The description for the Awakened Heart Shabbat group this Saturday has been corrected.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 | 13 Elul 5780
SHABBAT SHALOM!
Erev Shabbat Friday, September 4
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.
Tot Shabbat, 9:00 am 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 The Awakened Heart Shabbat group will meet for the final time on Saturday, September 5, at 10:00. We will be exploring our preparation for the High Holidays, including how we can adapt to this time of physical distancing. How do we make an accounting of our lives, and do the inner work needed to move forward into a New Year of uncertainty? Can we let go of many of our expected forms of community and worship and develop new ways of experiencing the Days of Awe? Join us as we find our way together.
Throughout the month, look for videos of High Holiday stories as told by Nancy Snyder. The second story on The Holy Miser is available on Youtube.
The Shofar Project: An Elul Intensive Thursday September 3, 10, 17 at 7:00 - 8:00 pm
A Free Four-Week Online Program from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and its Partner Organizations
TBHers are encouraged to register for The Shofar Project to deepen their Elul experience. Rabbi Seth will host a weekly Thursday night group from 7-8 p.m. to correspond with the program and be a local support and facilitation group.
From IJS: “The upcoming High Holidays will be unlike any most of us have known. We have woken up to our deep interconnection to all people and our own fragility. We have seen more clearly the deep injustice of systems and power structures in our country. We have heard voices pleading for life. Perhaps we are awake in a way we have not been before. How can we maintain and even deepen this awareness as we enter a new year?
“The Shofar Project is a free program open to people of all backgrounds who want to make this a year of continued awakening, responsiveness, renewal, and transformation. It takes place during the Hebrew month of Elul, the month preceding the Jewish High Holy Days, a traditional period for intensive spiritual reflection, introspection, and moral accounting (August 21 – September 18, 2020).”
Week 2: Hearing the Pain of the World Week 3: Returning to Compassion Week 4: Becoming an Instrument of Justice
High Holiday Origami Saturday, September 5, 7:00 pm
Join Leslie Goldstein for an informal gathering and sharing as we get into the spirit of the holidays though craft. Grab some paper and scissors (and your own snacks and drinks) as Leslie introduces some Jewish-themed origami. We will also close off Shabbat with the singing of Havdalah.
Wake Up! and Tend the Temple Sunday, September 6, 5:00 pm
On this 17th day of Elul, let us wake ourselves up to be present as collaborators in our own transformation! Join Kohenet Nomy Lamm in creative exploration including song, journaling, prayer, and reflection, as we prepare the temples of our bodies and spirits for the High Holy Days.
Seeking Rosh Hashanah Haftarah Contributors! Monday, September 7
Have You Welcomed New Life Into Your Family This Year? It is the TBH custom to honor growing families with the English reading of the Rosh Hashanah haftarah, the reading from the biblical book of Samuel. However you define your growing family, if you would like to participate, please contact Rabbi Seth at rabbi@bethhatfiloh.org or Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org to arrange to pre-record the reading.
Please respond by Monday, September 7th to allow enough time for preparation!
Children's Blessing Slideshow for Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 11
We will bless our children by sharing a slideshow of all of our TBH youth! If you would like to participate, send in a photo or two to be included. Children will NOT be identified by name as part of the slideshow. Send photos to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org by Friday September 11.
COMING UP AT TBH
Elul Workshops at TBH
See the full slate of upcoming Elul offerings here. Reminders will be posted in the weekly email as each workshop approaches.
Family Life & Learning Orientation Sunday, September 13, 10:00 am
Whether you are a current or previous Beit Sefer family with school age children, new to Jewish education at TBH or just interested in figuring out what the plan looks like this year - join us for this year's orientation. We'll discuss what to anticipate in times of COVID and beyond. For questions, email Catherine at beitsefer@bethhatfiloh.org.
Check out our new webpage dedicated to TBH's celebration of the 5781 High Holidays here. Includes scheduling, Zoom link, registrations, and resources!
High Holidays Care Packages for Friends of TBH September 13, morning pick-up
If you are not a current member of Temple Beth Hatfiloh, but consider yourself to be a member of our larger Jewish community in Olympia and would like to celebrate the High Holidays with TBH, we have a gift for you! Care packages will include resources to help you celebrate the holidays at home, including apples and honey, havdalah candles, yahrtzeit candles, activities, and more! Please fill out this form to reserve your care package.
Pick-up your gift at TBH in the parking lot in the morning of September 13th. Contact tbh@bethhatfiloh.org if you have any questions. (Members should have received separate communication regarding their High Holiday care packages--no reservations required!)
Purchase or Download a Mahzor for the High Holidays
Reconstructing Judaism has made the Mahzor available in advance of the High Holidays. See more here.
"Puget Sound the Shofar" On Sunday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah, people will be invited to gather in a variety of parks along the shore of Budd Bay (masked and socially distant) for tashlikh (the traditional casting of sins) and shofar. Folks will be invited to register for time and location, and Rabbi Seth will visit each location via boat over the course of the day. Register here>>
Yizkor at the Cemetery In another opportunity to be together in person, our annual Yom Kippur Yizkor (memorial) service will take place at our TBH cemetery. Those in attendance will be invited to circle the cemetery, or stand by the graves of loved ones, and there is room for people to stay in their car as well. Register here>>
Neilah/Havdalah in the Parking Lot Taking advantage of TBH taking over management of our neighboring parking lot, we will gather together in the parking lot as the sun sets for the closing service of Yom Kippur. While we can not hold our communal break fast this year, we will have the opportunity to share in the end of the holiday. Register here>>
Marianne Neff Edna Shecter Ben Rome Sydney Rubin Claire Paroff Carol Shivel Lewis Weiner Gaylah Balter Reina Holman Sharon Weiner Judith Kalikow Mesch Roy Greene Mary Wood Chappell Della Marie Larabee Arlene Mann Raymond Greene Norma Godwin Mildred Hauptman
Happy Birthday!
2 Maryrose Asher 3 Susan Rosen 3 Rhone Orman 3 Dan Katz 3 Harry Steinman 4 Hannah Miguel 4 Dalia Zinn 5 Melissa Meade 6 Abigail Miguel 7 Huma Kali
FROM THE OFFICE
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>>
