September 11, 2016

 Issue 52

This Week @ Shir Tikva

High Holy Days

High Holy Day information packets have been mailed to members.

Please note that all forms were due back to the office by September 9. If you need additional tickets, please contact the office as soon as possible.  Tickets will be mailed on September 19. We look forward to sharing the holidays with you.



Monday, September 12


7:00 p.m. - Board of Trustees Meeting, Click here for agenda



Thursday, September 15


7:00 p.m. - Reyim Planning Meeting, Click here for more information
 
Friday, September 16
 6:15 p.m. - Simchat Shabbat and Board of Trustees Installation 
Help us show our appreciation as we install the 2016-17 Board of Trustees. Simchat Shabbat services will be followed by a potluck dinner. Register at www.shirtikva.org/installation  
 


High Holy Day Participation
If you would like to participate in some special way during High Holy Days, please send email to michael.mirman@gmail.com and indicate which out of the available honors you would like to have:
  • Aliyah - read Hebrew blessing before and after reading Torah (this does not include chanting from the Torah)
  • Reading of an English prayer
  • Hagbah/G'lilah - lift or dress the Torah at the end of the Torah service
  • Carry and/or hold the Torah
  • Open Ark
  • Help ushering
College Connections
Are your children going to college this fall?  Send us your college student's address so we can stay in touch!
Make sure they are part of the College Connection Program!  It is a great way to keep our kids connected with the TST community!
Three times a year, during holidays, we'll send a gift of goodies! All you have to do is provide us with your child's address, and we'll take care of the rest!
Do you want to help put the packages together, meet other parents and schmooze? --- it's an easy and fun way to be involved!
Reply to Mona Dolgov at Dolgov@comcast.net.
 
To be a part of the College Connection program, we need:
Student's Name
College
College address
Class year
Student's email address
If your child is studying abroad, we want to know! Tell us where they're studying and for how long.
Coming Up @ Shir Tikva

Sunday, September 18 
9:00 a.m. - Religious School Kickoff and Welcome Celebration and BBQ

Click here for more information



 6:00 p.m. - Temple Shir Tikva  Progressive Dinner
Click here to register -
LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS THIS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
 


Wednesday, September 21

6:00 p.m. - AISH First Day


Click here for more information  
 
  
Saturday, September 24

7:00 p.m. - Selichot Program and Service
Temple Shir Tikva welcomes Bill Murray for Selichot! 
What more compelling way to begin the High Holy Days and Selichot season than with a showing of the greatest repeat-your-mistakes-until-you-change movie, Groundhog Day, Click here for more information and to register.
Save the Date

Reyim Sponsored: Exploration of Positive Aging with Paula and Herman Blumberg
8 sessions beginning Wednesday,  October 19, 7:00 p.m.


Sisterhood Book Group, Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.  
We will be discussing The Paris Architect, by Charles Belfoure.

Click here for more information.  
 
Adult Shabbaton Retreat, Wylie Inn, Beverly, MA
, Friday, March 24-26. 
Contact Nancy Gossels for more information, ngossels@gmail.com.
In Our Congregation

R'fuah Sh'lema 
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with those that are ill:
  
Abba Noach ben Yehudit
Aryeh ben Raizel

Aviva bat Miriam

Baruch ben Drora

Henry Buianowski  

Ray Cue

Janet Decker

Aliza Dorfman
Roseann Dunn   
Murray Finkel

Robert Friedman

Leon Gainsboro

Gittel Leah bat Sarah Faige     
HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Brina HaRav Mordecai ben Chana 

Jeremiah ben Chaya Adiel

Ethan Kadish 
Stan Kaplan

Edith Kaye

Miri Klau

Wanda Kolofoff
Lenore Larkin
Luke Lorio

Yonina bat Manya

Rachel Marker
Mendel Peretz ben Ita Chana  
Leo Miller

Christopher Montgomery

Charles Morse

Nachama bat Trayna Raizel

Rahel Chaya bat Leah Shayna



  
  
Jeremy Pivor

Pam Pingeton

Marie Puffer 

Shayndl bat Mina v'Beryl
Stacey Roswell

Sarah Faiga bat Malka

Rose Scharfstein

Lisa Shapiro

Harvey Spencer

Heidi Tissenbaum

Tzipporah Gittel bat Rut

Jan Whitzman 

David Willett



Mazel Tov... 
  • Paul and Patty Kussell, on the birth of their granddaughter, Lucy Sheridan Hopper, daughter of Charlie and Abby Hopper
  • Jeff Merritt and Irene Gruenfeld, on the marriage of their daughter, Nyanthon Bol Awuol, to Dau Bul Ajak
  • Phil Benjamin and Mindy Milberg, on the engagement of their son, Alex Benjamin to Allison Feldman
Condolences... 
  • Penny Wayne Shapiro, on the death of her mother, Joan Anne Wayne
  • Michael Schreiber (Sudbury), on the death of his father, Daniel Schreiber
  • The Dash Family, on the death of Jan Dash
Regularly Scheduled Services

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

Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Saturday 8:30 a.m.

Shabbat Yeladim (Tot Shabbat) - 1st  Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m.(Sept. - June) 



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