Kehillah+Zichron+Ya'akov

 The //Du-Siach// initiative features regular //shabbatonim// exploring a dimension of an annual theme for the congregation. During the week before the //shabbaton//, the theme is raised in an introductory evening class and an email listing web-based resources. The //shabbaton// begins with Friday night home-based dinners featuring structured conversation; Shabbat morning the conversations transition to a public dialogue further exploring the theme in the context of the morning’s ritual and liturgy. //Divrei Torah// by an adult and child and interactive children-centered programming address the theme, which is also the focus of conversation over Shabbat lunch. On a quarterly basis, the community engages in an 'Erev Shabbat'/ Friday-social-action-day as a full community, connecting the broader community with the work of the community’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah //Chessed// club. Holiday programming focuses outward on the richness of Israeli diversity and the ritual traditions of the Diaspora, providing opportunities to engage the local older generation.

//Siach Shabbat// and the //Parperet Hapat// is a project that was born out of communal interest to support dialogue and the development of ideas and ideals with family, friends, and community. //Parperet Hapat//, appears in the //Talmud// as something which is eaten alongside bread to improve the taste of one's meal. These guide shares that same aim- to join you at your shabbat table to add a new spice for consideration at the meal. This //Parperet Hapat// is meant to inspire thought and discussion between family and friends around the shabbat table. The guide is intended to offer perspectives on the topic addressed, but mostly as a springboard to share questions, responses, and insights with one another. Here is our first one on  __**Decision-Making**__

__**Siach Chagim Sigid Nov 15**__  Joining with the Ethiopian community to learn about Sigid Festival [|Coverpage-hebrew.pdf]



__**Shabbat of Dreams**__



__**Board Workshops**__



Crafts & Cooking with Hungarian holocaust survivors who will share traditional dairy dishes for **//Chanukah//** and their personal narratives and perceptions of miracles.
__**Carnival Purim in Venice Jewry Siach Chagim **__

=== Yemenite community and prepare traditional ‘Yemenite soft pita matzah’ learn a traditional Yemenite song sung during the seder and listen to their accent on the Exodus narrative having acculturated into Zichron Yaakov in 1948. ===

Du Siash shabbat on Tzniut:
[|Coverpage-hebrew.pdf] [|Parperet_Hapat- English- Tzniut page 1.pdf]

= = =__**Du Siach Shabbat - Value of Truth Telling**__= Where does the "truth" fall in the hierarchic of values. If you don't have Truth what do you have yet can we live with the unmitigated truth?

=__**__**Du Siach Shabbat-Strangers**__**__= The test of community is in how we interact with the "other" here we looking into why "others" are both alluring and frightening at the some time