The Concert

 

Elton and Billy

 

Dear Temple Beth Shira Family and Friends,

For the second time in the year 5772, I wish you all a Happy New Year! How blessed we are as Jews to have two New Years and two times to deliberately reflect and evaluate our actions, promising ourselves to strive to do better in the year ahead. Similarly, the Torah portion for this week, Vay’chi, offers our patriarch, Jacob, the opportunity to reflect on his sons’ character as he blesses them on his deathbed. Jacob is sightless in his old age, and yet he can “see” the souls of his sons without sight, but only now as he is about to die. Until this moment, Jacob had not yet relinquished the pain of his own life sufficiently and therefore, could not accept his own children and grandchildren for who they really were.  How sad that Jacob did not have the “vision” to “see” their gifts until the last of his days. Throughout his life, Jacob is incapable of opening his heart to see the beauty around him. Finally, just before his death, he has come to realize that he must transcend his own suffering and embrace the generosity of spirit that it takes to fully love others. What does it mean to really see? Do we see other people as they really are, or do we only see them as a reflection of our own emotional disconnect? The juxtaposition of this parashah and this secular New Year align to help us move from our own blindness. We are reminded that too often we also miss seeing many of life’s blessings when we rush through life in a state of blind self absorption.  Will we learn this year to see life for all it can be? Will we learn to have the patience to see others as they really are? Will we envision the blessings that can be ours? Will we take the time to glimpse the truth that resides within? May we learn from Jacob by finding the insight to enjoy the blessings around us much earlier in our lives than he did.

Here is a sneak preview of two special events of early 2012.

Purim Spiel

 

PURIM IS COMING!!! The Temple Beth Shira Purim Spiel is so much fun to watch – but it is even more fun to be part of the cast. So…Come one, come all! We need people with talent and people without any talent at all. We need people with experience and people without any experience at all. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO HAVE FUN!! Please let our beautiful Musical Director, Joan Kupferberg ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and me know that we can count on you! There is no memorization necessary. There are only a couple of hysterically funny rehearsals. This is not a big time commitment but it is a hilarious way to spend a couple of evenings with wonderful fun and funny people! Our first get together will take place in early January.

 

TBS Religious School Classes have begun at Sunrise Park Elementary School Registration is Going On Now. Please Register Your Children, and Spread The Word About Our GREAT School. 

5th ANNUAL ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS

now forming

If you have never studied Hebrew before or if you studied when you were 13 years old and don't remember anything you learned, this class is for you! If you don't know the meaning of the prayers or how to read from the Torah, this class is for you! If you feel like a spectator when you come to services, this class is for you! If you are curious about Jewish history or the meaning of the stories in the Torah, this class is for you! If you don't know the joy of studying together with other members of Temple Beth Shira, with our master educator, Shula Fleischer and with Cantor Ellen, this class is for you!

 

Please write to Cantor Ellen at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or Shula Fleischer at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  to find out more about the class and to reserve a place in the class. Spaces are limited. Classes meet once a week at a location and a time mutually convenient to the members of the class.

Sisterhood News

Sisterhood ended their year with a delicious “Paid up Membership Dinner” at Le Rivage Restaurant. It was a beautiful social evening which helped set the pace for our upcoming 2011-2012 year. The sisterhood board has been meeting regularly throughout the summer and has planned an entire year of monthly social gatherings and events for the Sisterhood ladies. Flower arranging, ice cream socials and bingo, are just a few of the fun events planned. If you would like to become a member and be involved with the sisterhood, please contact Bev Sanders at 561-482-1443 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dear Beth Shira Parents,

Shalom! My name is Alysha Erez and I am excited to be joining the Temple Beth Shira family as your new education director.

Just a few words about me, I am a native of South Florida and have been teaching religious school since my high school years. I have also been fortunate to work with adult populations on a variety of topics including Jewish history, the Holocaust, current events within the Middle East, and much more. With my degree in Judaic Studies and International Relations, I have been fortunate enough to travel throughout the world providing programming and educational opportunities for Jewish youth of all ages. I look forward to sharing my knowledge and passion for Judaism, Hebrew, and Israel with you and your children.

Love, Marriage, Jealousy, Sibling Rivalry….

It’s all there in the Book of Genesis! Come study Torah with our Master Educator, Shula Fleischer. Six week course on the themes of the Book of Genesis – Day and time and location will be scheduled at the mutual convenience of those who register. Tuition $95 for TBS members, $125 for non-members. Call Cantor Ellen with questions and to register.

Shula Fleischer - Adult Ed Educator

Do you have a birthday, anniversary or special occasion coming up? You can honor that special person or occasion by sponsoring a Shabbat Oneg for as little as $50. Please contact Beverly Sanders for more information email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PLEASE ATTEND
 
Dear Congregant,
 
This is to advise you that the Temple Beth Shira 2nd Annual Town Hall Meeting will take place on Sunday, May 22, from 9am-11am at the Saturnia Clubhouse located at 19350 Saturnia Lakes Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33498 (take Yamato Road west, cross over 441 and continue to round about and head south on Coral Ridge Drive, development will be on the right). 
 
Food and refreshments will be served.

 

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