2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
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Shabbat Services

Please join us for Shabbat services every Friday evening at 7 PM.  Shabbat Services are also held on select Saturdays at 10 AM.  Friday night and scheduled Saturday morning services are announced on our website, Facebook page, and our weekly newsletter. 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, January 21 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Introduction to Judaism class, “Deeper Judaism” on Zoom.  Class begins at 7.  Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM.  Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83666626920.  Meeting ID: 836 6662 6920

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Wednesday, January 22 – 6:30 PM – Shalom Dinner at The Office Bar & Grill, 1600 E Pershing Blvd. 

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Thursday, January 23 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday. Led by Rabbi Halfon.

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Friday, January 24 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Halfon, in person and via Zoom. Annual Debbie Friedman Memorial Shabbat.  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, January 26 – 1 to 4 PM – Annual Kugel Cook Off and City Creek Band Concert.

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Monday, January 27 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Jason Bloomberg is the moderator.  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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Tuesday, January 28 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Introduction to Judaism class, “Deeper Judaism” on Zoom.  Class begins at 7.  Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM.  Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83666626920.  Meeting ID: 836 6662 6920

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Thursday, January 30 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday. Led by Rabbi Halfon.

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Friday, January 31 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service 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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Saturday, February 1 – 10 to 11:30 AM – Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Halfon on Parshat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16, as well as Va-Era – plagues).

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SAVE THE DATE!

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The next statewide Hadassah Book Group is tentatively set for Sunday, March 9 at 4 PM at Wendy Berelson’s house in Laramie.  We have picked Alice Hoffman’s new novel When We Flew Away.  From Amazon: “Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Message from the Board President

 

There is a close personal connection between someone in our congregation, and one of the hostages released by Hamas yesterday.  Emily Damari is a friend of Matani Ravenna.  Emily’s older brother Ben was an officer that Matani reported to for more than a year when he served in the Israeli Defense Force.  Matani has been in touch with someone close to Ben.  He says that Emily “seems unbroken and in great spirits.  She is missing two fingers and has been reunited with her family.”

Matani sent us a screen shot of Emily talking and waving on a video call.

A cease fire was reached in the war between Israel and Hamas and went into effect yesterday.  As part of the agreement, 33 hostages were due to be released, including two American citizens.  Emily Damari was one of the first to be set free.

The cease fire and release of the hostages are cause for celebration, and we have two events coming up this week that we can use to celebrate.

On Wednesday, we’re all getting together at the Office Restaurant on Pershing Blvd. for our Shalom Dinner.  We’ll meet at 6:30 PM.  Let’s drink a toast to the cease fire and the release of the hostages.

Then on Sunday, we’re holding our annual Kugel Cookoff.  The City Creek Band, featuring Daniel Hillshafer, will be performing starting at 1 PM.  We’ll pause the festivities to taste test kugels baked by our best chefs in town.  We’ll offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the end of hostilities in the Middle East, and the return of the hostages.  Then we’ll see who has baked the best-tasting kugel in the world (or at least Cheyenne).

Our thanks to Noah Make, who created a very nice flyer advertising the concert and Cookoff.

Sisterhood is launching a new and exciting fundraiser.  They’ll be making loaves of Challah in different flavors and offering them for sale. One of the flavors will be related to an upcoming holiday. Here’s a note from Carol Fischer about it:

The upcoming holiday is Valentine’s Day and the challah will be a braided chocolate and strawberry challah that may be heart shaped ($9). A 1 pound challah for $7 and ½ pound challah for $5. There is a $4 delivery fee if it needs to be delivered. The orders will need to come in through a form on the website so we know how many to make and will be made the 9th and 10th of February for pick up on the 11th or 13 just in time for Valentine’s Day.

We’ll get the order form programmed on the website soon.

Israeli dancing is taking a break.  The Sunday sessions will be on hiatus from January 26 (next Sunday) through February 16.  The dancers will be kicking up their heels again on February 23.

The Mt. Sinai Board of Directors met last week.  We’ll have more from the meeting in our next newsletter, but we want to give you an early heads up.  On Friday, February 21, our Shabbat service will be led by the women in our community.  Those are always very popular and draw a good crowd.  If you would like to participate (maybe reading a prayer in English or Hebrew?), please contact the Synagogue office.  We’ll make you a star!

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Zi iz a baleboste iber a heyptl kroyt.
She’s the proprietress of a head of cabbage.

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

 

Donations to Israel

If you would like to send money to Israel, here are some options:

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From Hadassah:  If you would like to donate to Hadassah during Israel’s time of great need the link is below. Hadassah Medical Organization acted swiftly after the assault by Hamas and is treating many of the injured as well as deploying emergency measures to protect and heal the people of Israel.  https://hadassah.gospringboard.com/secure/israelatwar?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Crisis+Email+Gaza+Attack+100823&utm_id=101878&sfmc_id=60158851
 
From Rabbi Halfon: I urge you support the Sheba Medical Center’s on the ground in Israel, by donating HERE.https://give.afsmc.org/give/525518/#!/donation/checkout
 

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.

 

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

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