In an effort to reach out to our members across the area, we are attempting an occasional Shabbat on the road. This is our first test of the experiment. We hope to try again in Seminole and other locations in the future. To create a communal Shabbat experience, we will begin with Kabbalat Shabbat and continue with a vegetarian potluck dinner. See guidelines below for our out of shul potluck policy. We are not changing any policies for the synagogue or its kitchen.

While kashrut is central to our identity as Conservative Jews and a core practice at CBI; an equally important value is building community, members making food for one another helps to strengthen the feeling of community and brings down costs which encourages participation. To that end in addition to our standard Kashrut Policy, we have produced this Potluck Kashrut Policy. 

Home cooked food may be brought for events OUTSIDE the synagogue under the following circumstances:  

• Home cooked food must not contain any inherently non-kosher products like meat or shellfish.
• No food can be purchased or cooked on Shabbat.
• Home cooked food must be dairy or pareve (neither meat nor dairy).
• All home cooked food must be prepared in a clean oven, in new disposable aluminum foil pans, covered, without other foodstuff in the oven at the same time. This assumes NO stovetop preparations, which may result in the unwitting contact between kosher and non-kosher food related preparations.
• All home cooked food should be labeled with the name of the family who prepared it, the ingredients and any common allergens that it contains, e.g. nuts, milk, gluten (wheat), or eggs. Items should be marked to indicate if the dish is dairy, pareve, vegetarian, vegan or contains fish.
• Home cooked food must be brought to the meal in the same ovenware, dish or container in which it was cooked or prepared.

 
Potluck food must be served on paper plates using disposable, preferably biodegradable, eating utensils (ideally without Styrofoam).
Food should be placed on serving tables, ideally each table for one category of food: hechshered items, dairy, pareve, vegetarian, vegan, containing fish, etc.
Sponsors of a potluck Shabbat or Festival meal must provide kosher wine, grape juice and challah for Kiddush and Motzi.
When cleaning up everything should be thrown out or taken home, nothing should go into the synagogue.


 

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Thank you to Janice & David LeVine for kindly hosting Shabbat on the Road. Please see your CBI Directory for their address or contact them directly for that information. The address will be shared with attendees a few days before, as well.