BETH TORAH TIMES - HIGH HOLY DAYS EDITION 2019/5780

As we enter the New Year of 5780, Sisterhood
has already begun its year with Tikkun Olam,
fundraising and fun. By now, you have received your
membership forms, New Year’s Greetings and Torah
Fund information with our Chesed theme. Chesed
means kindness, which has many meanings. Kindness
to ourselves and others, kindness through giving
tzedakah and kindness through mitzvot.
All are welcome to participate in our first fun activity:
“Karaoke and Kocktails” on Tuesday, September 17th
at 7:30 pm in the Nacron Chapel.
Message from our Sisterhood
School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles), Schechter
Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem), Seminario
Rabinico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires) and
Zacharias Frankel College (Germany). For donations
of $180 and above, a specially designed pin is given
as a gift. Checks should be made out to Torah Fund.
You will be seeing our donors proudly wearing our
Torah Fund pins, which have the Hebrew word
Chesed. If you are interested in learning more about
Torah Fund and love learning from the Torah, the
Sherry Sukel Torah Study Day will be sponsored by
WLCJ FL Region in November.
Our first mitzvah was presenting mezuzot to the
ECA, which were placed within the children’s reach,
to make our tradition of kissing the mezuzah more
accessible.
Throughout the year, Sisterhood is putting together
“Period Packs” for girls, where we are collecting
sanitary pads, hand sanitizer and underwear in
different sizes: 6, 8 10,12 and 14. We are delivering
these to Highland Oaks Middle School, Waterways K-8,
Ojus K-8 and Maddie Ives Middle School.
Sisterhood’s second collection is for pull tabs off
of soda cans, beer cans, and energy drinks for the
National Jewish Health Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
NJH is the only facility in the world dedicated
exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and
treatment of patients of all ages with respiratory,
cardiac and immune related disorders.
Torah Fund is in full swing where Sisterhood, which is
a part of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism
(WLCJ), is raising funds which go toward helping to
support future rabbis, cantors and educators at the
following: Jewish Theological Seminary (NY), Ziegler
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming
Sisterhood events such as: Paid up Membership,
Sisterhood Shabbat and Game Day. We are excited
to bring back the Women’s Seder, with a twist! These
activities can be found in the Beth Torah Calendar.
Back by popular demand, the Wellness program
along with Lunch and Learn will be held in the near
future. You will be able to find our schedule in the
Beth Torah Program Guide. We welcome women of
all ages!
Our Sisterhood board meetings are scheduled on the
first Sunday of each month at 9:30 am in the Board
Room. All are welcome to attend! Just let us know if
you are able to come!
On behalf of the Sisterhood Board members, we wish
you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.
L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu!
Judy Berger & Etta Birenbaum Epstein
Sisterhood Co-Presidents
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