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Torah and Hike, WEDNESDAY
May 4, 9:30am     
We are having our own super bloom in Reno.  There are many flowers this year in the hills.  Our first hike will be Wednesday, May 4th.  We'll meet at Beth Or @ 9:30am for bagels and coffee.  Thanks to Carol Steingard for providing the bagels.  After a nosh and brief study, we'll head to nearby Sun Valley Regional Disc Park for about an hour hike, depending on the weather.  Come for the study and food, come for the hike or both.  Please RSVP to Rabbi Beth.  Call or text 322-5542.
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Shabbat this Friday, May 6    
Our April Shabbat  
  5:55pm Services
  Healthy dairy potluck food
(fish, dairy, veggie) 
1150 Selmi Drive
Sarah's Bat Mitzvah
Friday Night @ Beth Or 
Saturday Morning @ Emanu-El 
 Rabbi Beyer, Sarah and Rabbi Fasman 


Parental Blessing

 
  Wonderful Food by the Soleman Family

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 Beth Or and Emanu-El's Passover
over 120 folks for First Night Seder

Rabbis Beyer and Fasman

Many thanks to all of those
who made it a success.
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April's Awesome

Torah and Starbucks @ Northstar      



RSVP to Rabbi Beth if you are interested. 
We are now hiking.  Our first hike will be THIS Wednesday in Reno.
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The Reno Gazette Journal hosts Faith Forum on Sundays.  A question is answered by clergy from many faiths.  Rabbi Beyer provides the Jewish response. 
 
RGJ asked:  Why does there seem
to be a decline in religion in America? 
  
 
Life is a Test
 
G-d tests us to know what is in our heart.  (Deuteronomy 8:2).  Our Sages agree that people are tested by hardships and by abundance.  Difficult times are a test, but when times are good, it is an even greater test.  (Alshich 16th c).  For example, Moses was concerned about how the people would react upon reaching the Promised Land where there would be plenty of food, good houses, and increased wealth.  Moses warned that in good times, we tend to "become haughty and...forget G-d...saying 'My strength and the might of my hand has made me all this wealth.'"  (Deuteronomy 8:14-18; see also King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4).
   
 
For some, it's easy to forget G-d when material wealth is abundant.  Americans currently face this.  It may help explain the alleged decline of attendance at houses of worship.  Hopefully folks will find their spiritual path and be able to gratefully acknowledge that everything derives from G-d.    
  
Faith Forum appears each Sunday in the Local Life Section of the Reno Gazette Journal. Faith Forum clergy answer a question posed each week and responses in the paper are limited to 150 words. Rabbi Beyer is featured as the "Jewish" response. In February 2016 it was 5 YEARS for Faith Forum column to run in the RGJ.  This interfaith group is now working towards a book which would be an edited collection of these columns. See www.nevadafaithforum.org
Donations
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Don & Marilyn Kurzman
in memory of Marsha Cohen

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Anonymous
Dr. Marty & Betty Fineman
Errol Proctor
Ken Goldman & Barb Meyer
Alex Fratkin
Phil Shalitt
Nancy Hamilton
Dr. Lauren Greenberg
Hadassah Nemovicher
Matt Feiertag
Drs. John Louie & Neva Donovan 
          
Blessings to each of you and your family.
 
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Birthdays  
Tom Beyer 5/25
Sarah Rowen Wilson 5/8
Rob Lowe 5/20
Mira Hannington 5/9
Moshe Masters 5/9
Pam Zohar 5/7
Gary Hannington 5/1
Linda Goldschlag 5/1
 
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Anniversaries
Steve & Barb Ries 5/2
Mitchell & Mackenzie Ross 5/23
Shaun & Olga Soleman 5/12

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Recent Deaths 
Marsha Cohen 3/1/2016

Yahrtzeits 
Ida Friedlander, mother of Sandy Friedlander, 5/18
Max Fineman, father of Marty Fineman 5/29
Milton Glick, 5/11
Dinah Kahn, mother in law of Ken Goldman 5/18
Albert Levine, father of David Levine 5/19
Robert Levine, father of Barbara Ries 5/4
Pauline Rosenberg, mother of Mark Rosenberg 5/19
Mary Miller Rowen, mother of Mark Rowen 5/14
John Robertson, relative of Sarah Wilson 5/15
Bernard Adamezyk, father of Mary Bonds 5/11
Loretta Burns Hennicker, mother of Moshe Masters 5/15
Charles Leibman, father of Alan Leibman  
Helen Leibman, mother of Alan Leibman
  
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Refuah Shlemah
(Towards Wholeness and Healing)
for those in need of healing body, mind or spirit

Al Povach
Nurit Stites 
Ari Klein
Judy Tamkin
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not get properly listed this month.
Please let us know so we can fix it next month.
  
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The New Hebrew Month  of  Iyyar begins May 8th

    

Rabbi ElizaBeth Beyer
 (REB)


Listen to Kol Nidre with Rabbi Beyer and Cantorial Soloist Alan Kass  
 
 

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 Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing!

 a program of Moving Traditions Innovative Program for Adolescent Jewish Girls 

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Temple Emanu-El's "Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing!" group is running.  The group remains open to any and all Jewish middle school girls in Northern Nevada.  - Contact group facilitator Susannah Skyer Gupta if your daughter, grand-daughter, niece, or neighbor is not yet on the list.  http:www.roshhodesh.org   www.movingtraditions.org   

RSVP 775-327-4743, suzskyer@gmail.com, or look for Susannah Skyer Gupta on Facebook


Click HERE to see a previous class
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 For info call the Rabbi  775-322-5542 

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Temple Beth Or is an evolving group dedicated to Jewish values and learning. We support chevruta study (partner or small group study) and "experiencing" G-d.  Friday night Shabbat services are musical, filled with ruach (enthusiasm) and the food is sweet.  Beth Or is affiliated with the Jewish Community of Elko County. Rabbi Beyer also works with North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation, Tahoe Vista, Lake Tahoe. 

For information on Jewish Renewal   https://www.aleph.org/