Weekly Newsletter

Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei
Week of September 13, 2024
Elul 5784

Erev Shabbat, Friday September 13, 2024 (10 Elul)
Candle Lighting at 6:49pm

Shabbat, September 14, 2024 (11 Elul)
Services will begin promptly at 9:30 and will be followed by a Kiddush open to all at 12pm. 

Havdalah at 7:46pm  

If you'd like to sponsor Kiddush in the future, please reach out to info@stantonstshul.com.

Spend Your High Holidays with Stanton Street!


Register for all services and meals here. 

Please Find Our Full High Holiday Schedule Below:

Rosh Hashana:
Wednesday, October 2nd, 6:15pm Evening Services 
Thursday, October 3rd, 9am Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush will be held following services.
October 3, Childcare provided from 10am - 1pm, Family Services for Young Children and their Caregivers will take place downstairs from 10:30am - 11:30am.
Friday, October 4th, 9am Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush will be held following services.
October 4, Childcare provided from 10am - 1pm, Family Services for Young Children and their Caregivers will take place downstairs from 10:30am - 11:30am.
Fast of Gedalia:
Sunday, October 6th
Fast begins at 5:37am and ends at 7:10pm
Yom Kippur:
Friday, October 11th, 6:00pm Kol Nidre Services
(Please refer to myzmanim.com for local fast beginning and end times)
Saturday, October 12th, 9am Services in Shul, 4:25pm Mincha & 5:40pm Neilah Services, followed by Maariv, Havdalah & a Light Break-Fast
October 12, Childcare provided from 10am - 2pm, Family Services for Young Children and their Caregivers will take place downstairs from 10:30am - 11:30am.
High Holiday Family Services:
On both days of Rosh Hashana (October 3rd and October 4th) and on Yom Kippur (October 12th), we will be holding High Holiday Family Services for children and their families and/or caregivers. Please see details on timing above. Services will consist of a fun and explanatory program including singing, prayer, and other interactive activities. Snacks will be provided. Families must register ahead of time for the service/s they plan to attend. 
Sukkot:
Sunday, October 13th, Sukkah Decorating Program for Children & Caregivers with StantonKIDS at Siempre Verde Garden (Community Garden Across from the Shul), 10am - 12pm
Thursday, October 17th, 9am Shacharit Services
Friday, October 18th, 9am Shacharit Services
Shemini Atzeret:
Thursday, October 24th, 9am Shacharit Services
Simchat Torah:
Thursday, October 24th, 6:40pm Maariv Services
Friday, October 25th, 9am Shacharit Services in Shul/Women’s Tefillah Group Torah Reading & Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush Lunch Will be Held at Approximately 1pm Following Services.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TIMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY UPDATES VIA EMAIL.
Visit stantonstshul.org for more information and updates.

Attend an Upcoming Jewish Art Exhibit, Featuring Community Member David Wander

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Our Annual Membership Drive Is Ongoing!

** Membership Invoices have been sent out to all who held Memberships last year (2023-2024) and have not yet paid for the 2024-2025 year. Please reach out with any questions about renewing your membership or beginning a new membership.**

Dear Friends,

In these last two haftaros, we come across a very unique name for God. In last week’s haftarah, Isaiah 51:15, we read “And I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea, such that its waves roared. God, Master of Legions is His name.” In this week’s haftarah, Isaiah 54:5, we read “For He who made you will espouse you— His name is God, Master of Legions. The Holy One of Israel will redeem you— He is called God of all the Earth.” Also commonly translated as Lord of Hosts, this name evokes the image of God the General or God the Commander in Chief, so to speak. Indeed, this name is used by our Prophets when discussing God in the context of war but they also use it when telling of comfort and redemption, where there may be no direct or apparent connection to God the General.

To understand this name better, we must investigate its origins. At the very beginning of the Book of Samuel, we learn about a woman named Channah who regularly accompanies her husband Elkanah and his other wife Peninah, to offer sacrifices at the mishkan in Shiloh. Channah is unable to have children and because of this she is mistreated by Peninah and misunderstood by Elkanah. One year, she had had enough and so she prayed to God to give her a child. Samuel 1:11 reads “And she made this vow, saying: ‘God, Master of Legions, if You will look upon the suffering of Your maidservant and will remember me and not forget Your maidservant, and if You will grant Your maidservant a male child, I will dedicate him to God for all the days of his life; and no razor shall ever touch his head.’” Her prayer is answered and that child is the Prophet Samuel. 

In the Gemara Brachos (31b), R’ Elazar notes that no one ever called God the Master of Legions until Channah. He explains that the legions Channah is referring to are all the varied aspects of creation. He offers the following parable to explain Channah’s prayer: “To what is this similar? It is similar to a king of flesh and blood who made a feast for his servants. A poor person came and stood at the door. He said to them: Give me one slice of bread! And they paid him no attention. He pushed and entered before the king. He said to him: My lord, the King, from this entire feast that you have prepared, is it so difficult in your eyes to give me a single slice of bread?” God is master over all of creation and can surely spare a son for Channah. What’s more is that despite (or even because of) this lofty role of God, Channah brings her demands directly to The Source.

Perhaps this can help to explain why we so often encounter God, the Master of Legions, in prophecies of comfort and redemption. More than a simple statement about God’s might, Master of Legions is a name that recalls the fact that ultimately God is in control and even though we currently live in a world full of chaos, it is ultimately within God’s power and perview to set everything in order. Channah’s plea is the paradigm from which the Sages derive many of our laws and practices pertaining to prayer. Channah clearly had deep insights into how God runs the world. She recognized that God ultimately holds all the power and precisely because of that fact, she was emboldened to confront this Lord of Hosts directly, who in turn provided the comfort of her request. So should we merit to meet the Master of Legions head-on and be comforted with a world redeemed.   

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Birkeland

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Birthdays
Happy Birthday, Jason Nagel! (September 13)
Happy Birthday, Gilad Nakash! (September 19)

Yahrtzeits
We remember: Evelyn Katz, mother of Jeff Katz (September 16)
We remember: Murray Nusbaum, husband of Risa Gerstein (September 19)

Misheberach 
Rachel Devorah bat Elke
Cecile Cohen זיאסל מלכה בת אסתר 
Manny Kaplan מאיר ראובן בן לאה        
Chana Mera bat Fruma Henna
Gitche bat Honcha
Ella bat Leah
Chaya Malka bat Esther Leia
Nolan Rhodes נתן צבי בן פרידה
Ashlynn Elizabeth Helen Coffman
 Moshe Asher Ben Esther Sarah
Chaim Yechezkel Ben Leah
Reuven ben Rochel
Rivka bat Miriam Sara
Eliyahu Natan ben Shayndel
Shayna bat Chana Kayla 
Yitzhak Calev ben Leetza Tzvia
Ashira bat Yosef
Malka Devora bat Chaya
Chaim Yonah ben Dubrah
​​​​​​​Efraim Ben Sore
Shimon Sumer HaLevi Ben Malka
Jim Lee
Leah Zahava Bat Elka
Barry Feldman

We pray that all who are sick may have a full recovery. We are especially sending prayers to those who are wounded and in need of healing in Israel and Gaza, and daven for the safe return of those who are still unaccounted for.
To add a name to our communal misheberach prayer list, email us.

If you have a Yahrtzeit, birthday, anniversary or other milestone coming up, please reach out!
We'd like to update our Yahrtzeit database. Please send us your yahrzeit details. If you don't know the exact hebrew date, just let us know the date of passing and we will figure it out and add it to the shul cloud calendar.

Dear Stanton Community, 
 
We are shaking from the war breaking out in Israel. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets, over 136 citizens are hostages, and over 1,200 Israelis are dead with thousands more wounded. There are also thousands dead in Gaza -- innocent civilians caught in the line of fire. 
 
This is unprecedented and the most deadly attack on Israel in a generation. We must take action.
In addition to our prayers, we ask you to consider making a generous donation to one of the listed causes.
 
The One who makes peace on high, may He bring peace down below to us, 
Dvir and Shalhevet Cahana

StantonKIDS
Shabbat Programming for 5785

Shabbat Program September 7: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program September 21: 10:30am-12pm
Rosh Hashana October 3: Childcare provided from 10:00am-1pm, Family services from 10:30am-11:30am
Rosh Hashana October 4: Childcare provided from 10:00am-1pm, Family services from 10:30am-11:30am
Yom Kippur October 12: Childcare provided from 10:00am-2pm, Family services from 10:30am-11:30am
Sukkah Decorating October 13: 10:00am-12pm
Shabbat Program November 2: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program November 16: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program December 7: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program December 21: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program January 11: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program January 25: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program February 1: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program February 15: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program March 1: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program March 15: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program April 5: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program April 26: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program May 3: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program May 31: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program June 14: 10:30am-12pm
Shabbat Program June 21: 10:30am-12pm

Women's Tefillah Group

Thank you to all who have joined us for services this year. Our schedule for 5785 is below.
If you would like to layn, lead services, or give a d'var Torah with us, or if you have questions, please be in touch!
Torah Reading (with aliyot for all) on Simchat Torah morning - October 25
Shabbat Parshat Chayei Sarah - November 23
Shabbat Parshat Beshalach - February 8
Megillat Esther Reading - March 13
Shabbat Parshat Emor - May 17
Shabbat Parshat Nasso - June 7
Shabbat Parshat Korach - June 28

ONLINE ARCHIVES

If you missed services this past shabbes, or arrived too late to hear the drasha, you can go to our archives and read a copy! This week, find Lina Morales' drasha on Lech Lecha. 

Click here for an archive of shiurim
Click here for an archive of drashot
Click here to go to our YouTube Channel for an archive of all of our ZOOM classes