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This is your LAST CHANCE to order wine and spirits for Passover at the best prices, tax-free, with free delivery to your order, and benefit Stanton in the process. 

Order any of The River Wine's selection of delicious kosher wines and spirits today and Stanton will get 10% of the sales.

To download the order form click here for a PDF, OR click here for an Excel file. Fill it out and email it to larissa.nahari@theriverwine.com ASAP. 

After confirming your order, you may pay by check to The Stanton Street Shul, P.O. Box 1008, NY, NY 10002, or pay online by choosing "Wine Sale" from the drop-down menu. Stanton will get 10% of the sales!

Before Pesach it is a requirement to eliminate all chametz (leavening) from our possession. However, in those circumstances where elimination is not an option, Jewish law does allow for chametz -- especially and preferably only in non-bread-like form (e.g. liquors, mixtures, etc.) -- to be sold to a gentile.

Arrangements for such sale may be made through Rabbi Aviad Bodner. To do so, download the form by clicking here, fill it out, and return it to Rabbi Bodner NO LATER than Thursday, April 6. You can email your form directly to Rabbi Bodner at rabbi@stantonstshul.com.

Please note that Rabbi Bodner will be selling Chametz only for those who are New York residents and are spending Pesach in the New York time zone. Rabbi Bodner does not accept personal monetary gifts for this service. He does however, welcome contributions to the Synagogue which will be used to fund the Synagogue's classes, events, and programs.

Wishing you all a chag Pesach kasher v'sameach! 

There are only a few seats left for our pre-Passover Shabbat dinner on April 7, with visiting scholar Rabbi Sion Setton. Sign up now to reserve your spot! 

The dinner will be dairy/pescatarian Shabbat dinner with all the chametz foods you can imagine. Rabbi Setton will share words of Torah during the dinner on the topic: "How to celebrate Pesach - Sepharadi Style." Rabbi Setton is the Principal of Yeshivah Prep High School. He is a co-founder and member of the Downtown Va'ad and serves as an affiliate Chaplain at New York University. 

Prayer services will begin at 7:20 pm, and dinner will start at approximately 8:00 pm.  Please click here to register for the dinner now ($30 members; $35 non-members; $100 very appreciated sponsors, includes dinner for two).
 

Questions? Want to help us with set-up or another volunteer role? Email us at office@stantonstshul.com. 

Our next FREE StantonKIDS program will be on Shabbat morning, April 8, from 10:30 am to 12 pm. All kids are welcome!

We will spend the morning getting ready for Passover! Our talented StantonKIDS teachers will lead the children in prayers and holiday-themed songs, games and snacks.

For more info, to RSVP, and to learn about sponsorship opportunities, email kids@stantonstshul.com.

We are conducting a brief, anonymous survey of our members in preparation for our Annual Membership Meeting, which will be on Sunday morning, June 4, 2017. Please save the date and click here to take the survey.

We appreciate you taking a few moments to fill it out to let us know how well Stanton is meeting your needs. Your honest answers will help to frame our priorities and direction for the coming year. Once again, you can take the survey by clicking here or by copying and pasting the following url: https://goo.gl/forms/vSuxe9qUKtFqISJ13

One of the many strengths of our shul is the variety and multiple talents and abilities of our congregants. It takes a lot to run our shul and our programming, and we can probably use your help. Are you a tech guru, web design aficionado, or social media wiz? A master event planner, fundraiser, or program coordinator? An accountant, lawyer, or investment professional? A trained carpenter, electrician, or contractor? If you have any of these or other skills, professional or amateur, that you'd like to contribute to Stanton, speak to Rabbi Bodner, Rivky Friedman, or another member of the board and let's think about how we can help make Stanton flourish together.

Looking for a way to give back to Stanton, not right now, but maybe at some point in the future? Consider planning a long-term gift to the shul. We encourage anyone interested in discussing various ways to plan a gift now that will be given in the future to contact Board members Michael Gordon or Rivky Friedman, or Rabbi Bodner. There are many ways to go about planned giving and we are happy to discuss the various options that might work for you.