Weekly Religious School

Shabbat Services at 10:30 am as we call Eitan Toub to Torah as B Mitzvah. Luncheon to follow.

Special B'Nai Mitzvah Shabbat Service Times

Please note: Services will begin at 6pm with oneg reception to follow—you are welcome to bring a dish to share!

Join in community to welcome Shabbat as we celebrate with the Toub family as Eitan Toub prepares to be called to Torah as Bar Mitzvah on this Shabbat. 6pm at North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation.

Shabbat Morning Services the following morning as we call Eitan Toub to Torah as Bar Mitzvah at North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation.

Join us on Tuesday, April 23, from 1–3 pm for the NTHC Springtime Community Cleanup to help spruce up our front yard together.

Please bring work gloves and any handy gardening tools (rakes, brooms, pruners, etc.) — this is a great way to connect with other community members, pitch in, and take pride in our shared space!

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The Men’s Club will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Join this group for lunch at Jason’s Beachside Grille at 8338 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143

Reach out to Tom Doyle for more information: 520-220-6228

NTHC Monthly Board Meetings are typically on the second Tuesday each month. You can attend in person at the temple or through Zoom.

Please contact Heidi Doyle at hdoyle55@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.

No classes this week, spring break

Shabbat services at 7:00 pm after nosh

We gather at 6:00 pm for Shabbat Blessings and nosh, which is Mimouna this week! Bring cookies to share at our cookie exchange. Read more about it here.

At 7:00 pm, we join in a Shabbat service together led by one of our Rabbis or community members.

Along with our usual light nosh (dairy appetizers), we will be celebrating Mimouna. And stay for Shabbat services from 7-8. 

Mimouna—a celebration of the end of Passover with a cookie exchange! 

Everyone is invited to bring 1-2 dozen cookies to share, and a container to take home a variety of cookies brought by other participants.

Learn about Mimouna here

And what is Mimouna here

Extended details below

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Program

Mimouna comes from the Arabic word for wealth, literally meaning protected by God. It’s a holiday meant to thank God for the many blessings given over the past year, and to once again make our crops plentiful. Others associate the holiday with belief — specifically, believing that we will all be in Israel one day, and disappointment that another Passover has come and gone where we didn’t celebrate in Jerusalem.

It is celebrated the day after Passover ends and has been celebrated in Morocco since the 16th century.  Many Sephardic families do not visit each others’ homes during Passover and Mimouna allows a time to celebrate as a larger community.

What happens at a Mimouna Celebration?

There are three themes for all the food served during this holiday; fertility, prosperity and success.  Most of the foods are sweet including the most well known dish for this holiday, moufleta.  A moufleta is a mix between  a crepe, and msemmen.

“On this table you will not find typical Moroccan cuisine. It is laden neither with meat dishes nor an assortment of salads. Instead, it is laid out with items, each of which is symbolic in some way: a live fish swimming in a bowl of water, five green fava beans wrapped in dough, five dates, five gold bracelets in a pastry bowl, dough pitted with five deep fingerprints, five silver coins, five pieces of gold or silver jewelry, a palm-shaped amulet, sweetmeats, milk and butter, white flour, yeast, honey, a variety of jams, a lump of sugar, stalks of wheat, plants, fig leaves, wildflowers and greens. All are symbols of bounty, fertility, luck, blessings and joy. The traditional holiday greeting fits right in: “Tarbakhu u-tsa’adu” – meaning, “May you have success and good luck.” from “Lady Luck” Haaretz

(Source: https://marocmama.com/mimouna-a-moroccan-passover-celebration/)

Mimouna is the joyous Moroccan celebration of springtime, friends, family and good fortune. Marking the end of Passover and the beginning of the agricultural season, the doors of people’s homes are thrown wide open and everyone is greeted with the Judeo-Arabic blessing “Tirbah u’tissad,” may you prosper and succeed.

The mimouna table overflows with sweet treats like orange jam, eggplant jam, marzipan, meringues and, of course, the famous moufleta, crepes served with butter and honey. In Morocco, the flour used in moufletas was brought to Jewish homes by their Muslim neighbors after sundown, proof of the level of friendship and cooperation that existed between the two faiths.

Talismans of luck, fertility and prosperity also adorn the table. A live goldfish in a glass bowl. A green tree branch. Five gold coins in a bowl of flour, and five fava beans arranged on a pastry.

The exact origins of the name and holiday remain conjecture — does it mark the anniversary of the death of Maimon ben Yosef, the father of Maimonides; or does the name come from the Hebrew word “emunah” (faith); or is it derived from the Arabic word “ma’amoun” (wealth)? Regardless, mimouna has become a widely celebrated and wildly popular event on the Jewish calendar in Israel and all over the world. (source: https://sephardicspicegirls.com/recipes-for-mimouna-the-moroccan-celebration-of-spring/)

Still others connect Mimouna with the word emunah (“belief”), claiming it celebrates belief in Israel’s redemption. Along the same lines, there is also support (said to be traced to Maimonides’ explanation) for the word being an Arabic adaptation of the phrase Ani ma’amin (I believe), the classic expression of faith in the coming of the messiah (ana for ani, placed after the verb ma’amin, as is common in Arabic, yielding ma’amin ana, which became maimouna in the local Judeo dialect). It may have been a greeting exchanged to bolster one another’s disappointment that Passover had come and gone without the long-anticipated return to Jerusalem. (source:  https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/maimouna-a-post-passover-celebration/)

Special Mimouna Greeting

“Tarbakhu utsa’adu” or “may you have success and good luck” is a common greeting shared among people. There’s also a song that includes the phrases “Lala Mimouna” and “mbarka masuda” in the lyrics.

A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night – A really lovely kids book for children with a Mimouna story. (Carla’s note: maybe we could buy one of these and read it for the kids?)

Recipes

• Moufleta

• Adornments for moufleta: honey, fig jam, date jam, orange flower jam, nutella (suggestions for people who would rather purchase than bake)

• Moroccan Mint Tea – no celebration in Morocco happens without a LOT of mint tea!

• Stuffed Medjool Dates – An easy snack or dessert that you can prepare in advance and add to your table.

• No Bake Coconut Mimouna Cookies – Whip up these vegan coconut cookies for your Mimouna table. Not only are they easy to make but taste delicious and can be made in advance.

• White Nougat (Zaban B’luz) – A delicious treat eaten year-round but especially for holiday celebrations.

• sfenj is the older, Maghrebi (Northwest African) cousin of the sufganiyah, or donut, as many know it. The two actually share the same root in Hebrew, meaning a spongy dough, but their similarities don’t run much deeper than that. Both the consistency of the two doughs, as well as the end results in the presentation of the two donuts, are quite different. 

Bring the family for this pre-school aged Shabbat filled with song, friendship, and introductory prayers. Feel free to stay for nosh and Shabbat services to follow.

This month’s Sisterhood luncheon will be at The Bridgetender at 65 W Lake Blvd, Tahoe City.

Please RSVP with this Evite (link here) so we know how many to include in the reservation. Guests are welcome!

Sisterhood luncheons are held on the first Thursday of each month.

No classes this week, spring break

Join us via Zoom to discuss this month’s book, The Art Spy, by Michelle Young, a Jewish Book Council recommendation for 2026!

Also available on Audible.

Topic: April Zoom Book Club

Time: Apr 5, 2026 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86961712371?pwd=NrEYDoJkQV6ZYk7xRziSb4NR79odMw.1

Meeting ID: 869 6171 2371

Passcode: 041553

The usual Sisterhood luncheon on the first Thursday of the month is postponed until next week in observance of Passover.

Welcome to NTHC's Passover Seder!

Join us for a lively and meaningful Passover Seder at NTHC - it's going to be a night to remember!

Come join us at North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation for our Passover. Our Seder will include traditional rituals, delicious food, and meaningful discussions about the holiday's significance. Whether you're a long-time member, new to our community, or visiting, all are welcome to attend this in-person event. Let's come together to commemorate this important holiday in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. We look forward to seeing you there!

Get your tickets here for an all-inclusive seder experience! (See the menu below). Limited seating, tickets must be purchased by March 24.

Sign up to volunteer for the event here.

Your ticket includes the full seder experience including a catered dinner that is Kosher style. Seder items, with wine and juice included. Vegetarian and Vegan options available upon request. Children welcome!

All are welcome to our Seder. The cost of the event is solely to cover the cost of the catered meal.

Refunds are available through March 24th.If you are unable to attend last minute, NTHC welcomes the cost of your ticket as a direct donation.

Pricing at the door if there is space available will be $125/person.

Volunteer Opportunity - If you would like to help out, see the signup genius on

Meal is catered by Reno Recipes -https://www.renorecipes.com/about

Menu Includes:

Drinks: Lemonaid, Coffee, Wine, Juice, Water

Appetizer (on each table as doors open) : assorted seasonal vegetables, hummus, boiled eggs, gefilte fish.

Seder plates at each table

Seder Meal served buffet style starting ~6:15:

Mixed greens salad: mixed greens, shaved carrots, baby heirloom tomatoes, cucumber, toasted pistachios, seasonal fruit, roasted shallot strawberry vinaigrette.

Salmon: chardonnay peppercorn garlic dill poached filet, three citrus butter sauce.

Crispy chicken thigh: rosemary garlic infused seared skin on chicken thigh, pan dripping au jus.

Charred seasonal garden vegetables

Roasted garlic truffle mashed potatoes

Tzimmes

Dessert Table

NTHC volunteers are providing Kosher for passover desserts, chicken matzah ball soup, veggie soup, and everything for the seder plate including Matzah.

Our Passover Seder meal will honor the kosher style including no mixing of milk and meat nor any non-kosher meats or shellfish. The kitchens used to prepare our food will honor the Passover traditions, however our caterer does not have an Orthodox Heksher (Kosher Certificate).

No class this week

Join us in celebrating Shabbat at home! As you gather with family and friends, use the questions in the linked blog to spark meaningful conversation and connection around the Shabbat table.

Discussion questions and guidance: https://tahoejewishcommunity.org/shabbat-table-discussions-week-2-of-nissan/

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Shabbat!

We will supply all of the ingredients to make special desserts for Passover! Join us to learn and bake desserts like sponge cake and fudgy chocolate Passover cookies!

Bake with us! For a $10 suggested donation, and you get to bring home a dozen cookies!

Download the recipes here!

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Shabbat services at 7:00 pm after community potluck

Shabbat & Potluck is a chance for our congregation and visitors to welcome Shabbat and share an Erev Shabbat Meal.  Please bring a dairy dish to share with the community.  We gather at 6:00 pm for Shabbat Blessings and enjoy our potluck.  At 7:00 pm, we join in a Shabbat service together led by one of our Rabbis or community members.

Shabbat & Potluck is a chance for our congregation and visitors to welcome Shabbat and share an Erev Shabbat Meal.  Please bring a dairy dish to share with the community.  We gather at 6:00 pm for Shabbat Blessings and enjoy our potluck.  At 7:00 pm we join in a Shabbat service together led by one of our Rabbis or community members.

Weekly Religious School

The Men’s Club will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Join this group for lunch at Jason’s Beachside Grille at 8338 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143

Reach out to Tom Doyle for more information: 520-220-6228

Join us in celebrating Shabbat at home! As you gather with family and friends, use the questions in the linked blog to spark meaningful conversation and connection around the Shabbat table.

Discussion questions and guidance: https://tahoejewishcommunity.org/from-purim-to-pasover/

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Shabbat!

Join us for a weekly Mahjong game. Open to all!

Most Wednesdays from 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

NTHC Monthly Board Meetings are typically on the second Tuesday each month. You can attend in person at the temple or through Zoom.

Please contact Heidi Doyle at hdoyle55@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.

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We’ll start the evening at 6pm with a light nosh (oneg). You are welcome to bring a dairy/vegetarian dish to share but mostly just bring yourself! (and hopefully in costume!)

Shabbat Sha’Purim shenanigans kick-off at 6:30pm. Kaddish will be observed for this month’s yahrzeits.