Tali Millo, Program Director and Lay Clergy

Better Together

A Message From Tali Millo, Program Director and Lay Clergy

How wonderful it has been to be able to celebrate the Jewish holidays together! Now more than ever, we are reminded that celebrating the chaggim is always better when we are together. As always, Purim was a fun and festive holiday for the whole family! We kickstarted our Purim celebrations with a delicious virtual Shabbat celebration with PJ Library! Families picked up yummy calzone dinners and Purim craft-kits. We joined together on Zoom to welcome in Shabbat and get a head start on celebrating Chag Purim! The best part of the holidays is coming together as a community, and the Purim CARnival allowed us to do just that! Together with Congregation Etz Chayim, Adas Yeshurun Herzlia Congregation, PJ Library, PJ Our Way, BBYO, and the Rady JCC we organized a two-stop outdoor Purim CARnival. Carnival games, snacks, music, and more were located outside the shul and at the Asper Campus simultaneously. Families hopped to each location to see what exciting activities were going on! Together with our community partners we were able to pull off a fun, festive, and safe Purim carnival. The pinnacle of the Purim celebration is always the reading of Megillat Esther! We were thrilled to be able to welcome in-person attendees to listen to the story of Queen Esther and her bravery. Cantor Leslie Emery, Engagement and Education Director Dr. Rena Secter Elbaze, Melanie Richters, and Bryan Schwartz did an incredible job at chanting the story of Purim from our beautiful scroll. If you were not able to attend, feel free to check it out online on our YouTube channel! It is hard to explain how excited we are to be hosting an in-person Congregational Seder for the first time in two years! On the second night of Pesach we will be hosting members of our congregation for a musical and family-friendly Seder. You cannot go wrong when you get to listen to the amazing musical contributions of Rabbi Mass and Cantor Leslie, while enjoying delicious food from Chef Joel Lafond! I cannot wait to see who finds the Afikoman (and wins an awesome prize package)! Our Seder will follow the Haggadot that were generously sponsored by Vickar Nissan. Copies of the Haggadah are available at the shul office for pick up as well as available online for viewing. If you didn’t get a chance to register for this in-person event, consider tuning in to the livestream beginning at 6:15 PM on Saturday, April 16th. You may wonder what we are doing on the first night of Pesach! Rabbi Mass invites you to join him, his wife Ashira, his son Ronen, and his mother-in-law Tzivie Meyers at their “Pajama Pyjama Seder.” This event will be livestreamed on YouTube, Facebook, and the Shaarey Zedek Website on Friday, April 15th. The evening will begin with Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:30 PM, and lead straight into the Mass-Meyers family seder. As for the name “Pajama Pyjama”? You will have to tune in to see what that is all about! We hope that you will join us for an interactive and musical family-friendly service.

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Sisterhood Book Club

Facilitator: Rhonda Youell Wed, May 4, 2:00p CDT

Join us for the spring book club meeting with our facilitator, Rhonda Youell - Retired Administrator, West Kildonan Collegiate. About the book: Hope Valley by Haviva Ner-David, is the poignant story of two women, one Jewish-Israeli and one Palestinian-Israeli, who come together to form the unlikeliest of friendships amidst nations in conflict. Tikvah and Ruby are two strong women who circle each other and in recognizing each other’s pain, offer hope that fear and resentment can grow into love.

Learn where to buy the book and register by visiting www.szwinnipeg.ca/SISTERHOOD

This event is open to Sisterhood Members exclusively. If you are not a member, we’d love to welcome you to join Sisterhood – mail sisterhood@szwinnipeg.ca for information. As we celebrate these holidays, we also must take the time to remember and acknowledge the darker times of our history. On Yom HaShoah – Thursday, April 28th – we will be hosting a commemorative service in partnership with the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada for all those that perished in the Holocaust. Megillat HaShoah will be read aloud by members of our community and allies that stand together with us to remember the atrocities of the Shoah. Please join us for this meaningful service. Please stay tuned for upcoming events for Yom Ha’atzmaut, Shavuot, and more!

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