Have you seen them?  Our banners advertising the Yiddish Food Festival went up over the weekend at Lions, Cahill, Brimmer, and Holiday Parks.  And our billboards are up in four locations around town.  The Yiddish Food Festival is just two weeks away, on Sunday, June 7, and we’re in the final push to get everything ready.

Our volunteers have been spending hours in the Synagogue kitchen, preparing amazing amounts of food for our guests.  Last year, we had almost 1,000 people come through our doors during the Festival (we counted – it was 968.) So we’re expecting a very good crowd this year.

In addition to the food, Rabbi Delcau will introduce himself to the community with Ask the Rabbi sessions.  Our guests are invited to come and talk with the Rabbi and ask anything they want.  There will be tours of the Synagogue, a Klezmer band will take the stage, and our Israeli Folk Dancers will perform. 

The Yiddish Food Festival is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and many people in the community look forward to it and come back year after year. 

We are going to need lots of volunteers.  We need people to man the food booths, help in the kitchen, help with the shekel sales, and more.  If you have even a couple of hours to spare, please come to the Synagogue on Sunday, June 7 at 9:00 AM.  Our doors open to the public at 11 and we want everything to be perfect when they come in.

We’re going to be setting up the social hall next week for the Festival and putting out all of our long tables and chairs.  We need your help with something ahead of time.  The library has some excess books they would like to give away.  They are on white shelves on the left side of the room as you enter.  We’re going to need those shelves for the Festival, so please come to the Synagogue and help yourself to the books on those shelves.

Special thanks to Rabbi Delcau.  He led services this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, to help us celebrate Shavuot and Shabbat.  All of the services were well attended.  And then he and his family came back to the Synagogue on Sunday to help with the cooking for the Festival.

Rabbi Delcau’s official start date is next Monday.  He will be taking over Torah Tuesday from Jeff Weinstein.  Jeff did a fantastic job leading the discussions of the Torah over the past year.  It’s time for him to take a break, and we’re looking forward to seeing Rabbi Delcau leading the talks.

Did you know that Mt. Sinai has its own YouTube channel?  We have 159 videos on there, including many Shabbat services, as well as holidays and other observances.  You can see it by clicking here:  https://www.youtube.com/@techmtsinai3607.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Er iz antlofn vu der shvartser fefer vakst.    
He ran off to the place where black pepper grows.