Join Us on Our Shavuot 2013 Retreat!

It’s time for Shtibl’s third annual Shavuot retreat with tikkun, tasty vegetarian food, kid’s programming, swimming, hiking, and bonding with our amazing community.

Date and Location

May 14, 2013 (Tuesday night) to May 16, 2013 (Thursday night) (two nights)
Camp Alonim, American Jewish University Brandeis-Bardin Campus

Costs and Scholarships

• Adult (in a room sleeping 2 adults): $200
• Adult (in a room sleeping 3 adults): $160
• Child (age 4–13): $100
• Child (age 3 and under): free

Scholarships are available for Shtibl Minyan members. If you need financial assistance, email Liron Elkan at shavuot@shtibl.com.

Signup Form

We request that people sign up for the Shavuot 2013 retreat by April 29. We need to give Brandeis-Bardin a final count for the retreat by May 6.

Pay for the Shavuot retreat

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Passover 2013 Services Schedule

The following is our schedule for Passover services at Shtibl:

Second day of Passover morning services – Wednesday, March 27 at 9:15 AM
Shabbat of Passover morning services – Saturday, March 30 at 9:15 AM
Seventh day of Passover morning services – Monday, April 1 at 9:15 AM

(Note: we are no longer meeting on the eighth day.)

If you have any questions, please contact Matthew Rosenbaum, our Passover coordinator, at passover@shtibl.com.

Pre-Passover Chametz Potluck

We are also holding a pre-Passover chametz potluck Saturday, March 23 after services. Come join us for a last chance to eat your chametz! Bring something to La Cienega Park (at the northeast corner of La Cienega and Olympic) around 1:20 PM.

Please bring one non-meat dish per adult to share. Everything has to be hechshered, raw, or cooked in a kosher kitchen.

Erev Passover 2013 Times

In Los Angeles, the last chance to eat chametz is at 10:20 AM; the last chance to burn or dispose it is at 11:31 AM. Candle lighting takes place at 6:51 PM. For times in other cities, see Star-K’s Zmanim for Erev Pesach page.

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Esther Wars: February 23, 2013

Kids’ program: 6:00 (contact shtik@shtibl.com for details)
Davening: 7:30
Megillah reading: 7:45
Spiel: 8:30
Dance party: after

Please sign up if you haven’t already to help, bring, or do.

Be there or be three-cornered.

Your Jedi Coordinators,
Michal Rogson and Rob Kutner

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1. Would you make a donation in any amount to help provide food, first aid and toiletries? You can pay via the PayPal button at the end of this post or contact Andrea with the amount you would like to contribute and then send your check to Shtibl Minyan c/o Caryn Espo, 12400 Wilshire Blvd. #1300, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Making a donation is a great way to fulfill the obligation, because we will be handing the food and items to people on Purim day, itself. Suggested donations are $18/$36/$72 – the more funds we have, the more extensive the packs can be.
2. Would you like to help with shopping?
3. Would you like to help us assemble the packs? Time and place TBD – but assembly will be either Wed. 2/20 or Thursday 2/21 in the evening – if you want to help, please let us know your availability
4. Will you help coordinate sandwich making in the back room on Purim night?
5. Would you join us Purim day in the late morning (11:00 – to put sandwiches in the bags) or at the Pier (12:00) to hand out food and toiletries? Since Purim is Sunday, it’s a great year for those of you who don’t usually have the day off to join us! You will be happy you did! We had so many packs last year that we couldn’t hand them out all in the same location, we are going to send two teams this year — so it would be great to have you on board!

We look forward to hearing from you, soon!

February 26 update: We removed the PayPal button now that Matanot L’evyonim has passed. Thank you, everyone, for your contributions!

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Time and Location

Friday December 14, 2012 at the home of Alan Paul and company.

Sign up on the Google spreadsheet (one veggie dish per adult).

The potluck starts at 6:30 PM so if you’d like, light your Hanukkah candles before 4:27 PM, daven when, where, and how you will, and see you for food, community, and mysterious blue drinks!

Have questions? Need the address? Email David Mattis, the Hanukkah coordinator, at hanukkah@shtibl.com.

Hanukkah Drink Update!

(From Julie Weise)

While 2010’s bright blue chanukahtini was well received, changing times call for new beverages. Tomorrow night you may therefore enjoy a Nesgadoltini.

The color of the flame that burned for eight nights, this persimmon-based vodka beverage is sweet, tangy, and garnished with some bright blue Jewberries to keep us in touch with our roots. With all non-vodka ingredients purchased at the La Cienega farmers market, the Nesgadoltini is even local and organic.

May your Chanukah flames burn bright, pointing the way towards tomorrow’s Nesgadoltini.

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Simchat Torah 2012 at Shtibl

Simchat Torah Eve will be on Monday evening, October 8, 2012 at the Workmen’s Circle.

We will start with the kids hakafot at 5:30 PM. Ma’ariv will begin at 6:30 PM, followed by hakafot and short Torah reading. This is a long night, full of singing, dancing, eating and drinking. Torah party. But after the party, there’s also the after-party, which means we will need help in cleaning up…

What Do We Need for Simchat Torah Eve?

Food and drinks: this is for EVERYONE who’s coming

Last name A–M: snacks sweet, savory, and spicy (this can include fruit and veggies along with the usual munchies
Last name N–R: alcoholic drinks
Last name S–Z: non-alcoholic drinks

Everyone can bring napkins, plates, and cups from their home to contribute or other edible “simchah” Torah treats.

SAG members (Special Alcohol Guards)

We need six more volunteers to look after the alcoholic drinks during the hakafot (aka barkeeps). You will be stationed throughout the evening in half-hour shifts, and make sure that no alcoholic beverages reach those under the age of 21.

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Hello! Without further ado, here is the schedule for Sukkot 2012 celebrations at Shtibl.

ALL WEEK:
Shtibl sukkah available for your eating pleasure

ALL CHAG:
The eruv is down, but carrying items needed for that day is apparently still permitted

MONDAY 10/1:
Services @ 9:15 am, followed by Kiddush in honor of Alma Miller’s birthday

TUESDAY 10/2:
Services @ 9:15 am, still no Kiddush sponsor at last check (email Amira Hasenbush at kiddush@shtibl.com if you want to step up)
All encouraged to bring your own lunch for sukkah consumption

SHABBAT CHOL HA’MOED 10/6:
Potluck lunch in the sukkah

WEDNESDAY 10/10:
Sukkah take-down in the evening. Please email me if you can participate and let me know what time is best.

The Shtibl Sukkah

Thanks to Irv Hirschbaum, Paul Lerner, Neal Castleman, David Mattis, Vanessa Makda, Rocky Klein, Jonathan Klein, and Mike Comins for their work setting up the sukkah this morning! Here are some photos of their work.

Thanks, Shtibl!

Jag Sameaj (as they say in Mexico),
Julie Weiss, Sukkot coordinator

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“Awake sleepers from your slumbers…”

Rosh Hashanah

• Mincha / Maariv: Sunday September 16, 2012 6:40 pm
• 1st day Shacharit: Monday September 17, 2012 8:30 am
• 2nd day Shacharit: Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 8:30 am, followed by a potluck lunch at the Cohen/Hodos home

Yom Kippur

• Mincha / Kol nidrei / Maariv: Tuesday September 25, 2012 6:15 pm
• Shacharit/Musaf: Wednesday September 26, 2012 8 am, followed by Mincha location TBD
• Chanting: Wednesday September 26, 2012 5:45 pm.
• Ne’ilah / Maariv: Wednesday September 26, 2012 6:30 pm, followed by a potluck break-fast at Sara Zacharia’s home.

Volunteering for High Holiday 2012 Services

As always, we will not be selling tickets to our services. Rather, we ask that everyone contributes to the community experience of the holidays. For each day that you will be at Shtibl, please volunteer for something. There are many ways to volunteer, all of which are important and vital to creating a special atmosphere for our davening.

For information on the different ways to help out please email the coordinators, Ronni Hendel and Michelle Fellner, at highholidays@shtibl.com.

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After a series of meetings since last spring, and an informal opinion poll of the Shtibl email list, the Shtibl Duchaning Subcommittee has concluded:

1. There is significant interest among the Shtibl membership in experimenting with adding duchaning to Shtibl holiday Musaf services, as is the traditional custom elsewhere.
2. The three approaches with the greatest support at Shtibl are:
   1. Liturgically traditional duchaning, but including both kohanim and kohanot/b’not kohanim (daughters of kohanim) as “blessers” (with male and female Levites washing)
   2. “Communal” or fully participatory duchaning, in which members of the community bless one another, with liturgical variation as needed, and “choreography” still TBA, perhaps on the model of the Aquarian Minyan (Berkeley, CA) or Havurat Shalom (Somerville, MA)
   3. No duchaning at all. (That is, a deliberate choice to continue services as before, without adding this ritual.)

On this basis, the Shtibl Duchaning Subcommittee proposes as follows:

On each of Rosh Hashanah (1st day), Rosh Hashanah (2nd day), and Yom Kippur, one of approaches A, B, and C will be employed. Thus, those in attendance on all 3 days will experience all three approaches.

On each of Sukkot (1st day), Sukkot (2nd day), and Shemini Atzeret, one of approaches A, B, and C will be employed. This will be an opportunity to experience each for a second time if desired; or for the first time for those who may have spent one or another of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur elsewhere.

The precise determination of which approach shall be employed on which day will be worked out by the Subcommittee with the prayer leader leading the service in question, and the membership will be notified in advance of the agreed-upon schedule.

After the holidays are over, the Subcommittee will meet again to assess this duchaning experience and to consider what will happen at the Shtibl in the future.

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