Shabbat Announcements
January 19-20, 2018
This Shabbat
Friday, January 19
Candle lighting: 4:37 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Service: 7:30 pm

Guest Musician: Chris Coogan

Babysitting from 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm on January 12 and January 26.

Watch our live stream on TBE's Facebook page or at tbe.org/tbe-live .


Saturday, January 20
Parashat - Bo

Shabbat Services:  9:30 am

D'var Torah:  Meryl Silverstein

We thank our Torah readers this Shabbat:  Steve Danzer and Bert Madwed.

Shabbat ends: 5:37 pm
Daily Minyan

Monday-Friday: 7:30-8:00 am
Sundays and federal holidays: 9 am

The Daily Minyan is a welcoming place for regular prayer and to say Kaddish .  Please make every effort to attend, so it will be there when you or a fellow congregant needs it.

In Memoriam
We mourn the passing of...

Nancy Green Schneck, z'l, mother of Larry Sherman.

Gerald Moskowitz, z'l, father of Alan Moskowitz.

May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

To make a memorial contribution, click here.
 
TEMPLE ROCK 2018
TBE's Premier Social Event of the Year Is Quickly Approching!

Saturday, February 3, 2018
7:00 to 11:30 p.m.

Cocktails, silent auction, dinner & dancing

Featuring New Orleans music at its best with the Funky Dawgs Brass Band

Add your name to the growing number who have already sent in their reservation. To reserve online, go to www.tinyurl.com/TempleRock18.

Diamond Sponsors
Miriam & Steven Sosnick
Eileen & Fred Springer
 
Patrons
Cynthia & Richard Blumenthal
Marsha Colton & Rob Cohen
Sue Frieden
Denise & David Greenman
Elissa & James Hyman
Betsy & Peter Kempner
Elizabeth & Scott  Krowitz
Lois Stark & Gary Lessen
Susan & Marc Peyser
Eileen Rosner
Marsha Shendell
Lori & Bruce Tobin
Dana & Carl Weinberg
Sheryl & Dan Young
 
Friends
Barbara & Ed Berman
Amy & Mel Bloomenthal
Carol & Wil Brewer
Malerie Yolen-Cohen & Jeffrey Cohen
Lynn & Stephen Cohen
Stacy & Donald Cooper
Evans Consulting Group
Carolyn Nadel-Farin &  Philip Farin
Barbara & Stan Friedman
Fran & Gerry Ginsburg
Catherine & Craig Giventer
Sue & Art Greenwald
Peggy & Alan Kalter
Sharon & Steven Katz
Carol & Allen Krim
Lieba & Steven Lander
Lisa & Jeffrey Manheim
Barbara Muller & John  Romanow
Patriot Bank
Debra & Stephen Pollack
Risa & Steven Raich
Julie & Remi Rosenberg
Susan & Carl Shapiro
Debra & Leon Shapiro
Mary C. & Alan Silberman
Meryl & Henry Silverstein
TNS Group
Mia & Louis Weinstein
   Cheryl & David Wolff
Stephanie & Daniel  Zelazny
Nicole & Ron Zussman
 
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Regina Rosenbaum
Altman & Dennis Altman
Emily & Sean Altman
Marni Amsellem
Andrea & Eric Bass
Kahla & Gordon Cooper
Patricia & Raymond  Dayan
Heidi & Harrison Ganz
Lori & Raph Gilbert
Myra & John Graubard
Jacqueline & David  Herman
Jamie Morvitz & Matt  Miller
Sally & Jim Rothkopf
Judy Schneiderman
Nancy & Gary Shulman
Debbie & Ben Soifer
Lisa & Eric Strom
Amy & Ken Temple
Gail & Stephen Trell
Dana Horowitz & Peter Wolly


FEATURED EVENTS
A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH 
CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES
Thursday, February 1 @ 6:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El
Join us for a frank and open discussion.  Registration is required.  Flyer .
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD?
An Interfaith Look at the Prophets
Thursdays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
* "Who are these guys?" with Rabbi Jay TelRav & Rev. Duane Pederson
* "How will the world end?" with Rev. Mark Lingle
*  "Is it me?" with Father Harry Pappas
* "Turning a prophet" with Rabbi Joshua Hammerman & Rev. David Van Dyke

Please click here for church and synagogue locations.
MEN'S CLUB DINNER AND GAME

Sunday, January 21 @ 6:00 p.m.
TBE Men's Club invites men only!  Join us for dinner and watch the NFC Championship on a big screen TV.  Flyer.  Dinner RSVP .
FAMILY KABBALAT SHABBAT
Friday, January 26 @ 6:00 p.m.
Please join us for a special, family Kabbalat Shabbat service led by the 5th and 6th grade classses:  "FINDING JUDAISM AT THE MOVIES!"  The service will be followed by a dairy Shabbat dinner.  Dinner  RSVP.   Flyer.
SHABBAT IN THE ROUND
Saturday, January 27
9:30 a.m. - Breakfast and Schmooze
9:45 a.m. - Service
A different kind of Shabbat morning service in the round.  For more information, please click here.
TU B'SHEVAT ICE CREAM SEDER

Sunday, January 28 @ 10:30 a.m.
A Celebration for Families and Children, led by TBE Religious School students.  RSVP.  Flyer.
WORLD WIDE WRAP
Sunday, February 4 @ 9:00 a.m.
Attention:  TBE 7th Grade & 2018 B'nai Mitzvah students and parents:  Please join us and Jews from all over the world as we roll up our sleeves and participate in the annual World Wide Wrap.  RSVP.  Flyer.
TBE DISCUSSION GROUP - 
PASSAGE TO INDIA (AND ISRAEL AND NEPAL)
Sunday, February 11 @ 7:30 p.m. at TBE
Rabbi Hammerman will give a slide presentation and share insights and stories about the people he met and some thoughts about the Jews of India after returning from his journey to Jerusalem, Varanasi (Benares), India and Kathmandu, Nepal.
LEVEL 2 ADULT HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE
Sundays, from 11:00 a.m.-12 noon
Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11 & 18, Apr. 22 & 29 and May 6
Join Sue Shapiro and learn the basic letters and sounds to read prayers and improve your fluency.  Flyer and RSVP.
TBE ISRAEL ADVENTURE 2018

Registration is open for the next TBE Israel Adventure, led by Rabbi Joshua and Mara Hammerman, celebrating Israel's 70th, next June 24-July 8.  Check  out  the itinerary, pricing and other info  by clicking here.  Deadline for reservations is the end of January.
SAVE THESE DATES
  • Purim, Wednesday, February 28
  • Women's Seder, Tuesday, March 13
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
KIDS' DRUM CIRCLE
January 20 from 10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Our fabulous Music Together leaders, Natasha Fenster and Steve Epstein, will lead a small group in drumming and rhythm.  RSVP.  Flyer.
SHABABIMBAM
January 20 from 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
A Shabbat morning program for families with children 5 and younger (with older siblings welcome!)  For more information, please click here.
K'TANIM B'IVRIT
January 21 from 9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
A monthly Hebrew language drop off program for 3 and 4 year olds.  Register your child.  Flyer.
HEBREW TIME
Beginning Sunday, February 4 from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Participants will learn Hebrew words and phrases through familiar children's storybooks, snacks, games, crafts, songs and play! Led by Galit Roloff. For dates and times, please click here.   To sign up, please click here!
NEWS AND REMINDERS
MITZVAH PROJECTS
Check out Daniel Goldberg's mitzvah project, raising money for the Stamford Hospital Bennett Cancer Center Wall of Honor in memory of his mother, Deb Goldberg, z'l.
SPONSOR A "SHABBAT BAG" FOR JEWISH PATIENTS
As a project of the Stamford Board of Rabbis, each synagogue in Stamford will deliver Shabbat Bags to all Jewish patients at Stamford Hospital on a rotating basis. For the month of January, volunteers from the Temple Beth El Reyut Committee have been trained and registered to visit patients at Stamford Hospital and will deliver these bags on Fridays. The bag contains challah rolls, sugar-free candy, grape juice and a professionally designed and printed booklet with healing prayers and readings in addition to information on the Jewish Community in Stamford. Electric Shabbat candles will be offered to those patients requesting them.  The bags may be sponsored for $36 a week.
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