December 13, 2015 Issue 43

Simchat Shabbat Services and Dinner

December 25, 6:15 p.m.
Join us for a fun, friend filled Chinese dinner following Simchat Shabbat services on December 25.
The cost of dinner is $18 per person.

Click here to R.S.V.P.

Tikkun Olam: Gift Card Drive

Dedicate one night of Chanukah to Family Promise Metrowest- Gift Card Drive

Housing, feeding and supporting families who are homeless 365 days and nights a year is quite an undertaking. This Chanukah season, let's make it a little easier for the folks at Family Promise Metrowest to supply everyday items the families need.

Please consider donating a gift card to Target, CVS, Rite Aid, or Stop & Shop. These contributions will help Family Metrowest supply the families with toiletries, laundry supplies, and other items commonly used in the day center.

Please drop gift cards in the box at the temple office any day throughout Chanukah, Sunday, December 6 - Sunday, December 13.

Let's try to raise $500 in gift cards as our Chanukah gift to Family Promise Metrowest.

Volunteer for Family Promise

It's time to sign up for the January Family Promise hosting at Temple Shir Tikva!

We are hosting for two weeks, January 10 - 24, so there are plenty of opportunities to take part. If you have any specific questions, please contact the Coordinator for that task.

View the calendar and signup today! (You will need to log in to our Lotsa Helping Hands online community.)

Thank you for being a part of this community mitzvah effort!

Visit our community site: Family Promise - Temple Shir Tikva

Year End Giving

May the lights of Chanukah usher in a better world for all humankind.

Author Unknown

We wish a Happy Chanukah to you and your family. As the days grow shorter, we recognize that it is that time of year when the lights from our menorahs will shine a warm glow, reminding us of the power of traditions and Jewish identity in our lives. As representatives of the Jewish diaspora, our origins are from diverse and varied backgrounds. As a temple community we come together to create new experiences built on our core values of Tikkun Olam and hope for a bright future. In planning for our future, we hope that you will consider making a donation to this year's 2015-16 Annual Fund campaign.

In order to sustain our sacred Jewish community, Shir Tikva needs your support. To invest in our future, we must secure the financial health of our congregation today. Our partnership is critical and we experience it in many ways, including donating to the Annual Fund. The Annual Fund is a central part of our budget every year, ensuring that we remain committed to one of our community values of making membership affordable for all. When we have financial support from our members, we stabilize our finances and build strength for the future. We invest in and shape the spiritual, educational, social, and religious programs that are at the heart of our community.

You may think, "But I gave already...I paid my dues!" You are right; you have given and you have given generously. But our system is based on a social contract....those who can give a little more do so to ensure the overall health of our community. For some, that is a meaningful donation of $18 and for others that might mean $1,800 or more. Any gift helps to secure the long term stability and growth of Temple Shir Tikva.

As you consider your end of calendar year charitable gifts, please include the TST Annual Fund in your giving plan. Donate today by clicking here or by mailing your donation to: Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778.

We appreciate your generosity and your ongoing commitment to our synagogue.

Save the Date: New Member Shabbat

Help us welcome our newest Shir Tikva members at Simchat Shabbat, Friday, January 8, 2016, 6:15 p.m.

Upcoming Sisterhood Events

Book Group Dates

2/4/2016 - Leaving Berlin, Joseph Kanon

4/7/2016 - The Betrayers, David Bezmozgis

6/2016 (day TBD) - On the Move: A life, Oliver Sacks (or other writings by Oliver Sacks)

Knitzvah, Sundays, 9:15 a.m.

Sisterhood knitters and needleworkers continue to meet at TST for conversation and creativity together. Reminder to all Sisterhood and TST members that Healing Shawls are available to any member / family member in need of warm, cozy comfort. If you, or anyone you know could use one of these lovely shawls, please take one from the rack in the atrium, or contact the office or tstsisterhood@shirtikva.org to receive one - please spread the word.

Save the Date: March 26, 2016

Brisket Bake-off and Scotch, co-sponsored by Sisterhood and Brotherhood

Reyim: Itzhak Perlman

Sunday, March 6, 2016, Symphony Hall, 7 p.m.

We are thrilled to announce a very special evening. TST, sponsored by Reyim, has reserved a block of tickets to see Itzhak Perlman at Symphony Hall on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

Itzhak Perlman, 20^th Anniversary of "In The Fiddler's House"

"Twenty years have passed since Itzhak Perlman released his stunningly successful and beloved klezmer recording and PBS special, In the Fiddler's House. Perlman revisits this important, personal project celebrating the klezmer tradition at Symphony Hall with some of his closest musical friends."

Since we have a limited number of discounted tickets, we suggest that you register early. Tickets are $90 each (nonrefundable).

Click here to register

For those interested in dinner before the concert, arrangements will be announced at a later date.

For more information, please contact Beth Volk, missbeth47@aol.com or Joan Lappin, jglappin@yahoo.com

This is a Celebrity Series event sponsored by Zachary Haroutunian and The Garbis & Armine Barsoumian Charitable Foundation in loving memory of Garbis Barsoumian.

Mitzvah Project

Bailey Gerson's Mitzvah Project
For part of my Mitzvah Project, I am collecting toys, board games, etc. for children and teens. The items I collect will be donated to a wonderful organization called "Birthday Wishes" that organizes birthday parties for homeless children and collects presents to be given to them.

CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR:
Any birthday present! It must be new and in its original packaging.
Some specific items include:

Toddler toys, sports balls, board books, Boston sports team hats/shirts, board games, card games, LEGO kits, dolls/action figures, Play-Doh, arts and crafts kits, $25 gift cards

*Target, GameStop, Walmart, iTunes, etc.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND...Birthday Wishes cannot accept:

Anything used, Candy, Toy guns or weapons, Small goody bag items*,Opened party supplies*presenting a choking hazard for ages 3 and under

We would love your support!

If you would like to donate to Birthday Wishes, please look at the requirements above. There is a donation bin at Temple Shir Tikva. Feel free to contact Elizabeth Gerson at elizabethgerson@yahoo.com with any questions.

amazonsmile

Please help support Temple Shir Tikva while shopping.
Click here to shop at Amazon and they will donate a percentage of your purchase price back to us for our Religious School and Annual Fund. Happy shopping! (you must select Temple Shir Tikva as your designated charity up entering site)

Shir Tikva on Facebook

Like us on Facebook - Temple Shir Tikva Wayland, MA

Help us reach 350 members by weeks end!

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Regularly Scheduled Services

Simchat Shabbat, Friday, 6:15 p.m.

Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Sat. 8:30 a.m.
Shabbat Yeladim (Tot Shabbat) - 1st Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m.

In Our Congregation

R'fuah Sh'lema...

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with those that are ill:

Abba Noach ben Yehudit

Maureen Andreassi

Aryeh ben Raizel

Liberty Arnold

Avraham ben Hanah

Joan Carlton
Ray Cue

Janet Decker

Aliza Dorfman

Roseann Dunn

Murray Finkel

Robert Friedman

Gittel Leah bat Sarah Faige

Minnie Goldenberg

Gedalia ben Rut

Vanessa Gravenor
HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Brina

HaRav Mordecai ben Chana

Ethan Kadish

Vivienne Kalman

Edith Kaye

Wanda Kolofoff

Lenore Larkin

Luke Lorio

Rachel Marker

Mendel Peretz ben Ita Chana

Christopher Montgomery

Nachama bat Trayna Raizel

Jeremy Pivor

Sherri Pilskin

Shayndl bat Mina v'Beryl

Rachel Shira bat Lishka

Trudie Rockoff

Stacey Roswell
Rhoda Sakowitz
Stan Sakowitz
Sarah Faiga bat Malka

Tzephanya bat Bracha Leah

Heidi Tissenbaum

Yehuda ben Raizel

Merle Zabusky

Mazel Tov...

Nancy Falkof, on the birth of her granddaughter, Estelle Violet Millstein, daughter of Matt and Beth Millstein
Jeffrey West and Amy Davis West, on the birth of their grandson, Warren Harvey Amaral West, son of Joshua and Roberta West
Reynold Knopf and Alexandra Statland, on the birth of Ren's granddaughter, Adeline Anne Levesque, daughter of Dan and Tayler Levesque

Condolences...

Ben Boverman, on the death of his father, William Boverman
Jason Honeyman, on the death of his father, Merton Honeyman

In Our Community

The Positive Effect of Spirituality on Children

Wednesday, December 16, 7 p.m., Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton

Greaerd to Teens and Adults

Cost: $10 JCC member cost: $8

The scientific link between spirituality and long-term benefits for children and teens will be the topic of a discussion at this lecture lead by best selling author, Dr. Lisa Miller, director of the Spirituality and Mind Body Institute and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University. Dr. Miller is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Spiritual Child: The New Science of Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving.

Cost is $10. The event is open to the entire community. Register here or contact 617-558-6512 or teens@jccgb.org. Co-sponsored by Boston's Jewish Community Day School, Gann Academy, The Rashi School, and Solomon Schechter Day School.

Never Ever Ever

December 20, 7:00 p.m., Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley

A monodrama: Never Ever Ever

Free of charge!

Appropriate for ages 12 and older.

Promoting conversation about dyslexia and learning disabilities and Israel

Click here for more information

Playing By Air

Sunday, January 3, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Leventhal-Sidman JCC Newton

The award-winning performers of Playing By Air share their sense of playfulness and breathtaking feats in a high energy performance for the entire family. Featuring an electrifying display of lights, color, and motion, engaging characters, and musical instruments that fly through the air, this program is geared for families with children ages 3+ years.

Cost is $15, JCC member cost is $13. Show is part of the JCC Magic Ark Performing Arts Series for Families, a program of the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts.

For tickets, visit bostonjcc.org/magicark or call 617-965-5226 or 866-811-4111.

JFS Healthy Aging Lunch and Learn

Monday, January 4, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Temple Israel, Natick

Todd E. Lutzsky Esq. LLM Presents: Financial Planning: Understanding Trusts

Protect your assets
Maintain access to your money
Understand blood line inheritance

Todd Lutsky is an expert in the field of financial planning, estate planning and income and gift tax issues. From 1998 to 2013 he co-hosted the radio show "Money Matters" and now hosts "The Legal exchange with Todd Lutsky" on WRKO. Mr. Lutsky serves as an adjunct professor at Boston University where he taught a course on Elder Law. He has published many works related to elder law, Medicaid, estate planning and trusts. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Boston Estate Planning Council.

We look forward to Mr. Lutsky sharing his expertise with the JFS Healthy Aging Community.

Kosher lunch is $3 in advance or $5 at the door