No, it isn’t a misprint! The New Jewish Year is 5784! Congregation B’nai Midbar at SaddleBrooke will be holding Rosh Hashanah evening services on Wednesday, October 2 and morning services on Thursday, October 3. Yom Kippur services will be held on Friday, October 11, (in the evening) and Saturday, October 12 (during the day).
Rabbi Danny Price will be officiating in his role as our new rabbi. Cantorial Soloist Eliyanah Powers and Dr. Josh Nichols, our accompanist, will be returning to the pulpit.
Getting to Know YouWe are fortunate to live in a community of many activities and events. Often, we are too busy to just relax and say ‘hello’.
This year is a bit different in welcoming a new Rabbi to our pulpit and learning more about our cantorial soloist and accompanist.
In that spirit, B’nai Midbar invites all members and non-members of the Northwest Tucson Jewish Community to gather to meet Rabbi Price, Eliyanah Powers and Josh Nichols on Sunday, August 25, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., on the Patio Tennis Courts.
Let us celebrate with each other and the coming of the high holidays. Making new friends and rediscovering our friends, to share experiences, stories and have, of course, light snacks and cool drinks!
To RSVP, call Esta Goldstein by Tuesday, August 20 at (520) 825-1181.
A TraditionAt the end of Rosh Hashanah morning services B’nai Midbar offers honey cakes, to attendees in celebration of the New Year. To have enough honey cakes we look to volunteers ‘The Honey Cake, Bakers’ to bake. If you are willing to bake and help B’nai Midbar make 5785 a sweet new Year, email Melanie Einbund at meinbund@sbcglobal.net.
Remembering, Honoring and Worth Repeating All of us have experienced at one time or another the loss of someone dear. A Jewish practice is Yahrzeit (the Yiddish word for “anniversary,”) and refers specifically to the anniversary of the date of a person’s passing. We commemorate the event with a candle and recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. B’nai Midbar is fortunate that Jeff Syden and Joel Wyner created a web page for our congregation who wish to honor the passing of a person(s). Jeff took me through the learning curve to access and add my loved ones to the site. But some background information first…
The site has (the site still uses the name IJSS) partnered with the National Jewish Memorial Wall to provide a way that Congregants and friends can commemorate and acknowledge their deceased. Since we haven’t a permanent building, this website augments the plaque and Yahrzeit memorial that would normally be in the synagogue. The site identifies the Yahrzeit remembrance, sends reminders and has a place where you can store your personal memories of the deceased. Primarily this is a platform for our community to capture family history and heritage through the sharing of stories and pictures. You can access the site online at mjmw.org/ijss or national jewishmemorialwall.com/ijss. Once on the site, you will find many choices you can explore including online plaques, Yahrzeit reminders, planting a tree in Israel and other options. We encourage you to look, review plans and their pricing. If you need assistance, email Joel Wyner at jjaz612@q.com or Jeff Syden at jefsy760@gmail.com. They will be happy to assist you. Know Know that online, the name change to B’nai Midbarwill occur at a later date.
B’nai Midbar is a welcoming congregation. Our members and their needs are our primary focus. For more information, have questions or if you wish to join our congregation, please feel free to call Esta Goldstein at (520) 825-1181.
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