Congregation Hod ve-Hadar

Shabbat Activities for Children
Every week: Children’s services at approx. 10:45 in the library
Select weeks: Parashat Hashavua activities with Maayan Saban.
While parents follow the Torah reading, children learn about it in an enjoyable way.
Dates: May 30, June 6, 13, and 20, at approx. 9:45 a.m. in the library
All children are welcome!

Tikkun Leil Shavuot at Kehillat Hod veHadar
Erev Shavuot | 21 May 2026 | 6 Sivan 5786

20:30 Ma‘ariv Service
20:45-21:30 Parallel classes in English & Hebrew
English: Atty. Naomi Leitner
Who is a Jew? Conversion in our Time
Hebrew: Rabbi Fabian Zaidemberg:
Ruth the Moabite or Ruth the Jew?
21:30-21:45 Refreshments
21:45-22:45 Guest lecture in Hebrew
Prophecy & Wellsprings: Women’s Voice from the Talmud to Our Day
Prof. Ruhama Weiss

Ruhama Weiss is professor (emeritus) of Talmud and pastoral counseling. A poet, author and bibliotherapist, she write a weekly column on Judaism and feminism on the Israeli newsite Ynet.

Pre-Passover Learning

On Shabbat March 21, everyone is invited to prepare for Passover with a choice of classes (inc. one in English), after services and Kiddush.

Rabbi Gail Shuster-Bousikla: Why is this Haggadah so different? A 20th century Seder
Rabbi Fabian Zeidemberg: Passover without end? Extremism (Hebrew)
Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green: The main thing is asking questions: A Seder that inspires children & teens to ask questions. Even those with special needs (Hebrew)
Shoshana Michael Zucker: Questioning the Questions or the Power of Punctuation (Hebrew)
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