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August 8 Scholar in Residence Welcome Lunch

We are excited to welcome Rachel Rosenthal to our community for a Lunch and Learn on August 8, 2015. She will be helping our community learn the halachic framework for Yom Kippur services in the context of a “partnership minyan” like Rosh Pina.
Rachel Rosenthal is pursuing a PhD in Rabbinic Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary and serves on the faculty of the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. A graduate of the Drisha Scholars Circle, she serves on the faculty of Nishma: A Summer of Torah Study at JTS and has taught at Limmud, the 92nd Street Y, the Manhattan JCC and throughout the United States. She holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Annual Appeal and Yom Kippur Tickets, 5776

From this page, you may make your Annual Appeal contribution, reserve/purchase Yom Kippur tickets, and provide your membership information. **Please note that Yom Kippur tickets must be reserved separately, regardless of membership donation amount.**

 

Reserve/Purchase Yom Kippur Tickets

A Yom Kippur ticket is free with a membership donation of at least $180, or can be purchased for $70.  Either way, Yom Kippur tickets must be reserved separately.

Babysitting will be provided in coordination with DC Minyan. The cost is $30 per family for those who have made a membership donation of at least $180 per adult, or $40 per family for all others. Sign up here.

We are committed to ensuring that every member, regardless of financial circumstances, can be a full member of the community, including attending Yom Kippur services. Please contact the Vaad confidentially if you would like to discuss other pricing options.

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Annual Appeal Contribution

Your contribution to our Annual Appeal serves as your membership for 5776. We request a suggested donation of $180 per adult. This year, a donation at this level or above includes one ticket for Yom Kippur, which may be reserved above. However, as always, a donation of any size is welcome and qualifies for membership.




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July 11 – Scholar in Residence

UPDATE: Registration is now closed.
UPDATE 2: Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Scholar in Residence is not able to come to DC this weekend.

Join Rosh Pina following services on Shabbat morning, July 11, for a community lunch with Scholar in Residence Lila Kagedan. Lila will be teaching on the topic of Judaism and Bioethics.

The cost of lunch will be $12 for members and $15 for non-members. Register below by July 8. Babysitting will be available. Email the vaad to sign your child(ren) up.

Rabbi Lila Kagedan (Rav Lila Kagedan in Hebrew) is a consultant, lecturer, activist and educator in the areas of global health, ethics, religion and education and is a student at Harvard University. She was a Hadassah Brandeis Institute-Gender, Culture, Religion and Law Research Associate. Lila is a clinical ethicist and chaplain and is currently completing the Jerusalem Rabbinate ordination tests privately. She is a halachic resource to a variety of religious institutions. She was ordained in 2015 by the Orthodox Rabbinical School for women Yeshivat Maharat.

Lila has consulted for several  NGOs, health care centers and academic institutions and has lectured widely while also working in clinical environments. She has taught Talmud, ethics and Jewish studies in a variety of formal and non-formal settings and has written extensively on medicine and Jewish law, Jewish Ethics as well as on topics relating to women and Judaism/Jewish practice. Lila is the founder of the Sulam School and  holds degrees and certificates from Midreshet  Lindenbaum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The University of Toronto, Harvard University, The Medstar Washington Hospital Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. She will be accepting a pulpit position upon graduation as well as continuing her clinical and academic pursuits.

Shavuot

Join us for ma’ariv, dinner, and learning from two community members on the first night of Shavuot. We will be meeting in the ballroom of the Chastleton.

Sign up now! Dinner is $5, and we ask that you help us out by committing to volunteer.

UPDATE MAY 20: Registration for dinner is now closed. We hope to see you Saturday night for davening and learning!

April 25 – Community Lunch

Join Rosh Pina following services on Shabbat morning, April 25, for a community lunch.

The cost of lunch will be $12 for members and $15 for non-members. Register below.

UPDATE April 23, 8:45 am: Registration for lunch is now closed. Email the vaad (info at roshpinadc.org) if you would still like to attend.

 

October 31 – Minyan Balagan

Sponsored by Rosh Pina

Friday Night, October 31st at 6 pm
2022 Columbia Road NW (Community Room)

Rosh Pina is excited to announce/sponsor Minyan Balagan: a family/child friendly Friday night davening. Minyan Balagan will meet on the Friday night of the first week of each month.

While all are welcome, Minyan Balagan’s goal is to create a space where families can bring their kids and not worry — too much — about their volume and encourage them to participate in a spirited davening.

Minyan Balagan was started as an experiment last year independently from Rosh Pina and served as a great opportunity for parents (and non-parents) to enjoy davening and have their kids participate in Kabbalat Shabbat. We are excited to sponsor Minyan Balagan and, hopefully, expand its reach.

For those interested, davening will be followed by a dinner (details to be announced).

If you have questions or are interested in attending, helping, or joining for dinner please contact Justin Rubin.

Minyan Balagan is part of a larger effort by Rosh Pina to reach out to and create options for families. If you are interested in contributing to children’s and family programming at Rosh Pina, please contact the vaad.

November 8 – Scholar-in-Residence Sara Labaton

Join Rosh Pina on Shabbat morning, November 8, for a Lunch and Learn with scholar-in-residence Sara Labaton. Sara is currently completing a doctorate in Jewish Studies at NYU.  Her research focuses on Abraham ibn Ezra’s interpretation of the Tabernacle and cultic sacrifice and the use of esotericism in his biblical commentaries.  Sara was one of the founding faculty members of Yeshivat Hadar and currently lives on the Jersey Shore with her family. Sara will be teaching on “Conflict between Ritual and Ethics in Jewish Texts and Thought.”

As modern Jews, we often struggle with achieving balance between our ritual lives and our ethical lives. The question of how these two core components of Judaism relate to one another is not a new one. In fact, the Bible itself presents numerous possibilities for understanding the complex relationship between rituals and ethics. Please join us as we examine different biblical and post-biblical perspectives on the role of ritual and ethics in Judaism. From the prophet Amos to the Talmud and from Nahmanides to Chacham Ovadia Yosef, we will grapple with this age-old problem and think about the ways it resonates for us today.

Sara will also give a d’var torah during davening.

Parents! We will be providing free baby-sitting during the lunch and learn. Email the vaad to sign your kids up.

UPDATE: NOVEMBER 4. We have reached capacity. We will no longer be accepting registration for lunch.

Torah, Torah, Torah! Simchat Torah at Rosh Pina

Chag sameach! Please join us this Friday, October 17, at 9am for Simchat Torah services.

Highlights:

  1. Free lunch!
  2. Convenient location at the Chastleton, only one block north of the JCC. (1701 16th Street, NW)
  3. Energetic yet efficient hakafot.
  4. Celebrating some of our behind-the-scenes stalwarts as Chatan Torah and Kallat Bereshit.

We thank Chellie and Yankee Wilensky for their sponsorship of lunch in honor of the community.

September 13: Welcome Lunch

Join Rosh Pina after services on September 13 for a community lunch to welcome new members and celebrate the beginning of the year together. To sign up, please fill out the form below and then pay as appropriate. Note that the form (“Submit”) and payment (“Select”) are two separate processes.

UPDATE September 11: sign-ups for lunch are now closed.