WRT Weekly Update - August 25, 2016                                                             This week's Torah portion 

Shabbat Services 

Summer Shabbat Service
Friday, August 26 at 6:15 pm
Ori Zeevi, last year's WRT Israeli Shaliach, will offer a farewell D'var Torah before departing for Tel Aviv to begin law school. 

Torah Study
Saturday, August 27 at 9:00 am 
Just a reminder...

Membership Renewal and Entrance Cards Forms
Entrance Cards are in the mail! Please open the packet and check that all your information is correct (then put it in a safe place until the High Holidays.) 
If you don't receive your Entrance Cards by September 2, it may be that your Membership renewal and payment have not been received yet. If you need a Membership Commitment Form, please click HERE to download one. If you wish to review your WRT account, please contact [email protected].
If you need a High Holidays Entrance Card request form, click here. 


Upcoming at WRT...

Cooking4HOPE
Monday, August 29 at 10:00 am, in the Temple kitchen
Come help prepare a meal that will be delivered to Hope Community Services, a soup kitchen in New Rochelle serving over 120 men, women and children in need. Contact Susan Ross at  [email protected].

Introduction to Mishkan HaNefesh
Tuesday, September 6 at 7:15 pm
As we prepare to enter the High Holy Day season, join Cantor Kleinman and Rabbi Reiser for a dynamic introduction to Mishkan Hanefesh, the Reform movement's new High Holy Day machzor (prayer book). We will acquaint ourselves with the format, theologies, and innovations of the new machzor, as we consider how to find our own voices in our people's ancient prayers.  Additional class dates are September 13, 20 and 27. 


Welcome Back Shabbat BBQ
Friday, September 9 at 6:00 pm
Join clergy and friends to welcome a new year at WRT! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new members. There is no cost for the dinner, but we would appreciate you signing up in advance here. 

Shabbat Evening Service and Installation of Rabbi Daniel Reiser
Friday, September 9 at 7:45 pm
Following a fun evening of food and friends, join us for a joyous community moment as we take part in a time honored tradition and install our new Assistant Rabbi, Daniel Reiser. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, founding rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu / Voices of our Lives, will install Rabbi Reiser, offering remarks and a blessing. 

We are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Reiser, his wife, Leah, and their daughter, Gavrielle, to the WRT community. This special service will be followed by a celebratory community oneg. 


Do you have a child away at school?

Let us know their mailing address so the WRT Youth Committee can send them a few holiday gifts during the year. SHHHHHHH...don't tell. We want it to be a surprise!
Please provide the following information for your student(s):  Name, s chool and a ddress.
Will they be abroad and if so, which semester?
 
Please send this information by AUGUST 31st to:
Lisa Goldberg,  [email protected] and  Vivienne Braun,  [email protected]

Order gifts of honey for Rosh Hashanah

Women of Reform Judaism have organized the opportunity for members to send gifts of honey for the High Holidays. Download a pdf form with all the information. You will also be receiving a form enclosed in your High Holidays Entrance Cards packet. 

There is still time to dedicate a Prayerbook...

Mishkan HaNefesh
As we celebrate moving to a new High Holy Day Prayer Book, we invite you to dedicate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Prayer Books in memory of a loved one, in honor of a special person in your life, or to mark a special point in time. For your  convenience, you can order directly online here or download an order form for mailing. We hope you will join us for this generational milestone.  


For WRT members...
If you would like to receive notifications of birth announcements and deaths within the WRT community, please email [email protected] with your full name and email address. Please specify if you would like to be added to one or both of these notification lists.

Westchester Reform Temple is committed to the value of inclusion, and strives to make worship and programming fully accessible. Our building and bima are wheelchair accessible, and the sanctuary is equipped with assistive listening devices and large-print prayer books. ASL interpretation is available for any worship service upon request, and remote viewing of most services is available via webcasting from our website.  

If you need any additional accommodations to participate in a temple program, please contact Cantor Amanda Kleinman.



 

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