Mikvah Mayanei Tovah is open for business!

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Malden’s Mikvah Mayanei Tovah is open for business. We have collected enough rain to completely fill the two boros (rainwater collection tanks) on the side, and the rav hamachshir, Rabbi Yirmiyah Katz of Brooklyn, told us not to delay the opening. So yesterday we filled the mikvah and put it into operation.

As we had expected to need another inch of rain, there are still a couple of details that will be taken care of over the next few days. At this point, we do not have enough rainwater collected to fill the bor hatachton, the rainwater collection tank that sits beneath the mikvah pool, according to minhag Chabad. We are collecting water in the cistern, and when we collect enough to fill the bor hatachton we will drain and dry the mikvah, and refill it to accommodate minhag Chabad. It will IY”H be done all in one day, so there will be no down time.

The phone number for the mikvah will be connected and announced over the next couple of days. In the meantime, anyone who needs to make an appointment can send an email to mikvah@bethisraelmalden.org at least 24 hours in advance. Please include name, contact number, and the date of the appointment. Mikvah use is by appointment only, and the schedule of available appointment times will be posted over the next couple of days. The cost is $25.

We will make more announcements as some of these important details are completed. Please feel free to check www.MaldenMikvah.org for faster information.

S.T.T.E.M.

S.T.T.E.M., Science, TORAH, Technology, Engineering and Math, is a twist on the popular educational initiative. The goal is to generate an interest in the sciences and applied skills that will remain with the child throughout their education and into their careers. At each session there will also be a short story about the weekly portion read that week in the Torah, the Bible.

Each session is one hour long and, during that hour, we will be working on a project, investigating something new, or building something useful, all while learning about the world around us. During the course of five weeks, we will touch on all the components of S.T.E.M.

Here is detail about each week’s project or experiment (subject to change): Continue reading →

Touro Synagogue Tour

Join us on a tour of the Touro Synagogue, a 1763 synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, that is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, and the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era.
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Project SEED Meet and Greet Time and Location Change

Tonight’s Project SEED Meet and Greet will take place at the shul, 10 Dexter Street, at 6:00 pm, and NOT the home of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Rabinowitz at 5:30, as originally scheduled.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope to see you there!

Project SEED – Malden’s Summer Kollel, July 18 – August 1

Learning Torah is a gift. MAKE IT YOURS.

Arrange a study session at Congregation Beth Israel with a yeshiva student from Yeshivas Yesodai HaTorah (in Lakewood, NJ), from July 18 August 1, to learn one-on-one and in groups, during the week in the mornings and evenings, and on Shabbat.

Click here to email Rabbi Rabinowitz for more information or to set up a time to learn. Small group learning available for ladies upon request.

Support Torah Study, and share in the spiritual reward as if you had studied it yourself.

Support the SEED Program with a sponsorship, and the learning done during your sponsorship will be in your name or the name of the person of your choice.

Chai – $18
Double Chai – $36
Triple Chai – $54
Donor – $72
Benefactor – $108
Luncheon – $144
Day of learning – $180
Week of learning – $540
The names of all sponsors will be posted throughout the SEED Program, and for each day of learning, announced prior to the study sessions.

Click here to pledge to support Torah study with a SEED sponsorship.