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Upcoming Events

What’s Happening at Temple Sinai? Well, quite a bit!

You’ll find our upcoming events for the month in the calendar and below, and underneath the calendar are events with detail.
Click right on the event within the calendar to see details.

Jewish History Study Group
Jul
30
Book Group, Classes

Jewish History Study Group

New book: Days of Honey: The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan by Irene Awret.

The story of Rafael Uzan, a native of Nabeul, Tunisia--a former shoemaker, pensioned gardener, and today a successful primitive artist in Israel--is also the story of the brusquely uprooted North African Jewry.

Meet in person and over Zoom.

Contact Temple Sinai’s Executive Director for login info.

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Aug
2

Erev Tisha B'Av at Ohavi Zedek

Temple Sinai will not be having a traditional service for Tisha B’Av as we will be showing a movie on Sunday, August 3rd.

If you are looking for something more traditional, you may join Ohavi Zedek for an evening of solemn contemplation and commemoration of the destruction of the Temples and tragedies that have since befallen us.

Evening service will include havdalah, reading of Eikha (Lamentations), and singing of kinot.

Please contact Ohavi Zedek with any questions.

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Tisha B’av - Jewish Day of Mourning Film Screening
Aug
3
Worship Services

Tisha B’av - Jewish Day of Mourning Film Screening

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The Jewish Day of Mourning. This day of mourning and fasting commemorates the destruction of both Temples and the resulting exiles, as well as many tragic events in Jewish history since then. To honor this day, we will screen the award winning film, We Will Dance Again: Surviving October 7th.

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Grief Group
Aug
4

Grief Group

Rabbi David has convened a self-selected group to meet and discuss our experiences of grief in mourning from a Jewish perspective. You can join in with other congregants in a small group setting as we share and process our individual experiences of grief for lost family and friends, whether recently deceased or lost in the past.

In Person Only

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Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Aug
18
Classes & Workshops

Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah

Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington.   It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners.  The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.  

We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up.  Everything usually wraps up around 7pm. 

Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support?  To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.

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Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Sep
15
Classes & Workshops

Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah

Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington.   It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners.  The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time. 

We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up.  Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.  

Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support?  To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.

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Rosh Hashanah
Sep
23
Worship Services, High Holy Days

Rosh Hashanah

A music and prayer-filled worship service to celebrate the New Year and new beginnings.   We will sound the Shofar.  We will read and reflect on the story of the Binding of Isaac and how that story unfolds in our lives today.  Our Torah reading features teen and adult readers, and our music will include adult and youth choirs, acapella groups, and beloved tunes of the Holy Days.   

Password required for Zoom. Please get in touch with Temple Sinai before the holiday if you do not have the password.

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Reverse Tashlich
Sep
28
social action, High Holy Days

Reverse Tashlich

This event is appropriate for people of all ages, and will include group clean up activities facilitated by community members who have been involved in the Barge Canal area management.

About Reverse Tashlich: This program is a recent add-on to the Jewish traditional Tashlich, an annual ritual in which some jewish people throw crumbs of bread into a body of water during the Rosh Hashanah holiday. The physical act of tossing crumbs is metaphor for the mental process of seeking to toss away bad habits and improve ourselves in the coming year.

Burlington’s ‘Reverse Tashlich’ began in 2022 when, we join 240+ other communities in this new traditional of cleaning up a body of water.

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Oct
1
Classes & Workshops

NO Knitzvah Group

There will be no Knitzvah group this week due to Yom Kippur.

Please join us NEXT WEEK if you knit or crochet or want to learn.

Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.

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Jewish History Study Group
Jul
23
Book Group, Classes

Jewish History Study Group

New book: Days of Honey: The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan by Irene Awret.

The story of Rafael Uzan, a native of Nabeul, Tunisia--a former shoemaker, pensioned gardener, and today a successful primitive artist in Israel--is also the story of the brusquely uprooted North African Jewry.

Meet in person and over Zoom.

Contact Temple Sinai’s Executive Director for login info.

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6th Annual Summer Picnic
Jul
13
Sisterhood, Avodah

6th Annual Summer Picnic

All Temple Members and Families are Welcome!
Co-sponsored by: Sisterhood, Avodah, and Membership Committee

Please join us for a fun afternoon! Veterans Memorial Park for our Annual Picnic!. No dogs, glass containers, or alcohol are allowed.

This year, again, is a COLD DISH PICNIC; we will not be grilling. Please bring a main dish, salad, veggies, fruit, etc. When you register, there will be a place to say what you are bringing.

We request that each family bring a dish to share. We supply paper goods, snacks, and dessert; drinks for your family are BYO.

What to bring: Chair, umbrellas or pop-ups for shade, games, and drinks for your family.
Parking Fee: Free.

Rain Date: Saturday, July 20th

RSVP BY JULY 9TH!

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Jewish History Study Group
Jul
9
Book Group, Classes

Jewish History Study Group

New book: Days of Honey: The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan by Irene Awret.

The story of Rafael Uzan, a native of Nabeul, Tunisia--a former shoemaker, pensioned gardener, and today a successful primitive artist in Israel--is also the story of the brusquely uprooted North African Jewry.

Meet in person and over Zoom.

Contact Temple Sinai’s Executive Director for login info.

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Jewish History Study Group
Jul
2
Book Group, Classes

Jewish History Study Group

New book: Days of Honey: The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan by Irene Awret.

The story of Rafael Uzan, a native of Nabeul, Tunisia--a former shoemaker, pensioned gardener, and today a successful primitive artist in Israel--is also the story of the brusquely uprooted North African Jewry.

Meet in person and over Zoom.

Contact Temple Sinai’s Executive Director for login info.

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