Your Help Is Needed for Christmas

Editor's note -- David's Church provides volunteers for Temple Beth Or's high holy days every year so that families who need babysitting may worship.

Please consider returning this mitzvah for this very special holy day for our Christian friends and neighbors.

Our friends at David's Church are in need of babysitters for their Christmas Services on Christmas Eve Wednesday, December 24, 2008 as follows:

7:00 p.m. Service - 6 people needed. This is a large service. Some volunteers will be with babies in the nursery, some with older kids downstairs.

9:30 p.m. Service - 2-3 people needed. This service is not as large. Nursery care workers with all ages.

Please note that the times noted are the times that the the service starts and it would be best if as many of the volunteers as possible could arrive about 20 minutes before the service begins.

If you can assist, please contact Marvin Miller at 641-5374 or by email at srmmem@aol.com.

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Torah and Tailgate

Join Rabbi Burstein for our Torah and Tailgate service from 10:30-12:30 Saturday December 13th at the Temple sports complex. (parking lot of temple)

We will be holding a short Shabbat service and text study and will be playing touch football. Snacks are welcome as are children of all ages. Please bring footballs, dress warmly and bring warm drinks and snacks.

Extra Torah points for uniform shirts especially Patriots gear. Come pray and play!!!

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Spotlight on Kindergarten

The kindergartners have been busy living the life of the Avot and Imahot (patriarchs and matriarchs). Recently, they experienced putting on wings and flying like angels (like the ones in Jacob‘s dream), dressing up like Esau (like Jacob did), participating in two weddings (Rachel and Leah married Jacob 7 years apart!) and decorating a 7 layer wedding cake to celebrate, building our own well (like the ones where Eliezer met Rebecca and Jacob met Rachel), drawing water from and drinking water from a well, and made animals (like the ones Jacob gave Esau as presents when he apologized for tricking him).

You can come see our brave little Macabees next Sunday as they show their spirit by singing and performing in the TBO Chanukah program.

- Becky Guttstein, Kindergarten Instructor

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First Grade Students made and played with dreidels

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Chanukah Family Day is Coming December 14

December 14, 2008 is our Chanukah Family Day.

Parents are kindly requested to plan on being here at TBO with their students for a family-oriented fun Chanukah programming.

Chanukah Family Day will run from 9:30 am until 12:00 noon on December 14.

 

Here is the schedule for Chanukah Family Day, December 14

The Chanukah Bazaar will be open all morning
from 9:30 until 12:00 noon for your shopping.

9:30-9:45 am - all students and parents in the sanctuary for opening

9:45-10:45 am - Grades Preschool-8 to their classrooms with parents for a special Chanukah program

10:45-11:30 am - All classes and parents to sanctuary for Chanukah skits

11:30 am-12:00 pm - All classes and parents to the board room area upstairs for latkes with apple sauce and sour cream, sufganiyot, juice and festivities.

Please note that the day ends at 12:00 noon.

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