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Weekly Message from the Board President

August is going to be a really busy time at your friendly, neighborhood Synagogue.  We have five things coming up in the next few weeks, and all of them are pretty interesting.  Let’s go chronologically.

This coming Sunday, August 7, Rabbi Halfon will hold a special service commemorating Tisha B’Av.  According to the Hebcal website, Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 655 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date. Tisha B’Av is never observed on Shabbat. If the 9th of Av falls on a Saturday, the fast is postponed until the 10th of Av.

Tisha B’Av is usually celebrated with a fast and is considered a period of mourning.  Rabbi Halfon will hold a service in the Synagogue on Sunday, starting at 7 PM.  He says it will not be a downer.  It will be available on Zoom.  The Zoom meeting will start at 6:30 PM.  Here’s the Zoom info:  Meeting ID: 836 9533 5598.  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83695335598.

The Laramie County Library is holding a special exhibit about the Holocaust. On Tuesday, August 9 at 6 PM, Rabbi Halfon will lead a discussion.  Here’s what the Library says about it. 

“As it became clear by at least 1942 that the ultimate goal of the Nazi regime was the extermination of all Jews worldwide, Jews and their allies mounted many forms of physical, spiritual, and political resistance, particularly in the “ghettoes” (walled-in sections of cities the Nazis had created), extermination and work camps, and forests throughout Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and elsewhere. Rabbi Halfon – who has studied the period extensively – will discuss just a handful of such uprisings and acts of resistance (both spiritual and personal as well as physical), and as an added bonus, he will perform songs of the “Partizaner” fighters of that time in both Yiddish and English translation. This event is part of the library’s programming for Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition for libraries, currently on display at Laramie County Library in Cheyenne.”

It has been years since we celebrated a Bar Mitzvah at Mt. Sinai.  That drought ends on Saturday, August 13, when Simon Wolf climbs to the Bima and performs the service.  Simon has been working very hard and we are looking forward to his service.  The service begins at 10 AM in the Synagogue.  The Zoom broadcast starts at 9:30.
Meeting ID: 891 4335 3884
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89143353884

The next day, Sunday, August 14, will be something new.  Three of the Jewish congregations in northern Colorado have decided to get together, and they’ve invited Mt. Sinai Congregation to come down and join them.  We will all meet at a park in Ft. Collins.  It will take place from 2 to 5 PM at Roland Moore Park, 2201 N Shields St, in Fort Collins.  There will be food, singing, and an opportunity to connect with Jews from other Synagogues in our region.  It sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

So that’s the next two weeks.  It is pretty busy, but we should also mention that the Rabbi is planning an open house and will be hanging mezuzot in his home, later in the month.  We’ll have more details on that when we get closer.

We mentioned Simon Wolf’s Bar Mitzvah earlier.  The Endowment Fund would like to honor Simon with a plaque with his name on it in our large sanctuary.  It’s a fundraiser for the Endowment Fund, of course, but it is also a nice way for the congregation to commemorate Simon.

The plaques are $500, but an anonymous donor is willing to donate half that amount under certain conditions.  If you would like to help, please use our website or contact the Synagogue office.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Oyb di bobe volt gehat reder, volt zi geven a vogn.
If grandma had wheels, she would be a wagon.

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

Four Congregation Inter-Congregational Gathering at
Roland Moore Park

Temple Or Hadash, Congregation Har Shalom,
Beth Israel Congregation, and Mt. Sinai Congregation
are joining forces to host an
Inter-Congregational Gathering
at Rolland Moore Park.

Sunday,
August 14,
2:00-5:00

Hike, Schmooze, and engage in meaningful dialogue,
bring your own dinner.

Our congregations are working together to build a vibrant
Jewish culture in Northern Colorado and Wyoming.

Those interested in a relaxed hike along the Spring Creek Trail
can meet at Pavilion #2 in Rolland Moore Park at 2:00PM

For those who would like to stay for a picnic dinner,
please bring your own meal.

Water will be provided.

We are eager to bring the congregations together
with more social activities.

Don’t miss this opportunity to interact
with other like-minded Jews in the area.

RSVP
[email protected]

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August Birthdays

4             Rosalyn Baker

6             Ashley Ginsburg

Ali Weinstein

9             Jonathan Make

13          Rick Wagner

14           Jill Zarend-Peebles

15           Logan McLoud

16           Michael Rosenthal

18           Howard Schneider

20           Katie Lerner

22           Warrie Means

24           Jenny Coelho

Jacklyn Humphrey

25           Tim Solon

27           Priscilla Golden

28           Babs Klein

29          Chris Humphrey

31           Nate Breen