Parashat Shemini – April 2, 2016 – click to view
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Shabbat Morning 9:30am
Parashat Shemini/Shabbat Parah
Birkat Ḥahodesh
23 Adar II, 5776 / April 2, 2016
Triennial Cycle III: Lev. 11:1-47
Ḥumash Etz Ḥayim, page 636
Maftir: Numbers 19:1-22; p. 880
Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38, p. 1287
- (11:1-12) The signs of kashrut for land animals, and sea creatures.
- (11:13-23) A list of forbidden birds. Forbidden and permitted insects.
- (11:24-47) A list of animals whose carcasses can cause ritual defilement, and the laws regarding ritual impurity and defilement from carcasses of animals and from reptiles. The sedrah concludes with a general warning to guard against defilement and to be concerned about ritual purity.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & SERVICES
Saturday, April 2: Netivot Haneshamah: Mindfulness and Meditation Through the Hassidic Lense – 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 2: Hot Topics in Halakhah – 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 3: CBD Movie Night – 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5: Yiddish Conversation Group – 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 7: Dames Who Dine – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9: Make Bag Lunches for the Unhoused – 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 9: Jewish Book Group: The Mathematician’s Shiva – 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 10: Hiking Meet-up – Sunday Stroll – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12: Conversations in Jewish Learning: The Mathematician’s Shiva – 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Friday, April 15: PJ Shabbat – 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 16: CBD Jewish Artists Group – 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 17: Sunday Seminar: Beginnings of Ashkenazi Jewry in Northern France and the Rhineland – 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Monday, April 18: Lean in Circle – 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 20: Eat Your Hametz Out! – 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday, April 22: Siyum Bechorot – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 27th – Tuesday May 10th – CBD Annual Holocaust Remembrance Museum
Wednesday, May 4: Yom HaShoah Memorial Service – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
April 1 – April 3: A Taste of Hillel
Sunday, April 3: Halaqa Seder: Muslim and Jewish Perspectives on the Exodus Story – 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10: Readers Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank – 2:00 p.m.
Monday, April 12: Mental Health Support Group
Saturday, April 16: Combatants for Peace – 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 18: Social Media for Genealogists – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 22: Celebrate Ramah’s 60 Year Anniversary – 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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