TBE Live Message from Director of Youth & Family Engagement Rachel Mersky Woda
12/24/2020 09:03:20 AM
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Temple Beth-El
The office will be closed from Thursday, December 24 at 1 PM and will remain closed until Monday, January 4, 2021.
We remain available to take your calls during business hours at 401-331-6070.
If you need to pick something up or drop something off at Temple, we ask that you call first so that we can safely accommodate your needs. All staff are working regular hours and checking email and voicemail.
This past Monday, we observed the Winter Solstice. I say “observed” and not “celebrated, ” because I find that the days are more challenging when it gets dark at 4:00 PM.
This year’s solstice brought an added element known to astronomers as the “great conjunction.” The two largest planets in our solar system – Jupiter and Saturn – found themselves intimately close. This alignment, in relation to the Earth is the closest they have come together in almost 400 years.
While my husband got excited about the science and math behind this phenomenon, I couldn’t help but wonder about the significance of this happening on the Winter Solstice right before Christmas, leading many to call it the “Star of Bethlehem” or the “Christmas Star.” Then I realized that the last Shabbat this year has one of the brightest lights in the sky!
This extra light, during the darkest day of a very challenging year, gave me a small sense of hope, health and peace, one that I hope you all will find as well.
YAHRZEITS H. Jack Feibelman Seymour Gewirtz Anna Cohen Haberman Herman Haberman Lawrence Hoffman Donald Jaffa Farrel A. Jaffa Jean Moverman Jaffa Sloan Myles Jaffa Alvin Kurzer Maxwell Mann Joan Adler Mark Sheila G. Miller Eileen Parker Sherry Royall Stanley Smith Judith Spindell Lenore Rakatansky Faye Rozovsky Florence Tilles Norman Toobe Bennett Yetra
YIZKOR ELOHIM The Congregation joins in mourning the death of Howard Nachbar Elaine Buckler Sylvia Cohen Harvey Benatovich Joan Fallon Robert Anthony DeMaria Dianne Isenberg
Shabbat Morning Service
Saturdays January 9th February 13th March 13th April 10th 9:00 AM
We are excited to be returning to our roots with monthly Shabbat morning service incorporating study, Torah, and Haftarah readings.
Our next Shabbat morning service will be January 9 at 9 AM. We hope even more congregants will attend, as well as help to lead. If you’re interested in participating with a reading in Hebrew or English on January 9, contact me (katherinehaspel@gmail.com).
We will be use Mishkan Tefilah for Shabbat and Festivals for our siddur (prayerbook). We will share a digital link during the service. If you would like to borrow a hard copy, you are welcome to pick one up at the Temple office during our regular business hours. Please call the Temple office at 401-331-6070 to let us know when you will be coming.
