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CHAILITES
February 5, 2020
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- Friday, February 7, 6:00 pm - Family Preneg Click Here to RSVP
- Friday, Feburary 7, 6:30 pm - Shabbat Family Service
- Saturday, February 8, 9:30 am - Torah Study
- Sunday, February 9, 9:30 am - Religious School
- Sunday, February 9, 10:00 am - Jr. Chai
- Sunday, February 9, 10:30 am - Parents Potluck Brunch
- Sunday, February 9, 11:45 am - TBC Teens Purim Prep
- Sunday, February 9, 3:30 pm - Sisterhood Hadassah Tu BiShvat Seder at a congregants home
- Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm - Laundry Love
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Shabbat Family Service and Preneg
with 4th and 5th Grades
Friday, February 7 at 6:00 pm
(service 6:30 pm)
Join us for a Shabbat family service starting at 6:00 pm with a kid-friendly Preneg (pizza & veggies). At 6:30, song, story and worship followed by a birthday celebration and Oneg with a certified nut-free option at the dessert table. We will be continuing our Birthday Book Minhag (Custom)! Everyone 13 and under who is celebrating a birthday will receive the gift of a Jewish book.
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Parents' Potluck Brunch on Sunday!
The Education Committee invites all parents to enjoy some social time on Sunday morning, February 9 at 10:30am over a potluck brunch. While the religious school kids enjoy a movie day at religious school in their PJs, parents can spend time with friends and meet other TBC members.
Please sign up here to choose something to bring for the Potluck Brunch.
Please also RSVP here
so we know how many people to expect.
If you aren't able to bring something, we would still love for you to attend, so please feel free to
RSVP yes
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If you are bringing something, you can drop it off at the start of religious school at 9:30 or you can bring it at 10:30 when brunch begins.
Questions? Contact Karin Beitel -
kbeitel@templebnaichaim.org
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Thank you to everyone who attended this past Friday's wonderful, first annual L'taken Shabbat. It was fantastic to hear directly from our students as they shared their perspectives on issues that they are so passionate about!
Below, you'll find links to the speeches that our students made in the offices of Senator Murphy, Senator Blumenthal, and Representative Himes. We hope that you'll take a few minutes and read their passionate, articulate arguments!
And to our students- we hope that you will go from strength to strength and L'taken to L'taken!
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Sisterhood-Hadassah Tu BiShvat Seder
Please join the women of Temple B'nai Chaim Sisterhood and Hadassah for an evening of celebration, prayer, introspection, and excellent company at our Tu BiShvat Seder on
Sunday, February 9, 3:30 pm at a private home.
Tu BiShvat is commonly known as the "New Year for the Trees." In the spirit of this holiday, the seder is a call to action; it is a celebration of our relationship with nature, a time of education and reflection, an opportunity to look at our impact on the world around us and change the way we interact with our environment during the coming year.
Traditional food and drinks and a light dinner will be served.
Suggested Donation to TBC Sisterhood: $18 per person.
We look forward to seeing you there and will send the event address when you Click Here to RSVP. Please contact Sharon Sobel (srsobel13@yahoo.com) if you have any questions regarding this event.
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TBC TEENS - We need you for Purim 2020
Hi TBC Families with Teens!! For Purim 2020, we decided to build on the RUNAWAY SUCCESS of last year's amazing Purim Spiel and ask our teens to help us make this year's Purim celebration just as HILARIOUS AND AWESOME!
Whether you're interested in writing the script, acting in the spiel, deciding on the costumes, running the AV components, or just being a part of the group,
we hope that all of our 8th-12th graders will join us for these sessions of PURIM PREP!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO BE A PART OF THE PURIM SPIEL! (You do not need to be registered for the TBC Teens program to participate.)
- February 9th 11:45 am-1 pm: We'll pick a PURIM THEME and start brainstorming for the spie
- February 23rd 11:45 am-1 pm: We'll work on completing the spiel and start planning costumes and decorations
- March 1 11:45 am-1 pm: We'll finalize the script and do a run through of the spiel
- March 8 9:30 am: Purim Spiel Rehearsal -- 10:30 am !!!!PURIM SPIEL!!!!
Also- everyone is invited to this special program! Please plan on being there!
February 21, 6pm-8:30 pm: TBC Teens Host Interfaith Shabbat: Help us welcome and host visiting Confirmation classes from WEPCO for dinner and Shabbat services!
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Found Time - Women's Spirituality Weekend 2/28-2/29
This in-synagogue women's retreat, sponsored by TBC's Sisterhood, will avail of the "found time" of the extra day of the leap year as a gift of rest and restoration from Shabbat to Havdalah, focused on mindfulness gratitude and renewal, filled with music, meditation, yoga and song.
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Yahrzeit Memorial Plaques at TBC
Additionally, we would like to invite the entire community to a
SPECIAL SERVICE OF DEDICATION on
MAY 15, 2020. If you have any questions, please call TBC's main office (203-544-8695). We would be happy to help you in any way that we can.
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Make your voice heard in Israel! Cast your vote for the Reform ticket in the election for the 38th World Zionist Congress. All Jews age 18 and above are eligible to vote January 21-March 11. It's the one way Diaspora Jews can participate in Israeli democracy and one of the best (and easiest) ways to support progressive Judaism in the Jewish state. If you Vote Reform, your vote supports funding for HUC-JIR Jerusalem, the Israel Religious Action Center, Reform synagogues throughout Israel, and more. To learn more about Vote Reform and our movement's platform, take a look
here
, and to cast your vote, click
here
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URJ Northeast Camps, TBC Scholarships!
Every summer, thousands of Reform Jewish children and teeangers spend their summers immersed in the wonderful, inspirational, and tremendously fun environments of URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) camps. As campers are rock climbing, painting, dancing, or singing their hearts out, they are doing it all through a Jewish lens.
TBC has always done all that we can to help send our students to URJ camps, and this year, thanks to a generous donation, we're able to do even more!
We are thrilled to announce that a member family has chosen to support other TBC families' ability to send their children to URJ camps by providing funding for
need-based scholarships to Reform Movement summer camps.
If your family would like to be considered for a need-based scholarship to a URJ camp, please reach out to
Rabbi Bearman. She'll schedule a conversation with your family where you can talk about how TBC can best help your child attend camp next summer.
It may be cold outside, but summer is just around the corner! Don't miss this opportunity!
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Midrashic Monologues
F
ollow Rabbi Rachel Bearman's and Rabbi Paul Kipnes's
Midrashic Monologues
as they restore the voices of biblical women and men who have not been given the opportunity to speak.
Recently published monologues are:
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Upcoming Events and Save the Dates!
Friday, February 7 at 6:00 pm (service 6:30 pm)
Sunday, February 9 at 10:30 am
Wednesday, March 11 at 1:00 pm
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| Don't Forget the Turnover Shop!
Temple B'nai Chaim receives 60% of the proceeds from your donations to the Wilton Turnover Shop, a non-profit thrift shop located in the Village Market building in Wilton Center.
The Turnover shop is run entirely by volunteers and benefits the Wilton schools' PTA and local nursing and home care. If you are cleaning out your closets, the shop will accept seasonal clothing, house wares, small furniture and collectibles. For further information, please email consignments@templebnaichaim.org.
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Yahrzeits, February 7 - 13
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing!
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Shirley Spector
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Friday |
2/7/2020 |
mother of Jeffrey Spector |
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Donald Curtis
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Saturday |
2/8/2020 |
father of Simon Curtis |
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Harold B. West
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Monday |
2/10/2020 |
father of Valerie West-Rosenthal |
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George Anderson
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Tuesday |
2/11/2020 |
grandfather of Rachel Bearman |
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Sadie Friedman
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Tuesday |
2/11/2020 |
grandmother of Jane Alexander |
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Marvin Greenberg
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Tuesday |
2/11/2020 |
father of Iris Busch |
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Warren Prebluda
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Tuesday |
2/11/2020 |
father of Diane Brown |
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William Cohen
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Wednesday |
2/12/2020 |
father of June Mara |
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Elsie R. Alexander
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Thursday |
2/13/2020 |
grandmother of Moses Alexander |
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Clara Robbins
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Thursday |
2/13/2020 |
grandmother of Russell Robbins |
It is traditional to light a memorial candle on the eve of the yahrzeit at home and to recite Kaddish when lighting the yahrzeit candle. It is also a custom to make donations in memory of loved ones around the time.
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