Use of the building regarding COVID-1
Shabbat Services. Shabbat services no longer require masking. Services will continue to be streamed online for those who wish to take part more comfortably from home.
Please contact Cindy Poust at 610-337-2222 (extension # 3) or cpoust@brithachim.org for any questions about use of the building.
This Week's Events
THIS WEEK AT TEMPLE BRITH ACHIM
*FRI, SEP 22nd - THU, SEP 28th*
Friday, September 22nd
7pm Shabbat Evening Service - in person
and zoom
zoompray.brithachim.org
Saturday, September 23rd
10am Alternative Shabbat Morning Service
Livestreampray.brithachim.org
Sunday, September 24th
9am 1st Day of Religious School
12pm 1st day Confirmation Classes
Kol Nidre
7:15pm Gather and Chat
7:30pm Kol Nidre Service
Monday, September 24th
Yom Kippur
9am Children's Service (geared for 2nd gr and younger, and their families)
10:15am Yom Kippur Morning Service (w/torah, sermon)
1pm Yizkor (no earlier than 1pm)
3pm Rabbi Sharon Forman-Toll led Torah Study-in person only
4:15pm Afternoon Service
5:45pm Ne'ilah & Shofar
Followed by Break-the-Fast
Thursday, September 28th
12pm noon Torah Study w/Rabbi Sharon Forman-Toll.
in person and Zoom
TorahStudy.brithachim.org
7pm Sisterhood Board Meeting
SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, October 1st
10:30am: Tailgate in the Sukkah!
Come pregame in the Sukkah with food, beverages, and an etrog. Shake a lulav and get your gameday analysis.
Come by anytime between 10:30am and 1pm, and stay to watch the Eagles take on the Commanders at 1pm.
First Friday at TBA!!
Friday, October 6th
5:30pm Tot Shabbat
6:00pm Pot luck dinner bring a dish to share
7:00pm Shabbat Evening Service w/October Birthdays and Simchat Torah for all ages!
Sunday, October 8th
1 -3pm Stream/Trail Clean Up - Sweetbriar Park
216 W. Beidler Rd, KofP - Park in Angelo's parking lot
text Cathy Koffs- 610-764-3585 if you would like to help.
Sunday, October 15th
9AM Sisterhood Opening Brunch!!
Join us for wonderful food and community as we present: NOSHING WITH THE WORD MAVENS
Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic will entertain and educate us as we learn about familiar foods like kugels and knishes. Where did bagels come from – and what about gefilte fish????
NO CHARGE FOR Sisterhood members – guests pay $10.
We will be collecting women’s person hygiene products for donation.
Your invitation will be arriving soon via email!
OTHER
TBA Puzzle Exchange
Drop off your used puzzled for others to enjoy, or pick up a few to put together yourself!
Easy front circle door access.
We really need your help to organize our February 18, 2024 Pre-
Kentucky Derby Bingo fundraiser. Especially for soliciting prizes from local businesses. Please email Nancy Braitman at nbraitman@aol.com if you want to help.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH:
* OUTSIDE yardword (weeding, trimming, cleaning)
* ADVERTISING and SOCIAL MEDIA
* FUNDRAISING (help organize fundraising events)
* AUDIOVISUAL (for services and events)
* FINANCE (join or advise Finance Committee)
* COMMUNICATIONS (leader or chair person)
* LIBRARY (organize and keep our TBA Library tidy)
Any amount of time you can offer will be very much welcome.
Respond to greensteina123@yahoo.com
TO CONTACT THE CARING COMMUNITY TEAM, please call Ann Greenstein at 424-524-3938 or e-mail her at greensteina123@yahoo.com.
The caring community team is available to help members who need assistance with meals and rides and issues associated with illness and bereavement. Or, if you just need to hear a friendly voice during this time of isolation, we have a group of volunteers ready to make contact with you.
Caring Matters, and at Brith Achim, we are here for one another.
LET'S CELEBRATE EACH OTHER
It is sometimes difficult to remember during hard times that there are so many wonderful things happening too, such as births, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs, and special achievements, There are so many reasons to rejoice even when life is difficult or disappointing. The Caring Community Team is getting ready to focus more on these joyful events, but we need your help.
We are looking forward to starting a column in the monthly bulletin called mentsch-ening (We can give Rabbi Lazar credit for this idea) and we need your help. We do not always know when a happy event has happened to you or your family so we ask that you tell us when there is a birth in your family, a wedding, a move to a new home, an honor or award, or anything else special to you. You can contact Ann at 484-524-3939 (leave message) or at greensteina123@yahoo.com so we can share your joy in the column “Mentsch-ening”.
Once we expand the Caring Community responsibilities, we will need volunteers to send out birthday cards monthly, and to place calls of congratulations or acknowledgment in other ways. So, keep in mind what you would like to do to let our members no that we care as much when things are going well as when we need to provide support.
For Sunshine Donations: You can donate online Directed Giving donations
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Choose Temple Brith Achim as your charity of choice.
For all those who shop online via Amazon, you can help TBA raise $$ simply by using their Amazon Smile program. Please click on the following link and sign up via your Amazon account to use AmazonSmile when you shop. Amazon will donate 5% of your purchase to Temple Brith Achim. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-2201830
REMINDER: You can access our TBA Congregational Directory anytime. Just sign into your account on our website: brithachim.org. Top “right hand” corner click on “login”. If you forgot your password or haven’t used your account yet, click on “forgot/need password”. Then follow the directions to set up a password and sign in. Once you are signed in click on “directory” along the task bar under our TBA banner. NOTE: non-congregants cannot access this directory. Our database will only allow members to sign in with the email address registered with TBA.