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CHAILITES
November 28, 2018
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Thursday, November 29, 4:20 pm - Hebrew School
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Friday, November 30, 7:30 pm
- Shabbat Service
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Saturday, December 1, 9:30 am - Torah Study
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Saturday, December 1, 11:30 am - Cystic Fibrosis Bridge of Hope Joyride Cycling Studio Fundraiser
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Sunday, December 2, 9:30 am
- Religious School
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Sunday, December 2, 11:45 am - Confirmation Class
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Monday, December 3, 5:30 pm - Community Hanukkah Celebration & Menorah Lighting (Congregation Shir Shalom, Ridgefield)
- Tuesday, December 4, 7:00 pm - Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class
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Wednesday, December 5, 4:20 pm -
Hebrew School
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Thursday, December 6, 4:20 pm -
Hebrew School
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Social Action JoyRide Cycling Studio Fundraiser
Our Social Action Committee through
WiAct supports
Cystic Fibrosis Bridge of Hope
by providing meals to and
helping drive the patients that come here for treatment
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Jane Alexander
is organizing a fundraising ride at JoyRide for CF Bridge of Hope on December 1 at 11:30 am. It is $40 to ride and the money we raise will truly help to save someone's life.
Jane has already booked her bike and hopes you can join her. No experience necessary. Just go to the
JoyRide Wilton website events page
, set up an account and choose your bike!
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Community Hanukkah Celebration & Menorah Lighting
Temple B'nai Chaim and Congregation Shir Shalom are continuing our new tradition of co-hosting a community Hanukkah celebration and Menorah Lighting on Ridgefield's Main Street! Mark your calendars, join us, and bring your neighbors!
December 3 at 5:30 pm.
More information!
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Consecration & Hanukkah Family Shabbat Service with Preneg
Friday, December 7 at 6:00 pm (service 6:30 pm)
Join us for Consecration and a Hanukkah Family Shabbat Service when we will be celebrating the Consecration of some of our youngest students!
The evening begins with preneg at 6:00 pm (pizza and veggies!) and then continues with a very special Family Service at 6:30 pm where the K/1 class will join Rabbi Bearman on the bimah as they lead the congregation in song, story and worship 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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Annual Sisterhood Hanukkah Dinner & Celebration!
Sunday, December 9, 5:00-8:00 pm
Please join the women of TBC's Sisterhood for an evening of good company and good cheer at our annual Hanukkah Dinner and Celebration - Sunday, December 9, 5:00-8:00 pm, at the home of Wendy Nadel, 40 Sharp Hill Road Wilton. Please bring a pot luck dish to share and a wrapped gift valued at $15-$20 for our gift exchange. RSVP to
Ria Miller by Friday, December 7. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Hanukkah Gift Cards for Wilton Families
Hanukkah begins December 2 this year and
Wilton Social Services has reached out to the Social Action Committee for donations of $100 gift cards for the Jewish families. This year they have 12 children, 5 are college age. The parents can do their own shopping when they receive the gift cards. Please donate to the
Tzedakah Fund
for us to buy the cards.
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D'var Torah by Rabbi Bearman and Rabbi Kipnes
 From Rabbi Bearman: "I am so, so pleased to finally be able to share the midrash that I wrote with Rabbi Paul Kipnes about our matriarch's last moments with her youngest child. I hope that you'll read our piece and let me know what you think! And, when you visit the page, don't forget to scroll down and read Rabbi Rachel Kaplan Marks' wonderful Davar Acher!"
Click Here to read 'When Ben-Oni Becomes Benjamin: Rachel's Midrashic Monologue'
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The holidays are approaching and we will all be busy shopping for gifts, decorations, and more. Your purchases can make a difference! AmazonSmile donates to TBC when you shop at AmazonSmile and select Temple B'nai Chaim or use this
link
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"Do a mitzvah in your sleep!" Overflow Homeless Shelter
Overflow Homeless Shelter volunteers arrive at the First Congregational Church, 164
Deer Hill Avenue,
Danbury at 9:00 pm and stay until 7:00 am. Each night there are two volunteers, usually one male and one female. We typically cover 3 weeks each season. The upcoming dates are December 24 to December 30, January 28 to February 3, and February 25 to March 3.
More information.......
Contact
Peggy Zamore
if interested!
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 Social Action Volunteers Needed!
TBC Social Action Committee. The TBC Social Action Committee has many local ways for you to help others, from pitching in at a soup kitchen to preparing dinner at an emergency shelter. New opportunities, dates, and times are posted to the TBC website, so please take a look and see where you can help.
Other Community Opportunities. There are also other ways to get involved in our communities. You can serve as a foster family, deliver food to those in need, and/or host a high school child in the ABC program.
Above - TBC and other volunteers at the Dorothy
Day Hospitality House / Danbury Soup Kitchen
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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, December 1 at 11:30 am
JoyRide Cycling Studio, 3 Godfrey Place, Wilton
Tzedakah Fest
Sunday, December 9 at 2:00 pm
Congregation B'nai Israel, 2710 Park Avenue, Bridgeport
Overflow Homeless Shelter
Monday, December 24 to Sunday, December 30 at 9:00 pm to 7:00 am
First Congregational Church, 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury
Shabbat Family Service with Preneg
Friday, January 4 at 6:00 pm (service 6:30 pm)
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Yahrzeits, November 30 - December 6
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing!
| Margo Berger Horwitz |
Friday |
11/30/2018 |
mother of Heidi Marcus |
| Estelle Kalvarsky Wakoff |
Friday |
11/30/2018 |
mother of Gary Wakoff |
| Armen Dildilian |
Saturday |
12/1/2018 |
father of Karen Tartell |
| Samuel Jaffe |
Sunday |
12/2/2018 |
remembered by Sharon and Ken Sobel |
| Phyllis Kauffman |
Sunday |
12/2/2018 |
mother of Paul Kauffman |
| Robert Tartell |
Monday |
12/3/2018 |
father of Ross Tartell |
| Saul Heft |
Tuesday |
12/4/2018 |
remembered by the Heft Family |
| Nicholas Felan Diaz |
Thursday |
12/6/2018 |
great grandfather of Shannon McAvoy |
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 of yahrzeit.
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Contact Us
Temple B'nai Chaim, 82 Portland Avenue, P.O. Box 305, Georgetown, CT 06829
Phone: 203 544-8695
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