INSIDE THIS ISSUE CBS Annual Meeting/Slate 2022-23 ......2 President’s Message ..................................3 Cantor’s Notes ..........................................4 CBS Happenings.........................................5 Religious School .........................................6 B’nai Mitzvah...............................................7 CBS U/ Adult Education/Programming......... 8-9 Sisterhood .......................................... 10-11 Men’s Club ......................................... 12-15 CBS Happenings................................ 16-17 Social Action ............................................ 18 Birthdays and Anniversaries ................ 19 Calendar ................................................... 20 Shavuot...................................................... 21 Milestones ................................................ 22 Yahrzeits ................................................... 23 Donations ........................................... 24-25 Ads ....................................................... 26-27 Candle Lighting and Service Times .... 28
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MAY 2022• VOLUME 101 ISSUE 71
IYAR 5782 | MAY 2022| VOLUME 101 ISSUE 71
RABBI FERRATIER’S FINDINGS Rabbi Ferratier
After finishing Pesach, it is tempting to look at the month of May and think that we get a nice long break from Jewish holidays, after spending what feels like weeks getting ready for Pesach and then at least another week getting everything set back to normal.
day of joy and pride, as Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day begins. The services “bein hashmashot” were developed to help navigate the transition between days which require entirely different moods. These services make it a little easier to switch gears, acknowledging that both grief and joy are appropriate feelings, and that it can be hard to transition between them.
I think all of us would like to have a little bit more of a feeling of “bein hashmahWhile it is true that, with the possi- sot.” For two years we have lived under a ble exception of Lag B’Omer, there are no pandemic. It is difficult to switch between the fear and stress of life during the panancient Jewish holidays, May is actually demic and to abruptly switch to life without packed with modern observances, which I’ve sometimes heard called the Israeli High mask mandates and social distancing. We could use a little transitioning to help us Holidays. These are the special days which commemorate events in the history of mod- adjust. ern Judaism. They began a few days ago with Even without the pandemic, this is our memorialization of the Holocaust on a time of year for transitions. Students tranYom HaShoah. sition to summer vacation and then to the
In just a few days, beginning the night of May 3rd, Israelis will stand at attention as the siren sounds for Yom Ha’Zikaron, Israeli Memorial Day. Throughout the day, Israelis will attend secular memorial services, and the names of those who have fallen, either as a result of military conflict, or because of terrorism, will be remembered. As the sun sets, Israelis will attend special services “bein hashmashot,” “between the suns,” to mark the transition between a day of solemnity and grief, to a
next grade, high school seniors graduate and transition to college, the military, or other forms of career training. Colleges award their various degrees. Weddings mark the beginning of a shared life. Each of these transitions, while joyful, are still somewhat bittersweet, as the new beginnings also signal changes in relationships and in geography. A time of new beginnings means that it is also a time of goodbyes. For me this is also a transition, signaling sad goodbyes and new beginnings. I am sad to be saying goodbye to my home state. I am sad to leave a community that has supported me through several difficult moments in my life. I am sad to say goodbye to the many wonderful students, congregants, and colleagues who have been so central to my life here at CBS.
