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D'Var Torah
Parashat
Matot-Masei
July 13, 2013
Deuteronomy
2:31 - 3:22
Haftarah
Isaiah
1:1 - 1:24
using the Triennial
Year III schedule
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What's Happening

This Week At Beth Or
Tuesday, July 9
Beth Or Office closed today
Wednesday, July 10
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
Beth Or Office closed today
Executive Committee and Board Meetings
Friday, July 12
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 13
Havdalah and Movie Night 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 14
Leadership Retreat 10:00 am Red Tent Women's Reading Group 1:00 pm (at the home of Norma Salz)
Choir Practice 3:00 pm
Monday, July 15
Erev Tisha B'Av
Tuesday, July 16 Tisha B'Av
Wednesday, July 17
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
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 Temple Beth Or Events
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Save The Date
Friday, July 19
School Supplies collection drive begins
Socks and Underwear (new, please!) collection drive begins
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Temple Beth Or
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Shabbat Shalom! 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service this Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. ...
Oneg Shabbat will be provided by Amy Lomaskin and Mel Tenen. There may be macaroons!
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Chit Chat at Beth Or
The Chit Chatters are back at Beth Or this Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
This discussion group addresses topics of local, national and international interest with a distinctly Jewish approach. We talk about cultural, legal, educational, social, political, religious and secular subjects, with a text usually from the media to start us off.
Now that we are back at the Temple, there's always room for one more, so please don't hesitate. If you're available, so are we.
If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com.
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Office Schedule Notes
The Beth Or office will be closed Tuesday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 10. Your correspondent will be back in the saddle Thursday around mid-day.
Your patience and understanding is very much appreciated.
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Executive Committee and Board of Directors
The next EC and Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 10 at 8pm (EC at 7:15), please prepare your agenda items, reports and issues to be discussed at this meeting and email them to Dr. Michael Newman, drmike@drmichaelnewman.com,

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Stand With Us
StandWithUs is an international, non-profit organization. Founded in 2001, StandWithUs is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues.
We work by supporting people around the world who want to stand up for Israel and educate their own local campuses and communities. We believe that knowledge of the facts will correct common prejudices about the Arab-Israeli conflict, and will promote discussions and policies that can help promote peace in the Middle East.
Through print materials, speakers, programs, conferences, missions to Israel, campaigns, focus on social media and internet resources, we ensure that the story of Israel's achievements and ongoing challenges is told on campuses and in communities, the media, libraries, and churches around the world. Based in Los Angeles, StandWithUs has fifteen offices across the U.S., and in Israel, Paris and the UK.
This YouTube video tells a story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-80McB_HM&feature=player_embedded
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Beth Or Website Update...
Stay tuned for an announcement of a workshop about Facebook and using Beth Or's Facebook Fan page to its fullest to promote who we are as a Jewish Jewel, instead of the best kept secret in South Dade.
www.bethormiami.com
Get noticed by your temple!
Ad copy can be sent to the Temple and will be forwarded to the Facebook/Website mavens.
Camera-ready business card size ads will be rotated through the website for $180 per year.
Send ads by e-mail to drmikebethor@comcast.net
and the check to temple.
The Temple Directory is available in PDF to members.
Webmaven:
Natalie Kaminsky
Natalie can be contacted via the Temple office at 305-235-1419 or kaminskynat@gmail.com. All messages will be forwarded.
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A message from the Temple's Web Maven, Natalie Kaminsky:
Hello everyone! I am excited to be Beth Or's Web Maven and one of our Facebook facilitators. I look forward to keeping Beth Or's cyberspace presence fresh and engaging.
I can't do it without you, though. If you snap a good picture at a temple gathering, send it to me so I can post it on Facebook. Write and send me a short blurb about a meaningful Beth Or experience (perhaps three or four sentences) that may be shared online. That link about a local Jewish happening? Send it over! My email is kaminskynat@gmail.com.
Making Beth Or shine one post at a time,
Natalie
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About the Calendars..
The Google Calendar for Beth Or events can be viewed by clicking the following link:
This will take you to our website's calendar page without requiring a login. You will be able to choose among the Posterboard, Month, Week, Day, and Agenda views.
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Got an old laptop computer that works??
Donate your older, working LAPTOP to a disabled person.
Computer plus training for Handicapped Persons.
Contact Jeff Tucker JMTucker007@gmail.com
IRS Donation credit available.
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 Garden and Grounds Mangos are ripening! Watch for fruit from the trees on the north side of the property and from one or two of the trees on the south side! Beth Or's ORGANIC GARDEN continues to grow! Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic" Wilfredo Candelaria, a local Master Organic Gardener kindly offers free advice and consultation to Beth Orians wanting to get their hands dirty and fill their plate with home-grown produce! Call Wilfredo (786) 234-7520. Five Raised Bed Custodians: 1-Jane Weinstock 3' x 8' 2-Mark Rosenbloom 4' x 4' 3-Pat Barron 3' x 8' 4-Karen Steinberg-Lewis 3' x 8' 5-Diane Pearl 3' x 8' If YOU want to operate a beds there's no charge - most supplies freely available (or BYO) >>> CONTACT Jeff Tucker and Grow Your Own!
JMTucker007@gmail.com
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The Young Lion of Judah Program
...a unique B'nai Mitzvah project for students becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
In addition to choosing individual volunteer opportunities, the Jewish Volunteer Center is partnering with the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation to pair students with Holocaust survivors who never had the chance to become B'nai Mitzvah. Students will spend time with a Holocaust survivor while working toward completing 10 hours of community service.
Projects include learning about the Holocaust, touring the Holocaust Memorial with survivors, and beautifying and planting at the Memorial.
For 2013-2014, the program begins on Sunday, October 13, 2013 and ends on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Participants will meet with their peers for three programs on Holocaust education. In addition, students will volunteer on their own schedule, visiting with their survivor partner and building a new friendship.
Students are asked to honor their survivor partner during their Bar or Bat Mitzvah service and make a gift of $180 to the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. They will receive a certificate of completion and their Young Lion of Judah jewelry gift - a silver bracelet for girls and a silver talit clip for boys.
IMPORTANT PROGRAM DATES: October 13, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Orientation and Meeting with Survivors December 8, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Holocaust Education Program February 23, 2014, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Closing Mitzvah Project
For an application or for more ways to become a Young Lion of Judah, please contact Jewish Volunteer Center Director Laura Guren Rodriguez at 786.866.8680 or Volunteer@jewishmiami.org
Space is limited to 25 participants.
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