This Week at Beth Shalom

Thanks to Rabbi Les Scharnberg for a great service last Friday night and Torah study Saturday morning. Rabbi Scharnberg will be back the weekend of February 25-26.

Services for shabbat evening will be at 7 PM Friday at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City.

Torah study continues Saturday from 10 AM to noon at the temple. This week's parshah is Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18. Exodus 22:20 states "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."

Please join us for services and Torah study.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

This Week at Beth Shalom

Rabbi Les Scharnberg will be with us for services Friday night and for Torah study Saturday morning.

We will greet shabbat as usual at 7 PM Friday at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City.

Torah study continues Saturday morning from 10 AM to noon. This week we are in Parshat Yitro, Exodus 18:-1 to 20:23, which includes the revelation at Sinai and the Ten Commandments.


Please join Rabbi Scharnberg and the rest of the congregation as we reach the climax of the Torah narrative.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

Shabbat Shira

This shabbat is called Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song. In the Torah portion we read this week, Beshalach, Exodus 13:17- 17:16,the Israelites cross the Sea of Reeds and sing "Who is like you among the gods who are worshiped?" In Hebrew this is "Mi Chamocha Ba'elim Adonai?" The haftarah, the reading from the prophets includes the song of Deborah, Judges 4:4-5:31. Not coincidentally, my mother, Deborah z"l, was born on this shabbat in 1928.

We also are mourning this week another Deborah, Debbie Friedman, who wrote many of the tunes we use in our prayer services, including the Hebrew-English "Mi Shebeirach," the prayer for healing. Debbie Friedman died this past Sunday.

Shabbat services will be at 7 PM Friday at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City.

Torah study continues Saturday from 10 AM to noon. Please join our congregation for these events. We will celebrate the parting of the Sea of Reeds, remember Debbie Friedman, and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom

Welcome to 2011

We had a nice turnout for services at six last week and five of us adjourned to dinner at Northwoods Restaurant. If someone reading this would prefer services at 6, or be more likely to come, please send a note to delnortebethshalom@gmail.com. Also notify us if you would like to lead services.

For now, we are back on our regular schedule, with Friday evening services at 7 at the temple, 956 J Street in Crescent City. Torah study continues Saturday from 10 to noon at the temple. This week, we will be studying "Bo," Exodus 10:1- 13:16. This section includes the last of the plagues, the first Passover and the actual exodus from Egypt. It is one of the most fascinating readings in the Torah.

The photo attached was taken by the waitress at Northwoods, December 31, 2010. In the picture are Joe, Marty and Ellen on the left, and Miriam and Barry on the right.

Barry Wendell
President
Beth Shalom