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This Week At Beth Or

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     August 9, 2016 
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In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
D'Var Torah 
August 6, 2016

Devarim
 
Deuteronomy
2:31 - 3:22

Haftarah
      
Isaiah
1:1 - 1:27 
 


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305-235-1419
 
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Tuesday  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday: Noon - 3:00 pm.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or

  


Tuesday, August 9      
 
Wednesday, August 10
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room 10:00  a.m.
Dr. Marvin Dunn at Books and Books  8:00 p.m.

Thursday, August 11   
Weight Watchers  10:00 a.m. 
                    
Friday, August 12
Kabbalat Shabbat   7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, August 13 
Torah Study   10:15 a.m.

Sunday, August 14
Tisha B'Av 
 
Monday, August 15 
Membership Renewal Information is Due 
             
Tuesday, August 16    

Wednesday, August 17                     
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room  10:00 a.m
Executive Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting   8:00 p.m.
 
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Save the Date! 

August 23 
Adult Education: Talmud 101
 
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Temple Beth Or Community Notices
Shabbat Shalom
shabbat shalom

 
Join us this Friday, August 12, with Rabbi Mark Kram on the bima as we welcome Shabbat.

The sermon topic will be Passages.

Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.
  
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From the Rabbi: Something to Think About: Passages
 
Last week in North Carolina was cooler and certainly less humid.  But the weather didn't matter as much as our reason for being there: helping to get our middle son and his wife settled in their new home.
 
Our own parents did it for us each time we moved - to Cincinnati from Israel, to Tampa, to Miami - twice.  Now, it was our turn.
 
Come Friday night and celebrate Shabbat with your community, and we'll talk about our own personal passages, moving from one stage to the next, sometimes in surprising ways.
 
See you on Friday.
 
Have and enjoy a great week!

Rabbi Mark Kram 

Thank You, Thank You!  
...to those who have generously contributed to Beth Or...

Celia Belsky, in memory of Sylvia Schiller
Irene and Thom Elliott, in memory of
      Sylvia Schiller

Chit Chat  
             
Chit Chat will meet Wednesday, August 10.

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!
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Adult Ed:  What is the Talmud?

"Tzei Ul'mad - Come and Hear" is the formulation often beginning a Talmudic discussion.  It consists of  books of Jewish law.  Although, the answers to questions raised are not conclusively recorded, and in order to know what to do (or how to act) in a particular situation, we have to go further than the Talmud (into the Codes of Jewish Law - for ex., the Shulchan Aruch.)

The uniqueness of the Talmud (Hebrew for "study"), is that "Correct" answers emerge out of the process of argument that fills the Talmud and all the books written to explain it.
As the earliest rabbinic interpretation of the Bible, the Talmud is indispensable to understanding the laws and customs still practiced today. The Talmudic discussion and its conclusions provide us with the origins of our many laws and customs. 

To study Talmud is to take one's part in the discourse of the generations, to add one's own voice to the chorus of conversation and argument that has for nearly two millennia been the form and substance of Jewish law.
Join us and ADD YOUR VOICE to the "discourse of generations."

woman-painting-bowl.jpg Holiday Bazaar Planning
 
April  and Rhoni are looking to invite new vendors to our holiday bazaar, which will be held on Sunday, December 4th.

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.   


Garden and Green Stuff
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A renovated and greatly improved irrigation system has been installed on our grounds, courtesy of a grant secured by Jeff Tucker. Well done, Jeff!
 
 
Beth Or's response to Zika:
 
In response to the Zika outbreak, all of the plants, notably bromeliads, and any potential water catchers, have been sprayed with both mosquito insecticide and oil to kill mosquitos and larvae.  Placing oil (eg, vegetable, olive, etc,) in the bromeliad cups prevents larvae from growing there.  Concerned plant owners are encouraged to do the same.
 
Thanks, Marcy
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SAVE THE DATE
Book Talk by Dr. Marvin Dunn
"A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes"

At Books and Books,
265 Aragon Ave.
Coral Gables

Wednesday, August 10, 2016
8 PM
 

From Amy Lomaskin

Hi Everyone,
   When my good friend retired, she gave me a lot of teaching materials(teacher workbooks that can be copied) that I felt could be passed on to other teachers to be used as extra resources.  They are mostly Language Arts and math for fifth grade.  However, there are some for third/fourth grade as well as sixth-eighth grade.  All are in excellent condition.  
  If you know of anyone who would like to look at these, please email me as soon as possible.  You can give them my email address and ask them to put Teaching Materials in the subject line.
  Thanks.
Amy Lomaskin
 
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