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.
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:
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, it was delightful to see so many of you on tonight’s Zoom Kol Nidre service. These times show what strength and love we have among us. We are pleased to report that minutes before the start of tonight’s service we saw that power was restored to our synagogue building, so in-person services will be onstarting with the Yom Kippur Morning Service at 10:30 am. There will be a break after the Morning Service, and at 3:00 pm we will return for our customary discussion period — Rabbi Herzfeld will lead a viewing of the October 7 Memorial program, In Memory and Hope. The afternoon services follows immediately at 4:00 pm, then the Stone Service, Yizkor, Neilah, and finally the Break the Fast prepared by Trish Safer (thank you Trish!). These activities will also be viewable live on Zoom if you are unable to come to the building for whatever reason, please contact us for the link.
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, we hope you are safe and well! Some of our members are still at their evacuation sites, and hopefully will return by tomorrow morning. We are looking at power outage maps to see what the status is for our services, and cannot advise yet if we will have in-person services tomorrow and/or Saturday. We have Zoom links prepared which we would use for at-home attendees, so will provide those. Please contact us for the link.
Dear Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, after the first year of remembrance of October 7, now our minds are on Hurricane Milton advancing toward our community. Our love and concern is with you as you evacuate to a safer area or prepare your home to wait out the storm. With Yom Kippur approaching, the Jewish principle of pikuach nefesh applies — the priority is for your safety and well-being and that of your loved ones. We wish for you:
Be on the lookout for any updates about Yom Kippur services in the next 24 hours. Wishing you shalom.
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.
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.
2024OctChai LitesHello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, our next service is Erev Rosh Hashanah on Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30 pm. We are looking forward to celebrating the start of 5785 with you! The Rosh Hashanah Morning Service follows the next day on Thursday, October 3 at 10:30 am. You can also see the rest of the High Holiday schedule below.
| Service | Day | Date | Time |
| Erev Rosh Hashanah | Wednesday | October 2 | 7:30 pm |
| Rosh Hashanah Morning Service | Thursday | October 3 | 10:30 am |
| Kol Nidre Service | Friday | October 11 | 7:30 pm |
| Yom Kippur | Saturday | October 12 | |
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Morning Service |
10:30 am | ||
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Discussion |
3:00 pm | ||
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Afternoon Service |
4:00 pm | ||
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Stone Service, Yiskor |
4:30 pm | ||
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Neilah |
5:00 pm | ||
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Break Fast |
6:00 pm |
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Chai Lites Editor Needs Your Pieces Now
October 22, 2024 by urjtbs • Social
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.