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L'Shana Tova

As 5767 Approaches....

Next week we Jews will begin our 5767th year on this earth! Who would have believed this possible? If anyone had told Abraham that his people would be around this long he probably would have been astounded.

Imagine, we did this without beheading anyone on TV, without a single suicide bomber, without kidnapping and murdering school children, without slaughtering Olympic athletes, and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.

We lasted this long despite 400 years as slaves in Egypt, 40 years of wandering in the desert, the mighty Roman army who nailed us to ten thousand crosses; despite the best efforts of fervent Crusaders, the Spanish Inquisition, Hitler's third Reich, Stalin's gulags, Arab wars of annihilation and 100 years of hateful terrorism, hundreds of hate-filled UN resolutions!

How did we Jews do it? We survived by concentrating our efforts on education, love of family, faith, hard work, helping one another and a passionate dedication to life no matter what evil befell us!

We hung in there in hope the rest of the world would one day overcome it's hatreds, jealousies, violence and join us in a life of cooperation and mutual respect.

We're not there yet, but we're still hopeful. And when so many of us enter our places of worship next weekend, this is what we'll pray for with all the strength in our hearts.

Best wishes for a New Year filled with health, happiness, laughter, success, joy, and kindness and may this coming year bring peace and security to Israel and to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora.

5767 and counting!

What's going on in our Gift Shop

Millions of Wonderful Things

You should stop by and check it out

to see what Susan has found.

I can tell you from first hand experience it is all wonderful!

Check back for the times that the gift shop is open or else call Susan E. if you need to make special arrangements.

A Supercrop is creeping up on us

to print this flyer click here

Belly Dancing and Martinis

Now is that a combination or what?

A great evening was had by all those who danced and those who watched. I didn't keep track of who was sampling the martinis, but they were good also.

A special thank you to Parvin Delshad for providing our instructor.

Now, I will tell you that some of us were a little more experienced than others

(that would be Judy)

but we still had a great time.

We even had a mystery dancer...I know who she is do you?

As someone who tried to do the dancing (of course after a martini) It wasn't that difficult ... it was the connecting of the top half of my body to the bottom half that was the challenge. However as you can see some of us were able to do it just fine. Click here or here or here for a little video of the lesson. (just remember the videographer is an amateur)

If you attended the event we would love to hear from you and if you took pictures I would love to have them so we can add them to the blog, please send them to shomreitorahsisterhood@yahoo.com .

It's Time to Show our Stuff

It is that time again ... when Miriam Carroll starts to look for Sisterhood members to participate in the Women's League.

Women's League Shabbat is when we all work together to take on the responsibility of running the entire (yup, the whole thing) service.

So take a look at everything that is available and find something that you can do to be a part of this wonderful weekend:

Friday Night

[ ] Friday Night- English Reading
[ ] Saturday Morning-English Reading
[ ] Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat (You may list specific prayer(s) you would like to lead)
.. (Since this is Hassidic Shabbat, we will be using those melodies)

[ ] Friday Night Maariv (You may list specific prayer(s) you would like to lead)

Saturday Morning

[ ] BÂ’rachot Hashacar
[ ] PÂ’Sukei DÂ’zimra
[ ] Shaharit (including Eemahot in repetition)
[ ] Shema and VÂ’haavta
[ ] Open or Close Ark
[ ] Gabbai
[ ] Introduction to Torah Reading
[ ] Torah Service
[ ] DÂ’Var Torah
[ ] Aliyah
[ ] Read Torah
[ ] Mi She-Berakh
[ ] Hagbah
[ ] GÂ’lilah
[ ] Introduction to Haftorah Reading
[ ] Haftorah
[ ] Returning the Torah
[ ] Musaf (including Eemahot in Repetition)
[ ] Adon Olam
[ ] Kiddush

Once you have found the part oserviceservce that you want to do please compete the Sign Up Sheet send it in to Miriam Carroll.