Temple Beth El
5975 South 12th Street
Tacoma, WA 98465
(253) 564-7101
www.tbetacoma.org
September 30, 2021 / 24 Tishrei 5782
Volume 19 Number 39
Torah portion: B'reishit
Genesis 5:1-6:8
Haftarah
Isaiah 42:5-43:11
Shabbat candle lighting:
6:28 p.m.
Celebrate Shabbat with us:
Friday Erev Shabbat virtual service: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Torah study:
9:00 a.m. (Zoom only)
Saturday Shabbat service:
10:00 a.m. (Zoom only)
What's happening at TBE?
Friday: Erev Shabbat virtual service
Friday, October 1st, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for our Friday evening virtual service. We invite you to have Shabbat candles, wine or juice, and challah or other bread ready for the blessings during the service.
This service will be led by Cantor Fine and Rabbi Tiwy.
The streaming player for online services can be found on our website here: https://www.tbetacoma.org/livestreaming (click "play" and this feature will work after services begin).
Saturday: Torah study and Shabbat service (Zoom only)
Saturday, October 2nd, 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
Our Saturday worship experience begins with Torah Study from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. followed by services beginning at 10:00 a.m., exclusively on Zoom. All are invited!
The following names will be read at services on Friday, October 1st and Saturday, October 2nd. May their memories be for a blessing.
Arthur Baker, William Barnes, Stanley Block, Phillip Brodsky, Marion Brotman, Fanny Brotman, Nellie Delvalle, Yakov Golovchimer, Stefan Golston, Robert Grayson, Margaret Harrison, Anna Horenstein, Israel Klajner, Leiba Klajner, Solomon Kleinman, Michael Lehrer, Harold Lieberman, Bernice Lipnik, Elise Lyon, Henry Mandles, Abraham Martin, Keegan Muckey, Mildred Nagel, Sarah Newman, Amelia Notrica, Lev Rivin, Emanuel Rosenblatt, Gladys Sachs, Willard Sea, Tillie Seitz, David Shafer, Sid Shapiro, Nathan Sobel, Gordon Umbehocker, Ernest Winn, Arthur Jacob Zweibel
What will I need? - Just yourself! However, if you would like to participate in blessings at home, Havdalah blessings are said over wine, besamim (fragrant spices), and a braided Havdalah candle.
What if I don't have those things? - If you don't have a Havdalah candle at home, you can use two candles (or even two matches) joining the flames as the blessing is recited. And if you do not have wine, it can be substituted with something you might use to celebrate or offer to a guest, perhaps coffee or tea. And, most importantly, if you don't have any of these things, just come to say blessings and be together. Please find a link to the Havdalah blessings here.
Questions? Contact Stacy Van Wagoner through Facebook Messenger or at stacyrai22@hotmail.com.
Jewish Book Club
Tuesday, October 5 at 11:30 a.m. in the temple social hall and on Zoom.
The book club will discuss “Send For Me” by Lauren Fox. Bring a lunch or a snack and join us in person or virtually. Join us on Zoom here: https://tinyurl.com/tbebookclub.
“Send For Me” is an achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the ceaseless push and pull of family.
Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents' popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the delicious possibilities yet to come. There are rumors that anti-Jewish sentiment is on the rise, but Annelise and her parents can't quite believe that it will affect them; they're hardly religious at all. But as Annelise falls in love, marries, and gives birth to her daughter, the dangers grow closer: a brick thrown through her window; a childhood friend who cuts ties with her; customers refusing to patronize the bakery. Luckily Annelise and her husband are given the chance to leave for America, but they must go without her parents, whose future and safety are uncertain.
Two generations later, in a small Midwestern city, Annelise's granddaughter, Clare, is a young woman newly in love. But when she stumbles upon a trove of her grandmother's letters from Germany, she sees the history of her family's sacrifices in a new light, and suddenly she's faced with an impossible choice: the past, or her future. A novel of dazzling emotional richness, Send for Me is a major departure for this acclaimed author, an epic and intimate exploration of mothers and daughters, duty and obligation, hope and forgiveness.
Do you like to read good books about Jewish subjects or by Jewish authors? Join the book club on the first Tuesday of each month (with the exception of this month). Contact Adria Farber at (253) 565-1131 or adfarber@mac.com or Carol Umbehocker at (253) 719-8040 or carolumbe@comcast.net for more information and to be put on the Temple Beth El Jewish book club email list.
Beit Sefer religious school kick-off celebration
Sunday, October 3rd at 10:00 a.m. Franklin Park, 1201 S Puget Sound Ave. in Tacoma.
We’ll have art project, songs, games and more. Meet your classmates and teachers in the Franklin Park picnic shelter. Dress warm! For more information, contact Leslie Bright at leslie@tbetacoma.org.
Opportunities
Religious and Hebrew school registration
Have you registered your student(s) yet? Remember, registration happens online through your TBE member portal. The school year begins with a kick-off celebration at Franklin Park (all grades) on Sunday, October 3rd. Hebrew School begins Wednesday, October 6th. Please contact Leslie Bright (leslie@tbetacoma.org) or Olivia Goodwin (olivia@tbetacoma.org) if you have any questions. Financial Aid is available!
Adult education begins next week - hurry! Time to register is running out
If you have not picked up your Sisterhood High Holiday gift bag and would like one, please contact sisterhood@tbetacoma.org.
TBE Judaica Shop hours
The Judaica shop is now open and serving the community the following three ways:
Friday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Before Friday evening services from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.Or make an appointment by sending an email to judaica@tbetacoma.org. We look forward to seeing you!
Submitting an event or announcement to Shabbat Shalom
If you have an item you would like included in this weekly bulletin, please email it to rebecca@tbetacoma.org by noon on Wednesday. Submissions must adhere to the guidelines, which may be found here.
For the URJ's transliteration guidelines, click here. Please note that submissions that do not follow these guidelines may not be accepted.
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