Rabbi Marc Labowitz  –  Spiritual Leader
    February 11, 2021  —           29 Shevat 5781		  

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Chai-Lights

Nightly at 5:30 pm, through the month of February, TAO will have programming to
honor Black History month.  Join us on Marc Labowitz’ Facebook page for a historical
fact in celebration.  Anyone who would like to participate in the Facebook reading,
please contact Renee at renee@taocenter.net.  
  Friday, Feb 12, 6:30 pm – Shabbat Services – Abrahamic Reunion
Saturday, Feb 13, 3 pm – Ocean’s Bar Mitzvah
Monday, Feb 15, 6:45 pm – Men’s Spirituality Group North
Monday, Feb 15, 7 pm – Women’s Spirituality Group
Monday, Feb 15 – deadline for videos for Passover Interfaith Seder – click here for details
Tuesday, Feb 16, 6 pm – Spiritual Bereavement Group with Rabbi Marc
Tuesday, Feb 16, 7 pm – Men’s Spirituality Group South
Wednesday, Feb 17, 7:30 pm – Wisdom Class with Abrahamic Reunion
Members – free; guests – purchase tickets here
Thursday, Feb 18, 7 pm – Getting To Know TAO – Anne Goldberg interviews Rifka Maidan
Friday, Feb 19, 6:30 pm – Shabbat Services – Purim with David Neer
Saturday, Feb 20, 2 pm – Shabbos Afternoon Learning and Music with Michael Alpert
‘Jews Around the World’ – Oceania
Monday, Feb 22, 6:45 pm – Men’s Spirituality Group North
Tuesday, Feb 23, 5:30 pm – Social Hour with Ali Berger
Tuesday, Feb 23, 7 pm – Men’s Spirituality Group South
Wednesday, Feb 24, 7:30 pm – Wisdom Class – the Megillah – with Cantor Richard Schwartz
Thursday, Feb 25, 7 pm – Megillah Reading with Cantor Richard Schwartz
Friday, Feb 26, 6:30 pm – Shabbat Services – Purim
Saturday, Feb 27, 2 pm – Shabbos Afternoon Learning and Music with Vicki Lichtman

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For Jews in mourning, it is traditional to say daily Kaddish in a minyan, which is a group of 10 or more persons. This virtual age is calling forth new paradigms to support the mourner when the old forms of in-person meetings just aren’t possible.

In this time of deep, collective mourning, join Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael for a Kaddish Minyan in the month of February. This program is in honor of Rabbi Geela Rayzel’s mother, Natalie Levison Robinson, Nechama Leah bat Elke v’chayyim.

This minyan will take place every evening (except Fridays) in the month of February, from 9 – 9:30 pm EST (6 – 6:30 pm PST). All who mourn, who are honoring yahrtzeits, or who wish to participate in the mitzvah of making a minyan, are invited to join this important program.  Register here – select any days in which you are able to participate in the minyan. Please know that by registering, you are committing to attend and participate in that evening’s minyan. If you are unable to attend an evening for which you have registered, please follow the instructions in your email to open up that slot to another attendee.

If you would like to express your gratitude for this type of program, please feel free to make a donation at www.aleph.org/donate.  If you have any questions about this program, or would like to see it extended beyond the month of February, please reach out to ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal Events Manager, Stephanie, at stephanie@aleph.org.
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TAO is excited to introduce our “Challah Your Name” recognition opportunity.  If there’s someone whom you admire, someone who needs a little special attention, or someone that you want to give a special shout out to for something nice they did or for just being kind and loving and there for you, you can shine the light on them at Shabbat Services and in our newsletter with a minimum $36 donation. With everything that goes on around us during this challenging time, we realize the importance of recognizing those we care about for a variety of reasons. If you want to help shine the light, just click here: CHALLAH and make your donation and contact the office or Renee or Nira to give the details.  Looking forward to Challahing your name in the near future.

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Donna Goldstein has written a healthy cookbook that she is most generously offering as a
fundraiser for All Fed and TAO.
Read her bio here.

Ebook – $25 – order ebook here
Print copy – $33 ($25 plus S/H) – order here

TAO thanks you and so will your waistline! 

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  All Fed is ramping up efforts to help Jewish Family Services in Palm Beach County meet its ongoing needs for personal care items and shelf-stable foods.  To help them, we are now collecting these items for donation. 
There are two drop-off points (so far) in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach. 
For drop-off addresses, please contact Anne Goldberg directly
SavvySeniorAnne@gmail.com or taoadmin@taocenter.net.
TIP: This is a great way to divest of clutter while helping others!

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This new edition was designed to be used year after year, to match the parsha. Lovingly compiled and edited by Rabbi Shoni’s dear friend, Lisa Sirota-Weiner, this little gem of a book offers the reader glimpses of Torah and Kabbalah on a daily basis.
Order yours now!

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TAO’s YouTube Channel – click here to subscribe!
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** Note – the office is working remotely. 
Please don’t hesitate to reach out by email taoadmin@taocenter.net 
or phone (954-888-1408), and give us a little time to get back to you. 
We are here for you; for now, we’ll see you online. **

Please click any of the links below, or go directly to the calendar.

Would you like to thank someone for doing something special or just for being special?
Send a Mitzvah card or create a Heart to Heart message.  

Note:  Links below that are in green indicate new content.