NTEHEM Pre-Hannukah Event!
Join in at 7pm on the 18th of December at the "clubhouse" on California
Ave for a warm-up event for Hanukkah.

Get in touch with your inner Maccabee!

Lots to enjoy, including:
-Potato Chip tasting! Help determine the official Potato Chip of
NTEHEM and participate in our blind taste test!
- Singing of your favorite Hanukkah caro- er… songs!
- Short teaching sessions on lesser known Hanukkah texts and traditions!
- Perhaps more singing!
- And of course, a little Ma’ariv

Yes, seasonal beers and sodas will be provided to wash down the chips .

Ner Tamid Ezra Habonim Egalitarian Minyan

Fall Holiday Schedule

Selichot - Sat Evening         Sept 24                   

Rosh Hashanah 

Wed     Sept. 28    Minchah-Ma’ariv                 6:00 P.M.
Thurs   Sept. 29     Shacharit                           9:00 A.M.
Thurs   Sept. 29     Tashlikh                             4:30 P.M.

          (at Maya’s Duck Pond in Indian Boundary Park.)

Thurs    Sept. 29     Minchah-Ma'ariv             6:05 P.M.
Fri         Sept 30      Shacharit                         9:00 A.M.
Fri         Sept. 30     Minchah-Ma’ariv             6:05 P.M.

Yom Kippur 

Fri        Oct. 7         Minchah-Kol Nidre            5:30 P.M.
Sat        Oct. 8         Shacharit                           9:30 A.M.
Sat        Oct. 8         Minchah-Ne’ila                 4:50 P.M.

Sukkot first and second days (Oct 13 & 14) and Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah morning services (Oct 20 & 21) will all take place at 9:15 am.  Evening service times to be announced. 

On Sunday, December 5 we held our annual Hannukkah party, with candle-lighting, and a dairy pot-luck with lots of delicious food. Ann addition this year was an extended period of singing Hannukkah songs.

Shabbaton

Our annual shabbaton was held on Shabbat Shekalim, March 4-5, as a joint event with another congregation, Kehilat Shalom of Skokie. Professor Sam Fleischacker spoke about "Truth in the Torah and the truth of the Torah" and "Do we learn morality from the Torah or bring morality to the Torah". In addition, the d'var Torah shabbat morning was given by Amy Reichert, a noted designer and architect on the topic: "How to build a house for a Cloud". All the talks were informative and entertaining. It was a real plus to join with another congregation and to strengthen existing friendships and make new ones. We concluded the weekend with a viewing/sing-along of Fiddler on the Roof saturday night where we had  a great time belting out our favorite songs in unison with the movie.



Homecoming

On Shabbat VaYiggash, December 11, we had a Homecoming Kiddush, where former members of the Egalitarian Minyan, Ner Tamid, and Ezra Habonim all came together with our current members to talk and enjoy each others' company.   We enjoyed seeing many old friends, and hope that they will come back often.

New Members Dinner

On Friday, November 19, at 6:00 pm, we had a Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a dinner to welcome our new members.

Purim at the Minyan

Every year we have a Megillah reading and party together with Ner Tamid congregation. To the right is a picture from a minyan Purim celebration.

The Minyan Shabbaton

Each year we have a Shabbaton, usually in February, with an invited speaker.  Next year will be our thirty-first shabbaton. 

And also . . .

The minyan has held a variety of weekly study sessions, including classes in the books of Psalms, Jonah, and Samuel.   Tutoring is available for those who are interested in improving their abilities in a variety of synagogue skills.

The minyan holds an annual Hanukkah party where a great time is had by all. This is a regular part of the minyan calendar, along with an open Sukkah evening, a Shavuot picnic, a Purim party, and a group break-fast after Yom Kippur.