Temple emanu-el Providence, Rhode Island | 2018–5779

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Fesitvals Reading Book Pg. 76

Haftarah Pg. 80

Etz Hayim, Page 538

1st Aliyah Exodus Chapter 33 verses 12–16

2nd Aliyah verses 17–19

3rd Aliyah verses 20–23

4th Aliyah Exodus Chapter 34 verses 1–3

5th Aliyah verses 4–10

6th Aliyah verses 11–17

7th Aliyah verses 18–26

Maftir Numbers 29:26–29:31 Page 935

Haftarah Ezekiel 38:18–39:16 Page 1260

Minhah/Ma’ariv – 6:25 PM Havdalah – 7:12 PM

September 29, 2018 | 20 Tishrei 5779

Shabbat Hol Hamoed Sukkot

Headsets are available in the Main Sanctuary for people who need audio assistance. If you would like a headset, please ask a greeter or a gabbai and he or she will bring it to you.

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Services this Shabbat

Sanctuary ServiceMain Sanctuary .................Rabbi Wayne Franklin

Rabbi Rachel Zerin

Cantor Brian Mayer

Junior CongregationRosen Library......................Shoshana Jacob

Tot ShabbatSisterhood Lounge .............Marni Thompson-Tilove

Mazal Tov!

Mazal Tov to Cantor Brian Mayer and Cantor Lynn Torgove on celebrating their Aufruf this Shabbat! We thank them, and Howard & Judith Mayer, for sponsoring Kiddush in honor of this special occasion.

Upcoming Simhahs:October 6: Bar Mitzvah – Rueben Klein

Kesher Social Worker-Drop in Hours Today

Tara Watkins, LICSW (email: tara@jfsri.org phone: 401-527-7772) will have drop in hours this Shabbat, from 11:00am-2:00pm in the Temple Office. No previously arranged appointment is necessary. Conversations with Tara are kept confidential. All congregants and their families are welcome to utilize this free supportive service.

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Sunday, September 30

*8:30 AM Shaharit – Fishbein Chapel *Note time change

5:45 PM Minhah – Fishbein Chapel

Hoshana Rabbah Services

Sunday, September 305:45 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv – Fishbein Chapel

6:00 PM Candle Lighting

Monday, October 1

9:30 AM Shaharit – Main Sanctuary

11:00 AM Yizkor – Main Sanctuary

6:30 PM Minhah – Main Sanctuary

*There will be no Kiddush Lunch on Monday

Sh’mini atzeret Services

Erev Simhat Torah - Monday, October 1

6:00 PM Family First Simhat Torah Program – Bohnen Vestry

6:45 PM Ma’ariv – Main Sanctuary

6:52 PM Candle Lighting

7:00 PM Hakafot – Main Sanctuary

Simhat Torah - Tuesday, October 2

9:15AM Shaharit – Main Sanctuary

11:00 AM Youth Program: Exploring the Torah – Fishbein Chapel

12:15 PM Congregational Lunch – Alperin Meeting House

6:20 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv – Fishbein Chapel

6:50 PM Havdalah

Simhat Torah Services & programs

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Sept. 30 - Rejoicing with the Torah: Insights into Simhat TorahOct. 14 -  Building Blocks of Prayer: The Structure and Meaning of                 Shabbat  and Weekday ServicesOct. 21 -  Singing our Stories: Understanding Torah TropeOct. 28 - Talking to Kids About GodNov. 18 - Museum TourDec. 9 - Lighting Up the Dark: Adding Meaning to HanukkahDec. 16 - TBDJan. 13 - Judaism & Nature: Celebrating Tu BiSh'vatJan. 27 - Story of the Stained Glass WindowsFeb 10. - TBDFeb. 24 - TBDMar. 10 - TBDMar. 17 - Study of Megil lat EstherMar. 31 - Incorporating Kids into the SederApr. 28 - Remembering the Holocaust

Sept. 30 - Rejoicing with the Torah: Insights into Simhat TorahOct. 14 -  Building Blocks of Prayer: The Structure and Meaning of                 Shabbat  and Weekday ServicesOct. 21 -  Singing our Stories: Understanding Torah TropeOct. 28 - Talking to Kids About GodNov. 18 - Museum TourDec. 9 - Lighting Up the Dark: Adding Meaning to HanukkahDec. 16 - TBDJan. 13 - Judaism & Nature: Celebrating Tu BiSh'vatJan. 27 - Story of the Stained Glass WindowsFeb 10. - TBDFeb. 24 - TBDMar. 10 - TBDMar. 17 - Study of Megil lat EstherMar. 31 - Incorporating Kids into the SederApr. 28 - Remembering the Holocaust

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FAMILY FIRST SIMHAT TORAH CELEBRATION

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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL  SIMHAT TORAH

CELEBRATIONMonday, October 1 - 6:00 PM  Starting in the Bohnen Vestry

Come and enjoy:

Crafts | Pasta & Salad Bar | Ice Cream Sundaes

Dancing with the Torah (Hakafot)

RSVP Online: teprov.org/form/ffsimhattorah

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Simhat Torah Ice Cream Partyfor youth in grades 3–12

Join us as we celebrate Simhat Torah with singing & dancing followed by an Ice cream sundae party

When: October 1time: 6:35 -8:30 PMWhere: Temple Emanu-El

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The Tanakh: New Perspectives

Instructor: Michael Satlow, Professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University

How should we read the Tanakh? Is it a source of ethical behavior and Jewish law? An accurate history of ancient Israel? A political document created to give authority to certain interest groups? A myth? A literary �ction?

This course will explore these, and other, approaches to the Tanakh, highlighting the diverse ways in which this pivotal text has been, and continues to be, read throughout history.

Space is limited, so register today!www.teprov.org/Institute/DelveDeeper

Delve Deeper is a project of Temple Emanu-El’s Kof�er Born-stein Families Institute of Jewish Studies, in partnership with Congregational Agudas Achim, Congregation Beth Sholom, Temple Sinai and the West Bay Chavurah.

Delve Deeper is an adult education initiative that brings dynamic teachers to teach in-depth, university level courses to a diverse group of adult learners in Greater Rhode Island.

All are welcome to join!

The Tanakh: New Perspectives

Delve Deeper is made possible through generous support from the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s Innovation Funding

What

The Tanakh: New Perspectives

When

Thursdays from 7-9 PM: October 4, 11, 18November 1, 8, 15, 29December 6, 13, 20

NEW: Dinner will be provided to those who wish from 6:30-7PM for an additional cost of $8 per meal.

Where

Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft AvenueProvidence, Rhode Island 02906

Cost

$200 for the semester / Optional add-on: $80 (dinner for semester)

Note that partial and full scholarships are available! Please do not let cost be a barrier!

For more information and to register, please go to teprov.org/Institute/DelveDeeper or contact Rabbi Rachel Zerin by email: rzerin@teprov.org or at the Temple: 401.331.1616

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M E R C I F U L C O N V E R S A T I O N S O N R A C E

Temple Emanu-El, in co-operation with the Rhode

Island State Council of Churches, will hold a series

of conversations on the dynamics of race in our

culture. Merciful Conversations on Race explores

how white privilege functions in society and in

religious communities, and the ways that it negatively

impacts people of color. The course seeks to create a

positive and trusting space to explore why race

conversations can be a struggle, provide help for

overcoming this challenge, and opportunities to

further racial reconciliation on both personal and

systemic levels.

These conversations will be based on a curriculum

developed by the United Church of Christ, with

materials adapted for conversations in a Jewish

context. Rev. Betsy Aldrich Garland and Pastor

Chontell Williams of the Rhode Island State Council

of Churches, along with Rabbi Wayne Franklin, will

guide the discussions.

These conversations will beheld at Temple Emanu-El,

99 Taft Ave, Providence

October 9, 16, 30

November 6, 13

7:00PM

Please register for the course atteprov.org/form/ConversationsOnRace

or by calling 401-331-1616

Course fee: $36

Optional dinner served at 6:30pm

$8 per meal / $40 for the course

Legacy of Temple Emanu-El

Rabbi Eli Bohnen and

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

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In addition to his enduring contributions to science and government, Benjamin Franklin also managed to influence Jewish thought and practice, a feat he accomplished posthumously through his famous autobiography and its Art of Virtue, which found their way into Eastern European rabbinic circles in the early nineteenth century. Join Providence author Shai Afsai — whose writings have been published in Anthropology Today, Journal of the American Revolution, Reading Religion, Reform Jewish Quarterly, Rhode Island History, Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes, and Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies — at the Rhode Island Jewish Museum/Sons of Jacob Synagogue for an exploration of this intriguing subject.

Benjamin Franklin’s

Influence on Judaism

A talk by Shai Afsai

Sunday, October 14, 2018

2:00 pm

At the RI Jewish Museum/ Sons of Jacob Synagogue

24 Douglas Avenue, Providence

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Come Sing with Shir Emanu-El and Joshua Nelson, The Prince of Kosher Gospel

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SINGING THE DREAM a musical tribute honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

on Sunday, January 27, 2019

Join us for an OPEN REHEARSAL

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 At 7:15 pm at Temple Emanu-El

Bohnen Vestry

REHEARSALS 17 October 2018 – 27 January 2019

7:15 pm – 9:30 pm

If you love choral singing, we would love to have you join our chorus The music is lovely and the theme a MOST important one

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On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Brown University Library will host the Ungerleider Haggadot Symposium, drawing on material from the Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot. Free and open to the public, the symposium will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library. A kosher reception will follow the discussion.

Whether artistically elegant or plainly made, the Passover haggadah encapsulates much more than the simple retelling of the Biblical story of Moses leading the Hebrew people out of Egypt to the Prom-ised Land. In its inculcation of scholarly commentary and its embod-iment of ritual performance, it has provided a “mirror to Jewish his-tory” for generation upon generation of Jews, all within the context of familial life. In this symposium, moderated by Adam Teller, Brown University Professor of History and Judaic Studies, three renowned scholars of Judaism and material culture will discuss aspects of the haggadah and how it was shaped to respond to the varied needs of ritual life across time and the Jewish diaspora.

For more information about the symposium and guest speakers, please visit the following website: https://blogs.brown.edu/libnews/haggadot-symposium/

ungerleider Haggadot Symposium Brown University | October 19 | 10-12 PM

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Monday, October 29 – 7:30 PMProfessor Bridget Buxton

Underwater Archaeology off the Coast of Israel

Sunday, March 3 – 11:00 AMProfessor Alan Verskin

A Vision of Yemen

Monday, April 1 – 7:30 PMProfessor Nelson VieiraProphets in the Tropics:

Jewish Expression in Brazil

Tuesday, January 15 – 7:30 PMRabbi Wayne Franklin

Jews of Nigeria

Monday, November 26 – 7:30 PMSamuel Zerin

How Sweden is Becoming a World Center for Yiddish Children’s Media

JEWS AROUND THE WORLDLECTURE SERIES

These lectures are free and open to the public. There is a suggested donation of $5 per person.

RSVPs greatly appreciated at: 401.331.1616 orwww.teprov.org/form/JewsAroundTheWorld

Temple Emanu-El – Bohnen Vestry99 Taft Avenue, Providence, RI 02906

To enter the building, please use the Taft Avenue or Meeting House entrance

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