Monthly Archives: December 2011 - כסלו / טבת תשעב
Social Justice Shabbat January 13 at 8pm
| December 28, 2011 - ב טבת תשעב | Posted by Rabbi Farbman under Main Page, Social Action |
TE’s Social Action Committee will join Rabbi Farbman in leading a Social Justice Shabbat service on January 13th @ 8pm, featuring a talk by Professor Jennifer Klein of Yale’s History Department. We hope to see many TE members turn out for this service when we will consider themes of Social Justice from a Jewish perspective! more
“Torahs’R'us: All you ever wanted to know about Torah but were afraid to ask”
| December 25, 2011 - כט כסלו תשעב | Posted by Rabbi Farbman under Education, Featured, Main Page |
A brand-new educational opportunity for adults for 2012 This course will examine the Torah-reading traditions, its history and meaning, the structure of the Torah service and much more. The practical part of each class will be dedicated to learning the ‘trope’ – how to chant the Torah, as well as writing a ‘d’var Torah’ – a commentary on the weekly portion. For those who choose to have an adult bar/bat mitzvah this course will serve as the first and major step in training. The cost is $36 per person (TE members) and this will include the course book. Pre-registration is… more
Chanukah is here!!!
| December 17, 2011 - כא כסלו תשעב | Posted by Rabbi Farbman under Main Page |
Everyone is invited to celebrate the magic of Chanukah at Temple Emanuel! The festivities will begin at 6:00pm on Friday, December 23rd. It is still not too late to sign up on-line using Paypal! This Super-De-Duper celebration will include a fantastic Shabbat service with Rabbi Farbman and our very own T.E. music band followed by a dinner with latkes, crafts, dreidel games and our Annual Latke competition! Does your family have a special latke recipe? Whip up a batch and enter them in our Latke Contest. Don’t have kids??? No worries! Our Holiday celebration will be fun for ALL ages!!! Children’s activities will be supervised… more
Chanukah Gift Giving Program a Success!
| December 13, 2011 - יז כסלו תשעב | Posted by Rabbi Farbman under Main Page, Social Action |
On Sunday December 11th about 30 religious school children, their parents, teachers, and members of the Education Committee & Social Action Committee participated in a fun and educational morning that ended with a community mitzvah project that was a true success. The kids and parents sang with the Rabbi, then kids learned with their teachers and adults studied with the Rabbi, and then everyone helped to pack about 115 Holiday baskets for kids (and moms) from Jewish Family Services, Fairhaven Clinic, r’ kids, and Life Haven Shelter. It was busy, noisy, and fun. A huge mazel tov to all the… more
Chanukah songs at Barnes and Noble
| December 6, 2011 - י כסלו תשעב | Posted by Rabbi Farbman under Main Page |
On Sunday December 4th Rabbi Farbman was invited to sing some Chanukah songs at the Milford B&N as part of a special event organized by the Center for Jewish Life and Learning. There was a lot of young children there, and it was great fun to have chanukah songs blasting through the isles! Thank you to all TE members who came to support Rabbi Farbman! more
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