Hello CSS Members,
Great news Jackie is home . We have organized a meal train for those who would like to help Jackie and Randy out through the month of May. Click on the below link to sign up. You only need to include your name and date. If you can make a meal , but can not deliver it, Stuart Richman will help get it to them. Contact Stuart at 301-659-2898 or srichman4@verizon.net to coordinate the delivery of your meal. Their only restriction are nuts and corn.
https://takethemameal.com/
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KVETCH AND KVELL
Wednesday May 8 at 7:30 pm via Zoom
Hang out and share your Kvells and Kvetches
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Meeting ID: 850 3979 8832
Passcode: 2982PROCLAMATION OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
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SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICE
MAY 11,2024 10:00 A.M
Our Shabbat morning service will take place at 10:00 AM on May 11th, led by Rabbi Gail. We are expecting about a dozen guests from the confirmation class of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, who are studying comparative religion. We encourage as many of you as possible to attend in person, so that we don’t risk being outnumbered by our guests! Moreover, we’re hoping to have a really nice kiddush lunch that day.
If you cannot make it in person, you can watch it on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/
Rabbi Gail will be leading a Havdalah service via Zoom on Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 PM.
Rabbi Gail will be offering a Havdalah program on Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 PM on Zoom only. The service itself is very brief, just a few minutes long. There will be a teaching and discussion afterwards about the Prophet Elijah – who was he in real life according to the Tanakh and what are all the legends that sprang up about him afterwards? We welcomed him at our seders and we welcome him at the end of every Havdalah service – why is that? Please join us to find out more about this highly colorful character.
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Meeting ID: 820 8014 0455
Passcode: 684242
Annual Membership meeting 19 May 4PM in person and on Zoom
Our Annual membership meeting is planned for 19 May at 4PM in person and on zoom.
This year we have some serious issues with replacements on the Board. My tenure is up as President. Mike Green’s tenure as VP has been up since last September, but he has graciously been doing the job due the lack of a replacement. Suz Darby’s tenure is up as Secretary, and she is not planning on running again, and we need someone to step up and chair the Women’s group, since Jackie has taken her old job back as Treasurer.
Please consider volunteering for one of these jobs as the Shul and Board cannot function without them.
Join Zoom Meeting
Topic: Congregation Sha’are Shalom Membership Meeting
Time: May 19, 2024 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 878 2029 5963
Passcode: 76452
Fabulous Fund-Raising Opportunity
Volunteers needed: June 4 from 4:40-930pm, two shifts available
We are looking for a group of volunteers for an upcoming BINGO fundraiser night at the Waldorf Jaycee Hall (3090 Crain Hwy, Waldorf, MD 20601) on June 4. All of our members 13 and up, are welcome to volunteer and all energy levels are welcome – there is a job for EVERYONE.
Specifics: Sunday, June 4 from 430-700 and/or 700-930
To sign up: https://www.signupgenius.
Hot Shabbat: Save the Date, June 23
Join us for one of the best events of the year; this year’s Hot Shabbat will be led by Rabbi Gail FIsher and all are welcome both members and guests. Enjoy delicious food, including grilled goodies from our very own Men’s Group.
More details to come but we hope to see you at this fantastic event.
2024 Sha’are Shalom Directory now available
The 2024 edition of the Sha’are Shalom Directory has been published. Copies are in a box in the synagogue lobby. Please pick up one per family (or advertiser) and add your name to the list next to the box so we know who will need them mailed out. The Directory is also posted in the Member area of our web site at https://
In addition to providing handy contact information, the Directory has many pictures of congregation activities during the past year, articles about what our congregation has to offer, recipes from our members, and memorials to loved ones. Also, please patronize our advertisers, who are helping to support our congregation.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Lead a Friday evening Shabbat service — we’ll help you!
Our prayer book makes it easy — just choose your favorite reading from each two-page spread, either in English or Hebrew, spoken or sung. We even have some pre-chosen plans to use. The pressure is very low — the audience is usually small and supportive. If you’d rather not write a brief d’var Torah (a mini-sermon on how something from the week’s Torah portion might apply to our lives today), Suzanne Darby has volunteered to write it; and if you’re hesitant about leading songs, I can help out with that.
We’d just like more of our members to come up and play a part in services, and so we’re eager to help any way we can.
You don’t have to know Hebrew, and you just have to be past bar/bat mitzvah age. You can even enlist your spouse and/or kids to be your co-leaders. We’re looking for volunteers for Friday evening May 24. Please contact me at myerspat@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.
See you at our next service –May 11HELP WANTED
Dates Available for Oneg Sponsors
Shar’are Shalom each Saturday morning (every 2nd Saturday) and Friday night (every 4th Friday) service at the temple ends with the pleasure of fellowship. A little nosh usually makes this fellowship last longer and adds to its delightfulness. Each post service nosh or oneg requires an Oneg Sponsor. Whether it is wine, juice, a challah, and some cookies, or even more – it is always appreciated by those in attendance.
Contact Mike Green, VP, at mrgreen@csmd.edu or (240) 210-1064 (text or call and please leave a message if I don’t answer) if you would like to sponsor an oneg or lead a Friday Night Service or have any questions about doing either.