Whistler Sinai Centre-In cooperation with-Whistler Blackcomb Mountains The first of its kind 12 FT' HIGH MENORAH SNOW SCULPTURE By: Canadian Snow Sculpture Team DECEMBER 25, 2008, Lighting event starts 2:30 PM HIGH ATOP WHISTLER MOUNTAIN PEAK outside the ROUNDHOUSE & PEAK2PEAK Take your photo with the sculpture 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM! Continues to the VILLAGE 4:30 PM @ MY MILLENNIUM PLACE in the VILLAGE 4335 Blackcomb Way Delicious Latkes, Sufganiot, and all the Chanukah favorites Access to event on the mountain requires lift ticket from Whistler Blackcomb. Ski by the Menorah being sculptured on December 24th! BUS departing Vancouver on Dec. 25 7:30AM at 1965 W Broadway, and departing Whistler Millennium Place 7:00PM. Cost $45 return, must register. Chanukah 2008 begins Sunday evening December 21, and concludes with the eighth night on Dec 28. Please contact us if you would like a Chanukah Menorah, or if you would like to participate in the ‘PAINT THE VILLAGE LIGHT’ initiative to display an electrical Menorah in your establishment. Plans for nightly Menorah lightings in the Village are being finalized. Check the back for updates. ~~~ Shabbaton’s are planned for weekends of Canadian and US statutory holiday, in addition to the Jewish holiday programs. We ask that you RSVP as soon as possible, to allow us enough time to confirm plans at the appropriate venues. We will try to have Minyan for services, however cannot guarantee it. To recite KADISH, please contact us as soon as you know the dates, and we will have a service in the memory, and work on a Minyan. Please check the website for updates. FRIDAY NIGHTS ... APRÈS, Following a cold day on the Whistler Blackcomb snow bowls, enjoy a hot bowl of MATZAH BALL SOUP. Your soul will enjoy it too. Join Jewish couples, singles and families, for a Shabbat experience with delicious traditional cuisine and international company. Start the evening with a Friday Night service full of entertaining melodies and inspiring songs, led by Snowboarding Rabbi Chaim Shapiro in the welcome warmth of Shabbat. Just a short half hour later, sit down to meet new faces over a home cooked Shabbat dinner by Leah Shapiro. Schmooze with new friends from Whistler and around the globe. You'll be pleasantly surprised where the person you're sitting next to comes from. Now that's a Whistler Shabbat experience! Friday Service 5:00 PM Dinner 5:30 PM ~ SHABBAT MORNING... Start your day with some good WISDOMfrom SINAI, sure to inspire you Shabbat morning service that includes reading the weekly Torah portion explained with inspiring insights by Snowboarding Rabbi Chaim Shapiro, followed by a KIDUSH to refresh and start the day with the finest kosher pastries in Whistler. Saturday Service 7:30AM-9:30AM Refreshing Kiddush follows ~ SHABBAT AFTERNOON... Minchah service 1 hour before Shabbat ends ~~~
December 08 Whistler Jewish Programs
SCHEDULE
'SHABBATONS'
Dec 26, Candle Lighting 3:57 PM, Dec 27, Shabbat ends 5:04 PM
Fri Dec 26, FRIDAY NIGHTS Service 5:00 PM Dinner 5:30 PM, Millennium Place UL
Sat Dec 27, SHABBAT MORNING Service 7:30AM-9:30AM Refreshing Kiddush follows, Millennium Place LL
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Jan 2, 2009 Candle Lighting 4:03 PM, Jan 3, Shabbat ends 5:10 PM
Fri Jan 2, 2009, FRIDAY NIGHTS Service 5:00 PM Dinner 5:30 PM, Millennium Place UL
Sat Jan 3, 2009, SHABBAT MORNING Service 7:30AM-9:30AM Refreshing Kiddush follows, Millennium Place LL
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WEEKDAY SERVICES
Weekday minyanim are upon demand. Provided we have enough participants, we are planning for weekday minyanim during the winter vacation, Dec 19-Jan 4. Please notify us if you will be joining. To recite KADISH, please contact us as soon as you know your travel dates, and we will have a service in the memory, and work on a Minyan. Please check the website for updates.
Daily Minyanim times (...to be confirmed upon demand)
Schacharit: 7:40AM, Millennium Place LL.
Minchah: 3:00PM, Whistler Mountain ROUNDHOUSE. Meet others for a schmooze and Minchah just before the runs close. Be in touch.
Arvit: 4:30PM, Millennium Place LL.
To contribute to these events or other WSC programs, please contact the Whistler Sinai Centre .