E-Megillah October 1, 2026
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e-Megillah Thursday October 1, 2026Issue #788 Letter from Rabbi Ross Dear TBS Friends & Family, This Sunday is our annual Simchat Torah celebration. I really need each and everyone of you to try and make it this Sunday at 10:00 am. If we have at least 25 adults there we will unroll the entire Torah Scroll for the community. Please take an hour out of your Sunday morning and join us! We will serve bagels, lox and cream cheese as a bribe after the service! We will add a few memorial prayers for our short Yizkor ceremony Sunday. If you are remembering a loved one, come and light a yahrzeit candle before the service. We will add a few prayers on the third anniversary of the 10/7 war, which takes place next Tuesday evening. TLC@TBS Classes for kids and adults will resume next Sunday, 10/11. Our first day of Hebrew classes on Thursdays is today, 10/1. Jewish Meditation Circle resumes We will focus on joy, home and abundance. Shake the lulav. Dessert and drinks will be served. Bible & Bagels Bike Ride with TBS Friends Simchat Torah Celebration!
• Planning Meeting – The Social Action Committee will meet on Monday, October 5 at 5:00 pm. • Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank – High Holy Days fund drive. • Sweater Collection is now underway for our mitten-sew-a-thon in November. • Now collecting Hoodie & Sweatpants for Akron North HS  
TBSBrotherhood • Brotherhood Membership • We meet throughout the year in the spirit of friendship and good humor. We sponsor social events, fundraisers and building beautification projects to support and enhance the TBS community. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available! ************ • Sisterhood will have our dinner together at Jean Rhodes home 3036 Vincent Road, Silver Lake on October 30th at 6 pm. This will be a catered dinner! Please RSVP to kimstrausser@gmail.com • If you enjoy the sisterhood get togethers, that is awesome! We have a fun group, and I am hoping to see it grow. Now is a good time to renew your membership and there are options for doing so. At the bottom there will be a QR code to do so, or a link to print the paper renewal. Dues can be mailed to Robin Rosen-Sharp at 7440 Sylvan Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240. You can also pay dues at our next dinner or event. If you are not a member yet, please check us out. We do dinners out, various other activities, fundraisers, and much laughing. Whether you come to meetings, attend programs, help us organize and plan events, or just contribute dues, you are choosing to support Sisterhood and all we do. A portion of our dues goes to Women of Reform Judaism in North America and WRJ Central District. You are not only supporting the women and families of our temple, but also on a North American and Global level WRJ provides grants to fund clergy education, support our youth through NFTY and URJ camps, do advocacy work, and pay for a Legislative Assistant from the Religious Action Center. Through our affiliation with WRJ and our District we have the benefit of leadership training and education, the WRJ Speakers Bureau, and a District newsletter. Some of the topics we can learn about are marketing, membership, programming, fundraising, and how to write a Shabbat service. For our congregation Sisterhood helps to support our Religious School, fundraising, Sisterhood services, and a Sisterhood oneg. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me. Aviva Lakas
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Please send us your announcements, engagements, weddings, graduations, sports news, kid news, etc. to: e-megillah editor, hberman44236@yahoo.com no later than ONE WEEK PRIOR to the next issue.
Please include ‘e-megillah news‘ in the subject field. ************ Temple Beth Shalom is participating with First Serve to help school children in the North Hill schools. Thank you!! ************
TBS presents a fall bike ride open to all members, October 3rd. There are two options for our ride. Ride as much or as little as you like. Time and final starting point will be sent out about a week before depending on weather, but probably around 10:00 AM. Please RSVP me and don’t forget to give me a selection for the starting point. The route with the most affirmative votes will be our selected trail. 1) The tow path trail from Boston Mills north (due to the closure we cannot go south). You can do as much or as little as you want; for the more adventurous you can go all the way to Wendy Park. It is mostly all flat, (mostly) till you get to Canal and route 17. So far, it is Wendy Hess, me (Aviva). and the Rabbi. Please contact me with any questions. You may RSVP and state your preferred route to Aviva Lakas ************
All the best, Bill Riter AJL ************
We are looking for Volunteers!
 Help our Temple:• Assist with events and gatherings
• Match activities to your interests & abilities
• E-Megillah Desktop Co-Publishers
• Participate in Brotherhood & Sisterhood
• Maintain TBS Building & Landscaping • Support & Enhance the TBS community
D E A T H S I N T H E L A S T Y E A R
Frances Berman • Deborah Dallet Nicholas Dohoda • Rebecca Rose Kaufman
A monthly yahrzeit list of TBS family loved ones will now be published in the e-megillah
as well as read during Shabbat services. O C T O B E R Y A H R Z E I T S
John Andro • Mary Blazey • Alex Burstein
Celia Busch • Evelyn Costea Janet Houghton • Karen Klaus Herbert William Kirchheimer • Jane E Litt Charles Masetta • Sylvia Lowe Miller Mary Minor • Alan Roberts Else Tietz Scholem • Billie Taer Herbert R Wismer If you have names to add, please send them with their yahrzeit date to:
Laurie Frankino, Ritual Chair, at lfrankino@gmail.com.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
For more information on temple services and other activities,
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• Upcoming meetings and events are currently being planned and scheduled by the Sisterhood. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available!
First Serve appeal for sweat pants and hoodies!
The TBS library is open for business. Please borrow the books of your choice. Return them, pass them on, donate a different book back.