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Stained Glass Invitation Boxes
Personalized Candlesticks by Gary Rosenthal
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Personalize Your
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Religious/Hebrew School
Closing for High Holy Days
There will be no Reclaiming Shabbat Service
in October due to the High Holg Dags.
Consecration Service
October 17, 1997
Religious and
Shlenker School
The Beth Israel Readers will meet
on Wednesday, September 24th at
7:30 p.m. in the Schachtel Library.
The book for this month’s dis-
cussion will be, Goodbge, Colum-
bus, by Philip Roth. This is one of
the early novels by Roth and also
included will be five of his short
stories. Copies are available in the
Houston Public Library. Join this
group for an interesting and lively
discussion.
We also have other personalized items for
weddings, anniversaries and births.
There will be no Religious School or
Hebrew School classes on Wednesday,
October 1st and no Hebrew School at
the Memorial campus on Thursday, Oc-
tober 2nd. There will be Religious School
on Sunday, October 5th and on Sunday,
October 12th. There will be no Memo-
rial Hebrew on Thursday, October 16th.
The Judaica Shop has added new items for you
to remember this wonderful occasion.
Shabbat Shuvah will be observed on Fridag, October 3rd
at the 8:15 p.m. Service in the Main Sanctuarg.
Reclaiming Shabbat Services will resume in November
in the Gordon Chapel.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class January - August 1998
Sunday, October 19, 1997 - Kallah
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
RECLAIMING SHABBAT
SERVICES
Personalized Bar/Bat Mitzvah Albums
(Assorted colors and fabrics)
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Scrolls
(Contains Haftorah portion - Torah portion may be added)
Beth Israel will celebrate the Conse-
cration of children of Temple mem-
bers who are enrolled in Religious or
Shlenker School on Friday, October
17th, at 8:15 p.m. in the Main Sanc-
tuary during Shabbat Services. Chil-
dren who are in Kindergarten or new
students through the third grade in
Religious School and children of mem-
bers who are new to Shlenker School
will receive information through the
mail on their participation.
The children will be called to the
open Ark and will be blessed by the
rabbis as part of the Consecration cer-
emony. Our Consecrants will then offer
a response to the rabbis and congrega-
tion as they publicly affirm their com-
mitment to a life filled with Torah, good
deeds and love of their faith.
We will present our youngest stu-
dents with a miniature Torah scroll as
a reminder of this special welcoming
ceremony and as a tangible reminder
of the centrality of Torah in our lives.
We are very proud that you and your
family will share in this occasion.
A picture of all Consecrants will be
taken at 7:30 p.m. on the steps of the
bimah in the Main Sanctuary.
experience in the life of the entire family.
The second Kallah will be held on
Saturday, November 15th and will
revolve around the Shabbat worship ex-
perience. Following an introduction to
our liturgy, the session will conclude with
a Shabbat morning worship service.
Each of these Kallot is mandatory
for students whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah falls
between January, 1998 and August,
1998. We urge you to mark your calen-
dars today. If you have not already done
so, please call Laurel or the Temple to
confirm your attendance at the October
Kallah.
On Sunday, October 19th, we will
hold the first of our B’nei Mitzvah Kallot.
A Kallah is a “large conference of students. ”
This program consists of two separate
programs. The first, which will be held on
October 19th, will seek to synthesize the
psychological and religious aspects of
B’nei Mitzvah. Our clergy and profes-
sional staff will be assisted by experts in
the fields of childhood psychology and
childhood educational development.
It is our hope that this Kallah will
enable the participants to become more
aware of the B’nei Mitzvah as a religious
vehicle that speaks to the total human
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