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January 14, 2021
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There is so much coming up! Tu B'Shevat, learning opportunities, Shabbat Shira, gatherings, and lots of excitement around Purim. Keep an eye on what is happening and join in where you can. We make things happen at TBO!
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Online Services and Programming
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Celebrate Shabbat with your Temple Family! Friday, January 15, 2021, Shabbat Services begin at the regular time of 7:00 PM.
Starting this week, for added security, we will be asking you to register to attend Shabbat Services on Zoom. Once you have registered, you will be recognized by the system each time you arrive.
We hope you will register to join us for services on Zoom, but if you prefer you can join us on YouTube
and you can access an online prayer book if needed.
If you know of anyone who cannot join by computer or TV and would like to call in, please let us know in the office.
Friday Night Oneg, Friday, January 15th, 8:15 PM, will immediately follow services on Zoom. The Oneg is not available on YouTube, but you can join the Oneg by using the services Zoom link above.
 Bagels and Torah will be held this Saturday. Join us!
Hebrew with Cantor, Thursdays, 1:00 PM. Join us each week!
Join our intimate group to study Hebrew at an accessible pace and to analyze concepts of the language. We warmly welcome new learners. New members study with current members to help accelerate their learning and to become part of our community. Please let Cantor Galit know you are coming. “ I love love love learning Hebrew! Prayers are more expansive, poetic and theologically open in Hebrew than in English.”-- Class member
Participate via Zoom.
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Save the Date: Special Lunch & Learn
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Shabbat Shira
Join us once again for this special Shabbat Program as we honor, elevate, and amplify women’s voices and expressions in our community and the world.
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Join Rabbi Satz as he teaches at the Temple Ner Tamid Shabbaton, Saturday late afternoon, February 13, 2021. He is teaching on one of his favorite subjects, Mussar.
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The holiday of Purim is marked by a number of unique rituals and traditions. We dress up in costumes, share a festive meal, and listen to the Megillah in the synagogue. All of these practices help us commemorate how the Jewish people were miraculously saved from near-total annihilation. Of course, this year we have to re-imagine how we celebrate, thus this year's (Virtual yet oh so real) TBO Purim Carnivale, filled with fun for all ages; a puppet show, crafts, a Purim Spiel and more!
Another aspect of the holiday is the obligation to give two gifts expressing kindness to others. The first is Matanot L'evyonim or gifts to the poor. The second is Mishloach Manot or the "sending of portions." Mishloach Manot, or Shalach Manos, are gifts of food etc. given to family, friends and community members. This year, TBO is organizing the sharing of Purim baskets to everyone in the TBO kehillah, community. Let's think of our Purim Baskets as "hugs" to friends who we have been separated from for much too long.
The week before Purim we will prepare hundreds of baskets to go to Temple families. We need a large team of volunteers willing to deliver them. Each volunteer will take an average of 10 and we will set up delivery routes by neighborhoods, zip codes, towns so that the routes are geographically grouped. Baskets will be available to be picked up at Temple on February 16 for delivery prior to Purim on February 25.
We are reaching out to Temple members to help with safe and contactless delivery. Volunteers should send an email to barkin.carol@gmail.com if they want to participate in the fun.
Watch for the order forms for sending baskets, coming soon!
With many thanks,
Carol Barkin
Connections
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Temple B'nai Or
COVID updates
As the risk in Morris County has risen to code Red, there is no entry to the Temple Building except for staff and students. If you need to pick up or drop off something at TBO, please contact the office to make arrangements. Please do not come to the Temple building if you are sick or if you or a member of your household is under quarantine.
To help stem the tide of this virus, please consider downloading the COVID Alert NJ app onto your smartphone (free from both Apple and Google app stores). It provides anonymous, automatic contact tracing so that if someone you have been near contracts COVID, you are contacted and know to self isolate. We can all help slow the spread of COVID if we download this app today!
The opportunity to vaccinate is growing in NJ. The state of NJ has opened a Vaccination Registry. You can sign up now after answering some questions that will determine where you fall in the order of priority.
And starting today, 1/14, anyone in NJ over 65 or with certain health conditions (see below) can sign up for a vaccine appointment.
"individuals ages 16-64 with medical conditions, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus. These conditions include:
- Cancer
- Chronic kidney disease
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- Down Syndrome
- Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
- Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
- Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2)
- Sickle cell disease
- Smoking
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus"
Are you a patient of the Summit Medical Group? Over 75 years old? SMG has been making appts for Covid vaccinations for their patients over 75, though not everyday. You call 908-739-3200 and see if today is your lucky day! |
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Lifelong Learning at TBO Fall 5781
Take exciting new steps on your journey of Jewish learning
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Our Melton Classes are in full swing!!!
Rabbi's class “Social Justice: The Heart of Judaism” is getting rave reviews, but is now closed to new registrations. We might, however, be able to squeeze you into the other Melton Class, being taught by Rabbi, Cantor, and David Iskovitz, “Foundations of Jewish Family Living." This course provides parents of all ages a small group opportunity to delve deeply into Jewish values and to learn how to share these values with their children of all ages. Appropriate for families where one or both parents are Jewish. Generously supported by the endowment of the Joel and Helen Jacobs Religious School. “A warm space to reflect on and develop Jewish beliefs, morals, and practices and to bring those to my personal and parenting life.” – TBO member
To register for "Foundations of Jewish Family Living", or to learn more, contact Mary Fernandez (fernandezmaryf@gmail.com) |
TBO Spirituality Workshop
Explore your spiritual journeys in a thoughtful, supportive environment
TBO Spirituality Workshop is a lay-led exploration and discussion of our personal experiences of spirituality in an inclusive and accepting environment.
TBO Spirituality Workshops are being conducted on Zoom the first Monday of each month at 7:00pm. All are welcome to join, participate, and lead! For more information or to volunteer to lead a session, please email tbospirituality@gmail.com
Here is our current schedule (so far) for 2021:
2/1: The Mikveh: Grief, Mourning, and Healing (Mary Fernandez)
3/1: Spirituality of Happiness (Judy Droar)
4/5: Spirituality of Final Preparations (Alise Ford)
All programs will be on-line via Zoom. Friendly tech support provided before and during programs. Your Zoom links will be sent to you upon registration. If you know of someone who wants to join a session of TBO Spirituality Workshop and wants to call in because they do not use the internet, please contact the office so we can contact them and give them a phone number to call instead. Please register today!
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Social Action/Volunteer Opportunities/
Social Activities
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Zoom Room is the second Tuesday of the month with rotating independent programs on different topics. Each one will be unique, so you can join just one, or as many as you like! Register today for future sessions.
Questions? email tbomensclub@gmail.com
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Renaissance
WEDNESDAY, February 10, 2021 @ 1:00 Zoom Meeting
TBO Member Joel Farkas will join us to speak on,
"George Washington and Morristown, NJ.....Perfect Together"
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Let's take a walk. Let's take a ride, Let's "visually" explore the Revolutionary War/Morristown, NJ/George Washington connection. Something you have been meaning to do for as long as you can remember, right?
I'm sure many of you have seen the Ford Mansion as well as the statues of Washington mounted on a horse. Now Joel will bring that all together with much more information and fun.
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We dropped off 100 breakfast bags last week at nourish.NJ to support their mission of reducing hunger and food insecurity in our community. Todah Rabah / Thank You to our volunteers who purchased, prepared, and donated the breakfast bags this month!
Want to help? Join us on the first Wednesday of every month! Message us on Facebook or contact the TBO office to get connected to this project. Or, if you would like to volunteer for nourish.NJ with TBO, please contact Nadine Milberg. |
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Other Temple-Wide Information
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You can help the Temple while you shop online. Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/22-6077572 or with AmazonSmile "ON" in the Amazon Shopping app settings, designate Temple B'nai Or as the group you are proud to support, and AmazonSmile donates to Temple B'nai Or.
Coping with quarantine restrictions and also taking care of your basic needs and your families is a challenge in itself during this pandemic. Many families, regardless of their feelings about Amazon, are relying on their home delivery services, as shopping is so limited and often unsafe for many of us. Every time you order from AmazonSmile (same thing as Amazon but through their philanthropic site), they will donate a portion of your order to TBO. There is no additional cost to you. However, if we all sign up, it will add up to a nice pooled donation from all of us to our Temple. Simply remember to designate TBO as your charity of choice! Log into smile.amazon.com and select "Temple B'nai Or of Morristown." Thank you, and stay healthy and safe! |
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