Yom Kippur begins this evening. We look forward to being together with you for Kol Nidre and throughout the day tomorrow. You may view our High Holy Day Service Schedule here. Here is some additional parking information. Please see your special High Holy Day email for all other service information. G'mar Chatimah Tovah May You Be Inscribed for Blessing this New Year.
Shabbat Services This Week
Torah Portion: Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1–52)
Friday, October 11 Shabbat Service at 6:30 pm
Please join us to welcome Shabbat together in our Sanctuary. Celebrate with meaningful prayer and a joyful Oneg to follow. All are welcome!
Saturday, October 12 at 9:00 am Early Shabbat Service Lay-Led Minyan, Bagels, and Torah Study
Saturday, October 12 at 10:30 am
Mazel Tov toSophia Locke, daughter of Julie and Adam Locke, who will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. The congregation is welcome to celebrate during our Shabbat morning service.
Simchat Torah
All are welcome to celebrate Simchat Torah on Sunday, October 20, when we finish reading the Torah and begin all over again! 5:00pm Family Torah Study 5:30pm Community Dinner by Conrads (with RSVP) 6:15pm Simchat Torah Service, Consecration of New Students & Welcome New Members followed by sweets and Israeli dancing (new students will receive a blessing and their own mini Torah scroll) We will unroll the Torah for all to see! RSVP for dinner by no later than Wednesday, Oct. 16 Click THIS link to RSVP and pay for dinner.
Ma Chadash? What's New?
Adult Education
Lunchtime Talmud will continue on Thursday, October 17 at 12:00 - 1:00 pm Special Sukkot Study & Celebration
Bring your lunch and a dessert to share. This week will have a special Sukkot focus. All are welcome. We'll meet in the sukkah weather permitting.
New Class with Rabbi Hank Zoob will continue on Sunday, October 20, 10:00 -11:30 am (note time this week)
"King David, Rogue or Jewish Hero" will take place beginning September 22 and continuing October 6, 20, 27 and November 10.
Shorashim News
Shorashim Religious School 2019-2020
Schedule
Grades K-6: There will be no Shorashim RS on Sunday, October 13 (Columbus Day Wknd) Grades 3-6 Hebrew: Tuesday, October 15 or Wednesday, October 16 Grades 7-12 Double Chai: Wednesday, October 16, 5:30-8:00 pm
For more information about our Shorashim education program, click here.
Sisterhood & Brotherhood
Brotherhood Sukkah Build THIS Sunday
The Sukkah will be built this Sunday, October 13beginning at 9:00 am. Please bring a portable power drill and a ladder, if possible. Come anyway, even if you do not have either. The sections of the Sukkah have to be moved from the shed first. Building the Sukkah requires a lot of helping hands! Please walk around the building to the rear of the Temple, if necessary. Everyone's help is always appreciated. Children are welcome to make decorations!
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. People often ask: "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) Be like Brotherhood and Sisterhood! Last year, both groups donated money to the Social Action Committee's fund at TBD, and we were able to use these funds to supplement our deliveries when the bins ran low. As ever, we appreciate your support in whatever ways you are able to give. Watch this space for opportunities to volunteer at Family Table in the coming year! 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 altered this week due to the High Holy Days. The office will be open during the following hours: Tuesday, Oct. 8: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Wednesday, Oct. 9: Closed Thursday, Oct. 10: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday, Oct. 11: 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.
