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Jill Hyman
Synagogue Manager
757-220-1205
office@tbewilliamsburg.org
Rabbi David Katz
757-206-1633
mobile 757-634-6407
rabbi@tbewilliamsburg.org
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2:00 pm
Great Courses
7:00 pm
Conversational Hebrew
7:00 pm
Board Meeting
10:30 am
Torah Study
Friday, January 10
Shabbat Services
Saturday, January 11
10:00 am
Shabbat Services
Shabbat School
Sunday, January 12
NO
TBE School
(in lieu of Shabbat School the day before)
3:00 pm
Program Committee
Sunday Lecture Series
"The Effects of Marijuana & CBD" with Fred Levy
Tuesday, January 14
7:00 pm
Meditation & Mindfulness
6:00 pm
Program Committee
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Upcoming
Oneg/Kiddush Dates
Thank you to the
following families
January 10 -
Friday's Oneg is potluck.
January 11 - Saturday's Kiddush luncheon is sponsored by TBE School Families in honor of their children.
Would you like to help out for Kiddush? Call or email Nancy Burstein at 757-206-1447 or
impresaria@cox.net
Suggestions for
Friday Oneg:
grape juice, cookies, pastries, & fruit.
Suggestions for
Saturday Kiddush:
grape juice, challah, fruit, dips, chips, tuna or egg salad, hummus, sweets, & veggies.
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This final parashah of the Book of Genesis/ Bereishit begins when Jacob is close to death. He summons Joseph to his bedside and has him pledge that he will not bury him in Egypt - he wants to be interred at the family burial place at the Cave of Machpelah, in Hebron. As Jacob's condition worsens, Joseph brings his two sons, Ephraim and Menasseh, to see his father. Jacob blesses Joseph's two boys, effectively adopting them as his own sons and giving their future descendants the status of tribes. To receive the blessing, Joseph positions his older son Menasseh at Jacob's right hand, the hand of preference, and the younger son Ephraim at Jacob's left. Following the trend of his own life in which he, the younger brother, usurped the blessing of his older brother, Jacob reverses his hands so that the younger brother receives the blessing of the older. The boys are blessed together with the words that are used to this day by parents to bless a son (48:20).
Jacob then calls all of his sons to his deathbed and gives them his final words, an "ethical will" of sorts that is a blend of assessment, prophecy, warning, prayer and blessing. Having said all he has to say, Jacob dies, is embalmed, and then mourned in Egypt for seventy days. With Pharaoh's approval, Jacob is taken by his family to be buried in the Land of Israel. With Jacob gone, the brothers become concerned that Joseph might now take revenge against them for having sold him into slavery. The brothers throw themselves on Joseph's mercy. In tears, Joseph assures them that he bears no grudge against them. He reminds them that God has brought them all to Egypt for a reason. The parashah concludes with Joseph's death at the age of 110. He is embalmed and buried in Egypt. Prior to his death, Joseph also asks to have his bones taken up to Israel when the Israelite nation eventually leaves Egypt.
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Shabbat School
THIS Saturday, January 11th
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Shabbat School is this Saturday, January 11th at 10 am. In place of holding a regular school session on Sunday the 12th, your children and family are encouraged to attend Saturday morning Shabbat services.
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What You Need To Know About Cannabis -
January 12th
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| Fred Levy will present interesting facts on CBD and marijuana. This is a timely topic as cannabis for medicinal use is now legal in Virginia. Come join the discussion on Sunday, January 12, at 3pm, at TBE. The Program Committee's Sunday Lecture Series event is free and open to all members. |
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New Meditation and Mindfulness Group - January 14th
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| Our new Meditation and Mindfulness Group has started to meet. The group meets on Tuesdays, usually at 4 pm, but once a month at 7 pm instead. The next two 7 pm sessions are scheduled for January 14 and February 4. The group is led by Rabbi David; the 4 pm sessions in January and February will be facilitated by TBE member, and Williams and Mary Director of Meditation and Mindfulness, Becca Marcus. All are welcome to join the group after it starts, but if you plan to attend a session and haven't already, please let Rabbi David know in advance. |
Tai Chi with Shelly Conrad returns; Wednesdays, beginning January 15 at 10 am.
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Shabbat Kulanu
- January
17th
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The next Shabbat Kulanu, TBE's family-oriented service, will take place Friday, January 17, starting at 6:30 pm.
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19th Annual Jewish Film Festival
January
19th
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Save-the-Date: Please join us for the first movie of the Winter Series, 19th Annual Jewish Film Festival. Promise At Dawn beginning at 2 pm, January 19, in the theater at the Williamsburg Regional Library. A memoir of an impassioned mother-son bond, Promise At Dawn, follows the author Romain Gary from childhood poverty in Poland to his education in southern France and his exploits as a WWII aviator. The film reveals the complex emotional truths of a parent's self-sacrifice and impossible dreams for a child.
All Winter Series films are free.
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The Great Courses: Jewish Intellectual History -
Jan 22nd
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Bob and Chellie Booth are leading a study group exploring 400 years of Jewish Thought . It includes lectures and discussion of Baruch Spinoza, Feminist Jewish Theology (Judith Plaskow), and much more. The class meets on select Wednesday afternoons from 2 - 4 pm, with a 1/2 hour lecture followed by a lengthy discussion. The next session will be held on Wednesday, January 22. If you are interested, please email Bob and Chellie at rzb2reb@cox.net, or respond to Jill in the office. |
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Conversational Hebrew - Jan 22nd
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| Advanced Classes of Conversational Hebrew with Betty Ronnen return Wednesdays at 7pm twice a month. The next class will be held January 22, at TBE. Other classes will be held February 5 & 19, March 4 & 18, April 1 & 22, May 6 & 20, and June 3 & 17. Contact Betty for curriculum details. |
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Warm Up Williamsburg - Jan 31st
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You are invited to "Warm Up Williamsburg"- A soup tasting and extraordinary bake shop event to benefit the Community of Faith Mission (COFM) - emergency winter homeless shelter program. WUW begins a few hours before Erev Shabbat Services, so you can easily have some soup and support COFM, and then attend services at TBE and welcome in Shabbat.
The event will be held Friday, January 31, 5:15 - 8 pm, at the Williamsburg Community Chapel. Tickets $25 each include 3 bowls of soup, multiple soup tastings, dinner rolls & dessert. Musical entertainment is provided by "Elderberry Jam." To make a reservation, go to COFM.com. For additional information, please contact suzannejarvis@cofm.
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| For those of you who like to prepare a year ahead, the TBE Gift Shop will have a number of Hanukkah items on sale. Then we'll do a house cleaning to get ready for spring. Purim, Passover and Bar and Bat Mitzvahs will sneak up before we know it. |
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Building & Grounds Help Needed
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Volunteers needed by the Building & Grounds Committee to work on various projects. On occasion the committee needs an extra set of hands to help with painting, landscaping, clean up and miscellaneous repairs at the Temple. No experience needed and all tools provided. Can you donate a few hours to help out? Leave your name, phone number and email with the office and we will contact you when help is needed.
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