Shabbat Lech-Lecha (Go! Leave!) Abram & Sarai travel to Canaan Torah – Bereshit/Genesis 12:1-17:27 Sefaria link: click here Triennial Year 1 – Bereshit/Genesis 12:1-13:18 Sefaria link: click here Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Sefaria link: click here
Services are in person and via Zoom/Facebook
CBS Board Meeting
Thu Nov 6 @ 7 pm
Risa Hughes’ Bat Mitzvah
Sat Nov 15 @ 10 am
CBS Semi-Annual Meeting
Sun Nov 16 @ 2 pm
Loaves & Fishes
Sun Nov 30
Religious School &
Youth Group meet
Sun Nov 2
Hebrew School meets
Wed Nov 5
The CBS Board of Directors meets Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm.
Click here to attend via Zoom.
The CBS semi-annual meeting is Sunday, November 16th at 2 pm.
Get updates from the CBS board and religious school director Debbie Kaplan, and hear the latest about the rabbinical search and the Future 50 Campaign.
Join us in the sanctuary or click here to attend via Zoom.
The 2025/26 b’nai mitzvah class is raising money for new playground equipment by selling shirts and sweatshirts for Chanukkah. To order, click here. Or use a printed copy, available on the table in the sanctuary building foyer.
Orders are due November 12th so we can have everything printed and sorted in time for the Chanukkah party. Give payment to Debbie Kaplan, Emily Colvin in the CBS office, or Deidra McClendon.
Last project of the season!
Come help prepare beds for planting next spring this Sunday, November 2nd at 10 am. Bring a shovel to turn over the soil and help lay cardboard and mulch.
During Project Isaiah, our annual High Holy Days food drive, we collected 158 lbs. of food, $79.44 in the tzedakah box and $610 via Facebook. Thanks to all who contributed!
Here is a note from the Food Bank: “With every meal weighing an average of 1.2lbs, these two barrels alone will help The Food Bank distribute over 130 meals to our neighbors living with food insecurity.”
Due to the suspension of SNAP/food stamps and other aid during the current government shutdown, local food insecurity is increasing dramatically. Please consider making another donation to the Food Bank (click here) to help feed our neighbors.
In months with a fifth Sunday, CBS provides a full dinner to fellow Columbians in need through the Loaves & Fishes program. We are serving Sunday, November 30th, and we need donations of food items as well as volunteers to set up, serve, and clean up.
Watch for the signup list in next week’s eShalom and consider signing up to work a shift at the dinner, bring food, or both!
The CBS Book Club will meet Sunday, December 7 at 3 pm in the Farmhouse to discuss Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl.
Please email Jean Ispa (ispaj@missouri.edu) if you’d like to be added to (or subtracted from) Jean’s distribution list for this book group.
Kenneth Max Zemke
11 Cheshvan/November 2 John Zemke’s father
Leonard Goodman
14 Cheshvan/November 5 Judith Goodman’s father
CBS is grateful to receive donations in memory of loved ones on their yahrzeit.
Click here to make donations by credit card or PayPal. Or send checks to CBS, 500 W Green Meadows Rd, Columbia MO 65203.
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.
Click here to donate by credit card or PayPal. 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.
Make your pledge to CBS for the fiscal year 2025-26.
Click here to read the letter from the CBS Board. To make your pledge via ShulCloud click here. Or click here to access the pledge form to download and print.
