15-17
Tishrei 5778 / 5-7 October 2017
Sukkot
Days 1 and 2
Torah:
Leviticus 22:26-23:44
Maftir:
Numbers 29:12-16
Day
1 Haftarah: Zachariah 14:1-21
Day
2 Haftarah: Kings I 8:2-21
Shabbat
Chol Hamoed
Torah:
Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Maftir:
Numbers 29:17-22
Haftarah:
Ezekiel 38:18 - 39:16
Additional
reading: Ecclesiastes
TBH
Religious School and TBH Pre-school have open enrollment. Enroll your children
now! Contact the TBH office for information.
And
be sure to tell your neighbors, friends, and relatives about our warm and
welcoming community and our programs!
We
are always looking for bimah volunteers for the Shabbatot and Holy
Days: chant Torah and Haftarah, daven, lead English readings, and, have aliyot and
other honors. Please contact Rabbi Flom or Susan Burke if you are interested.
Training available!
Dedications
and calendar follow below.
Please
feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
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TAKE
A WALK IN GOD’S SHOES
'And
now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, make Your ways known to me
...' Exodus 33:13
'The
Lord passed before (Moses) and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, God,
Compassionate and Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness and in
Truth; Preserving Mercy for Thousands of Generations; Forgiving Iniquity,
Willful Sin, and Error; and Cleansing ..."' Exodus 34:6-7
In
response to Moses' request, God shows God's glory, and describes Godself. These
are regarded by Jewish tradition as the Thirteen Attributes of God. The
verses are also recited as a prayer on Yom Kippur and other fast days, when we
ask God for mercy. But is it only a prayer?
The
early rabbinic text, Sifre, says of the commandment "to walk in all His
ways" - (Deuteronomy 11:22) - "Just as God is compassionate and
gracious, you too must be compassionate and gracious."
This
is far more than a prayer that God taught to Moses to be recited at times of
crisis. It is a guide to right conduct.
We
have just completed the introspective period of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. We are now served up this reminder of what it is that we promised
God and ourselves only a few days ago - to be better people this year -
compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, etc.
Perhaps
we can't walk in God's ways all of the time. But every journey begins with
a single step. Time to lace up those walking shoes!
Chag
Sukkot Sameach V'shabbat Shalom! Mo'adim L'simcha - Chagim Uz'manim
L'sasson!
Rabbi
Richard A. Flom
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"שתיקה כהודאה דמיא"
"Silence
in the face of wrongdoing is consent.”
BT
Yevamot 87b
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Candle lighting:
Wednesday: 6:14 pm
Thursday: 7:09 pm
Friday: 6:12 pm
Thursday:
Sukkot Morning Service – 9:30 am – Light Kiddush in the Sukkah
Friday:
Sukkot Morning Service – 9:30 am – Light Kiddush in the Sukkah.
Friday
evening: Sukkot Dinner – Pizza
and Pasta in the Hut! – 6:30 pm RSVP essential! Call TBH office for
reservations – Shabbat Evening
Service – 7:45 pm.
Saturday – Breakfast
and Torah study – 8:45 am. Shabbat Chol HaMoed Morning Service – 9:30
am. Kiddush luncheon follows in the Sukkah.
Sunday –
Religious School – 9:30 am. Sign up the kids and bring ‘em on down!
Tuesday – Lunch
and Learn – noon
Thursday,
12 October: Shemini Atzeret Morning Service, including Yizkor – 9:30 am. Simchat Torah Celebration – 6:30 pm –
Dance with the Torah! Fun for the Whole Family! - light snacks and drinks
served.
Friday,
13 October: Simchat Torah Morning
Service – 9:30 am. Shabbat Evening
Service – 7:30 pm
Saturday,
14 October - Breakfast and Torah study – 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning
Service – 9:30 am. Kiddush luncheon follows.
This d'var torah is offered in memory of Ann Signett’s daughter,
Judith Decker, who passed away on Saturday night. HaMakom yenachem Otam … May the One in Every Place grant comfort to Ann and her family.
This d'var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Avi Shmuel
Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Ze’ev ben Adeline, Yaakov Rani Ben
Margalit, Eilite bat Miryam, HaRav Tzvi Hersh ben Frimet, Sarah bat
Devorah, Hiroe Andriola, Susan Arbetman, Stuart Barth, Ken Bitticks, Elsbet
Brosky (Serach bat Miriam), Stana Cooper, Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya bat
Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Leonard Foint (Eliezer
Moshe ben Esther), Jerry Forman, Bernard Gavin, Myra Goodman, Simon Hartman,
Brandon Joseph, Daisy Kay, Philip Kovac,
Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah bat Sarah Emanu), Lyndia Lowy (Leah bat Sarah),
Stuart Lytton, David Marks, David Pearlman, Deborah Schugar Strauss (Devorah
bat Chaya Feiga), Helen Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat Kreina), Jonathan Woolf, Alexis
Woolfson, Simon Woolfson, and Meagan Yudell.
Please let me know if there is anyone you would like to add to this
list or if there is anyone who may be removed from this list.
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