August 20, 2008   19 Av 5768
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Welcome to Temple Emanuel of the Merrimack Valley

Temple Emanuel is a warm, independent thinking, and unique reform Jewish congregation located in Lowell, Massachusetts. We believe in opening our doors to any and all people interested in Judaism. We do not, nor have we ever, charged for High Holiday service seats, relying instead on voluntary donations by those who attend. Our eternal light is solar powered, our services are small and intimate, our members are warm and friendly, and our new Rabbi is very approachable. We have an excellent one-day-per-week Sunday morning Religious school and offer a variety of Adult educational opportunities.

During the year, we hold Shabbat services Friday nights at 8:00 PM, a monthly 7:30 PM service geared towards families with small children, and several Saturday morning services as well. During the summers we hold small, intimate, lay-led services about every 2 weeks. Consult our current schedule for this month's service times and topics.

Our members come from near and far; some live in Lowell and towns nearby, others come from as far away as Atkinson, Arlington, and even Newton some 20+ miles away.

Take a look around our web site and learn more about us. Give us a call or drop us an email. Or better yet, stop by and meet us in person; come see for yourself!

Upcoming Events  
August 2008
A summertime Shabbat service led by Devora Abramowitz and Blake Voss. Details to be announced.
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For many years Temple Emanuel has held a summer yard sale. This year, I need to find someone else to organize it...
Please remember that all summer services will begin at 8:00pm, but watch your email or check the Temple's web site for any changes as sometimes we have a pot luck dinner before services.
Please check your closets... several of our tablecloths and dishtowels are missing.
No words of wisdom this month, not even from Groucho, just some notes.
We will have our usual member led services over the summer but right now I'm looking for volunteers to lead them.
This first message will be brief, in the spirit of Groucho Marx: "Hello, I must be going."
So here we are: 129 Temple Bulletins later, it’s time for my final Rabbi’s Message.
Two years is not that long a time, and it has gone by quickly.
As May begins, we enter our Bat Mitzvah season.
The festival of Passover or Pesach is known in Jewish tradition as the “Season of Our Freedom.”
Ron Eskin is trying to get a group from Temple Emanuel to volunteer to walk during the Walk for Hunger on May 4th.
There are those subjects that are taboo among polite people, and money is counted by most to be among them.
In the East European world from which most of our ancestors made their way to this country, rabbis did not preach sermons on a weekly basis.
As your president I feel like I’m on the final approach – only four more months in my tenure, and five more bulletin articles to write.
This month, in honor of Purim, we replace the usual Rabbi’s Column with "Ask Rabbi Shmerl".
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