Morning Minyan
2021-10-31 09:00 - 09:45, 2021-11-01 07:30 - 08:15, 2021-11-02 07:30 - 08:15, 2021-11-03 07:30 - 08:15, 2021-11-04 07:30 - 08:15, 2021-11-05 07:30 - 08:15, 2021-11-07 09:00 - 09:45, 2021-11-08 07:30 - 08:15 (America/Los_Angeles) and 4 more dates
Morning Minyan will take place on Zoom from remote locations.
How to Connect Virtually

You can join our virtual services on any desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone at h-nt.org/services.

If this is your first time using Zoom, read through our How To Use Zoom guide. If you run into further problems, please email Ashley@h-nt.org.

You can use a landline to have an audio-only connection by dialing +1669-900-6833,,814064429#

If you have a lot of background noise, or are having a side conversation, please mute yourself so we can limit distractions from the service.
Click here to download a digital Siddur Sim Shalom: Morning Service for Weekdays (including Hallel, Hoshanot, and Musaf for Rosh Hodesh and Hol Ha-moed)

Introduction To Judaism
2021-10-31 10:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-07 10:30 - 11:30
Taught by Rabbi Jacob Herber
Sundays ● 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ● via Zoom
This course is open to all, and is perfect for interfaith couples, those raising Jewish children, spiritual seekers, individuals considering conversion, and Jews who want a meaningful chance to reconnect with their Judaism as an adult. This class will be held online using Zoom to meet and learn together.
Please register for this class at: https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/introduction-to-judaism/

Better Together - Virtual Program
2021-10-31 11:00 - 12:15
Better Together: A New Virtual Program for Teens and Elders!
9/26, 10/31, 11/21, 12/12, 1/30, 2/13, 3/27, 4/24, 5/15 ● 11:00am – 12:15pm on Zoom
We are excited to announce HNT has received a grant to bring the Better Together program to our community. Better Together is a grant program with an all-inclusive curricular guide to enable teens to run safe virtual programs between tweens/teens and the elderly. Calling all students in ages 12-18 to participate as well as interested elders in our community. This program will connect teens and elders in a meaningful way in order to benefit and support both age groups. Better Together is new program we are starting at HNT in order to empower teens to reach out to the elderly, befriend them, and make their day a little brighter which in turn, brightens the teens’ lives immeasurably. Better Together is a program developed and operated by a well-respected national foundation. Teens and elders meet together on Zoom from 11:00-11:45 and then teens meet from 11:45-12:15 on Zoom to process and continue the learning. Click to register for the Better Together program.

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? New Ways of Imagining God
2021-11-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-11-08 19:00 - 20:30
Taught by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum
Monday nights, October 25, November 1, 8, 15
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM via Zoom
Register at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summeras-day/
How do we describe the indescribable? We will explore the connection between the difficulty of describing God and the challenge of articulating our own deepest and most moving life experiences. In the process, we will learn what Shakespeare and the Rabbis taught us about God’s uncontainability and our own.
Among the questions we will explore:

Why does it matter how we describe God?
What are the human experiences we have that we find difficult to capture in words?
What are the dangers of describing people inadequately, and what does this have to do with God?
What do great art and music have to teach us about Jewish spirituality?
What is the connection between God and the release of human potential?

Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism
2021-11-03 19:00 - 20:30
Taught by Rabbi Jacob Herber
Every other Wednesday ● 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ● via Zoom
Join Rabbi Herber for Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism, The Shalom Hartman Institute’s latest curricular project, which offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to philosophical ideas in Jewish peoplehood, practice, faith, and ethics. Within these four rubrics we will explore the following questions:
Peoplehood
Explores questions related to the collective experience of Jewish life: What does it mean to be part of the Jewish community? To what extent can communities hold diverse and shared values at the same time? What does Jewish Peoplehood mean today, when the centers of Jewish life, North America and Israel, are so different and independent from one another?
Faith
Explores questions related to what a relationship in God and a life of faith entails: Where does faith come from? What are the models in Jewish tradition for a complex relationship with God which includes reverence and joy, but also anger and argument? Where does doubt fit into a life of faith? Where do Jews who do not believe fit in?
Practice
Explores questions that are fundamental to Jewish practice: What is the system of mitzvot trying to accomplish? Why the need for ritual action beyond belief? How have Jewish thinkers conceived of the meaning of mitzvot in an age of radical human autonomy?
Ethics
Explores questions related to ethical obligation and decision-making: How has Jewish tradition conceived of what we owe other people? How might we approach ethical dilemmas which test our loyalties to values and to people?
Register at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/foundations-for-a-thoughtful-judaism

Congregational Code Amendment Meeting
2021-11-04 19:00 - 20:00
Maximizing our property’s potential, creating a bigger sense of community through Jewish partnerships, and fostering a strong financial base have been high priorities for HNT. While still very preliminary, our team has begun some discussions with the Jewish Day School (JDS) about a partnership, which is a promising move toward achieving these priorities. Our discussions with JDS center around allowing them to build their school at the western most part of our property (known as Barnabie Point). We do not know yet know whether this will be allowed by the city because of an inconsistency between the zoning and the comprehensive city plan. To resolve this inconsistency, we submitted a code amendment to the city of Mercer Island. If the code amendment is approved, it does not commit HNT to JDS, but it would allow us to further explore partnering with JDS on our property.
The Mercer Island Planning Commission is holding a hearing this Wednesday, October 27 to start the process, which will be followed by a discussion of the code amendment in December by the Mercer Island City Council. We are excited to share this first step with you and will keep you posted as we progress through this process. We know you probably have many questions, so please join us November 4, at 7:00 p.m. at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88310131723?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 883 1013 1723
Passcode: [REDACTED]
One tap mobile: +12532158782,,88310131723#,,,,*[REDACTED]# US (Tacoma)

Tot Shabbat
2021-11-05 09:45 - 10:30, 2021-11-12 09:45 - 10:30
Fridays @ 9:45-10:30am
Presented by Stroum Jewish Community Center, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, PJ Library, and Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Join Chava Mirel and Dr. Eliyahu Krigel for Tot Shabbat. Fun for the entire family right in your own living room! Watch via the SJCC Facebook Live link by tuning in. Email Dr. Eliyahu Krigel at eliyahu@h-nt.org for the Zoom link.

HaMotzi To-Go: Shabbat Dinner Pick-Up
2021-11-05 13:00 - 14:00
Make Shabbat special by ordering to-go dinners, each serving 2 people, featuring a different caterer and menu each week! Click to order here.
Friday, November 5 Bento Box Shabbat by Mangia Bene Catering:
• Mangia’s Makizushi Roll – Rice, Nori, Cucumber, Avocado, Pickled Ginger, Wasabi
• Miso Soup With Gobo (Burdock Root), Carrots, Shallot, & Tofu
• Cook-At-Home Tamari Salmon
• Yakimeshi – Japanese Fried Rice
• Green salad With Ginger Miso Dressing
• Mini-challah
• Japanese Cheesecake With Fresh Berries
Full price: $60 dinner for two
Subsidized price (for those in need, HNT & TDHS members only): $40 dinner for two
Friday, November 5 Large Whole Organic Challah by Mangia Bene Catering:
Available for purchase with a meal (pick-up or delivery), or without a meal (pick-up only)
Price: $15
Pick-up/Delivery Information

Pick-up will take place as a drive-thru at HNT 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM on the meal date.
On the meal date, a driver will call the phone number submitted on the form once they have left the meal at your door.

Grateful appreciation to the Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund and many donors for subsidizing meals for those in need.

Zoom Noar
2021-11-05 17:00 - 17:30
November 5 with 1st Grade • 5:00-5:30pm
Gather virtually to celebrate and begin Shabbat together with FRS families and friends. Invite Bubbe and Zayde and your extended family. Everyone is welcome and open to all. Here is the link with the standard password on Zoom for all the Zoom Noar events: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9750526089
Please RSVP with this link for all programs: https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/zoom-noar/

Shabbat Services
2021-11-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Sanctuary
On November 5, we celebrate Birthday Shabbat
COVID Protocol Update (as of 10/12/21)
In-person Shabbat services are available for those who are fully vaccinated (unless ineligible to be vaccinated) and pre-registered. Pre-registration is available through Friday at 2 PM at: https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/x9in2wo1moerra/. This link can be used for all Shabbat services this month.

Masks are required for all in attendance.
Household vaccine status will dictate designated seating section. Social distancing between households is required in the unvaccinated section which accommodates families with children not yet eligible to be vaccinated.

How to Connect Virtually
Virtual stream will be available via YouTube at h-nt.org/youtube

Shabbat Services
2021-11-06 10:00 - 12:00
COVID Protocol Update (as of 10/12/21)
In-person Shabbat services are available for those who are fully vaccinated (unless ineligible to be vaccinated) and pre-registered. Pre-registration is available through Friday at 2 PM at: https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/x9in2wo1moerra/. This link can be used for all Shabbat services this month.

Masks are required for all in attendance.
Household vaccine status will dictate designated seating section. Social distancing between households is required in the unvaccinated section which accommodates families with children not yet eligible to be vaccinated.

How to Connect Virtually
Virtual stream will be available via YouTube at h-nt.org/youtube

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planning Meeting
2021-11-07 10:45 - 11:45
Via Zoom
All interested families with students in 5th grade wanting to schedule a Bar or Bat Mitzvah date at HNT are encouraged to attend an important Bar and Bat Mitzvah planning meeting.
RSVP at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/5th-grade-bnai-mitzvah-2021/
Attend at https://zoom.us/j/9750526089 with the standard password

Virtual New Member Gathering
2021-11-07 16:30 - 17:15
Sunday, November 7 at 4:30 PM (don’t forget to set your clocks back!) via Zoom
All new members who have joined the synagogue in the last 12 months are invited to an informal virtual gathering to get to know our clergy and staff, as well as meet other new families and synagogue members. The whole family is invited! RSVP to h-nt.org/NMG
Listen for your doorbell earlier that day, when volunteers will deliver a sweet treat for the whole family!

CFH Shelter Meal
2021-11-07 17:00 - 17:30
As a member of Congregations for the Homeless, which strives to mitigate the pain of homelessness by providing meals and basic needs, HNT aspires to provide at least two monthly meals for 100 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on November 7, captained by FRS 2nd & 3rd Grade
This is a great activity for families, friends, your book group, or chavurah, and HNT will provide organizational support. It’s all done potluck-style with food you can buy or make at home. Due to COVID-19 meals are currently contactless drop-off only. You choose the date that works for your group. Please email ShelterMeals@h-nt.org to volunteer to organize a group of friends to drop off a meal.

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Herber
2021-11-10 12:00 - 13:00
Every other Wednesday ● 12:00-1:00pm via Zoom
Join Rabbi Herber for the series, “The Walking With,” created by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in partnership with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Rabbinical Assembly, the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, and the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. Topics will include: Walking With Life, Walking With the Jewish Calendar, Walking With Mitzvot, Walking With History. Participants should read “Lifecycle, Covenant Cycle in preparation for the first session.
You can access the text here: https://www.aju.edu/sites/default/files/sites/default/default/docs/Walking%20With%20God/Walking%20With%20Life/2%20-%20WwLife%20Introduction%20%5BUnit%201%5D.pdf
Register at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/lunch-learn-with-rabbi-herber/

HaMotzi To-Go: Shabbat Dinner Pick-Up
2021-11-12 13:00 - 14:00
Make Shabbat special by ordering to-go dinners, each serving 2 people, featuring a different caterer and menu each week! Click to order here.
Friday, November 12 Fall Harvest Shabbat by On Safari Foods:
• Thai Butternut Squash Soup With A Hint Of Lime & Coconut Milk
• Quinoa & Roasted Root Vegetable Pilaf With Roasted Acorn Squash
• Salad Of Greens With Brown Sugar Roasted Bosc Pear, Goat Cheese, Toasted Pecans & Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Challah Rolls With Butter
• Baked Apples Stuffed With Raisins, Walnuts & Orange Zest, Served With Custard
Full price: $58 dinner for two
Subsidized price (for those in need, HNT & TDHS members only): $30 dinner for two
Friday, November 12 Large Whole Challah by On Safari Foods:
Available for purchase with a meal (pick-up or delivery), or without a meal (pick-up only)
Price: $13
Pick-up/Delivery Information

Pick-up will take place as a drive-thru at HNT 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM on the meal date.
On the meal date, a driver will call the phone number submitted on the form once they have left the meal at your door.

Grateful appreciation to the Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund and many donors for subsidizing meals for those in need.
