Candle lighting time for Friday, January 17, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Parashat Yitro
17 Shevat, 5774/January 18, 2014
Triennial Cycle Year I: Exodus 18:1-20:23
Humash Etz Hayim, page 432
Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1-13; 7:1-6; 9:5-6, page 451
- (18:1-12) Jethro comes to visit his son-in-law Moses, bringing Zipporah, Moses’ wife and his two sons. He rejoices at the rescue of the Israelites and acknowledges the greatness of God.
- (18:12-27) Jethro advises Moses to appoint officers and judges to help him lead the people, and then returns to his home.
- (19:1-25) Preparations for the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. God reveals himself to His people, accompanied by thunder and lightning, thick clouds and the sound of the shofar.
- (20:1-14) The Ten Commandments.
- (20:15-18) The people are terrified by God’s power, and they beg Moses to mediate between them and God.
- (20:19-23) Further commandments concerning the altar.
UPCOMING SERVICES
Friday, January 17: PJ Shabbat – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 18: Sisterhood Shabbat – 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, January 18: Youth Congregation – 10:30 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balk Family Memorial Camp Scholarship
CBD Board of Directors Vacancy
Items Needed for Sisterhood Silent Auction
Minyan – Sunday 9:30 am & Monday – Thursday 7:00 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, January 18: Sisterhood Shabbat – 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, January 18: Communal Tu B’Shevat Seders – after services
Saturday, January 18: Mussar Matters – after lunch about 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: Tikkun Olameinu – CBD Repairs the World – 9:30 a.m
Sunday, January 19: Poverty Simulation – 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: Upsherin (the cutting of hair) for Eli Ohriner – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 22: General Board Meeting – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 24: Cantorial Shabbat and Hazak Shabbat & Dinner – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 25: Shabbat Schmooze: Russian-Israelis in Our Jewish Community with Rabbi Ilana Baird – after lunch (about 1:30 p.m.)
Sunday, January 26: Jewbilee – 1:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Monday, January 27: Career Havurah – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 28: Day of Holocaust Remembrance – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Friday, January 31: Hagigat Noar – Celebration of Youth – 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 1: Heschel Havurah with Rabbi Ohriner – approx 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 4: Musical Minyan – 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 8: 30th Anniversary Commemoration of the First Adult B’not Mitzvah Class – 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, February 8: Book Discussion Group – approx 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 9: Hazak Presents: End of Life Decisions – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Monday, February 10: Judaism and Public Policy – Presented by Rabbi Elliott Dorff – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 16: Mah Jong Tournament – 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 18: Engaging Israel: Foundation for a New Relationship – 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE at CBD:
Thursday, February 20: Out of Egypt: Our Long Relationship with the Land of the Pharaohs – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 22: Two Characters, One Divine, One All Too Human: Asherah and Josephus – after Kiddush lunch (about 1:30 p.m.)
Saturday, February 22: Did God Have a Wife? – The Mystery of Asherah – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 23: Flavius Josephus: Traitor or Hero? – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.