Shabbat Shalom
שבת שלום
February 17-18, 2017
21-22 Shevat 5777

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

400 Deering Avenue
Portland, Maine
Room 4A

Shabbat Yitro
Exodus 18:1-20:22
Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6,9:5-6

Candle lighting 4:57 pm
Havdalah 5:58 pm

Click here to read Josh Pernick’s D’var Torah

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

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

Large: $5.00
Small: $3.00

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@nulltbemaine.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.

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

Community Calendar

MAINE STATE MUSEUM presents: Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Maine
This will be the largest public exhibit of it’s kind addressing the distinct qualities and circumstances of Jewish life in Maine. The Maine State Museum needs your help. If you have any ideas, suggestions, treasures or memories that you would like to see part of the exhibit, contact Guest Curator Amy E. Waterman.

The Megillah’s Hidden Meanings with Rabbi David Freidenreich
Sundays, March 5 & 12
10:00 – 11:30
Shaarey Tphiloh Sanctuary
Temple Beth El School Wing – Room 4a
The Book of Esther famously lacks any reference to God, but countless readers have found God’s hidden hand in its story nonetheless. This is just one example of the many layers of meaning within the seemingly simple tale we read every year. Join us to explore hidden facets of the Megillah and the holiday of Purim.

You are welcome to come early and enjoy coffee and bagels in the foyer.

NextDor is a JCA program for community members in their 20’s, 30’s and early 40’s, offering opportunities for peer-led social, cultural and educational engagement guided by Jewish values. NextDor programs are open and welcoming to Jewish and non-Jewish households.

Please take the 5 minute survey to let us know what programs you’d like to be part of in the coming year. If you now fall outside the NextDor age group, we still want your feedback!

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
Hitbodedut: Cultivating Spontaneous Conversations with God
Rabbi David Jaffe
March 5 – 31, 2017

Interested in taking an online course in Jewish Spirituality with other TBE and CST members? Call or email the TBE office for more information.

Yahrzeits
22 Shevat
Leah Rubinoff
Henry Rudnick
Sarah Izen Score
Gerald Slosberg
Morris Turesky
Bella Turitz

23 Shevat
Harry Mack
Elizabeth Ross
Sidney Schwartz

24 Shevat
Ruth Baker
Jennie Bernstein
Abraham Passman

25 Shevat
Rosa Arnowitz
Israel Dvilinsky
Rose Greenberg
Julius Greenstein
Jack Lawrence
Fannie Levy
Rose Lewis
Philip Lewis
Rose Mack

26 Shevat
Beatrice Carlin

27 Shevat
Nathan Meyer Astor
Benjamin Brenerman
Henry Levine
Zavel Levine

28 Shevat
Sarah Feldman
Frances Greenberg
Isaac Kodis
David Lewis
Burton Meltzer
Nathan Povich
David Schwartz
Joseph Shapiro
Abraham Widrowitz