Burr B'not Mitzvah to Kosher Mamosa's

Dear Haverim,

     I have rushed off the ski slopes of Elk Mountain in the Poconos (where I only fell three times) in order to get back to Wilmington, DE in time to celebrate Shabbat with YOU! So why not come and join me?

* TONIGHT, December 27 6:30 pm, Kabbalat Shabbat. (Happy hour 6 pm).  Sermon topic: Ruchaniyut: Jewish Spirituality: The Pause That Refreshes.  We begin the celebration of Geri and Becky Burr’s bat mitzvah!

*TOMORROW, Saturday, December 28, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services. Becky and Geri are our guest dashanot.  Their sermon topic: Parasha Vayera: CONSEQUENCES.  Following services, there will be a festive catered Shabbat lunch sponsored by the Burr’s to celebrate the twin’s b’not mitzvah.

Shabbat shalom!

Rabbi Michael

PS  Note 9 a.m. for Shabbat services on January 1^st.  I plan on serving kosher mamosas!

Brews w/Jews to Shabbat in the Groove to Miriam: Live and in Person

Dear Haverim:

        I am dashing this off quickly with the hope of catching some of you, tonight, at our CBS’ Men’s Clubs monthly Brews with Jews at Stoney’s Pub on Concord Pike (being proudly Egalitarian, CBS Women are of course invited, too!)

* Tomorrow, Friday, December 20, 7:30 p.m. SHABBAT IN THE GROOVE. , Temple Beth El, 301 Possum Park Rd., Newark, DE

“MUSIC?”  Did I hear that you loved music?  Well this out-of-the-box musical service, hosted by Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein, Cantor Elisa and me is for YOU!! We are closing services down for the night at CBS and joining forces with our Reconstructionist friends to the South for a service you will not want to miss (they will reciprocate next month, along with the other DE synagogues for Federation Shabbat in January, by coming to us).

*Saturday, December 21.  9:30 a.m. Shabbat Services at CBS (10:15 a.m. Torah service).  Working with a professional story teller, I am bringing to you, from 3200 years in our past, Miriam, to tell her story, first-hand to you.  If you like Bibliodrama, please come.  If you do not like Bibliodrama, come anyways, and keep an open mind.  We will also celebrate the Babynaming of our Executive Director, Merrill Dorph’s new granddaughter, Hannah Mindel Dorph – as we say mazel tov to our new members, proud parents Josh and Kristin Dorph.

Looking ahead, keep in mind that on December 25^th we will have a later 9 a.m. Morning Minyan, as it is a Federal Holiday.

MUSSAR MOMENT

רוחניות

This week we celebrate the actions of the Egyptian midwives, Shifra and Puah, with the middah of EMPATHY.

Next week, in parashat Va’era, as God reveals the Name Y-H-V-H to Moses, we elevate the middah of Ruchaniyut, SPIRITUALITY, as we try to find ways of becoming more aware of  God in our daily lives.