Friday, January 10 Shabbat Service at 5:30 pm (note earlier time) Followed by Shabbat BaBayit (Shabbat in the Home)
Join us for an abbreviated service including the Kaddish prayer in our Sanctuary. All are welcome. Thank you to the Religious Practice and Member Connections committees for supporting our Shabbat BaBayit (Shabbat in the Home) experience! Nearly 100 temple members will celebrate Shabbat in congregants' homes throughout neighboring towns. It will be a memorable Shabbat evening!
Saturday, January 11 at 9:00 am Early Shabbat Service Lay-Led Minyan, Bagels, and Torah Study
Ma Chadash? What's New?
Lunchtime Talmud Thursday, January 9 at 12:00 pm
Lunchtime Talmud continues this Thursday with the rabbis. Bring your lunch; texts provided. All are welcome, beginners included!
Sunday Sandwich Hevre January 12 at 10:00 am
All are welcome to come THIS Sunday to help make lunches for homeless people that will be delivered that day to Father Bill's & Mainspring Shelter in Quincy. Second and fifth graders will help. Our goal is to make at least 50 lunches – lots of helping hands are needed! Contact Cheryl, jebnagle@verizon.net or Jim Nagle, naglejeb@gmail.com with any questions. Use this linkto sign up to donate or volunteer.
2019 Tax Year Planning
We will be closing the 2019 tax year this Friday, January 10. We will accept and apply checks dated 2019 up until that date. Checks arriving to the temple office after January 10 will be posted to 2020. Credit card transactions completed after December 31, 2019 will be dated 2020 in ShulCloud. Payments made by ACH will be dated in ShulCloud with the transaction date used by the bank. Thank you!
TBD Congregational Retreat
All are invited to join the Temple Beth David community on Friday, May 8 and/or Saturday, May 9 for our Congregational Retreat at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland! Don't miss this most memorable Shabbat experience and opportunity to get to know fellow temple members. For more information see this flyer. Visit this link to sign up
TBD Israel Trip 2021
Join Temple Beth David for our second congregational trip to Israel in April 2021! Registration is now open.Visit this link for more information and to register. Contact Rabbi Micahwith any questions.
Shorashim News
Shorashim Religious School 2019-2020
Schedule
Grades K-6: Sunday, January 12, 9:30-11:30 am Grades 3-6 Hebrew: January 14 OR 15 Grades 7-12 Double Chai: January 15, 5:30-8:00 pm including dinner
For more information about our Shorashim education program, click here.
Sisterhood & Brotherhood
Sisterhood Book Club
Join the Sisterhood Book Club TONIGHTat 7:00 pm. We will be discussing Mischling by Affinity Konar, an uplifting fable based on the true story of twin sisters at Auschwitz.
Sisterhood Meeting
The next Sisterhood Meeting will be on Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 pm. We encourage all women to join us.
Mah Jongg Cards 2020
The price is $8 per regular card and $9 per large card. When you purchase your MJ cards though the TBD Sisterhood, the National Mah Jongg League makes a donation back to us. Kindly use the order form and send the completed form to Phyllis Paster, 56 Lantern Way, Ashland MA 01721 by January 20. Your check should be made out to the Temple Beth David Sisterhood. Thank you!
You can help the Fiorino family defray the cost of uncovered medical expenses by contributing to the link above, thank you.
Family Table
Family Table South serves over fifty families in our area who are dealing with food insecurity. "How can I help?" Here are a few ways: 1) (MOST helpful) Bring WHOLE GRAIN pasta or canned salmon to the wicker basket outside the sanctuary or the wooden bin in the school lobby each time you come to Temple Beth David. 2) Order a case of pasta or canned salmon on Amazon to be shipped to Family Table c/o TBD. 3) Volunteer to sort, count or deliver food to the Pantry. Contact lynnkaminski@verizon.net for more information. 4) Donate to the Social Action Committee's fund at TBD to supplement our deliveries when the bins run low. As ever, we appreciate your support in whatever ways you are able to give. For comments, questions, or information, please contact Lynn Kaminski . Sign up to donate: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4EACA623AB9-family
If you are interested in making a future gift to the L'Dor V'Dor Endowment Fund, or you have made arrangements for TBD in your estate plan, please contact Immediate Past President Paul Greenberg.
Sharing Our Lives
Are you celebrating a special birthday, anniversary, or lifecycle occasion? Let the Rabbis know. Receive a special blessing during services or sponsor an Oneg in honor of a significant moment in your life. Share your simcha in our Shofar newsletter. Please let the Rabbis know if you have a loved one who would like a visit or to be included in our prayer for healing. Temple Beth David's caring community is here for you.
The Temple Office will be open Tuesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Wednesday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm, Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.
For pastoral needs, please call the main Temple phone number and you will be directed to the Rabbis.
Convenient shopping for meaningful gifts for the holidays, B'nai Mitzvah celebrations and house gifts. All profits benefit Temple Beth David. For further information contact Rachel Watsky.
