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1102 East Lasalle Avenue
South Bend, IN, 46617
United States

(574) 234-8584

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Sinai Synagogue – an integral part of the South Bend community since 1932.

Sinai Synagogue is a proud part of the Masorti (Conservative) Movement, a dynamic blend of our inclusive, egalitarian approach and a commitment to Jewish tradition.

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March 2024 Message

March 01, 2024Steve Lotter

They say ‘never count your chickens before they hatch’. Just before the Israelites leave Egypt in liberation, they become aware that they are not leaving without resistance. The Egyptians are drawing nearer and they scream Moses: Was it for want of graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us be, and we will serve the Egyptians, for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness’?”

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February 2024 Message

February 05, 2024Steve Lotter

In the Torah, the word herem is a most interesting word. We are familiar with its use as a term of banishment, a Jew put in herem was exiled from the community. However it can also mean something sacred, no one but the priests are allowed to touch it. The connection between these apparently opposite meanings is the idea that a herem item is untouchable for the common person.