Shabbat Shalom

שבת שלום
July 15, 2017
21 Tammuz 5777

400 Deering Avenue
Portland, Maine
Room 4A

Services this Saturday, July 8, will begin at 9:30 am.

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Parashat Pinchas
Annual: Num. 25:10-30:1
Haftarah: Jer. 1:2-2:3

Candle Lighting
Friday, July 14 – 8:02 pm

Havdalah
Saturday, July 15 – 9:02 pm
Click here to read Josh Pernick’s D’var Torah

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Todah Rabah

Todah Rabah to Marla Levenson for sponsoring this weekend’s Kiddush in honor of her mother, Hilde Jaffe’s 90th Birthday!

Yom Huledet Sameach and Mazel Tov to Hilde from everyone at Shaarey Tphiloh.

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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@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.

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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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DMJ Needs Your Help

This request for help is not a request for financial support nor a request for a donation of documents and photographs but a request for donation of ideas.This request for help is not a request for financial support nor a request for a donation of documents and photographs but a request for donation of ideas.

To mark our ninth year, DMJ coordinators are hosting a retreat at the end of August. We need your assessment of how DMJ is doing and what you would find most useful for DMJ to do in the futureTo mark our ninth year, DMJ coordinators are hosting a retreat at the end of August. We need your assessment of how DMJ is doing and what you would find most useful for DMJ to do in the future

Please take a moment to send a Please take a moment to send a coordinator your thoughts on the following prompts:
-one or two things that DMJ has done well or not so well in the past nine years andone or two things that DMJ has done well or not so well in the past nine years and
-one or two recommendations on what DMJ should prioritize over the next two years for its data collections, website development, public exhibits, publications, or community gatherings.one or two recommendations on what DMJ should prioritize over the next two years for its data collections, website development, public exhibits, publications, or community gatherings.

Thank you in advance for your comments and guidance. Thank you in advance for your comments and guidance.

We do welcome hearing the good, the no-so good, and your ideas for the futureWe do welcome hearing the good, the no-so good, and your ideas for the future

Harris, on behalf of all the coordinators.

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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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Tributes

Debbie Zulofsky in memory of Mina Zulofsky

Daniel Heinrich and Alex Kimmel in memory of Gloria Siegel

Charlotte Gordon in memory of Marcia Oransky

Barry and Margie Afergan in memory of their father, Bert Silverman

Myra Sallet and Maxine Isaacs in memory of their father, Herman Gershenson

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Community Calendar

Camp Ramah in New England Prospective Family Day!
Sundays, July 16 and 30
10:30am-2:00pm
Come see for yourself where all of the Ramah magic happens! Learn about the unique Jewish education program, check out our amazing amenities and meet our fabulous staff. To learn more or to RSVP contact Lori Fish Bard, lorib@nullcampramahne.org.

Yavneh for a Day

Calling all prospective campers – want to have a go in the gaga pit? Try your hand at loom? Splash in the agam? Then join us on July 9th, 10-1:30 PM for Yavneh for a Day to see what makes Yavneh so special. Children will participate in sports, art, music and dance and have a chance to tour camp facilities. A delicious camp lunch is included. For more information call 603-942-5593, visit our website at

www.campyavneh.org or send us an email at info@nullcampyavneh.org to register.

Mid-Maine Jewish Funtensive
Day Camp!

June 26-30 and July 10-14

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

 

 

Inconvenient Artifacts: Repurposing Qatar’s Past for the New National Museum w/Dr. Jocelyn Sage (Weiner) Mitchell

Friday, July 21 at 7 PM

Temple Shalom, Auburn, ME

Musical Shabbat, Oneg, Lecture and Q&A

Dr. Jocelyn Sage Mitchell is an assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University in Doha, Qatar, where she has lived since 2008.

The JCA is excited to tell you about the launch of our new afterschool program! Designed for children in grades K-3, our curriculum has been inspired by and closely aligned with the care some of you know and love from our preschool.

Registration for the after school program is officially open and will launch this fall with limited enrollment — we encourage you to sign up soon! Transportation from Portland Public schools and accommodating early release Wednesdays will be provided.

Click here for more information

Family Camp At Yavneh

Kosher family vacations don’t have to break the bank! Get out of the city and spend time in the great outdoors with your family and friends. If you enjoy amazing activities – like the fishing tournament, challah baking, wine tasting and tie dye shirt making along with eating delicious kosher food and spending quality Shabbat time with family and friends, then Family Camp at Yavneh can’t be missed! Spaces are filling so act quick! And as an added bonus you don’t have to do laundry or cook for five whole days! August 23rd – 27th, with pre-camp beginning on Aug 21st. For more information call 603-942-5593, visit our website or send efrat@nullcampyavneh.org an email to register..

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Yahrzeits

21 Tammuz
Abraham Lazarovich
Bella Mack
Bertram Silverman
Cantor Samuel Zimelman

22 Tammuz
Fannie Albling
Lifshe Davidson
Herman Gershenson
Morris Levine
Goldie Levinsky
Arye Nemon
Edward Woolf

23 Tammuz
Ann Mack Goldberg
Bertha Mandoff
Ida Pachowsky

24 Tammuz
Faigie Feinstein
Isaac Feinstein
Myles Goodman
Gertrude Lerman
Rebecca Seavey
Abraham Seigal
Morris Silverman
Anne Zaitlin Wine

25 Tammuz
Jennie Levine
Annie Novick

26 Tammuz
Corinne Garber
Marcia Oransky
Murray Reuben
Myer Ross

27 Tammuz
Nathan Chandler
Chaya Goldblatt
Ben Markowitz
Simone Rosengard
Ettie Silverman