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!
March 7, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Beth Mordecai Homecoming Weekend
March 14-16, 2014
Schmooze! Eat! Reconnect!
Reminisce! Celebrate Purim!
REGISTER NOW for a glorious weekend celebration and homecoming for all those who have called or call Beth Mordecai their home.
We urge you to join us and be a part of what will be a very memorable weekend.
Download the entire registration packet with the links below
Registration Packet Cover Letter
Weekend Schedule
Registration form -- (fill out and mail by March 1st to Congregation Beth Mordecai 224 High Street Perth Amboy, NJ 08861)
You can also save on postage and REGISTER ONLINE using the form below...
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February 7, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
In just a few days many of you will be receiving a thick envelope in the mail from the congregation, if you haven't already. This envelope is not your ordinary shul reminder. It does not contain a bill or a yahrtzeit letter or even a thank you note. No, this envelope constitutes a promise to remember where we came from as we move towards where we are going.
See, this envelope contains all of the information you will need about our upcoming Homecoming Weekend on March 14-16, including highlights (like our Schmooze Cruise and Brunch with Rabbis Barry Dov Schwartz and Melinda Zalma), scheduling, and registration forms. But more importantly, embedded within all of these details is the desire to bring our past closer to our present[...]
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January 31, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
(1/31/14)
As we enter into another Shabbat, another opportunity to spend time together and learn together in community, I want to share a simple thought from the Talmud about the meaning of community:
אין התורה נקנית אלא בחבורה (ברכות סג:)
Eyn ha-Torah nikneit ela b'havurah (B'rakhot 63b)
The knowledge of Torah can only be acquired in a community (Tractate B'rakhot 63b)
There is something unique about the knowledge and secrets embedded in the Torah that, according to this teaching, they can only be revealed when we learn it together. Yes, learning Torah is a fascinating intellectual exercise for the individual, but it becomes something more, something larger, when we open ourselves to hearing the interpretations of other lovers of Torah. And if Torah learning is the foundation[...]
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By bethmordecai no comments.
Homecoming Weekend, March 14-16! Experience the joy of memory as generations of Beth Mordecai members return to their Jewish home in Perth Amboy to reminisce about favorite stories and reconnect with old friends and a wonderful Beth Mordecai community.
HOMECOMING WEEKEND
March 14-16, 2014
SCHMOOZE
CRUISE
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