Happy Passover!  Passover begins Wednesday night, April 1, and Mt. Sinai is ready.  We’ll be holding our annual Passover Seder Wednesday night.  Registration begins at 5:30 PM in the Social Hall.  That’s for people who already sent in their RSVP with their preferences for the main entrée.  It’s where you will pay for the Seder.  If you haven’t RSVP’d, you can still come, but there’s no guarantees you will get the food you want, or that there will be a seat available. 

The Seder begins promptly at 6.  It will feature the story of the Exodus, and delicious treats like matzo ball soup, gefilte fish, matzo, karpas, haroseth, and more.  We always get a good crowd for our Seder, and we’re looking forward to it.

To help you get in the mood, here’s a video from the group Six13, getting funky with Uptown Passover:

Passover is also the start of changing our diets to avoid eating Chametz, which are items made from wheat, barley, rye, oats, and spelt. Many Ashkenazic Jews also avoid rice, corn, soy, and legumes, known as kitniyot.  It’s a temporary change, and we can go back to eating Chametz after Passover ends.  So let’s celebrate (any excuse for a party, right?) 

Let’s have a pizza and beer (and soft drinks) party on Sunday, April 12, at 5 PM at the Synagogue.  This will also serve as our Shalom Dinner for April.  Bring a pizza from your favorite pizza place or just come and enjoy pizzas that others have brought.  The Synagogue will supply the soft drinks.  Beer selections are up to you.

Our thanks to Rabbi Mitch Delcau, who came to Cheyenne with his wife Kelley and beautiful baby daughter Lili this past weekend.  Rabbi Delcau led services Friday night and Saturday morning, taught a class Saturday evening, and conducted a Havdalah service after that. 

Here are the videos from Rabbi Delcau’s Scholar In Residence Weekend:

This is the Friday night service:

Here is Rabbi Delcau’s Saturday morning service:

And this is the Rabbi’s Saturday evening class and Havdalah service:

Rabbi Delcau was the final candidate for this round of applicants for Mt. Sinai’s religious leader.  The search committee will meet after Passover and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors.  The Board will then make a final decision on which candidate we would like to have serve our community.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

S’iz a shturem in a gloz vaser.
It’s a storm in a glass of water.