Weekly News & Updates

Thursday, March 30, 2023

8 Nisan 5783

A Message from Rabbi Wexler

The holiday of Passover has always been special to me. Not because my Hebrew name is Pesah Barukh, but rather because of the special childhood memories that I have of celebrating the holiday with my family. It is these memories and feelings of gratitude and love for family and tradition that I hope to recreate now, each year, for my children. Passover is the ultimate family holiday; a very special time of the year. However, for those who have recently lost a loved or for those struggling with illness, worry, or sadness, Passover can be a particularly challenging time. For these reasons, I hope you will join me tonight at our TBS Passover Healing Service at 7PM on Zoom

Passover provides cherished time with family, and it is also the official time of the Jewish year when one generation passes down personal stories to the next. In the original narrative of the holiday, we are taught that parents should turn to their children and speak in elaborate detail about the Israelites’ harrowing escape from slavery and chaos in Egypt not as something that happened long ago, but in deliberate first-person terms. In Hebrew the phrase that we are instructed to use is “b’tzaytee mimitzrayim” – when I left Egypt (Exodus 13:8).

Mi Shebeirakh List

On Shabbat, Morning Minyan, and Festivals we offer the Mi Sheberakh prayer for those in need of healing (physically and spiritually). We maintain this list and publish it weekly. Each Passover, we reset this list to no names. If you would like a name to remain on our list, please notify Alvin Stern by emailing: [email protected]

Four Questions at Passover for Israel's 75th Anniversary

For thousands of years, Jews have used the Passover Seder to remember our history and recount the journey from slavery to freedom. On the eve of Israel's 75th anniversary, we invite you to include these additions to your Seder and consider how modern Israel fits into the Jewish people's story...

This Weekend

Mazal Tov to:

Jocelyn Auerbach Klein & Oren Klein, z”l and Iris & Steven Auerbach on the bat mitzvah of their daughter and granddaughter Eden this Shabbat.

Tonight

Healing Service with Rabbi Wexler, 7pm Zoom
(Details here)
Minyan, 8pm - Zoom

Friday

Minyan, 7am - In-person and Zoom
Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:15pm - In-person/Livestream
Candle Lighting, 7:05pm

Saturday

Shabbat Services, 9:30am - In-Person/Livestream
Minha, Ma'ariv & Havdallah, 7:05pm - In-Person/Livestream

Sunday

Minyan, 8am - In-person/Zoom
Minyan, 8pm - Zoom

More Upcoming Events

Tuesday Night Talmud on Tuesdays, April 11; (May 2, 16) at 8:15pm Details here

Young Members Group Party in the Park on Sunday, April 2 at 3pm Details here

Hazak Presents: Naomi Miller, A Special Day of Music on Sunday, April 16 at 1pm Details here

Soul Sisters with Cantor Cohen on Wednesday, April 19 (May 10, 24) at 12:30pm Details here

Social Action - Cook for a Friend on Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30pm Details here

Hazak Presents Myra Gutin "First Children of the White House" on Thursday, April 20 at 8pm Details here

ECEC-aged Family Shabbat Service on Saturday, April 22 at 10am Details here

Young Members Group - Let's Make a Meal on Thursday, May 4 at 7pm Details here

Visit the full TBS Calendar

ISRAEL 75

Friday, April 28 - Sunday, April 30

Israel 75

Event Schedule

SHARE YOUR #TBSIsraelMoment

As we prepare to celebrate Israel's 75th birthday, help us create a trip down memory lane with pictures from your favorite Israel trips.

When was that moment when you felt most connected to Israel:

Your first moment at the Kotel?

Walking the streets of Tsfat?

Lying on the beach in Tel Aviv?

Send a high-resolution picture, along with a one sentence description, to tbsonline.org/israelmoment to be included in our collage. All pictures will be displayed as part of our TBS Israel 75 celebration.

Passover Resources

Selling the Hametz

In preparation for Passover each year we spend countless hours cleaning, switching pots and pans and then cooking for meal after meal. Removing hametz, leavened foods from our diets, our homes and our souls in both a physical and spiritual way helps us prepare for the holiday. Read more

To sell your hametz online click here (deadline is April 4)

It is traditional to perform the mitzvah of ma’ot hitin, giving tzedakah for those in need on Passover, when completing this form. Please join us in supporting Mazon, a Jewish Response to Hunger by visiting www.mazon.org this Passover.

The Passover Edition of the TBS Community Life Book is here!

This edition includes articles from our clergy with recommendations to enhance your family's seder; instructions on selling the hametz, as well as additional Passover resources to help make this Pesah a meaningful one.

View the Community Life Book Online

Passover Service Schedule

See below for Zoom and Livestream service links. Note that all Zoom services are Meeting ID: 964 4732 9682, Phone: 929-205-6099, Passcode: 5783

Wednesday, April 5

7am - Minyan including Siyum for the First Born - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

No evening services.

Thursday, April 6

9:30am - 1st Day of Passover Services, Minha following Kiddush - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

No evening services.

Friday, April 7

9:30am - 2nd Day of Passover Services - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

6:15pm - Minha Ma'ariv - Livestream - In-person/Beit Midrash

Saturday, April 8

9:30am – Congregational Shabbat services - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

7:15pm – Minha Ma'ariv - Livestream - In-person/Beit Midrash

Sunday, April 9

8am Minyan – Zoom- In-person/Beit Midrash

8pm Minyan – Zoom

Monday, April 10

7am Minyan - Zoom - In-person/Beit Midrash

8pm Minyan - Zoom

Tuesday, April 11

7am Minyan - Zoom - In-person/Beit Midrash

6:15pm - Minha Ma'ariv - Livestream - In-person/Beit Midrash

Wednesday, April 12

9:30am - 7th Day of Passover Services - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

7:15pm - Minha Ma'ariv with Yizkor - Livestream - In-person/Beit Midrash

Thursday, April 13

9:30am - 8th Day of Passover Services with Yizkor - Livestream - In-person/Sanctuary

7:20pm - Minha Ma'ariv – Livestream - In-person/Beit Midrash

In observance of Passover, the TBS office will close at 1pm on Wednesday, April 5. The office will also be closed on Thursday, April 6; Friday, April 7; Wednesday, April 12; and Thursday, April 13.

Passover Kiddush Donations

Would you like to sponsor or contribute to this year's Passover Kiddushim?

Visit our donations page and in the dropdown menu, select "Pesah Kiddush Fund".

Visit tbsonline.org/passover for more Pesah information.

Passover Wine & Spirits Fundraiser - Order Pick-up

Ordering of wine and spirits from the TBS Education Department fundraiser is now closed.

Pick up your orders on:

Sunday, March 26 - 9am-12pm

Week of March 27 - 9:30am - 5pm

ShopRite Gift Cards

Purchase Gift Cards for your Passover shopping and support TBS!

ShopRite has a wonderful selection of everything you’ll need for your Passover shopping. What better way to support TBS than to buy ShopRite scrip (gift cards)! If 100 families purchased $100 of gift cards each week for 50 weeks of the year we would sell $500,000 and make $25,000 for TBS. We earn 5% on the sale of ShopRite scrip. Please contact the TBS Front Office to make a purchase.

Haggadat Sholom-The Temple Beth Sholom Haggadah

Order Haggadat Sholom

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Kid's Edition of the Haggadat Sholom is sold out. The Regular Edition and the Kids Leader's Guide are still available for purchase.