September 11 2020 l 22 Elul 5780
CONGREGATION BEIT T'SHUVAH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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It's that time again! Join us for our virtual High Holidays and renew your commitment to BTS by becoming a member!
Tickets for High Holiday services are included in membership dues.
Click here to renew your membership and/or purchase tickets.
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JOIN US WEEKLY FOR SHABBAT SERVICES-VIRTUALLY!
FRIDAY NIGHT- 6:30PM
SATURDAY MORNING- 10:30AM
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*NEW ZOOM PROTOCOLS: Effective July 24th, all zoom community programming for Beit T'Shuvah will have the waiting room function enabled, as well as other new security measures to ensure the safety of our community. If you need assistance with getting on to our virtual programming, please contact Max Hahn. To view all of our upcoming virtual events, please click here.
*Please make sure your full name is associated with your zoom account to ensure entry into virtual programming*
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Dear Congregants,
This has been a week of near tragedy. It is also the week we recall that devastating morning of 9-11.
This week has also been a week of miracles. Out of the tragedies that have come before us, now come re-building, new opportunities and growth. Out of the destruction of 9-11 comes new beauty rising from sky and, hopefully, some new awareness about our relationship with the rest of the world. Out of relapse comes new awareness, new commitment, and new hope.
The new year of 5781 begins next week. What are the things that still remain broken from this past year? What is it that you need to rebuild? What is it that requires help from someone else?
Beit T’Shuvah is a community of re-builders. Out of our brokenness comes healing. As a member of Beit T’Shuvah you can help us re-build lives and help us create a new world that does not try to recreate the past, rather seeks to create a world that grows out of the past into new possibilities.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Micha'el
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THIS WEEK'S TORAH PORTION
By: Rabbi Joseph Shamash
Rosh Hashanah is just 7 days away!
Do you feel as completely unprepared as I do? As we enter 5781, it feels like I'm constantly pulled between a heightened sense of urgency and a heavy weight of powerlessness. Pandemic. Presidential election. Racial injustice, protests, riots and counter-protests. Raging wildfires and climate change. Zoom fatigue and our lack of personal connection.
Dayenu. Enough already!
Uncertainty and doubt run wild. How can I plan ahead? It’s like playing chess where all the pieces are in a new spot before my next move. And while I want answers, and I want them NOW, I’m left only with more and more questions.
I’m reminded of Maria Rainer Rilke, who in Letters to a Young Poet advises:
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then...click here to read more.
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We are still celebrating birthdays each week on Zoom!
To sign up to take a Sober Birthday cake at Beit T'Shuvah, click here.
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If you would like to sponsor shabbat at
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Check out the BTS Thrift Store’s new e-commerce website. We have a wide range of items starting as low as $15! Shop, donate and share with your friends. *Shipping is available upon request*
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Tribute donations are a wonderful way of marking life cycle events for your loved ones and friends and supporting Beit T'Shuvah.
Andrea Sossin-Bergman & Paul Bergman in celebration of Helen and Jerry's 25th wedding anniversary
Paula Cohen in memory of Florence Mandelbaum
Susan Levich in memory of Jonas Lagunoff
Bari Harlam in memory of Sam Spitz
Marcia Levinson in memory of Sam Spitz
Juliet Spitzer in memory of Sam Spitz
Susan & Neal Epstein in memory of Sandy Scharf
If you are interested in sending a beautiful tribute, please contact Development . You can also send a tribute online by Clicking Here. Beit T'Shuvah will promptly send a card to the family or friend you are recognizing.
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OUR SINCEREST CONDOLENCES |
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...to the family and friends of Jade DeSanto
If you are interested in sending a beautiful tribute, please contact Development . You can also send a tribute online by Clicking Here. Beit T'Shuvah will promptly send a card to the family or friend you are recognizing.
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THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT
Rachel G.
By: Jesse Solomon
While in our addictions, we all learn skills we aren’t proud of. Some of us steal, some of us cheat, and some of us commit the most heinous crime of all—banking. Today’s spotlight is about one of those bankers. She was not just your everyday run-of-the-branch bank tellers. We are talking about a private wealth manager. We are talking about Rachel G.
Let's take a step back and talk about how Rachel found herself as a vice president at one of the biggest banks in America (Let’s call it BofO). Like many stories of riches and self-exploration, this one begins in Oklahoma. Many of us don’t know much more about Oklahoma other than that the wind comes sweeping down the plain. One thing we can safely assume is that it wasn’t the most culturally diverse setting for a young Jewish girl to grow up in. Although she was born Jewish, her family raised her Catholic. She truly didn’t embrace her heritage until she left her hometown for the big city of Providence, Rhode Island for college. When arriving at college, she was shell shocked by the new colors and smells. For the first time in her life, she realized there was a whole world that she had yet to discover.
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Join us this year for livestreamed, interactive services you won't forget. Leave behind your old notions of High Holidays as mandatory and monotonous. At Congregation Beit T’Shuvah, the number one concern is uplifting your soul (even from your couch).
Tickets for High Holiday services are included in membership dues. If you would like to simply purchase tickets for this year’s virtual service, tickets are a suggested donation of $36 per person, per service.
Click here to renew your membership and/or purchase tickets.
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Join us Saturday September 12th from 8pm-9pm for Selichot, Beit T'Shuvah style in conjunction with Ikar.
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Beit T’Shuvah Custom Masks are Here! |
Stay safe while supporting Beit T’Shuvah with masks custom made by Creative Matters. Perfect gifts for alumni, staff, residents, people in recovery or community members!
$10 per mask
Designs:
One Day At A Time
In This Together
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BTS Zoom Family Support Group! Whether your loved one is still in treatment or they have already moved on to the next chapter of their journey, we would like to provide a platform in which families get to talk about their shared experiences and wisdom.
This group is for families of our current and former residents, no need to RSVP, just drop in!
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Friday night services held via zoom at 6:30pm PT.
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Saturday Morning Services |
Saturday morning Prayer and Meditation at 10:30am PT.
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Come learn on Saturday mornings at 9:30am PT with Rabbi Micha'el Akiba.
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Baked T'Shuvah's founder Jackie Elkins is licensed by the state and you can now order the Baked T'Shuvah challah you know and love!
Pick up at BTS. Must prepay.
Available flavors: Plain, Chocolate Chip, Salted Caramel or Raisin. Contact Amy Abrams to place your order - orders need to be placed no later than Wednesday!
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We are still celebrating birthdays each week on our Shabbat Zoom.
To sign up to take a cake, please contact Jillian.
If you missed celebrating your birthday this year and would still like to take a cake via Zoom, contact Jillian.
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Life in Uncertain Times: Coping Strategies Before, During, and After Corona. With Rabbi Joseph. Mondays from 12-1pm PT/3-4pm ET.
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#NotMyCorona. Recovery-Minded Spiritual Learning with Beit T’Shuvah and the T’Shuvah Center. Wednesdays. 1pm PT/4pm ET.
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BTS community AA meeting: Thursdays at 7pm.
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Beit T’Shuvah and the Elaine Breslow Institute invite you participate in this spiritual challenge!
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Thursdays. 9-9:30am PT/12-12:30pm ET.
A powerful kaddish experience led by the Lab/Shul community. They have invited our Beit T’Shuvah community to join them.
https://labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2019-08-29/
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Past newsletters are now available online. Please click here to view.
For anyone that shops at Ralphs, please consider registering your phone with their community care program and select Beit T'Shuvah as your charity.
For anyone that purchases items on Amazon, all you have to do is go to Amazon Smile and choose Beit T'Shuvah as your charity and a percentage of each purchase will be given back to us.
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