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Shabbat Blast 5/27: The Giving Tree

05/27/2016 02:11:19 PM

May27

Shabbat Blast!

We’ve heard you loud and clear. You have been bombarded with Emails from us. So in an effort to reduce your email clutter, we are going to be sending out 2 emails a week.  On Mondays you will get a full listing of all of the upcoming events with an explanation, and a link to the event’s registration.  There will also be a link to the Flyer so you can print that out as you see fit.  On Fridays, you will get the usual Shabbat Blast from Rabbi Bernstein, as well as a short list of upcoming Events.  Every mailing, we will provide you with information pertinent to the next Shabbat or Yom Tov. As always, this is a work in progress, and we cannot do it without your input. Feel free to call or email the office so we can make sure your opinions are heard.

Tonight:

Services at 8PM

Tomorrow:

Nosh and Drosh at 9:00

Services at 9:30

Sunday:

Hebrew School Registration for 2016-2017 is here!!

Celebrate Israel Parade – June 5, 2016

Midweek Meditation - .  June 8, June 22, July 27 and August 10

Shavuot-Night of Learning – June 11.

Open House Shabbat - June 17, 2016

Torah Parade from Congregation Beth-El to Bellmore Jewish Center – June 26, 10:30.

Shabbat by the Sea, Fri., July 22, 6:30 at Wantagh Park More info to come

Shabbat under the Stars, Fri., August 5th, Congregation Beth Ohr

Tisha B’av, Aug 13 Fast and candle lit Eicha Reading, August 14- 9:00 AM- Eicha Reading
 

Erev Shabat – May 27, 2016

Candle Lighting: 7:58p

Maariv: 8:00p

 

Shabbat, May 28

Parshat Behar

Nosh and Drosh 9:00

Services 9:30

Dear [first_name],

I remember reading “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein, which describes a caregiver relationship between a boy and a tree who love each other. There are a variety of ways we can read this story. One is a cautionary tale against giving without seeing the effects of our giving and taking without seeing the effects of our taking. We often treat each other with selflessness and we also demand a great deal from one another. 

Our Parasha, B’har, teaches us about the need for a Shemitah year, a year in which we take nothing from the land. It is a year that teaches us to be mindful of what was ask of the land and of each other. It is a year that teaches us to step back from those with whom we are intimately involved and see them as creations of God themselves, not our playthings. 

This provides us with a respect and a reverence that is necessary to continue our relationship. 

Join us as we discuss this theme in more depth tomorrow morning in services.

Shabbat shalom,

Rabbi Bernstein
   
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