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CHAILITES
January 4, 2024
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“Who is the wise person? The one who foresees the consequences.” - The Talmud
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UPCOMING EVENTS!
Friday, January 5, 2024, 7:30 pm -- Welcoming Shabbat Together click here for zoom
Saturday, January 6, 2024, 9:00 am -- Tot Shabbat, Bagel Nosh, Family Service (see below)
Sunday, January 7, 2024, 9:30-11:30 am -- Chicken/Veggie Soup for the Soul (see below)
Sunday, January 7, 2024, 10:00 am -- Bagels and Blocks
Friday, January 12, 2024, 7:30 pm -- Civil Rights Shabbat at TBC, with music provided by the Ridgefield Chorale (see below)
See TBC Events & Happenings!
For the full TBC calendar, click here.
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Click here to RSVP
The session will be lead by professionals in our conregation to help
- enhance coping skills to reduce stress, build stronger family connections, and
- develop techniques for feeling calmer and more balanced in the new year.
It's also an opportunity to just grab a bowl of chicken or vegetable soup and schmooze with other parents! All are welcome!
Speakers will include ...
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Stacy Barenberg, Clinical psychologist, private practice, 20 plus years | |  |
Julia Saunders, middle school counselor (17 years) and mom to two teenagers. | | |
Leslie Radel, LCSW, Private psychotherapy practice, treating adults, adolescents and couples. | | |
Lisa Oren, MSW, Norwalk School Social Worker, Psychotherapist | | |
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Join us for Tot Shabbat (ages birth to 5) at 9:00 AM followed by a Bagel Nosh at 9:30 AM and a Family Service (ages 6-12) at 10:15 AM!
Click here to RSVP
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TBC Members Are Invited to the Annual Congregation for Humanistic Judaism's
Tu B'Shevat Seder - This Year at TBC!
Sunday, January 21, 12:00 pm
Join the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism's Tu B'Shevat Seder at TBC on Sunday, January 21 from noon to 1:30. Additional information and RSVP link can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/783142529387?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Special TuBShevat announcement by CHJ's song leader Adam Feder is available on YouTube here!
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TBC member Bonnie Heft, who's a member of the Ridgefield Chorale, has arranged for the group to join us for our Civil Rights Shabbat. Make sure to come and learn and enjoy! | |
SAVE THE DATE - Sunday, February 4 | |
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Speakers will include: Cantor Harriet Dunkerley (Temple B’nai Chaim), Father Reggie Norman (Our Lady of Fatima), Dr. Azza Karam (from the Muslim community), Rachel Simon, ED (from the LGBT+ community) and other community and CT state representatives. They will share their communities' sensitivities, experiences with hate incidents and the impacts these have had.
We hope this event can help lead to the creation of a coordinated system of responses to future hate incidents and also help ensure support for those who are victims of such acts.
To be held at the Riverbrook Regional YMCA, 404 Danbury Rd, Wilton, CT. More information here. -- RSVP required.
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You can make a difference! Your generosity will help Danbury residents who need help to stay warm this winter. The Dorothy Day Hospitality House has been providing meals and shelter to individuals since 1982. DDHH will distribute hats and gloves and mittens to guests who need them to get through the bitter Connecticut winter.
For information on what's needed and how to donate, click here!
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In this issue of Chailites we thank the following individuals who generously contributed to TBC during December, 2023. To everyone who has supported TBC, we offer you our most sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude.
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Pledge Extra Dues
Iris Busch
Rudy Escalante & Diane Berenbaum
Ronald Pepin
Marlene Serby
Rachel and Joe Sondheimer
Sheila and Gary Wakoff
ARZA
Ronald Pepin
Operating Fund
Jane & Moses Alexander
Alfred & Joyce Derrow
Suzanne and Harvey Kramer
Fred Levitt
Howard Supnik
Security Charge
Saul & Elizabeth Goldberg
Hal Hochhauser & Elizabeth Schiff
Ronald Pepin
Karen and Ross Tartell
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Chesed Fund
Amy Blitz
Clergy Discretionary
Lou Grey
Kulan/Social Action
Andrew Bayer
Tzedakah Fund
Jane & Moses Alexander
Ria and Bruce Miller
Golam Daud Noaz
Nurjahan Noaz
Michele and Judson Scruton
Bud & Roz Siegel
Matthew and Jennifer Siegel
URJ Appeal
Ronald Pepin
Oneg/Flower Donation
Michele and Judson Scruton
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Our 6th & 7th Grade Teacher, Morah Rica, owns a hair salon that has partnered with Wigs & Wishes to provide those who are losing their hair due to a cancer battle with free wigs. Morah Rica owns Yaffa Beauty by Rica, where she consults with cancer fighters to select a wig, and once it arrives, she styles it to suit, and will shave their hair (should they wish) in a way to make it a positive-as-possible and empowering experience. Along with the wig, she will often give a small care package, many of which we helped assemble last year.
Sadly, the demand for wigs has not slowed down, and Morah Rica is in need of more care packages, so this year, the TBC Religious School is going to collect the necessities, as well as send notes, for these brave men and women to bring them some refuah shleimah.
Please see the list of items needed here and leave them in the bin at TBC.
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TBC is Here For You!
If you or a family member is ill or in need of care - or if you know of someone in our community who needs help - please contact Cantor Harriet. Our Caring Committee is here to provide assistance - meals, rides to doctors' appointments or shopping.
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Yahrzeits January 5 - 11
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
January 5, 2024
Nathan Rogow, cousin of Cantor Harriet Dunkerley
January 6, 2024
Edith Stern, mother of Susan Farber
January 8, 2024
Ronnie Kamber, cousin of Moses Alexander
January 10, 2024
Anita Shapiro, grandmother of Michael Bonheim
It is traditional to light a memorial candle at home on the eve of the yahrzeit. You may also find it meaningful while kindling the yahrzeit candle to offer prayers of remembrance or reflect on your loved one’s life. Many also choose this time to make monetary donations in memory of loved ones.
Yahrzeit Memorial Plaques
When remembering loved ones who have passed away, we invite you to commemorate their lives and blessings with a memorial plaque for the TBC wall of remembrance. Ordering information is available here.
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ShopRaise Now for TBC!
Whether you're shopping for food or decor for your home, or anything else, we've got you covered. A portion of every purchase you make with the ShopRaise app can benefit TBC. Make today a time for giving.
More information about ShopRaise for TBC can be found here.
Contributions to TBC add up! You can shop at hundreds of stores, including Macy's, Walmart, Wayfair, Nordstrom, Petsmart, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
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Handmade Kippot
The kippot are $18 each, and we will continue to use the proceeds to ship Machzorim to the community and also send the balance of the proceeds to purchase food! Please make checks payable to: Temple B'nai Chaim, with 'TBC Social Action Fund-Ugandan Jewry' in the memo line. Additional donations are welcome through the TBC Social Action Fund on the TBC Donation Page with a note indicating 'Ugandan Jewry' as the recipient.
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You Can Make a Difference at TBC | |
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Have you been thinking about making a donation to support TBC in some way? We have made it easier for you to do just that! Please check out our new Donate Now button below! Don't forget, you can sponsor and oneg, preneg or flowers for Shabbat Services.
Sponsor a TBC Oneg or Service Flowers!
TBC's B'nai Cafe is Looking for Sponsors!!
TBC is looking for sponsors for our B'nai Cafe on the following dates: 1/7, 2/4, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5.
To sponsor, please click here!
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