2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
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Shabbat Services
Please join us for Shabbat services every Friday evening at 7 PM. Shabbat Services are also held on the first Saturday of every month at 10 AM, when we honor someone special in our Congregation. Our services are in person and online through Zoom. At the conclusion of services, enjoy our Oneg Shabbat.
Shabbat Services are led by Rabbi Moshe Halfon and lay leaders.
Coming Up
Tuesday, April 16 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Modern Hebrew for Beginners Class. This is a 12 week class taught by Matani Ravenna. This week the class will be via Zoom only. Please register at [email protected]. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204213079 Meeting ID: 872 0421 3079
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Wednesday, April 17 – 6:30 PM – Board Meeting via Zoom.
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Thursday, April 18 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday with Rabbi Halfon, In person at the Synagogue. Topics will include weekly Torah portions, stories, laws, commentary, and your requests!
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Friday, April 19 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Halfon, in person and via Zoom. We’ll open the Zoom meeting at 6:30 so people can chat. Services begin at 7:00. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84687533228. Meeting ID: 846 8753 3228.
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Sunday, April 21 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. New dancers are welcome.
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Monday, April 22 – 5:30 PM – Bibles & Beer cancelled this week.
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Monday, April 22 – 6 PM – Passover Seder. Doors open at 5:30 PM.
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Tuesday, April 23 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Modern Hebrew for Beginners Class cancelled this week.
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Thursday, April 25 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday with Rabbi Halfon, In person at the Synagogue. Topics will include weekly Torah portions, stories, laws, commentary, and your requests!
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Friday, April 26 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service led, in person and via Zoom. We’ll open the Zoom meeting at 6:30 so people can chat. Services begin at 7:00. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84687533228. Meeting ID: 846 8753 3228.
.Saturday, April 27 – 10 AM – Rabbi will lead Special Shabbat morning service during Pesach April 27 at 10 AM. We will sing freedom songs!Come and get one more creative taste of Matzah before Pesach ends Tuesday night April 30!!.
Sunday, April 28 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. New dancers are welcome.
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Sunday, April 28 – 4 to 5 PM – Hadassah Book Group. We will meet in person at Wendy Berelson’s residence or via Zoom. Here is the zoom link https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/93275871709 We are reading the graphic novel by Estelle Nadel, The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival. Please contact Phyllis if you want to carpool.
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Monday, April 29 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Paul Everett and Jason Bloomberg are serving as moderators. Please email [email protected] if you want to be added to the list of those sent the Zoom link each week.
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Weekly Message from the Board President
Passover is Monday! It’s like having Thanksgiving twice a year. The Mt. Sinai family (including you!) will gather at the Synagogue on Monday night. The doors open at 5:30 with registration. Then at 6:00 Rabbi Halfon will begin the Seder. We’ll celebrate the way Jews have been doing it for thousands of years, including a great feast.
We always get a great crowd for our Seder and we’re looking forward to seeing you and everyone else. Sisterhood does a wonderful job in preparing the meal.
What would happen if pirates were involved in the Seder? We have a version of it, courtesy of the singing group Six13, and the worst eye patches we’ve ever seen.
We have two Batei Din this week – for Clarence Fisher and Brooke Farris. We hope all goes well and we are eager to welcome them into the family. It’s been said that Synagogues are the only places that create Jews. Clarence is already Jewish, but his and Brooke’s Batei Din are cause for celebration. We’ll see if we can raise our glasses in a toast during the Seder dinner.
There’s a presentation on safety at First United Methodist Church this week. We’ve had similar presentations at the Synagogue twice in recent years, but if you’d like a refresher, our congregation has been invited. The Cheyenne Police Department has developed a Crime Prevention team to share information with local business and organizations. Their presentation is Wednesday April 17th at 3:00pm in Allison Hall, 108 East 18th Street.
We have something coming up in May that could be worthwhile. Rabbi Halfon is very excited about a concert at the Boulder Theater, featuring Achinoam Nini “Noa” with special guests Gil Dor and Ruslan Sirota. It takes place on Wednesday, May 15th at 6:30pm. The concert is sponsored by Congregation Har HaShem, a Reform synagogue in Boulder, Colorado. Reach out to them for tickets – www.harhashem.org.
There’s an effort underway to sponsor a second chair for Tim Solon. Tim has one in the large sanctuary, but at his Shabbat honoring last month, an announcement was made about sponsoring a chair in the small sanctuary, to be located next to the one for Tim’s close friend Dorothy Feldman. Chairs in the small sanctuary are $1000. The money raised goes to the Endowment Fund. If you would like to help with Tim’s chair, please use our website or contact the Synagogue office.
Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:
A hunt hot moyre far a shtekn un a ruekh far tsitses.
A dog is afraid of a stick, and a devil is afraid of tzitzit.
Shalom,
Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors
Donations to Israel
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From Temple Emanuel: JEWISHcolorado donors have stepped forward to offer a dollar-for-dollar match up to $200,000 for donations to the Israel Emergency Fund. All emergency dollars will go to support efforts on the ground in Israel, aiding victims of terror, addressing trauma issues, and assisting with emergency medical and infrastructure needs. The match was launched by Barry and Gay Curtiss-Lusher from a shelter in a Tel Aviv Hotel and JEWISHcolorado Board Chair Ben Lusher and his wife Nicole.
April Birthdays
1 Nathan Weinstein
Gayle Wagner
3 Daniel Solish
4 Warren “Zeev” Osher
6 Sally Nolan
9 Cecilia Linn
16 Lynn Grimm
24 Carol Fischer
24 Cheryl Hite
24 Tori Rosenthal
29 Barbara Karz-Wagman