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GIRL
SCOUT SHABBAT SERVICE TONIGHT
MARCH
20, 6:00-7:30PM
Join area Scouts for an Erev Shabbat
service in the GRJC Sanctuary in honor of Girl
Scout Recognition Week.
A kosher
Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.
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 PASSOVER
2009 KOSHER WINE TASTING & SALE
Saturday, March 21, 8:30 PM
Orders due Sunday, March 22 at Noon.
Reserve a glass - call Eric Hutner at
201-652-6680 or ehutner@hutnerklarish.com
Order Form? http://grjc.org/Text/2009_Wine_Sale_Order_Form.pdf
More info?
http://grjc.org/Text/wine_sale_2009.htm and
What to buy? http://grjc.org/Text/Recommendations_2009.pdf
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GIMEL CLASS MOCK WEDDING
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22
CHUPAH AT 9:45AM
RECEPTION FOLLOWING CEREMONY
THE WHOLE MISHPACHA
(GRJC COMMUNITY AND
GUESTS) IS INVITED!
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The Future of Conservative Judaism
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 11 AM
TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM, Fair Lawn
PANELISTS:
RABBI GARY LISTOKIN - TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM
RABBI ARTHUR WEINER - THE JCC OF PARAMUS
RABBI RACHEL SCHWARTZ - COMPASSIONATE CARE
HOSPICE
RABBI NEIL TOW - GRJC
This event will be preceded by a continental
breakfast at 10am. It is free for those who
make reservations by phone to 201-797-9321 or
by email at TBSFL.MensClub@Gmail.Com. Without
reservations there will be a charge of $5 per
person for breakfast.
Please RSVP by Friday afternoon so that Temple
Beth Sholom can set enough seats for everyone
who attends.
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BEER TASTING EVENT
Thursday March 26 at 8:30.
We will be sampling different versions of
different styles of beers selected
from among the following categories:
 Ambers
Bitters
Lagers
Pilsners
Marzens
Porters
Stouts
Seasonals (such as kolsch, spring ale,
Oktoberfest, etc)
The evening will also feature some snacks (of
course)!
This event is open to ALL members of the
congregation and their guests.
FREE OF CHARGE for Men's Club Members. The
charge is $10 for GRJC Members who are not
Men's Club Members and $15 for all guests.
Reservations are required, so please contact
Rob Weiss at 212 212-448 6217 (office)
201 612 0674 (home) or by email at rweiss@mclaughlinstern.com
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GRJC 2009
Scholar in Residence:
Dr.
Elisheva Baumgarten
March 27th & 28th
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Baumgarten to
the GRJC in March as Scholar-in-residence.
She is a Professor at Bar Ilan University in
Israel and is now at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton. Her
book, Mothers and Children Jewish Family
Life in Medieval Europe, received the
Koret Foundation prize for best book in Jewish
history in 2005.
Dr.
Baumgarten will offer three sessions over the
course of Shabbat that will focus on the
history and development of the Jewish family,
gender roles and relationships in Jewish
society, and the place of women in Jewish
society throughout the ages. She will take
the wisdom of the past and help us apply it to
the present and future.
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 IN-SCHOOL
REGISTRATION for 2009-2010 SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
HEBREW SCHOOL
Sunday, March 29 10am
- noon
Bring the registration
packet you received in the mail; stop in the
GRJC on 3/29 with your completed forms and $50
registration fee (check or credit card).
OF COURSE, YOU MAY MAIL IN YOUR REGISTRATION
FORMS AS WELL!
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Shabbat, March
20-21, 2009
24-25 Adar, 5769
SHABBAT
HA'CHODESH
The
Torah portion for this week is
Vayakhel-Pikudey.
We light our Shabbat candles at 6:50 pm.
Friday night services will begin at 8 pm.
WE INVITE ALL THOSE WITH MARCH BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES TO RECEIVE A BLESSING AND SONG
AT THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE
Saturday morning services will begin at 9 am
and include the Gimel Class Shabbaton
Shabbat
ends at 7:51 pm Saturday.
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Shabbat Shalom to the GRJC family
This Shabbat we observe the fourth of the
special Shabbatot that precede Passover,
Shabbat ha'Chodesh. The words "ha'Chodesh"
meaning "this month" refer to the month that
is called Nisan, and this is the month in
which Passover occurs.
We find the words "ha'Chodesh" in the
beginning of the special Maftir reading for
this Shabbat from chapter twelve in Sefer
Shemot, the Book of Exodus. We read there
about how the month of Nisan will be the
month in which God saves the people and
takes them out of Egypt. The month of Nisan
will, then, be considered the first month in
the calendar. Technically speaking, the
Jewish religious/holiday calendar starts
with Passover in the springtime. The New
Year, as we move from 5769 to 5770 for
example, begins at Rosh Hashanah in the
fall.
The Rabbis of our tradition established the
Jewish calendar so that Passover would
always fall in the springtime, and the
renewing spirit of springtime is the right
one for Passover. Passover is a time that
celebrates a new beginning for the
Israelites in Egypt and for the Jewish
people in all the generations after the
Exodus. We clean out our homes of chametz,
leaven, and through this cleaning we also
attempt to remove the chametz from our souls
as well. Jewish tradition came to view
chametz in a spiritual sense. Chametz, in
other words, came to symbolize the buildup
of excess around our hearts and souls just
as leavened bread and foods rise or are
richer and thicker than unleavened foods.
We experience a new beginning when we return
to the simple matzot that the Israelites ate
on their way out of Egypt and that they
subsequently used in offerings in the
Tabernacle and later in the Temple in
Jerusalem. Matzoh, then, is a taste of
freedom and a taste that links us back to
the days of the Temple when God dwelled
among us in a presence above the Ark of the
Covenant. By celebrating Passover at
springtime, the revival of nature and the
renewal of the Israelites and the Jewish
people throughout the generations becomes a
reality each year as we sit down to our
Seders.
Since the month of Nisan is the beginning of
the religious or holiday calendar, we can
think about how we would like to enrich our
knowledge of our holidays and our practices
for the holidays. Here are a few ideas for
Passover: 1. Read through several Haggadahs
to get some new ideas for your Seder. I
will be happy to provide suggestions for
adding to the Seder as well.
2. Think about how as individuals or as
families we can carry the message of
Passover and upcoming holidays out into the
world. For example, Passover is a holiday
when we say "All who are hungry, let them
come and eat." How might we carry out this
idea? 3. Compare and contrast Passover
films from Cecil B. DeMille's "The 10
Commandments", to "The Prince of Egypt", to
"Rugrats Passover", even the Holocaust movie
"The Devil's Arithmetic" that has at its
basis a Passover Seder.
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy
Shabbat,
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Upcoming Week's Calendar
Sunday,
March 22
9:45
- 11:00
Gimel Class Mock
Weding
NOON:
Deadline for Passover Wine Orders
7:30 - 9:45pm
Melton II Adult Ed Class (Youth
Lounge)
Tuesday, March 24
9:30
- 10:45am
Mommy & Me
Thursday, March 26
8:30 - 10:30pm
Men's Club Beer
Tasting
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 Pampers
has a program called 1 pack = 1 vaccine.
Pampers will donate the cost of one tetanus
vaccine to the US Fund for Unicef for every
pack of specially marked Pampers diapers and
wipes purchased by May 1,2009. For those
congregants who have children or
grandchildren in diapers this seems to be a
"no-brainer". For those of us who do not
have anyone in diapers this can serve as a
double mitzvah: We can buy the SPECIALLY
MARKED Pamper diapers and wipes and drop
them off at the GRJC where they will be
donated to those in need of them. There is
only a short window of time to do this, so
please participate now!
For further info
please go to
www.pampers.com/en_US/unicef/tab/partner.
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Glen Rock Jewish Center
682 Harristown Road
Glen Rock, New Jersey 07452
(201) 652-6624 fax
(201)652-6628
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