Chanukah, Torah & More

Post date: Jan 2, 2017 5:25:37 PM

Shalom CBC Members,

Hope all enjoyed the Chanukah Festival of lights!

This week's Torah portion is Mi-ketz:

When a dream troubles Pharoah, his steward recalls Joseph's gift

for interpretation. Joseph is summoned and foresees seven years of

plent, followed by seven years of famine. Pharoah, believing

Joseph, places him in charge of Egypt's preparation for the lean

years. Jacob sends his sons to Egypt for grain. Joseph chooses to

conceal his identity from them. Joseph orders that his goblet be

hidden in Benjamin's sack: when it is found, Joseph detains him.

Note:

Beit Chaverim is participating in another community-wide

program on January 15th. Topic: 'Compassion for our Neighbors,'

a program focused on the needs of refugees sponsored by the

Daughters of Abraham and the Calvert County Interfaith Council.

(See below) Roberta and Irma will be representing Beit Chaverim.

Feel free to attend and show support for our representatives, the

Calvert County Interfaith Council, and organizers.

I will be in Boulder CO attending the

Professional Gathering of Jewish Renewal Rabbis, Ohalah.

I have talked about free Hebrew lessons available online.

Here is the link:

http://www.behrmanhouse.com/click-and-read-free

I would suggest buying the hard copy of the book called Shalom Uv' rachah.

You might have to create an account to order the book.

This is FREE and easy! And I am available for questions you may have when

you get stuck!! If you want to discuss other options, let me know.

Our next Friday night Service will be on January 20th.

I am praying for good weather!

Happy and Healthy 2017!!!

Reb Betsy

Betsy Roth

12026 Trailridge Dr.

Potomac, MD 20854

(301) 294 5196

Spiritual Leader

Congregation Beit Chaverim

Prince Frederick, MD 20678

(410) 586-0090

Owner

www.AlephBetTutor.com

If you're not going to be better tomorrow than you were today,

then what need have you for tomorrow?

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

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Upcoming interfaith community dialogue:

“Compassion for the Neighbor: Standing with Refugees Here and Abroad”

Sunday January 15, 2pm

Mt. Hope Community Center

104 Pushaw Station Rd (right off Rt. 2)

Sunderland, MD 20689

--(Organization) will share the latest news regarding international refugees.

--(Organization) will discuss the local context for refugees arriving, or being denied entry, to live in Maryland. Local youth will meet young refugees living in Maryland.

--Youth and adults will discuss the problem and solutions.

Interfaith leaders from Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties invite all youth and adults to a community dialogue: “Compassion for the Neighbor: Standing with Refugees Here and Abroad” on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm. Across the world, people have seen the famous photo of a young boy washed up on shore, and seen images of hundreds of hands reaching across a fence or from one boat to another, grasping for lifesaving passage or for water. As US leaders have debated building walls, many people have remembered the borders or seas that their own relatives crossed as immigrants or refugees.

This interfaith coalition has created a space for those whose hearts have been moved, or whose curiosity or concern has been provoked by the swirl of images, rhetoric, concern, and controversy regarding: “Who’s in, who’s out? Who’s welcome, who’s not?”

What, then, is the interfaith call to hospitality, compassion, and solidarity as the numbers of displaced persons reaches upwards of 12 million in Syria alone? For many Marylanders, the plight of Middle Eastern and European refugees has often been a low priority, hardly audible or visible beneath other current events and the events of our daily lives. Meanwhile, from the south of our own country, millions more seek passage and refuge from violence and poverty in Latin America.

At the January 15 event, Maryland youth and adults unite across different religious traditions, to ask: What will we want to have known and done NOW when we think back to this present moment decades into the future? (Organization) will brief the group on the latest news regarding international refugees. (Organization) will discuss the local context for refugees arriving, or being denied entry, to live in Maryland. Local youth will meet young refugees living in Maryland. Together, Maryland youth and adults, united across different religious traditions, will discern a collective next step toward a future this generation can be proud to pass on to the next.

All youth and adults are urged to join “Compassion for the Neighbor: Standing with Refugees Here and Abroad” on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm at the Mt. Hope Community Center, 104 Pushaw Station Rd (right off Rt. 2) in Sunderland, MD 20689