Shabbat Services
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 3/7
Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, March 7 at 9:15 am. Kids programming will begin at 10:30 am.
Kiddush is sponsored by Benjamin Epstein and Ayelet Weiss in commemoration of the second yahrzeit of Benjamin's mother, Tina Epstein (Esther Rut bat Shmuel David ve-Marie), and in farewell to the DC Minyan community, with love and gratitude for the many years of support, friendship, and nerdy Jewish jokes.
Cake 🎂 at kiddush is sponsored by Zach Epstein, Maya Levisohn, and Og: Melech HaBashan in honor of Benjamin Epstein and Ayelet Weiss. “Thank you for helping me (Zach) understand the beauty of this community so that I moved here and for leaving our minyan a far, far better place than you found it. We’re grateful for you and excited for your next adventure!”
FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES - 3/13
Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, March 13 at 7:00 pm EDT. Please note the new start time due to Daylight Saving Time.
Upcoming Events and Programs
PRE-SERVICES PARASHA CLASS WITH BREAKFAST CONTINUES - 3/7
Join DC Minyan Chinuch this Shabbat March 7 from 8:30–9:00 am as we delve into specific problems (grammatical, religious, ethical) that arise in our weekly Torah portion and see how our classical commentators contend with these issues. Come for good Torah, good food (cold brew! Entenmann's!) and a good time.
These classes will continue until Pesach and then (hopefully) restart afterward. Feel free to attend even if you didn't come previously; we hope to have you at as many sessions as you'd like to attend!
get involved
STILL SEEKING 7th DAY OF PESACH COORDINATOR
We are still looking for a coordinator to help with a few tasks ahead of time and manage the meal flow for our annual 7th day of Pesach community lunch on Wednesday April 8. Contact Programming Chair Abigail Romirowsky at programming@dcminyan.org for more information or to volunteer.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR DC MINYAN SECURITY CORPS
We are looking to for a few more volunteers to join our team of members who will serve in a greeting, oversight, and first-responder capacity during Shabbat morning davening. This involves a relatively modest time commitment (upfront training, followed by shifts of 1½–2 hours occasionally on Shabbat or holidays). No prior experience necessary; all we ask is that volunteers be interested in learning best practices for how to engage in security and welcoming training techniques.
Members interested in joining the volunteer corps should email strategy@dcminyan.org.
JOIN THE KIDDUSH COORDINATING TEAM
The kiddush team is seeking to add another member to its coordinating team. The role involves making online orders for kiddush every two weeks, coordinating deliveries, and attending brief meetings every couple of weeks to coordinate with the other members of the kiddush coordinating team. If interested, email Programming Chair Abigail Romirowsky at programming@dcminyan.org.
COMMUNITY NEWS
MAZAL TOV
Mazal tov to Brina Seidel and Scott Greenberg, as well as big sister Mira, on the birth of son Elias David Greenberg on February 21! You can sign up here to provide a meal for the family.
THANK YOU - PURIM 5786
Thank you to the many individuals who volunteered to ensure the holiday ran smoothly! We would especially like to thank the following community members who volunteered their time to make Purim a huge success:
- Overall Purim Program Coordinator: Rachel Shifman
- Individual Program Coordinators: Ahuva Sunshine (Mishloach Manot), Julian Yigal Kritz (Matanot L'Evyonim and Machatzit Hashekel), Matt Mayers and Sandra Marks (Kids Program)
- Food coordinators: Eric Schulman, Josh Kaye, Ben Fleischer, Rose Pollard, and Naomi Hernandez
- Daveners, leyners, and Megillah readers: Gidon Halbfinger, Rabbi Atara Cohen, Julia Zuckerman, Sam Miller, Miriam Szubin, Eliana Fishman, Rabbi Amalia Marks, Sarah Winthrope, Daniela Nagar, Eliot Dine, Rivka Friedman, Josh Klein, and Ben Rosenbaum
- Gabbaim: Adam Fineberg, Jon Dine, Benjamin Epstein, Elie Peltz, Abby Wolfe, and Dena Roth
- Spiel team: Sarah Koralnik, Ben Robinson, Adam Szubin, Shira Tall, Josh Nason, Eliana Fishman, and Eric Schulman (Read the script!)
- Rebecca Murow Klein and Josh Klein for hosting the kids mishloach manot packing—and all the kids for their hard work!
- Everyone who helped schlep, set-up, clean-up, and otherwise make sure things ran smoothly
- Our entire community, who really showed up with both their volunteer energy and their financial donations: $3,439.00 to Yad Yehuda, $1,871.00 to Leket Israel, $1,690.07 to Hebrew Free Loan Association, and $1,710.00 to DCM to support Purim costs
Please feel free to email Programming Chair Abigail Romirowsky at programming@dcminyan.org with any feedback.
Finally, DC Minyan is grateful to Belle Davis for her generous sponsorship—in memory of her husband Marty, Moshe Avraham ben Zalman Baruch HaLevi z"l—which enabled us to offer Purim activities free of charge to the entire community.