Temple Beth Hatfiloh wishes you a sweet Passover! Chag Sameach!
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | 16 Nisan 5784
SHABBAT SHALOM!
Erev Shabbat Friday, April 26
Arts Walk Shabbat, 7:58 pm In Person ArtsWalk Shabbat is back! With downtown Olympia alive with activity for ArtsWalk, we take Shabbat to the streets with ArtsWalk Shabbat. We will gather at Sylvester Park (southeast corner) in downtown Olympia for a communal candlelighting and short service. Prayers for healing and Mourner’s Kaddish will be included. There will not be a regular service at TBH that evening.
Morning Service, 10:00 am In Person The service will be both a community Shabbat experience and a learning opportunity for our b'nai mitzvah families.
Communal Lunch, 11:30 am In Person
Talmud Study, 12:30 pm In-Person/Hybrid with RSVP The Talmud is a compendium of law and lore that is the basis on which biblical interpretation and contemporary Jewish practice rest.
ZOOM INFO UPDATE: Due to low participation, we have changed the hybrid offering of our Saturday afternoon programs. Moving forward, the Saturday afternoon study sessions will be available on Zoom by request only.Email us by noon Friday to indicate your intended online attendance!
THIS WEEK AT TBH
B'nai Mitzvah Orientation Sunday, April 28, 4:00 In Person
Are you interested in learning more about b’nai mitzvah at TBH? Rabbi Seth and Catherine are hosting an orientation for those families who will be celebrating b’nai mitzvah in the next two years on Sunday, April 28 at 4:00-5:00 p.m. (If you are one of these families, you have received a separate invitation). However, this gathering is open to all! If you have younger kids and want to start thinking about plans and expectations, or if you are not sure and want to learn more, then please attend!
Celebrate Maimouna at TBH! Tuesday, April 30, 7:00 pm In Person
Maimouna is the traditional end-of-Passover celebration of the Moroccan Jewish community, when family and friends would visit each others homes, eat special foods, and receive blessings for new life. This was also a time of interfaith connection as the Moroccan Jews’ Muslim neighbors would provide the hametz (leavened products) for the end of the holiday. Rabbi Seth’s mother-in-law, Alice Haya Kinberg z”l was born in Morocco and her family fled to Israel as refugees in the 1950s. She carried this tradition to the US where Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg grew up celebrating Maimouna. This year all are invited to celebrate Maimouna at TBH, share in traditional Moroccan foods, and Rabbi Yohanna will lead the traditional Maimouna blessings.
COMING UP AT TBH
Erev Shabbat Service Time Change! Starts in May, Friday evenings at 7:00 pm
Starting Friday, May 3rd, Erev Shabbat services will begin at 7:00 pm each week. Earlier services will resume mid-fall after Sukkot. Stay tuned for Summer Shabbat programming to be announced soon!
Ethical Will Workshop Sunday, May 5, 10:00 am In Person in Room 101-102
An Ethical Will is a person's moral legacy, either written down or recorded for future generations. It helps others learn from your life, following your death. To help you write yours: TBH is holding an Ethical Will workshop, Sun. May 5th, from 10am-12noon, in classroom 101-102. We'll discuss Ethical Wills, review samples written by others, outline your own and hopefully, write a first draft. Please bring your favorite writing tools: digital tablets or laptops; paper notebooks or journals. Extra notebooks, pens and pencils, will be on hand, as well. Hosted by your Chevra Kadisha, Leslie Shore will be leading the group. RSVP to Leslie's email: yatie1939@gmail.com.
Support the TBH Hunger Walk Team! Sunday, May 5, 3 pm Support Online, Attend In Person at Huntamer Park
100% of donations benefit The Community Kitchen and Thurston County Food Bank. Give what you can. Walk if you want. Support our team here>>
Treat Yourself to Dinner with Nelsa Brodie & Doug Parker Thursday, May 9, 6:00 pm In Person
You are invited to join new and old friends for a delicious four course salmon dinner catered by Nelsa Brodie and Doug Parker.
Nelsa and Doug are hosting this dinner as a fundraiser to support TBH. The suggested donation is $100 per person with all funds raised supporting TBH. There are 20 seats at the table. Bring yourself, your friends and prepare to enjoy a specially prepared salmon dinner with salad, side dishes and of course dessert. Wine and other beverages will be served. You will dine with a view of the Puget Sound.
The venue is close to downtown and has plenty of parking. Location information will be provided upon registration.
Come build homes with TBH and Habitat for Humanity! Friday, May 31, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. In Person
A new project of the TBH Homeless Task Force, we are assembling a team to contribute to the newest Habitat project: the Tumwater (Tâlíčn) site at 73rd & Henderson. Our work day is Friday, May 31 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. No construction experience needed! We can send a group of up to 15, so if you are interested, please register here . To learn more about South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity, click here: https://www.spshabitat.org/
COMMITTEE UPDATES
Immigrant and Refugee Task Force: JCIJ Newslettter
Read the April Newsletter from the Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest here.
FROM THE OFFICE
Torah Readers Wanted!
Our new Shabbat morning services have been sweet opportunities for prayer, song, and study—and we have been blessed to have community members read from the Torah! If you are interested in chanting from the Torah during a service, please sign up on this Google doc.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Facility Volunteers needed to help with building reorganization! Jobs include: Library sorting, posting & re-sale of unused items, creation of a member photo wall, and more.Email Kayla with interest.
THANK YOU!
Contributions
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Laura Citrin
Sustaining Fund Jean Mandeberg Michael Lowson
Volunteers
Greeters Marilyn Gisser Leslie Goldstein
Seder Food Preparation Barnett Kalikow Melinda Holman Michael Koppel Rae Michaelson Libby Michaelson Charlie Michaelson Izzy Michaelson Sara Eve Sarliker Leslie Goldstein
William Mann Ann Okun Sylvia Weiner Lisa Anne Silva Morris Halpern Irvin Gottfeld Rose Rome Morris Rivkin Paul McCrea Reta Nightingale Irving Samsky Gerard Herman Joseph Kolker Nancy Mandeberg Paul Holman Betty Robinson Murray Glantz Evelyn Friedman Helen Pollock Gale Hope Matis Sam Stein Bertie Greenfield Judah Ben Rosen Barbara Jean Eva Posner Murray Brodoff Gary Utpadel Anne Bean Janie Ray Cherry Grace Evelyn Kaydus Cooper Anne Bean
Happy Birthday!
24 Michael Braun 26 Rebecca Rutzick 26 Jeff Kleinberger 29 Hannah Lidman 30 Jill Rosenkrantz
Yahrtzeit Updates & Additions
Members are able to view, edit, and add Yahrtzeits on the member portal of the TBH website here (requires log in). If you need assistance, please feel free to send any updates to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
COMMUNITY EVENTS/RESOURCES: Note: These are not necessarily officially sponsored or endorsed by TBH, but they are listed as they have Jewish content and/or may be of interest to our community.
Looking beyond the Mitzvah of Matzah?
In less than one week we fulfill the Mitzvah of eating Matzah. Looking beyond Passover we have another chance to perform a significant mitzvah in the next 200 days. This General Election will probably be the most important election any of us have ever known, and it is going to be very close in many ways.
Like me you may find yourself frustrated at the state of current events and wondering what YOU can do about it. Writing postcards to infrequent voters in states where voting is much harder than here in Washington IS a mitzvah. In 2022 several of us at TbH joined together to form TbH Shoferim and wrote over 300 postcards through RAC (Religious Action Committee of Reform Judaism), which in 2020 mailed 9 million cards. Research shows that 1 out of every 4 persons who received a card voted.
If you are interested in joining us this election, please let me know - tishlevee@gmail.com or text me at 707-526-9864
Some congregations are having postcard writing parties, meeting for coffee, a nosh, and a mitzvah. We could do that. Also you can get postcards sent to you directly. It is not too soon to start writing cards to be held for a later mailing.
Passover for Palestine Saturday, April 27, 2:00 pm In-Person at the Rafah Solidarity Mural in Downtown Olympia
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Squaxin/Olympia pod will facilitate a “Passover for Palestine” ceremony. This is part of a larger event coordinated by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (RCF), Art Forces, the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project (ORSMP), and the Brotherhood Lounge. An art exhibition and auction featuring artists from Olympia and Palestine will run throughout Friday evening and Saturday. Friday evening will include music and poetry. Funds raised will benefit the Middle East Children's Alliance. More info at https://www.artswalkoly.com/events/2024/the-rachel-corrie-foundation-for-peace-justice
JCIJ -- Community Dinner: 100 Years Since the Doors Slammed Shut: Immigration Restriction Then and Now May 19, 5:30 pm Hybrid @ Temple Beth Am
A Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest Fundraiser looking back at the Immigration Act of 1924, which originated in WA State, and the state of immigration today. Dinner catered by Project Feast. In-person or virtual tickets are available for this Hybrid event. Space is limited - get your tickets today!
Elul Workshop: High Holidays 101 Wednesday, Sep 10th 7:00p to 9:00p If you have never been to High Holiday services or even if you have been going for a while, the services themselves might seem hard to navigate, since they are different that a regular Shabbat service. We will go over the structure and themes of the High Holiday liturgy as well as the various special observances connected with these days.
