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Rabbi Eli on mountaintop

Services

Torah Study

     Wednesdays at 6:00 pm  on Zoom (link in weekly email)

Jewish Spiritual Practices

     Fridays at noon via Zoom

First Friday Potluck at 6:00 pm

     Only dairy and parve (non-meat) dishes please

Kabbalat Shabbat Service

      Fridays at 7:30 pm

Shabbat Morning Service     

      1st & 3rd Saturdays at 9:30 am

Spiritual Practices with Stephen Lipton     

       Wednesdays at 9:00 am     
       Held at Boone Ridge Retirement Living

Mussar Study

3rd Sunday of the month at noon

In Person ONLY 

The study of mussar can be engaged by anyone, including non-religious Jews, because it focuses on personal ethical conduct, while being rooted in the Jewish textual tradition and contemporary science. We will be engaging the best-selling book Everyday Holiness by Alan Moranis in which, chapter by chapter, he presents Jewish thoughts on particular middot (patience, love, kindness, etc.).

There will be time for one-one and small group learning as well as with the whole group. Clifford Hartman, a retired psychologist with a deep, secular spiritual practice rooted in meditation, will be facilitating the group with support from Rabbi Eli.

See Rabbi Eli’s article in January Sholom Salem newsletter for more information.

Sign up to make Hamantaschen

We’re ready to begin scheduling work days between February 8 – March 11.  We need all the dough rollers and cutters on deck so sign up for a volunteer opportunity between February 8 and March 3.

Saturday shifts are 6:30 to 8:30 pm and we will roll and cut circles. Sunday and Monday shifts are 10 am to 4 pm (sign up for all or part of a shift), and we will roll, cut, and fill & fold the cookies. Volunteers are also needed to help box orders on March 11. 

We’ll begin taking orders soon.

Purim is March 14.

Order Hamantaschen

Mixed Dozens come with four of each flavor:
Raspberry, Apricot, and Poppyseed and cost 
$24 per dozen.
Buy three dozen or more and your cost is $22 per dozen.

We have a special edition of nutella hamantaschen!
We are making only 36 dozen nutella-filled hamantaschen.  Cost is $30 per dozen. Get your orders in quickly! There is no quantity discount for this flavor.

Unbaked rounds (no filling) are $18 per dozen.

We encourage you to round up your total with a donation! With a 15% increase in the cost of supplies, we still strive to raise the bar each year.

Thank you for supporting this delicious fundraiser!

Tu B'Shvat Seder

Join us at TBS for our Tu B’Shvat seder to celebrate the trees!

February 12, 2025 at 6pm

This will be an evening featuring tree art, songs, fruit, and more.

ChaGaT - Immigration & Refugees

Friday, Feb 28, 2025
10am – 11:30 am
Location: Mano a Mano 

2921 Saddle Club St SE, Salem, OR 97317

The Immigration and Refugees (I & R) group of ChaGaT, TBS’s social justice collaboration, is offering a unique opportunity for TBS members. The I&R group of ChaGaT is led by Levi Herrera Lopez, Executive Director of Mano a Mano, and Josie Silverman Mendez, Deputy Director of Willamette Health Council. 

Join us for this learning opportunity, where you can learn about two institutions within the Latino immigrant community (Farmworker Housing Development Corporation and the Mano a Mano Family Center). We will also be joined by leaders of the Alianza Poder, a network of ten immigrant-led local organizations.

Seats are limited.

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Mitzvah Opportunities

Challah on cutting board

Friday Night Onegs

Consider sponsoring in honor of a simcha or in memory of a loved one. Onegs are held after Shabbat services (except for the first Friday potluck), and after Shabbat Morning Services on the first and third Saturday each month. 

Donate Supplies from our Amazon wishlist

Donate Supplies to TBS from our Amazon Wishlist

TBS now has a wishlist of basic supplies and wants that you can help us purchase. Click here to view the wishlist and check back often for updates. These items don’t need to be purchased on Amazon if you want to shop elsewhere. We appreciate all the ways that our members support our needs.

You can also make a donation toward higher cost items here.

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Deposit Bottles for Baneinu Scholarships

This program raises funds specifically for Baneinu Scholarships. Pick up a pre-labeled blue bag from TBS and fill it with your clean cans and bottles for deposit redemption. You can either drop off the full bags at any Bottle Drop location or bring it to TBS. 

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Volunteer at Marion-Polk Food Share

Join us on the 2nd Thursday of the month to volunteer at the Marion Polk Food Share. Please Email Shelley Kaplan for details.

Legacy Giving L'dor V'dor

Legacy Giving

You may contribute to the future of Temple Beth Sholom and of the general Salem Jewish community by planning for a special kind of gift.  You can help ensure the synagogue’s future by creating a trust while you are living or by including TBS in your will.

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Jewish Free Loan of Oregon

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland supports those in need through “life’s ups and downs,” with small interest-free loans. Ensuring the strength and vitality of our community now and into the future.

TBS kids with rainbow "Everybody is Welcome" sign
Welcome in Hebraic-style English over listing of various types of Jews that we welcome; e.g. agnostic Jews, high holy day Jews; all hues of Jews; etc.