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Next Baking Club – Nov. 14

Baking club will be baking in the Temple Kitchen
on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 3:30 pm.

Contact Armi if you are planning to attend at president@tewaterford.org

Endowment Fund

Temple Emanu-El Endowment Fund

The Temple Emanu-El Endowment was established in 2007. The Endowment Fund invests the assets it has been entrusted with to support the mission and  vision of Temple Emanu-El for present and future generations. Over the 17 years of the Endowment, the fund has grown an average of 3.3% and has provided the Temple with approximately $230,000. All of this was accomplished with only one small stock donation added to the initial $500,000.

 

HOW TO DONATE YOUR REQUIRED MINIMUM IRA DISTRIBUTION TO THE TEMPLE EMANU-EL ENDOWMENT FUND

At June’s Annual Meeting, Barbara spoke to you about the Endowment Committee’s goal to grow our Endowment to a million dollars. We truly believe this is an achievable goal! Having a million dollars in the Endowment would enable the Endowment Committee to give 5% or $50,000 on a yearly basis to support the ongoing success and sustainability of Temple Emanu-El.

 

HERE IS HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN:

The check for your minimum distribution (which will include what you would have paid in income tax) must come directly from the Custodian of your IRA.

The check will be mailed directly from your Custodian to:
National Financial Services
29 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02453

For Security Reasons, we cannot publish here how to make out the check. If you are generously planning on donating your Minimum Distribution, please email Barbara Senges, Chair of the Endowment Committee at professeur38@me.com.

 

DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ENDOWMENT FUND INCLUDED IN THE RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE DONATIONS?

As donations to this specific restricted fund grow, they will be invested in the Endowment portfolio. Your donations will help us reach our goal of $1,000,000.00!

So please remember the Endowment Fund when making your donation to the Restricted Funds. The Endowment Fund ensures the sustainability of Temple Emanu-El for the future.

Advertising & Building Rental

DID YOU KNOW?

…If you own or run a local business, you can advertise in the Temple Emanu-El Bulletin for only $18 per month or $165 for 11 issues (summer is a double-issue). In other words, it will cost only about 7 cents to reach each reader household each month and if you advertise in each issue, for 6 cents per reader household, your ad will be seen 11 times. Contact the Temple Office at (860) 443-3005 if you’re interested in advertising.

…If you’re planning a birthday party or baby shower but don’t want to host a large number of attendees in your own home, you can rent the Temple’s social hall, kitchen, and/or classrooms for your event. If you do want to plan the event at home or in your backyard but find you need to rent tables and chairs, you can also rent those from the Temple (tables are $5 per table per day and chairs are $3 per chair per day). Contact the Temple Office at (860) 443-3005 for more information.

High Holidays 2023 – Information for In-Person & Zoom

Join Us for the High Holidays

All High Holiday Services are in person and on zoom (except Tashlich at the beach)
Zoom Registration Required Only Once. Use this link below to register for all services if joining us on Zoom.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR ZOOM

 

High Holiday Policy

  • Our services are open to all. If you are not a member of our congregation, we encourage you to consider joining. Just contact the Temple office. If you are not ready to join us yet, please consider making a donation on our website. Your support is a mitzvah. We exist only with your support.
  • Families with younger children are encouraged to attend Family Programs on Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur. Our family program and closing service (Ne’ilah) will be followed by a Break-the-Fast.
  • Families with students in the religious school 6th grade and older are especially encouraged to attend all services and family programs. Younger students are welcome at all services considering their ability to respect the worship of the community.

 

Selichot

Selichot Service is on Saturday, September 9, 7:00 P.M., Join us at Temple Emanu-El for this moving service during which we will change our regular, colorful Torah mantles to white, High Holiday mantles.

 

Cemetery Visit

Rabbi Marc Ekstrand and Cantorial Soloist Sherry Barnes will be at the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery #3 & #4 on Middle Rd. in Preston on Sunday, September 10, from 1:00 P.M to 1:30 P.M.

 

Feeding the Hungry During Tishri

On Yom Kippur we read prophetic words of Isaiah that remind us of the Divine imperative that food and water be available for all in our community. The harvest festival of Sukkot reminds us that many of us have abundant resources to share. Let us thank God for our abundance by sharing with those in need. The Gemma E. Moran United Way Food Center is in need of our help. Upon arriving at all services, please place your food donations in the bins in the foyer. The mitzvah will leave you with a good taste.

 

Friday, September 15
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, 8:00 PM

 

Saturday, September 16
Rosh Hashanah Morning Service, 10:00 AM

Family Service including Tashlich  where we symbolically cast our sins upon the water – 4:00 P.M. Meet at Hole in the Wall, 4 Baptist Lane in Niantic.

Last year we created a more environmentally sound Tashlich practice. You are still welcome to bring breadcrumbs. However, we will provide pebbles and small stones polished by the sea. We will gather in spiritual reflection on our past transgressions before casting the stones weighing us down back into the sea. This will be an act of hope for the future. Meet at Hole in the Wall, 4 Baptist Lane in Niantic.

 

Friday, September 22 
Shabbat Shuvah, 7:30 PM

 

Sunday, September 24 
Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Service, 8:00 PM

 

Monday, September 25  
Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10:00 AM

Yom Kippur Afternoon and Yizkor, 12:30 PM

Yom Kippur Discussion, 2:00 PM

Yom Kippur Afternoon, 4:00 PM, Nielah, Family Service, Havdalah

Break-the-fast beginning about 6:15 P.M.

 

Sukkah Buildng Party

For Sukkot the Board of Trustees and Brotherhood will need volunteers to put up and take down the Sukkah. Help build the Sukkah on Wednesday, September 27, at 5:00 P.M. Our Sukkah is very large, so we need a lot of material for the roof (Schach, in Hebrew). Please bring materials for the Sukkah any time after Yom Kippur. Materials can be piled next to the permanent Sukkah framing that is on the east side of our parking lot. Things like ornamental grasses or cornstalks are ideal for the roof (schach).

 

Sukkot Service
Friday, September 29    Erev Sukkot-Shabbat Service, 7:30 P.M.

 

Share Shabbat, Erev Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah & Consecration

Come sing and dance in this joyous celebration of Torah, the beating heart of the Jewish people, at 6:30 PM, Friday, October 6. During this special Share Shabbat, we will have Consecration for the newest students in our Religious School.

 

Shmini Atzeret/Yizkor Service will be at Congregation AHAVATH, 84 Lebanon Ave. Colchester, Saturday, October 7 at 10:00 A.M.

 

High Holiday Day Cemetery Services in our Region

Sunday, September 10

1:00 P.M. – Rabbi Marc Ekstrand and Cantorial Soloist Sherry Barnes

Norwich Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemetery #3 and #4

62 Middle Road, Preston

 

Rabbi Earl Kideckel

10:00 A.M. – Ohave Shalom Cemetery, Boston Post Road in Waterford

11:00 A.M. – Beth El Cemetery, Lestertown Road, Groton

 

 

Sunday, September 24

Rabbi Julius Rabinowitz

9:30 A.M. – Norwich Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemetery #2

38 Rt 12, Preston

And then Norwich Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemeteries #3 and #4

62 Middle Road, Preston

 

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz

11:30 A.M. – Temple Bnai Israel cemetery on Rte 32 in Mansfield

Use 227 Stafford Road, Mansfield, CT 06250 in your GPS to get there

 

Rabbi Ken Alter

12:30 P.M. – Ahavath Achim Cemetery Taintor Hill Road

1:00 P.M. – Jewish Aid and Lebanon Sections of Ahavath Achim Cemetery, Gillette’s Lane

Community Purim Megillah Reading & Spiel – Mar 6

You don’t want to miss this year’s Community Purim Megillah Reading & Spiel!!

Join us at Temple Emanu-El Monday, March 6 from 5:45 pm – 8 pm.

See you on Monday, March 6 at 5:45 pm for the Megillah reading in the sanctuary immediately followed by the Purim Shpiel in the social hall at Temple Emanu-El! Purim Shpiel directed by Hazzan Sherry Barnes. Scenery by Armi Rowe, and Music performed by Roz Etra. The cast is full of familiar characters. See you there! And, you’ll get to enjoy some hamantaschen!

There is also a Zoom link on the calendar on the homepage.

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