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HaMinyan HaMishpachti 20th Anniversary

[shashin type=”photo” id=”7535″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]On Thursday evening, September 14th, HaMinyan HaMishpachti HaMasorti in Kfar Vradim celebrated its 20thanniversary as a Masorti/Conservative congregation. With great excitement and after several months of extensive planning and hard work, the big evening finally arrived, bringing with it the many guests who came to celebrate with us. Members of HaMinyan HaMishpachti and the Masorti Movement,friends and supporters from throughout the years, many of whom came from afar, gathered in the spacious, decorated courtyard in front of our Beit Knesset.

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Happy Passover and Time Table for the Pessach prayers

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4586″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”] the members of the Minyan Mishpachti at Kfar Vradim wish all our congregants and supporters a happy Pessach.

please find below the time table for all the events for this Pessach:

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Rav Siach – Cooperation with “Shomrei Emuna” Community in Montclair NJ

[shashin type=”photo” id=”7447″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”] Rabba Natalie Lasterger visited Kehilat Shaomrie Emunah at Montclaire NJ, on February 22, and had good meetings with congregants and leaders of the community. As we are at the moment in New Jersey, very close to Montclair, Micha and I, as well as my dear brother Benny and his wife Bela, joined in the last event of the day. Rabba Natalie will take the time to write her views later as she is very busy at the moment.

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Rav Siach, is the Name Chosen for a Program Initiated by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs

[shashin type=”photo” id=”7447″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]Rav Siach is the Hebrew word for a multi-party discourse, and it is the name chosen for a program initiated by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, designed to provide Conservative Masorti congregations

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Condolences from beyond the sea

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4646″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”right”]This week I have received the following letter:
I just saw the news and I’m speechless and shocked…

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Welcome Nathalie Lastreger!

[shashin type=”photo” id=”5376″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]We wish to extend our warmest welcome to Ms. Natalie Lasterger who is our Minyan Rabbi as from now and wish her all the very best, easy and soft landing in our community, our nice village in beautiful Western

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Yishar Koach! to volunteers at the Cemetary

[shashin type=”photo” id=”5335″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]ur appreciations go to Galit Haim and Susan Rand-Lakritz for the “last rights” the true charity (dealing with the departed) work they are doing. YisharKoach!
Susan just mentioned that she had taken part in a complete ״circle of life״ events this past week: a Brit-milah, a wedding, first time as a Bat Mitzvah laying of phylacteries and a funeral; and all this in less than 24 hours

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looking for “Hessed Emet” Volunteers

[shashin type=”photo” id=”5338″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”] We are in great need of volunteers (both genders) to join the circle of people active in “Hessed Emet” at the cemetary. We are just too few people and have to rely on assistance of volunteers from outside the Kfar who are not always available. It is a special and great “Mitzva”! He or she who are able to assist are invited to get in touch with our Chairman Offer David. Cellphone 0523-793448 or e-mail address bambtush@gmail.com.

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Students Grants for Poland Memorial Travels

[shashin type=”photo” id=”5337″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left We wish to advise that, thanks to “Max and Pauline Zimmer family foundation” and Ninel Khayat, we are able to give grants to our Kehila youth who are in need of assistance in joining the Poland Memorial Travels. Terms for applications are as follows: members of minyan, Ministry of Education approval, sharing in and contributing to our Minyan activities. The amount of the grants will be decided according to each case. For details please send an e-mail to the Chairman of our Minyan Association, Offer David: bambtush@gmail.com re: Milga”]

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From the Editor’s Desk

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4547″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]Sivan Yechieli’s exciting FB post about the special needs kid’s Bar Mitsva, celebrated at the Minyan’s Synagogue, a very emotional reaction from a guest at Kabalat Shabbat who admitted it was her first time to touch a Sidur, in addition to a conversation we had about the importance, duties and activities of our Minyan bring me to try to articulate what I see in, and feel about it.

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Accessing Schul on Yom Kippur

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4751″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]For few months I have been checking options to organize transportation to Schul on Yom Kippur for our members who can no longer walk the distance. For those the meaning is either stay at home and not participate in

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Mazal Tov to Mike Rand

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4842″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”left”]In the name of our congragation, we wish to extend our blessings to our dear member Mike Rand who is celebrating his second Bar Mitva this Saturday, Shabat Pinchas. Mike is one of the oldest members of our community. He has moved to Jerusalem and is leaving now at a protected accommodation there.

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Overseas Contacts

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4651″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”right”]A second meeting, with some active members of our sister congregation in Dallas, “Beth Torah”, took place on Sunday, July 20th.

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Across the Ocean

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4651″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”right”]I was happy to learn that our twin congregation, Beth Torah, is holding a “Choose Life” Ramadan event.

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Guests from the Dallas congregation Anshai Torah

[shashin type=”photo” id=”4644″ size=”small” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”right”]This Friday we shall be sharing our Shabbath prayer with Janine and Charles Pulman.

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