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.
2024NovChai LitesHello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, this week we celebrate THREE holidays: this week we observe the end of Sukkot, the beginning of Simchat Torah, and of course it will be Shabbat! This Friday, October 25 at 7:30 pm we will have a traditional Shabbat service along with celebration of the Torah, and conclude with shaking the lulav and etrog and kiddush in the sukkah, weather permitting. All of those are certainly best in person at the synagogue, but the Zoom option as always will be available. Please contact us for the link.
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.
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.
Resources for Marking the Anniversary of October 7th jemerman
Crossing the Bridge from the Particular to the Universal jemerman
Poems of Sorrow and Hope jemerman
Two Pockets, Two Lessons, One New Year jemerman
Member-Led Service — Sat Nov 9, 11:00 am
November 8, 2024 by urjtbs • Services
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, in continuing to meet our goals of a varied schedule and engaging activities for our Congregation and Guests, we have a Saturday Morning Shabbat service for you this weekend on November 9 at 11:00 am. Our Past President, Joseph Rodriguez will lead the service.