Chanukah at CBE 2022/5783
Chanukah is coming! We will light the first candle on Sunday, December 18th.
Join us for the Chanukah themed events listed below!
Friday, December 16 • 7:30 PM
A Musical Shabbat with a Chanukah Theme (featuring the CBE Choir)
The CBE Choir will welcome Shabbat and celebrate Chanukah with a selection of songs in Ladino, Yiddish, and Hebrew — and close with the rousing Not By Might by Debbie Friedman.
Sunday, December 18 • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
CBE's Chanukah Party!
Join us at CBE for latkes, pizza, art projects and singing!
This event is free and open to everyone!
For more information or questions, contact Beth Goldstein at bethg@bethelohim.org or Leslie Knight at programming@bethelohim.org.
Wednesday, December 21 • 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Menorah Lighting in Maynard
Outdoor Candle Lighting in Maynard at the downtown Chanukiah
All are welcome at the Maynard Menorah Lighting on Veteran's Memorial Park!
Help mark the Jewish Festival of Lights - a celebration of freedom and community - and watch the candles be lit on the 12-foot-high menorah!
Rabbi David will be lighting the candles and Beth Goldstein will be leading us in song. There may even be Chanukah treats!
Friday, December 23 ♦ 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Kosher Chinese Food Shabbat Dinner
Join us prior to the Friday night Shabbat service for a Shabbat dinner of kosher Chinese food!
We are getting the food from The Kosher Wok Restaurant in Brookline. There will be both meat and vegetarian options available. Friday night Shabbat service with Rabbi David and Cantor Sarra follows at 7:30 PM.
To partially cover the cost of the food, we are asking for $10 per adult and $5 per child age 5+. We need volunteers to help with set-up and clean-up.
Please sign up and pay here by Tuesday, December 20th. You'll let us know how many are joining us and if anyone in your family wants vegetarian only. You'll also be able to sign up to volunteer for set-up and/or clean-up.
If you have any questions, you may email Jess Rosenblatt at ritual@bethelohim.org.
Saturday, December 24 • 9:30 AM
Shabbat Chanukah Morning Service & Torah Study with Rabbi David
Join us for Shabbat services to celebrate Chanukah, including a Hallel service and other special prayers for the holiday. Torah Study and light kiddush to follow.
Saturday, December 24 and Sunday, December 25
CBE Serves Meals at Cor Unum on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community during the Holidays? As in the past, CBE Social Action is organizing a group of volunteers to serve dinner at Cor Unum on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Click HERE to learn more and how to sign-up. Watch Star-Lite for updates on how many volunteers are still needed and when.
Navigating the December Holidays as an Interfaith Family - Rabbi David
Rabbi Braham David, December, 2022
Read this article from Rabbi David that also contains other resources for interfaith families.
Navigating the December Holidays as an Interfaith Family
Chanukah Entertaining Tips!
Check out the December STAR for Chanukah entertaining tips! You will find the following:
♦ A simplified potato latkes recipe from congregant/chef Barbara Frank Michaelsen
♦ CBE Administrator Shoshana Zuckerman tells how to zhuzh up your Hanukkah Gathering! She provides tips for creating a Latke Bar, Chanukah-inspired cocktails and mocktails, activities beyond playing dreidl, and even a perfect Chanukah playlist!