2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
[email protected]
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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, December 5 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Judaism 101/201/301 Ritual, Belief, History, and Culture with Rabbi Halfon. In person or online if you live out of town or due to weather. Please see the flyer for more information. The class meets in person at the Synagogue and on Zoom. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83180439331 Meeting ID: 831 8043 9331
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Thursday, December 7 – 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, December 8 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat services, 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, December 10 – 10 AM to 4 PM – See’s Candy Sale! Gift Shop will be open.
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Sunday, December 10 – 5 to 8 PM – Annual Chanukah party. Bring your menorahs and we will light candles together. Then we will enjoy latkes, suf!aniyot, and other goodies and play dreidel. Special children’s program begins at 5 PM. It will be on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81491393043 Meeting ID: 814 9139 3043
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Monday, December 11 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. For now Paul Everett and Jason Bloomberg will be serving as moderators since Rodger McDaniel is no longer able to participate until September 2024. 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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Monday, December 11 – 6 to 7 PM – 4th annual Northern Colorado-Wyoming Hanukkah lighting via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8671915734?pwd=T2JqYWpqOTh3d056MFdQSzlNRmFJUT09&omn=88486926166
Meeting ID: 867 191 5734
Passcode: 251977.
Tuesday, December 12 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Judaism 101/201/301 Ritual, Belief, History, and Culture with Rabbi Halfon. In person or online if you live out of town or due to weather. Please see the flyer for more information. The class meets in person at the Synagogue and on Zoom. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83180439331 Meeting ID: 831 8043 9331. The congregation is invited to participate in special Hanukah activities, including lighting candles.
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Thursday, December 14 – 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, December 15 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat services, 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, December 17 – 10 AM to 12 noon – Brunch at 10, followed by our Annual Congregational Meeting at 11.
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Sunday, December 17 – 10 AM to 4 PM – See’s Candy Sale! Gift Shop will be open.
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Sunday, December 17 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. New dancers are welcome.
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Monday, December 18 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. For now Paul Everett and Jason Bloomberg will be serving as moderators since Rodger McDaniel is no longer able to participate until September 2024. 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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SAVE THE DATE!
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Annual Christmas Eve Shalom Dinner at the China Buffet, 6:30 PM on Sunday, December 24.
Weekly Message from the Board President
It’s Hanukah week in Wyoming! The first night of Hanukah is this Thursday, December 7. There are lots of activities planned for the holiday.
Starting Thursday, on the first night, Jonathan, Courtney, and Noah Make are inviting the congregation to their home to light candles and celebrate the holiday. Please come at 7 PM. Here’s a note from Jonathan about it:
People should contact me and I will give them our address. And I would appreciate people letting us know they are coming and how many people will be there, even if they already know where we live.
Although Courtney does hope to make some food, I’m just not sure how much time she will end up having for that. So I guess you could also say that we would ask that people bring something to drink or a Hanukkah type food like latkes, jelly donuts, bagels, cream cheese, I don’t know, what else?
Contact Jonathan Make at [email protected].
Sunday morning, December 10, Rabbi Halfon will lead a Hanukah event at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Cheyenne. It’s at 3005 Thomes Avenue.
Our annual Hanukah Party is that evening… Sunday, December 10 at the Synagogue. It will start at 5 PM with special activities for the kids. Then we’ll line the wall of the Social Hall with menorahs, and all light them together. After that, we’ll enjoy potato latkes, sufganiyot, and more, and get challenged with serious games of dreidel. Rabbi Halfon will lead the singing and tell stories about the holiday, and host his annual Latke Bowl Trivia Contest. It will be on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81491393043 Meeting ID: 814 9139 3043
On Monday, December 11, the synagogues in northern Colorado have invited our congregation to participate in an online candle lighting. It will start at 6 PM. Rabbi Halfon will be participating in the service. It’s on Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8671915734?pwd=T2JqYWpqOTh3d056MFdQSzlNRmFJUT09&omn=88486926166
Meeting ID: 867 191 5734
Passcode: 251977
Then on Tuesday, December 12, the Rabbi will host a special Hanukah version of his Judaism class, and he’s invited the entire congregation. It will take place at 7 PM in the Synagogue, and also be on Zoom. The Zoom call starts at 6:30.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83180439331
Meeting ID: 831 8043 9331
On Saturday, December 16, our own Gayle Wagner will be presenting information and activities about Hanukah at the Wyoming State Museum. She will host a Chanukah table with gelt, Chanukah stickers and dreidels. Gayle will bring some menorahs to decorate and print out “how to play dreidel.” The event runs from 9 AM to noon and families are welcome to attend.
The See’s Candy Sale is going great. Stop by the Synagogue on Sundays from 10 to 4. But come soon. We don’t want to be out of your favorites, and the candy is going fast.
We are just a couple of weeks away from the annual congregation meeting. It’s Sunday, December 17, starting with brunch at 10 AM, and then the meeting itself at 11. We’ll be talking about the financial challenges facing the Synagogue and the budget for next year. We’ll also elect new members of the Board of Directors and hear from various committees about what they’ve been working on all year. The meeting is open to everyone, but only members in good standing (meaning their dues are paid up) can vote.
And one more thing… our biggest Shalom Dinner of the Year is coming up. It will be a China Buffet at 6:30 PM on Christmas Eve. (You know the Jewish tradition – eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve?) We’ll celebrate this most unusual tradition together.
Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:
An oks hot a lange tsung un ken keyn shoyfer nit blozn.
An ox has a long tongue but can’t blow a shofar.
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.
November Birthdays
1 Marilyn Beeman
3 Jared Miller
4 Julie Breen
7 Ya’el McLoud
11 Alan Wolf
11 Aviv Mantaka
19 Dennis Fisher
25 Therese McKinnon
25 Stephanie Ehrlich
26 James Peebles
27 Phyllis Bloomberg
27 Nolan Rap
29 Lila Gallensky
