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No in-person services until further notice.
Bringing in Shabbat Together: With Rabbi Treu
A chance to gather at the end of the week, sing together highlights of the kabbalat shabbat service, and hear words of Torah on the week’s parasha by Rabbi Treu We will offer prayers to those in need of healing, recite the mourner’s kaddish, and have a chance to connect as we bring in shabbat together. Join via zoom by clicking HERE or you can call in from your phone by dialing +13126266799,,94414898537#,,,,,,0#,,8734143# US (Chicago).
Fridays, from 4:15-5 pm
Let’s Light the Yellow Candle Together
The Yellow Candle™ Campaign was created in 1981 to keep alive the memory of the Six Million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, or “Shoah”. Entirely half of the world’s population of Jews was lost. These Yellow Candles are modeled after traditional Yahrzeit candles that burn for 24 hours during periods of mourning and on the Yahrzeit anniversary of a family member. The candle’s yellow wax serves to remind us of the yellow arm band which Jews were forced to wear during the Nazi regime.
This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day, or “Yom HaShoah”, begins on Wednesday evening April 7th, corresponding to 26 Nisan. Please plan to light the Yellow Candle we have provided to you in this box on that evening. Instructions and recommended meditations are provided on the back of this letter.
If you are able, I encourage you to please make a donation using the form on the back of this letter. 100% of your donation will benefit Holocaust survivors in need right here in the Central Ohio community, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Jonathan Silberstein, in memory of Abe Weinrib and Morrie Weinrib. To learn more about the Holocaust Survivors Initiative, go to JewishColumbus.org/HIS.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at Brotherhood@agudasachim.org.
Time: Apr 7, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97828674474?pwd=TDJoZEc0R3R0NENhVHhFc2FiY3NhQT09
Meeting ID: 978 2867 4474
Passcode: 504217
Shabbat Times Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Candle lighting:
- Shabbat HaChodesh occurs on
- This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
- Havdalah (42 min):
Congregation Agudas Achim Welcomes Interim Rabbi, Abigail Treu
Rabbi Abigail Treu is a spiritual leader who has served in a variety of roles at legacy institutions of American Jewish life. Since ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2008, she has served at JTS as a Rabbinic Fellow; worked on the senior team of the National Ramah Commission as Director of Strategic Advancement and Reshet Ramah; and since 2016 as the rabbi and Director of the Center for Jewish Living and David H. Sonabend Center for Israel at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. Rabbi Treu has served on the board of Big Tent Judaism, working to build Jewish communities welcoming to all kinds of Jewish families, as well as on the Women’s Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, and is an alumna of the Clergy Training Program of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In 2005 she co-authored, with Dov Peretz Elkins, The Bible’s Top 50 Ideas, and she has written a number of articles and op-eds. An avid knitter and yoga enthusiast, she lives in Manhattan with her husband and three children. Rabbi Treu comes to Congregation Agudas Achim excited to walk with individuals and families in their Jewish journeys, bringing her love of teaching, writing, and Torah to nurture the community during this time as Interim Rabbi.
Agudas Achim’s Core Values
Agudas Achim aspires to be a traditional, egalitarian, friendly and participatory congregation.
Traditional – seeking meaning in Jewish tradition, and building on that tradition to create meaning for ourselves. Our members are inspired by traditions that connect us with our congregation’s history and with other Jews around the world.
Egalitarian – supporting and encouraging our members, in all their diversity, to participate fully in synagogue life.
Friendly – welcoming each person who appears before us, whether a traveler at morning minyan, a non-Jewish family member, a homeless person at kiddush, etc. We are a warm, close-knit, child-friendly community.
Participatory – engaging members so every member contributes, everyone is needed and everyone feels valued. We recognize our differences create opportunities for, rather than barriers to participation.