Babysitting 10:00 am Youth Groups Coming soon for 2024-2025!
Kiddush following services Talmud Class 5:40 pm
Shabbat Mincha & Seudah Shlishit 6:40 pm
Maariv 7:40 pm Havdalah 7:48 pm
TORAH READING Deuteronomy 21:20 - 25:19 Artscroll p. 1046 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 10, p. 1201
SPEAKER Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah Shabbat morning.
KIDDUSH Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by CBAJ.
MAZAL TOV Mazal Tov to Rabbi Moshe and Rebbetzin Bomzer on the bris of their grandson Yitzchak Gavriel, son to their children Akiva & Batsheva Bomzer! Mazal tov to older siblings Chaim Zev, Penina, and Leebie.
MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN
Dear CBAJ Family,
On behalf of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob, I would like to wish you and your family a restful and meaningful Shabbat.
I hope to see you soon at a tefilah, shiur, or other event!
Am Yisrael Chai.
Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Ben Kean
UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
TORAH HIGH ANNOUNCEMENT Student Open House for 2024-2025 Semesters Monday, September 16 at 7:00 pm
LUNCH & LEARN WITH RABBI KEAN The final installment of the Summer Series Tuesday, September 24 at 12:30 pm
See Below For More Information
HIGH HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mark your calendars and save the dates for these upcoming High Holiday Events!
CBAJ's Annual Selichot Concert September 28th, 9:30 pm Featuring Laura Melnicoff, Josh Sussman & Sergei Nirenberg Selichot Services to follow at 10:30 pm This event is sponsored by the Chester family in memory of Sharon Chester z"l
Sukkah Building Day Sunday, September 29th, 8:45 am Calling all volunteers to help build our sukkah! Folks with stepstools, small ladders, and solid gloves are encouraged to bring their own. We'll provide bagels, coffee, and juice.
Apple Picking Sunday, September 29th at 2:00 pm Meet up with your CBAJ community at Indian Ladder Farms at the pick-your-own area - weather permitting
YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Torah High Student Open House 2024-2025 Please join Rabbi Kean & Rabbi Holt for the Torah High Student Open House this Monday, September 16th at 7:00 pm. A meat dinner will be served, prepared by 518Kosher Catering and under the supervision of the VHCD. Online registration to follow. Any interested families whose students are not able to attend the Student Open House should contact Rabbi Kean directly, rabbi@cbaj.org. Tot Shabbat New Schedule to be announced soon! For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3. Please contact Joshua Schulman-Marcus (jschumar@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Young Families WhatsApp group.
Youth Groups Youth groups for children in grades k-5 will begin again soon! Babysitting Babysitting is available for children ages 0-5 every Shabbat morning from 10:00-11:30 am! You do not need to be a member to drop off your kids. At least one parent or guardian must be at CBAJ for the duration of babysitting. Babysitting will take place in Classroom 3. The babysitters will bring the kids to Kiddush, please remember to pick up your kids when babysitting ends! Please make sure to inform the babysitters if your child has any food allergies or restrictions. Children in diapers may participate, but babysitters will not be able to change diapers, so please check on kids in diapers.
WEEKLY LEARNING AT CBAJ
NACH YOMI Join Rabbi Kean for studying a chapter of NACH (Nevi'im & Ketuvim, the latter two sections of Jewish scripture) every weekday before Shacharit, Sunday through Friday, half an hour before the regular start time for morning services (7:30 am on Sundays, 6:10 am Monday - Friday) - in the social hall.
TORAH & TEA* Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 AM on Zoom*. Studying Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) * A Theodore Strauss z"l Endowment Fund sponsored program
TALMUD CLASS Join our Shabbat Afternoon TALMUD SHIUR in-person, at CBAJ, starting 1 hour before Mincha We are studying Masechet Taanit.
*CBAJ ZOOM ROOM (weekday classes only) Go to https://zoom.us/join Enter meeting ID: 940 508 9347 | Enter passcode: 613518
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
CBAJ BOOK CLUB
The next book is "The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels" by Thomas Cahill We'll meet by Zoom on October 9 at 8pm Shul copies available in the Carr Chapel during minyan times or by appointment Contact office@cbaj.org as needed.
Summer 2024 Senior Lunch & Learn Series Topic: Talmudic Personalities & their Relevance Today
Based on your feedback, and following-up on a popular lecture series at CBAJ, we will explore the life and times of some of the greatest figures of the Mishnah and Talmud. Through exploring their lives, we will get a window into the world of the Mishnah and Talmud, the foundational texts of Rabbinic Judaism, and explore the eternal relevance of their legacies.
September 24 Reish Lakish: The Gladiator Rabbi
Please register by contacting Seanan Herrick 518.489.5819 x3 or office@cbaj.org
All sessions will begin at 12:30 pm at CBAJ 380 Whitehall Rd.
Lunch is free of charge catered by 518 Kosher Catering & supervised by the Vaad Hakashruth of the Capital District
Please feel welcome to wear a mask during the event & take lunch home to enjoy
Community Beit Midrash Night will be on hiatus for the summer. Stay tuned for information about the Fall series!
THE DEE PIRKEI AVOT PROJECT
The Dee Pirkei Avot project disseminates a weekly Pirkei Avot study and discussion sheet in honor of their memory of Lucy, Maia, and Rina, z''l, who were killed in a terrorist attack this year.
Mincha/Maariv Sunday - Friday 6:40 pm Note new time on Fridays
Candle Lighting Friday, September 20 6:36 pm
MESSAGE FROM LIFE & LEGACY
“The synagogue is a community which values who I am, how I live, what I give to others now and to those who follow me in years to come. It is the place where they know my name." Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
We are excited and honored to be partnering with 10 other local organizations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY™ program. Please help us pay it forward and leave a legacy for future Capital District Jews. Please speak to Paula Mosher or Ellen Kaplowitz the Life & Legacy committee chairs about partnering on this crucial initiative to ensure the vitality of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob for the next 200 years.
Please click HERE for an important message from our Security Committee & security partner, Community Security Service (CSS) regarding guidelines for attending pro-Israel events
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRICE CHOPPER KOSHER STORE RELOCATED & EXPANDED OPTIONS New Location: 1730 Central Avenue in Colonie We need you with us to show our solidarity behind the new venture, which will expand the kosher offerings in the community. The new store will host our kosher department as well as new offerings of To-Go-Meals & Kosher Sushi.
