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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,
activities and news 
  
           August 13, 2013
   
   
  

 

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In This Issue
 
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
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D'Var Torah
 
Parashat
Ki Teitzei
August 17, 2013
 
Deuteronomy
24:14 - 25:19
 
Haftarah
  
Isaiah
 54:1 - 54:10
  
   
using the Triennial
Year III schedule
 
 

 
Beth Or Links

Our Website

Board Of Directors

Committees



Other Links




Contact:

Kathy Fisler 
BethOrTemple@aol.com
 
305-235-1419

What's Happening    

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This Week At Beth Or
  
Tuesday, August 13
 
Wednesday, August 14 
Chit Chat at Beth Or  10:00 am 
Executive Committee Meeting  7:30 pm
Board of Directors Meeting  8:00 pm
  
Thursday, August 15
 
Friday, August 16 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service  8:00 pm
 
Saturday, August 17
 
Sunday, August 18
Choir Practice  3:00 pm
  
Monday, August 19   
 
Tuesday, August 20   
   
Wednesday, August 21
Chit Chat at Beth Or  10:00 am
 
 
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 Events 

Save The Date  things to do

August 19
Miami-Dade School Year begins

Wednesday, August 21
Preparing for the Hi Holidays
(time to be set)

Saturday, August 24
Torah Study
Cooking Demonstration at Andrea Loring's home

Sunday, August 25
Torah School Opens
(date to be confirmed)
Visit to Cemeteries
(see below for details)
  

Saturday, August 31
Selichot service with Havdalah and Kiddush

Wedneday, September 4
Erev Rosh Hashanah

Thursday, September 5
Rosh Hashanah, First Day

Friday, September 6
Rosh Hashanah, Second Day
  
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Community Notices
  
Shabbat Shalom!  shabbat shalom
 

Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat service at 8:00 p.m. this Friday.  Pat Barron and Kathy Fisler will lead a very musical service and will also provide the Oneg Shabbat in honor of the anniversary of their adoption by and of the Jewish Community.

 

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.
   
Hope You Had A Great Summer!
 
Torah School will open for the new year on Sunday, August 25, at 10:00 a.m., with a special event To Be Announced!  
  
torah school
Pre- Rosh Hashanah Cemetery Visit
  
Sunday, August 25, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
  
It is a Jewish custom, though not written in the halacha, that we should visit the graves of loved ones on the Sunday prior to Rosh Hashanah.  This experience helps to prepare us for the serious internal work we each need to do to maximize our personal an communal experience of the High Holy Days.
  
We will send a note to congregants to determine which of the three Jewish cemeteries (or possibly all) to visit, based on the congregant's family burial sites. 
  
For those of you whose loved ones are buried out of town, we will conduct a brief ceremony for you at the first cemetery we visit.
  
Please contact TBO to let us know if you have loved ones buried at any or all of the following:
Mount Nebo/Kendall Memorial Gardens, at 5900 SW 77th Avenue in Miami.
Mount Nebo/Miami Memorial Gardens, at 5505 NW 3rd Street in Miami
Lakeside Memorial Park, at 10301 NW 25 Street in Miami.
  
Let us know, please by email at  bethortemple@aol.com or by phone at 305-235-1419.
  
Preparing for the High Holy Days
  
Wednesday, August 25, at Beth or, time to be announced.
  
This will be an evening of meditation and preparing one's soul for a fuller experience of the High Holy Day season from Elul through Simchat Torah. 
 
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The Barkow Memorial Pond and Waterfall

...has been refreshed and renewed and is sounding merrily along, thanks to Dr. Jeff Murray & Jen Wheeler OF POND DOCTORS, LLC, who graciously performed their magic at no cost to Beth Or!
 
Should you have need of similar work for your property, you can contact...
Break the Fast after Yom Kippur
   

Early notice!

 

Break the Fast will be held at the Temple on September 14th, at 6:30 pm, following the Neilah service.

 

Price: $20 - adults and children over 12

          $12 - children 6-11

          No charge for people under 6

                and over 100

 

Because we are having Break the Fast catered this year your paid reservations must be at the Temple by August 30th. You are welcome to bring guests, but space will be limited to 60 persons. 

  

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.

 

 

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  

   
  

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.


 

The Chosen Gift Shop is still with us!  


They may no longer have "bricks and mortar" in their old location, but this family-owned source for Judaica and holiday items is alive and well.

Visit their website at www.thechosengift.net
for more information!

 

Garden and Grounds

 

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

 

 

  

Garden and Grounds  Wish List
  
Thinking of replacing your older lawn-care equipment?
  
To save $500 or more per year, the TBO Grounds Department needs some equipment, in good running condition, or nearly so!
  
1. Large lawnmower
2. Edger
3. Weedeater
4. Large chainsaw
  
Contact Jeff Tucker at JMTucker007@gmail.com if you can help.  Thanks!
  
  
Got an old laptop that still works?
  
Donate your older, working LAPTOP to a disabled person. 
  
Computer plus training for Handicapped Persons.
Contact Jeff Tucker at  JMTucker007@gmail.com
  
  
  
In and For Our Community
 
Volunteer Opportunity: The Milk and Honey Project

This  JCS program to deliver food baskets to needy seniors for Rosh Hashanah takes places on August 25, beginning at 9:00 a.m. for those assembling food baskets and at 10:30 for those making deliveries. 

This volunteer opportunity is available for individuals and families, but pre-registration is required.    If interested, you must RSVP to Adrienne Rich Hochman by August 15.  We would like to have a delegation from Beth Or.

You can also get more details from JCS directly at www.jcsfl.org,

 

Birthright Israel Registrration  Approaches!

 

FREE Israel Trips this Winter for College Students and Young Professionals

 

Are you looking for an unforgettable trip to Israel this winter?  On Taglit--Birthright Israel with Israel Experience, you'll spend 10 days witnessing Israel's natural beauty, networking with its innovators, examining its history, debating its politics, living it up in Tel Aviv, and participating in social action projects to leave your positive mark on Israel.  We have trips for college students and young professionals. 

 

Registration opens on September 10 and lasts for only a few days.

 

For important trip updates, visit:

 

www.freejourneytoisrael.org/getmore

 

 

 

   

  

What's In Your Genes?

 

Screen for 19!

 

Get screened for 19 Jewish genetic diseases on Wednesday, August 21, at Temple Beth Israel, 481  Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Sunrise, FL  33325.

 

The program runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with educational sessions at 5:00 and 6:30.   Cost is $25 if you are insured.

 

Pre-registration is requested at:

 

www.victorcenters.org/screenings but walk-ins are welcome, too.  For further information, call 786-897-9587 or email info@victorcenters.org

 

For directions, or if you have questions, please call Temple Beth Israel at 954-851-9999. 

 

 

Miami Jewish Book Festival
  
We are delighted to announce that Temple Beth Or will host author Marc Tyler Nobleman and his book, Boys of Steel, the Creators of Superman, on Wednesday, October 23.
  
Stay tuned for more details!
 
Boys of Steel