This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,

activities and news

December 29, 2015

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In This Issue

Rabbi Mark Kram

Rabbi

Mark Kram

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Rabbi Mark Kram

D'Var Torah

January 2, 2016

Shemot
Exodus 4:18 - 6:1

(based on the Third Triennial Year 3 calendar)

Haftarah

For Ashkenazim:
Isaiah 27:6 - 28:13 and
29:22 - 29:23

For Sephardim
Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3

Beth Or Links

Other Links

Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

What is Reconstructionism?

Ma Nishma: The latest news from JRF

Alper JCC

Rabbi Rami Shapiro: Our Founding Rabbi

Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Center For The Advancement of Jewish Education

Contact:

Kathy Fisler
bethortemple@aol.com

Temple Beth Or

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.

What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or

Tuesday, December 29

Wednesday, December 30
Chit Chat will resume on January 6

Thursday, December 31
Weight Watchers will resume on January 7

Friday, January 1, 2016
Happy New Year!

Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30

Saturday, January 2

Sunday, January 3

Monday, January 4

Tuesday, January 5

Wednesday, January 6
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00 a.m.

Temple Beth Or
Events

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

Temple Beth Or Community Notices

Shabbat Shalom!

Amy Lomaskin will lead us in welcoming both Shabbat and the New Year this Friday, January 1, at 7:30 p.m. We'll take a look at New Beginnings.

The Oneg Shabbat will be community sponsored.

Shir Appeal Concert

January 12, 2016, at Beth Or

We are privileged and excited to host the award-winning Tufts University a cappella choir, Shir Appeal, on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM.

They have traveled from coast to coast, singing in a wide variety of languages and musical styles: Israeli pop and rock, traditional liturgical songs, Jewish world music, and English language sonds with Jewish themes.

Shir Appeal is proud to be the first non-secular and only Jewish group featured on the prestigious Voices Only and Best of Collegiate A Cappella (BOCA) compilation albums, and to be featured on every Best of Jewish A Cappella (BOJAC) album to date.

We are providing this special event at no cost to the Beth Or Community as well as your family and friends. Since capacity in the sanctuary is limited, we will require that you RSVP no later than Wednesday, January 6th.

Reservations will be on a first come/first serve basis. Therefore, please make your plans to attend as soon as possible as we will be opening this event to the general public on January 7th.

Please respond directly to the Temple email, bethortemple@aol.com or phone 305-235-1419.

Light refreshments and the opportunity to meet the group will take place afterwards.

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.

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

Lighthouse Cafe with 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 at $20 per person 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.

Social Action Calendar

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

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!

...And So Is Positive Psychology!

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

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
...continues to grow!

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."