Chavura Services The Johannesburg Egalitarian Chavura holds its next meeting this Friday night at 6.30pm. The Chavura meets once a month for an alternative service. If you think you’d enjoy a warm relaxed atmosphere, participating in the singing, and even in the interactive sermon led by Dr David Bilchitz, then chavura is for you.
Monthly Archive: March 2012
Mar 29
Torah Breakfast: David Bilchitz on the Haggadah
TORAH BREAKFASTS Shabbat morning at 8.30 a.m. Please join us for a light breakfast and listen to our guest speaker. This week Prof. David Bilchitz will discuss ‘Explorations in the Haggadah: a Pesach special’ There will be no Torah Breakfast next week (ie. at Pesach). >>Share your special occasion by sponsoring a Torah breakfast. R150 …
Mar 29
Our services this Shabbat, 30-31 March
SHABBAT TZAV / SHABBAT HAGADOL 8 Nissan 5772 FRIDAY 30 MARCH Evening service at 6.00 p.m. The Evening service will be followed by a Kiddush. Chocolates sponsored by Maureen and Maurice Katzeff SATURDAY 31 MARCH Morning service at 10.00 a.m. The service will be followed by a Kiddush Special Occasion? If you have a birthday, …
Mar 29
SAUPJ appeals for conference sponsors
The SAUPJ is in need of sponsors for their 80th Anniversary Conference. There are opportunities to sponsor part of the programme that features international and local luminaries in Progressive Jewish Life as well as superb kosher meals. Or you could take an advert in the official SAUPJ 80th Anniversary Commemorative Publication. The publication will be …
Mar 29
Children in Our Services: Proposal for a Kiddies Corner
In the introduction to the Midrash Lamentations Rabbah we find the following exchange: R. Abba b. Kahuna said: ‘No philosophers have arisen among the nations to equal Balaam and Abnimos, the weaver [probably the Cynic philosopher Oenomaus]. They said to them, ‘Can we attack this people’? [Israel]. They replied, ‘Go to their houses of assembly. …
Mar 22
Let’s try to revive the Saturday service
Beit Emanuel has traditionally been a Friday evening rather than a Saturday morning congregation, with the largest attendance being at the Erev Shabbat service. Having said that, however, we do hold a full Torah service at 10h00 every Saturday morning. So, if you can’t make the Erev Shabbat service on a Friday evening (or want …
Mar 22
Shammas needed to help at Pesach service
We are urgently looking for a Shammas to assist at the Shabbat/Pesach morning service on Saturday, 7 April 2012. If you are able to assist and have some experience as a Shammas at Beit Emanuel (or elsewhere), please contact the shul office on 011 646 6170 or David Silman on 083 554 7647 or luftmensch@tiscali.co.za.
Mar 22
Torah Breakfast, March 24: Rabbi Ash on Mishkan Tefilah
Shabbat morning at 8.30 a.m. Please join us for a light breakfast and listen to our guest speakers. This week Rabbi Ash will be ‘Exploring the prayers of Mishkan Tefilah’ Next week Prof. David Bilchitz will discuss ‘Explorations in the Haggadah: a Pesach special’ >>Share your special occasion by sponsoring a Torah breakfast. R150 will …
Mar 22
Our Shabbat services for weekend of 23 March
SHABBAT VAYIKRA and SHABBAT HACHODESH FRIDAY 23 MARCH Evening service at 6.00 p.m.The Evening service will be followed by a Kiddush sponsored by Simon Hochschild on the occasion of his birthday. Happy Birthday! SATURDAY 24 MARCH Morning service at 10.00 a.m.The service will be followed by a Kiddush Special Occasion? If you have a birthday, …
Mar 19
Suitable mikveh now available to those who wish to use it
Mikveh/Tevilah A t the time that some of our members completed their conversion, the SAUPJ did not have access to a mikveh, the ritual pool we use for, among other things, immersing new converts as part of the process of becoming Jewish. Although many Progressive communities don’t insist on this ritual, in South Africa we …
Mar 19
SAUPJ 80th anniversary conference
A Magen David studded conference for all South Africa’s Progressive Jews is now open for registration. Celebrating 80 years of the national SAUPJ, the conference will take place in Johannesburg between 07 and 10 June. Register online! Make this conference memorable: Sponsor part of the programme that features superb kosher meals, and international and local …
Mar 19
Chavura: An egalitarian service once a month
The Johannesburg Egalitarian Chavura meets once a month at Beit Emanuel for an alternative service. If you think you’d enjoy a warm relaxed atmosphere, participating in the singing, and even in the interactive sermon led by Dr David Bilchitz, then chavura is for you. The next chavura service will be on Friday, 30 March 2012 …
Mar 08
Festivals calendar for 2012
An updated festivals calendar for 2012: Pesach Eve 6 April Pesach Day 1 7 April Pesach Day 7 13 April Shavuot 27 May Tisha B’Av 28 July Erev Rosh Hashanah 16 September Rosh Hashanah Day 1 17 September Kol Nidre 25 September Yom Kippur 26 September Sukkot 1 October Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah 8 October
Mar 08
Torah Breakfast Saturday 10 March: David Bilchitz
Shabbat morning at 8.30 a.m. Please join us for a light breakfast and listen to our guest speakers. This week Prof. David Bilchitz will discuss: ‘Exploring the meaning and history of the mourner’s Kaddish’ Next week Lewis Levin will continue his ‘Explorations in Talmud’ >> Share your special occasion by sponsoring a Torah breakfast., R150 …
Mar 08
Our services on Shabbat Ki Tisa, 9-10 March
FRIDAY 9 MARCH Evening service at 6.00 p.m. Chavura service at 6.30 p.m. The Evening service will be followed by a Kiddush. Please join us. SATURDAY 10 MARCH Morning service at 10.00 a.m. The service will be followed by a Kiddush. Please join us. Special Occasion? If you have a birthday, anniversary or similar occasion, …