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CHAILITES
April 10, 2019
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Passover Tasting Event
Sunday, April 14 at 3:30 pm - RSVP Today!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - TBC's PASSOVER TASTING EVENT!
 Join us on Sunday, April 14 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm in the TBC Social Hall for a fun and festive pre-Passover social event.
Do you have a favorite Passover recipe? Something that your family waits all year for you to make?
Whip up a dish, from Charoset and Matzoh Ball Soup to Main Courses and tasty Desserts! Bring it to share along with 2 copies of the recipe.
Sisterhood will provide the set-up and drinks for all, so come hungry and ready to talk ingredients. Open to all TBC members, guests and prospective members, this is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate, make new friends and to find some great new recipes for Passover!
We will also have a small Judaica Sale of seasonal items for your Seder, and Special Passover commentary will be provided by TBC Alum Emma Dubin (daughter of members Pam Klem and Tom Dubin), who is currently working at the Central Conference of American Rabbis!
Please
RSVP by April 12.
Looking forward to seeing you and sharing good food and a great time!!
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Rabbi Bearman Reports on the CCAR Convention
From Rabbi Bearman: Last week, I attended my first Central Conference of American Rabbis Convention in Cincinnati, OH. There were so many moments that I am excited to share with you, but the highlight of the convention was being given the opportunity to chant Torah in Plum Street synagogue. It is hard to describe how powerful it was to stand on the bimah where I was ordained five years ago, surrounded by rabbis who were being honored for fifty years in the rabbinate, chanting Torah in front of six hundred other rabbis (no pressure- right!). It was an experience that I will never forget.
Read more about my time at the CCAR convention.
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Chag Pesach Sameach - Happy Passover!
No Shabbat Service on Friday, April 19. Enjoy your Seder!
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HIAS Haggadah
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Explore the connections
between the ancient
Passover
story
and today's refugees.
Click here to view and/or
print the HIAS Haggadah.
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Last Weekend at Temple B'nai Chaim
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Shabbat Family Service
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Religious School
Lots of matzah at religious school, all chocolate covered!
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Israel Master Chef for 8th-12th Graders
 8th-12th Graders
You're Invited
to
ISRAELI MASTER CHEF
hosted and judged by our talented Israeli Emissaries!
Saturday, April 27
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Temple B'nai Chaim
Havdalah followed by Traditional Israeli Food cooking competition!
Cost $10 -
RSVP by April 22 (please invite other Jewish friends!)
For more details contact
Karin Beitel.
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Rabbi Bearman - Shalom Y'all:
The History of Jewish Immigrants in the American South
Sunday, April 28, 6:00 pm at Temple B'nai Chaim
 Rabbi Rachel Bearman is a member of the seventh generation of her family to be born and raised in Memphis, TN. She has spent years exploring her own family's history as well as the wider cultural context of the Southern Jewish experience. Join Rabbi Bearman on an exploration of what life was like for Jewish immigrants when they arrived in the American South. How did Jewish immigrant families establish themselves in Southern cities and towns? What obstacles did they face as they worked to balance their American and Jewish identities? Do Southern Jewish communities have different traditions than their Northern counterparts? We'll answer these questions and more! (A Common Threads Program.)
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Shabbat Family Service
with Preneg, Friday, May 3
We will be continuing our Birthday Book Minhag (Custom)! Everyone 13 and under who is celebrating a birthday in April will receive the gift of a Jewish book.
Join us for another fun Shabbat Family Service starting at 6:00 pm with a kid-friendly preneg (pizza & veggies). At 6:30 pm, song, story and worship will be followed by a birthday celebration and oneg with a certified nut-free option at the dessert table.
If you will be attending the preneg, make sure to
RSVP
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Share your simcha! Sponsor a pre-neg, oneg, or flowers!
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BIRTHDAY BOOKS: A New TBC Minhag (Custom)
We will be honoring the month's birthdays at Family Services by presenting everyone celebrating with the gift of a TBC Birthday Book!
If there are Jewish children's books that your family has loved, we would very much appreciate the donation of gently used copies. If your family loved the books a little too much, please consider purchasing and donating a new copy of your old favorite.
We're hoping to collect books for everyone from 1 to 13 years old. There is a basket in the front lobby labeled "Birthday Book Donations". Any donated books that aren't used as "Birthday Books" will be incorporated into our Carol J. Metzger Children's Library.
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Inscribe Your Leaf on the Tree of Life Today!
Whether you celebrate a birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, anniversary or other special event, inscribing th
e event on the leaves of the Tree of Life will ensure your memories shine brightly at Temple B'Nai Chaim for years to come.
It's easy to order - just fill out the Tree of Life order form. Each leaf costs $300 and will be engraved upon receipt of the completed order form and full payment. Your leaf will be placed on the tree within 6-8 weeks after the order is placed. Examples of leaves may be seen here. Contact treeoflife@templebnaichaim.org if you have any questions.
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Used Bike and Sewing Machine Drive
 Used Bike and Sewing Machine Drive
Sunday, April 28 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm
Office of Steven Phillips, MD
944 Danbury Road, Wilton
Collecting adult & kids' bikes and sewing machines to send to Tanzania, Albania, Kosovo, & Guatemala.
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Common Threads
While our Upper Fairfield County
 Federation is a community of communities, we are also a vast library of stories and a vibrant garden with interconnected roots. This year, with the coordination and leadership of our Federation, many of those communities - congregations, organizations, and others have joined together to create Common Threads, a year-long project to explore our diverse ancestry and heritage and how it weaves together into our strong and integrated Upper Fairfield County community.
More Information and schedule.
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Share Your Simcha - Sponsor a Preneg, Oneg or Flowers!
A great way of celebrating special simchas, such as birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, the birth of a child or grandchild, is sharing your nachas with the entire congregation by sponsoring the Shabbat Oneg, preneg or flowers for the Friday of your special week. We will arrange for the flowers, food, and set-up, you just make a minimum donation of $125 for an Oneg, $180 for a Preneg or $250 for the flowers. Sponsor a Shabbat!
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Upcoming Events and Save the Dates!
Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 pm at the Wilton Library
Friday, May 3 at 6:00 pm (service 6:30 pm)
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Yahrzeits, April 12 to April 18
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing!
| Michael Cohen |
Friday |
4/12/2019 |
cousin of June Mara |
| Theodore Lash |
Saturday |
4/13/2019 |
father of Melinda Weber |
| Benjamin Prentiss |
Saturday |
4/13/2019 |
grandfather of Valerie Rosenson |
| Tillie Tepper |
Saturday |
4/13/2019 |
grandmother of Sandy Tepper |
| Jason Altare |
Monday |
4/15/2019 |
nephew of Sandy Tepper |
| Harvey Felton |
Monday |
4/15/2019 |
father of David Felton |
| Sarah Sobel |
Monday |
4/15/2019 |
remembered by Sharon and Ken Sobel |
| Milton B. Hollander |
Wednesday |
4/17/2019 |
father of Aaron Hollander |
| Martha Sugar Lash |
Wednesday |
4/17/2019 |
mother of Melinda Weber |
| Karen Maru |
Wednesday |
4/17/2019 |
friend of Sandi Prince |
| Scott Auerbach |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
remembered by Temple B'nai Chaim |
| David Froehlich |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
remembered by Temple B'nai Chaim |
| David Gartrell |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
remembered by Temple B'nai Chaim |
| Sean Hiltunen |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
remembered by Temple B'nai Chaim |
| Robert Steward |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
cousin of Moses Alexander |
| Jason Trusewicz |
Thursday |
4/18/2019 |
remembered by Temple B'nai Chaim |
It is traditional to light a memorial candle on the eve of the yahrzeit at home and to recite Kaddish when lighting the yahrzeit candle. It is also a custom to
make donations in memory of loved ones
around the time.
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