This document provides information about upcoming events at Romemu, a synagogue community, including: 1. Chanukah events including a candle lighting time, appeal, and online auction. 2. Upcoming Shabbat services on December 30th and 31st including yoga, meditation, and prayers. 3. Recurring children's programs Sha'Baby and Sha'Boker Tov starting in January. 4. Opportunities to volunteer including helping prepare the sanctuary and assisting with sound. 5. Classes and special events in January including meditation, text study, and discussions on Israel and spiritual transformation.

1. 4-11 Tevet, 5772 • December 30- January 6, 2011
Shabbat Candle Lighting Time This Week: 4:19 p.m.
Shabbat Parsha/Weekly Torah Portion: Vayigash
Rome'News and Upcoming Events
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1+20&Q+8*3$"8*9&'02(3&O66)0%9&5(%0,:0%&K+33(,9&H$+/+& We are looking for new volunteers and leaders to
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K:-33+"&4&L33+(,,&J("$%9&L2+80&J("$%C0*)9&;0<+/& the sanctuary into a sacred space. We would like to wish a speedy
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R(*%N$2)0%9&?-%%&A8:%$+/$29&!%/2$0&A8:I02,=9& We are looking for new sound and production Eileen Ain, Phillip Aranow, David Belaga,
5*/-&4&1-2(%&A8:I02,=)0%9&Q+%0&A8+022(,,09&L30%0& volunteers. These volunteers ensure that the sound Michael Cole, Blanche and Jack Frank,
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A8:3(""9&!3$S0%/20&A0N(39&5(%0,:0%&A8:08:,$29&;020& Special for Shomerim: Kiddush and study Palmer, Phillip Jones, Tova Ladley, Chaim
A8:0$6$29&K0*3&A:%$-$29&@02C020&A$N$39&?(+"&?$(%(2/& session with Rabbi David Ingber on January 21st. Melamed, Karen Miriam Rosenbaum,
A:02=$29&J$C$880&A:02=$29&;$C(20:&4&;0<+/&A:+)B(9& Interested in volunteering? Email Allison at Bernard Schneiderman, Sally Staver, Hal
;0<+/&A(3()(%9&;(%%0&A#$8,(29& allison@romemu.org Steiner, and Shira Zeller.

2. Upcoming Events: Learning Opportunities with Romemu:
Isabella Freedman Feed your Heart. Move your Body.
in NYC Expand your Mind.
Saturday, January 7 at
7:00 p.m. Ongoing Classes and Special Events Next Month:
165 West 105th Street Shivti: Shabbat Meditation Living Deeply with a
Come celebrate the road ahead with the
Isabella Freedman community! Win
Shabbat Afternoons 4:30pm - 5:45 p.m. Sacred Text
credits for free retreats, enjoy delicious Saturday, Dec. 31, 4:30 p.m. First Sunday of Every Month
New Location:
snacks from Adamah, and participate in a Next Session: Sunday, Jan. 1
late night jam-session. 2nd floor Auditorium
at 6:30 p.m
Spiritual Jewish Home Lifecare
120 West 106th St 131 Riverside Drive, Apt 10D
Transformation of There is no better time to meditate than on
Shabbat. No prior experience required.
Led by Nili Weissman. This popular course is
back for another round of Torah cycle. This
Israel and America course will help you develop skills to live deeply
with your pasuk, verse of Torah, that you chose on
Monday, January 23, 7:30 p.m. Rome'Red Tent Simchat Torah. We meet once a month to witness,
165 West 105th Street Monday, January 9, 7:00 p.m. support and listen to stories of the verse's
Join Rabbi Michael Lerner and Rabbi David 320 Central Park West, 16D unfolding in our lives. This year-long journey
Ingber in a dialogue exploring spiritual Celebrate with Romemu's comunity group for o ers a unique experience of learning Torah from
strategies of healing and transforming the all female-identified friends and members. each other as we learn how to listen deeply to a
conflicts in the Middle East. sacred text in our lives.
Tree b'Earthday: The Zohar: The Book of
Mazal Tov: Astrology and the
Light...and Darkness
A Tu b'Shevat Every Sunday until January 23 at 8:00 p.m
Kabbalah
Every Other Monday until January 23
Celebration This course is o ered by member
Nathaniel Berman, who has been studying the Next Session: Monday, Jan. 2 at 7:00 p.m
February 3-5 Zohar for many years. This course will be an Co-led by Alina Bloomgarden & Rina Lankry.
This course will explore astrology as a language
Isabella Freedman Jewish intensive intellectual and experiential
introduction to the Zohar, the central text of and tool for self-knowledge. Together, western
Retreat Center astrology and Kabbalistic Astrology will be
Enjoy spirited Shabbat services, guided Kabbalah, also called the "poetry of Kabbalah." No
prior background, except spiritual questing, is introduced. Students will be invited to have their
hikes, workshops, farm-to-table kosher charts calculated and then used as a learning tool
dining, and a beautiful Tu b'Shevat seder required for this course.
as well as an element of analytic methodology.
on Saturday night.
Kabbalah Café
Contact Romemu:
308 W. 92nd Street, Ste. 5B
Every Tuesday
Next Class: Jan. 3, 7:00 p.m.
Limmud NY 2012
New York, New York 10025 260 RiversideDrive Apt 7B Martin Luther King Weekened
212.580.4294, info@romemu.org Led by Rabbi David Inbger. Explore the Friday, January 13 - 16
mysteries of the Kabbalah in an intimate setting Hudson Valley Resort,
Rabbi David Ingber and discover the many paths to wisdom. Kerhonkson NY
rabbi@romemu.org Join with over 700 people of all ages and
Founder & Spiritual Director Omek backgrounds at a volunteer-run Jewish
Beginning Thursday, January 12 festival in beautiful upstate New York.
Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit Romemu's Rabbi David Ingber will be
shir@romemu.org Thursdays, 8:00PM-10:00 p.m.
teaching at this special weekend. Experience
Creative & Musical Director 260 Riverside Drive, 7B art, film, literature, music, philosophy,
This class, taught by Rabbi Ingber, will
politics, text study, sessions about Israel, and
Jane Graver follow one thinker/one book through the cycle
much more from early morning to late night.
jane@romemu.org of the yearly Torah Reading. Week by week,
Take advantage of over 300 sessions and
Director of Operations we will explore a teaching from this particular
performances, grab a Shabbat nap, or just
Master’s approach to the Parsha (weekly
schmooze. Programming for the whole family,
Jade Netanya Ullmann portion). This year we will be learning “Me’or
including free babysitting and children’s
jade@romemu.org Eynayim," a Chassidic classic written by
camp.
Development, Membership & Outreach Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl.
Special $100 discount for members of
Romemu who live in the tri-state area.
Allison Adges Please register for all classes at Register at limmudny.org/register or call
allison@romemu.org www.romemu.org/adult-education 212-908-2525
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