Announcements on Shabbos - October 17, 2026
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Beth El Briefings

The Shabbat Afternoon Shiur with Rabbi Segal will take place at 5:10pm on the topic of “The Noachide Laws & Lab Grown Meat.”

Kiddush this week will take place in the Social Hall. Thank you to Dani Goldring, Mayer Kahan , Noam Lefman, Philip Vedol, James Wolfe and Ross Zilber for preparing the cholent.

Shabbat Snif with our Shlichot will take place at Beth El for grades 1-5 at 3:30pm.

Seudah Shelishiet at Beth El will take place this week in the Social Hall.

Yachad Seudah Shelishiet: Yachad participants, and Newton teens and community members are invited for a Shabbat afternoon Seudah Shelishiet event with Yachad of New England at the Kirshtein/Weinberg Residence (160 Mill St, Newton) beginning at 4:30pm through the end of Shabbat. See flier for details.

Mazel Tov to Leah Jacobson on the engagement of her son Ben Jacobson to Jessie Franco of Silver Spring, Maryland. May the couple build a Bayit Ne’eman B’Yisroel!

Mazel Tov to Rebecca and Steve Schwartz on the birth of their granddaughter to parents Marissa and Ari Schaffer. May the precious newborn grow to Torah, Chuppah and Ma’asim Tovim!

Bagels & Learning with Rabbi Segal: The weekly High School Chaburah with Rabbi Segal will take place this Sunday, Oct. 18th following Shacharit on the topic of birchot nehenin, laws relating to the correct berachot made on various foods. Sushi, Pringles, pizza, granola bars, ice cream cones, peanut butter, pancakes—you name it! We’ll explore the fascinating halachic questions behind the everyday foods and discover the principles that determine which berachah we make. We’ll also be learning about how modern day food manufacturing affects the berachot we make on these foods. There will be source sheets and videos. Sign up here:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/EHxrOlUp8Nn1djg0DKeXiN?s=hd&p=i&mlu=0&iam=0

Sunday Activity with our Shlichot will take place at Shaarei for grades 1-5 from 10-11:30am and will involve arts and crafts!

Semichat Chaver Program: New Zman starts this week! Join Rabbi Segal for an exciting new semester of Semichat Chaver this Tuesday night, Oct. 20 at 8:00pm. We will be covering the topic of Challah, Terumah, and Maaser. Past participation is not needed to join this new zman. Contact Rabbi Segal to join. See flier at the end of this week’s Kishrei.

Thursday Morning Parshat HaShavua Learning with Rabbi Segal will take place this Thursday morning, Oct. 22nd at 11am via Zoom. Look out for the link in your email.

HOLD THE DATE, next Saturday night: Colonel Shlomi Ben Meir, commander of the maneuver center of the IDF intelligence (IMC) will be giving a lecture with a video presentation at Beth El on Saturday night, Oct. 24th at 8pm. Hear the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of 10/7 from an IDF intelligence commander and veteran. Discover how real-time intelligence shaped the war, including the dramatic rescue of civilians from the Nova festival, through a first hand account of events.

HOLD THE DATE, Shabbat, Oct 31: Shabbat Afternoon Speakers, A Powerful Conversation with Niv and Adi Kvart. Niv is a former Israeli soldier who was wounded in battle and is currently a psychologist who manages a team of IDF psychologists. He and his wife, Adi, are visiting the community to participate in a Brothers for Life (Achim L’Chaim) event, an Israeli non-profit that helps wounded soldiers. On Shabbat afternoon before mincha come and hear firsthand stories of courage, resilience and strength from those who have sacrificed everything for the safety of the Jewish people.

Hosting Our Shlichot: We are grateful to have our Bat Ami Shlichot, Hadar and Shira, join our com-munity. Please express our gratitude by inviting the Shlichot for Shabbat and Yom Tov meals throughout their stay with us. Sign-up here: https://tinyurl.com/MealsBnotSherut26-27 For questions, please contact Michal Weitman, Beth El’s liaison for the Shlichot: weitmanm@gmail.com.