Please note that we have switched to our winter schedule.
Candle Lighting today is at 5:45 PM Mincha Erev Shabbos is at 5:50 PM Shacharit is at 8:45 AM Earliest Havdalah is at 6:39 PM
For further details, please see full schedule below.
BJC Children's Program The BJC Children's Program will NOT meet this Shabbos.
Beginning this Shabbos, Kiddush will take place in the Sukkah.
This week, Seudah Shelishit will be in the Sukkah as well.
Shul COVID Safety Protocols
Please note the following shul attendance guidelines:
Symptoms:
Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID or any other illness, or feels feverish, may not attend shul.
🚨 👉 If you or someone in your family has tested positive or has symptoms, please let us know so we can effectively monitor the safety of our community.
High Risk:
If you are immunocompromised or have other conditions that put you at a higher risk we continue to urge you to consider the risks involved before attending shul.
Masks: Masks are required for all adults and children until further notice.
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. Full vaccination is required in this area. Adults and children that are not fully vaccinated are not permitted to enter this area.
Frequently Asked Questions: Returning to Shul Q: I tested positive for COVID - when can I come back to shul? A: You may return to shul after 10 days have elapsed from the onset of symptoms. Q: What if I tested positive but never had any symptoms - when can I return to shul? A: If you remain asymptomatic, you may return after 10 days have elapsed from the positive test. If you become symptomatic during this time, your "clock resets" and you should not return to shul until after 10 days have elapsed from the onset of symptoms.
Frequently Asked Questions: Exposure to COVID Q: I was exposed to someone with active COVID disease (i.e. a family member had an active case of COVID and I was exposed to him/her before or after it was detected). Am I allowed to attend shul? A: If you become symptomatic, follow the guidelines above.
If you are fully vaccinated and remain asymptomatic, you may attend shul. Recommended: get tested 3-5 days after the last exposure and remain masked indoors for 14 days or until you have a negative test.
If you are not fully vaccinated, even if you remain asymptomatic you may not attend shul until 14 days have elapsed from the last day of exposure. Q: How is the last day of exposure calculated? A: Someone with active COVID disease is considered to be potentially shedding virus for 10 days from the onset of symptoms. Therefore, if you are not vaccinated and live with someone with active COVID disease, you cannot start counting the 14 days until after 10 days have elapsed from the onset of symptoms.
Thank you for your cooperation, and please respond to this email if you have any questions.
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. - Aviva Chana bat Sura
Please note that we have switched to our 
Beginning this Shabbos, Kiddush will take place in the Sukkah.
Mazal tov to Ada and Ronald Jacobowitz on the engagement of their grandson, (Joseph) Avi Kozlowski, to Mariah Stein!
