Jewish Education – Rabbi Nat Benjamin

Bergen County Rabbi, Chavurah Beth Shalom, Jewish Education, Jewish Survival, Judaic Studies, New York Rabbi, Rabbi Nat Benjamin

Chavurah Beth Shalom Virtual Seder, 2nd Night of Passover

We cordially invite you to our Chavurah Beth Shalom’s virtual second night Passover Seder, Saturday, April 16, at 6:00 pm via Zoom online.

Passover is a time of remembrance of those Jews in the past who did so much to ensure that we would survive as a people and be free to celebrate our Passover Seder. It is also a time of renewal when we celebrate the Exodus from slavery and our love of freedom. As we wish to preserve this freedom, it is important for us to do our part to preserve those institutions that help guarantee Jewish survival.

Our Chavurah works relentlessly to educate our children and adults, to celebrate the holidays and to serve the community. As always, we are available to you for your life cycle events and pastoral needs. We are ever mindful of your continued friendship and generous support, which have enabled us to succeed and serve our community.

Come and celebrate our virtual Passover Seder on Zoom with your wonderful friends from our Chavurah, your out of town family members, and special guests.

This year, we need your help more than ever and so we have inaugurated a Passover Appeal which we hope will meet with the same generous response from our members and friends as in the past.

Whatever you contribute would be deeply appreciated and in the spirit of Passover.

Passover is a time when we say memorial prayers for our departed loved ones. Please email us the names of your dear ones and they will be read at our special memorial service along with the candle lighting.

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Shabbat Morning at Chavurah Beth Shalom

Please join us for Shabbat Morning In Alpine, tomorrow, Saturday, June 15, 2019 (12 Sivan 5779) 10:30 AM

Morning Shabbat Service followed by our Chavurah Beth Shalom Weekly Torah Discussion Group.

This Shabbat we will discuss the Threefold Benediction from Chapter 6 verses 24-27 which is recited at every prayer service on Shabbat, Festivals and the High Holy Days.

In our tradition we include this blessing at life cycle events and simchas as well. Although the Birkat Shalom consists of only 15 words, it is pronounced and chanted in many different ways at different services at various times of the day according to the Jewish communities.reciting it.

“The Eternal One spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the people of Israel. Say to them:

The Eternal bless you and protect you!

The Eternal deal kindly and graciously with you!

The Eternal bestow [divine] favor upon you and grant you peace! (6:22-27).

A light brunch, great bagels, hot coffee and tea will be served to all members, their guests and friends.

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Shabbat Morning & Torah Studies at Chavurah Beth Shalom

Please join us for Shabbat This Week:
Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the Alpine (NJ) Community House
10:30 am : Morning Shabbat with Cantor Janine Schwarz and Rabbi Nat Benjamin .
11:00 am: Torah Studies with Rabbi Nat Benjamin .
A light brunch, coffee and tea will be served to all our Chavurah Beth Shalom members, friends and their guests.

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Chavurah Beth Shalom Weekly News, November 23, 2018

Rabbi Nat Benjamin Sharing with you the latest news and updates from our Chavurah Beth Shalom, click here.

Please join our Chavurah Beth Shalom for Morning Shabbat, Saturday, November 24th at 10:30 am at :

Alpine Community House, 5 Old Dock Road, Alpine, NJ. 07620.

Rabbi Benjamin will host his Weekly Discussion Group at 11:00 am, following Shabbat Service. This week’s topic will continue with the Book of Genesis, 37-40 , Joseph in Egypt. A light brunch and coffee will be served to all members, their guests and friends.

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Great Cantors of the Golden Age Workshop

Rabbi Nat Benjamin will be hosting a very special Shabbat Morning at our Chavurah Beth Shalom this Saturday, October 20.

Following our 10:30 am Morning Shabbat , our Chavurah Beth Shalom Morning Workshop (11:00 am-12:00 pm) will discuss the Great Cantors of the Golden Age which by most is considered the period from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century (1874-1965) .

We will listen to some of the greatest recorded performances of these great Cantors and discuss the times in which they lived. Rabbi Benjamin has accumulated a vast collection of the recordings by many of the Cantors of this period and he will share with us these collectibles. It is a unique way for us to develop a better understanding of the words of prayer expressed through the vocal talents of their wonderful voices.

Hazzanut (Hebrew) and Chazzanut (Yiddish) is a Jewish musician trained in vocal arts and in English we refer to as Cantor. Please join us for this special retrospective from Gershon Sirota in the early 1900’s to Moshe Kusevitsky, regarded as among the greatest Cantors of the 20th Century who performed at Carnegie Hall in 1938!

What makes the history of the Hazzanut/Cantor so very special is it’s a unique Jewish art form and this workshop will be one of the special moments of our Chavurah Beth Shalom

We welcome our members and their guests to this special day dedicated to the Cantor, the spiritual leader who leads their congregation in soulful prayer each and every week.