Dinner with the Rabbi is Back
Be the Host and enjoy a meal with Rabbi Herzfeld.
You choose the restaurant (from the many options in Winter Haven, or your home)
March 22nd and May 17th
Restaurant of your choosing
The Rabbi is looking forward to dining with you and getting to know you better.
Sign up to host the Rabbi by contacting
Lorraine Mixter at: lorrainemixter@aol.com
or 863-409-8509
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, thanks to all of your hard work our March 2024 issue of the Chai Lites is here for your information and enjoyment. Many thanks to all who contributed, especially President and Editor, Lorraine Mixter. See you tonight ON ZOOM! 
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, a new month and a new season is approaching, as is an opportunity for us to join together in the warmth of our congregation! In-person Shabbat Services are again this Friday, March 1 at 7:30 at both our physical and virtual synagogues. Please join us to see and hear Rabbi Herzfeld, and also to see and hear our cantorial soloist, Meryl Crews. Torah Study meets the next morning on Saturday, March 2 at 9:30 am on Zoom.
Affiliated with the Union of Reform Jewish Congregations
Lay Services
You asked for daytime services, we responded:
February has an expanded in-person worship opportunity.
A morning lay-led Sabbath service is now scheduled for:
Saturday, February 24th at 10:30 AM.
It will be led by our own Vice President, Bert Devorsetz.
There will not be any oneg, but we plan on having a ‘brown bag’ lunch following the service.
Hopefully many will take advantage and attend.
No Zoom access as this service is in-person only.
Temple Emanuel writes:
We would like to invite your members and friends to join us for this exciting wildlife and nature program.
We will be holding an exciting program coming up on Sunday, 2/25 at 7pm to approx. 8:30 pm in the Temple Emanuel Social Hall (see attached flyer). Please join us as we enjoy a beautiful wildlife and nature presentation by our very own friend and book club member, Amy-Jo, and her husband, Steve Silverman!!!
We will have light refreshments that you can enjoy during the slides. There is no charge for the program.
Following the presentation, there will be time for questions and to purchase Amy’s note cards that reflect the wildlife and nature on her slides.
The cost of the note cards will be $4 each or 3 cards for $10, with Amy generously donating all proceeds to the Temple!
Enlargements of her photos will also be offered.
Please RSVP to the Temple office (863-682-8616) no later than 2/21 so we can set up appropriately!
Allen Shane
Past President
Temple Emanuel
Email: ashane2000@aol.com
Cell: (863) 604-0767
Dear Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, Happy Valentines’ Day! We care for you and want you in our lives today and every day, 
On that note, we hope you are well and will be with us this Shabbat starting with services in our building or on Zoom on Friday, February 16 at 7:30 pm. This will be our New Member Service, honoring individuals and families who joined our congregation in the last year. Help us to show how much we appreciate them and all of our members, and if you have not formally joined yet, see how wonderful and easy it is! If you have questions about membership, feel free to ask President Lorraine Mixter or any of our other Board officers or trustees, as listed in the Chai Lites.
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, please enjoy the attached, new issue of the Chai Lites, just in time for February 2024. We appreciate the efforts of our columnists and contributors, and especially our President and Editor, Lorraine Mixter. Look for links for this Shabbat’s activities, coming soon!
2024FebChai Lites
Dinner with the Rabbi March 22nd at Arabella’s
March 13, 2024 by urjtbs • Community
Dinner with the Rabbi
Enjoy a meal with Rabbi Herzfeld, take the opportunity to chat with the Host and the Rabbi
March 22nd at 5:30 pm
Seating limited, see how to RSVP below.
Host: Jan and Polly Weinmann
Arabellas Ristorante
346 W Central Ave, Winter Haven, FL 33880
R.S.V.P. by March 20th to: lorrainemixter@aol.com
Or text or call: 863-409-8509
Jan and Polly and the Rabbi look forward to dining with you.