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Shabbat Etiquette

Try to show up by the circle time. Bring a food offering. Any and all foods are welcome. Home-cooked food is much appreciated. Watch the calendar for food themes or vegetarian potlucks. All ages are welcome. Young children should be supervised at all times. Respect host's homes and themes. Help in the kitchen. Alcohol is for blessing and relaxation. Shalom (peace with harmony) is the word! Avoid discussions that take you into angry places. If you see anything inappropriate tell the host or a governing member. Relax, enjoy, be yourself, and be part of the Havurah community.

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Please bring soup or a warm fall dish to share (no restrictions on food or drink), and something warm and fuzzy for the circle. The idea is to bring something that will make you and others warm---a favorite sweater to let someone else wear, a favorite kids book or toy,a beautiful music CD. If sharing these things looks like it would make the circle way too long, we'll share after we've eaten. I'm asking everyone to do a bit of cleanup as we go along, so we share in this, as well.

Directions: River Road north to , right on River Loop#2 (wherethe 7-11 is), follow it around the sharp dead-end curve and when it straightens back out, turn left at the first street, Scenic. Go down three or four blocks and right on Warrington (street sign is hard to see). Address is 595 Warrington. Beige house with dark green trim, rock front yard instead of lawn. See you there. Kira

Friday, November 5th
HAVURAH CHABAD SHABBAT
1307 E. 19th
candle lighting is at 4:30 for anyone interested**
7:00 Veg friendly Shabbat meal
Experience the fullness of Shabbat with Chabad. Service will include
explanations and beginners to Judaism welcomed. As we will experience a kosher meal, please do NOT bring a potluck dish. Instead guests are encouraged to help by bringing ingredients or preparing challah/meal on
Thurs pm or Fri am. Contact Aviva at 684-8008

**Aviva will need ingredients and help cooking so please call her
ahead
of time.**

Friday, November 12th
JEWISH MUSIC NIGHT
7:30 circle at Chico's
721 W. 5th #1 (between Madison & Monroe)
After vegetarian dinner let's play and sing. Bring a Yiddish song, a
folkdance tune, a Shabbas Song or whatever, in which others can join in. I'll pull some
charts to read through and make some transliterated word sheets. Or just
come to listen. contact Chico at 684-8216

Friday, November 19th
BALDERDASH PAJAMA PARTY
7:30 circle with Pamela & Ken
2744 Harris Street (side brick path)
This will be a small cozy Shabbat held in one room in our house.
Please arrive in pajamas,pillows, blankets as we will settle in and play this awesome and very fun dictionary
word
game. Bring any dictionary (yiddish,
medical, etc..), VEGAN finger foods to share, and your sense of
humor.
This game is hilarious!! You may want to skip this one if you are not a word game person. Contact Pamela
at
343-0912

Friday, November 26th
TANGO SHABBAT with CRAIG
We will have our first ever Tango Havurah on November 26, the day
after Thanksgiving. Even if you have never danced before you are welcome
and may find yourself enjoying dancing or just watching others dance.
Due to the fact that we will have a tango lesson for absolute beginners
($5) at 8:00 PM we will meet early at 7:00 PM so we have time for our
usual prayers and pot luck. In order to enjoy the evening and have
fun dancing please try and attend the lesson. Here is how it will work:
The Tango Center
194 W. Broadway
349-8682
http://www.tangocenter.org
7:00 PM
Meet at the Tango Center near the corner of Broadway and Charnelton.
Bring your Thanksgiving leftovers and any other food, wine, and
deserts. The usual Havurah prayers and pot luck will follow.
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Beginner Tango lesson (cost is $5). These intro to tango lessons are
fun. You don't need a partner but do bring dance shoes or shoes with
a leather sole which you can spin or slide in. To test your shoes try
doing "The Twist" on a hard wood floor. If it's easy to
twist then the shoes are good for tango.
9:00 PM till ?
Social Dance will start after the intro lesson which is the norm for
the tango center. The Social Dance is free if you have taken the
lesson at 8:00 PM. Otherwise the cost for the social dance is $5.
Even if you are a beginner you may have fun dancing in this social
setting. For followers (usually women) this is especially true
because while dancing with an experienced leader you will find yourself
floating across the floor like a Hollywood movie star from the
1940's. At some time during the evening I will play some tangos for the
social dance and I hope some of my Havarooney friends like, Chico, Youme,
Ken, Adam, Zorba and others will join me. So musicians do bring your
instruments and amps and cables to plug into a nice PA system with
monitors.

Any questions or concerns, just call me: 485-4008

Friday, December 3rd
MUSIC & MASSAGE SHABBAT 7:30 circle at Rob & Melanie's
882 Almaden (down gravel driveway)
Bring a potluck dish, some massage oil, your instruments, and those
magic fingers to Rob and Melanie's new house.
Contact Melanie at 344-7196

Friday, December 10th
CHANUKAH SHABBAT PARTY
7:00 circle at Sherri's
550 E. 40th (between Hilyard & Donald) - park on street
Come celebrate the 3rd night of Chanukah with a
Chanukah Party, I will provide latkes, people should
bring toppings(applesauce and sour cream) and other
yummy foods to help celebrate chanukah. Bring manorahs
and candles and a gift($10 or less and unisex is
ideal) for a gift exchange.
Contact Sherri at 431-0699

Friday, December 17th
TBI EREV SHABBAT with 1st graders!
New Erev Shabbat Friends & Family Service
A new Friends & Family Erev Shabbat program will begin
Throughout the school year a Talmud
Torah class will sponsor a potluck Shabbat dinner at
6:30pm and participate in that evening’s services. The
services, led by our Rabbis with student
participation, will be held at 7:30 pm and last about
45 minutes. While these services will be geared
towards children and families, everyone is invited and
encouraged to attend. A great family event !
Havaroonies in attendance may choose to have a post
TBI party....

Friday, December 24th
7:30 circle at the Chinese Buffet
Don't feel left at on Christmas eve!!! Let's celebrate our Jewish
tradition of attending one of the few restaurants open
on Christmas eve.....the Chinese Buffet at Gateway. I'll email the
specifics as we get closer. Contact Pamela at 343-0912

Friday, December 31st
BIRTHDAY & NEW YEARS SHABBAT
7:30 circle at Glen's
1435 W. 12th
Let's party with Glen for his 43rd birthday while bringing in the New
Year. Bring potluck dish to share and your
festive attitude. Contact Glen at 461-8609