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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

March 1, 2016 

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In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah
January 16, 2016
 

Vayahkel
      
Exodus 36:20 - 38:20    
(based on the Third Triennial Year 3 calendar) 
 
 
Haftarah
for Shabbat Shekalim

II Kings 12:1 - 12:17
 
 
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.
 
 
mark your calendar
What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or

  


Tuesday, March 1
Positive Psychology: Week 6  7:00 p.m.   
   
Wednesday, March 2
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room  10:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 3        
Weight Watchers   10:00 a.m. 
 
Friday, March 4 
Kabbalat Shabbat  7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 5  
 
Sunday, March 6  
   
Monday, March 7        

Tuesday, March 8
Positive Psychology: Week 7  7:00 p.m. 
 
Wednesday, March 9
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room  10:00 a.m.


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 Temple Beth Or 
 Events 
 
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Save the Date! 



March 12-13 
Daylight Saving Time begins Saturday night-Sunday morning 
 
March 16
Challah Baking Workshop, Dinner and Devotional Service, an Interfaith event at Christ the King Lutheran Church

March 19 
Garden Festival


community notice
Temple Beth Or Community Notices
Shabbat Shalom All Across America and Canadashabbat shalom

Join us Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. with Ellen Siegel on the bima.

Ellen plans to look at deconstruction of our service instead of reconstruction. It's a puzzle to be played with.   
 
Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.


Thank You, Thank You

to all who have contributed generously to Beth Or...
Shirley and Jerry Pollak, in appreciaton of Rhoni
    and my Beth Or Family

Ossie and Harry Hanauer, in honor of the new
    kitchen

Rhoni Tannebaum, from Sunshine Communications
    for the donation of greeting cards 
 
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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An Interfaith Challah Baking, Dinner and
Prayer Experience
with
Pastor Katie Carroll and Rabbi Mark (and Mindy) Kram
presented by
Christ the King Lutheran Church and Temple Beth Or 
 
DATE:     Wednesday, March 16, 2016
TIME:   5:000 - 7:45 p.m.
(Challah preparation begins promptly at 5 p.m.)
                  5:00 - 6:30: Baking
                  6:30 - 7:15: Dinner
                  7:15 - 7:45: Service
                                               
LOCATION: Christ the King Lutheran Church
                         Kitchen, 11295 SW 57th Avenue 
 
Please join us as we enjoy dinner and worship service,
Challah-baking and preparation techniques with members from
Christ the King Church and Temple Beth Or
 
Please call TBO office or email bethortemple@aol.com to register - 305-235-1419
Registration Deadline is Sunday, March 6, 2016
 
Note: Even if you don't participate in the baking, you're more than welcome to attend the dinner and service. Please specify when you respond. Thanks!

The baking program is limited to 12 people from TBO and 12 people from CTK Church. Priority will be given to those who have not yet  participated in a
 Kram Challah Baking Class.  

Seating for the dinner will  be limited.
There is no charge for this program - TBO members are guests of CTK Church (THANK YOU!!!)



kids_jumping_on_hill.jpg Volunteer Day at Chapman Partnership
 
The Social Action Committee is offering Beth Or members an opportunity to brighten the day for the children who reside at the Chapman Partnership for the Homeless.  On Thursday, March 24   from 1 - 3 PM  Beth Or members will visit the center in Homestead to involve about 50 elementary and middle school age children in activities and  games.   It will be their Spring Break from school and we want to give them an afternoon of fun and fellowship.
 
Here's how you can help:
 
Come to the event and assist with the activities or....
 
Come to the event and lead an activity for either elementary or middle school kids.   We need indoor activities (crafts/music/storytelling) and outdoor activities (Obstacle course/relay race/outdoor games). You will have plenty of volunteers to assist you or....
 
Suggest an activity - even if you can't make it to the event.
 
The children and the staff at Chapman are so appreciative of the kind contributions Beth Orians have made and it is truly an honor and a pleasure to spend time there.   Please consider sharing your time and your talents; you will be so glad you came!
 
If you can help, please contact Andrea Loring atandrealor@bellsouth.net
 
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We need a handyman for simple jobs. Preferably some you have used and would recommend, who has a good command of English. Please call the office if you know of someone.

 
WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S JEWISH!
 
Temple Beth Or - 11715 S.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, FL
 
March 1, 8, 15
7:00-9:00 pm
 
Fee: $15.00 per session or $100 for all 8 sessions if you register by Jan.26
All fees are donations to Temple Beth Or

This is a 8-week open event facilitated by
Dr. Nancy Kirsner
All are welcome!
You can come to one or all the sessions!
 
Judaism and Positive Psychology enhance and elevate each other. Learn about the latest books and practical research for living a full, rich life of well being that supports your aliveness and Judaic values and practices.
 
Read about:
  • The Upside Of Stress
 
Discover:
  • The "As If" Principle of Positive Action
  • The Power Triad of Eating-Moving-Sleeping as fossil fuel
  • Open and Closed Mindsets
 
Explore:
  • Your magnificent brain and
¨       Its' amazing neuroplasticity
¨       "You are not your brain"
¨       Neuronal gossip and more....all within an interactive informal learning community.
 
New additions:
  • Two online 30 day challenges
  • Three Positive Psychology book club selections
  • Supported journaling from Gratitude Works.
 
Nancy Kirsner, Certified Positive Psychologist, Ph.D., TEP is a Counseling Psychologist and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
 
 
To register, please email nancykirsner@gmail.com
R.S.V.P SIGNUP REQUIRED
For any questions call Dr. Nancy Kirsner at
(305) 274-8283

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GARDEN FESTIVAL

MARCH 19   10:00 - 2:00
 
Last year's garden festival was so successful and delightful that we've decided to do it again this year!  Hopefully, we will have sunshine, so we can enjoy our beautiful garden. 

Our SUPER CHEF SARA will  prepare a gourmet brunch with all new, surprise culinary treats.   Talented Beth Orians will  lead activities, and fabulous vendors will be on site.  Gail Hochheiser will be taking photographs. 

There will be many additional surprises.  Plan to attend this wonderful community event. 

Single admission - $20, Couple - $35
 
 
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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


Tucker Memorial

 
Thanks to permission from renowned sculptor and architect Kenneth Treister 
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/treister

the Tucker Memorial took its present shape almost twenty years ago.  The wooded beams, posts and elements were shaped by hand following Mr. Treister's installation at Temple Judea.  If you are not acquainted with his work think "creator of Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach."  Last week I had the pleasure of thanking his son Charles on behalf of The Tucker Family and Temple Beth Or.
 
In appreciation and with deep respect I quote Treister "I created the memorial as a large environmental sculpture ... a series of outdoor spaces in which the visitor is led through a procession of visual, historical and emotional experiences with the hope that the totality of the visit will express, in some small way, the reality of the Holocaust. NEVER SHALL WE FORGET. The totality of the Holocaust cannot be created in stone and bronze ...but I had to try. The rich diversity of the European culture, now lost, cannot be expressed ... but I had to try. The murder of one and one half million children whose joys turned to sorrow suddenly on September 1, 1939, when World War 11 broke out, cannot be sculpted... But I had to try. Six million moments of death cannot be understood... 
 
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."