings of Consolation to Risa Gerstein upon the passing of her beloved husband, Murray Nusbaum.

We thank everyone who came this past Monday night to the JNF event on the Challenges of a 21st Century Pioneer in the Negev. We are especially grateful to the fascinating speaker, Tania Pons Allon, and to Suzanne Dance for her efforts in bringing this fascinating lecture to our synagogue.

Please renew your commitment to our synagogue in the form of Membership. Membership dues go a long way in facilitating our synagogue's many improvements and accomplishments. There are, of course, various membership options and we hope that one works for you. 

Family - $800 (Includes Two High Holidays tickets)
Individual - $450 (Includes One High Holidays ticket)
Associate - $300 (Does not include High Holiday Seats)
Student - $150 (High Holiday Seat may be purchased for $100)

For more information, please contact our treasurer, Alan Schwartz, or Rabbi Bellino. To make a payment send a check or proceed with payment online. 

To enhance the Yizkor Service, our synagogue will again assemble our own Book of Remembrance. This is an opportunity for us all to remember those people (relatives, friends, teachers, etc.) who greatly impacted our lives. The booklet will contain the complete Yizkor Service and assorted readings and psalms, your sponsored pages, half-pages, quarter pages and/or entry listings of those that you chose to honor and remember, and a message from Rabbi Bellino.

Full Page - $180
Half Page - $ 108
Quarter Page - $54

Listing - $10 per entry 

Please submit (English/Hebrew) names, relation, and yahretzeit dates no later than September 29th. Please send all entries and any questions to info@sixthsreetsynagogue.org

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbat Shabeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino. The next available kiddush for sponsorship is Shabbat Vayeilekh (Shuva), October 8th.

Classes

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. This week's Foundations Classes will meet on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

Selichot begin this Saturday night. Rabbi Bellino will lead us in Musical Selichot at 10:00 PM. Following Selichot, we will hold a Selichot Concert in collaboration with NYU's Bronfman Center, that will feature Yehudah Katz. Following the concert, there will be a second Selichot, led by Rabbi Sarna.

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize the Synagogue kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). The next meal will be prepared after he holidays.  If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.
 

Downtown Community

We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Ilana Gadish as a Yoetzet Halacha for the downtown community. Yoetzet Ilana is available to answer questions related to Taharat Hamishpacha and may be reached by phone at (646) 598-1080 and by email. Click here to read the Va'ad's recent letter about her appointment.

On Sunday October 9th, there will be a communal Morning of Study devoted to Preparation for Yom Kippur. This event is presented by the Downtown Va’ad in collaboration with Drisha Institute of Jewish Education and hosted by the Stanton Street Shul.

8:30 AM: Selichot/Shacharit
9:30 AM: Breakfast
10:00 AM: Lecture I: Repairing the Shattered Tablets - Rabbi David Silber
11:00 AM: Lecture II: Hope for the Hopeless: Biblical & Talmudic Perspectives on Judgment - Yoetzet Ilana Gadish

To RSVP, click here or email Rabbi Bellino.

There are several Kosher options in our neighborhood including:

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

The Falafel Shop at 127 Rivington Street (between Norfolk & Essex).

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.

Summer schedule is now over. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat - this week at 7:00 PM - will be held shortly after candle-lighting time. Please join us and enjoy a beautiful davening and wonderful community. This week's Friday night Kiddush has been sponsored by Alexia & Harris Marks in celebration of the birth of their niece, Kayla Batya Marks.

The Avot d'Rabbi Natan class will convene this Shabbat at 5:40 PM.

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

Rosh Hashana is three weeks away. We anticipate a record number attending our beautiful High Holy Day services this year, so please reserve your seats as soon as possible. We will make every effort to preserve your customary seats. Additional seats for members are $125 and all seats for non-members are $250. To make a payment, please send a check or make a donation on our website. To discuss any special seating needs or requests that you may have, please call the office (212-473-3665) or e-mail us. We plan to provide childcare, so please indicate how many children and on which days they will join us.

Please renew your commitment to our synagogue in the form of Membership. Membership dues go a long way in facilitating our synagogue's many improvements and accomplishments. There are, of course, various membership options and we hope that one works for you. 

Family - $800 (Includes Two High Holidays tickets)
Individual - $450 (Includes One High Holidays ticket)
Associate - $300 (Does not include High Holiday Seats)
Student - $150 (High Holiday Seat may be purchased for $100)

For more information, please contact our treasurer, Alan Schwartz, or Rabbi Bellino.

To make a payment send a check or proceed with payment online. 

To enhance the Yizkor Service, our synagogue will again assemble our own Book of Remembrance. This is an opportunity for us all to remember those people (relatives, friends, teachers, etc.) who greatly impacted our lives. The booklet will contain the complete Yizkor Service and assorted readings and psalms, your sponsored pages, half-pages, quarter pages and/or entry listings of those that you chose to honor and remember, and a message from Rabbi Bellino.

Full Page - $180
Half Page - $ 108
Quarter Page - $54

Listing - $10 per entry 

Please submit (English/Hebrew) names, relation, and yahretzeit dates no later than September 21st. Please send all entries and any questions to info@sixthsreetsynagogue.org

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.

The next available kiddush for sponsorship is next week, Shabbat Ki Teitzei, September 17th.

Classes

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.

AVOT D'RABBI NATAN: Rabbi Bellino will teach Avot d'Rabbi Natan for the duration of the summer. Shabbat afternoons, 1 hour before Mincha.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

On Tuesday, September 13th, we will hold a panel discussion entitled, Confronting Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Community. The event begins at 7:00 PM and will feature David Cheifetz (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), Tamara Schoor (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), as well as Dr. Michael Salamon, a noted psychologist and the author of "Abuse in the Jewish Community."

On Friday night, September 16th, we will co-host a Shabbat Dinner with 3GNY, an organization devoted to perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust, to telling the story of our families, survivors and victims, and to providing a forum for grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to meet, connect and express ideas with one another. The dinner will feature a talk by Seymour Kaplan, a WWII GI who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp in 1945.

On Monday, September 19th, we will welcome Tamara Pons Allon, who will speak to us about

The Challenges of a 21st Century Pioneer in the Negev: A Modern Take on Making the Desert Bloom. Tamara moved from Tel Aviv to a farm in the Arava region of the Negev. She will speak about living in the Negev, her life as a pioneer woman in Israel, and how she and the JNF are making the Negev habitable for the next generation of Israel's residents.

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize the Synagogue kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). The next meal will be prepared in September.  If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.

Save the Date: Motzei Shabbat, September 24th 10:00 PM - First Night of Selichot.

Downtown Community

We are thrilled that there are new Kosher options in our neighborhood.

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

The Falafel Shop at 127 Rivington Street (between Norfolk & Essex).

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 are on Summer Schedule. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 7:00 PM until September 16th. Join us for services and you shall be rewarded with food, drink, song, and words of Torah.

This Shabbat we welcome Ari Berkowitz, son of Leah & Dr. Avi Berkowitz. Ari first read Eikev when his family returned to NYC nine years ago to celebrate his Bar Mitzva at our synagogue. He is currently enrolled in the Hesder program, serving in the IDF while studying at Yeshivat Gush Etzion.

The Avot d'Rabbi Natan class will resume this Shabbat at 6:00 PM.

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

Rosh Hashana is six weeks away, and so we ask that you renew your commitment to our synagogue in the form of Membership. Membership dues go a long way in facilitating our synagogue's many improvements and accomplishments. 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. 

Family - $800 (Includes Two High Holidays tickets)
Individual - $450 (Includes One High Holidays ticket)
Associate - $300 (Does not include High Holiday Seats)
Student - $150 (High Holiday Seat may be purchased for $100)

For more information, please contact our treasurer, Alan Schwartz, or Rabbi Bellino.

To make a payment send checks to 325 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003, or proceed with payment online. 

With Rosh Hashana six weeks away, please consider starting the New Year with the memories of your loved ones eternalized on our sanctuary walls. We are now offering engraved Yahrtzeit plaques (2 x 10 inches) at the discounted price of $450. If you order within the next week, we are confident that the plaques will be installed prior to Rosh Hashana. You can begin the process by filling out this form.

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.

The next available kiddush for sponsorship is Shabbat Ki Teitzei, September 17th.

Classes

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.

AVOT D'RABBI NATAN: Rabbi Bellino will teach Avot d'Rabbi Natan for the duration of the summer. Shabbat afternoons, 1 hour before Mincha.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

On Tuesday, September 13th, we will hold a panel discussion entitled, Confronting Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Community. The event begins at 7:00 PM and will feature David Cheifetz (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), Tamara Schoor (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), as well as Dr. Michael Salamon, a noted psychologist and the author of "Abuse in the Jewish Community."

On Friday night, September 16, we will co-host a Shabbat Dinner with 3GNY, an organization devoted to perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust, to telling the story of our families, survivors and victims, and to providing a forum for grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to meet, connect and express ideas with one another. The dinner will feature a talk by Seymour Kaplan, a WWII GI who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp in 1945.

On Monday, September 19, we will welcome Tamara Pons Allon, who will speak to us about

The Challenges of a 21st Century Pioneer in the Negev: A Modern Take on Making the Desert Bloom. Tamara moved from Tel Aviv to a farm in the Arava region of the Negev. She will speak about living in the Negev, her life as a pioneer woman in Israel, and how she and the JNF are making the Negev habitable for the next generation of Israel's residents.

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize the Synagogue kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). Thank you to our August sponsors Alan Schwartz, Moshe Bloxenheim and Dana Friedman. The next meal will be prepared in September.  If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.

Save the Date: Motzei Shabbat, September 24th 10:00 PM - First Night of Selichot.

Downtown Community

We are thrilled that there are new Kosher options in our neighborhood.

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

The Falafel Shop at 127 Rivington Street (between Norfolk & Essex).

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 are on Summer Schedule. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 7:00 PM until September 16th. Join us for services and you shall be rewarded with food, drink, song, and words of Torah.

Tisha b'Av begins on Saturday night. You might want to plan on bringing non-leather shoes on Friday evening.

The Avot d'Rabbi Natan class will resume next Shabbat.

Seudah Shelishit will serve as a Seudah HaMafseket. The fast begins at 7:56 PM, at which point Rabbi Bellino will teach some of the Kinot of the night of Tisha b'Av.

Tisha B'Av

Please join us on Saturday night for Maariv at 9:00 PM followed by the reading of Megillat Eicha and Kinot.

Please join us again on Sunday, August 14th, for a full day of programming:

Shacharit & Kinot: 8:30 AM

Eicha: 1:00 PM

Mincha I: 1:35 PM

Midrash Study with Rabbi Bellino: 2:00 PM

Tisha B'Av Film: 5:30 PM

Mincha II: 7:20 PM

Maariv: 7:54 PM

Fast Ends / Havdalah: 8:39 PM

In these tragic and scary times we stand with all those victimized by senseless hatred and fanaticism, at home, in Israel, and abroad. We pray for safety, healing, and peace.

We wish a Mazal Tov to Ananda & Jeremy Watman upon the Pidyon ha'Ben of their son, Judah Hadar.

We wish a Mazal Tov to our newly elected Board Members.

Board of Directors

Richard McBee – President
Marty Tessler - Vice President
Jeff Katz – Secretary
Alan Schwartz – Treasurer
Jack Lebewohl, Henry Reininger, Ellen Cherrick
David Hammer, Arthur Klaus    

Advisory Board
Evan Gasman, Herb Latner, Linda Talisman
Josh Lebewohl, Elie Yudewitz, Harris Marks
Elliot Levitch, Isobel Rubin, Bert Zackim

We are grateful to Haim Shechtman who served as Treasurer for the last three years.

With Rosh Hashana seven weeks away, please consider starting the New Year with the memories of your loved ones eternalized on our sanctuary walls. We are now offering engraved Yahrtzeit plaques (2 x 10 inches) at the discounted price of $450. If you order within the next week, we are confident that the plaques will be installed prior to Rosh Hashana. You can begin the process by filling out this form.

Please help us keep track of Yahrtzeits. To do so, log into our website and check the names that have been associated with your accounts. If you have any trouble logging in, or would prefer to not log in, be sure to contact Neil and he will assist you.

Our plentiful and delicious Kiddushes on Sixth Street greatly enhance our synagogue and community. To sponsor or co-sponsor a Friday night Kiddush, a Shabbat Kiddush, a Shabbocktail, our Shabbeer supply, or a Seudah Shelishit, contact Rabbi Bellino.

The next available kiddush for sponsorship is Shabbat, August 27th.

Classes

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.

AVOT D'RABBI NATAN: Rabbi Bellino will teach Avot d'Rabbi Natan for the duration of the summer. Shabbat afternoons, 1 hour before Mincha.

BLESSINGS: Miriam Kaplan has begun a class on Berachot, the extraordinary practice of sourcing pleasures and experience in the Divine. 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.

Events

Tisha B'Av Film - Sunday, Aug 14 at 5:30 PM

HIDING AND SEEKING - This award-winning documentary tells the dramatic and emotional story of a Jewish father who journeys with his two ultra-orthodox adult sons back to Poland to try to find the Christian farmers who hid their family from the Nazis. To his sons, like many offspring of Polish Holocaust survivors, this is a country whose people are incurably anti-Semitic and beyond redemption. His hope is to instill in his insulated and narrow-minded sons the power of interfaith tolerance and trust. Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky's provocative and moving documentary HIDING AND SEEKING was featured at the Barcelona Conference of World Religions and the winner of the North American Interfaith Film Festival Best Film Award for 2004, and Grand Prix in the Warsaw International Jewish Film Festival. In the course of telling its compelling and dramatic story, HIDING AND SEEKING explores the Holocaust's effect on faith in God as well as its impact on faith in our fellow human beings. It embeds these issues in a deeply personal inter-generational saga of survivors, their children, and their children's children. Filmed in Jerusalem, Brooklyn and Poland, the film focuses on the filmmaker's attempt to heal the wounds of the past by stopping the transmission of hatred from generation to generation.

Chessed on Sixth Street - Several of us have begun to utilize the Synagogue kitchen to prepare meals for the Trinity Place Shelter. The shelter's mission is to help LGBTQ youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. To financially support our efforts, please consider donating to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (Be sure to specify Shelter Meals in the note). Thank you to our August sponsors Alan Schwartz, Moshe Bloxenheim and Dana Friedman. The next meal will be prepared in September.  If you are interested in cooking, schlepping, or starting your own Chessed initiative, please contact Rabbi Bellino or Tali Zilberman.

On Tuesday, September 13th, we will hold a panel discussion entitled, Confronting Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Community. The event begins at 7:00 PM and will feature David Cheifetz (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), Tamara Schoor (a survivor of abuse and an advocate for victims), as well as Dr. Michael Salamon, a noted psychologist and the author of "Abuse in the Jewish Community."

Downtown Community

We are thrilled that there are new Kosher options in our neighborhood.

Mocha Burger at 496 Laguardia Place.

The Promenade Sports Bar, 344 Third Avenue, is now completely Kosher. (Not just sushi). Please check them out ASAP.

The Falafel Shop at 127 Rivington Street (between Norfolk & Essex).

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.

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.