Temple Beth Hillel

Shabbat Shalom. As you light the Shabbat candles please take a moment to pray for speedy and complete healing, r’fuah sh’leimah, for the following members of our community: Geoff C, Sharon C, Dora C, Mercedes C, Irving F, Heather F, Kim G, Sam G, Sharon G, Bill H, David H, Michelle H, Maurice K, Jennifer K, David K, Daylena & Alex K, Matt L, Michael M, Sharon M, Michael N, Lincoln O, Terry P, Gordon R, Josh R, Alex R, Jeff R, Sandra S, Gabriel T, Pat T, Timothy W, Fran W, Melissa W, Kendra W, Caleb Z. If there is anyone you would like included in our prayers for healing, please send their names to [email protected]. If you're on the list and feeling better and would like to be removed, please let Rabbi Dean know.

Join us tonight for Community Candle Lighting at 7:00 PM! Please join us at 7:00 pm tonight to light Shabbat candles together. In this way we can all be virtually together in this time of isolation. Recurring Shabbat zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/517749891... You can also join by calling 1 (669)900-9128 Meeting ID: 517 749 891 One tap mobile: +16699009128,,517749891# See more

May we all take some time to ponder these words by Martin Luther King Jr. as we honor him today. #LoveWins

From the TBH Board President Michael Cohen - So, what’s next? Although the deployment of the vaccines seems agonizingly slow at times, it gives us reason to hope that we may return to more normal lives in 2021. However, although life will be more normal, I don’t believe our post-pandemic lives will be the same as our pre-pandemic lives - and that may just be a good thing in some ways. I believe the lessons we have learned through necessity will strengthen us. The time has ...come for us to start imagining how we can use our hard earned new knowledge. For example, I know I have become more tech savvy and I think many of you have as well. We know how to do virtual Shabbat services, High Holy Day observances, Religious School classes, board meetings, and more. Even though we long to be together in person, we have discovered that through computer platforms we can reach beyond the walls of our synagogue to engage people who find it difficult to join us physically. I imagine a hybrid of simultaneous in person and distance/virtual events that extend our reach. I don’t know what they might look like, but if we combine the inventiveness and dedication that we applied to our virtual events with our new knowledge, I am confident that we can create meaningful events that are accessible to our entire community. Our board, in collaboration with Rabbi Dean and Cantor Shayndel, is dedicated to emerging from this pandemic stronger, closer, and more appreciative of each other than we were a year ago. We are also dedicated to doing all this safely. We will continue to hold the health and safety of all of us above everything else. If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? -Rabbi Hillel

#together #MLK #MartinLutherKing

Beshalach, Exodus 13:17-17:16, Parshat Ha Shavua for Shabbat, Saturday, January 30, 2021 - Fear, mortal danger, miraculous deliverance, relief and celebration. The first two conditions could describe our lives today, almost one year into the COVID 19 pandemic. The other three could describe our hopes now for a rapid deployment of the new vaccines that will bring the pandemic to an end and give us the opportunity to return to our lives as we think we knew them. But they are a...lso the narrative arc of this week’s Torah portion, Beshalach, where the Israelites are trapped between the Sea of Reeds, which promises death, and Pharaoh’s army, which threatens to return the Israelites to slavery. We all know that in the critical moment God parts the Sea of Reeds and the Israelites cross miraculously to the other side and freedom, while Pharaoh’s army is drowned. Just before the Sea parts, Moses reassures the Israelites that God will do battle for them, but God says to Moses, Why do you cry out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. (Exodus 14:15) In other words, God will supply the miracle, but the Israelites must act to save themselves. They cannot be passive and wait; they must do something. So it is with us now. The development of the COVID vaccine has been an almost miraculous event, the fastest vaccination development in the history of medicine. Yet, while we wait for it to be distributed, there are many things we can do now to slow the spread of this disease: wear masks, stay socially distanced, not gather in groups with strangers indoors. If we all did these things consistently we could save many more lives than we have done so far. This week’s Torah portion reminds us that miracle solutions are our desire but the choices we make and the actions we take each day have a far greater impact on our lives and the lives of those around us. ~Rabbi Dean Kertesz

LEARN TO CHANT TORAH! Trope Class with Cantor Shayndel Dear TBH Friends, We have two Shabbat morning Bar/Bat Mitzvahs to celebrate in the coming year and we are in need of Torah readers from our community to fulfill the mitzvah of leyning Torah on these joyous occasions. Are you interested? Have you never in your life chanted Torah? If so, this is your chance to learn! Are you already a seasoned Torah reader? Great! Come join us!... All are welcome; newbies, experts and anyone in-between! You are invited to learn Torah Trope on Tuesday nights 5:30 PM-6:30 PM for a seven-week adult ed class with Cantor Shayndel from January 5,19, 26 & Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23. Chanting from the Torah (leyning) involves learning an ancient system of musical symbols called the te'amim or trope. These symbols are written above or below the Hebrew letters in the text and they tell us how to sing each phrase. They are fun, time-honored and beautiful! The only prerequisite for this course is that you must be able to read Hebrew. No music theory skills needed. We'll be learning the most commonly used tropes, through call and response and repetition. Recordings and pdfs to study from will be provided. After completion of the course, if you are interested you will be assigned your own Torah lines to learn to chant for one of our upcoming Shabbat morning services (which will be March 13 and June 26). I'm so excited to share this journey with you! Blessings, Cantor Shayndel Join Torah Trope Adult Ed Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84344936771... See more

The following yahrzeits will be remembered at our 7pm online Shabbat services this evening: Harold Blakeley - A beloved member of the Congregation Linda Jane Eidelberg - Niece of Barbara Weidenfeld Sydney J. Goldberg - Brother of Clara-Rae Genser... Rebecca Jaffe - Grandmother of Arlene Lisby Leon Katz - A beloved member of the Congregation Eva Kertesz - Mother of Rabbi Dean Kertesz Allan Kipnis - Husband of Sandy Kipnis Sarah C. Kranz - Mother of Joan Seal Fannie Lichtman - Mother of Rona Toananbaum, Grandmother of Greg Tananbaum William Lipson - Father of Steve Lipson William Mandel - A beloved member of the Congregation Sam Meisel - Father of Helene Wichner Rose Miller - Grandmother of Arlene Lisby Frances Mueller - Great Aunt of Marcia Delgadillo David Needle - A beloved member of the Congregation Carl D. Nusbaum - Uncle of Saralynn & Helen Nusbaum Ina Osburn - Mother of David Osburn Steve Osburn - Brother of David Osburn Minnie B. Press - Aunt of Barbara Weidenfeld Edward Ratner - Father of Linda Ratner Sylvia Solof - Great-Aunt of Jean Henderson Anna Segal Weidenfeld - Mother-in-law of Barbara Weidenfeld Sara Welstand - Remembered by Steve & Fran Welstand See more

Here's What's Happening This Week at TBH - Friday, January 29 - * 7:00 PM - Online Shabbat Candle Lighting ... Saturday, January 30 - * 10:15 AM - Online Lay-led Torah Study Sunday, January 31 - * 10:00 AM - Religious School * 1:30 PM - Board Retreat Thursday, February 4 - * 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM - Religious School Hebrew Class

Hello Everyone, And welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice long weekend last week and enjoyed watching the inauguration on Wednesday. It is now a brave new world with bright hopes for the future. As part of the celebration, this week we will be focusing on Tu-Bshvat, the next big holiday on the calendar. We will be talking about planting trees, the 7 species, and other aspects of this important holiday to celebrate the earth. For our recap, as always Rabbi Dean led us ...Continue reading

Join us for Online Shabbat Evening Services TONIGHT at 7:00 pm! As we continue to shelter-in-place and cannot come to the synagogue, we are bringing our services to you with our Shelter-in-Shabbat. We celebrate our full Shabbat evening service and hope you can join us. All you need is a computer or a smartphone and internet access. If you can’t join us for the entire service, join us tonight at 7:00pm to light Shabbat Candles. In this way we can all be virtually together i...n this time of isolation. Recurring Shabbat zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/517749891 You can also join by calling 1 (669)900-9128 Meeting ID: 517 749 891 One tap mobile: +16699009128,,517749891# See more