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CHAILITES
June 19, 2019
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- Friday, June 21, 7:30 pm - Sisterhood Shabbat Service, A Shabbat of Mindfulness
- Saturday, June 22, 9:30 am - Torah Study
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Sisterhood Shabbat Service 
A Shabbat of Mindfulness
This Friday, June 21 at 7:30 pm
Please Join Friends and Congregants for a very special event:
A Shabbat of Mindfulness sponsored by Temple B'nai Chaim Sisterhood. Services will be led by Rabbi Bearman and Members of the Sisterhood Board.
Special Guests:
- Paulette Black - Women of Reform Judaism Northeast District Area Director, Student and Speaker on Mindfulness and National Board Member
- Trina Novak -Women of Reform Judaism Northeast District President and National Board Member
- Michelle Rosen - Women of Reform Judaism Area Director
All members of the congregation are encouraged to come! Oneg to follow services.
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Daily Bread Food
Pantry - We Need Your Help!
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The next date at the Daily Bread Food Pantry is Monday, June 24 at 9:30 am.
Contact
Peggy Zamore
to volunteer
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The Daily Bread Food Pantry is an ecumenical food pantry servicing the Greater Danbury community. Its mission is to help those in need of food, whatever their circumstances, and maintain the dignity of clients in a compassionate and caring atmosphere.
The Daily Bread Food Pantry is located in the rear building at St. James' Episcopal Church, Danbury.
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TBC Listening Sessions
This summer, we hope that you will join Rabbi Bearman, Director of Lifelong Learning Karin Beitel, and several board representatives at one of our new Listening Sessions.
These events will take place in people's homes and will be casual and conversation focused.
We want to hear what inspires and uplifts you and what you think are the strongest elements of TBC life. We also want to hear what hasn't been working and what you wish you could explore through TBC (especially if it is not something that we are currently offering).
Please help us shape our plans for next year and beyond by joining us at one of the following Listening Sessions!
July 2 at 4:00 pm |
August 4 at 10:30 am |
August 25 at 3:00 pm
Click
HERE
to send your RSVP for the Listening Session of your choice to our Office Administrator, Denise Seccurra.
Please be in touch if you have any questions about this new initiative!
Rabbi Rachel Bearman /
Cindy Baulsir, TBC President
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TBC Fundraising Appeal
From TBC President Cindy Baulsir... Our goal has been to raise $50,000 this year, a substantial but obtainable amount. Many of you have already generously donated. If you have not yet given, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help support our TBC community. We are asking every family to contribute at least $118 to ensure that we meet our goal. Please make your donation now by writing a check or going directly to the year-end
donation form.For more information see President Cindy Baulsir's
TBC Fundraising Appeal for 2019.
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Adult B'not Mitzvah Shabbat Service
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Pride Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Pride Shabbat Service
Friday,
June 28 at 7:30 pm
The Jewish tradition teaches us that we should offer a blessing of gratitude every time we see a rainbow. In this spirit, on Friday, June 28, we will come together for our annual Pride Shabbat where we will celebrate the beautiful rainbow of human experience and honor the movement for LGBTQ equality. Thank you to the anonymous member family sponsoring the flowers and oneg.
Pride Torah Study -
Saturday, June 29 at 9:30 am
Join Rabbi Bearman for this special Torah Study. We will explore LGBTQ themes in our weekly Torah as well as other texts of our movement tracing the journey the movement has taken to embrace, support, and celebrate the LGBTQ community, and discuss where we hope to see more progress in the future.
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Rabbi Bearman's Sermon: We Won't Go Back!
Read the Rabbi's sermon on the new, restrictive legislation on women's right to choose being implemented in Georgia and elsewhere in the country.
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Midrashic Monologues
Join Rabbi Rachel Bearman and Rabbi Paul Kipnes as they restore the voices of biblical women and men who have not been given the opportunity to speak.
Midrashic Monologues web site
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With the Priestly Blessing, Aaron Finds Forgiveness
I will forever remember the moment when forgiveness flowed, compassion triumphed, and holiness showered me like an unexpected rainstorm. I was transformed the instant that the Holy One laid my guilt to rest and raised me up with the promise of blessing.
My sons and I had been doing the most mundane of our holy work: assigning roles to the various clans and determining responsibilities as we prepared to build and move the Mishkan, our traveling sanctuary. Everyone in our tribe was busy, even my son Ithamar had been given a task, and I chuckled as I watched him try to look unafraid as he went about supervising ....
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In this Midrashic Monologue, we listen as Boaz reflects on the day he met Ruth and the lives that they have built together.
Boaz's Reflections
Ruth, on this day, we celebrate ten years of our marriage. When I think of all that has happened since I met you, I am overwhelmed by the sense that God has given us a beautiful gift by leading us to one another.
When we met, both of us had been blessed with the love of a spouse, and both of us had felt the devastating pain of losing that partner. As you know, I had walked around for months with heart made heavy by the belief that .....
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TBC Diaper Collection Project!
The TBC Social Action Committee is seeking donations of diapers and wipes to benefit the Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut and the Domestic Violence Crisis Center, Stamford, and Person-to-Person, Norwalk. For most parents, diapers for babies is a given. If you are living in poverty, however, they are often a luxury.
Drop off location: Temple B'nai Chaim
Questions: Jane Alexander, 203 762-8605 /
Jane@nodhill.net
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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!
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Yahrzeits, June 21 to June 27
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing!
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Wendy Kanter
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Sunday |
6/23/2019 |
cousin of Diane Brown
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Max Tepper
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Tuesday |
6/25/2019 |
grandfather of Sandy Tepper
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George Lewson
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Wednesday |
6/26/2019 |
father of David Lewson
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It is traditional to light a memorial candle on the eve of the yahrzeit at home and to recite
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