Are your kids outgrowing their toys? Please consider donating to Beth David's new Mini Minyan Room for kids in kindergarten through third grade. Any Shabbos appropriate items are appreciated! Examples include: board games, books, dress-up costumes, building blocks, imaginative play items, puzzles, wall decorations, a map of Israel, a kids step stool. All items may be dropped off in the Beth David Lobby.

Please contact Rebecca Cutler at Recutler@sas.upenn.edu with any questions.

A special thank you to Esquire Cleaners of Connecticut for cleaning our Year-round Sanctuary ark Curtains

Calendar of Services for the Coming Week

Friday, October 9 (Erev Shabbat)

6:01pm Candles

6:05pm Minchah / Kaballat Shabbat / Maariv

Shabbat, October 10 (Shabbat Bereshit)

9:30am Shabbat Tefilot

5:50pm Minchah / Seudah Shelishit / Maariv

7:01pm Havdallah

Weekday Schedule for Week of October 11

8:30am Sunday Morning Tefilot

6:30am Morning Tefilot

6:00pm Evening Tefilot*

* On Sunday and Monday evenings, the Minchah/ Maariv services will convene at the home of Ben and Marcia Adler, 259 King Philip Drive (Shiva Minyanim in memory of Ben's father Arthur Adler).

Friday, October 16 (Erev Shabbat)

5:50pm Candle lighting

5:55pm Minchah / Kaballat Shabbat / Maariv

Shabbat, October 17 (Shabbat Noach)

Bat Mitzvah of Chaya Brenner

9:00am Chevra Mishnayot

9:30am Shabbat Morning Tefilot

1:30pm (appr.) Women's Minchah Tefillah

5:40pm Minchah / Seudah Shelishit / Maariv

6:50pm Havdallah

Kiddush Fund

Elayna and Mark Kaye in honor of the Ritual Committee's hard work over the holiday season; Alexis and Ethan Bortniker in honor of the volunteers who helped us with the Kol Nidre Appeal calls: Aaron Cohen, Ben Adler, Bob Hoffman, Karina Gitman, Rachel and Ben Abrams, Richard Greenberg, Robyn Weller, Alyssa and Joel Norwood, and Elayna Kaye; Elissa and Yonatan Freedman in honor of Simchat Torah; The Gitman Family in honor of Simchat Torah; The Schwanke Family in honor of Simchat Torah; Robyn and Harry Weller in honor of the Shemini Atzeret dinner.

Mazel Tov

David and Hilary Silver joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter Shira to Mr. Alex Langer!

Honorable Mention

Thank you to the many special people who were instrumental in Beth David's experiencing a wonderful last days of Yom Tov, including (but not limited to) -

Shemini Atzeret Dinner - Helen Neumann, Bonnie Wolfe, Ruth Yancovich and Donna Wolfe Capitao

Pella Simchat Torah Singers - Nathaniel Ribner, Meir Popowitz and Ephraim Schoenbrun.

Simchat Torah Teen Readers - Michael Stamler, Matan Doron, Seth Meisler, Gabriel Silver and Benya Lichtenstein

Simchat Torah Women Readers - Allison Gamzon, Alyssa Schwager, Aliza Chameides, Michele Schwanke, and Elana Doron.

Volunteers always make the difference!

Mindfulness and The Pursuit of Spirituality

Beth David Synagogue is planning a unique, community-wide series of learning and practice opportunities, based on the intersection between Judaism and mindfulness. Mindfulness in Jewish Life will take place the weekend of October 23 - 25.

Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose to the present moment and without judgment. This definition was advanced by Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It forms the foundation of Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, taught locally at the Jewish Community Center, the Copper Beech Institute in West Hartford, and throughout the world. Although the term is increasingly applied in secular contexts, it is at the very heart of Jewish observance.

Mindfulness in Jewish Life will consist of three inter-related events.

Friday, October 23. Following the 5:40 p.m. prayer service, Beth David Synagogue will host a Shabbat dinner, which will include experiential components to help participants embrace the gifts of each moment. The evening's speaker is Jeryl G. Brown, a Beth David member and licensed clinical social worker who received her MSW from Yeshiva University. Her talk will focus on some of the guidelines and road maps stemming from Buddhist teachings that form the foundation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and resonate in Jewish teaching and values.
Saturday, October 24. Following Shabbat morning services and over Kiddush, Rabbi Yitzchok Adler (the spiritual leader of Beth David) and Dr. Brandon Nappi (executive director of the Copper Beech Institute) will talk about the science of mindfulness, as well as the basis for mindfulness in Torah.
Sunday, October 25. The community is invited to the base of Talcott Mountain (main entrance, yellow trail head) at 9:30 a.m. to meet for words of inspiration and instruction before a mindful climb up the mountain. Leave your cell phones behind, and connect deeply with your surroundings.

Reservations - Adults - $25.00, Children (5-12) - $15.00

For more information and reservations, please contact Beth David at (860) 236-1241 or, CLICK HERE, or e-mail office@bethdavidwh.org.

Adult Education @ Beth David

Shabbat Morning Beit Medrash, 9:00-9:30am -Rabbi Adler leads a study program that uses assorted texts including Psalms, Mishneh and Medrash. No previous text study experience required.

Starting the week of October 19 (note new starting date)

The Weekly Parsha Wednesdays @ 12:30-1:30pm This class is a "lunch-n-learn", and no previous text study is required. This group convenes in the library of Beth David Synagogue.

The Theology of Judaism - Tuesday Nights @ 7:00pm, in the library at Beth David. Resurrection? Messiah? Redemption? What does classical Judaism have to say about these concepts? Traditional sources will be used to explore these and other theological ideas that are associated with Jewish faith and thought.

Talmud Sanhedrin, Thursdays @ 12:00-1:00pm This class studies a passage from the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin addresses matters pertaining to the Jewish legal system. The group is hosted by Mr. Harry Weller and meets at the Rocky Hill offices of the Connecticut States Attorney, 300 Corporate Place.

Family 'Seudah Shelishit' Program

October 31

Beth David families are invited to a special Shabbat afternoon program featuring celebrated book illustrator Janice Hechter. Mrs. Hechter illustrated the recently published children's book entitled "Avi's Choice", a story about the mitzvah of being helpful and supportive to relatives and friends who are recuperating from illness (bikur cholim). The program will be -

5:15pm - Reading circle for for parents and children as Mrs. Hechter reads the story of Avi's Choice. (Minchah will be taking place concurrently in the Chapel).

5:45pm - Family Seudah Shelishit; Mrs. Hechter will be answering questions about the book and the mitzvah.

6:15pm - Maariv in the Chapel

6:30pm - Havdallah and songs / Shavuah Tov!

In order for Beth David to be properly prepared for Seudah Shelishit, please call the synagogue office (860-236-1241, x10) or send an e-mail by clicking here to confirm your family's participation including your number of attendees.

INFANT/NURSING ROOM

Beth David has an infant/nursing room at the top of the stairs on he right - feel free to use the room during services. It has several chairs, a couch and a changing table.The key for the door closest to the stairs is in the childcare room hanging on a hook next to the door. We ask that you return the key and lock the room when it is not in use. Thank you for your cooperation and please feel free to offer any feedback to the office administrator at office@bethdavidwh.org.

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