Who: Please join members of CY from ages 2 through 118 yrs WHAT: A short Tu B'Shevat program with Rabbi Eli and then make your own ceramics! From a little sweetie plate at $6 (photo attached is a lil' sample we did to demonstrate for you) to large vases and platters through $50. WHERE: Good Life Ceramics 3717 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz (Pleasure Point) http://www.goodlifeceramics.com WHEN: Sunday, 17 January 2016, 1-4 pm WHY: Join your community in something all ages can enjoy. Give space to your creativity. Enjoy Tu B'shvat preparations -- perhaps combine the two into a Tu B'shvat platter! HOW: Good Life owner and/or staff are happy to help you construct the piece you choose -- you decorate it however you wish, choose the glaze, they glaze and then fire it for you to pick up. RSVP to michelleleahgomez@gmail.com
Please join us for the next
Family Shabbat,
Friday, January 29
at the home of Sarah Young and Thomas Witz. All families with children and anyone else who wants to join in are welcome! ! We will gather between 6-6:30 for play and schmoozing, sit together at 6:30 for songs and family friendly ritual to welcome in Shabbat, followed by a potluck dinner and more singing, stories and sharing. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.
There is not a limit on numbers, but please rsvp to sarahyo@cruzio.com, so we know how many to expect. Looking forward to seeing you all!
Tu Bishvat Seder
Celebrating the New Year of the Trees
Sunday, January 24, 7 pm
900 High Street, Santa Cruz
Celebrating the New Year of the Trees
Tu Bishvat is an end of winter holiday focusing on love of trees and the earth.
Please RSVP to Rabbi Eli at rebeli@sbcglobal.net
Come celebrate this lovely holiday by bringing a poem to share about trees or the earth, or some factoid tidbit about trees and their ecological role, and if you can, a flower for a communal bouquet.
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Please bring some tree fruits or nuts for our "Seder".
If your last name begins with:
A-H bring Fruits/nuts with hard shells,
I-P Fruits with pits/seeds and
Q-Z Fruits without seeds.
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Together let us honor the trees which give us so much - beauty, oxygen, absorption of toxins, fruit and more.