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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

December 22, 2015   

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In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah

December 26, 2015
Vayechi        
Genesis  49:27 - 50:26         
(based on the Third Triennial Year 3 calendar) 
 
 
Haftarah

I Kings 2:1 - 2:12  
 
 
Beth Or Links

Our Website 

Board Of Directors 

Committees 

Help Beth Or by shopping at Amazon

Other Links




Contact:

Kathy Fisler 
bethortemple@aol.com
 
305-235-1419
 
Office Hours:
Tuesday  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday: Noon - 3:00 pm.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 
 
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What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or

  


Tuesday, December 22  
   
Wednesday, December 23
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00 a.m.     
 
Thursday, December 24  
Weight Watchers will not meet today

Friday, December 25
GMJF Volunteer Projects Day 
Kabbalat Shabbat  7:30 
 
Saturday, December 26

Sunday, December 27
 
Monday, December 28        

Tuesday, December 29

Wednesday, December 30
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room  10:00 a.m.
 

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 Events 
 
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Save the Date! 


January 10, 2016
Red Tent Women's Reading Group

January 12, 2016
Shir Appeal Concert

January 23, 2016 
Lighthouse Cafe: Four Shillings Short

January 26, 2016 
Positive Psychology: New Sessions begin 
  
January 29-31, 2016
Jews in the Woods 

February 5-7, 2016 
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Mark Levy

February 20, 2016
Bibliodrama

February 28, 2016 
Guided Tour of Black Miami, with Dr. Marvin Dunn



community notice
Temple Beth Or Community Notices
Shabbat Shalom!

Join us Friday, December 25, with Service Leader Ellen Siegel on the bima, as we welcome Shabbat.

Celebrate a very special Oneg Shabbat with Ellen and John Hanson and their family in town for this brief time! 

 
Thank you, Thank you!
 
...to all who have generously donated to Beth Or!


Terri Zutler Pearson, in memory of Leo H. Zutler
Celia  Belsky, in memory of Herman Teitler,
     father of Jen Berse
Janie and George Emerson, toward the kitchen
     renovation
Mimi Eagar, in memory of Sylvia Oberstein

TBO Members' End-of-Year Accounts

The end of 2015 and the IRS approach! 

There's time to get Year-End dues payments and donations posted this week and next.

Please feel free to email or call the office with questions regarding your TBO account. 


Lighthouse Cafe with Four Shillings Short
Lighthouse Four Shillings Short

Always a crowd-pleaser, Aodh and Christy and the largest assortment of instruments you've seen on the Lighthouse Cafe stage will be with  us on January 23, 2016.

Prepaid reservations can be made by calling the Temple office at 305-235-1419 or emailing bethortemple@aol.com

As always, don't put your credit card information either in an email or voicemail. We'll contact you as soon as we pick up the messages. 


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February 28, 2016 -  10 AM - 4 PM 
Guided bus tour of Black Miami narrated by Dr. Marvin Dunn. 

Chit Chat  
             
Chit Chat meets this Wednesday  at 10:00 a.m. in the Oneg Room

If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com
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Bibliodrama is Back 
 
February 20, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

We'll let you know which story from the Hebrew Bible we will be dissecting and interpreting, but save the date! 
 

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WORKS:
WELL BEING & JUDAISM

The new 8-week series begins on Tuesday, January 26 and continues every Tuesday evening through and including March 15.  Tentative class time will run from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.   This will be confirmed shortly.
 
An updated 2016 version of new research, videos and articles begins January 26th

Fee:  $100 for entire series in paid in advance or by January 26.  $15.00 per session if taken individually. 

 

ALL FEES ARE DONATIONS TO TEMPLE BETH OR



TBO Office Closed December 17

Kathy's having an eye procedure done the previous afternoon (Thursday) and probably will have to be out Friday, December 18. 

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It's Now More Affordable to Celebrate with an Oneg Shabbat!

Effective immediately, the rates  for an Oneg Shabbat sponsorship have been reduced as follows:

$25 to cover the table setting, drinks, cutlery and paper goods if you bring the goodies

$100 to cover the complete package: shopping and food prep, table setting, drinks, cutlery and paper goods

Anyone booking an Oneg Shabbat from this time forward will be charged at the new, lower rates.
 
  
Oneg Dates are available at various time during the 2015-16 year!

Do you have a family birthday, anniversary, yahrzeit, or another occasion -- or just for no particular reason at all??

It's a wonderful opportunity to recognize, remember, and celebrate with the Beth Or community on Shabbat.


Contact the TBO office for more information.

305-235-1419


 
Beth Or's  ORGANIC  GARDEN
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Beth Or's  ORGANIC  GARDEN needs green thumbs!    

 

Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic"

Just a few committed diggers/planters/harvesters energize our Garden areas  - you have the infrastructure.  Cultivate your own plot at Beth Or and'ro help our next communal crop of bananas, papayas, other edibles, herbs and medicinals. 

 

Over 20 years ago Beth Orians wer Shomrei Adamah, Guardians of the Earth -- Keepers of the Garden of Eden, aspiring to the highest standards of earth ethics.  We can and will carefully select the veggies and herbs to maximize output, with proven techniques such as companion planting, insect control, etc.  With today's high prices, a garden is economically desirable.  Plus, it is a part of a healthy lifestyle, providing hands-on education and a social communal experience.

 

 

Kavanah~ Rabbi Mark:  "...to help build up our people, our institutions and our strength so that we continue to l'takein olam b'malchut Shaddai, 'repair the world under the kingdom of heaven.'  Let's get our hands deliciously "dirty" in this endeavor as we grow and sustain our beloved community."