We hope you will join us to give gratitude for this past year and to count our blessings large and small in the serenity and shalom of your home. on Saturday, May 13 at 3:00pm-ish Brew yourself this cup of tea, imagine a tranquil world, and count ALL your blessings. This is a Sisterhood fun […]
This evening, we will use our newly created Temple Beth Sholom community tallit for the first time. We will wrap it around the shoulders of our congregant Samantha Abrams-Widdicombe and her fiancé, Cesar Vargas Nunez to offer them a blessing for their upcoming marriage (this pre-wedding blessing ritual is called an aufruf). We created this […]
Friday May 5, 2023 at 5pm Just before Shabbat Service Register Here
Have some fun, get some exercise. No experience necessary. Led by Lisa and Todd Litman. Reservations are required. Join us for our next hike which will take place on Sunday, July 9 at 8:45 at Crystal Cove. Details to be sent after registration. Register here Questions? Contact Lisa Litman @ litmanlisa@gmail.com
Yom Ha’atzmaut means Independence Day in Hebrew. It is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. The day is marked by official and unofficial ceremonies and observances. Yom Ha’atzmaut 2023 begins in the evening of Tuesday, Apr 25, 2023 and ends in the evening of Wednesday, Apr 26, 2023 […]
As a people, our Jewish community places great emphasis on the power of names. In fact we make lists and lists of names. The Torah records lists of names, we compile our own lists of names every Yom Kippur on Yizkor, we list names of donors and benefactors. Why do we find names so significant and […]
om HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (Hebrew: יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה, lit. ’Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day’), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. Yom Hashoah […]
This week during my walks, I noticed so many signs of spring in such beautiful vibrant ways, much more dazzling than even a few days earlier. (Most probably due to all the rain we’ve had). I see lush carpets of brightly colored flowers, covering the ground.; majestic Strelitzia (Birds of Paradise) gracing a home’s fence […]
Join us for Torah Tots (ages 0-pre K) on Sunday, May 7, between 9-10am in room 3. Led by the wonderful Rachel Solinger, with Rabbi Sharon Sobel Register here Program includes: story, music, movement, craft, snack. $10/child/session to cover supplies; If families have more than 2 children, maximum fee per family/session: $20 Future dates: August […]
When I was growing up, you could buy two kinds of matzah in the store: plain or egg. Today, the grocery store shelves are overflowing with a plethora of varieties of matzah: plain, egg, onion, spelt, oat, gluten-free, tea matzah, whole wheat, whole wheat and bran, matzah “sticks”, English matzah, Israeli matzah, chocolate covered matzah, […]
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