Dear CBAJ family, Enclosed, you will find our annual High Holiday newsletter. Besides the Rabbi’s message and schedule for the upcoming weeks of events at CBAJ (which I personally leave on my countertop for daily reference), you’ll find an outline of our events schedule for the coming year - everything from family events to Rabbi Kean’s fall lecture series and weekly learning opportunities.
I’m grateful to be able to spend another High Holiday season in Albany, and you - congregants and members of the CBAJ family - are the biggest reason why. (Although I will confess I’m a little apprehensive about mid-October evenings in the Sukkah…)
On behalf of the CBAJ Board of Directors, I would like to wish you a Shana Tovah Umetukah. I hope to see you at an event or service in the very near future!
"And with a great shofar it is sounded, and a thin silent voice shall be heard. And the angels shall be alarmed, and dread and fear shall seize them…" –Unetaneh Tokef
Dear CBAJ family,
As the Yamim Noraim (High Holy Days) approach this year, and as the year 5784 comes to a close, I am overwhelmed and haunted by the question I have heard from the mouths of many in recent months: how would our tefilot (prayers) on last Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur been different if we knew what this past year would bring?
Apples and honey, traditions, & your legacy. For this Rosh Hashanah make a commitment that will be a sweet reminder of who you are and what is important to you.
CBAJ would like to thank and honor our community members who have already committed to leaving a legacy gift by joining our Legacy Society. Please email office@cbaj.org if you would like to be contacted by CBAJ's Life & Legacy committee co-chairs Ellen Kaplowitz and Paula Mosher
CBAJ ANNUAL SUKKAH BUILDING - PART 1 Sunday, September 29th, 8:45 am
Calling all volunteers to help build the frame of our sukkah! Folks with stepstools, small ladders, and solid gloves are encouraged to bring their own. We'll provide bagels, pastries, coffee, and juice. and then...
Why do Eruv Tavshilin? Eruv Tavshilin allows you to cook on Friday of a 3 day Yom Tov for Shabbat, even though normally, we do not cook on Yom Tov for the next day. What supplies do I need? One cooked dish, such as a hardboiled egg, and one baked dish, such a piece of matzah. When do I do it? Wednesday before the start of a "three day Yom Tov" in which Yom Tov leads into Shabbat. See the Koren Siddur, page 759, for the full text of the blessing, declaration, and instructions. It may be said in Hebrew or any other language.
Shabbat Shuva Drasha by Rabbi Kean Shabbat, October 5 Following 9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Services (Approx. 11 am)
Friday, October 25 Services & Dancing 9:00 AM Annual Ungerman Family Breakfast & Lunch
Shabbat Mornings, Grades K - 5, beginning September 28 10:00 AM to the end of services Meeting each day of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot! Led by new CBAJ youth directors Shore & Shajar Goldberg.
Mondays, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Open to anyone in grades 8 - 12 Dinner served each week. Semester began Monday, Sept. 23. We are still accepting enrollment. Please RSVP to rabbi@cbaj.org
SPECIAL dates: Rosh Hashanah 10/3 & Sukkot 10/17 This year, starting after Simchat Torah, Tot Shabbat will take place approximately every other Shabbat! Check weekly Shabbat notes for updates. All sessions run 10:30 - 11:30 am
Celebrate your Simcha with our special monthly Simcha Kiddush! Schedule to be announced - Stay Tuned!
Share your insights into one chapter of Tehilim (Psalms), what it means to you, and what it can teach us! Following Kiddush on winter Shabbats, begins Nov. 9 Contact Simma Kinderlehrer or Rabbi Kean to sign up
THURSDAYSTorah & Tea 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom Continuing to study II Kings SATURDAYSTalmud Shiur - Learn Masechet Makkot Daylight Saving Time: begins 1 hour before Shabbat afternoon Mincha Standard Time: begins 1 hour before Shabbat ends DAILY Nach Yomi Sunday at 7:30 AM, weekdays at 6:10 AM Join us as we work through all of Nevi'im (Prophets) & Ketuvim (Writings)
October 22 (Chol HaMoed Sukkot) The Time of Our Joy: Reading Kohelet on Sukkot October Lunch & Learn meets in the Sukkah (weather permitting)!
November 19 What We Know About Avraham's Son Yishmael
December 17 The Miracle of the Oil: A Miracle for Our Time
Tuesdays at 7:30 PM: November 5, November 12, December 3, December 10 In person in the Carr Chapel & ZOOM option to be made available
Save the date: Shabbat, November 16th Click here to Sponsor for this kiddush in honor of your Simcha
Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob 380 Whitehall Rd Albany, NY 12208
