Virtual Shabbat Service, 7:30 pm Our Erev Shabbat service in the comfort of your own home! Grab your computer and candles, and we'll join together for music led by choir members and candle-lighting in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Tot Shabbat, 9:00 am Please note the earlier time! All tots (ages 0-6) and their grown-ups and families are invited to celebrate Shabbat together with song, story, movement and prayer, virtually!
Awakened Heart Shabbat, 10:00 am Please note the earlier time! The monthly Awakened Heart Shabbat group is an opportunity to share teachings, music, stories and experiences to feed our hearts and spirits, and to explore the mystical connections in our Jewish traditions. See more below.
Awakened Heart Shabbat cont. Saturday, May 2, 10:00 am
There is a practice of counting the days between Passover and Shavuot, the days that our ancestors traveled on their journey between leaving Egypt and receiving Torah at Sinai. It is also the time between the barley harvest and the wheat harvest.
How do we use these as metaphor to inform our lives? What is our journey as we leave our restricted lives and consciousness and prepare ourselves to learn who we really are, and what we are called upon to do? How do we cultivate our “fields” so that we have a harvest that nourishes our souls and our communities?
Join Nancy Snyder and Nomy Lamm as we learn and sing together on Zoom this Saturday from 10:00 till noonish. Zoom link above.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Healing and Havdalah: A Space for Communal Check-In Saturday, May 2, 7:00 pm
Having moved past Passover, we are now in the time of the Omer, when we count the days between Passover, the festival of Freedom, and Shavuot, the Festival of Torah, symbolizing how our liberation is only secure when we can create a society to preserve it. This year, we are doing another type of counting, as we count the days we have been quarantined and staying at home.
During this time of the virus, we have many emotions. Let’s create a space during the Omer to come together for a little study, song, and sharing to support one another during these times. For one hour on Saturday evenings you are invited to gather on zoom for some reflection and sharing. We will begin with a little teaching from Rabbi Seth, have some time for reflection and sharing, and end with Havdalah.
Bring your jokes! Feel free to join over lunch (no brown bag required) or dessert since there is no dessert host this month! Contact Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org if you would like to join and need any assistance with setting up Zoom.
Mussar Learning with Alan Morinis Sunday, May 17, 1:00 pm
Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, is widely considered to be the leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement, a 1,100-year-old authentic Jewish personal and communal spiritual tradition that was nearly lost following the Holocaust. A filmmaker, Rhodes Scholar, and anthropologist whose focus had been Hindu religious pilgrimages, he began to explore Mussar following a personal crisis in 1997.
Alan sought private instruction under Rabbi Yechiel Perr, an accomplished master who stood in an unbroken line of transmission of the Mussar tradition. Following years of study, he reinterpreted the ancient Mussar learnings and practices for modern audiences in Climbing Jacob’s Ladder and Everyday Holiness. To address the growing public interest in Mussar, he founded The Mussar Institute in 2004. He went on to author two more books, Every Day, Holy Day, and With Heart in Mind.
The TBH Shabbat morning Mussar group has been studying “With Heart in Mind” for the past four years, and we are delighted to welcome Alan to TBH via Zoom to engage in Mussar study with us. Sunday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m. Please register here>>
With many thanks to Michele and Richard Jackman for making this connection.
Virtual Gala & Raise the Pandemic Paddle! Sunday, May 17
Many of us have been looking forward to the 2020 TBH Gala on May 17th. Unfortunately, COVID 19 had other plans for us. So this year, instead of an IN PERSON Gala, TBH will hold its first VIRTUAL GALA AND RAISE THE PANDEMIC PADDLE! On May 17th, our Salon caterer, Nineveh, will be catering meals to participating TBH members. We'll be sending out more information soon explaining how to purchase your meal. We'll also provide an opportunity for members to make a donation to TBH to help offset the loss of revenue from not holding a Gala auction this year. Stay Tuned!
CHRONICLING OUR SHARED EXPERIENCE
Call For Submissions!
This section of the weekly is dedicated to sharing member creativity and experiences during this time of separation! If you have a recipe, piece of art, poem, short story, photo, etc. that you would like to share, send it to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org. If we receive enough submissions, we hope to compile them after this crisis has passed.
Shadow Spring by Melinda Holman
Bright sun and virus, daffodils bow their heads low. Shadow Spring beckons.
RESOURCES
"Unorthodox" Discussion Recording
In case you missed the Zoom meeting on Tuesday, the recording of Daniel Hendler's discussion on "Unorthodox" is now available here.
TBH COVID-19 Webpage
Please check out our webpage dedicated to COVID-19 updates and additional resources here.
TBH Office Closure
The physical office is closed, though staff members are still working remotely. For assistance, please email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
Providing Communal Support
The following support services have been offered by our wonderfully generous TBH members: home delivery, grocery shopping, prescription pick-up, email and phone chats, safe-distance walking companion, navigating healthcare, tech support, end of life consultation, mental health support, and more! To take advantage of these support services, email Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Rabbi Myron Kinberg Belle Rubinstein Rose Rome Irving Samsky Mary Godden Paul McCrea Reta Nightingale Joseph Kolker Nancy Mandeberg Paul Holman Gale Matis Julius Sokoloff Michael Schon Ada Blanke Sam Stein Judah Ben Rosen Leonora Leizerman Murray Brodoff Eva Posner Kenneth Royer Gloria Kaufman Anne Bean Anne Bean Catherine Fay Naomi Siegel Isaac Robinson Dorothy Davis Paul Davis Jerry Grotsky Chana Sokoloff David Levy Asher
COMMUNITY RESOURCES Note: These are not officially sponsored or endorsed by TBH, but they are listed as they have Jewish content and/or may be of interest to our community.
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: A Week of Advocacy and Learning Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1
COVID-19 impacts everyone. Daily, we each confront struggles large and small. But the pandemic is not affecting us equally. Vulnerable immigrant and refugee families are some of the hardest-hit -- facing unimaginable challenges. Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, experts, and partners from April 27th-May 1st for a week of learning and action guided by Jewish history and values as to how, together, we can best support and advocate for immigrants and refugees in the time of COVID-19. More information is available here.
Thursday - Meeting the critical, human need -- how can we directly support immigrants and refugees in our community? Cordelia Revells, Director, Immigrant and Refugee Services, Jewish Family Service Friday - Come together with your Jewish community, get involved, step up, and take action. Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW, speaker to be announced
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