News & Shmooze

You should have likely received the Bay Area Jewish Calendar this week.

We hope you will enjoy the Jewish calendar resources and information.  

Note: Yahrtzeit dates from the Jerusalem of Gold board are included. Also, be sure to check out the photo album display on the first last pages of the calendar!

Get your family into the holiday feeling with a

PRE-Thanksgiving SHABBAT Dinner to Go! 

For FRIDAY, Nov. 20 

Order form is now open 

Each homemade Shabbat dinner-to-go will include:

• Grape Juice
• Challah Roll
• Matzah Ball Soup 
• Cranberry-Almond Chicken w/ Rice
• 2 Delicious Side-Dishes
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake for Dessert 

Dinners will be available for pick up on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm. 

Remember, this is for the Shabbat BEFORE Thanksgiving (not the one after).

ORDER ONLINE - Limited availability, please order soon. 

Come join us for Minyan this Shabbat morning, Nov. 14! 

• 9 am - Kabbalah Class 
• 10 am - Start of Shacharit morning service
  Main part of service: 10:45 am
• Torah portion of Chayei Sarah - The Life of Sarah. Sarah's passing, and the first Jewish wedding... 

SAFETY MEASURES: Spread-out seating, face-maskes, hand-sanitization and enhanced air-filtration. 

• Listen to last night's Parsha class - "Chayei Sarah" - Sarah's Life & The First Jewish Wedding!
• Join us weekly, Thursdays at 7:00 pm, for Let's Learn Parsha! To join in: jbayarea.org/zoomlink 

Get a peek into the 'soul' of the Torah with our Shabbat morning Kabbalah class!

Join us for Kabbalah class on Shabbat mornings at 9:00 am.

Spread-out seating, masks, etc. 

The new JLI course Secrets of the Bible, was off to a great start this week!

We still have 5 fascinating lessons to cover - come and join us! 

TWO options available:

• IN-PERSON on Mondays - Register Here
  6 Mondays at 7 pm 
  With appropriate safety protocols, including, masks & spread-out seating
  
• ZOOM on Tuesdays - Register Here
  6 Tuesdays at 7 pm 

Upcoming JLI lessons:

Lesson 2 - THE GREAT FLOOD
How do you see past another's failures?

Lesson 3 - JACOB & ESAU
Will the real you please stand up?

Lesson 4 - JOSEPH & HIS BROTHERS
Your life and its goals: are they compatible?

Lesson 5 - THE GOLDEN CALF
Why is inspiration so short-lived?

Lesson 6 - KORACH'S MUTINY
Does a higher station make You a better person?

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