Candle Lighting today is at 6:09 PM Mincha Erev Shabbat is at 6:15 PM Shacharit is at 8:30 AM Earliest Havdalah is at 7:01 PM
For further details, please see full schedule below.
We will continue with the new BJC Pre-school Children's Program.
The program will be supervised by Jessica Castillo who during the week is on the staff of the Upward Foundation's preschool and is also a student at ASU. The program is for children ages 2 - 5, and will meet in the Sukkah at 8:30 AM before proceeding to a nearby classroom.
Morah Robin will continue to supervise children ages 5 and up, also starting at 8:30. Let us know if you have any questions.
Shul COVID Safety Protocols
From the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (see here):
People who are vaccinated are more protected from the Delta variant than those who are unvaccinated; however, people who are vaccinated can still become infected and possibly infect others.
CDC, ADHS, and MCDPH recommend that all people wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status, when in indoor public settings in areas of substantial or high community transmission.
Due to the recent uptick in COVID cases in Maricopa County, please note the following changes based on the recommendations of our medical advisors:
Seating: Extra-precaution seating area: This area is designated for the use of the immunocompromised and others that need or want to take a higher level of precaution. Both full vaccination* and masks** are required in this area. Adults and children that are not fully vaccinated and/or are not wearing a mask are not permitted to enter this area. Both the men's and the women's extra-precaution areas will be marked with signs. If you would like to be seated in this area for Yom Kippur, please click here and submit the online form.
In the other areas of the shul, the following policy applies to both adults and children: Masks: Fully vaccinated: Masks are recommended.
Not fully vaccinated: Masks are required.
*Full vaccination: You have received the full array of vaccine doses and waited the requisite fourteen days.
**Masks: Form fitting, minimum of two-ply, which cover the mouth and nose at all times.
This policy is subject to change in the event of a significant spike or similar situation.
Text kashrut and other halachic questions anytime to (480) 658-3777. For Taharas Hamishpachaquestions, please notify Rabbi Isaacs via text and use the mail slot at the Phoenix Hebrew Academy (pictured here)
To add someone to the Refuah Sheleimah list, please send an email with their name to office@phoenixbethjoseph.org by Wednesday morning.
Each name submitted will remain on the list for two weeks unless it is re-submitted.
- Esther Faige bat Chaya, Fern Nathanson - Yechiel Avraham ben Chaya, Howard Borovetz - Shoshana Sheva bat Meira, Rosalie Borovetz
- Netanel Ilan ben Shaina Tzipora, Netanel Felber - Sarah Leah Mazeltov bat Fayga Manja, Sara Leah Grafstein - Baruch Yitzhak ben Bathsheva - Hannah bat Ruth - Yisroel ben Chaya Bracha
- Aida Masha bat Gittel - Ezriel Shlomo ben Devorah Miriam - Tami bat Tirtza Ruth - Elisheva Yetta bat Esther - Yaffa Gita bat Bina Baila - Sara Devorah bat Sara, Annette Andrews - Yitzchok Dov ben Gittel
- Yisroel Dovid ben Chaya Yenta
- Rivka bat Shoshana
- Shira bat Devorah Leah
- Talia bat Gittel Penina
- Sarah bat Leah
- Brayna Leah bat Elisheva Libbe
- Yechiel Eliyahu ben Noam
- Chaim Ozer ben Leah
- Leah Devorah bas Feige Malka
- Zev ben Chaya
- Zecharya Yoel ben Sari Rivka- Zach Safrin - Mindel bat Toyba Chaya Mille Block had pneumonia and was in the hospital before Rosh Hashanah. She is doing better, Baruch Hashem.
