Parashat Tetzaveh
Congregants and Friends,
Please join us for our special Friday night services tonight, February 7 at 7pm.
Our regular Saturday morning services will be tomorrow Saturday February 8th, starting at 9am with the Torah service at 10 am.
The children will be having story time and songs as well as participating in the regular services. We will have a lovely dairy kidush after.
Sunday, February 9, 2014, at 2 pm: Please join us as we go to the Women’s Basketball Game at the University of Texas against Iowa State. Admission is $4.00 for the game and $5.00 for parking. Please let us know if you plan to attend.
Enhance your Davening! Wednesday February 12
Interested in sharpening your synagogue skills and learning more about the service? Gabbai Bam Rubenstein will be teaching the ongoing Davening class on the second Wednesdays of the month at 7:00 pm at Congregation Beth El. This coming week, February 12th, Bam will be delving into the reasons for Kidush, Kippa and Tefillin.
Wednesday, February 12 at 12:00 noon: Sisterhood get-to-gether at Austin Terrier, 3435 Greystone Drive, Austin. Kids are welcome. There is a kids menu. Ladies, you can come for lunch, coffee, dessert or just to say hello. They serve sandwiches, salads, sweets, etc. Please RSVP to Elaine Jacobs at jaqel@yahoo.com
Community News: Please consider attending:
B’nai B’rith Austin Presents: Warsaw Ghetto and Holocaust Survivor Max Glauben Sunday, March 2 11:30 AM- 1 PM Temple Beth Shalom, 7300 Hart Lane Free and Open to the Community
In addition to Mr. Glauben’s presentation, we will show a special video “Plagues of the Soul.” Max is an extraordinary speaker and a beloved person who speaks throughout the country and continues to lead groups to Europe. Glauben says”The story of the Holocaust has to be told to the new generation, but it needs to be delivered in a manner that does not create hate.” .
CANTOR BEN-MOSHE’S MESSAGE: This week’s parshah, Tetzaveh, contains a description of the vestments of the Cohen Gadol, the High Priest, as well as the clothing of ordinary priests. The latter was to consist of a belted linen tunic, linen breeches and a linen cap. This was the outfit worn by cohanim from the time of the Exodus until the destruction of the Second Temple in the year 70 CE. Interestingly, that garb is now once again being worn, by students at the ‘Ateret Cohanim yeshivah in the Old City of Jerusalem. This yeshivah consists entirely of cohanim, who concentrate their studies on the laws of the Temple Service, in order to be prepared if and when the the Third Temple is built. They walk the streets of Jerusalem today, wearing linen tunics, breeches and caps-a bit of our Torah still living today. Shabbat Shalom.
Rabbi Tarlow of Texas A&M’s Center for Crypto Judaism: