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Shabbat Service
Saturday, 10am
With Rabbi Ben
Join Zoom meeting, 990 9673 0968, 785219
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Phone: • +1 929 205 6099, 990 9673 0968, 785219
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Wine tasting April 26
sponsored by Sisterhood and featuring a selection of NY State wines.
Be sure you RSVP by the deadline in the Evite!
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SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY MAY 18, 2025
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING- 10AM
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION CELEBRATION & BRUNCH – 11AM
CONGREGATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING – 12 NOON
All members of the HCS Community are invited and encouraged to attend our Annual Congregational
Meeting which will be held in the HCS Sanctuary and on Zoom on Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at 10AM. Emails to HCS Members will follow shortly regarding the Agenda of the Annual Congregational Meeting with Proxy forms for those members who can not attend the meeting ither In-Person on Zoom.
The Annual Congregational Meeting will be followed at 11am with a special VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION CEREMONY AND BRUNCH sponsored by the HCS Board of Directors and a CONGREGATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING at 12 Noon. Emails regarding details of these two special events will also be sent to members shortly.
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30th Annual Julian Y. Berstein Distinguished Service Award (JYBDSA) Ceremony Tuesday, May 6 ,2025 at 7:30PM
We are proud to announce that Jesse Weiner, our HCS Board Member, Ritual Committee Chair, and member of the Building and Maintenance Committee, is the HCS honoree for the Annual Julian Bernstein Distinguished Service Award. WJC has provided each congregation with a half- page space to congratulate their honoree in the award program , which we have already submitted . Please also see the flyer below for information on how to attend and register for the free In-Person Award Ceremony/ Dessert reception taking place the Westchester Jewish Council in Mamaroneck on Tuesday, May 6 ,2025 at 7:30PM.
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Spiritual Tools for Navigating Turbulent Times: Building Your Jewish Spiritual Toolkit
May 6 & 20, June 6 & 17
7:00pm – 8:15pm on ZOOM
Join us for a seven-session journey led by Rabbi Ben Newman and Rabbi Shoshana Leis, designed to equip you with a diverse array of Jewish spiritual tools for strength and resilience in an ever-changing world. Explore Rabbinic teachings, Kabbalistic practices, mindfulness, chanting, and contemporary approaches to sacred imagination, spiritual resilience, and radical amazement. Learn to integrate these practices into activism and face societal challenges with grace and courage.
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Book Club
May 13th 7:15pm
We will be reading
March by Geraldine Brooks
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Some more photos from our Seder
A big thank you to all that attended and helped put this wonderful night together!
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Send a Greeting
Send your choice of card, the text of your message and the address of the recipient with your check for $18 to
HCS c/o Susan Leffler
134 Church St
Pleasantville, NY 10587
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Questions: smsleffler43@gmail.com
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DID YOU KNOW
In 2012, the largest Jewish community center in Europe opened in the Ukranian city of Dnipro. Known as the Menorah Center, the 22-story, $100 million center towers over the city and includes a hotel, synagogue, luxury mikveh ritual baths, social hall and several kosher restaurants.
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TORAH TIDBITS
This week’s portion is Shmini, on the rules of kashrut.