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.
Our hearts and prayers are with Israel, especially with those who are fighting fires and the many who have been displaced.
We are grateful to the Education Committee for all their work in organizing last week’s Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton and Community Dinner.
Please continue to assist our weekday morning Minyan. Would you consider increasing your commitment to community and synagogue by attending?
Rabbi Bellino's Wednesday night classes will resume this week: Hebrew Foundations at 6:30 PM, Foundations of Theology at 7:00 PM, and Sufi Jews at 8:00 PM.
We are looking for a Youth Leader to run a Shabbat morning program for children ages 2-5. This is a paid position; experience with children/education is a plus. This is a unique leadership opportunity to create, develop, and maintain a children's program through working with community leadership. Please contact sixthstreetparents@gmail.com if you are interested.
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 Vayishlach - 12/17/2016.
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.
SUFI JEWS: JUDAISM’S ENCOUNTER WITH ISLAMIC MYSTICISM: Approximately 400 years after the birth of Islam, some Jewish sages recommended Sufic ritual and thought. Rabbi Bellino will present the Medieval sages, Bahye Ibn Paquda and Abraham son of Maimonides, as well as Jewish-Sufic material from 16th Century Safed Pietism and Hassidut. Wednesdays 8:00-9:00 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
Book Discussion with Miri Kubovy– Come join us on Tuesday, November 29, as Miri Kubovy leads a discussion of the first part (Momik) of David Grossman’s powerful Holocaust-themed novel See Under: Love. Miri teaches Cultural Studies, and Israeli literature and cinema at Hunter College. She was the director of Modern Hebrew Studies at Harvard and a Professor of Near Eastern Civilizations for 20 years, and she taught at Yale University for 17 years.
If you plan to attend, please register for the event.
Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence–
Please join us in two weeks on Shabbat Vayetsei (December 9-10) as we welcome our next Shabbat Scholar, Rabbi Steven Greenberg, Co-Executive Director of ESHEL and a Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL.
Friday Night, 7:30 PM:
"New Voices and Bold Visions: Intimations of an Emergent Orthodoxy"
Shabbat Morning, 10:30 AM:
"Exclusive Inclusivity: The Audacious Demands of Hachnassat Orhim (Welcoming the Stranger)"
Seuda Shelishit, 4:20 PM:
"The Limits of Progressivism": Q & A with Rabbi Greenberg
There will be a delicious Friday night community dinner in the Social Hall.
RSVP and payment are required by Tuesday, December 6.
Student: $18 | Dinner: $36 | Sponsor: $180
Please email info@sixthstreetsynagogue.org if you need financial assistance.
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 29 - Book Discussion with Miri Kubovy
December 9-10 - Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Steven Greenberg
December 13 - Yiddish Songfest with Lori Leifer and Jack Feldstein
January 10 - Bereshit and Creativity with Richard McBee and Rabbi Richard Borah
January 13-14 - Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Sylvia Barack Fishman
Downtown Community
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:
Bagel Boss at 263 First Avenue
Murray's Falafel at 261 First Avenue
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.
|
We like to have fun and be creative on social media. Like us on Facebook to see more updates!
|
