Recent articles and news from Tiferet Bet Israel. http://www.tbibluebell.org As mentioned in last month's Hesed article, there has been a strong response and effort from the TBI community, helping the Hesed committee. Hesed is a "we" committee. It has been brought to my attention that not all synagogues have such a group. http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=424 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=424/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT First of all, we wish you all a happy Hanukkah and a healthy and happy 2012!

We are having a continual drive through January and February, collecting winter clothing and blankets in good condition. Please drop off your donations in the http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=416 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=416/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Shalom, fellow congregants! I hope it was an enjoyable summer for all, and that we have a happy, healthy new year ahead.

The past year, especially the past few months, have really tested us a s a people. We have endured earthquakes, ts http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=400 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=400/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT HESED IS HERE FOR YOU

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 includ http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=391 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=391/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Now that my two years of service as Chairperson of the Hesed Committee are about to come to an end, this will be my last column in Ma'aseem. What a stupendous time this has been for me! I want to thank all of TBI's Hesedniks for giving me the oppor http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=380 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=380/ Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT This month, Hesed features a very important member of its committee, the TBI community. Think about it, without the many folks who comprise TBI, Hesed would not be in existence.

Just as an FYI, Hesedniks come in all types and shapes. http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=372 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=372/ Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT I just cannot help but shep naches (kvell)1 from TBI's latest undertaking, the writing of a Torah. How great is that? How many Jews come across a chance to write Torah during their lifetime? Every day in our prayers, we acknowledge and are gratefu http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=363 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=363/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Last year, this page introduced the entire Hesed Committee to our TBI community. This year, we dig a little deeper, below the surface, by introducing from time to time individual Hesedniks.

To launch this endeavor, please meet Paula and http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=345 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=345/ Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT So it is January, 2011 -- Happy 'Other' New Year to all!

Has it snowed yet and have we all survived it magnificently?



Writing articles for Ma'aseem a whole month before their publication is like spending a few hou http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=323 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=323/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT For as long as I can remember, we (the Jews) have referred to each other as a "member of the tribe". What is a tribe? It's a group of people, usually somehow related by blood, belief, or some other form of communal connection.


http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=324 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=324/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT One day, in my Melton1 class on Ethics of Jewish Living, the instructor opened the discussion with the question to each of the students, "How are you like Elohim2?" How's that for an attention grabber? The undercurrent of small chit chat ceased imm http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=306 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=306/ Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Please see box below for a glossary of the Yiddish and Hebrew words in this article.

My mother, z"l, recounted a folktale that circulated in her Litvisheh* shtetl*, about the man whose job it was to knock on people's doors periodically a http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=297 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=297/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Baruch Ha'Shem for a good 5770. Hesed hopes most sincerely that all TBI'niks, and indeed kol am Israel, have been inscribed for a wonderful, prosperous, peaceful, healthy year and will be blessed with kol tov in 5771.

Once again, our co http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=278 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=278/ Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT A line of a song remembered from childhood, chanted and danced to the beat of a horah, goes something like this: "Kvar harashnu v'gam zaranu, aval od lo katsarnu!" (We have already plowed and also planted, but not yet harvested.). Well, we vacatione http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=287 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=287/ Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT "If you stage it, they will come!" And stage it we did, with much elbow grease and heaps of enthusiasm.

This springtime's Mitzvah Mania revolved primarily around projects for the school children, who came out en masse to show their comm http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=270 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=270/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT New Projects

Hesed is announcing the need for volunteers to help with driving congregants to various medically-related appointments. Although requests for driving services are infrequent, a large pool will assure infrequent calls for an http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=262 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=262/ Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT HESED AT WORK

From kissing away a child's tears caused by a scraped knee, to sending a crutch to Haiti, to plunking down the cash for building a university hospital, every day we are involved in acts of hesed and tzedakah in our own way http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=254 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=254/ Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Special Appeal for Cold Weather Clothing

It's cold outside. This has been an especially cold winter and thank God most of us at TBI enjoy the comforts of a warm home, food on the table, and clothing that keeps the chill away. But not eve http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=243 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=243/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Meet TBI's Hesed Committee



The current Hesed Committee has been operational now for several months, and in this very short time, its ranks have grown and its accomplishments have been many: fundraising for and delivery of Th http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=233 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=233/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT MITZVAH MANIA 2009



Our "Mitzvah Mania Day Goodie-Baking" on Sunday November 1 was a fulfilling, inspiring, motivating and very important day. A group of us, both adults and children, met at TBI early Sunday morning, mixed an http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=213 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=213/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Still in the spirit of reflection and taking stock, when I received the call for chairing Hesed and accepted as a knee jerk reaction, I found myself thinking later, "Why me? Why now?" In the true Jewish tradition, in my head I answered, "Why not m http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=221 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=221/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT For many years, Hesed - the concept and the committee - has flourished at TBI through strong leadership and loving help of dozens (perhaps hundreds) of individuals. I doubt there is anyone in our community whose life has not been touched by Hesed. http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=203 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=203/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT As you receive this issue of our synagogue newsletter you will feel a hint of fall in the air and know that Rosh Hashanah will soon be upon us. New beginnings and new opportunities are available every year though the work of our Hesed committee to m http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=186 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=186/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mitzvah Mania is here! Since the year 2000, Hesed has been coordinating one or two Mitzvah Days each year. These special days are opportunities for our entire TBI community to come together to create meaningful projects for a wide variety of recipi http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=129 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=129/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT There is a tradition in academia of giving a "Last Lecture" toward the end of one's career. The purpose of this "Last Lecture" is to provide academics the opportunity to discuss their career as a journey and to describe for colleagues and students w http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=97 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=97/ Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT We are pleased to reprint these remarks by Fran Held, chairperson of the Rabbi Farewell Weekend honoring the Ackerman family. Fran gave this talk of Friday evening, December 14, following a lovely family-style Shabbat dinner attended by over 500 peo http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=63 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=63/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT This is the talk given by Hesed Co-Chair Fran Held as the speaker at the 25th Anniversary of the Home Delivered Meals Program of the Mitzvah Food Pantry on November 1, 2007. In response to requests by volunteers, Fran's talk is reprinted here.
http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=45 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=45/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT TBI Messenger, October 2007

Have you ever known someone who was struggling with illness? Maybe one of your parents was sick? Or perhaps a grandparent or even a sibling? If you have gone through life and never known anyone who becam http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=16 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=16/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT