SHAAREY TPHILOH

Shabbat Shalom
שבת שלום
March 31 – April 1, 2017
4 – 5 Nisan 5777

Please join us in our new location
Saturday morning services – 9:30 am

Services on Saturday morning, April 1 will proceed as normal.
It may be cold and snowy outside but inside our sanctuary will be plenty warm. Our Rabbinic Intern, Josh Pernick will be here with us to lead our morning prayers, join us for Kiddush and host a Lunch and Learn in the afternoon.

400 Deering Avenue
Portland, Maine
Room 4A

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Parashat Vayikra
Annual: Lev 1:1-5:26
Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23

Candle Lighting
Friday, March 31 – 6:49 pm

Havdalah
Saturday, April 1 – 7:50 pm

 

 

 

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Rabbinic Intern

Josh Pernick

We are so excited that Josh Pernick will be joining us for Shabbat this weekend: March 31-April 1. We are thrilled to have his energy and insight on his monthly visits.

We encourage you to join us for our weekly morning minyan on Saturday at 9:30 am. After Kiddush, Josh will be leading a torah study on the subject of Charoset: A Model for Making Meaning of the Mundane.

 

 

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SPRING CLEANING AT SHAAREY TPHILOH

Thank you to everyone that helped with clean up and organizing at Warren Ave:

Sherri Quint, Orly and Natan Kahn, Daniel and Alex Heinrich, Isaac and Hillary Stroe, Alisha Goldblatt and Anya Heiden.

 

 

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Dear Shaarey Tphiloh Community,

We need your help!

Every Saturday morning we say a prayer for Refuah Shleimah for members of our congregation and their loved ones who are in need of healing. We would like to include the names of all those in our community who would benefit from our thoughts and prayers so we encourage you to communicate with us. Please, let us know if there is anyone whose name you would like included in our service and announcements and keep us updated through their recovery.

Shabbat Shalom,
Daniel Heinrich
Administrative Assistant

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There Once Was A Town
Sunday, April 2 – 10:00 am
On Rosh Hashannah, 1941, Nazi troops and Polish collaborators murdered 4,500 Jews from the shtetl of Eishyshok, Lithuania and nearby villages. In this program, presented by TBE member Ed Schultz, we will view a PBS documentary showing survivors of that massacre describing what happened as they return to Eishyshok for the first time in 70 years.

For more information contact the office at office@nulltbemaine.org.

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A Seat at your Table

In lieu of a community seder, this Pesach Temple Beth El and Shaarey Tphiloh invite you to open your homes and hearts to the stranger. Whether you have hosted seders for decades or will lead a seder for the very first time, we ask you to save a place(s) for those in search of a place to celebrate. Please contact Daniel Heinrich at office@nulltbemaine.org or 774-2649 to offer a seat(s) or to let us know if you are need of a seat.

Financial support, guidance/resources for seder leaders, and supplies will be available at the TBE office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Observance – Sunday, April 23

Temple Beth El, the Maine Jewish Film Festival, Hillel of Southern Maine and the JCA are partnering for a Yom HaShoah observance and screening of the film The Silenced Walls. The screening will be at USM, followed by a discussion with Holocaust scholars. Afterwards, we will
march from USM to Temple Beth El for an observance of Yom HaShoah at the Slivka Memorial.

For more details click here or contact the office at 774-2649

 

 

 

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Save the Date
April 30 – 12:30pm
Temple Beth El is hosting this year’s Community Yom Hazikaron Observance and Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration in partnership with the JCA, Bet Ha’am, Etz Chaim, Chabad, Shaarey Tphiloh and Levey Day School.

Stay tuned for more information!.

 

 

 

 

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TBE’s Pop-Up Challah Shop
Benefiting the Kiddush Fund

Large: $5.00
Small: $3.00
6 Rolls: $5.00

Here’s how it works:

Option 1: Ready-to-bake Frozen Dough
Pre-braided frozen Kosher challah dough will be available for immediate purchase during regular office hours and during KBE on Sunday’s 9a-12p.
Option 2: Made-to-order Fresh Baked Challah
To buy our fresh baked challah, simply email office @tbemaine.org or call Daniel Heinrich at 774-2649 by noon on Thursday to place your order for the coming Shabbat. Orders will be ready for pick-up between 1pm and 3pm on Friday’s, or during weekend services if pre-paid by check or credit card.

 

 

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Sponsor a Kiddush!

Temple Beth El and Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh are partnering to offer Kiddush refreshments on Shabbat and holidays. Sharing a Friday night or Shabbat service and Kiddush is a wonderful opportunity to support our congregations, build community, share in the simcha of a birthday, anniversary or graduation, and offer comfort to those observing a yahrzeit.

Click here for more info.

 

 

 

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Sunday Simcha!

Sunday Mornings – 6:30 to 8:30 am
We welcome new hosts: Hillel, Marshall Tinkle, Emily Epstein, Natan Kahn and Joel Kahn.

Sunday Simcha is the only Jewish music program in Maine and northern New England and one of only a handful of Jewish music radio shows in the United States. Shows are wildly eclectic- one of the few Jewish shows to feature modern, diverse, and cutting-edge recordings in addition to traditional music.

Sunday Simcha features:
An eclectic blend of Jewish music from across the diaspora, including klezmer, Sephardic, Ladino, traditional, sacred, folk, rock, classical, kids’ music, and jazz – Live interviews – News and announcements for the Southern Maine Jewish community – Occasional Jewish humor

 

 

 

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Community Calendar

Seder Plate Mitzvoh (good deed)!
Sunday, April 9 – 12 pm
JCA Preschool
57 Ashmont Street, Portland
Please join Jewish Family Services for our annual Seder Plate Mitzvoh (good deed)! We will be making all the goodies that go along with a seder plate, assembling the plates and delivering them to area seniors looking for a Passover visit before the holiday! Please call Andrea at 772-1959 or email at volunteer@nullmainejewish.org.

 

 

National Yiddish Book Center Tour Sunday, May 7, 8AM-8PM

Join us for an amazing opportunity to see, hear and feel Jewish History—with an authentic Yiddish accent—at the most important and magnificent Yiddish cultural center in the world. Co-sponsored by the JCA and Temple Shalom with roundtrip transportation from Auburn and Portland to Western MA on a comfortable coach with a stop for lunch. Minimum 20 registered participants required by Thursday, April 13th, to run the trip. $55 per person. For more information contact Fae Silverman at the JCA.

From Sinai to Seinfeld The History of Jewish Humor
Wednesdays
March 15-May 24, 7:00-8:30PM
Treating Jewish jokes as text, this course invites students to analyze and interpret the evolving concerns, styles, rhythms, preoccupations, and values of the Jewish people that lie buried deep in words that make us laugh as Jews, and that bond us as a people. No experience necessary, open to all. Taught by Rabbi Carolyn Braun. Register by March 1. Click HERE.
The cost of the course is $250.
Late registration fees apply.
Words to Action – Sunday, April 30
Hillel of Southern Maine will be hosting a program leader from the ADL in Boston who will be a running a program for us called Words to Actions. This program focuses on ways for students to combat anti-semitism on campus. We would like to extend an invite to all 11th and 12th grade high school students to join us. This is an opportunity for them to gain some skills before heading off to college, gain some insight into choosing a school with Jewish quality of life in mind and get to know Hillel and what Hillel can offer them when its time to go off to school.
Pizza will be served for dinner! RSVPs are requested by April 23rd. (Location is still TDB).

 

 

 

The Maine Conference for Jewish Life brings Jews from around the state together to experience the best of Jewish learning, culture, and life. We will spend June 9-11, 2017 together celebrating the gift of Torah while sharing our stories, struggles, and best practices with one another.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Maine Jewish Funtensive
Day Camp!

June 26-30 and July 10-14

Reserve your spot with Rabbi Erica Asch at rabbiasch@nullgmail.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tributes

Todah Rabah to all our friend/s and donor/s:
David Agger in honor of Jacob Agger

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Yahrzeits

5 Nisan
Abraham Diner
Edmund Feldman
Sarah Mersky
Max Pinansky

6 Nisan
Eva Blumenthal
Morris Glovsky
William Goodman
Sumner Gordon
Joseph Kaufman
David Siegel

7 Nisan
Morris Cox
Frank Lerman
Etta Livingston

8 Nisan
Leonore Banny
Morris Finkelman

9 Nisan
Jacob Cox
Rebecca Glovsky
Isaac Kaplan

10 Nisan
Sidney Bronstein
Mordecai Goldblatt
Esther Matson
Sarah Shapiro
Jennie Sprince
George Wolf
Adolph Zeitman

11 Nisan
Bella C Cates
Philip Geron
Sara Schwartz
Eli Schwey