This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,

activities and news

March 15, 2016

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In This Issue

Rabbi Mark Kram

Rabbi

Mark Kram

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Rabbi Mark Kram

D'Var Torah

March 19, 2016

Vayikra

Leviticus 4:27 - 5:26

(based on the Third Triennial Year 3 calendar)

Special Reading
for Shabbat Zachor
Deuteronomy 25:17 - 19

Haftarah
for Shabbat Zachor
I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34

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, March 15
Positive Psychology: Week 8 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00 a.m.
Challah and Dinner with Interfaith Service at
    Christ the King Lutheran Church
(sorry, reservations are now closed)

Thursday, March 17

Weight Watchers will NOT meet today

Friday, March 18

Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19
Garden Festival 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 20

Monday, March 21

Tuesday, March 22

Wednesday, March 16

Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00 a.m.

Temple Beth Or
Events

Save the Date!

March 24
Volunteer Day at Chapman

March 25
Purim

April 22
First Night of Passover

April 23
Second Night of Passover: Seder at TBO

Temple Beth Or Community Notices

Shabbat Shalom

Marcy Prince will be leading Friday night services. We will have a guest speaker, Steve Whang, the musical director of our resident Church, who will speak about his church's humanitarian missions to refugee camps in Iraq and sharing his personal experiences in a Kurdish camp.
We welcome Steve and his wife Connie, and hope we will have a large turn-out for a fascinating topic.

Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.

Thank You, Thank You

to all who have contributed generously to Beth Or...

Sondra Rosenfield, in memory of Rhoda
     Joyce Bordman
Harvey Kleinberg, in memory of Belle Manning
Bette and Morris Spector, in memory of Rhoda
     Joyce Bordman
Ossie and Harry Hanauer, with gratitude for your
     extraordinary generosity in making Beth Or's
     new kitchen a reality, to Rhoni and Ned
     Tannebaum, Vicki and Michael Henry, Linda
     and Larry Goodman, and Janie and George
     Emerson.

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

New News about the Garden Festival

Please email the Temple office at bethortemple@aol.com if you plan to attend!

Will the fabulous Beth Or bakers get out the bowls and pans and prepare some goodies for a Bake Sale table, please!

All larger items items should be cut to a convenient selling size and wrapped, preferably in something transparent.

This Saturday, 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

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

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!

Reservations for this event are now closed. If you have booked for the challah baking or the dinner and interfaith service or both, we'll see you there.

Challah bakers, please bring a your own cookie sheet or baking pan and a towel to cover your braided dough. You'll pop the dough into the oven when you get home!

Positive Psychology final week!

www.positivepsychologyworks.com

WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S JEWISH!

Temple Beth Or - 11715 S.W. 87^th Avenue, Miami, FL

March 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

CALLING All SHOP- A- HOLICS, BARGAIN HUNTERS AND CHICOS DEVOTEES.

Sunday, April 17, from 10-12, Chico's at the Falls is putting on a fashion show for us. IT IS FREE!!

Here is what I need:

RSVP as soon as possible. They need 6 to 8 women, to model, shape and size does not matter.

Snacks will be served and we will also have a raffle. Your purchases will be discounted.

Please call 305 253 4155, or e mail me,
rtclowns@bellsouth.net

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."