Social

Hanukah Celebration Friday Dec 27, 6 pm

December 15, 2024 by • ,

Get Ready To Light The Candles! 

  Hanukah Celebration

Learn about Jewish resistance and survival.

Gather at the table with friends, songs, a Chanukah play and lots of food to eat.

Bring your menorah for the candle lighting. We will provide the candles.

Dinner is followed by a play written by

 our resident author, Beverly Lerner.

Friday evening, December 27th at 6:00 pm

 Dinner will be catered by Love Bird Almost Famous

Fried or Grilled Chicken, Vegetables, Potato Latkes, Drinks and Dessert.

Hanukah Gelt and Dreidels included!

Members $12.00. Non-Members and Guests $15.00.

No cost for children five and under.

Please RSVP no later than December 22th.

Your check is your reservation. Send your check to Temple Beth Shalom

P.O. Box 313, Winter Haven, FL 33882

For more information or for reservations: lorrainemixter@aol.com

863-409-8509

December 2024 Chai Lites

December 1, 2024 by • ,

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, we hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!  We have attached for you the December Chai Lites, the last issue of the secular year.  Thank you everyone for getting your pieces in so quickly, and many thanks to our Editor and President, Lorraine Mixter, for preparing another informative and engaging issue at this busy holiday time.  We look forward to seeing you at some of our many activities in December, and of course at Chanukah!  Look inside for details about the Chanukah dinner and service on December 27.

Dinner with the Rabbi — Fri Nov 22, 5 pm

November 17, 2024 by • ,

Dinner with the Rabbi 

Enjoy your Shabbat meal with Rabbi Herzfeld, take the opportunity to chat with the Host and the Rabbi.

November 22nd at 5:00 pm

Host: Bert Devorsetz

Outback Steakhouse

170 Cypress Gardens Blvd,

Winter Haven, FL 33880

R.S.V.P. by November 20th to:  lorrainemixter@aol.com

Or text or call: 863-409-8509

Bert & Dottie and the Rabbi look forward to dining with you.

Host Dinner with the Rabbi

November 15, 2024 by • ,

Dinner with the Rabbi 

Be the Host and enjoy a meal with Rabbi Herzfeld.

You choose the restaurant (from the many options in Winter Haven, or your home)

November  22nd 

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

November 2024 Chai Lites

October 31, 2024 by • ,

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, we are so impressed and grateful that our contributors and Editor got the Chai Lites together for you so quickly!  See what your synagogue’s members, Board, and Brotherhood/Sisterhood have been up to and what is coming in November/December.

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Chai Lites Editor Needs Your Pieces Now

October 22, 2024 by •

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members, in order to get the Chai Lites to you for next month in a timely manner, we need your items now.  Lots of people to thank for bringing us through Hurricane Milton and the High Holidays together!  Please send your columns, updates, photos, messages of thanks, and any other items to Lorraine Mixter at lorrainemixter@aol.com by Friday, October 25.

Dinner with the Rabbi

October 22, 2024 by •

Enjoy a meal with Rabbi Herzfeld, and the Host Lorraine Mixter.

Take this opportunity to chat with the Rabbi and his host.

Friday, October 25th at 5:30 pm

   Olive Garden Restaurante

  405 Cypress Gardens Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33880

R.S.V.P. by Thursday, October 24th to:  lorrainemixter@aol.com

Or text or call: 863-409-8509

Lorraine and the Rabbi look forward to dining with you.

2024 Membership Directory

October 17, 2024 by • ,

Shana Tovah Temple Beth Shalom Congregation!  After a great deal of patience and effort, the 2024 Directory is available.  Copies will be printed for you to pick up at the synagogue building.  Many thanks to the following:

  • Our media Editor and President, Lorraine Mixter, for coordinating all of the contributors and following this project through to completion.
  • Lorraine Mixter, Rabbi Herzfeld, and Past President Joseph Rodriguez for contributing pieces of writing,
  • All of the members and business owners who submitted ads.
  • Meryl Crews for printing copies.
  • And our multi-talented and hard-working tech expert, Ethan Feldman, for updating the layout and content.

Erev Yom Kippur/Se’udah Mafseket Dinner with the Rabbi — Fri Oct 11, 5 pm

October 4, 2024 by •

Dinner with the Rabbi 

Enjoy your Yom Kippur meal with Rabbi Herzfeld, take the opportunity to chat with the Host and the Rabbi.

October 11th at 5:00 pm

Polly & Jan Weinmann

Outback Steakhouse

  170 Cypress Gardens Blvd,

Winter Haven, FL 33880

 R.S.V.P. by October 9th to:  lorrainemixter@aol.com

Or text or call: 863-409-8509

The Weinmanns and the Rabbi look forward to starting the Yom Kippur holiday with you.

October 2024 Chai Lites

October 2, 2024 by • ,

L’Shana Tovah, Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends!  Somehow through waiting out a hurricane, preparing for the High Holidays, and carrying on all of our usual synagogue business, our Editor and team managed to prepare a lovely issue of the Chai Lites for you!  There are lovely updates and valuable information about our High Holiday schedule of services.  We look forward to seeing you this week for Rosh Hashanah and later this month for Yom Kippur.  This is an important time for us to come together with all that is happening in the country and in the world, so many thanks to all whom contributed to these activities and this newsletter.

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