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High Holy Days Sermons 2011

Benjaminariff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:53:06 +0000

Shoes | Light and Darkness | Debt | Cottage & Cheese

Current Board of Directors

Benjaminariff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:43:16 +0000

Rabbi HaLevy High Holy Days 2011 Sermons

Benjaminariff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:28:14 +0000

New Religious School Photos

Benjaminariff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:54:41 +0000

The students learning and having fun!

Mommy & Me Class

Benjaminariff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:32:50 +0000

Here are some great photos from one of our Mommy & Me classes

Religious School Celebrates Sukkot

Benjaminariff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:53:52 +0000

It was a true celebration at the religious school during Sukkot. The kids traveled to different stations, wherein the teachers taught the true meaning of this harvest holiday and made their own Lulavs and Sukkah decorations, enjoyed fun active games, ate apples on a string without using their hands and sang with Cantor Marcelo in the Sukkah.

Benjaminariff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:57:33 +0000

Bnei Yisrael & Bnei Ishmael in the Sukkah of Peace

Rabbi Benni — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:10:07 +0000

We raise up a sukkah the morning after Yom Kippur!

Rabbi Benni — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:43:04 +0000

We start by attaching posts and beams with the wood on the ground.

We raise the front wall of the sukkah. The beams for the two side walls act as support.

We attach corner braces to stabilize the front wall before moving to the next step.

Next we attach the beams of the side walls to the posts and beam for the back wall.

We hold on tight to the posts until we can add corner braces all around.

We raise a gloved fist in victory!

We stand by our sukkah…thanks to Zeno and all who attended.

Sukkah Building Workshop this Sunday, October 9th, 9am – 11am

Rabbi Benni — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:32:18 +0000

The MJCS Confirmation Class invites you to join us Sunday morning (the day AFTER Yom Kippur) from 9am to 11am, for a sukkah building workshop.

With help and materials from Zeno Construction Company, we will put up a free-standing wood sukkah on the grounds of MJCS. Our friend Zeno has been building custom homes in Malibu, Topanga and the Palisades for over 30 years. In addition to being a master builder and the informal “Mayor of Topanga Canyon,” Zeno has two daughters, Arianna and Aleia, who both became b’not mitzvah at MJCS.

Last year Zeno and his lead carpenter, Raphael, helped us build a sukkah at MJCS that became a place of learning and celebration for the religious school. In the sukkah we build this year, the Youth Department will host our Turkish Muslim friends from Pacifica Institute for an interfaith Sukkot luncheon on October 16th.

Jewish tradition refers to the holiday of Sukkot as z’man simchateinu, “the time of our rejoicing.” Join us on Sunday and you will see how easy it is to build a sukkah at home. Once you spend even a few moments “dwelling” in a handmade sukkah, you will know the great joy we are “rewarded” with after the deep soul-searching of the High HolyDays.