Erev Shabbat Friday, November 8 Shabbat Salon, 6:30 pm In Person There is still time to register for this Friday's salon with Lisa Brodoff & Lynn Grotsky! Read more below.
Shabbat Morning Service and Bat Mitzvah, 10:00 am Hybrid Our Shabbat morning service will include the Bat Mitzvah of Libby Michaleson. Read more below.
Together After the Election TONIGHT, Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 pm In Person
Please join Rabbi Seth tonight at Temple Beth Hatfiloh at 7:00 p.m. for a gathering of song and prayer, reflection and support following the results of the Presidential election. Let us share our hopes and fears and commitments moving forward.
November Salon: Lisa Brodoff & Lynn Grotsky Friday, November 8, 6:30 pm In Person
Registration for the dinner closes this evening (Wednesday November 6) at 5 pm. Join TBH for our November Salon featuring Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky. It’s 1986 in Thurston County, WA. Bio-mom Lisa, and lesbian partner Lynn, are having a baby using donor insemination, but equal rights for the nonbiological mom to legally parent their child is not a given. This is the story of how, after a two-year court battle, they secured these parenting rights for themselves and for all other same-sex couples in the state of Washington and then extended throughout the nation. Lynn and Lisa have continued to fight for LGBTQ+ equality and safety up to the present day. In this talk, they’ll discuss the local and national coalitions that helped bring about second parent adoption and later a string of other victories for the LGBTQ+ community.
Our salon includes a dinner at 6:30 pm catered by Nineveh! We will gather in the social hall to say Shabbat prayers as a community and enjoy dinner together. Our featured presenter will follow at approximately 7:30 pm. Register for the dinner>>
Libby Michaelson Bat Mitzvah Saturday, November 9, 10:00 am Hybrid
The TBH congregation is warmly invited to join us this Saturday as Libby Michaelson is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. A luncheon will follow in the Social Hall and everyone is welcome. Please remember to bring a donation of menstrual hygeine products for Libby's Mitzvah Project to help end period povery.
Prospective Member Open House: The Underground Tour Sunday, November 10, 1:00 pm In Person
Tallit Workshop Sunday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 pm In Person
Come discover the creative potential of the Jewish prayer shawl.
Learn how you can design a special tallit to make, to have made for you, or how to find a special one to purchase.
Explore reasons for wearing a tallit, and how to make it personally meaningful.
Practice tying tzitzit (knotted fringes) and uncover what they can mean to you.
If you would like to create a special gift for an occasion, add to your experience of Shabbat and High Holiday services, or learn about tallit use and design, this workshop is for you. If you, or someone you know, has a tallit you would like to share, please bring it with you.
Questions? Contact Nancy Snyder at nancy_snyder@comcast.com
If you have a unique or special tallit that you are willing to share with the Tallit Workshop participants on Sunday, November 10, please contact Nancy Snyder at nancy_snyder@comcast.net You are welcome to join us at 3:00 on the 10th, or just lend your tallit for the afternoon. Thank you!
COMING UP AT TBH
Growing Shabbat! Friday, December 15, 5:30 pm In Person @ TBH
Everyone is welcome to join us for family friendly dinner catered by Nineveh at 5:30 pm, pre-service story time for young kids, and a hybrid service at 6:30 pm followed by an oneg and learning. Join us for just dinner, just the service, or both! Registration is free for dinner, but required for catering numbers.
Help Make the Bazaar Bake Sale a Success!! Sunday, December 8
Do you enjoy baking sweets? Do you want to help support TBH? You can do both at the same time! This year, we need people to bake treats (including pet treats) and to help staff the booth. If you have a favorite recipe you’d like to bake for the sale OR, if you have a couple of hours to help staff the booth, please contact Felicia Hanig at 360-451-1841 or FeliciaHanig@gmail.com.
At last year’s bazaar, the bake sale was one of the most successful elements – we sold out of everything early in the day and raised over $700. This year, we hope to exceed that amount with more goodies for sale and adding a category for pet treats!
If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact Felicia.
FROM THE OFFICE
Mi Sheberach (Healing) List
During Shabbat services, we always include a prayer for healing and maintain a list on behalf of members who want to include names in the healing prayers (as well as offering them verbally during services). We are modifying how we are maintain the list. As of this Friday we will “reset” the list, and if you have names you wish to include, please compete this form. May all be blessed with a refua shleyma, a complete healing of body, mind, and spirit.
Share your Torah Thoughts!
Each week we have the opportunity to share thoughts and teachings about the weekly Torah portion as part of our services. And we want to hear your wisdom! Rabbi Seth invites you to deliver a d’var Torah at an upcoming service, no experience necessary—and he can help you craft your message. (Also look for a d’var Torah workshop over the summer). If you are interested, sign up here.
THANK YOU!
Contributions
Sustaining Fund Charlene Healy
Kathryn Romey in memory of Dan Asher
Fall Giving Campaign Frances Caplan Brad Smith in honor of Rabbi Seth Goldstein and Lydia Beth Leimbach
Volunteers AIDNW Volunteers (August-October) Linda Rubin George Chappell Robert Perretz-Rosales Stan Shore Emmet Gross Alex Graham
Sukkah Take Down Daniel Gruber Marc Wiseman Scott Royer
Ronald Jerome Brooks Harriet Rosen Edward Hansen Thomas Greenfield Alice Kinberg Michael Maybruck Bernard Carr Arthur Sigmund Farber Esther Pollock Isah Stoler Eva Robinson Mary Parker Leroy Hittle Bernard Shelan Lois Arnold Gale Arthur Delaney Walter Benjamin Reichman Charlotte Grotsky Reichman Raven Lidman Fritz Timian Al Hodes Tom Georges Sylvia Ebner David Soule Linda Silverman Weisstein Eugerie Narcisse Paul Baer Nancy Brzycki
Happy Birthday!
9 Gail Wish 10 Lindsey Kennelly 10 susan tuttle 11 Thomas Carr 11 Jacob Lipson 12 Sarah DeStasio
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.
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Institute for Jewish Spirituality Daily Online Meditation: FREE Mondays – Fridays 9:30 – 10:15 AM PT except for holidays. Online
Join one of our expert teachers as they lead a live daily guided meditation, sharing 30 minutes of Jewish mindfulness with people from around the world. This is followed by an opportunity to say kaddish, and an optional 15-minute Question and Answer period. Open to all, no experience needed. Click on this link https://www.jewishspirituality.org/get-started/free-resources-from-ijs/ where you will also find other free offerings from IJS
You can watch recordings of previous teachings on the IJS YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/instituteforjewishspirituality
Awaken, Essential Jewish Mindfulness is an upcoming 5-week introductory class on Jewish mindfulness and spirituality, with three exceptional teachers. https://www.jewishspirituality.org/go-deeper/awaken-essential-jewish-mindfulness/
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