seder meal

Annual Community Passover Seder

Save the Date!

Wednesday, April 5 
Manix Restaurant
Ocampo 57, Ajijic

Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation to hold Annual Community Passover Seder

Check in starts at 5pm with the Seder beginning promptly at 6pm

 Reservations must be made and paid for no later than Friday, March 22nd. The cost for the Seder is 700 pesos for members and 900 pesos for non-members.  You can make and pay for your reservations at the following locations- YOU MUST BRING EXACT CHANGE:

      Diane Pearl’s Gallery
      Sta. Margarita 23, Riberas
      Open- Monday-Saturday 11-4 and Monday

       Monday, March 13- 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
       Gosha’s Restaurant
       Carretera Ote. 24, Ajijic across from Prisa Paints

 Wednesday, March 22 – 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
        Black Coffee – across from Walmart

 Parking is available across from Manix for 20 pesos/hour.

We regret to inform you that this year we will not be ordering food from Mexico City. Pesach foods can be found a Super Lake and at amazon.com.mx.
 For questions, please contact Randy Greene Mundi at randy5gm@gmail.com

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Service Schedule

Service Schedule

First Saturday of the Month- LIVE

First and Third Friday of the Month- Zoom

Second Saturday of the Month- Talkin Torah Zoom

Second and Fourth Friday of the Month- LIVE with potluck

david

David’s Corner – September 5, 2002

You Man Think You are a Big Shot

You may think you’re a big shot in battle

When you’ve captured a beautiful woman

And that she is yours to possess immediately

But don’t even consider it.

Instead, take her into your household,

Change her captive’s clothes to clean ones,

Pedicure and manicure her, 

So she begins to feel human again.

Allow her a month to mourn her parents.

Then you can make your move and marry her.

If after lovemaking you discover in your heart

That you’re no longer interested in her,

Show some class:

Don’t turn her into a slave

By selling her for money.

Release her immediately.

david

David’s Corner – August 22, 2022

One God of Israel, yes. Polytheist Canaanites, no.

Follow only the laws of the One God

Smash all altars to pagan gods

And destroy any Canaanite who builds one.

Eat nothing that is abhorrent, because 

It reflects  the disgusting unholy diet of Canaanites.

(For a complete list consult a priest)

Don’t let the Levites go hungry

Nor the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow

Observe the laws of remission:

When Jubilee rolls around

Make sure your freed kinsman has been furnished 

From the flock, the threshing floor and vat

So he can get started.

Remember you were once slaves in Egypt

And the Lord redeemed you.

Observe the festival of Passover in Abib (Nissan)

And let the Lord determine where the sacrifice will take place.

Eat no leavened bread during the festival.

Count off seven weeks and then count your blessings!

david

David’s Corner – August 15, 2022

Moses said:

Fear Adonai, not your enemies.

Your enemies lack laws and practices

That can serve a society.

They are focused only on their wicked ways, 

So Adonai will help you destroy them,

No matter that they greatly outnumber you.

Be disciplined and focus instead on keeping

The laws and commandments that

Adonai has given you.

If you follow them, 

You will live a prosperous life

In the ancient land

Adonai has promised you.

If you don’t follow them,

Your life will be that of 

Famine, misery, and eventual dispersion.

It is your choice.

Choose wisely.

david

David’s Corner – August 8, 2022

Moses Connects With His People

And Moses let down his guard as he spoke

To his people in his own voice:

I feel your frustration and I must tell you I too

I have experienced that feeling,

For I have wanted badly to join the young generation

In Canaan.

I wanted the Lord to rescind his decree and allow me

To pass with you.

He not only said no, but ordered me never

To discuss the subject with him again.

You know, there are times I feel desperate

About this still,

But then I remember how wondrous

Our one God is.

We may enjoy all the elements and nature around us,

But we need pray only to him in thanks

Through discipline we can jettison our polytheistic

Past and focus on our becoming

A special and unique people

Who loves and serves this one deity,

By following laws that will allow us

To survive from generation to generation.

How marvelous it is that these rules and commandments

Will outlive me and my siblings.

Recognize that I want only the best for you.

The leaving of Egypt will only matter

If we can choose the path

That allows us to prosper and

Experience a profound contentment.

I want you to choose this life

Instead of chasing after trash

And doing nothing but complain

To a God you will obey

Only if that God satisfies your selfish ends.

No wonder God has been so angry with you!

HIs impatience is rooted in your perpetually

Repeating the same errors in thinking and behavior.

Speaking for myself, I have grown exhausted

Having to be the intermediary between you and him.

Begging for mercy as yet another plague

Whisks away another ten thousand of your fellow Israelites.

What will you do when I am gone?

What if the Lord decides no longer

To hang out from his cloud

And never speaks to us again?

Will you continue to be like small children

And whine until all hours,

Or will you choose to act like responsible adults?

My people, for the next few weeks while I still live

I will serve you by reviewing  all that has

Transpired in a way I hope you will understand.

I will speak from my heart

And hope you will listen with yours.

Shema Yisroel….

david

David’s Corner – August 1, 2022

Moses begins his review

I,  Moses, now speak directly to my people

To remind them of all that has transpired

Since the Exodus

And what now is expected of them.

Do not make the same mistake

The last generation made,

When they refused Adonai’s command

To take the Land promised to them.

That refusal resulted in 40 years wandering 

From encampment to encampment

With no hope of ever entering the land.

Now Adonai is commanding you 

A second time to take the land.

When Adonai tells you to fight, 

What will you do?

Will you merely hanker for land you crave?

Or will you fight alongside your brothers?

If you fight like that, you will win.

David’s Corner – July 25, 2022

Watch what you vow!

According to the Torah

If you’re a man, every vow you make, shall stand.

If you are a young woman, still in your father’s house,

Your father can object on the day he finds out, and 

the vow shall not stand.This is not a policy based on sexism.

Rather, it recognizes the immaturity and vulnerability of youth.

If, you, a woman are married while the vow you’ve taken is in
effect,

And your partner objects on the day he finds out,

The vow shall not stand.

This promotes intimacy, for sharing with your partner

Sooner rather than later recognizes trust in the partnership.

But don’t mess around.

If your husband fails to object on the day he finds out,

The vow shall stand, for both of you are responsible now.

The same is true if you are a widow or a divorced woman

You are a mature woman of some experience and know the rules,

So whatever you vow shall stand.

Watch what you vow!