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 select Saturdays at 10 AM. Friday night and scheduled Saturday morning services are announced on our website, Facebook page, and our weekly newsletter. 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
Thursday, April 3 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday.
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Friday, April 4 – 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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Saturday, April 5 – 10 to 11:30 AM – Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Halfon.
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Sunday, April 6 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Sisterhood Meeting.
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Sunday, April 6 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. Come join us!
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Monday, April 7 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Jason Bloomberg is the moderator. 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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Thursday, April 10 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday.
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Friday, April 11 – 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 13 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing cancelled.
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Sunday, April 13 – Passover Seder. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Seder starts promptly at 6 PM.
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Monday, April 14 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Jason Bloomberg is the moderator. 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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Wednesday, April 16 – 6:30 PM – Board Meeting via Zoom.
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SAVE THE DATE
We have chosen for our next Hadassah Book Group read Francine Klagsbrun’s Henrietta Szold Hadassah and the Zionist Dream. We will meet in person and via Zoom on Sunday, June 22nd at 4:00 p.m. at Wendy Berelson’s residence. Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with Hadassah, Szold used a combined ethical and pragmatic approach aimed at improving the lives of both Jews and Arabs. She later moved to Mandate Palestine to help shape education, health, and social services there. The pinnacle of her career came in her seventies, when she took on the task of directing the Youth Aliyah program, which rescued thousands of young people from the Nazis and resettled them in Palestine.
Weekly Message from the Board President
There have been many great movies that tell the story of Passover – The 10 Commandments, made in 1956, and the animated movie, Prince of Egypt, are two that come to mind. Passover starts on the evening of Saturday, April 12th. The Mt. Sinai Seder will be the following evening, on Sunday, April 13th.
To get you “warmed up” for the holiday, here’s a clip from Prince of Egypt. It’s the song “When you Believe” sung by Michelle Pfeiffer and Sally Dworsky.
We mentioned this last week, but Jonathan, Courtney, and Noah Make are inviting the community to their home for a family-style Seder on Saturday, April 12th. Please email Courtney at [email protected] if you would like to come.
The Synagogue seder is one of the most popular events of the year. We’re looking forward to seeing you there! And after Passover, when we can again enjoy chametz in all its forms, we’ll hold a Chametz Party as a Shabbat dinner on Friday night, April 25. Come at 6:00 PM to enjoy pizza, beer, and soft drinks, and then join us for Shabbat services.
This coming Wednesday, April 2nd, Chabad of Laramie is holding a Model Matzah Bakery. You’ll learn how to winnow, separate, and grind wheat, how to make and sift flour, and how to roll out and bake your own matzah. It takes place Wednesday at 5 PM in Laramie. Please visit www.JewishLaramie.com/MatzahBake if you would like to attend.
Cooking for the Yiddish Food Festival will begin after Passover. There’s a lot of cooking to be done – the Festival attracts hundreds of people from all over the region. We are going to need lots of volunteers… not only for the cooking but for the day of the Festival itself.
The Yiddish Food Festival will be Sunday, June 1. It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Synagogue, but it also costs quite a bit to put on. We have to buy the food we use to prepare all of the dishes, pay for the Klezmer band to perform, and buy advertising to promote the event. One of the ways we make money on the Festival is through sponsorships.
We thank the sponsors with signs placed around the Festival. Sponsorships are $250. Please consider becoming a sponsor for the Yiddish Food Festival. You can use our website or contact the Synagogue office.
Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:
“Odem yesoydoy meyofor vesoyfo leyofor”— beyne-leveyne iz gut a trunk bronfn.
“Man begins in dust and ends in dust”— meanwhile it’s good to drink some brandy.
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.
March Birthdays
3 Marshall Brown
5 Denise Bendori
9 David Silver
Daniel Hillshafer
14 Max da Veiga
21 Sihaya Reid
26 Esme Reid
28 Jason Bloomberg
28 Rich Menkin
28 Morris Gardner