Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: |
7:00 PM |
Candle Lighting: |
7:22 PM |
Shema After: |
8:25 PM |
Daf Yomi: |
8:00 AM |
Shacharit: |
9:00 AM |
Morning Shema Before: |
9:32 AM |
Mincha: |
6:40 PM |
Shabbat HaGadol Drasha: |
7:00 PM |
Maariv: |
8:15 PM |
Havdallah: |
8:25 PM |
Friday Night Kiddush has been provided by the house.
Shabbat Kiddush has been sponsored by Brenda Pace in observance of the upcoming Yahrtzeit of her mother, Ruth Spitzer Kaye (רבקה בת משה ואלטא ביילא), the anniversary of the Bar Mitzvah of her brother, Robert Neil Kaye, and what would have been his 79th birthday.
There will not be Seudah Shelishit this week. Instead:
Please join us on Saturday evening as Rabbi Bellino presents his Shabbat HaGadol Drasha. The Drasha will follow Mincha at 6:40 PM.
News
We wish a Mazal Tov to Adina Lichtman & Avi Popack on the birth of their son.
We are on Summer Schedule! That means that Friday night services will be held at 7:00 PM. It will be this way thru September 6th!
Rabbi Bellino has created a digital form to serve as your authorization for the sale of your Hametz. The form will ask you to specify where the Hametz is located, estimate its value, and agree to authorize me to sell it on your behalf. There are six sections and you will need to scroll a bit. It should not take longer than three minutes to complete.
Although there is a widespread custom to pay the rabbi who facilitated the sale of Hametz, you are urged not to do so. Instead, please feel free (but not obligated) to contribute to the Rabbi's Discretionary Charity Fund. Be sure to specify that this is for Passover Charity. You may pledge an amount below and/or pay on the website or simply Venmo the synagogue @sixthstreetsynagogue.
There might be Bad Kiddush after Passover! If we don't have a sponsor, then "Bad Kiddush: A Throwback to the Terrible Kiddushes You Grew Up Hating" will be held on May 4th. As we often say: Kiddush sponsorship is temporary. Jarred gefilte fish lasts forever.
Israel in our Hearts
This Shabbat Day there will be a peaceful walk around Washington Square Park and Union Square Park to raise awareness of the hostages in Israel. Shabbat is a time to pause, connect, and reflect; yet, as long as our family in Israel are suffering, we cannot rest. The walk has been organized by Dr. Michelle Sarna, will begin at 2:00 PM at the Bronfman Center, and will take approximately one hour.
Please continue to you support each other. While this sort of peril and loss, as well as the emotional responses they engender, aren’t new to our national history, they are - in fact - new to most of us. Remember that we all come to the (kiddush) table with different psychological skill sets and traumas. Look out for one another, check in, and be flexible to, and understanding of, the broad spectrum that is the emotional health of others. We ask that when you speak to each other, you be mindful of potentially inflammatory language and gruesome content; particularly in the presence of children.
Find comfort in community as we process the daily horrors and pray for safety, peace, and consolation.
Membership has almost no privileges.
But it's the right thing to do and it allows us to thrive. 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 |
- For Membership Renewal, please click here
- For New Members, please click here
You can also Venmo us @sixthstreetsynagogue, or mail a check to 325 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003.
Classes
Our weekday 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.
A REASONABLE READING OF PSALMS: Traditional commentaries and modern scholarship are used to make sense of this ancient text. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 PM. Will resume after Passover.
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, 7:00-8:00 PM. Will resume after Passover.
Downtown Community
We are thrilled to have Ellin Mitchell as the Yoetzet Halacha for the downtown community. Yoetzet Ellin 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 our recent e-mail about her appointment.
There are several local Kosher options that are open for take-out/delivery:
Bonito at 31 West 17th Street
Gotta Getta Bagel at 263 First Avenue
Mocha Burger at 496 LaGuardia Place
Mocha Red at 137 4th Avenue
Mendy's at 441 Park Ave South
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.
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