October 2011

Havurot

 

The word havurah comes from the word haver, meaning friend. A havurah is a small group of individuals who gather together for a variety of reasons: to socialize, celebrate Jewish holidays, learn more about Judaism, and participate in social action projects.

Most importantly, a havurah provides an opportunity for you to meet others who share your values and interests.

  • Celebrate Jewish holidays together
  • Study together
  • Social action projects
  • Travel together
  • Pray together

Benefits

  • Your Havurah becomes your extended family
  • Havurot create secure and constant ties to the wider Jewish community
  • Havurot help Judaism remain a constant source of joy
 

NEW HAVUROT

New havurot are now being formed, including an new Empty Nesters Havurah and a Single Parents Havurah.

Contact the Membership Director (555) 555.1234 x231.

Whether you are single or married, under 36 or over 50, a family with young children or teenagers, we will get you started on the path to building new lasting friendships.

Hesed (Loving Kindness)

hesed

Hesed (Loving kindness)

Our mission is to enhance and nurture the spirit of community within our growing congregation by addressing the emotional and/or special needs of all our congregants throughout their individual life cycle events.  Every member is a Hesed Haver and may be called upon to help celebrate, support and/or comfort others in need within our congregation.

Programs & Community Links

The Shiva Minyan: How to Attend, How to Lead… NOVEMBER 17th in the evening.Take the mystery out of what it means to attend shiva. Learn how you can be a compassionate visitor and neighbor in your community.

Support Network

Our Congregation is creating informal networks for people to lend support, an ear or meet up for a coffee, starting with the topics of bereavement, cancer and raising kids with special needs.

Business Boosters

If you need some work done, look no further than your Community. Click on the Business Booster Directory to find a list with members who may just have that skill or product you need. Need a Ride to Services?  Email us. Also check out  On the Go , the JFS senior transportation program.

BE A HESED HAVER

Help us grow our community of loving kindness. Hesed Haverim help congregants by visiting those who are ill or homebound, making Shiva calls, attending a Minyan, sending a card, preparing a meal and so much more.  Whatever your talents, we always need more help.  For more info contact Sam, Hesed Chair at (555) 555.1234.

HESED VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is to inspire and engage all Congregation households to participate in mitzvot of mutual support and loving kindness for the benefit of the entire congregation.

IF SOMEONE IS ILL OR NEEDS HELP

If you or someone you know is ill, recovering from surgery, or homebound and would like a visitor, please let us know so we can help by contacting us.If you are involved with Bikkur Holim – visiting the sick – click on some of our suggestions to help make it a good visit: Bikkur Holim Hesed Guidelines What Do I Say?

 

Yesod (Adult Ed)

Contact us to sign up
or with any questions!

At Congregation (~: Chai :~) we believe that Jewish learning is a lifetime project. Judaism offers a wealth of rich, deep, sophisticated ideas which are most useful for adults. Adults make decisions about raising children, choosing careers, medical care for themselves and loved ones, where to live and whom to love. Adults need the guidance of a religious system to help them through this maze of serious choices. Adults also experience fully the deep sorrow of loss and the great joy of true love. Jewish tradition can guide adults throug these emotional highs a lows.

Adult learning at (~: Chai :~) equips our lifelong learners to face the complexity of their lives armed with Jewish knowledge. Whether taking a Basic Judaism course, or an advanced Talmud seminar, our learners come away from the experience with a greater appreciation of Judaism’s profound depths, and a greater understanding of how to lead an inspired life.

Please join us at any one of our course offerings this year. Membership is not required, and many of the classes have a nominal charge or are free!

EVENT POLICIES

All are Invited
We welcome everyone, Jewish or not, Member or not, to attend our classes and programs. Please join us!

Enrollment and Cancellation Policies
Some classes and programs have limited enrollments.
Register early to avoid disappointment.
If enrollment is too low, an event or class may be canceled.
To be notified of schedule changes or cancellations, you must be preregistered.

FORMS TO DOWNLOAD

Brochure & Registration form

Register Online ((~: Chai :~) Members Only)

Wandering Views Film Series

High School Youth

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INFORMATION

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Torah School

TORAH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2011-2012 Calendar

FORMS TO DOWNLOAD

  • 2011-2012 Enrollment Forms
  • Parent Handbook
  • Secure Online Payment

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Our Sanctuary

 

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High Holy Days

High Holy Days 5776

High Holy Days are a time for reflection, introspection, prayer, and re-connection.  Many of you joined us in celebrating and observing these special Holy days. Thank you for sharing the spirit and wisdom of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These Holy Days are a time of prayer, music, reflection and learning. We’ll see you in 5777!

 

UPCOMING
High Holy Days Services 5777/2016

Date Holiday Services
(held at TBE unless noted otherwise)		 Significance
September 24 Erev Selichot   Selichot are penintential prayers and poems that are often recited in Jewish communities starting on the Satuday night before the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, all the way through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
October 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah 8:00PM Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, “head of the year” or “first of the year.” Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year.
October 3 Rosh Hashanah 10:00AM The Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year.
October 3 Tashlich 2:00PM at Mill Creek Park A custom of going to a river and symbolically casting off one’s sins. (Bring bread to toss into the creek)
October 9 Yizkor 11:00AM at Greenlawn Cemetery Yizkor, which means remembrance in Hebrew, is Judaism’s memorial prayer. 
October 11 Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre 8:00PM The evening service that begins Yom Kippur is commonly known as Kol Nidre, named for the prayer that begins the service. “Kol nidre” means “all vows,” and in this prayer, we ask G-d to annul all personal vows we may make in the next year.
October 12 Yom Kippur Morning 10:00AM The name “Yom Kippur” means “Day of Atonement.” It is a day set aside to “afflict the soul,” to atone for the sins of the past year.
October 12 Yom Kippur Study Session 12:00PM-4:00PM Stay busy and distracted from your hunger pangs while studying Torah.
Ocober 12 Yom Kippur Afternoon 4:15PM-5:15PM
October 12 Yom Kippur Evening 5:15PM-6:15PM
 

Ne’illah
and Break the Fast!

 6:15PM Closing service for Yom Kippur. And after fasting for an entire 24 hours, we feast!
October 16 Erev Sukkot 6:00 Potluck / 7:00 Service The word “Sukkot” means “booths,” and refers to the temporary dwellings that we are commanded to live in during this holiday in memory of the period of wandering.
October 21 Shabbat Hol HaMoed Sukkot 7:30PM
October 23 Sukkot Celebration  
October 25 Erev Simchat Torah   A holiday celebrating the end and beginning of the cycle of weekly Torah readings.

OBSERVED
High Holy Days Services 5776/2015

Erev Selichot
September 5, 8:00-11:00PM

Rosh Hashanah
Erev – September 13, 8:00-10:00PM
Morning – September 14, 10:00AM-12:00PM

Yom Kippur
Erev – September 22, 8:00-10:00PM
Morning – September 23, 10:00AM-12:00PM
Evening – September 23, 5:00-6:00PM

Sukkot
October 3

Erev Simchat Torah/Consecration
October 5, 5:00-6:30PM

Daily Minyan

 

JOIN US FOR DAILY MINYAN

Not only will we be able to fulfill the important mitzvah of helping others recite the Mourners Kaddish,
it is a wonderful way to open our hearts and minds allowing God’s presence into our lives.

  

Morning Minyan Monday – Friday  7:30 am
  Sundays  9:00 am

 

You only get one opportunity to make a first impression.

After months of planning and design, this week we finally unveiled the new BRS website – www.brsonline.org We are very proud of its great features including a FAQ section for people who live here, those looking to move and those visiting.  We have videos, podcasts, a blog, photo galleries, and much more.  We have also included a member login where you can see your statements, pay your invoices, make donations and look someone up on the membership directory.  We look forward to hearing your feedback and your help in spreading the word about this great new tool to reach people and spread the BRS mission.  Look soon for the BRS app for apple and android.    A tremendous thank you is due to Kerry Purcell in our office who put in countless hours, great creativity and hard work to make this new website a reality.

As we put the finishing touches on the new website this week, we kept reminding one another that it represents the face of the Shul to someone looking into who we are.  You only get one opportunity to make a first impression and it is critically important to make a positive one if you want to get a relationship started on the right foot.

What is true for a website and a Shul, is true for how we present ourselves to others as well.  Our faces are the homepage of who we are and how we are perceived.  No matter what is happening in our hearts or our minds, we leave a strong impression on others based on the disposition carried in our faces.  Do we project sadness, despair, worry, uncertainty and doubt?  Or are we happy, positive, optimistic and joyful.

Rabbi Yisroel Salanter once said that our faces have the status of reshus ha’rabim, they are public domain and we therefore need to be sensitive to the public when we decide what mood we are going to project.  The gemara (Kesubos 111b) says that it is better to smile at someone warmly than to provide him with food and drink.  Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe writes that just as plants require sunshine to live, converting the rays of the sun into nutrients, people too convert smiles into energy and strength, and without it they wilt and perish. Smiling is a uniquely human expression.  When is the last time you saw a dog or cat smile?

Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a physician at Harvard Medical School, authored a study that concludes that happiness is contagious.  The same way when one person yawns, it affects others, when one person smiles or is happy it leads to others happiness and smiling as well.

This poem says it best:

It cost nothing, but creates much.

It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.

It happens in a flash and the memory of it lasts forever.

None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.

It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.

It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature’s best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away!

If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of yours.

For, nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.

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