Shabbat Services
FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES - 11/21
Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, November 21 at 5:30 pm. (Please note the change in time for this week.)
Rabbi Deborah Anstandig, the new Educational Director of Engagement at Pardes, will be sharing a Dvar Torah with the community. Please join us after services for light snacks and drinks, with thanks to Pardes for their generous sponsorship of the snacks. Thank you to Gabi Silver for organizing!
NO SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 11/29
We will NOT be meeting on Shabbat because of Thanksgiving weekend.
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 12/06
Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, December 6 at 9:15 am. Kids programming will begin at 10:45 am.
Kiddush lunch will be sponsored by Earl and Ester Saxon in honor of Nora Saxon's Bat Mitzvah.
Upcoming Events and Programs
CHANUKAH MATCH-UP DINNER - 12/18
Join the DC Minyan community for a Chanukah Match-Up Dinner on Thursday, December 18. Whether you are new to DC Minyan or have been a member for years, this event is a great opportunity to meet new people over a delicious meal and celebrate Chanukah with a shared candle lighting. DC Minyan provides the food, hosts provide the table, and guests provide the company! Dinners will start at approximately 6:30 pm, but hosts will advise about exact timing and whether to bring Chanukiyot.
We are including in the sign-up form a space to state whether you want to stay in your local area or you want us to try and match you with people who have not yet shared a match-up meal with you. If you want to hang with the usual crew, or if there are people in the community who you want to get to know better, let us know and we can try to get you the match-up table you want!
Catered meals will be fleishig with vegetarian options, while some hosts will choose to self cater. We will make sure everyone's dietary and accessibility requirements are met! The meal costs $18 per member, $22 per non-member and $5 per child ages 3–11.
Please register here by Thursday, December 11 as a host or by Saturday, December 13 by 11:59 pm as a guest. Please contact the coordinators at hospitality@dcminyan.org with any questions.
GET INVOLVED
DVAR TORAH GUIDELINES
We have updated and clarified our Dvar Torah guidelines and outlined strategies for giving an effective Dvar Torah. Please take a look here and contact our Dvar Torah coordinator, Stephanie Schneiderman, at dt@dcminyan.org if you have any questions or would like to deliver one on an upcoming Shabbat morning.
BECOME A HOSPITALITY HOST
We’re updating our hospitality list and looking for people to contact should someone within or visiting our community need to be hosted for a meal. People on the distribution list receive occasional messages seeking hosts. If you join, you have no obligation to host—just the opportunity to open your home if and when you’re able. You’ll help make our community more open, warm, and welcoming to those who come through DC.
Please see here for our kashrut policy. For informal hospitality meal matches, our coordinators will make matches based on the preferences and practices of those being matched, doing everything possible to ensure everyone feels comfortable and welcome. Please note that no food may be cooked on Shabbat for hospitality meals. That said, not having a fully kosher kitchen does not exclude you from joining this list!
COMMUNITY NEWS
WELCOME TO OUR NEW SIMCHA COORDINATOR!
We would like to welcome Julia Zuckerman as our first-ever Simcha Coordinator! If you are planning a bar or bat mitzvah, aufruf or other simcha at DC Minyan, please contact Julia at simcha@dcminyan.org with questions about space rental, kiddush, davening, and more.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MATCH-UP MEAL COORDINATOR!
We would like to welcome Sarah Joffe as our new Match-Up Meal coordinator! Sarah will team up with our current coordinator, Adam Fineberg, to co-organize our Chanukah Match-Up Meal on Thursday, December 18 (see above) before Adam steps down from the role. Adam will continue his role as hospitality coordinator.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW CHINUCH CO-CHAIRS!
We would like to welcome Elliot Dine and Maya Levisohn as our new Chinuch Co-Chairs! To join the subcommittee and work with our new co-chairs and the chinuch (education) team to identify learning opportunities for DC Minyan, contact Elliot and Maya at chinuch@dcminyan.org.
Additionally, the DC Minyan Board would like to thank Noam Kantor for his previous service as Chinuch Chair!
BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET
The DC Minyan community extends deep condolences to former longtime member Michal Gross on the death of her mother, Sukey Gross (Chaya Sara bat Moshe Mordechai and Chana). The funeral took place in Lakewood, New Jersey on November 12.
May Michal be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
REFRESHED GARTEL FOR OUR NEW TORAH
Thank you to Ayelet Weiss for repairing our new Torah’s gartel (belt)! The elastic in the gartel that came with our new Torah was worn out and had become too loose for the Torah. Ayelet replaced it with brand-new elastic, added decorative stitching, washed and cleaned the fabric, and polished the clasps. It is fully refreshed and looking beautiful while keeping our new Torah securely closed!