THE VOICETEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM, 1301 WASHINGTON STREET, CANTON, MA 02021

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY ADAR -IYAR 5769 / MARCH - APRIL ISSUE NO. 4

Minyans are Sunday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Minyan calendars are enclosed.If you can’t go on your scheduled night, please find someone to cover foryou.

The synagogue would like to be informed about all important events andoccasions, including births, weddings, etc., as well as illnesses and deaths.Please notify the office at (781) 828-5250.

Staying Connected at TBA Online

Technology can be a blessingand curse. There are so manytimes when I need to just getaway from the Internet and email.There are other times when theInternet has made my life im-mensely more convenient. One ofthe blessings of the Internet isinformation sharing. In an instant,we can share and receive infor-mation about breaking news,upcoming programs, new teach-ings and so much more.

Another blessing of theInternet is in how it can allow usto stay connected even though wemay not see each other in personas often as we’d like. In the pastyear alone, I’ve reconnected withhigh school friends that I hadn’tspoken to in over twenty years onFacebook, a popular socialnetworking website.

As Temple Beth Abrahamcontinues to find ways to keep upwith all of the technology avail-able to us, we are proud toannounce our brand new websiteat www.templebethabraham.org.In addition to providing you withup-to-date information on all of

our programs, including a fulltemple calendar – the new websiteallows us to stay connected as wenever have before.

By joining the website, mem-bers of Temple Beth Abraham cannow upload pictures and videos toshare with the community, sharelifecycle celebrations, and evenchat, in real time, with othertemple members. Temple BethAbraham online also allows eachof us to have a voice in conversa-tions (forums) on topics rangingfrom the situation in Israel and theMiddle East to our new Presidentand his administration.

Do you have things around thehouse that you’d like to give away,or do you need something specificbut don’t want to run out and buya new one? Atwww.templebethabraham.orgyou can post your “Have’s andNeed’s.”

If you are like many who areintimidated by new technology andthe Internet, have no fear. Fea-tured on the website is a six-minute video showing you around

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Join us for our annualPurim CelebrationMonday, March 9

Our Purim Carnival will startthe day, 4:00-6:00 p.m., at thetemple. It will be followed by a FamilyMegillah reading and costumeparade 6:00-7:00 p.m. This is whenwe will give out the coveted, “MyCostume is Better Than RabbiDavid’s Costume” Contest Award. At 7 p.m., TBA’s Purimshpielers present “Shushan Idol”,when we choose our first ShusanIdol. Your vote counts. Finally, after Hamantaschen at8:00 p.m., we will read D’ganzaMegillah (the whole Megillah).Don’t forget to pick up your purimbaskets on Purim.

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Rabbi David’s Message: Enough

Like so many of you and otherAmericans, my family has been hithard by the failing economy. Manyof us have had to make difficultdecisions about what is mostimportant to us: Do we pay downour credit cards or take that muchneeded vacation; do we contributeto our favorite charity or replenishour savings account; do we get ourchildren or grandchildren that giftthat they have been wanting orsave our extra dollars for theirfuture?

While these decisions are morepressing now than they haveperhaps been at other times – thequestions themselves are not new.The decisions we are forced tomake about our finances now aremuch the same as the questionsthat we make each day about ourlife’s priorities – what is importantenough to me that I will give myhard-earned dollar, my limited time,my depleted energy?

When we make thesedecisions, we often look for outsidefactors to justify our choices – Idon’t go the gym, because I don’thave time; I won’t donate this yearbecause I need that new piece offurniture. What matters aboutthese decisions is not the choicewe make, but the recognition thatwe are making a choice. Andequally important is the realizationthat the choices we make are notbecause of these outsideinfluences, but instead, because ofwhat is most important to us. If Idon’t go to the gym, it’s notbecause I don’t have the time - it’sbecause it is more important to meto spend my time elsewhere. If Idon’t contribute this year, it’s notbecause I “need” new furniture –but because, at this point in my life,giving to myself is more importantthan giving to others.

This is not positive or negative.

No one can judge whetherthe choices we make areinherently good or bad. What wecan, and must do, though, isrecognize, as our former Presidentuse to say, that we are thedeciders.God hasgiven usfree willtodeterminethecourseof ourlives; tomakechoicesand toconstruct the matrix of what ismost impor-tant to each of us.

When times are difficult, eitherfinancially or otherwise, it is easyto see outside factors asinfluencing our decisions. Whilethey surely do influence us – theydo not control us. Influence is notcontrol. As humans, we retainultimate control over our owndestiny and our own path. We havethe capacity to make choices thatare “good” in our lives.

It is the knowledge that we arethe shapers of our own destiniesthat demands that we pay closeattention to the choices we makeand the priorities that we assign inour lives. We cannot be fooled intobelieving that there is not enoughtime, not enough energy, notenough … We, in Canton, Sharon,or wherever we may live, areblessed enough that we should beable to say, even when we havedifficult decisions to make, that wehave “enough”.

In the birkat hamazon, thegrace after meals we sing,“Avraham, Yitzhak v’Ya’akov,bakol, mikol, kol.” This versemakes reference to our forefathers

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob andthree different Biblical verses ineach of which one of our forebearsacknowledges that he has“enough”.

It would be a thoughtlessmistake to suggest that there aren’tpeople, even in our own community,who are hurting terribly and whocannot honestly say that they have“enough”. For them we mustextend a compassionate andgenerous hand. For the rest of us,these times call for us to examinethe choices we make, what we“need” and what we “want”.These times teach us to appreciateagain the Divine gift of free willand the responsibility to make goodand right choices for our lives, forthe lives of our families, for ourcommunity and our world.

B’shalom, Rabbi David

From the Library

What’s better than curling up ina chair on a cold, snowy day witha hot cup of cocoa and reading agreat book? Thanks to yourdonations, we are able to offer youthese books for your readingpleasure: Goodnight Sh’ma by is theJewish version of GoodnightMoon. It ends with atransliteration of the Sh’ma and isa perfect child’s introduction to oneof our most important prayers. Christopher’s Ghosts is a spythriller whose story begins inBerlin, 1939 and flashes forward to1959 and the exploits of a CIAoperative. The Copper Scroll is anotherthriller. The theme is finding ascroll which gives plans for thebuilding of the Third Temple. A (continued on page 4)

President’s Message

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(continued from page 1)our online home and explaininghow to use all of its functions.

There is no technology thatcan replace a face-to-face meet-ing, or even better, one thatincludes a hug or handshake, butfor all those times we can’t betogether – we can still stay con-nected at:www.templebethabraham.org.

- Rabbi David

TBA Online

This feels like the winter thatwill never end doesn’t it? Everyday it’s either snowing or grey withfreezing rain. Even on the dayswhenthesun isshiningbright-ly, anditlooksasthoughitshouldbe alittlewarmer, a trip outside soon turnsour thoughts of warmth into icicles.

The economic forecast isn’t awhole lot sunnier, and it seems asthough there’s nothing but badnews every time you turn on the tvor radio or pick up a paper. I wasthinking about how it seems solong ago that we heard RabbiDavid’s sermons during the highholidays extolling the virtues of“joy”. It’s hard to be joyful whenyou think that everything aroundyou is going badly.

This very hard winter startedme thinking about another wordthat’s been in the news a lot lately.

Hope. It was a major theme of ournew President’s campaign, and itappears that it is continuing toresonate with people during thesecold winter days. What a powerfulword hope is. Without hope, westumble into depression. Withouthope, it’s hard to see how thingswill get better. Hope is a prettyvague word…there’s really noconcrete definition. Hope is just…hope, different things todifferent people.

Some would say it is “magicalthinking,” but I say it’s the forcethat allows us to see past the badtimes. It’s what enables someoneto beat incredible odds. It’s whatMordechai had when he talked toEsther and told her to convinceAhasuerus to save the Jews fromHaman’s plan to destroy them.

That’s why Purim is such ajoyful festival. It’s what Mosesand the Jews had when they werefinally able to leave Egypt. That’swhy, although we remember ourtime as slaves in Egypt duringPassover, the seder ends with thephrase “next year in Jerusalem”.It’s our hope as Jews that we willnever be slaves again and that wewill all have the joy of being backin Israel some day.

Hope and Joy. The two reallyare intertwined and it’s hard tohave one without the other. That’skind of how I feel about Purim andPassover. They signal thebeginning of spring and of hopeand renewal. I want you to try andremember these words, as thiswinter winds down, because forevery cold winter day, for everybad economic forecast, for everystruggle you may have in yourpersonal life, if you can hold on tohope, I believe that joy will surelyfollow.

B’shalom, Marci Bernotas

As you all know, in thesedifficult times, the financial stabilityof our temple is of the utmostimportance. We need to havemembers of the temple withfinancial/accounting backgroundsto help us maintain healthyrecords. We are currently looking forvolunteers to fill two criticalpositions within our organization.The first is an Assistant Treasurer.This person will have the responsi-bility of entering our receipts andthe bills from our vendors as wellas generating vendor checks andour membership bills. This personwill also be responsible for gener-ating reports for our board meet-ings and for our committee chairsupon request. The Assistant Treasurerposition should take no more thantwo-four hours a week, and youwould be working closely with boththe Treasurer and the FinancialSecretary. A working knowledgeof Quickbooks would be helpful. The other position is FinancialSecretary. As many of you know,Lester Stein has been our Finan-cial Secretary for the last fiveyears. He has done a wonderfuljob of making sure that our mem-bership, holiday appeal and He-brew School bills go out and getpaid. In addition, he has handledour hardship issues with compas-sion and discretion. But all goodthings come to an end, and Lesterhas informed us that at the end ofthis fiscal year, he will be steppingdown as Financial Secretary. Thisis probably one of the most impor-tant volunteer positions within thetemple, and we are looking forsomeone who has knowledge ofour membership and some busi-

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Two ImportantBoard Positions

to be Filled

Family Education Update

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You can help earn extra cashfor the Ruth L. Diamond ReligiousSchool by collecting Box Tops forEducation, found on selectedproducts you use everyday – fromfood to household items. It’s easy– just look for the Box Tops forEducation label, cut it out, andsend it in to the office.

If you have any questions,please contact Margie Kaplan at(781) 821-6272 ormargiek89@comcast.net.

Help Earn Cashfor our School

Purim, which is March 9th thisyear, is one those tricky holidays,because it often gets lumped intothe same category as Halloween.Sure both are a time when adultsand children dress in costume, butthat really is where it ends forhaving things in common. Hallow-een has its focus on death, whilePurim celebrates life. Halloween isknown for how much we can takefrom others, and Purim is aboutgiving. While I will admit that bothcan be fun, Purim can be fun andmeaningful.

One way to make Purimmeaningful is to give misloachmanot (gift baskets) to friends,family and those in need. We makeit easy at the temple, because youcan order them already made eachyear or you can get creative andmake your own. Another way to

make Purim meaningful is to hearthe Megillah being read. Matanot

la’evy-onim(gifts tothepoor) isacustomduringPurimto giveat leasttwodona-

tions to organizations or needyindividuals. It reminds us thatcelebrating is also about sharingwith others. This is a great time toteach that lesson to our children.

So what about the fun atPurim? How about the carnivalfilled with games, candy andprizes. Or the Shpiel with thefabulous TBA cast? Or at thevery least, who can miss seeingRabbi David in his crazy costumeseach year.

Purim is a holiday for youngand old to enjoy. It is filled withgreat delight, but also we findmeaning behind our actions. I lookforward to sharing the celebrationwith you.

Any guess on what the Rabbi,Judy, or myself will dress as?

B’Shalom,Melissa RudmanCongregational Educator

Good & Welfare

Mazel tov:

Diane & Warren Foreman on their granddaughter, Jessi Foreman, being chosen to the 2009 United States Maccabiah Open Track and Field TeamMarci and David Bernotas on the marriage of Marci’s son, Evan Chapman, to Catie McMillen

Condolences:

Selma Masofsky on the loss of her husbandSherry Alpert on the death of her mother, Arline AlpertSheila Levine on the death of her mother, Rose HoodFlorence Goodman on the death of her sister, Rose HoodDorothy Golub on the death of her brother, Edward Minkin

To my friends:I want to thank you all so much foryour kindness in cards, phone callsand generosity in donations inmemory of my beloved husband,Ed. - Selma Masofsky

(continued from page 2)feat, which accomplished, couldgive rise to a war of biblicalproportions. These books can be found inthe Chapel book case. Just sign thecard in the book and place it in theblack box on the case. Thank you again for yourdonations. If there is a particularbook you would like to see in ourlibrary, please let me know.

Harriet Lavine Library Chairperson

From the Library

Walk for Hunger

Project Bread’s Walk forHunger will be held on Sunday,May 3. Reach out to those in needby calling 1-800-645-8333. Morethan 522,000 people in Massachu-setts are struggling to put food onthe table.

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By Amy May

2 packages ( 2 T) yeast1/2 C sugar or honey5-6 C Flour2 tsp salt1 C warm water2 large eggs1 egg white w/ 1 T water mixed in1/4 C vegetable oilpoppy, sesame, and flax seeds &coarse salt (optional)

Dissolve the yeast and a pinch ofsugar in the warm water. Let stand10 minutes. The yeast should startto work and create a froth on thetop of the mixture.

Add the eggs, salt, sugar and oil.Mix well.

Add flour 1 cup at a time. Whenyou can no longer incorporate flourwith a spoon, put the dough on afloured countertop.

Knead for several minutes,incorporating more flour until thedough is no longer sticky.

Return to a bowl. Cover loosely.Let rise for one hour.Punch down. Split the dough inhalf. Braid one challah from eachhalf. Place on a cookie sheet.

Brush with egg white. Sprinklewith seeds and salt if desired(cover it well with seeds becausethe challah will get much bigger).Let rise uncovered 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bakefor 30 minutes. If seeds are notadded, additional egg wash can bebrushed on before baking.

This recipe came about as theresult of several weeks of experi-mentation with a friend. We want-ed a good challah recipe, and gottogether on several Fridays tryingand adapting recipes we had.

Over time I have made it my own,preferring to use honey over sugar,using white whole wheat flour, andputting a seed and coarse saltmixture on top. I always use afour-part braid, and if I am makingit for a crowd, I make one largechallah from this recipe.

If you have not made bread before,knowing when the dough is “right”can be difficult. Bread making ismore of an art than a science.Hope you enjoy it.

recipE corner: Challah

TBA Needs Your Special Gifts for Many Needs

You may sometimes ask howyou can contribute to Temple BethAbraham. You may also wonderhow you can recognize that specialfriend or family experiencing a lifecycle event such as a birthday, thebirth of a child or grandchild, amarriage, or the loss of a familymember.

Your contributions to thetemple, whether they be financial,contributions to existing funds, orgifts-in-kind, are appreciated. Inthe past two years, the temple wasable to obtain several special gifts,including: * Automatic external defibrilla-tor * Security system * Table-size Torah cover

* Yizkor Board * Storage shed and snow-blower * Updated sanitizers for thekitchen * Multi-media projector * Prayerbooks This year, in consultation withmembers of the Temple communityand the professional staff, a list ofimportant needs for the temple hasbeen developed. Each need hasbeen priced by a vendor or crafts-man, and the list reflects prioritiesdefinied by members and theprofessional staff of the Temple. There are many opportunitiesfor one-time or ongoing contribu-tions such as cards, religiousschool scholarships, Shabbat

kiddush, the Kirshner/PearlsteinBereavement Fund, Passport toIsrael Fund, and the Lusbader/Babcock Holocaust RemembranceFund.

We have now launched twomajor projects: Torah Restorationand Silver Repair.

Our three Torahs will eachcost $1,500-$2,500.

We have also established theNovick Cherenson Finkel Memo-rial Art Fund, established tobeautify the silver Judaica ofTemple Beth Abraham.

Other items on the list forSpecial Gifts are: * Speaker system update,$4,990-$7,000.

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TBA Book Group

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Passportto Israel

Religious School Update

The TBA Book Group willmeet as follows: Monday, March 23 - MyEnemy’s Cradle by Sara Youngat TBA hosted by Laina Levine. Monday, April 27 - A Womanin Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua,home of Gayle Feldman.

This winter has been verybusy for the Religious school.Over the Martin Luther King longweekend, several families from ourKitah Hay class braved the snowyweather to spend the day in NewYork City. Their stops includedEllis Island, The Jewish HeritageMuseum, a stroll down DelanceyStreet, and a visit to the LowerEastside Tenement museum. Aspecial thanks goes out to MichelleLangmead for leading all on thetrip.

Kitah Aleph also had a specialexperience in January. We cel-ebrated Havdalah together at thehome of Shari and JonathanGoldstein. The children made theirown Havdalah kits that can nowbe used weekly in their ownhomes. Something magical hap-pened that night when the parentsdecided that the evening was suchfun that they should continue this

potluck Havdalah once a month ontheir own.

February started off great witha Family Learning Sunday. Thetheme for the Sunday was TuB’Shavat. The families weredivided into groups, and the teach-ers shared their creativity andknowledge with them. If youpopped your head in, you could seeeverything from recycling projectsto bird feeders being made.

The Religious school Zimriyahwas also held in February. On acold winter night there is nothingthat warms one’s heart like listeningto our children’s beautiful voices.

Important dates to keep inmind:

* March 1st Family Learning* March 6th Bet Chagigat

HaSiddur* March 9th Purim celebration

B’Shalom,Vaad Limud

(continued from page 3)ness or accounting experience(although this isn’t mandatory). Lester will work closely withyou for the remainder of this yearso that you can see exactly whathe does, and he promised to beavailable for any questions afterhis term ends.

I know that it’s easy to look atthis notice and say “someone elsewill do this”. However, withoutvolunteers for these positions, wecannot effectively run the “busi-ness” end of the temple, andwithout the business end, it’s moredifficult to have room for thespiritual end.

If Temple Beth Abraham isimportant to you and your family,please call me at 617-549-5522, oremail me at:

Two Board Positions to be filled

president@templebethabraham.org.Let me know that you are willing tobe part of helping us have a healthysynagogue for many years to come.

In appreciation,Marci BernotasPresident

The Passport to IsraelProgram is a wonderful programwhich helps everyone to send his/her children to Israel so that theymay connect with their people andcharge their Jewish souls.

I know your children willbenefit from this program. Youmay enroll your child in the thirdor seventh grade. You contribute afully refundable $200 for sevenyears if your child is in the thirdgrade for a total of $1,400 or $400for three years for a total of$1200 if your child is in theseventh grade. These funds, plusall interest earned plus $700 fromCJP and $150-$175 from theTemple ($25 per year if your childenters in the third grade or $50per year if your child enters in theseventh grade) can be used on avariety of programs, four weeksor longer in Israel, such as campor USY trips, while your child is inhigh school. (Sorry no short familyvisits to Aunt Sophie in Natanyawill be subsidized.) Even collegeprograms that are now approved.

Just fill out an application formin the TBA office and send it towith a check made out to TempleBeth Abraham for $200 or $400.

This is really a no-brainer.Twenty-one of your fellow templemembers are now enrolled. Twoof my children were the first touse Passport to Israel from TBA.I cannot tell you how profound animpact this four-six week programhad on them, my wife Lesley andme. It would have been difficult ifI had to come up with all themoney for their trips at once.

Israel is ready to berediscovered by all of us in theGalut. Please, do not deny yourchild this fantastic opportunity.

Michael Shain, Chairman Passport to Israel

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Find Your Inner Chef!Find Your Inner Chef!Find Your Inner Chef!Find Your Inner Chef!Find Your Inner Chef!

Want to learn to cook like the pros? Looking for a fun afternoon out? Want to hang out with some fun people?

Chef Kathy Kats and TBA will be hosting a series of

Three Cooking Classes Sundays: March 1, 8 and 22 3:00-5:00 p.m. $100 per person - $180 per couple

Classes are “hands-on” with a demo and come with samples, wine and recipes.

Space is limited. Make your reservation now. Your payment is your reservation.

Pay by check or go to Paypal link at TBA website www.TempleBethAbraham.org.

Come join the culinary fun!

Class 1: Cooking 101 Basic Knife Skills Stocking your Pantry Spices and Herbs

Black Bean Cakes and Guacamole Mini Zucchini Frittatas Bruschetta w/Tomatoes, Olives & Mozzarella Wine Pairing

Class 2: Making Some Dough

Basic Bread Making

Turtle Bread Classic Sesame Dinner Rolls Perugian Sweet Bread Olive Tapenade Garlic Bean Spread Wine Pairing

Class 3: Who Made the Salad? The Art of Food Presentation

Classic Caesar Salad Asian Salad w/Ginger Dressing Minted Lime Fruit Presentation

Wine, Cheese and Crackers

(continued from page 5) * Handicap access update(rear entrance) and/or contruction(front entrance, estimate pending)

* Auto-fold machine for office,$1,200

* Events read board signagewith lighting for front of temple,$8,690

* Walkway to MemorialGarden, Sukkot and Rabbi’s office,Phase I- $1,706; Phase 2, $3,534,Phase 3 - $1,781

* Laptop computers forreligious school (2), $550 percomputer

* Multimedia projector andscreen, $2,000

TBA Needs Your Special Gifts for Many Needs

* Table size Torah cover withlettering (High Holiday), $300

* Update office for familyeducator, religious school and youthlounge

* Upgrade temple insidelighting

* Replace front doors includingglass and alarm, $1,500

* Carpeting of the sanctuary,$12,000

* Social hall room dividers (12),$300 per unit

The temple also has severalfunds that you could consider:

SPECIAL FUNDS* Passport to Israel Fund

helps to defray the cost of a trip to

Israel for our participants.* Library Fund buys new

books, videos and materials for ourtemple library.

* Rabbi’s DiscretionaryFund allows the religious leader toallocate funds to those who are inneed.

* Youth Fund helps ourUSYers defray the costs to attendprograms, conventions and sum-mer trips.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS* Brightman Family Memo-

rial Fund sponsors a program onthe eve of the holiday of Shavuot.

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Special Gifts for Many Needs Social Action:Food DonationsNeeded

Bring or mail all your Shaw’sreciepts to the TBA office.

We also collect receipts fromThe Butcherie, Brookline (notCanton). We receive dividendsevery month from them. Please,NO Stop ‘n Shop receipts.

Save Your Shaw’s Receipts

(continued from page 7)Bereavement Fund providesa Shabbat meal to a family sittingshiva.

* Endowed Future Fundprovides for the special needs ofthe temple in the future.

* Novick Cherenson FinkelMemorial Arts Fund establishedto beautify the synagogue byestablishing a Judaic art collectionand/or conducting concerts orother artistic events.

* Lustbader/BabcockHolocaust Remembrance Fundestablished to create a Holocaustsection of the library to promoteHolocaust studies and educationalopportunities as well as to fosterunderstanding of the UnitarianChurch and its role in fighting theHolocaust.

CANTON HIGH SCHOOLAWARD ANNUAL FUNDS arefunded on an annual basis byindividuals in our community

CANTON HIGH SCHOOLAWARD ANNUAL FUNDS arefunded on an annual basis byindividuals in our community.

HEBREW SCHOOLSCHOLARSHIP FUNDS havebeen established to supportchildren in our Hebrew Schoolwho are continuing their Jewisheducation.

* Cooperbrand MemorialFund

* Danovitch Family Memo-rial Fund

* Cantor Ben GailingSiddur Fund

* Rabbi’s DiscretionaryAward

* Sisterhood/BrotherhoodAward

ANNUAL FUNDS* Banks-Diamond Hebraic

Scholarship* Asher Hasin Memorial

Fund*Matzkin Family Award

* Leslie Pearlstein Scholar-ship

* Rabbi DiscretionaryAward

You can establish a scholarshipto be given this year by donating$200 toward the Hebrew SchoolScholarship Fund.

You can contribute to any ofthe existing funds or consider thefollowing:

* Acknowledge a life cycleevent by sending a card, with aminimum contribution of $6. Pleasecontact the temple office.

Minimum contributions for thefollows are: * Tallit, $30

* Prayerbooks, $54 Daily prayerbook High Holiday prayerbook* Chumash, $100* Leaf on the Tree of Life,

$100* Memorial Plaque, $200* Shabbat Kiddush, $250* Meditation Garden Brick,

$100* Meditation Garden Plaque,

$500If you are interested If you are

interested in funding a Special Gift,please call me at (781) 828-8258or email me atpmoore4967@aol.com.

- Phyllis Moore, Chair Special Gifts

Temple Beth Abraham hascommitted to collect 20 cans eachof kosher soup and kosher cannedvegetarian beans each month forthe JewishFamily andChildren’sServices,FamilyTable. Pleasebring in yourdonationwhen youcome toTemple.The nexttime you’re shopping, why not graban extra can and drop it off in thetemple lobby? Thank you forthinking of others. On May 3, Temple BethAbraham has committed tosupplying drivers who will go toJewish Family and Children’sServices Family Table in Waltham.There, they will sort grocery itemsand then deliver them to homes. Please volunteer, especiallywith your children. It is a wonder-ful experience. Contact LesleyShain at shalom1947@aol.com orcall (781) 828-0531 for moreinformation. Social action isalways looking for new people.

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Webmasters – We Need You!Temple Beth Abraham has an urgent need for

someone with web experience to maintain ourwebsite. The website is already set up. We just needsomeone willing to spend one-two hours a week tomake sure it’s up to date (and make any upgrades oradditions).

This is work that can be done from your home --no need to come into TBA.

If you, your children or someone you know wouldlike to help us out with this please call Judy at (781)828-5250.

Classical Concert March 22 Conductor Lawrence Isaacson presents:

A program of Beethoven, Doppler and Tchaikovsky by the

Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday, March 22, 3:00 P.M. Showcase Live, Patriots Place, Foxboro

Adults $30, Seniors $20, Students $5. www.NVPOrchestra.org or call (781) 381-3300.

Looking to Volunteer?

I’m looking for you! Please join me in theTemple office to help with Temple mailings.

If you’re willing and able to help, please call meat the temple at (781) 828-5250, so that I can putyou on a call list. Let’s spread the fun around.

Thanks again,Judy SteinbergOffice Manager

Webmasters Needed

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May-June Bulletin deadline: April 1, 2009. Email your news to:Sherry Alpert, Bulletin Editor, sherry@alpert-publicrelations.com

Temple Beth Abraham Staff

Spiritual Leader..............Rabbi David PaskinCongregational Educator.....Melissa RudmanPresident..............................Marci BernotasRabbinic Intern....................Jeremy FierstienOffice Manager......................Judy SteinbergThe Voice Editor......................Sherry Alpert

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