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Parashah Vayakhel-Pekudei | Shabbat HaChodesh

29 Adar 5781 • 13 March 2021 
General overview here
Hebrew/English linear translation • Text with Rashi's commentary

Mazal Tov Ethan Mavorah!
After postponing Ethan's Bar Mitzvah in October 2020,
we are filled with pride and joy to be celebrating this
milestone in our lives on March 13, 2021. Ethan is 13
years old and in 7th grade at Ruth K. Broad Middle School in Bay Harbor. He also attended Hebrew School at Temple Menorah over the past couple of years. Prior to becoming a "Bobcat" at Ruth K. Broad, he started as a "Lion" at Lehrman Community Day School, which is where he began learning Hebrew and Jewish studies.

Ethan, or as we like to call him "E", is a kind, smart, creative, passionate, funny and well-rounded young man. He has a huge heart and has compassion for others. For his Mitzvah Project, Ethan helped South Florida's most vulnerable (the homeless) stay safe during the Coronavirus pandemic. He collected donations from friends and family to help create 200 COVID Care Kits which consisted of hand sanitizers, cotton and disposable face masks, antibacterial wipes, reusable water bottles and vitamin C immunity packs and donated them to Camillus House in February.

By day, you'll find Ethan in school (actually, at home online at school). Some of his favorite subjects include civics, computers and math. You'll also find him on the
field or on a court. He's a big-time sports lover and athlete, who is the quarterback for his flag football team. Ethan is an avid tennis and basketball player, street
hockey lover and also likes to ride his bike in the neighborhood. By night, Ethan likes to chill & Netflix by watching movies and, of course, playing video games.

Ethan is super excited to become a man and share this special moment in his life with a small group of family and friends in person at Temple Menorah and via a
livestream to those who are near and dear to us. Shabbat Shalom!

Sanctuary Flowers Sponsored by
The Mavorah Family
in honor of Ethan’s Bar Mitzvah

Kiddush 2 Go Sponsored By
Sergio & Rosita Zelcer
in honor of
the wedding of granddaughter Daniella Abraham to Gabriel Knight

and the birth of second great-grandson David Sholem,
son of Monica & Yonathan Assouly

Passover Starts April 27:

 click image below to sell your Chametz online!

ISSUES & PERSONALITIES IN THE UPCOMING ISRAEL ELECTION
An Evening with Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post Analyst
Sunday, March 14, 2021 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST • Register here  
For details, please contact Debbi Gold at  dgold@acsz.org 

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM PRESENTS
7 MINUTE TRAINING PROGRAM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 • 12:00pm • Register here  
Join this lifesaving Zoom webinar, led by a Magen David Adom paramedic to learn the tools you need to stay safe and save lives in an emergency medical situation.

PASSOVER FOOD & PPE BASKETS FOR SENIORS & HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
VOLUNTEER DRIVE-THRU & DROP-OFF

Sunday, March 21, 2021 • 9:00am

Great family experience. Registration is Now Open! RSVP here

PASSOVER FOOD DRIVE BENEFITTING THE JCS KOSHER FOOD BANK
ITEMS REQUESTED:
Canned tuna  •  Jar / frozen gefilte fish  •  Matzah  •  Grape juice  •  Oil  •  Mayonnaise  •  Applesauce  •  Jelly / Jam •  Horseradish  •  Canned Fruit • Assorted Cleaning Products
For more information, please call the Kosher Food Bank at 305.947.8093

KOL CONNECTION PRESENTS LIBERATION - A PASSOVER SPECIAL
Thursday, April 1, 2021 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST / 9:00pm - 10:30pm EST 
RSVP here (Zoom (link upon pmt)
Join us for an evening of music, learning, and connection. Kol Connection, an organization founded by Sasha Dominguez (our former Youth & Community Engagemnet Director) will be hosting an online event with musicians Charlie Kramer and Jon Kunis (Rabbi Josh's brother).

COVID-19 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation 
GMJF has established a program to provide short-term relief in the form of grants and interest-free loans to individuals and families who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
 
This program will provide:
·        Emergency grants of up to $1,500 per household to provide online gift cards or pay critical bills on behalf the grantee.
·        Emergency interest-free loans of up to $3,000 disbursed directly to the borrower with repayment beginning six months following disbursement.

Loans and grants are intended to address critical needs including:
· Rent or mortgage payments, utilities, food, medical expenses and medications, childcare costs, emergency household needs

The loan program online application is available here.  More details are available in the flier below, at http://hebrewloan.org or at 305-692-7555.

Dear Menorah Community,

According to the Rambam, the highest form of tzedakah is to help fellow Jews establish themselves in business. Below is a list of local Kosher businesses you may want to support.
 
KTERING DESSERTS
Exceptional French style pareve and dairy desserts
786-246-6671 | www.k-desserts.com
See details on Instagram (click here) or Facebook (click here)
 
TORAH TREASURES
The only Jewish bookstore left in Miami Beach that also offers a variery of Judaica 
305-673-6095