Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, we need some volunteers to help set up our Chanukah Dinner, serve, and clean up afterward. If you can come early this Friday to help out, please let Lorraine Mixter know at lorrainemixter@aol.com.
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, we are in the season to celebrate! There is still time to reserve a seat at our Hanukah celebration on Friday, December 19 at 6 pm. Hanukah + Shabbat, what could be better?
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, next time we meet is an especially joyous occasion! We will begin at 9:00 in the morning on Saturday, December 6 with Torah Study, which we have been enjoying. Following that and a brief break, at 10:15 am we are delighted to share in the naming of the Feldman family’s new infant daughter, granddaughter, and niece. We hope you will join Ethan and Ventura with their family in welcoming Bexleigh into our Jewish community. The morning’s activities will all be in our synagogue building and simultaneously available through the Zoom link, please contact us for the link.
Shavua Tov, Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, another month of observance, celebration, and togetherness is approaching! Thanks to your contributions and the talents of our co-editor, Lorraine Mixter, we have a lovely and informative December 2025 issue of the Chai Lites for you to enjoy and ready you for all your congregation has to offer. Look inside for columns from Rabbi Guyster and our President, Uriah Rose. We are looking forward with delight to the Feldman family’s baby naming on December 6 and our Chanukah dinner and celebration on December 19. Check those out and look out for the announcements as those dates get closer.
2025Dec Chai LitesHello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, our Chai Lites Editors are preparing our December issue and need your content. Send in your monthly articles, columns, updates, photos, and messages. If you have something special for Hanukah we’d love to see it! Send these to Lorraine Mixter at lorrainemixter@aol.com.
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends! Please be with us again to welcome Shabbat on Friday, November 21 at 7:00 pm. Rabbi Guyster will lead us in a traditional service and surely will have some new thoughts to share. Also come to hear more about upcoming holiday celebrations and Brotherhood/Sisterhood activities. We will be meeting simultaneously in our brick-and-mortar synagogue and in our virtual synagogue available on Zoom. Please contact us for the link.
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, it went so well we are doing it again! Torah Study in October was so well-attended the library was packed, so we are moving into our larger meeting area. Please come on Saturday, November 8 at 9:15 am to talk, listen, and learn with Rabbi Guyster. Following a short break we will have a Shabbat morning service at 10:30 am. Both events will be live on-site or via a Zoom link, please contact us for the link.
Shavua Tov Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends! Thank you to all who contributed to this month’s issue of the Chai Lites, and many thanks for Co-Editor Lorraine Mixter’s diligent work and improvements. Look inside to see about upcoming events in your Jewish community.
2025Nov Chai Lites
In Search of Belonging in the Darkness, the Twilight, and the Light jemerman
The Art of Wisdom: Proverbs, Adages, and Maxims, and the Images They Inspire jemerman
Talking to Children About Jewish Identity in an Interfaith Family jemerman
Proud JEWS jemerman
Chanukah Celebration and Shabbat Service — Fri Dec 19, 6 PM
December 17, 2025 by urjtbs • Community, Services, Social
Hello Temple Beth Shalom Members and Friends, Chag Sameach! We eagerly anticipate this Friday’s Chanukah Dinner and Celebration, and Shabbat Service with you. Dinner begins at 6 pm, when we will light our menorahs, and share in great food, songs, and fun. There will be a traditional Shabbat Service following at about 7:00 pm.
We will have the activities and service available for viewing on Zoom, please contact us for the link.