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Letter from Rabbi Ross 10/18/2018

Rabbi Michael RossThought for the week: Journeys
This week in Genesis chapter 12, we read about Abraham and Sarah’s journey from their family residence in Babylonia to their new land, a land God will show them – the land of Israel. Abraham and Sarah are the spiritual founders on Judaism, our patriarch and matriarch.

I have two questions I will be asking the community this week at services and Torah Study:

  1. When did you leave your home, to journey to a new place that you did not know? (Was it in college, or when you got married, or took a job?). How did you know this journey would be successful before you took the first step?
  2. Often, when have these transformative journeys, we use a deep sense of faith that the journey will succeed. How did you develop that sense of faith that your journey would work out?

I bless us that we each find the faith and loving relationships that we need to take the next journeys in our lives.

TBS Gatherings
I’d like to invite you to these upcoming services and study sessions this weekend!

Fri. 10/19

  • 7:15 – 7:30 pm: Meditation – Brief meditation to let go of the week. We will sit in the board room.
  • 7:45 – 9:15 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Oneg – Please join us for a musical, joyful service, discussion and Torah reading!

Sat. 10/20

  • 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. Torah For Our Times – Torah Study
    Join us for a lively, interactive discussion about the weekly Torah reading, Lech Lecha. We will discuss journeys, covenants, and children.

Kent State Hillel Gatherings
I am personally inviting TBS members to various events at Hillel. Join us when you can!

Wednesdays 12:00 pm Lunch (weekly), 12:30 pm Torah Study with Rabbi Michael

Thursday, 10/25, 12:30 pm: Guest Lecturer, Prof. Lior Sternfeld

  • “Iranian Jews in the 20th Century: Between Iranian Nationalism, Communism, and Zionism”
    Kent Student Center, Room 319. Free. Light lunch will be served

Friday, 10/26

  • 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Services – “Camp Shabbat.” This will be upbeat, with guitar music and fun songs!
  • 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Shabbat Dinner (RSVP to Rabbi Ross by Thursday, 10/25)

Friday, 11/2

  • 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Services – “Pajama Shabbat”
  • 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Shabbat Dinner (RSVP to Rabbi Ross by Thursday, 11/1)

Special Note for Techies in the Congregation 10/18/2018

Do you use an electronic gadget to keep track of your personal calendar? (for example: iPhone, iPad, Android, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, …)

Would you like TBS events to appear automatically in your personal calendar? (alongside your own events, but in a different color)

If you answered yes to both questions, then you’re reading the right note! You should “subscribe” to the following “public calendar”:

http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/webmaster%40tbshudson.org/public/basic.ics

If you’re using an iPhone or iPad, you can just click on that link and the device should automatically “subscribe” for you. Then look in your Calendar app, and TBS events should be there. If you’re using another gadget, then you can follow the instructions on your device to “subscribe.”

For tech support, you can contact me; I might be able to help if you ask very very nicely.

Jonathan Selinger
webmaster@tbshudson.org

Messages from Rabbi Ross 10/11/2018

TBS Gatherings:
I’d like to invite you to these upcoming services the next two weeks!
Fri. 10/12 6pm: Shabbat Family Potluck & Service
Join us for a fun, brief family service. Dinner at 6, service at 6:45, oneg dessert at 7:30 Adults are welcome!

Fri. 10/19 7:15 -7:30 pm Meditation
Brief meditation to let go of the week. We will sit in the board room.
7:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Oneg
Please join us for a musical, joyful service, discussion and Torah reading!

Sat. 10/20 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. Torah For Our Times – Torah Study
Join us for a lively, interactive discussion about the weekly Torah reading, Lech Lechah. We will discuss journeys, covenants, and children.

Kent State Hillel Upcoming Gatherings
I am personally inviting TBS members to various events at Hillel. Join us when you can!
Monday, 10/15, 7 – 8:30 pm: “Learn How to Meditate” with Larry Terkel.
Wednesdays 12:00 pm Lunch (weekly), 12:30 pm Torah Study with Rabbi Michael

High Holy Days Gratitude from Laurie Frankino, Ritual Chair, 2018

We have publicly thanked Rabbi Ross, Cantorial Soloist Robin Selinger and Peter Tavens for their performances during the holiday services; but most of us don’t realize how many TBS congregants volunteer their time in the preparation and execution of our High Holy Days services.  Thank you all for your valuable contribution.

  • Drew Dallet designed the service programs for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
  • Kim Strausser and Jean Rhodes beautified the TBS landscaping before the holiday services.
  • Eric Chupack and Matt Lerner permanently solved our audio difficulties in the sanctuary.
  • Mark Schildhouse, Kim Strausser and Eric Chupack continually assisted with creative solutions to difficult logistical issues
  • The TBS Brotherhood led our heightened security team this year.
  • The 2018-19 B’nai Mitzvah Class and their families spent a Sunday afternoon polishing the ark, the pews and silver pieces, setting up all the folding chairs to accommodate the overflow crowd, changing all the Shabbat prayer books for the holiday version, and cleaning the dust bunnies off the top of the ark and our beautiful ner tamid.
  • Beth Madis and Mary Sheehan coordinated the holiday tickets for members and guests.
  • David Wismer, our head usher for the last 16 years, gathered an excellent crew, trained them and supervised every service. His team of 10 ushers volunteered to direct traffic, operate the chair lift, check tickets, and answer the many questions asked of them.
  • Jean Beasley, Ben Margalit and Art Busch read Torah so beautifully during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services
  • Rebecca Egolf and Jean Beasley read the Haftorah prayers and English translation during the Torah Services at both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur morning services
  • Dave Weisman’s moving violin solo of Kol Nidre
  • Len Rose gave us another award-winning rendition of Jonah
  • Our Shofar Squad, David Terkel, Ben Margalit, Julius Hess, Larry Terkel & Len Rose
  • Marcy Caplin coordinated this year’s Food Drive
  • Barbara Shapiro, Joyce Bigam and Jennifer Frankino worked behind the scenes to prepare our Rosh Hashanah Kiddush Lunch and Yom Kippur Break the Fast.
  • Ed Weisman led our afternoon education session during the Yom Kippur service break and the congregants who participated with him
  • Jonathan Selinger, editor of the weekly e-Megillah, kept the congregation updated on changes to holiday service events.
  • The TBS Board’s efforts and assistance behind the scenes and as greeters and participants in all 6 services.
  • The volunteer service readers, candle lighters and ark openers who participated in all 6 holiday services

Thank you all for your efforts in creating such memorable High Holy Days services.

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