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May 2017 / 5777
TEC Times A monthly calendar for the
Temple Etz Chaim community
Clean out your closet and help us raise funds!
We are collecting:
Clothing
Shoes
Accessories
Books
Linens
Household Items*
* Small items only.
No furniture.
Items collected help fund:
Bring your items to our Donation Drive event:
For questions, please contact:
TEMPLE ETZ CHAIM
May 7, 2017
Religious school @ Medway High School 88 Summer St., Medway9:00
- 11:30 amor Temple Building 900 Washington St., Franklin9:00 am –
1:00 pm
Nancy Berger
[email protected]@gmail.com
mailto:[email protected]
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WHEN: Saturday, May 13th - 5:00 - 8:00 pm WHERE: TEC 900
Washington Street, Franklin, MA FEE: $10 for Adults, $8 for
Children *Light refreshments will be served courtesy of TEC
Sisterhood Prize for best apron! PLEASE RSVP TO:
[email protected] Any questions? Email Pam Giordano
Challah FUNdraising Chair or Kathy Levine FUNdraising Chair
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Saturday Morning Torah Study May 6, 13, 20, 27 June 3 8:30 -
9:30 am at the Temple Building
Join the Rabbi in a study of Torah. No long-term commit-ment
needed. Texts will be provided. Come for the bagels. Stay for the
discussion!
Thursday, May 25 7:00 pm at Temple Building All temple members
are requested to attend. Come vote on the new Board of Directors
and approve the 2016-2017 budget. Get involved… it’s your
Temple!
TEC Annual Meeting
Sunday, May 7 1:00 pm at the home of Melissa Folsom Join us as
we come together to reflect on our accomplishments, vote on where
to donate our fundraising efforts and vote on our new 2017-2018
Sisterhood Board of Directors.
RSVP online at Sign Up Genius. Questions? Contact Melissa
Folsom
Sisterhood BBQ and Annual Meeting
Teacher Appreciation and Ice Cream Social
Sunday, May 21 10:00 - 11:00 am at Medway High School 88 Summer
St., Medway
Parents, please join us to say thank you to our teachers who
volunteer their time and talents for our children. May 21 will be
our last day of school, with class from 9-10, followed by a short
program with presentations by the stu-
dents to the teachers and an ice cream social in celebra-tion.
Let our teachers know you care!
Sunday, May 7 9:45 - 11:30 am Medway High School 88 Summer St.,
Medway This Open House is for new families interested in our
community.
Take a tour of our School! See the students engaged and having
fun! Enjoy coffee and bagels with TEC Religious School par-ents!
Meet the Director of Education and Rabbi! RSVP and let us know you
are coming. For any questions call Hana Berman, Director of
Education at 508-528-5337 or email Deb Rouslin or Jenn
Eagerman.
Religious School Open House
Monday, May 15 Mayyim Hayyim 1860 Washington St. Auburdale,
MA
We will celebrate as Mayyim Hayyim turns thirteen and comes of
age by honoring some of the extraordinary people in our community;
Carrie Bornstein and presenting the Nachshon Award to Elisha and
Sam Gechter. For more information contact Rachel Eisen.
Mayyim Hayyim: Soul/Life/Cycle
B’Nei Mitzvah Shabbat Service 10:00 am First Universalist
Society of Franklin 262 Chestnut St., Franklin
Saturday, May 20: Alexis and Derek Halet becomes B’nei
Mitzvah
Saturday, June 3: Jacob Crisileo becomes Bar Mitzvah
Saturday, June 10: Zachary Simms becomes Bar Mitzvah
The congregation is invited to worship as our students are
called to the Torah as Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please join the families
for Kiddush following the service.
B’Nei Mitzvah
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Saturday, November 18, 2017 Crystal Room Milford, MA We are very
excited as the Temple Gala Committee begins planning for this
year’s event! The Crystal Room venue in Mil-ford has been reserved
for the event on
Saturday, November 18, 2017. Many discussions are taking place
to make this year’s gala our best yet. If you have any questions,
please feel free to email Joanne Valenҁa, Gala Committee
chairperson, at [email protected]
3rd Annual Temple Gala Update
Broadway Bible Saturday, June 17 7:00 - 8:30 pm at the Temple
Building
Join Rabbi Deborah Zecher as she pre-sents this musical program
that combines beloved show tunes with familiar Biblical and
midrashic tales. Torah from a com-
pletely different perspective! For more information contact
Rosie Buja.
Tuesday, May 30 (6 Sivan) Following Shavuot/Confirmation Service
Approx. 9:30 - 11:00 pm at Temple Building
Join us for our second Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Tikkun Leil Shavuot
is a tradition of studying texts until dawn on the night of
Shavuot. We won’t go that far, but we will have a chance to deepen
our Jewish knowledge and understanding with interactive learning
for an hour and a half. Please join us, and enjoy some dairy treats
in honor of the Holiday.
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Tuesday, May 30 7:00 pm at Temple Building Join us as our 10th
grader Confirma-tion students have a chance to lead services and be
called to the Torah.
This is an uplifting service that marks the anniversary of the
giving of the 10 commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mt.
Sinai and celebrates the end of the grain harvest in Israel. As the
Jewish people made a covenant with God on this day, so too, our
young adults reaffirm their commit-ment to their Jewish heritage.
Please join us for this special service and to honor the
Confirmation students. As a com-munity we send a hearty mazel tov
to the following confir-mation students: Jim DaCosta, Jessica
Giordano, Anina Lawrence, Brenna Rioux.
Erev Shavuot Confirmation Service Service Schedule Friday, May 5
at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service led by FROGY - Social
Justice
Friday, May 12 at 7:00 pm at TEC Family Shabbat Service
Saturday, May 13 at 10:00 am at TEC Tot Shabbat Service
Friday, May 19 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, May 20 at 10:00 am at FUSF Shabbat Service and Alexis
and Derek Halet B’Nei Mitzvah
Friday, May 26 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service
Tuesday, May 30 at 7:00 pm at TEC Erev Shavuot and Confirmation
Service
Tuesday, May 30 at 9:30 pm at TEC Tikkun Leill Shavuot and
Yizkor
Friday, June 2 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, June 3 at 10:00 am at FUSF Shabbat Service and Jacob
Crisileo Bar Mitzvah
Friday, June 9 at 6:30 pm at TEC Tot Shabbat Service
Friday, June 9 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, June 10 at 10:00 am at FUSF Shabbat Service and
Zachary Simms Bar Mitzvah
Friday, June 16 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service and Board
Installation
Friday, June 23 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service Honoring
Seniors & Camp Sendoff
Friday, June 30 at 7:30 pm at TEC Erev Shabbat Service
TEC: Temple Etz Chaim, 900 Washington St., Franklin FUSF: First
Universalist Society of Franklin, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Amazon Smile Temple Etz Chaim is registered as an Ama-zonSmile
charitable organization. Ama-zonSmile is a simple and automatic way
for you to support TEC every time you shop, at no cost to you. When
you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact
same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping
experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Am-azon will
donate a portion of the purchase price to TEC. It's simple to do.
When shopping on Amazon, go to smile.amazon.com and choose "Temple
Etz Chaim" (of Franklin, MA) as your charitable organization.
That's it! Whenever you shop, remember to do with a smile.
Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling Don’t throw away those empty ink
and toner cartridges. Drop them off in the bin at tem-ple or at
religious school and let us recycle them. We earn $ for each
recycled cartridge.
Cardboard Recycling Program
TEC has a new recycling program that will earn us $$$. American
Paper Recycling is a program that not only helps with our recycling
efforts but also earns us money. Drop off your
paper/cardboard in the recycling bin outside our temple
building. Go online to learn more. Questions? Contact Adrianne.
General Fund In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Ilana Cutler by The
Venooker Family
In memory of Annabel Krepow, Aunt of Stewart Lipson by The
Lipson Family
Mazel Tov on Ilana Cutler’s Bat Mitzvah Love Sandi and Mark
Cutler
If you’d like to make a donation in memory or honor of somebody
or just to support us, please go to our online form.
Donations
School is open every date listed, unless otherwise noted.
Religious School
Grades 1-7 Sunday- 9:00–11:30 am
Hebrew School
Grades 3-6
Wednesday- 4:00–5:30 pm
Academy (A); Confirmation (C); Post
Confirmation (PC) - Grades 8-12
Tuesday- 6:30-8:30 pm
5/7
5/14
5/21 – Last day of School
5/3
5/10
5/17– Last day of School
5/2 – A/C (7th grade)
5/9– A/C/PC
5/16– A/C – Last day of School
Please join us to honor our Confirmation Students Tuesday May
30, 2017 Shavuot and Confirmation
@ 7:00pm at Franklin Federated Church
Kitah Gan Religious School Grades Pre K-K Sunday- 9:00-11:00
am
5/7 5/21 Last day of School
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Kitah Aleph/Bet (1st and 2nd grade) TEC Scavenger Hunt and Torah
Viewing
TEC Photo Album
Community Supper Volunteering
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Tot Passover Model Seder
TEC Photo Album
Women’s Community Seder
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Ideal Big Brother is energetic and mature (someone in his
30s-50s would be a good fit for Mark), living in proximity to
Franklin/Holliston and open to being matched to a non-Jewish
child.
Do you or does someone you know have a few hours a month to make
a huge difference in the life of anoth-er person? Jewish Big
Brothers Big Sisters (JBBBS) is in need of volunteers! JBBBS has 35
children in need of a mentor and 52 adults with disabilities on the
waiting list.
For more information, contact JBBBS Community Organizer, Lily
Siegel: [email protected]; 617-558-6549.
Temple Etz Chaim Cemetery Temple Etz Chaim has cemetery plots
re-served for members and their families at Beit Olam East Cemetery
in Wayland. If you would like to purchase a cemetery plot, please
contact the Jewish Cemetery Associa-
tion of Massachusetts at (617) 244-6509. Visit us at
http://jcam.org.
Temple Etz Chaim Website
Temple Etz Chaim Facebook
Temple Etz Chaim Sisterhood Facebook
Temple Etz Chaim LinkedIn
Stay Connected
Temple Etz Chaim 900 Washington Street, Franklin, MA, 02038
508-528-5337 Send us a message
Rabbi Thomas Alpert
Hana Berman, Director of Education
Audrey Venooker, Bookkeeper
Adrianne Castro, Office Administrator
Contact Us
Hebrew Rehabilitation Cen-ter (HRC) is a skilled nurs-ing
facility and licensed hos-pital that provides long-term
care in Boston and Dedham. The Volunteer Services Department at
Dedham as well as Boston is always looking for adults and students
interested in giving a little of their time to our residents. If
you are in-terested, please contact us at 781-234-9350 (Dedham) or
617-363-8421 (Boston). You can also visit our website,
www.hebrewseniorlife.org and go to the Volunteer tab to learn more
about our volunteer require-ments and some of our volunteer
opportunities.
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