Dear Temple Shalom Family,

The Chocolate Extravaganza is THIS WEEKEND!   Now is the time to remind all of your friends and neighbors to join us on Sunday for our biggest fundraiser of the year.  Get your tickets in advance, and remember to sign up to volunteer as well so that this year can be our best year yet!

Though the biggest moments often take the spotlight, there are many more wonderful opportunities to gather with our Temple family this weekend and in the days to follow.  This Friday is First Friday, with birthday and anniversary blessings, and a wonderful Shabbat dinner.  Saturday morning we’ll continue our Tanakh Study in the Book of Samuel, with bagels and lox.  Saturday afternoon, you could volunteer to help set up for the big day on Sunday.  Then, after the chocolate dust settles, remember to join us for a kosher hotdog and a beer (or lemonade or soda pop) at our Lag B’Omer Cook Out on Tuesday.  

Every moment can matter when we fill those moments with meaning, and one of the best ways to do so is by sharing those moments with family and friends.  Here at Temple Shalom, we share our lives with our extended Temple family, with our wider Wheeling community, with the Jewish people as a whole, and with all of our fellow human beings.  Being part of something larger than ourselves gives us both context, and purpose: through our worship, learning, social action, and socializing, we hope to sanctify the moments of our lives, and transform our world for the better, even as we seek to transform ourselves in the process.  We look forward to seeing you soon, here at the Temple.

WORSHIP

First Friday Celebration!

FRIDAY, May 1 at 6:00 p.m.

Plan to join us THIS Friday, May 1, in our Sanctuary as we celebrate Shabbat together!  Come enjoy a beautiful evening of worship, including special blessings for all May birthdays and anniversaries.  Then, we’ll share a delicious Shabbat dinner to follow thanks to our generous sponsors, Samuel Posin and Joan Berlow Smith, we’ll have kosher hamburgers hot off the grill!  Bring a non-dairy side dish to share, and call the Temple Office to RSVP.  For those unable to attend, the service will be broadcast LIVE on our YouTube page.  If you are feeling ill, please stay home and watch online.

ONEG SHABBAT?

We’ve got a new board for the new year now available!  Pick any week available when you’d like to host: First Friday dinner, a Wine Down Kabbalat Shabbat, or any Friday evening; we’ll all be grateful for your help and support!

Rakefet Update!

Temple Shalom uses a special database called Rakefet to keep track of all of our membership data.  Thanks to a new upgrade, each member family is now able to log in online to their own account, enabling you to make payments, see announcements, check yahrzeits, and more!  

Use the link below to learn more!

https://vimeo.com/showcase/8613894

CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA is HERE!

THIS Sunday, May 3 at 1:00 p.m.

You can still call the Temple Office to purchase tickets, to put a sign in your yard or at your business, to contribute as a sponsor, and to volunteer to help make this year’s major fundraiser a major success!  We need your participation, and the time is now!  We hope to see you all on Sunday! 

LAG B’OMER!

Tuesday, May 5 at 5:00 p.m.

Every year we count the fifty days of the “Omer” from Passover to Shavuot.  On the thirty third day (Lamed Gimmel in Hebrew), we take a break to go outside, celebrate the beauty of spring, and have a cook out!  Join us on Tuesday, May 5 at 5:00 p.m. as we grill out some kosher hotdogs with all the fixings, and enjoy chips and beverages on the lawn.  Invite your friends and neighbors, too; all are welcome!  

OUR FUTURE

First Friday Celebration! – FRIDAY, May 1 at 6:00 p.m.

Tanakh Study and Breakfast – SATURDAY, May 2 at 9:45 a.m.

CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA! – SUNDAY, May 3 at 1:00 p.m.

LAG B’OMER Cookout! – TUESDAY, May 5 at 5:00 p.m. 

Lifelong Learning – Monday, May 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Wine Down Kabbalat Shabbat – Friday, May 15 at 5:00 p.m.

Temple Board Meeting – Wednesday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m.

SHAVUOT Kugel Cook-Off! – Thursday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m.

SHAVUOT Morning Service – Friday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m.

CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA is here!  Become a sponsor, sell tickets to your friends, and remember to volunteer!