Shavuot is coming up.  It’s when we celebrate receiving the Ten Commandments and the Torah.  The holiday begins Thursday, May 21, and ends Saturday night, May 23.

Rabbi Delcau isn’t officially due to start at Mt. Sinai until June 1^st, but he plans to come up early to help us celebrate.

Rabbi Delcau will lead a Festival Service including a Torah study session that will last about an hour on Thursday night.  There will not be services Friday morning.

Friday night services will be a Kabbalat Shabbat and Festival service with a sermon or teaching about Shavuot.  The Rabbi will also lead services Saturday morning, May 23, which will include an Aliyah for the Ten Commandments.  He plans to include a Yizkor service as well.

Dairy is the usual type of food served to celebrate Shavuot, and the plan is to hold a dairy Kiddush luncheon at the Synagogue after Saturday morning services.

Receiving the Ten Commandments, the Torah, and Rabbi Delcau, all at the same time.  That’s a nice coincidence!

Our next Shalom Dinner is coming up.  We’ll be enjoying the Italian fare at L’Osteria Mondello’s, off of Dell Range Blvd, on Wednesday, May 13.  Our reservation is for 6:30 PM.  Come join us for dinner!

Speaking of food (just about our favorite subject), our volunteers are hard at work cooking for the Yiddish Food Festival.  They are at the Synagogue on Thursdays after 5 PM, and Sunday mornings at 10.  We need more volunteers!  Jump in and lend a hand.  The Yiddish Food Festival is Sunday, June 7, and we’re expecting lots of hungry people.

There is still time to become a sponsor of the Festival.  The names of the sponsors are printed on large posters that we hang in several locations in the social hall.  We have to get the names to the printer soon, so don’t delay.  Sponsorships are $250, and are one of the main ways we make money from the Festival.  And since we are getting a new roof for the Synagogue, anything we can do to raise money will help.

A special congratulations and Mazel Tov to Cameron and Amanda Marshall!  They welcomed Lewis Cameron Marshall into the world on April 25. On May 3, 2026 he was blessed and given his Hebrew name, Levi ben Sarah by Rabbi Halfon.

This Friday, May 8 will be our next Women’s Shabbat.  The women in the congregation will take over the Bima and lead services.  Our thanks to Gayle Wagner and Courtney Schlisserman for getting everything organized.  The Women’s Shabbat services are very popular and always draw a good crowd.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Er rayt af tsvey ferd.
He’s riding on two horses.