Shabbat Miketz
/ Rosh
Hodesh Tevet /
H
anukkah
Friday, December 7
4:07 pm:
Shabbat candle lighting
4:00 pm:
Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat services
with Rabbi Dina Shargel in the Milstein Sanctuary
5:30 pm:
Kabbalat
Shabbat with Rabbi Ari Isenberg and Ma'ariv with Rabbi Gordon Tucker in the Milstein Sanctuary
Saturday, December 8 - Rosh Hodesh Tevet / Hanukkah
9:00 am: Shabbat services in the Milstein Sanctuary
Bat Mitzvah: Rachel Katzke
Bar Mitzvah: Lee Kleinman
Shaharit:
Rabbi Ari Isenberg
Torah Readers:
Rabbinic Intern Mitchell Blank, Randy Katzke, Michael Kay, Lee Kleinman, Marge Moline, Rabbi Harry Pell and Rabbi Dina Shargel
Haftarah Readers:
Rachel Katzke and Lee Kleinman
Musaf:
Rabbi Ari Isenberg
10:45 am:
Simhat Shabbat (for children grades K-2 and their parents) in rooms D & E
10:45 am:
Ruah on Shabbat (for children grades 3-5) in Lower Level Conference Room
11:00 am: Tot Shabbat in Tot Shabbat room
11:00 am:
Hanukkah learning session with Cantor Melissa (6th-8th grade) in room 21
12:45 pm:
Parashat HaShavua in rooms D & E
Following Kiddush: Dreidel Mania and Donut Wars
4:15 pm:
Minyan
in the Irene Schwebel Chapel
5:16 pm:
Havdalah
Sunday, December 9 - Rosh Hodesh Tevet / Hanukkah
9:00 am: Morning services in the Irene Schwebel Chapel
10:00 am: Bat Mitzvah in the Milstein Sanctuary
Bat Mitzvah: Rebecca Weissman
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Happy
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anukkah! Light the fifth candle tonight, December 6.
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Hanukkah Happenings 5779/2018 at TIC
TIC Community-Wide
Hanukkah Drive
 Support Toys for Tots, Kids' Kloset, WJCS and Midnight Run
View flyer for items that we are collecting.
Donations can be dropped off in the boxes in the main lobby.
Nursery School PTO
Hanukkah Party
Tonight! Thursday, December 6
5:00-6:30 pm
Grades 9-12 Shabbat
Hanukkah Dinner
This Friday night! December 7
6:00-8:00 pm, Youth Lounge
THE DEBATE: DONUT WARS this Shabbat!
 The main attraction:
Dr. Michael Kay vs Rabbi Harry Pell debating:
sham vs po, latkes vs donuts and Krispy Kreme vs Dunkin Donuts
All are welcome! December 8 after Kiddush at approximately 12:45 PM
Click on flyer to view information.
Dreidel Mania for all Ages!
Shabbat Hanukkah, this Shabbat, December 8 at 12:45 pm
Games and Hanukkah gelt for kids, games and social beverages for adults
Hanukkah Happenings including youth events and community-wide events
Lots happening, see flyer for details!
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Upcoming TIC Events and Programs
This Friday! Eat Pray Learn Shabbat Author Series
 This Friday, December 7
The Subway Girls by Susie Schnall
Services at 5:30 pm; dinner at 6:30 pm (prior reservation required); book talk at 7:15 pm
Shabbat Afternoon Cafe
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Café from 1:00-4:00 pm, Teaching 1:00-1:45 pm
The Great Roberto Magic Show!
Come one, come all! Everyone is welcome!
Thursday, December 27 at 10:00 am
TIC Parents of Children with Special Needs ages 0-17
The next gathering of the year of TIC Parents of Children with Special Needs ages 0-17 is tonight, Thursday, January 17 at 8:00 pm. There will be an informal discussion and light snacks.
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Ongoing Classes at TIC
Lion at the Fox: Torah on Tap with Rabbi Ari
This Monday evening, December 10 at 7:00 pm
Brazen Fox, White Plains
Join Rabbi Ari for some socializing, learning and discussion. Next date is January 21.
Dor l'Dor An Intergenerational Literary Program at the TIC Nursery School
Learning with Rabbi Ari, open to all!
Monthly coffee and conversation
11:00 am-12:00 pm, this Monday,
December 10 and January 21
7:00-8:00 PM in the library
 The class will delve into the weekly Torah portion with emphasis on major overall themes as well as some focus on specific sections of particular interest. Led by Rabbinic Intern Mitch Blank.
Breakfast and Learn
The Intersection of Jewish Ritual and Ethics
 Taught by Rabbi Dina Shargel. Next class Friday, December 14.
Delve into a treasure trove of texts exploring the ethical underpinning of the ritual mitzvot. Click on the flyer for dates and details.
Weekly Saturday Parashat Hashavua Class
Learners in Grades K-5 are invited to join us in Rooms D and E to study the week's Torah portion.
Sunday Mornings: Lay-Led
Talmud Class
Congregants studying Talmud together. No prior background needed, all are welcome and invited.
Sunday Mornings: Intermediate/Advanced Hebrew Class
The Bible in Song
 Please note: Next class is this Sunday, December 9, with Rabbi Dina Shargel
View flyer for more information.
Tuesdays Mornings: The Learning Institute
SESSION 1: 9:30-10:45 am The Immigrant and European Worlds of Our Fathers...and Our Mothers
SESSION 2: 10:50 am-12:00 noon The Holocaust, Not Again!
View flyer for dates and details.
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Upcoming Youth Groups & Teen Events and Services
Teen Trip to Israel
This Sunday! Information session Sunday, December 9 at 1:30 pm at TIC
TIC 11th & 12th Graders:
Join Rabbi Ari and Director of Teen Engagement Cantor Melissa Berman in Israel this February 14-24, 2019
All TIC teens in 11th and 12th grades-this trip's for you!
Information and registration can be found
here
on the website.
Join TIC Teens Together and WJC Teens as we head to Broadway for Be More Chill!
Tuesday, March 26-4:00 pm, meet outside the WJC,175 Rockland Avenue, Mamaroneck
Showtime: 7:00 pm in NYC. Register here.
Join Our TIC Teen Babysitter List!
Families in our community are looking to hire
teen babysitters! If your family is looking for a babysitter or if you as a
teen (in grades 9-12) would like to be added to our list of interested babysitters, contact Cantor Melissa at
m.berman@templeisraelcenter.org
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YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING NEWS
See Youth and Family services schedule
here
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Third Fridays:
Shabbat Hamudim with TIC clergy and special guests
 Join us for a relaxed, come-as-you-are Shabbat experience for families with young children. Welcome Shabbat with songs, stories, dancing and kiddush on the Third Friday of every month.
Third Fridays: December 21.
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Room 19, the classroom across from the library
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Greater Community-Wide Events
Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble Concert
December 27
For more information view website
here.
Hadar Singing Communities Intensive
December 24-27
Join Jewish LGBTQ & Allies in 8th-12th Grades
8th-12th graders from the Westchester area will gather for discussions and activities that celebrate our LGBTQ and Jewish identities.
December 16, January 27, March 24, May 19, and Pride Parade in June.
JBL Jewish Basketball League
Still time to join!
Teams aren't formed until mid-December, your child won't miss a beat!
View flyer for details.
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Ongoing TIC Initiatives
The
Hesed Circle
Bikkur Holim * Senior Connect * Shiva Support
The next meeting is Wednesday, January 16.
Book title to be announced.
Mathilde's Mentionables
 On behalf of the TIC Sisterhood, and part of an ongoing initiative by the Women's League (named in honor of its founder, Mathilde Schecter), we are collecting new (preferable) or very lightly used bras to help improve the lives of women in homeless shelters and in battered women's shelters. Donation box is located in the synagogue office. Update: We have collected 40 bras so far, and they will be delivered to My Sister's Place. Thank you for helping with this
hesed project! Please continue to support this effort!
HELP FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE TIC INCLUSION COMMITTEE
The TIC Inclusion Committee works on exploring and improving issues related to anyone who feels excluded in any way, including people with disabilities and learning differences, the LGBTQ community, or those experiencing mental health issues. Anyone who needs our services, please contact Michelle Steinhart, TIC's Director of Inclusion, at
m.steinhart@templeisraelcenter.org
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To join the committee in its work, please contact Michelle Steinhart or Robin Friedman at
rskf18@gmail.com.
MAH JONGG WITH SISTERHOOD
Sisterhood holds mah jongg games on
Thursday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
"We play for
tzedakah/charity, one game at a time." Players need not be Sisterhood or Temple Israel Center members.
We play year-round, except for holidays and when the synagogue is closed.
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Click
here for 2018-2019 online registration.
This Week in the Torah / Parashat Ha-Shavuah
This week's parashat ha-shavua/Torah story, comes from the Book of Beresheit/Genesis, and is called Miketz. Learn more about it
here.
Snow Days Protocol Reminder
In the event of a weather-related closing:
- On Sundays, the decision to close Shorashim will be made by 7:00 am.
- On weekdays, Shorashim and Havurat Torah will be cancelled if either White Plains or Scarsdale public schools are closed. If those public schools are open but decide to cancel after-school activities, we will also cancel Shorashim and Havurat Torah.
We will relay this information to all our families by the following methods:
- There will be an outgoing voice message on the Education Department's School Closing Hotline, extension #158, (select extension after dialing the temple's main number).
- We will provide this information to Channel 12 news.
- An email will be sent to all our Shorashim and Havurat Torah families.
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We will make every effort to post closings on the TIC website.
We will have regular Shorashim learning for the entire week of Hanukkah.
(Hanukkah ends Monday evening, December 10.)
TIC Hanukkah Drive
November 26 through January 21
Collection bins in the TIC lobby
Click
flyer to see list of items needed.
This Shabbat! Dreidel Mania and Donut Wars!
Saturday, December 8
Be'Atid...Coming Soon
6th Grade Families B'nai Mitzvah Brunch
Sunday, December 16
9:30-11:30am
Every child should be accompanied by at least one parent.
This brunch is in lieu of 6th grade Shorashim learning.
December 23-January 1:
Winter break! Shorashim and Havurat Torah closed.
Classes resume Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
Please note that we will be open the week of January 2, even though the Scarsdale public school district is still on break.
Ongoing Opportunities throughout the year...
Our new Youth & Family Link!
Check out our new
"
Youth & Family Shabbat" link
. It has recordings of all the prayers for the services and a few Torah verses of the weekly Torah portion as well as Shabbat activities you can do with your children. In the works is a sign-up system for those wishing to participate.
Shabbat at TIC
Did you know, that every single week we have a myriad of service options and opportunities at TIC on Shabbat/Saturday mornings? We invite your family to come, participate and learn!
Click here
to read what we have to offer you.
Jean Klipstein, office administrator, at 914-948-2800 x 123, or email
We had a great time at the Community-Wide Hanukkah event!
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Tomorrow! Starbucks and Schmoozing in the Nursery School
Starting this Friday, December 7, 8-9am, Starbucks and Schmoozing in the Nursery School! Join Patty along with Avi Marcovitz, TIC Director of Family Engagement, for Starbucks coffee and a different gastronomic treat each week. This week it's donuts for
Hanukkah!! Take home age appropriate family shabbat study materials will be available. Stop by for coffee, grab a family booklet and go or stay to schmooze and study with us. We hope to see you there!
Whimsical Wednesdays at TIC!
Tell Your Friends: We will be having FREE Drop-in play time
Wednesday,
December 5, 9:00-10:00 am. Come play and make new friends!
Click flyer for details.
Bim Bam
Bim Bam is a pre-Shabbat class for children ages 3 and under. Join Nursery School teacher, Jonina Steiner, along with special visits from TIC clergy for Hebrew and Shabbat-related songs, stories, friends and so much fun! We end every class with Shabbat blessings including lighting the candles,
kiddush and
hamotzi. Click flyer for details.
Babies & Bagels
"Pediatric Dentist" Getting children comfortable at the dentist at an early age and
establishing good oral habits ensure a lifetime of problem-free teeth.
Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:15-10:30 am
Turning 2 Program
Starting February 2019!
Did your child just miss the cut off date to join our 2s program? Or did you think your child was not quite ready for a separated program in September? Then we have a program for you! Join our Turning Two Class starting February, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15-11:00 am.
Click on the flyer
more information.
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TIC MEMBERS-ONLY
WEBSITE ACCESS
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Send feedback about the FB page to our administrator,
Robin Arzt.
TIC's hashtag,
#TICtogether, is another great way to connect on social media. Remember to use it when you share information about all of TIC's great happenings!
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DAILY
MINYANIM AT TIC!
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Support fellow congregants who want to pray in a community as well as those who are saying Kaddish. It is an
act
of
great
kindness. We gather in the lrene Schwebel Chapel at 7:10 am Monday-Friday, at 8:00 pm Monday-Thursday, and at 9:00 am and 8:00 pm on Sunday. Check our calendar for minyanim times on Shabbat.
To join the minyan corps, contact
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Support TIC mourners during shiva week by being part of shiva minyanim. To participate in this act of hesed, email Caren Zelicof.
- Celebrating a simhah or remembering a loved one? You can share the commemoration by sponsoring a Shabbat kiddush. Email Kelly Kressler or call her at 914-948-2800 x111.
- Dedicating one or more copies of Siddur Lev Shalem and/or Etz Hayim Humash is another great way to commemorate a yahrtzeit or to celebrate a simhah. Click here to get started.
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Birthday parties are great fun at TIC! For gym or room rental details, email
Kelly Kressler.
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Share your good news with the TIC community. Email
Susan Galla with details about your
s'mahot, or call her at 914-948-2800 x112.
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