[CBT Bulletin] Weekly e-mail bulletin

[Beth Tefilah Office]

Shabbat Shalom!


Kiddush:
The May 21, 2016 is a Luncheon Kiddush sponsored by Stephen/Ruth Anthony 
in honour of the Yahrzeit of his/her aunt/sister, Lillian Siegel.


Service Times

Candle Lighting -8:29 pm, May 20, 2016
Havdalah - 9:39 pm, May 21, 2016


Congratulations:
Mazal Tov to Philip and Judy Weinstein on a new granddaughter named 
Sarah Yael born to their daughter Alana and son-in-law Eric Warner on 
Monday May 16, 2016 (8 Iyar).


Talmud Class:
Rabbi Lazer teaches Talmud every Sunday morning after services at
approximately 9:45 am. Current study is chapter five Ezehu Neshech .


Sunday Hebrew School:
If you would like to learn more about our Time for Torah Hebrew School
or to register your child please contact Rabbi Lazer Gurkow at 
519-434-3962 or Rebbetzin Basie Gurkow at 226-234-5022.


JLI Semester:
The Jewish Course “Heroes or Villians”, Launched on May 17, 2016. 
For more information or to register, please visit www.myjli.com or 
contact Rabbi Gurkow rabbi at bethtefilah.org (519) 434-3962


Potluck Kiddush May 28, 2016:
Please join us for a potluck Kiddush on Shabbat May 28. If you would 
like to participate in the potluck by sponsoring and preparing one of 
the dishes, please contact Rabbi Lazer or Rebbetzin Basie.


NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
The Annual General meeting will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 
7:30 pm at the synagogue. At this meeting, there may be a vote on a 
motion to amend the constitution to allow proxy voting on certain 
important issues. Please make every effort to attend this meeting. A 
quorum of at least 15 members is required.


Building Maintenance Fund

In the letter mailed out February 10, 2016 it was mentioned that the 
Board had approved to request from each member family a $100 
contribution to the Building Maintenance Fund in February, 2016 to cover 
the increasing expenses on the Rabbi’s House, the rental house and the 
synagogue. In order for our Synagogue to continue to maintain the same 
level of programming, we must have solid buildings!

If you haven't already done so, please send in your contribution to the 
Building Maintenance Fund as soon as possible.



Yahrzeits -May 20 - 28, 2016:
*Monty Caplan for his grandfather, Meyer Wolfe ben Herschel, 12 Iyar 
(Thur./Fri.)
*Rhoda Kulman for her sister, Mamie Bergman, 13 Iyar (Fri./Sat.)
*Ruth Antony/Stephen Antony for her sister/his aunt, Lillian Siegel, 19 
Iyar (Thur./Fri.)
*Carl Ehrman for his mother, Gloria Ehrman, 19 Iyar (Thur./Fri.)


Weekly E-mail Bulletin and Rabbi's Message List:
The Synagogue would like to be able to contact members by email to let 
you know of upcoming events and meetings. Members are being asked to 
provide their email address to the synagogue by sending an email to 
office at bethtefilah.org.

Members and non-members can also subscribe to the Synagogue's Weekly 
E-mail bulletin list and Rabbi's Message List by visiting our web page, 
www.bethtefilah.org, clicking on email lists on the left side of the 
home page then following the instructions to subscribe.


"Our 50th Anniversary Celebration":
Congregation Beth Tefilah will be celebrating our 50th anniversary in 
2016 by a hosting a music concert titled "The World of Jewish Music". 
The concert will consist of classical music by Jewish composers in 
addition to Klezmer music. The concert will be held at the Wolf 
Performance Hall on September 18th, 2016 at 3:00 pm.. Our feature 
performer will be classical pianist, Shoshana 
Telner(http://www.shoshanatelner.com). Also performing will be 
violinist, Henry Krichker and cellist Lac Hong Phi.

We hope to raise funds to help continue the growth of Beth Tefilah 
through this celebratory fundraising event. Please consider contributing 
to one of the following categories:

Benefactor....$1,000 .includes 4 tickets to concert
Patron........$  500 .includes 2 tickets to concert
Sponsor.......$  250
Friend........$  150
Supporter.....$   75

Ticket information will be forthcoming.

Contributors to these donation categories will be listed in the 
anniversary program book.

For information, please call Danny Bell at 519-317-9232 or e-mail 
btprogrambook at gmail.com


Office hours for May 23 - 27, 2016

Tuesday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday 10:00am - 3:00pm

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