Well, if you didn’t make it out for the Rummage Sale, you missed a HUGE event! According to Howard Zeff, the proceeds from the sale were more than double our goal! All I can say to that is, “WOW!” and “Thank You!” to the Social Committee and all the other folks that volunteered their time and/or donated items for the sale! It was a LOT of work – done by a LOT of people – but many, many thanks go out to Howard and Jane Zeff for the massive amount of time and effort they put into all it took to pull this off! As I mentioned last week, because I don’t want to leave anyone out, I am not going to try and name all the volunteers (members and non-members) that helped with various aspects of the project but I hope you will all accept my most sincere “Thank You!” for your time and efforts! It is truly amazing what a small group of dedicated individuals can accomplish!
Rumor has it that there used to be some pretty active Brotherhood and Sisterhood groups within the congregation…Is there any interest in trying to get these groups started up again? The night before the Rummage Sale, some of the men of the congregation came together and had a cookout on the front lawn. Could this be the beginning of a new Brotherhood? If you are interested in participating in either a Brotherhood or a Sisterhood, please let me know. If there is enough interest, I will pursue what it takes to get these back up-and-running!
Services and Torah Study:
We are back on track with services this week as well as Torah Study returning to the Temple! In addition, below is the informaton on who will be leading the services for most of the dates in September and October. Note that Buddy Berstein will be leading services on September 2 – this will be his first time leading the services so please come out and support him!
- August 26 – Rabbi Nancy
- September 2 – Buddy Bernstein
- September 9 – Rabbi Nancy
- September 16 – Rabbi Nancy
- September 23 – Rabbi Nancy
- September 30 – Robert Adler
- October 2-3 – Rosh Hashanah – Rabbi Nancy
- October 7 – Ritual Committee
- October 11-12 – Yom Kippur – Rabbi Nancy
- October 14 – Ritual Committee
- October 21 – Rabbi Nancy
- October 28 – Ritual Committee
As is noted above, the Torah Study sessions will return to the Temple this week. Thanks to all of our Torah Study participants – and their leader, Dick Peshkin – for understanding and working with the Social Committee to allow for the use of the usual Torah Study Room before and during the Rummage Sale event! Everyone is welcomed to join the group each Saturday morning at 9:30!
Reminder items:
- Holocaust Survivor and upcoming UNA Speaker, Inge Auerbacher, will join us for services Friday, September 16 and will present a slide show and talk on Saturday, September 17 at 4:00, at the Temple. Please share this with others in the Shoals area and invite them to join us for one or both of these events!
- The High Holidays will be here soon! Please make plans to join us Sunday evening, October 2 and Monday, October 3 for Rosh Hashanah as well as Tuesday evening, October 11 and Wednesday, October 12 for Yom Kippur.
- We now have Temple Cards that can be mailed out on your behalf. Contact Barbara Sherr for more details. Check the Temple Directory for her contact information.
If you are aware of something in the community that you would like me to draw some attention to in my message, please let me know! And, as always, if you have any announcements you would like for me to share with our membership, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
I will miss services again this week so I wish you a Shabbat Shalom in advance and I will look forward to seeing many of you on Friday night, September 2!
Shalom!
Traci Welch
