Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
September 6, 2017 By bethmordecai no comments.
Regular Fri evening services at 8pm, followed by oneg Shabbat.
It’s a family affair. Our Formal Welcome to Rabbi Metz and Family starts with services at 10am, including a learning led by Lev, followed by a special oneg luncheon. Learning is in lieu of a Torah service.
6:30 pm candle-lighting at the shul.
7 pm services at the gazebo.
8:15 pm dinner back at the shul.
9am bagels;
9:30-10:30 davening led by Marc.
Short learning in lieu of Torah service.
• Wed Sep 20 Erev Rosh Hashanah services at 5:45pm.
• Thu Sep 21 Traditional Rosh Hashanah morning service at 9:30am; Tashlikh follows. “Tot Shanah” children’s program runs concurrently from 11am to noon. (See the High Holidays page for more information on Tot Shanah.)
⇒ NOTE: Tickets are required for Rosh Hashanah 1st-day morning service and for Kol Nidre. Contact Elliot in the office 732-442-1373.
• Fri Sep 22 A unique 2-hour traditional 2nd-day morning service at 10am
• No Fri evening services Sep 22
• Sat Sep 23 Shabbat Tshuva
• Sun Sep 24 Annual cemetery service at Beth Mordecai Cemetery at 10am. (Note: You can honor your loved ones with this service even if they are not resting at our cemetery. Come experience a moving outdoor service and help make a minyan.)
• Fri Sep 29 Kol Nidre 6:15pm SHARP. (Tickets required; see above)
• Sat Sep 30 Yom Kippur
− 9:15am Morning Service
− 11:45am Yizkor
− 4:45pm Minkhah
− 6pm Neilah
“Tot Kippur” children’s program runs concurrently from 11am to noon.
• Sun Oct 1 Sukkah construction.
• Fri Oct 6 Shortened Shabbat services plus a meal in the sukkah for the congregation together with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
• Sun Oct 8 Open Sukkah at the Metz home.
• Thurs morning Oct 12 Sh’mini Atzeret and Yizkor.
• Thurs evening Oct 12 Simchat Torah. Enjoy ice cream sundaes and Israeli dancing.
⇒ Our High Holiday cantor this year (5778) is Anna Chapman. She has an MS in Arts Education and is currently a cantorial student at JTS. Rabbi Metz and Cantor Chapman are working to bring us a High Holiday program with all of the warmth, spirituality, and vitality you have come to expect from Congregation Beth Mordecai.
⇒ On the subject of music, Rabbi Metz has been (ever-so-gently) introducing some new tunes. Here’s a link to a lovely Oseh Shalom on YouTube that the rabbi has been singing on Saturdays.
⇒ Rabbi Metz will be participating in Perth Amboy’s 9-11 Remembrance on Monday Sept. 11 noon to 1pm at City Hall Circle. If you are nearby, come on over.
⇒ Rabbi Metz will be participating in the JCC’s “Senior Lunch in the Sukkah” Tues, Oct 10. Click here for info from the JCC.
⇒ Don’t forget to use the Amazon Smile program when you visit amazon.com. The synagogue gets a donation when you purchase. It’s free. Click for details.
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