Congregation Har Shalom April 13-20, 2011

725 W. Drake Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 | 970-223-5191 | office@congregationharshalom.org

Calendar Overview Reminders from the Kadimah

Please refer to the Kadimah for details.
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document_collections/2850318 The complete Har Shalom Calendar is available
org/kadimah
online at http://www.congregationharshalom.org/calendar_new.shtml and is the most
reliable source for information.
Taste of Har Shalom...p4
4/13 Cooking with Gil, final class at Geri’s house 7:00 PM April Freilich Shabbat....p4
CHS Kitchen cleaning for Passover Special Freilich in May....p4
Hebrew School/Hebrew High 6:00 PM
Holocaust Remembrance Day....p4
4/14 Interfaith Council 9-11:00 AM
Judaism in Time and Space (Pesach as a model for learning) 7:00 PM Mitzvah Day Thank You....p6
4/15 42 minutes of Kabbalah with Rabbi Ben 2:00 PM One Year of Great Movies....p9
Erev Shabbat led by Rabbi Ben 7:30 PM Shabbat Service Schedule....p9
4/16 Torah Study (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) 9:00 AM
Morning Shabbat Service led by Rabbis Shoshana and Ben 10:00 AM Kabbalah Cafe....p10
Josh Kukafka Bar Mitzvah Philosophers’ Cafe....p10
4/17 Religious School 9:00 AM Membership....p14
B’nai Mitzvah Program 9:00 AM Hillel....p20
Finance Meeting 7:00 PM
4/20 NO HEBREW SCHOOL

Har Shalom Highlights COOKING WITH GIL

Final Class Tonight!
April 13th, 6:30-8 PM
Mazal Tov to Josh on becoming a Bar Mitzvah! It is in the Sephardic tradition to serve
Lamb during the Pesach Seder. Why
not follow this tradition this year- this
• FREILICH SHABBAT course in part will teach how to do a
Friday, April 22 perfect Lamb dish for the Seder.
Tot Shabbat at 5:30 PM, Service at 7:00 PM (Please note this time, it has
changed since the previous weekly email) Class registration includes cost of
The band will be playing Passover music from around the world. There is no materials - $25 for this session.
dinner potluck, instead, the service will be followed by a dessert potluck. Please
bring a pesadich dessert to share. Some ideas are: fresh fruit, merengues, Luscious Lamb – In Geri Raichel’s
macaroons, chocolate or anything packaged marked “Kosher for Passover” kitchen
There will be a tot-shabbat service at 5:30 PM for families with young children. 1. Turkish Lamb for the grill-
wonderful grass fed leg of lamb cut
• 42 MINUTES OF KABBALAH into steaks and flavored with garlic,
Every Friday from 2-2:42 PM exotic spices and honey.
2. Tunisian tagine of lamb shanks-
We will be studying kabbalistic texts in Hebrew at CHS with Rabbi Ben. We using a stove top tagine- lamb
will be reading the Hebrew text and translating on the spot. If you do not read shanks in a sweet and savory sauce
Hebrew you can sit in and participate in the discussion. The participation thus far with the aroma of citrus and the taste
has been very engaged and lively. Join us! of a soft north African night.
3. Couscous with fresh herbs (Or
• COOKBOOK: WE NEED YOUR RECIPES! for the gluten adverse -  rice.)
The Har Shalom teens are creating a cookbook to be sold at Taste of Har
Shalom on May 22nd. We need your help!

We are asking each Religious School family to submit at least one recipe for ANNUAL
the cookbook. You are welcome to submit more, of course! We prefer that you CONGREGATIONAL
e-mail your recipe to us, either as a Word document or in the body of an e-mail. MEETING
HarShalomCookbook@gmail.com
THURSDAY MAY 26 AT 7:00 PM

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SCRIP Trudy Herman
t.herman@comcast.net
Thank you for remembering to use
your scrip for all your Passover
goodies! Har Shalom inventory has
the following grocery store scrip
in stock right now... King Soopers,
Safeway, Sprouts, Sunflower and
Vitamin Cottage. Stop by during
office hours to get yours.
King Soopers Reloadable Scrip
IMPORTANT REMINDER
If you have a zero balance on your
card for 90 days, the card becomes
invalid and you will need to come to
CHS to get a new one. Please keep
at least $.01 on your reloadable card
to avoid this.
JUDAISM IN
TIME & SPACE
Thursday evenings, 7 to 8:30 PM
Classes will be taught by Gary
Spivak, Nina Rubin and Adele
Eastman.
Drop-ins are welcome, each individual
class is $12. The next 3 classes are:
• 4/14 Passover/Pesach as a
timeless model for learning
• 4/21 Praying and blessing in
Judaism
• 4/28 Jewish communal space:
The synagogue
The syllabus can be found here.
If you would like to register for the
remaining classes, the fee will be pro-
rated. Please contact the office if you
are interested.
HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Sunday, May 1, 11:15 AM
As the community gathers together
in observance of Yom Ha-Shoah,
Holocaust Memorial Day, we will
mention the names of our loved ones
who perished during the Shoah. We
would like to make sure that all of our
loved ones are remembered. Please
send an email to the rabbis at Rabbi@
congregationharshalom.org with
names (and any stories you would like
for us to hear).
Zecher tzaddikim livracha.
The righteous ones are forever a
blessing.
Rabbi Shoshana and Rabbi Ben

JOIN THE Oneg Coordinator Needed

TASTE TEAM! The Membership Committee is looking for a volunteer to help
coordinate the logistics of the Onegs. The person will work with
Our Taste of Har Shalom congregants, committees, and the CHS office to ensure that the
2011 is fast approaching and Onegs run smoothly.
we are excited! If you can
No cooking or baking will be required of this person. If interested,
lend us tables, trash cans, contact Ed Kalin. edward1712@comcast.net
electrical extension cords,
and coolers, we need them.
Feel free to bring them to Har
Shalom starting May 20th.
Please label them with your
KABBALAH CAFE
Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 PM
name, phone number and
specify that they are for the Kabbalah is an ancient Hebrew mystical tradition that has provided spiritual
seekers a unique technology to access our inherent ability to transform
Taste event. Contact Herb ourselves and our world for generations. Though recently Kabbalah has been
at odysseus99@comcast. popularized by The Kabbalah Centre it has a rich history with a wide corpus
net with any questions. Also, of literature. Kabbalah has also been associated with coffee and cafes since
we would love to have more the 16th century, when coffee came to Israel and the Kabbalists of Safed
would use it to stay up late at night, study text, perform rituals, and sing holy
volunteers. Please join us! songs. In this series, we will drink coffee and tea while we discuss kabbalistic
Contact Brooke at brooke@ texts.
fisherseven.com to see
In this month’s Kabbalah cafe, we will continue our discussion of modern
how you can connect to the
Kabbalistic movements including: Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the Kabbalah
upcoming event. Centre, Jewish Renewal, B’nai Baruch, and Habad.

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 Passover 2011
Monday, April 18

Morning Blessing for Pesach

In preparation for Pesach and the journey to Sinai, we will be learning this
beautiful chant by Rabbi Shefa Gold. It is an alternative to the traditional
morning blessings. Give it a listen!
http://www.rabbishefagold.com/MorningBlessings.html

Recipes
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/special_occasion_menus/924
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52869197/Print-Pesach-Recipes

Family Seder Matching: If you were called and someone left a message on
your phone asking you if you wanted to host or be a guest - please call back
as soon as possible either way. If for any reason, you were not called, please
don’t take it personally, we did the best we could with our lists and callers.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Trudy Herman 266.9858 or Linda Sherrod
377.9512 if you want to be a guest. Thank you!

Other local Jewish organizations sponsoring

This year, the first night of Pesach will be on Monday, April 18th, and
for those of you who have a second night seder, Tuesday, April 19th is
the date. Like a Golden Thread that has kept the Jewish people linked
through thousands of years, Passover is traditionally celebrated in
Jewish homes, with family, friends and community members.
The community seder model developed as a way to provide a place
for people who were not part of a home-based seder, and Har Shalom
has sponsored many community seders in the past. This year, because
we want to encourage personal, home-based connections between our
members, we are asking our Har Shalom community to welcome guests
to their homes for a first or second night seder. Har Shalom volunteers
will be contacting you to match members who are hosting seders with
current and prospective members who need seats at the table. Whether
you’re planning a seder designed for tiny tots or a long, deep late-night
exploration of the Haggadah, we will try to match you so that everyone is
able to attend a home-based seder if they desire to.
Community Seders:
CSU Hillel will hold a seder on the first night
of Pesach, April 18th at 7:00 pm in the Lory
Student Center. While space for the seder is
limited, you may go to their website to RSVP,
www.hillelcolorado.org/csu/passover_rsvp.
php. They are requesting $36 per community
member, but no one will be turned away if they
are unable to pay the full amount.
Chabad of Northern Colorado will hold a seder
on the first night of Pesach, also at the Lory
Student Center on the CSU campus, in the
North Ballroom at 7:15 pm.

When our Pesach coordinator volunteers contact you, please open your
homes to your extended Har Shalom ‘family.’ If you want help planning
your seder, we have people and information to support you. We can also
lend out Haggadahs that we’ve used at previous community seders.
And, if you would like a place at the table for you and your family, let the
Pesach coordinator volunteer know.
Temple Or Hadash will be having a second-night
Community Seder for their members and invited
guests on Tuesday, April 19 at 5:00 pm at the
Senior Center in Fort Collins.

As it says in the Haggadah, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” Our
tradition acknowledges that hunger can be spiritual as well as physical, The Har Shalom Kitchen will
and Passover is the quintessential opportunity for building community on
all levels. Please respond openly when the Pesach coordinator volunteer be cleaned for Passover on
contacts you. Wednesday, April 13 in the
To continue Pesach festivities, we are planning a Freilich Shabbat, with evening. Please email the office if
live music, singing and Passover desserts on Friday evening, April 22.
you are interested in helping.

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 Mechirat Chametz, the Selling of Chametz

To avoid owning chametz/ leavened food or having chametz in your possession during Passover, tradition provides
us with a process called mechirat chametz. Originally, this process was devised for those Jews in the food or liquor
business with substantial quantities of chametz. To avoid serious financial loss, mechirat chametz was devised to allow
the sale of chametz to a non-Jew. It is an example of how Jewish law can respond to a problem created by its own
legal system.

While the form of the sale has changed over time, today it involves the real sale of chametz to a non-Jew before
Passover. It is a real sale in the sense that the non-Jew could pay the purchase price and keep the chametz. Also,
during Passover, the non-Jew has the right to come and eat as much of the chametz as she/he wants. After Passover,
the non-Jew resells the chametz to the Jew.

Because it is complicated, the sale is usually done through a rabbi who acts as your agent in the transaction. The rabbi
needs an authorization from you, which should be in writing, but if necessary can be by phone. Only food is sold, not
pots or dishes.

Adapted from The Jewish Holidays:

A Guide & Commentary by Michael Strassfeld

Please return this form to the Congregation Har Shalom office before Wednesday, April 13, so that Rabbi
Shoshana Leis has sufficient time to make the transaction.

DELEGATION OF POWER FOR SALE OF CHAMETZ

I, THE UNDERSIGNED, EMPOWER AND PERMIT Rabbi Shoshana Leis to act in my place and stead, as my agent, to sell
all chametz (Leaven), and all products containing even the smallest percentage of chametz possessed by me as defined
by the Torah and Rabbinic law, and to lease all designated places wherein the above mentioned products may be found
especially in the premises located at:

Name of Firm Business Address

Family Name Home Address

Rabbi Shoshana Leis has the full right as my agent to sell or appoint an agent on her behalf to sell and to lease the above
by such transactions as she deems fit and proper for such time as he chooses. The authority, which is hereby given, is
meant to be in conformity with the Torah and Rabbinic laws and regulations, and also be in acceptance with the law of the
State of Colorado and of the United States of America.

To this I do hereby affix my signature on this (date) _______ day of (month) ___________________________, 20____.

Signature

Please print:

Name

Address City/State/Zip

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 Other Events of Jewish Interest

INTERESTED IN THE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY?

We need a person to represent Congregation Har Shalom at the meetings that run September through June on
the 1st and 3rd Thursday mornings. It is a good way to meet people from other faith groups and learn about the
various Fort Collins non-profit agencies. The April meetings will be held at Har Shalom. It’s a great chance to
see what the Interfaith Council is about. Contact Beth Hammer at 635-2778 or hammerbe12@gmail.com.

JEWISH OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

The Jewish Outdoor Leadership Institute (JOLI) with Camp Ramah of the Rockies is a dynamic new program
that trains Jewish teens (entering 11th &12th graders) to become competent and confident outdoor leaders.
JOLI participants spend about half of their time at our rustic base camp, known as the Ramah in the Rockies
Ranch, living alongside chalutzim (pioneers/campers) in the Ramah Outdoor Adventure Camp. Participants live
in their own tent with a counselor but share facilities with chalutzim at Ramah Outdoor Adventure. Visit http://
www.ramahoutdoors.org/?page_id=1350

The Anti-Defamation League presents LIMMUD COLORADO

The Governor’s 30th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program: Part Conference, Part Festival,
All Worthwhile

Voices of Colorado Survivors Memorial Day Weekend:

May 27-29
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Doors open at 5:30 PM; Program Begins at 6:00 PM Join fellow Jews and their
families from across Colorado,
Boettcher Concert Hall
the nation, and the world over
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Memorial Day Weekend for an
Featuring: innovative program of Jewish
learning, culture, and art. While
• ADL’s original video highlighting the stories and messages of over 30 children learn and have fun at
Holocaust survivors who reside in Colorado Camp Limmud, adults enjoy
sessions from exciting scholars,
• A “Message to Colorado,” traditionally delivered by the Governor musicians, educators, and
clergy, including poet and author
• Traditional candle-lighting ceremony, memorializing those who Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Founder
perished in the Holocaust and honoring Colorado’s Holocaust survivors and Dean of Drisha Institute
David Silber, and Jewish rocker
• Presentation of awards to winners of the Leslie and Norman Davis
Student Essay Contest: A Tribute to Moral Courage
Naomi Less! The conference is
held at the scenic University of
Complimentary tickets are required for admission. To RSVP or for more Colorado at Colorado Springs.
information, contact ADL at 303-830-7177 ext. 214 or denver@adl.org. Registration includes 3 nights’
accommodations, kosher meals,
This event is made possible by the generous support of: and all programs. For more
The Curtiss-Lusher Family, The Feiner Family Foundation and Michael and
Debbie Feiner
information or to register, visit:
www.limmudcolorado.org.

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Footnotes
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
This weekly email provides a general overview of important information. For additional details or to see what’s coming, please refer to
The Kadimah which is available online. Please use the following link to view it: http://www.congregationharshalom.org/kadimah/

For those who would prefer to have a printed copy of the Kadimah from now on, please let the Office know
(office@congregationharshalom.org or 223-5191), and we'll make sure you get one. You can also pick one up in the foyer. Thank
you!

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WEEKLY EMAIL: Please send all submissions for the weekly email to office@congregationharshalom.org by 4:00 PM on Fridays.

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UPCOMING EVENTS – Please consult the Har Shalom website calendar at www.congregationharshalom.org/calendar_new.shtml
Religious School Calendar online - http://www.congregationharshalom.org/RSCalendar.shtml

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HAR SHALOM IS ON YOUTUBE™

The entire world can now access more about Har Shalom- our culture, our history and our connection to our community. Har Shalom's
YouTube channel is located at http://www.youtube.com/user/FCCJL?feature=mhum

We encourage members to submit videos that serve Har Shalom's vision and purpose. Watch for future updates on new videos, and
opportunities for youth and adults to participate in creating stories that capture the spirit of Har Shalom as we broadcast our vision for a
Center for Jewish Living in Northern Colorado. For more information contact Herb Saperstone at hisaper@gmail.com.

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CONTACT
Office Hours:
Closed Mondays
Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (closed during lunch, 12 pm-1 pm)
Please call the office at (970)223-5191 if you need to make other arrangements.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: 970-599-1037. Please only call this number if you require immediate Rabbinical care.

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Elaine Atlas, Secretary
Congregation Har Shalom
725 W. Drake Rd.
Fort Collins CO 80526
970-223-5191
www.congregationharshalom.org

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Other helpful resources
• Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado – www.jewishcolorado.org | http://www.jewishcolorado.org/calendar/index.aspx
• Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver – www.du.edu/cjs
• Denver Jewish Community Center – www.jccdenver.org
• Boulder Jewish Community Center – www.boulderjcc.org
• The Mizel Museum – www.maccjcc.org
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado in Denver – www.jewishgen.org/jgs-colorado

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