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Shabbat Shalom
Our community remains connected in worship…here online.. throughout the week.

Scroll through our weekly newsletter here (or by clicking the pamphlet to the left) to find information about upcoming events, messages from our clergy and leadership, and lifecycle information for members such as anniversaries, yahrzeits, sheloshim and our chicken soup list.

Shabbat Service
Friday, January 21
Kibitz & Community at 6:30pm
Shabbat Service at 7pm

We will live stream Shabbat services
with Rabbi K’vod and
guest songleader, Zachary Hoffman at 7:00 pm.

Friday Service Schedule
The first Friday of each month: 6pm
All other Fridays: 7pm

First Friday Shabbat Festival

First Friday Shabbat Festival Returns March 4
Festivities and food: 4:30PM
Shabbat Service: 6:00PM

Join the whole TBESOC community for food trucks, hands on activities for all ages, and an inspiring kabbalat Shabbat service with The Band of Milk and Honey! You don't want to miss this awesome event!
This event was funded in part thanks to a grant from USCJ’s Pacific Southwest Region.
This service will also be streamed on Zoom, our website, YouTube and Facebook Live.

Soul Spark Shabbat Service
March 18, 2021 at 7pm

Soul Spark is the creation of Cantor Natalie Young and Rabbi K'vod and features ensemble members cellist Steve Velez and percussionist Evan Wohl. This one-of-a-kind Shabbat evening service features contemplative music, meditation, and wisdom to ignite your soul! To sponsor an upcoming Soul Spark Shabbat Service, please contact Myka Thompson at mthompson@tbesoc.org.

Kibitz & Community
on Zoom

The first Friday of each month: 5:30pm
All other Fridays: 6:30pm

Come be a part of something special as we connect together for Kibitz and Community. Bring Shalom from your home into the Zoom room. For those who are not joining services in person, this is a weekly opportunity to meet on Zoom, 30 minutes before services are streamed.

Shabbat / Saturday Mornings

Torah Study

Every Saturday morning, join us for a zoom conference call where we take turns facilitating a discussion of the week’s Torah portion.

Saturdays at 9am
Explore the weekly portion in a warm and welcoming atmosphere where each participant has the opportunity to learn, listen and share. The Torah Study Group provides its members and guests an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Torah in a safe and welcoming community which values respect for different perspectives and civility toward all. We value diverse opinions on the parashah being studied, including those not emanating from Judaism. Please join us in study any Saturday morning; a brief lay-led service follows the study.

Meeting ID: 880 4965 2457
Passcode: Torah

Conservative Shabbat Morning Service

Every Saturday morning experience an uplifting, fully participatory service using traditional liturgy using Lev Shalem, our Conservative prayer book. Congregants are welcome to lead parts of the service, read Torah and celebrate milestone events, such as birthdays and anniversaries, in community. Join us in person in the Sidney Eisenberg Chapel. This service will also be streamed on our website. All TBESOC members and visitors are welcome to attend. If you would like to participate please contact Wendy Lupul at wendylupul@cox.net or 949-425-9365.

Zhabbat Morning Services & Schmooze (Conservative Service)

Please join us for Zhabbat (Zoom Shabbat) Morning Services & Schmooze.
Each Saturday morning in January this clergy- and lay-led service provides a wonderful, live, interactive way to engage with community. The Zhabbat Morning Services include:

- P’sukei d’Zimra and spirited Shacharit (live or pre-recorded by Rabbi K’vod)
- Prayer for the Sick
- Community Petition (English, led by congregant)
- Prayer before Torah Study (Hebrew & English, led by congregant)
- Inspiring Divrei Torah (live or pre-recorded by our clergy or lay leaders)
- Interactive Beit Midrash (House of Study) – Exploring Torah with Friends
- Musaf – including Mourner’s Kaddish
- Kiddush
- Schmooze time

Services begin at 9:15 am; feel free to arrive any time after 9:00 am, stay to schmooze after services…or even just come in time to schmooze (around 11:45 am – times vary). This service is open to everyone; bring your friends.

For more information, to participate, to attend or to join the wiki [weekly worship roster], please contact Wendy Lupul at wendylupul@cox.net or call 949-425-9365.

Meeting ID: 861 8097 2792
Passcode: Zhabbat

For assistance with access on Saturday morning or even during the Zhabbat Morning Service & Schmooze, please contact Eric Janofsky at (347) 803-9910

For everything you need for the January 15, 2022 Kol Isha Shabbat Service Service please go to the KISS Resources page at https://www.tbesoc.org/kiss.html.

Kol Isha Shabbat Service (KISS)
Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 9:15am

The Kol Isha Shabbat Service (KISS) is the annual, popular, all women-led Shabbat morning worship service. We begin enlisting participants right after the High Holy Days; to participate in the service (speaking or non-speaking parts), serve as a greeter, or to dance at the KISS Kiddush Luncheon please contact Wendy. The fully transliterated KISS Siddur (prayer book) makes this service especially engaging and accessible. Men, women, teens and children are invited to attend and join us in celebrating “all women/woman’s voice” (“kol isha”). The next KISS is January 15, 2022.
For more information or questions, please contact Wendy Lupul at kol_isha_shabbat@cox.net or 949-425-9365.

The Marty Stein Refuat Hanefesh Healing Service

Is there someone in your life who is ill and needs extra prayers for healing? Have you lost a loved one and want to say Kaddish with your temple extended family? TBESOC has a weekly Tuesday evening service dedicated to Marty Stein z”l who started it to give us that opportunity. The service is a fusion of Hebrew and English, using the weekday prayer book, Siddur Eit Ratzon. All Hebrew is transliterated and has beautiful, relevant explanations of the intentions behind the prayers. Contact Rabbi Joe to be put on our email list.