This week we see one of the greatest acts of self sacrifice in the Torah. Clearly Rachel was aware of her father's trickery but allowed it to happen because she feared the humiliation of her sister.  But it goes further in that she had no guarantee that Jacob would marry her especially considering they were sisters. Thus we see someone willing to sacrifice her entire future spiritual legacy to preserve human dignity. That is the definition of our matriarch!

The remaining shiva schedule for Rabbi Glass will now be at his residence starting tomorrow until noon. Saturday evening 6-10pm, Sunday and Monday until 9pm.

Services will be held at his residence at 210 East Broadway #H305 Friday, Sunday and Monday mornings at 8am and Sunday and Monday evenings at 4:15pm. He will get up at the synagogue following Tuesday morning 7:20am services.

He and his family are deeply grateful to the entire community for their support at his difficult time.

Please reserve soon!

Young Professionals Friday night Shabbat dinner with Ashley Blaker December 7th at 6pm.

Comedy performance by Ashley Blaker Saturday night December 8th at 8pm.

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Abraham suffers the profound loss of his partner in life Sarah, and according to our tradition he eulogizes her with the magnificent “Woman of Valor”, found at the end of Proverbs.

Nevertheless, he immediately proceeds to the task of finding a mate for his son Isaac. His mission must continue against all challenges!

So too, we find ourselves in the aftermath of a profound tragedy for the American Jewish community which has certainly cast a pall on synagogue life throughout the nation. We must take our cue, however, from our patriarch and resume the work we do here on behalf of our community, albeit with the increased awareness and precautions necessary for the new circumstances.

And in light of those new circumstances we will hold a special ceremony directly after services on Saturday dedicated to the victims of the synagogue in Pittsburgh and also to the brotherhood of faiths. Clergy representing multiple faiths and the spectrum of Judaism will participate in an experience endeavoring to bring hope and healing. Everyone will be invited to kiddush, generously cosponsored by Eli and Yael Weiss, Ben and Victoria Feder and Saul Goodman and Nathalie Rubens. Desserts sponsored by Perry Parker and Nancy Aaronson.

And looking ahead:

Tuesday evening November 6^th will be both our new Adult Education series and when we will receive Rabbi Lichter to check Mezuzot and Tefillin.

At 5:45pm, Mishlei will resume and at 6:30pm, the first session of “Chanukah Prep” will be held. The first session will present the history of Chanukah, before, during and after.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE! The Sofer Rabbi Lichter will be here from 6-8pm and will do work on a first come first serve basis and whatever he can’t get to that evening he will take back and return Tuesday November 20^th for the same hours.

Checking a mezuzah will be $10 and tefillin will be $100.

With the changing of the clock we add a 12:40pm Mincha and a 5:30pm Maariv Monday through Thursday.

TriBeCa Synagogue featured in the West Side Spirit  -- http://www.westsidespirit.com/local-news/20181030/synagogues-security-and-solidarity/3

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Avram and his father Terach set out from Ur traveling to a destination that they both felt would provide a better spiritual environment. There is some discussion as to whether they planned on continuing all the way to Canaan or was Charan their original destination. Either way they clearly got sidetracked in Charan. Now while Terach ends up living out his life, Avram is directed by God to resume his journey and the rest, as they say, is history.

I like to compare this to how we begin each year in the Jewish Calendar. Don’t we all start a spiritual journey at the high holiday season with a head of steam? The problem is that we get stuck in our own personal Charan, in jeopardy of stalling out. Let’s find our way back on track to the promised land of our spiritual goals!

The TriBeCa Synagogue congratulates Arthur and Randi Luxenberg for the birth of their first grandchild to their daughter Elizabeth Luxenberg and son in law Steven Lipner. The bris will be held in our sanctuary after morning services.

We are still looking for sponsors for Kiddush on Shabbat.

Brand New! The largest Trader Joes in the northeast opens tomorrow on Grand Street on the Lower East Side!

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There is a Kabbalistic take on the first scenario that we have in Genesis which we begin this Shabbat. The world was created as a paradise, but the caveat was that the Almighty was the King and the human was the servant. The temptation for the human, however, was to think of himself as the center of this paradise and God as the servant. After all, wasn’t all this created for him? But it was too much of a stretch for the human to honestly imagine himself as the center of the universe in his original lowly state so he was persuaded to eat from the Tre of Knowledge. This elevated him to the point where he could begin convincing himself that indeed he was on the top of the company ladder.

He of course was chastised and then became contrite, but the damage was done. The seeds were sown for all future failures, the eventual source of idol worship, the ultimate goal of which is the denial of the supreme deity and the placing of oneself at the head of the pantheon.

Congratulations to Professor Sylvan Cappell for his upcoming induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this weekend.

Congratulations to Allen Hirsch for his documentary “Long Live Benjamin” which just won the News & Documentary Emmy for the category of Outstanding New Approaches: Art, Lifestyle and Culture. 

Congratulations to Ezra Wine for the show of his Ralph Lauren clothing collection at the Lo and Behold Exhibit at PSNY Gallery at 3 Howard Street, showing the month of October, from 2-7pm, Tuesday-Saturday.

The Arayat for Ralph Ancona, brother of Jack, will begin today at 4pm at Shaare Zion on 2022 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11223.

More Sukkot at TriBeCa Synagogue

With Anya Mover

Helping those in need to perform the mitzvah!

With Elijah Parsons

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In his beautiful farewell poem of Haazinu, Moshe pleads for his words to be like dew and rain, tal umatar, like what we will be praying for in about a week. His analogy expressed his hope that beyond the immediate impact of his address, there would be the germination of future influence, just as rain and dew enhance the fertility of the soil for future produce.

Many words of inspiration were spoken over this momentous holiday: by our President Eli Weiss, Perry Parker and Executive Vice President Neil Wallin. May their words continue beyond Yom Kippur to galvanize our community to ever higher commitment and growth throughout this new year!

Congratulations to Jason and Haley Binn for the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Penny to be celebrated at the synagogue this weekend.

SUKKOT STARTS SUNDAY NIGHT!

Please: 

Reserve for dinners Sunday and Monday night

Order the Lulav and Etrog

Sunday office hours    9am-2pm

Tremendous thanks to Robert Blakeley and Vito Licari for directing the assembling of our sukkot. They were helped by Charles Jaskel, Jacopo Penzo, Scott Symon, Jonathan Parker and Gordon Wine

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