This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,

activities and news

July 19, 2016

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In This Issue

Rabbi Mark Kram

Rabbi

Mark Kram

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Rabbi Mark Kram

D'Var Torah

July 23, 2016

Balak

Numbers
23:27 - 25:9

Haftarah
Micah
5:6 - 6:8

(following the
Triennial Year 3 schedule)

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, July 19

Wednesday, July 20
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00 a.m.
Adult Education 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 21
Weight Watchers 10:00 a.m.


Friday, July 22
Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 23
Yard Sale Volunteers Party


Sunday, July 24

Monday, July 25

Tuesday, July 26

Wednesday, July 27

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

Temple Beth Or
Events

Save the Date!

July 29
Special Shabbat Service and Oneg Shabbat to
welcome our local community

Temple Beth Or Community Notices

Shabbat Shalom

Join us this Friday evening, July 22, at 7:30 and welcome Shabbat. Lay service leader Ellen Siegel will be on the bima.

Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.

Chit Chat

Chit Chat will meet Wednesday, July 20.

Chit Chat meets on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. in the Oneg Room, discussing current issues of particular interest to the Jewish community.

If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com

or just stop by on Wednesday morning -- all are welcome!

Thank You, Thank You!

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

Robert Schwartztol, in thanks for a special favor
Bette and Morris Spector, in honor of Shirley
Pollak's and Mimi Eagar's birthdays.
Glenn Patron, in memory of Irving Patron

Adult Education

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that we have an Adult Education class tomorrow evening, Wednesday, July 20th, at 7:30 PM at the Temple.

The very exciting topic that Rabbi Kram will discuss is medical ethics: stem cells, organ donation, organ transplants and how Judaism informs our thinking on these issues.

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Back to School Collection

The Social Action Committee is organizing a Back to School drive for the children who reside at Chapman Partnership for the Homeless.

Please donate new underwear and socks for elementary and middle school age children. Packages of underwear are needed for boys and girls in all children and teen sizes as well as socks and sports socks for boys and girls. These new items will help these children greatly so please donate generously.

A donation box has been set up in the Oneg room from July 22 - August 5th.

Thank you from your Social Action Committee.

Special Open House Shabbat Service July 29

All hands on deck! Congregation members, choir singers, movers and shakers -- we want as many of us as we can gather on Friday evening, July 29, as we open Beth Or to the local Jewish Community, with a special welcome for former Bet Breira Samu-El Or Olom members who are looking for a spiritual home.

We'll have a specially planned Oneg Shabbat, and we're ready to show our neighborhood folks just what TBO is and has to offer.

A flyer has been sent to the BBSOO office and is being distributed to their membership. If you'd like a copy to post in your community, just ask. We'll have one out to you immediately.

Holiday Bazaar Planning

April and Rhoni are looking to invite new vendors to our holiday bazaar, which will be held on Sunday, December 4^th.

If you know of someone who would like to join us, please email rtclowns@bellsouth.net

or call 305-253-4155.

However, we already at capacity for jewelry vendors, so please think about other crafts.

Yard Sale Volunteers Celebration

We have a banner yard sale year to celebrate, and YS volunteers are invited to a potluck gathering at Nancy Kirsner's home on Saturday, July 23, at 7:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to the Temple Office by phone or email. Responses will be forwarded to Marcy and Nancy. Let us know what dish you're bringing.

And we forgot to say last week: please bring what you'd like to drink!

Members' Messages

In Gratitude

Patricia Ree Worth would like to thank an anonymous gift-giver who sent her something special recently. It was much appreciated.

Got Kittens? We Know Who Does

SOS: two adorable kittens, temporarily named Misty and Merlin, rescued and fostered by TBO member Carol Farber. The mother cat, who is feral, was neutered, had shots and nursed the kittens and then she was released. This playful pair, brother and sister need to find a loving home together. I know there a zillion cats out there, especially now in kitten season. If anyone knows of someone who could give a good home to these two, it will free Carol to help others.

Please contact the TBO office if you can help.
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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."