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 and candle-lighting in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Shabbat Morning Saturday, May 23 Talmud Study, 10:00 am
Please note the time change! Starting in May, all Saturday morning adult programming will begin at 10:00 am. The Talmud is an ancient compendium of Jewish law and lore, and provides the basis upon which biblical interpretation and contemporary Jewish practice rests. Hardly a monolithic document, the Talmud contains investigation and argumentation on all the facets of life. No background required!
Healing and Havdalah: A Space for Communal Check-In Saturday, May 20, 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.
Thank you to everyone who contributed and participated in last weekend's Virtual Gala. We had a wonderfully successful event! Weren't able to participate? You can support TBH and Raise your Pandemic Paddle here!
COMING UP AT TBH
Celebrating @ Sinai: a virtual Shavuot celebration for the Reconstructionist movement Thursday, May 28 - Friday, May 29
Rather than hosting our own Shavuot celebration, TBH encourages you to join our larger community and attend Shavuot hosted by Reconstructing Judaism. Celebrate with revelations of song & study, meditation, movement, & more.
Participate the whole night or just what you want. Join us for all or part of our program beginning with Kabbalat Hag Song Fest and Candlelighting, Thursday, May 28 4:30 pm and continuing with a Tikkun Leyl Shavuot of teaching, learning, movement, and musical offerings through Friday morning, May 29, 7:30 am. Reconstructionist communities and individuals will be welcome to join our Zoom webinar or view on our Facebook live stream for as much or as little as they would like.
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.
Not knowing
We must give ourselves over to “not knowing” Not knowing what comes next How this will all end If there will be an end.
We startle at the gross insult to our abbreviated selves. Our planned obsolescence Was known to us when were yet embryos And we carried it Like a hard carapace cradling our soft viscera.
Now, you walk down a street And, feeling another’s outbreath on your cheek, You remember this Faultline, This cleft in the trajectory of your life.
For you too will wear out, Like a tattered robe, Cast down on the ground. Until, naked, you return To who you were before you became you.
David Hanig April 27, 2020
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Eugene Balter Jacqueline Rosenkrantz John William Fay David Wedogsky Pauline Snyder Estelle Grant John Raymond Clow Alan (Allie) Goldberg Samel Turkheimer Alan Orman Morris Dobrin Bessie Cotler William Patrick Halpern Leon Gerson Shirley Bornstein Helen Finkel Eva Goldberg
Please make sure that you are updating to the latest version of Zoom, Zoom 5.0. This version includes increased security features. After May 30, all users will be required to upgrade before joining meetings. Learn more 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.
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.
"Golden Dreams of Olam haBa: The World to Come 5781" Jewish Daily Planner and Dream Journal
Rebekah Erev and Nomy Lamm are taking pre-orders! This is a beautiful, functional daily planner that integrates the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars, sharing mystical associations with each month, with art by Rebekah and Nomy, and writings and ritual suggestions by twelve Jewish mystics! Be one of the first to order your copy! All prices include shipping. The calendar will be ready and shipped out to you in plenty of time for Rosh Hashanah. Order now at: tinyurl.com/olam-haba
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