Sermons are posted online! Did you miss Rabbi Gordon's or Reb Lisa's Rosh HaShanah sermon? Click the High Holy Day webpage to read them.
On behalf of the Officers, Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, Clergy, and Staff, we wish you and your families a Happy and Healthy New Year - May you be inscribed for a good year
HIAS and Healing Across the Divide Please answer Rabbi Gordon's Rosh HaShanah call and help us rasie funds for two organizations in need: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and Healing Across the Divides. You can bring a check to either organization and drop it in the box in the temple lobby. We will send the collections to the organizations after Yom Kippur. Learn more about each by clicking the pics below; and read Rabbi Gordon's inspirational sermon here.
Food Bag Collections Please bring back your grocery bag full of food when you come for Kol Nidre Services. Food will be donatied to the Canton & Randolph Food Pantries. (click the pic for types of food most needed)
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Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, & Simchat Torah Information
Need a FREE COVID Rapid Antigen Test? We have FREE at-home tests, courtesy of Julie Goodman and the Canton Board of Health. Just stop by B'nai Tikvah office hours to pick up a pack to keep on your home shelf.
PS: Jewish calendars are available in the office, as well!
This Week at B'nai Tikvah
Regular Office Hours
Monday (closed but feel free to leave mail in the dropbox outside the main entrance) Tues-Thurs, 9am-3pm | Fri, 9am-12pm (Office closed during Sukkot Festival Days)
This Week With B'nai Tikvah Full Services Schedule & Streaming links available on our High Holy Day webpage Sun, Oct 2nd, 9am: Help build our community sukkah! Sun, Oct 2nd, 10am: Sisterhood Board meeting Mon, Oct 3rd, 12pm: Lunch & Learn Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class with Reb Lisa Tues-Weds, Oct 4-5: Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Thurs, Oct 6th, 8pm: Grief Support Group (email Lorraine Simon for info & Zoom link) Fri-Sat: Shabbat Sun, Oct 9th, 8am: Family Table (email Ann Hartsteinfor info & to help the Food Bank) Sun, Oct 9th, 1-3pm: Come Decorate our Community Sukkah-- all ages welcome! Sun, Oct 9th: Erev Sukkot [see Sukkot schedule below or here for all holiday info]
Celebrate Sukkot with B'nai Tikvah
Sukkot Schedule (office closed during chag/Festival days)
Sunday, October 9th 1-3pm, ALL are invited to decorate our Community Sukkah at the temple 6pm, Erev Sukkot services[Zoom only] Monday, October 10th 10am Sukkot Morning Services [In Person | [LiveControl | YouTube] 6pm Erev Sukkot Day 2 services[Zoom only]
Tuesday, October 11th
10am Sukkot Day 2 services[Zoom only] 7:30pm Hol HaMo'ed: Minyan[Zoom only] The full Holiday Schedule, including Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeret, Simchat Torah-- and links to all services options-- may be found on our"Sukkot Central" webpage, HERE
Daily Minyan (online) and Shabbat (in person and online)
We invite you to join us in person for Shabbat services in our newly-carpeted sanctuary (vaccines required; masking optional but recommended); or on LiveControl or YouTube. When services also are on Zoom, we will announce that in the Shabbat section below For services links, click the icons/logos below
Daily Minyan & Kabbalat Shabbat Sunday-Thursday, 7:30PM (Zoom) Scroll down or here for the minyan calendar Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday, 6PM (Zoom)
Shabbat Morning 10AM: Services in the sanctuary and streaming on LiveControl & YouTube
Additional Shabbat morning offerings
Starbucks Shabbat: Saturdays at 12:00 PM [Zoom] Enjoy an informal cup of joe while discussing various topics from the weekly parsha to current events. No RSVP needed; come regularly or pop in!
Soul Stroll: 3rd Saturday of the month, 9:30AM (meet at the temple): A refreshing Shabbat alternative program. Learn more here or email to register
Simcha Shabbat- 1st Shabbat each month
Share your family's celebratory moments with the congregation by helping sponsor kiddush. More info→
Sisterhood
Thursday, October 20th, 6:30-7:30pm Pink Minyan: What's Jewish about Breast + Ovarian Cancer? Guest Speaker: Eve Reingold Kleinerman, Director of Sharsheret, Greater Chicago Sharsheret (sharsheret.org) offers breast and ovarian cancer support to Jewish women and families. In-person at the temple or by Zoom Speaker: 6:30-7:30pm, followed by minyan at 7:30. RSVP by October 13th: Sisterhood@bnaitikvahma.org | Call 617-470-6779 | SocialAction@bnaitikvahma.org
Presented by: B'nai Tikvah Sisterhood & Social Action Committees
Chazak v'Ematz Campaign Torah Fund Cards $2.50 | Torah Fund Pin $180 For information, click the pic or
Join B'nai Tikvah on a magical journey to Spain! Coming, May 2023 -- Check last week's special email introducing this amazing opportunity to experience the Land of Sepharad and origins of Sephardic Jewry... and so much more! For a sneak preview, click the pic!
SOCIAL ACTION/SOCIAL JUSTICE NEWS
A large "todah" goes out to our congregation for participating in B'nai Tikvah's High Holiday food drive. Please remember to bring your filled bags to shul on Erev Yom Kippur. Members of the social action/social justice committee will distribute the bags after the holidays to both the Canton and Randolph food banks.
Remember the Date: October 20th, 6:30 p.m. for "Piink Minyan." The program, co-sponsored by the SIsterhood and Social Action Committees will be both in person and on zoom. Our guest speaker will be from Sharsheret. The topic is "What's Jewish about Breast Cancer"? See flyer above for details.
On October 23rd, B'nai Tikvah will be taking part in Project Bread's Interfaith Mini Walk for Hunger in Westwood. BT is listed on the flyer as a participant. See flyer for further details.
If anyone is passionate about and has an idea as to how we at BT can do our part for Tikkun Olam, making the world a better place, please let me know. Together we can make a difference!
On behalf of the social action/social justice "committee" I would like to wish everyone a Shana Tova U'Metukah. May we all enjoy good health, peace and prosperity in 5753! Phyl Hewson, chair socialaction@bnaitikvahma.org
Jewish Family & Children's Service is here to help
JF&CS provides vital human services to help individuals and families successfully navigate transitions and overcome challenges. We can support you and your family through a range of life’s challenges related to parenting, aging, mental health, economic need, disability supports, and so much more. Click the pics below for more information.
Community News
Sharon Memorial Park High Holiday Memorial Service Sunday, Oct 2nd, 10AM Rain or Shine Officiating: Rabbi Joseph Metzler & Cantor Becky Khitrik
Donations to B'nai Tikvah
Thank you to those who have donated to B'nai Tikvah! Donations may be made online or sent directly to the office.
Al Burak Building Fund Sherri & Howard Finer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Joan Race General Fund Beverly Kramer, Donation for High Holiday Honor Carol & Stacey Green & Jodi & Jason Spryer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Michael Green Carol & Stacey Green & Jodi & Jason Spryer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Evelyn Green Norman Weineri n Memory of Maurice Weiner Patti & Daniel Kublin in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Abrham Sherman Stanley Fineri n Honor of the Yahrzeit of Freda Finer Stanley Finer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Harvey Fishman Steven Wiener, a Donation Sylvia Wagner in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Jack Wagner Victor A. Hackel & Kenneth C. Hackel in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Abraham Levine High Holy Day Flowers Janice & Ralph Halpern & Familiy, a Donation Holocaust Memorial Chapel Fund Cathy Stern & Ann Harstein in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Constance Stern Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Harvey Weisthal in Honor of Rabbi Leonard Gordon Judy Freedman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Edward Rosenthal Marie Meier in Memory of Edward Freedman Roberta & Ira Abramson in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Dorothy Cramer Religious School Fund Harriette & Philip Levine in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Gail Leivine Ritual Fund Cathy Stern & Ann Harstein in Honor of Dena Kaufman Cathy Stern & Ann Harstein in Honor of Ellie Sirk
Ways to Support B'nai Tikvah
B'Nai Tikvah Sisterhood is offering Torah Fund Greeting Cards. We have Mi Sherberach and Sympathy cards at $2.50 per card. Email Janet Silberberg
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The Scrip Box has the following cards available: Amazon $25 Shaw's $25, $50 American Express $25, $100 Stop & Shop $25, $50 Dunkin Donuts $25 Visa $50
Minyan List
Congregants commemorating a yahrzeit may wish to honor that event by leading some portion of the evening’s service. It might be as small as leading a prayer or could be leading all of Mincha or Ma’ariv. If you are interested in taking this honor feel free to call Joe Doniger at 781-910-7601 or email us at MinyanRangers@bnaitikvahma.org at least two days in advance, and we’ll help make arrangements with that night’s minyan leader. Due to the pandemic, as many people are observing a virtual Shiva week, if you inform the leader, a third Mourners' Kaddish will be included as is done in a shiva house.
