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Wednesday, August 5, 2020  | 15 Av 5780

SHABBAT SHALOM!

Erev Shabbat
Friday, August 7

Shabbat Service, 7:30 pm 
Our Shabbat service in the comfort of your own home! Grab your computer and candles, and we'll join together in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom. 

Zoom information:

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​​​​Meeting ID: 822 2785 5213

Prayerbook: here (PDF)!

Candle lighting: 8:18 pm

Torah Readings
Parashat Eikev
Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25
Haftarah: 
Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3

Shabbat Morning
Saturday, August 8

THIS WEEK AT TBH

August Salon@Home: Dinner Orders Due Tuesday!
Friday, August 14, 6:00 pm

Make sure to place your dinner orders by Tuesday, August 11 by 5:00 pm! While we can not be physically together, we can still share in food and conversation at the TBH Shabbat Salon.

Dinner provided by Nineveh is available for pre-order, and you can pick it up at TBH on Friday afternoon. Erev Shabbat services will be at 6:00 pm, after which we can eat together and hear from our featured presenter, Daniel Farber. Our speaker begins at 7:00 pm. Daniel will be presenting, "Kukutali:  Creation of the Nation's first - and only - Co-Managed State Park and Indian Tribal Preserve." Read more about the presentation, check out the menu, and place your order on our event page.>>

Zoom Information:
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Meeting ID: 869 5661 4572

COMING UP AT TBH

Elul Workshops

Check your inbox and weekly email for upcoming programming to celebrate the month of Elul in preparation for the High Holidays at TBH!

Traditionally this month is a month of spiritual preparation for the work of reflection and repentance. We will have a series of live (on zoom) and pre-recorded teachings and workshops, ranging from prayer and song to cooking to crafts to spiritual discussion. If you are interested in possibly leading a workshop or session, fill out this form!

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. 

Berry Blues
 
Some might call it transference
My misplaced compassion for the blueberries
Cuddling in clusters, shading in rich blue hues
Straining plump in a sliver of skin struggling open
To contain them; no one's picking them
Hence my wail, they'll wither and waste
 
Not only has Covid made poets of us all, but
Therapists, or in need of them, one for the other
 
So I find myself, once again this morning, back
At my neighborhood untended blueberry patch
My eyes, deep, watery wells of tear-water tea
Wicker basket in hand, feeling sorry for the berries
Falling in careless neglect from branches
Too heavily laden to hold them
 
I pluck a few here and there until my basket, like
My eyes, tops to bursting, my emotions tipping full
 
Therapy would tell me, and truly I know
That I'm transferring feelings to beautiful
Berries instead of to the waste of precious
Human life as the virus continues to coil
Cunning, stealthy, sly like the serpent of Eden
Constricting the breath of an unprepared world
 
Still, I feel grateful for small blessings
This overflowing basket of sweet blue bliss
 
I'll bring it home to my kitchen, tissue-dry my
Eyes, wash these lovely berries with a gentle hand
I'll eat some and freeze some in little ziploc bags
Anticipating warm muffins on a winter morning
Or a pretty crumb cake atop a pedestal platter
At an Oneg, a Study Group, or with my family
 
All those antioxidants!  All that Vitamin-C!
All those glorious, healthy, better days ahead

Camille Kettel
July 27, 2020

AROUND THE CONGREGATION

Yahrzeits

Sam Grossman
Morris Burnett
William (Bill) Jolly
Albert Shecter
Alan Wallace
Annette Goldberg
Ingeborg Asher-Pepper
Shirley Goldberg Albert
Jacob Bean
James Davis
Jerome Parker
Mannie Paroff
Dorothy Bamberger

Happy Birthday!

5    Norma Shelan
5    Esther Warkov
5    Jessi Goodman
6    Reina Goodman
7    Jean Mandeberg
10  Brad Smith
10  Richard Jackman
10  Scott Royer
11  Clark Eaton

FROM THE OFFICE

Child Care Needed

The Community Engagement Coordinator, Kayla Iverson, is seeking a part-time in-home babysitter for her toddler to facilitate continued remote work for TBH. Please email her for details.

TBH COVID-19 Phase II & III Guidelines

Visit the TBH COVID-19 Webpage for other updates and resources.
The TBH Board has set for Guidelines for Phase II & III to promote the health and safety of our community. Read the full document here>> 

Visit the TBH COVID-19 Webpage for other updates and resources.

TBH Building Closure

The physical office is closed, though staff members are still working remotely. For assistance, please email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.

Reconstructionist Movement: Standing Up for Racial Justice and Against Racial Violence

Read the statement from the Reconstructionist Movement here.

        

        

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