Weekly Message from the Board President

Happy New Year! Let’s eat!  We’re only saying that because it seems like that’s how we celebrate every holiday.  But hey, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a good meal with friends.  So our first Shalom Dinner of 2026 will be Wednesday, January 14 at Olive Garden on Dell Range Blvd.  We haven’t been there since March, so it’s time for another taste of Italian food.  Meet us at 6:30 PM a week on January 14.

The See’s Candy Sale is still on!  We have a number of sweet treats available, including dark chocolates, almond royale and several different sugar free items.  The sugar free items are now 20% off! Use the form on our website to order: https://www.mtsinaicheyenne.org/sees-candy-order-form.

Kugel bakers, do you have your recipes selected?  The competition is tough in our annual Kugel Cookoff.  Our professional tasters (meaning everyone who shows up at the Kugel Cookoff) have very high standards – the Kugels have to taste good.

Here’s how it works.  Admission to the Kugel Cookoff is free.  There is no charge to taste the kugels, either.  People vote for their favorite kugel by putting dollars or our wooden shekels into a can in front of each kugel.  The kugels are anonymous, so no one knows who baked which one until the event is over.  The kugel that raises the most money wins… and the Synagogue wins, too.  We get to have you come to Mt. Sinai for a fun event, and we use the money raised for various Synagogue activities.  Plus the Kugels always taste really, really good.  Let’s call it a win-win-win.

The Kugel Cookoff will be Saturday night, January 24.  It will take place during a concert by Saul Kaye, a noted Jewish Blues singer.

Saul Kaye is coming to Cheyenne for a Scholar in Residence weekend.  He will lead services Friday night January 23, and Saturday morning January 24.  He’ll teach a class Saturday afternoon and then lead a Havdalah service.  The concert and Kugel cookoff will begin after that.

Looking ahead, Purim starts the evening of Monday, March 2^nd.  We’ll be scheduling our regular Purim party soon.  And we’ll be putting together our annual Purim baskets.  The Purim baskets include fruit, hamentashen and other treats, and go to members of our congregation.  You can include a special greeting to individual members or to everyone as part of the celebration of the holiday.  It’s a great way to let people know that you are thinking of them.  We’ll have more details as we get closer.

Passover starts the evening of Wednesday, April 1.  Our big Mt. Sinai Seder is coming up.  It’s always a great event… we typically get close to a hundred people coming to the Synagogue for the Passover story and to eat Matzah and other tradition foods.  Add that one to your calendar, too.

Looks like 2026 is shaping up to be a very good year!

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Zi vil dos telerl fun himl.         
She wants the saucer from heaven.

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

Community Partner with Family Promise of Cheyenne

January Birthdays

1              Chanie Mendelsohn

2              Jacob Westover

5              William Lucero

11           Stephanie White

12           Laurie Lerner

15           Steve Lerner

16           Zalman Mendelsohn

22           Thomas Silliman

25           Donna Pepper

26           Jacob Means

26           David Young

27           Erin Brown

28           Leo Wolfson

29           Howard Rodack