December 2013

December 10, 2013

PTA Event

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Temple B’nai Torah – PTA

Presents:

Family

SUNDAY, MARCH 5^th

Doors open at 11:30 am

Bingo begins 12:00 pm

At Temple B’nai Torah

2900 Jerusalem Ave., Wantagh, NY

(near North Shore Farms store)

Open to Everyone!! – Bring your friends, kids and grandkids!

There will be lots of FUN and PRIZES for EVERYONE !!

Hot Dogs, knishes, popcorn, beverages and candy will be available for purchase!

ALSO… 50 / 50 RAFFLE

Presale for 50/50 will be February 12^thfrom 9-10:30 AM.

Admission is $5.00 per player (includes 1 Bingo board)

Each additional board is $1.00 There is no charge for non-playing adults.

If you would like to volunteer to help or have questions, please contact

Maryann Maidat or Darra Davis through Facebook or tbtpta@gmail.com .

Form and cash or check made out to TBT PTA can be dropped off in the PTA Mailbox or mailed to Temple B’nai Torah 2900 Jerusalem Avenue Wantagh, NY 11793 Attn: TBT-PTA Bingo

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Name PTA Member? Y N

Contact #/email Volunteer? Y N

Number of People# X $5.00 = + Number of extra boards# X $1.00 = enclosed.

December 9, 2013

Tu B’Shevat

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Tu B’Shevat or the “New Year of the Trees” is Jewish Arbor Day. We celebrate by

rejoicing in the fruit of the tree and the fruit of the vine, celebrating the splendid,

abundant gifts of the natural world which give our senses delight and our bodies’

life.

It was originally believed to be an agricultural festival, marking the emergence of spring in Israel. Sustaining rains are at the peak of their power and the world responds, brimming with buds of fragrant life.

After the destruction of the Temple in 70 ACE, this holiday became a way for the Jews to symbolically bind themselves to their former homeland by eating foods that were found in Israel. It is a celebration of the renewal of vision and awareness, a celebration of connections and connectedness – to our own inner-selves, to the social world of human beings, and to the natural world and its Source.

In the 17^th century, the Kabbalists, the Jewish mystics of Safed, developed a special Seder (order of service). Modeled on the Passover Seder, the Tu B’Shevat Seder included drinking of four cups of wine with varying percentages of red and white wine, representing the shifting of yearly seasons. The Seder also included readings on trees and fruit from a range of Jewish literature.

Click HERE for the details on our latest seder.

December 5, 2013