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Inside this issue... Monthly Announcements 2
From the Rabbi’s Desk 3
Adult Education 3
The President’s Column 4
Stacks 4
Shabbat Happenings 5
Upcoming Synagogue Activities 6
Donations 8
Caring 9
Sponsors 10
Calendar 11
December 2013 Kislev 5774 - Tevet 5774
Beth Hillel Chai-Lites A Conservative Synagogue for the Greater Hartford Area
Visit us online at www.BethHillelSynagogue.org
Upcoming Events December
2 Lunch and Learn
2-4 Hanukkiah Lighting
6-8 Israel Weekend
9 Lunch and Learn
12 Schmooze
13 Congregational Shabbat dinner
14 Rabbi Birthday Kiddush
16 Lunch and Learn
24 Barbara Leslie Memorial Game
Night
January
6 Lunch and Learn
9 Schmooze
12 Tu B’shevat Seder
1st ANNUAL BARBARA LESLIE MEMORIAL FAMILY GAME NIGHT
TUESDAY DECEMBER 24TH AT 7:00PM
Last year Barbara organized the first game night and we want to honor her memory and keep it going! Join us for an evening of games, fun and good cheer. Bring your family, friends, game partners and your favorite games. Snacks provided. BYOB
$8.00 per person (Under 6 free) $5.00 per child under 13 Family cap $25.00
Send your reservations to: Beth Hillel Synagogue (by Dec. 17th)
160 Wintonbury Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002 Attention: Debby Goldstein Your check is your reservation.
If any questions contact: [email protected] and I will get back to you. Please tell us if you have a complete table or will need additional players.
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Announcements Milestones
Mickey Kesten on the Bat Mitzvah of her
granddaughter, Madeline Kesten.
Bob and Phyllis Berman on the Bar
Mitzvah of their grandson, Jeremy Sietz.
Mickey and Joyce Libbin on the birth of
their new grandson, Evan Davis Alford.
Refuah Shelema Bernice Carr
Stanley Cohen
Sandra Delin
Marilyn Goodman
Trudy Lovell
Beth Hillel is an egalitarian
Conservative synagogue
rooted in the ancient
traditions of the Torah while
growing to meet the changes
and challenges of our world.
Its core are the many people
of different ages and
backgrounds who have
chosen to make it their
spiritual home, joining
together for prayer, learning,
and celebration. The many
branches of Beth Hillel’s
community provide support to
its congregants, reaching out
to each other and welcoming
our neighbors as together we
learn from the past and teach
for the future.
Mission Statement BETH HILLEL SYNAGOGUE 160 Wintonbury Avenue
Bloomfield Ct 06002
Rabbi: Gary L. Atkins
Rabbi Emeritus: Philip Lazowski
Staff:
Office Manager: Lynn Kaplan
Bookkeeper: Madalyn Levy Rabbi’s Secretary Bonnie Eisenberg-
Greene
Bulletin Editor Elizabeth Hoffman
Officers:
President …….. Jackie Isaacson Vice President ……. Lori Glass
Myron Cohen
Alan Goodman
Treasurer ……. Norm Famely
Asst. Treasurer Lou Blumenfeld
Financial Secretary ….. Richard Gutcheon Recording Secretary … Shirley Morrison
Main Office: (860) 242-5561 Fax: (860) 242-5683
Website: www.bethhillelsynagogue.org
E-mail [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS (except for Jewish holidays)
Mon, Tues, Thurs 9:30 am—2:30 pm Fri 9:30 am—1:30 pm
Closed Wednesday
Beth Hillel Synagogue is a member of
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
MINYAN POLICY WHEN THERE IS A SHIVA MINYAN Synagogue policy is that, when there is a shiva minyan at a lo-cation five miles or less from the shul, then the minyan will move to that location. Notices will be posted at the synagogue and included in synagogue e-mail.
CELEBRATING SIMCHOT It is wonderful that so many congregants are celebrating special family simchot with their synagogue family. If you have a special birthday or anniversary coming up, call the office to schedule sponsoring/ helping to sponsor a kiddush or oneg. THE MEE SHEBAYRACH PRAYER LIST
Every name that is provided to Rabbi Atkins or the office is kept on our prayer list and shared at Shabbat morn-ing services for a month after inclusion. (English or He-brew names are both acceptable). If you provide an ad-dress, a letter is sent to that individual, saying that s/he is being remembered – it is an essential part of the prayer process. We say prayers for individuals of any religion. If you wish a name to be included after a month, please just call the office. The prayer list has a section where individuals are remembered for as long as appropriate. You can either attend a Shabbat morning service to in-clude a name or, as said above, share it with the office or rabbi at any time.
Rabbi Atkins is always most happy to assist congregants in life-cycle events. Here he is helping Mickey Kesten affix a mezuzah in the door-way of her new apartment in Sum-merwood. Call YOUR RABBI when-ever you have such an event in your immediate family.
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From Rabbi Atkins’ Desk
Rabbi Gary Atkins
Your Rabbi
I am writing this column two weeks before the start of Hanukkah. Or, as we are calling it this year, Thanksgivakkah. Hopefully this last edition of the 2013 Chai-lites will reach you while Hanukkah is still being celebrated. I hope you have had/are having a joyous Hag HaUrim, the festival of lights. Iris and I spent the first two days with family in New Hampshire, celebrating both holidays... each with a message appropriate to today. This past month has seen a lot of discussion in the Jewish community about both what it means to be Jewish and the future of our Jewish community. For a few weeks at our Lunch and Learn study group we talked about the Pew Report, a recent demographic study of American Judaism. And earlier in November, the Federation movement had a large convocation in Jerusalem. I can't invite you to Jerusalem, but I can invite you to join our Monday noon study and discussion sessions! Iris and I had, earlier this month, a most enjoyable 10 days in California. We attended a Rabbinical Assembly conference in Los Angeles and
then spent several days in San Diego. It was a most beautiful city. We walked a lot on the promenade around one of the bays. We did sightseeing and saw some beautiful sites... exactly what a vacation should be. We even visited with a congregant who was also visiting family out there! November was indeed a busy month. My Adult Ed class on Exotic Jewish communities will look at other places in the spring, as we will have completed our study of the Jews of Nigeria and Kaifeng, China. We had a wonderful Library Shabbat / Adult Education weekend – thanks again to Deb Gutcheon and Barbara Merkelson, to Tobie Katz and Myrna Schaffman and their committees for putting everything together. There is a lot of programming the first part of December. Shabbat services continue weekly. I expect (I certainly hope) that our Board of Directors will approve resuming our home services in the Spring... but I am not so sure about the outreach services. December will see some special activities.... Israel Shabbat/ our final congregational Shabbat dinner of 2013... and a kiddush and cake celebrating my 68th birthday. Yes, winter and 2014 are both arriving. Especially as we have a number of “snowbirds,” your presence at our worship services will be especially
appreciated... it is also the opportunity to bring a little bit of God's presence into your lives on a daily or weekly basis. May each day find you cognizant of your blessings......
NEED THE RABBI?
Rabbi Atkins is always available.
His normal day off is Wednesday.
However, he is always contactable
via his home phone (860-726-
9312) or cell phone (860-331-
0879). PLEASE WRITE THESE
NUMBERS IN A CONVEN-
IENT PLACE FOR YOU TO
ACCESS THEM WHEN NEED-
ED. Please also let him or the of-
fice know of any illnesses, hospi-
talizations, simchot or needs. Feel
free to also update the office on
any information related to a con-
gregant.
Rabbi’s Adult Education: Lunch and Learn
Dec 2, 9, 16 Lunch and Learn – Mondays at noon. Join Rabbi Atkins for study and conversation… light dairy lunch provided or bring your own.
Items can be brought to the synagogue for the tag sale.
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The President’s Column
By the time you read this we have passed Turkey-day and are in the middle of Chanukah. We of course all know the story, the oil that was found was only enough for one day but somehow it lasted for eight days. We all know that it was a miracle that happened long ago, but it seems to me that we can take from it something more lasting and meaningful. It teaches us not to be negative, that when things seem bleak and without hope we should not give up. Light often symbolizes hope, such as in “the light at the end of the tun-nel.” This year at Chanukah as we light the candles let the light serve to offer us hope that we as a Beth Hillel family will find the way to the future that is right for us.
That leads neatly to an update on our future planning committee. In November the Board received an interim report on what is being ex-plored and it is exciting to know that there seem to be options. The committee is working hard investi-gating those options that seem to have some merit and still hope to be in a position to provide the Board with a more conclusive re-port by the end of the year. It re-mains the plan for the Board to look over the options and at some point in the early part of 2014 to hold a congregational meeting to look at what seem to be the choic-es and to get your input.
Also related to moving forward, Rabbi Gary’s contract is up at the end of June 2014 and per its terms November was the time to decide if we wished to renew. With uncom-mon concurrence of views, the Board of Directors voted to enter into negotiations with the hope that we can come to terms, quickly we hope.
If you have been paying attention, you know that we have been very busy with our fall programming. We had a successful Shabbat service
at the Hebrew Home with 25 of our members joining with 25 residents of the Hebrew Home for a mean-ingful morning for all. Our mem-bers who attended are looking for-ward to the second trial service with the hope that it will be as en-joyable and well-attended as the first. The Hebrew Home service followed our first Shabbat dinner of the year which, to no surprise at all, was enjoyable and delicious (spawning fleeting thoughts of sell-ing Steve’s chicken and potatoes as a fundraiser). Many thanks to Steve Miller, Tammi Kraushaar and the entire Shabbat dinner crew for another wonderful family gath-ering. I hope everyone who can will make it to the December dinner and reserve early. One thing we have learned is that late reserva-tions are causing problems and added expense. It really would help if everyone would cooperate and meet the reservation deadline.
In November, our library and Adult Ed. committees, with some help from our Jewish War Veterans, teamed up to bring us an educa-tional weekend with guest speaker Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi. The attend-ance was good and the discus-sions well-received. Many thanks to Barb Merkelson, Deb Gutcheon, Myrna Schaffman and Tobie Katz for putting the weekend together and to the Jewish War Veterans for supplying the oneg shabbat. We also had another successful home service at Paula and David Baram's house and an outreach service at Ellie and Mark Gold-berg's house. With the fine partici-pation for home services it seems likely that more are on the horizon.
Looking ahead to December we have many varied activities for your participation. At the beginning of the month our Israeli Affairs Committee under Leon Carr has arranged for our local Israeli Emis-saries to join us and speak at the
December 6 Friday night service which also is simcha Shabbat. The December Shabbat dinner is on the 13 (get those reservations in), and on December 24th, erev-Christmas we will have our First Memorial Barbara Leslie Family Game Night. It should be a fun evening so bring the family and grandkids. There will be games and videos, and you can bring your favorite ones along as well. I hope you all will try to join us. Being to-gether as a family is the most im-portant thing we have.
Until next month,
Jackie
Stacks
Thank you to all who attend-ed our Library and Adult Education Shabbat Author Weekend. We were fortunate to have renowned author and scholar Professor Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi as our guest speaker. Her thought provoking topic, “A Century of Women; One Woman’s Journey,” and a presen-tation of short stories by Philip Roth and Grace Paley provided members with opportunity to reflect and discuss. Many thanks to our members who worked to make it such a special event. We hope you enjoyed the week-end as much as we did! Please continue to take advantage of visiting the library, where there are many good books to be found. Barbara Merkelson and Deb
Gutcheon
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Shabbat Happenings
First Shabbat Saturday Afternoon Service
Saturday, December 7 at 4pm
HAV-DELI co-sponsored by Ron and Debbi Clymer in memory of Ron’s brother Edward Clymer and Mark and Ellie Goldberg in memory of Mark’s mother, Be-atrice Goldberg. We thank them for their mitzvah and hope you will attend!
Shabbat Dinner
Friday December 13, 2013 Services at 6:15 PM
SHABBAT DINNER
Cost: Synagogue families: $12.00 adult, $8.00 child under 12, (under 3 free) $35.00 maximum
Non-members: $13.00 adult, $8.50 child under 12 (under 3 free)
Send this form along with your check and reservation TO BE IN THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN December 9th. Minimum number required or dinner will be cancelled.
NAME ________________________________ PHONE _________________
NAME/AGES OF CHILDREN_______________ ______________________________________
With whom do you wish to be seated?
Saturday, Dec. 28 9:30am Gloria Bein Haftorah – You may have read a recent Jew-ish Ledger article about this wonderful woman having chanted 198 haftorot in recent years in various area syna-gogues. Gloria often attends Shabbat dinners or other BHS synagogue activities. So I in-vited her to chant a haftorah here at Beth Hillel and she ac-cepted! Dec 28 is the date – maybe it’ll be haftorah number 200!
THE BETH HILLEL SYNAGOGUE BROTHERHOOD AND ISRAEL AFFAIRS
PRESENT A SPECIAL WEEKEND DEVOTED TO ISRAEL AND ITS EMISSARIES TO HARTFORD
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 8pm SHABBAT EVENING SPEAKERS….
come hear our Hartford Young Emissaries
Shaked Zipori and Aviya Amitai
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8 A Gourmet Breakfast with Special Guest Speaker RAZ NEWMAN,
Israel Community Shaliach at the Mandell JCC
WHO WILL SPEAK ABOUT HIS WORK AND GIVE UPDATES FROM ERETZ YISRAEL This breakfast is open to everyone.
9:45AM – AFTER MINYAN - $5 Per Person
Reservations are a MUST... We have to know how many to prepare for!!
Please call the Synagogue office: (860) 242-5561 160 Wintonbury Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002
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Upcoming Synagogue Activities
HANUKKAH 5774/2013
THIS YEAR, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THANKSGIVING & HANUKKAH OVERLAP!
ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING; THEN JOIN US FOR OUR COMMUNITY
HANUKKIAH LIGHTING OF OUR LARGE OUTDOOR HANUKKIAH,
IN FRONT OF THE SYNAGOGUE
AT EVENING MINYAN.
THESE GROUPS WILL LEAD THE LIGHTING ON THE DAYS GIVEN
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2 – BROTHERHOOD
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4 - SISTERHOOD
OUR GIFT SHOP HAS AN ASSORTMENT OF HANUKKAH GIFTS.
CALL THE OFFICE TO SET UP A TIME TO COME SHOPPING!!!!
THANKSGIVING MINYAN SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, 9AM MORNING – NO EVENING MINYAN
FRIDAY, 9AM -- 6:15PM KABBALAT SHABBAT
HEBREW HEALTH CARE SHABBAT MORNING SER-VICE The first quarterly Shabbat morning service at Hebrew Health Care was most suc-cessful. We have scheduled a second service for March 8, 2014. After this service our Board of Directors will decide on the future continuation of the program.
HOME SERVICES and OUT-REACH SERVICES are on “hold” until the spring.
Shabbat Happenings Saturday, Dec. 14 9:30am
Rabbi Birthday Kiddush Rabbi Atkins will celebrate a (non-milestone) birthday on De-cember 19. He and Iris will be supplying a cake and helping to sponsor the kiddush at Shabbat morning services on De-cember 14.
Saturday, Dec. 7 9:30am REPORT ON THE RECENT
UNITED SYNAGOGUE CONVENTION
You are invited to attend Shabbat morning services on Saturday morning, Decem-ber 7, 2013, to hear a report from our delegates.
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE Our Board of Directors has approved that there will be early Shab-bat evening services for the winter months of January and Febru-ary. This is meant to maximize attendance on those cold evenings when one is naturally reluctant to go out. After a poll of likely at-tendees, it was decided that the services will take place at 6:15PM, the same time early services are held for congregational dinners or holiday weekends. So come... then enjoy your Shabbat dinner at home followed by Shabbat relaxation!
LOOKING AHEAD! Tu Bishevat Seder – Sun-day morning, January 12. A new time with new op-portunities to celebrate this enjoyable holiday!
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MITZVOT TZEDAKAH—YOUR GUIDE TO GIVING
Beth Hillel synagogue offers many choices for donations to the Synagogue from formal endowments, designated funds. Honorials and Memorials, to operating and reserve funds. For more detailed information, ask our office staff to have the responsible committee representative contact you.
Unless otherwise noted by *, please send the following fund donations to the Synagogue Office.
I. SYNAGOGUE OPERATING FUNDS Donations offset expenses for religious school, adult education, youth activity, ritual, programming, etc .thus keeping dues and tuition lower. General Fund II. SYNAGOGUE DEDICATED ENDOWMENTS Donations are added to principal, and earnings are applied to Synagogue operating funds. Kiyum Endowment III. RESERVE/REPLACEMENT FUNDS Donations are added to the Synagogue Reserve Fund and used only under special circumstances. Building Fund Ida & Samuel Cohen Wing Kesten-Fishberg Chapel Fund Prayer Book ($25 min for book plate) IV. DESIGNATED FUNDS Donations are used to further the aims and activities listed
A. Named in Honor or Memory of: 1. Scholarship/Stipend Joy Risa Berman Edward Gershenowitz Leon Glazer Ethel B. Karp Jean Rosen Samuel Rosenthal Rebecca Schwartz Lazowski 2. Youth Activity Stipend Morris Feigenbaum/Jonathan Lodge Fred and Ronald Pivnick USY & Kadima Youth 3. Higher Education Scholarship Stipend Post Family 4. Health & Human Services Alex B. Lebed 5. Music, Arts & Entertainment Sless Music Paul and Libby Wolfberg Entertainment 6. Library Sidney Needelman Library
Library Fund PTO Library Programming Fund 7. Adult Education Rabbi Philip lazowski Education 8. Ritual Edward N. Bromberg Ritual Eucationn Memorial Fund 9. Other Rabbi Gary Atkins’ Discretionary Fund Rabbi Emertitus Philip Lazowski Discretionary Fund Abe Morrison Shabbat Dinner Fund B. Unnamed 1. Honorial/Memorial Yahrzeit Plaques Major Gifts 2. Sisterhood * Flower * Special Kitchen Kiddush 3. Minyonaires
For funds marked with *, send donations per below: Flower Fund— Barbara Kaplan 4. Early Dawn Circle, Bloomfield, CT 06002 243-5181 Special Kitchen Fund— Faye Sklar 4 Briar Lane, Bloomfield, CT 06002 242-7141
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE GIFT!
FUND CONTRIBUTION FORM
DONATION TO__________________________________________FUND CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT $_______ BY___________________________________________________________DAYTIME PHONE ______________ ADDRESS__________________________________________CITY________________STATE______ZIP______
IN HONOR OF REFU’AH SHLEMA IN MEMORY OF YAHRZEIT FOR IN GRATITUDE FOR
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTIFY_____________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS__________________________________________CITY________________STATE______ZIP______
Office Use Only: Date paid_______ Card Sent_________ RDF Letter_______ Bulletin__________ Chaverware________
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Credit Cards
We now accept Visa, Discover, and
MasterCard credit card for payment of
your dues or for donations.
Other than dues, the minimum
amount that can be charged at any one
time is $25. You can complete a form
that will pay your dues automatically
each month, or complete a form for a
one-time charge for any purpose.
Call the synagogue office at 860-242–
5561.
ABE MORRISON SHABBAT DINNER FUND In Loving Memory of Phil Teich Iris & Rabbi Gary Atkins
ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Celebration of Myrna Kahan special birthday Marvin & Myrna Schaffman
ALEX LEBED FUND Yahrzeit for Hartzel Lebed Ann Lebed In Loving Memory of Daniel Dworetsky Allen & Judy Kronick
BUILDING FUND Yahrzeit for Isadore Bressman Leon Bressman Mollie Pearlman Sue Ellen Bromberg Morris Goodman Alan & Marilyn Goodman Pauline Greenspan Bressman Leon Bressman
EDWARD N. BROMBERG RITUAL EDUCATION MEMORIAL FUND Yahrzeit for Gussie Slutsky Mrs. Hilda Grossman
FRED & RONALD PIVNICK FUND Yahrzeit for Sophie Frank Ilene Frank
GENERAL FUND In Honor of Mark Goldberg—Good health to my shofar blowing buddy Joel & Fern Cohen
Naomi and Seth Cohen The wedding of our daughter Joel & Fern Cohen Yahrzeit for Bruce Howard Lewis Stan Lewis David Alter Gladys Goldstein Ethel Goodman Stan Goodman Hannah Dickstein Benjamin Pinkus Harry Goldstein Mr. Benjamin Goldstein Milton Orenstein Perri Courtheoux Robert Goldman Dr. Jonathan Goldman Ruth Orenstein Perri Courtheoux Yetta Goodman Stan Goodman In Loving Memory of Sylvia Levy Bill & Gladys Goldstein In Appreciation of Rabbi Gary Atkins For his guidance in celebrating the Ufruf of our childrens’ wedding Joel & Fern Cohen Refu'ah Shelaymah to Lillie Abramson Cheryl Berger
KESTEN-FISHBERG CHAPEL FUND Yahrzeit for Jack Fishberg Mrs. Muriel Kesten Max Greif Mrs. Muriel Kesten Rosalind Fishberg Mrs. Muriel Kesten In Celebration of Myrna Kahan special birthday Mel & Maxine Marcus
KIDDUSH FUND In Loving Memory of Laurei Brown Beloved Mother Harriet Shapiro Evelyn Levine Ann Rosenfield Maurice Levine Ann Rosenfield
LEON GLAZER FUND Yahrzeit for Marcus Lowy Joshua Lowy
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING FUND In Honor of Jack Rodin Marriage of son David Rodin to Jay Cardenas Iris & Rabbi Gary Atkins In Celebration of Jackie Isaacson daughter Becky's engagement to Seth Fink Iris & Rabbi Gary Atkins Phil Small daughter Becky's engagement to Seth Fink Iris & Rabbi Gary Atkins
PRAYER BOOK FUND Yahrzeit for Bruce Howard Lewis Rhonda Lewis Stan Lewis
RABBI ATKINS DISCRETIONARY FUND In Honor of Ann and Milt Levin 55th Wedding Anniversary Norman & Dorothy Cohen Yahrzeit for Abraham Liverant Jack & Pearl Vogel Alan Beck Roberta Beck Anna Lazarowitz June Wachtel
David Konover Bailey Barall Irving Lazarowitz June Wachtel J. Nathan Halpin Myron Halpin Leah Kopel Mr. Stuart Kopel Rita Carr Lieberman Leon & Bernice Carr In Appreciation of Iris and Rabbi Gary support and good wishes Jack & Pearl Vogel Rabbi Atkins for support with Barbara's unveiling Fred Green
RABBI EMERITUS DISCRETIONARY FUND Yahrzeit for Lillian Marcus Mr. Carl Marcus Minnie Gaber Mr. Carl Marcus
RABBI PHILIP LAZOWSKI EDUCATION FUND Yahrzeit for Robert Eilenberg Elise Silverman
REBECCA SCHWARTZ LAZOWSKI MEMORIAL FUND Yahrzeit for Leonard Skaletsky Mrs. Donna Pritchard
We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions
Sisterhood
Many thanks to all those who made the Sisterhood Paid-up Dinner such a success. The help with set-up, serving and espe-cially clean up was greatly appre-ciated.
A THANK YOU FROM BLOOM-FIELD SOCIAL SERVICES The synagogue has received a very nice note of appreciation thanking us for our donation of 1050 pounds of food at the Pro-ject Isaiah Food Drive. Thanks to all who contributed and helped to reach this significant amount!
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Social Action/Caring
The CHESED CARING COMMITTEE continues to provide comfort to the congregants of Beth Hillel Synagogue. The Hebrew word "chesed" does not have a precise English equivalent but is probably closest to "loving-kindness." In the Jewish moral tradition, "chesed" is associated with love, giving, and altruism. For congregants who are ill, hospitalized, undergoing rehab, or otherwise in need of prayers and well wishes, our committee members are very generous with their time. We send cards of encouragement; we visit people in hospitals or their homes, rehab, or nursing home facilities; we call to let them know that they are in our thoughts and our prayers. On occasion, we provide meals and an occasional ride. We have challot and small bottles of grape juice to share just before Shab-bat. When we offer a chamsa/dove as a "good luck charm" - we see faces light up. We, in return, are blessed by the knowledge that we are providing comfort to those most in need. We can only provide our services if/when we are aware of the need. If you or a loved one wish to be on the receiving end of our services, you may call me (Iris) directly (860-726-9312) or leave a message at the synagogue office. Privacy will always be protected - unless you wish to extend the network of well wishers! Iris E. Atkins and Joel Neuwirth Co-Chairs, Chesed Caring Committee
THE BETH HILLEL SYNAGOGUE MINYONAIRES PRESENT
SCHMOOZE AND LUNCH PROGRAM Thursday, December 12, 2013
BOBBY KLAU “BoBBy-Meises”
Jewish Stories Old and New
Speaker at 11 AM; Lunch at Noon. Cost of Lunch is $4.00
RSVP to the Synagogue at 860-242-5561 Reservations entitle you to a chance in draw-ing for a $25.00 gift card. You must be present
to win.
Consider making a donation to help with Philip-pines typhoon disaster relief. One excellent con-duit is the Joint Distribution Committee. Call Rabbi Atkins or search online.
Donations of nonperishable food or clothing are always wel-come at the synagogue for area food banks!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
MEL MARCUS, BHS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
CHAIR
As of January 1, 2014, the charges for interment or pur-chase of plots at the Beth Hil-lel Synagogue Cemetery will be increased. Members are
invited to make pre-arrangements now to avoid
the necessary price increases.
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