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CHAILITES
October 9, 2024
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Friday, Oct. 11, 7:30 pm -
Kol Nidre Service | TORAH STUDY
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More Upcoming Events!
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Friday, October 11, 7:30 pm - Erev Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre
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Saturday, October 12, 9:00 am - Yom Kippur Family Service
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Saturday, October 12, 11:00 am - Yom Kippur Traditional Service
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Saturday, October 12, 2:00 pm - Yom Kippur Study Session - “How do we Talk About the War in Israel, and Is There a Path to Peace?”
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Saturday, October 12, 3:30 pm - Yom Kippur Afternoon Healing Service with Visual T'filah
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Saturday, October 12, 4:45 pm - Yom Kippur Yizkor & Ne'ilah Service
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Saturday, October 12, 7:15 pm - Sisterhood sponsored Yom Kippur Break Fast in the Social Hall - click here to RSVP
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Sunday, October 13, 10:30 am - Annual Sukkah Raising - click here to RSVP
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Wednesday, October 16, 4:30-6:00 pm - Hebrew School for Grades 4-7
All TBC members are invited to TBC's B'nai Mitzvah Shabbat services!
Please attend and support our young members on their special day!
CLICK HERE FOR HIGH HOLY DAY TICKETS!
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For the full TBC calendar, click here.
For TBC special events and happenings, click here.
Here is the 5785 High Holy Day Guide and the most recent issue of TBC Connections Bulletin!
For the Jewish Federation community calendar, click here.
Always send in news and your simchas to chailites@templebnaichaim.org.
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Urgent! Please deliver your 2024-2025
Membership Renewal forms to the office!!
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A Request from Ryan Sanderson!
Once upon a time, In 1973, a small patch of coral in Belize suddenly died. The only thing left was a deadly black band around the surface of the coral, exposing the dead skeleton inside. Since 2021, this same coral-killing disease has spread quickly, killing entire coral colonies in just months all over the Caribbean, into the Indo Pacific Ocean, and even to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It has already killed millions of coral colonies, and become known as the black band disease.
A small island in the South Caribbean, Bonaire, is a gorgeous paradise that I’ve been visiting twice a year to scuba dive since I was 11 years old. Devastated by the news of this disease, Reef Renewal Bonaire is an organization that was started in 2012 to save the beautiful coral on the island. They work with world class scientists and restoration practitioners to educate the Bonaire residents, visitors, and local communities. They do everything from creating strict rules for divers, to growing their own coral. This is so important to me because scuba diving is a big part of me and without coral, there is no underwater ecosystem. For my Mitzvah project I will be volunteering in person with Reef Renewal in December, on my next trip to Bonaire. You can make a difference too! Please help by donating to their amazing organization to support this vital work to save and restore the coral reefs in and around Bonaire. There will be a donation box in the main lobby at TBC beginning on October 2nd. SAVE THE CORAL!!!!
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Don't forget to Share Your Simcha!
B'nai Mitzvahs, engagements, weddings, births, special honors, happy events!
Send to chailites@templebnaichaim.org with pictures if available!
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High Holy Day Michael Heft Food Drive and Miriam Messe Diaper Collection
It is time once again for the food and diaper drive to help local food banks. The items will be delivered to the Wilton Food Pantry, the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury, and the Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut. The Redding Food Pantry requests gift cards to Caraluzzi’s or Stop & Shop. Please do not include items that are past the “best used by date.” Thank you in advance for your generosity and if you are able to help deliver to any of the locations please let Jane Alexander know. Click here to view the full list of items needed.
Sorting will take place on Saturday, October 12 during the 11:00 am Yom Kippur service in the Religious School wing. If you or your child(ren) in Grades 4-12 are available to help, please email Jane Alexander or use the sign up sheet located in the TBC Lobby.
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Calling All Singers!
The new TBC Chorale needs YOU! Do you love to sing? Are you looking for a creative outlet, an opportunity to have fun with friends and make a difference at TBC? Please join our emerging TBC Chorale and raise your voice in song with fellow music lovers! Contact cantorharriet@templebnaichaim.org
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Have a Knack for Communications & Marketing?!
TBC's Communications Committee is looking for a few more members to join our team! Please contact Ellie Gluck, TBC's Communications Coordinator if you are interested!
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TBC Sukkah Raising -
Sunday, 10/13/24 at 10:30 am!
Please join us at 10:30 AM in the Courtyard as we build and decorate the TBC sukkah!! To volunteer to help, please click here!
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Wi-ACT’s Rise Against Hunger Meal-Packaging Event
(Wilton Interfaith Action Committee)
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the WEPCO Church Complex
(36 New Canaan Road, Wilton)
Wi-Act ( Wilton Interfaith Action Committee: “We Act Together for Good!”) of which our congregation is a very active member, packages these meals using bulk ingredients and packaging equipment provided by highly rated nonprofit Rise Against Hunger, Inc. (RAH) with Wi-Act paying for the cost of those bulk ingredients and RAH transporting them to wherever in the world the need is greatest at the time of our event. These meals are served in school settings where the children served can be nourished in mind as well as in body.
This annual event brings together over 650 Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim volunteers working in two-hour shifts (morning, mid-day, and afternoon) to package enough meals to feed over 400 otherwise starving children for an entire year. Children as young as 7 can participate if they accompany their parents who volunteer – and this is an intergenerational event with grandparents as well as parents and children participating! Those 13 or older can sign up in their own names; younger children accompany their parent(s).
Shift times are listed on the sign-up site: just pick the shift that works best for you.
Please bring to the Event a non-perishable food item to help those in need locally.
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If you are unable to join in for this most exciting and purposeful event, please consider making a donation to cover the cost of the meal components. We need to pay for the food to be packed. Even if you do sign up to help out, please consider making a donation for the food. The more funds we collect, the more meals we will pack!!!
Donations should be made to the Tzedakah Fund with a note that it is for "Rise Against Hunger."
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MOZAIC Senior Life (formerly Jewish Senior Services) is holding two educational events beginning in September ...
Click on the links above for more information!
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Don't Forget the TBC Giving Tree in Our Lobby!
TBC has many opportunities for members to give sums large and small for specific improvements and projects at the Temple.
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- High Holy Day Flowers
- Religious School Ceiling & Wall Repair
- Smart Board Collaboration Hub
- Remodel Religious School Kitchen
- Future of TBC Fund
- Tzedakah Fund
- Shabbat Flowers/Oneg
- B'nai Cafe Sponsorship
- Religious School Snack
- New Refrigerator & Freezer for the Main Kitchen
- Future Preschool & Playground
Stop by the Giving Tree in our lobby to select your contributions!
Contact Denise Securra for more information.
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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 October 11 - October 17
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
זכר צדיק לברכה
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October 11, 2024
Morris B. Berenbaum, father of Diane Berenbaum
October 14, 2024
Lawrence List, father of Deborah List
October 15, 2024
Claire Haskel-Levy, mother of Debra Case
October 17, 2024
Samuel Lizan, grandfather of Meryll Wolfman
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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Shabbat Flower / Oneg Donation
A wonderful way of celebrating special family simchas, such as birthdays and anniversaries, is by sharing your nachas with the entire congregation and sponsoring the Oneg Shabbat for the Friday of your special week. More information 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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