Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher ~rabbi.derrenbacher@gmail.com~ 315.576.3271
Emily’s office hours: Tuesday through Friday 12 pm – 5 pm deadline for eShalom is Wednesday each week
Bikur cholim:If you know someone who is ill, or if you yourself are ill and would like a visit from Rabbi Matt, please contact the office at 573.499.4855 or the rabbi directly at 315.576.3271.
Note that hospitals no longer notify us when a community member is admitted.
NOTE: Before scheduling a meeting or event in either the farmhouse or sanctuary building, please contact Emily Colvin in the CBS office at 573.499.4855.
Note: no in-person services this week – special services on Friday night and Saturday morning will be via Zoom only.
Friday Night
Gratitude ShabbatwithRabbi Matt Derrenbacher@ 7 pm
Exploring Hanukkah
Mon Dec 4 @ 7 pm
in person and Zoom
Zoom: click here
Hanukkah Party!
Sun Dec 10 @ 4 pm
CBS Board Meeting
Tuesday, Dec 12 @ 7 pm
Let’s have some fun!
We’ll have great food, live music, raffle, kugel competition, and more.
Everyone is encouraged to dress in clothing from your favorite decade.
Send pictures of your family’s Chanukah celebrations for our slide show to Marc (click here). Be sure to mention which decade the photo is from!
Get your tickets now – click here. $10/adult, $5/child, $30/max per family.
Kelly Durante will have a few of her small paintings available at the Chanukah party in exchange for a donation to Magen David Adom. Todah rabbah Kelly!
As in previous years, CBS has adopted two families through the Voluntary Action Center’s holiday program: a mom with three kids and an elderly woman.
Click here for the SignUpGenius page that has all the details about the items on each family’s wish list and how you can help.
Drop off items at CBS in the box in the hallway of the sanctuary building the week of November 12. Everything will be picked up at noon on November 18. Or contact Michelle Golden at 314.603.3087 or michelle.golden@goldenperspective.com to arrange to drop off gifts at her home November 26-28. Also contact Michelle with questions.
Thank you so much for helping to make these families’ lives a little better!
Tikkun Olam Committee
The Tikkun Olam committee has organized a FaceBook fundraiser for Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance, and blood bank service.
Tikkun Olam will match the first 20 donations of $50 or more, and hope to donate the maximum, $1,000. To take part, click here
The fundraiser runs through the end of November.
Joseph E Rosenthal
13 Kislev/November 26 Sedalia yahrzeit
Max Walker
14 Kislev/November 27 Sedalia yahrzeit
Irvin Tolchin
17 Kislev/November 30 Deborah Kupferer’s father
Marilyn Tolchin
17 Kislev/November 30 Deborah Kupferer’s mother
David Stern
19 Kislev/December 2 Sedalia yahrzeit
Do we have your family’s information listed correctly? If not, or if you need to add someone, please send a note to Mary at maxmax@mchsi.com.
CBS maintains the yahrzeits of Temple Beth El in Sedalia.
Donations are a good way to remember or honor people and special life events. Your gift can be directed to the CBS general fund, the rabbi’s discretionary fund (RDF), the endowment fund, Tikkun Olam, the library, the Sasha Yelon book fund, the school scholarship fund or the sacred music fund.
Credit card or PayPal donations can be made via the CBS web page: https://cbsmo.org/ Or send a check to CBS, 500 W Green Meadows Rd, Columbia 65203, with a note with details about honorees and where you’d like the notification sent. We’ll send a handwritten card as you direct.
