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This Week At Beth Or

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     August 16, 2016 
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In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
D'Var Torah 
August 20, 2016

Va'etchanan
 
Deuteronomy
5:1 - 7:11

Haftarah
      
Isaiah
40:1 - 40:26 
 


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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.
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What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or

  


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.

Thursday, August 18  
Weight Watchers  10:00 a.m. 
                    
Friday, August 19
Kabbalat Shabbat   7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, August 20  
Torah Study   10:15 a.m.

Sunday, August 21  
 
Monday, August 22   
             
Tuesday, August 23
Adult Education: Talmud 101  7:30 p.m.
    
Wednesday, August 24                      
Chit Chat in the Oneg Room  10:00 a.m


 
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Save the Date! 

August 26  
Fabrengen Shabbat  6:30 p.m. 
 
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Temple Beth Or Community Notices
Shabbat Shalom
shabbat shalom

 
Join us this Friday, August 19, with Rabbi Mark Kram on the bima as we welcome Shabbat.

The sermon topic will be The Olympics in Rio.

Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.
  
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From the Rabbi: Something to Think About:   
 
The Olympics in Rio

I don't want to say that the Olympics is exactly like life, but there are some real parallels. The winning and losing; the extent to which "the winners" go to cross the finish line the head of everyone else; the drama, the excitement, and of course, the defeats.

Winning and losing. How do we react to that? How do we measure that in our lives? How much does it matter? And most important - what does it mean to him or to lose?

Join us this Friday night as we examine the Olympics... Of life and at Rio.  See where our tradition "fall" on crossing the "finish line."
   
In the meantime - Enjoy your week!
 
Rabbi Mark S. Kram
Temple Beth Or
11715 SW 87th Ave.
Miami, Florida 33176
(305) 235-1419
 

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

Red Tent Women's Reading Group, in memory of
     Sylvia Schiller
Marti and Tom Gammon, in memory of Sylvia
     Schiller
Ossie and Harry Hanauer, in memory of Manny
     Bosch

Chit Chat  
             
Chit Chat will meet Wednesday, August 17.

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."

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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