Hesed Committee

We all need help at one time or another, but never more than when we are ill, or have lost a loved one.

• TBI’S VISIT THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND COMMITTEE (BIKUR HOLIM) will call and visit the sick as well as include them in our minyan prayers (Refuah Shelemah).
• TBI’S BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE (NIHUM AVEILIM)supports shiva services and minyanim following funeral services.
• TBI’S CHEVRAH KADISHA (HOLY SOCIETY/JEWISH BURIAL SOCIETY) honors the dead in accordance with Jewish tradition, in preparing the deceased for burial.
• TBI’S CONCRETE SERVICES COMMITTEE (TACHLIS) provides concrete services to congregants and their families in times of crisis.

We also reach out to the greater community by delivering baked goods from participating supermarkets to centers in Norristown and Lansdale.

Please notify the office (610-275-8797) of any member needing our support. To request services of Hesed, or to volunteer for any of our committees, please contact the TBI office.

Many thanks for your contributions to TBI’s Hesed Committee.Your generosity enables us to continue our programs.

A Message from the Hesed Committee

For a child, there are definite symbols that indicate the beginning of a new year -- and school is a big one! Many children view new items -- in the form of a backpack or perhaps the smell of freshly sharpened pencils or a clean lunch box as their signs of starting a new.

There are new teachers, new sneakers, and new things to learn. It is a fresh start. There is a sense of excitement. It is a definite beginning. For adults, when the summer draws to a close, we do not have the same symbols we had when we were children to mark a new beginning.

As grown ups, we hardly use back packs and most of us don’t need any new pencils -- we have plenty! Instead, we are working, running errands, volunteering and in a routine. Things don’t feel new, in fact, they have a sense of sameness. Therefore, we often look for a clear marker to indicate a new beginning. It seems rare to find a time when adults are allowed a fresh start, and afforded all of the opportunities of a new beginning, as we once were, as children.

Each fall Rosh Hashanah provides us with symbols that signal an opportunity to find a new beginning within ourselves. We might have the same jobs, the same chores and obligations but there is a piece of each of us that can start fresh. We can recommit to the things that we find important but might have escaped our grasp in the past year. We have the opportunity to do things differently than we have done previously. It is a time to reflect. It is also time to plan some Acts of Loving Kindness for the year to come. It is a time for Hesed.

The Hesed Committee at TBI affords many opportunities each week for individuals to participate in acts of loving kindness throughout the entire year. As it has been said many times, we are delighted to have your help anytime, even just once.

We meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at TBI. You do not need to attend the meetings to participate in the work of the committee.

This year, at Rosh Hashanah, think of your fresh start with the same excitement as you did with the start of each school year when you were a child. Commit yourself to a year filled with acts of loving kindness. You may have the same job and the same obligations but you will have a renewed faith in the ability of one person to really make a difference and that one person will be you.

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