The Peak

Peak of the Week 
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August 23 - August 30, 2020
3 Elul - 10 Elul 5780
Shabbat Evening (Friday)  Live on Zoom at 7:00pm (See Info Below)
Shabbat Morning (Saturday)  Live on Zoom 9:30 AM (See info below)
Parashat Ki Teitzei
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 Drive Up Shofar Blast and Food Drive

Fridays of Elul at 9:00am August 28 and September 4, 11, 18
Ner Tamid Parking Lot
 
Get a little spiritual nourishment and give a little physical nourishment.
 
Drive up to the Ner Tamid parking lot as we engage in the uplifting mitzvah of hearing the shofar blast during the month of Elul. Let the blast of the shofar transport you and awaken your soul.


 
Participate in our traditional Yom Kippur food drive at this time.
Please bring non-perishables to fill the bin which will go to Jewish Family Services (JSF). During this difficult time, JFS has seen a sharp reduction in donations and dire increase in need.



Note - If you are unable to visit the synagogue parking lot in person, our amazing caring committee Co-Chair, Shari, is willing to make arrangements to pick up any food donation you may have. Please call or text her at (858)735-7952 or contact the office here  
 
Please be sure to stay in your cars as we safely and healthily engage in these meaningful mitzvot of the season.

SAM S. BLOOM LEARNING CENTER STUDENT & MADRICHIM REGISTRATION FORM

Early-bird discount available for forms completed by August 25th.

SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM

USY TEENS & MADRICHIM
Teens in grades 8 and above - if you are enrolling in Madrichim and/or interested in USY, please fill out this form to communicate your interest in Madrichim, USY Board, and interest-based classes.

USY TEEN & MADRICHIM FORM
 
Questions? Contact Jessie Birnbaum at jessie@nertamidsd.org.

High Holidays 2020
 We will be doing an entire virtual High Holidays experience.
Visit the Ner Tamid High Holidays page and find updates as well as a link to order the Lev Shalem Mahzor.

Check out the schedule of events now posted to our website!


Please follow this link to be directed to the High Holidays 2020 page on our website.

All scheduled time and events are subject to change
 

Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, August 28 at 7:00pm

Join us virtually for uplifting Shabbat evening prayer, candle lighting, and schmooze time with friends!

No registration required.

Please follow this link to join the service

If you plan to call in and need the Zoom Meeting ID and Password, please contact Rabbi Sammy or info@nertamidsd.org

Virtual Shabbat Morning Services
 
Saturday, August 29 at 9:30am
 
Join us on Zoom for soul-elevating Shabbat morning services: prayer, Torah chanting and learning, and schmooze time with friends!
 
No registration required.
 
 9:30am on Shabbat morning,

Please follow this link to join the service

If you plan to call in and need the Zoom Meeting ID and Password, please contact Rabbi Sammy

Record & share your CREATION sound effect!

Be a part of this year’s Ner Tamid family-friendly video project for Rosh Hashanah. Everyone is invited to participate. Instructions for submitting your videos can be found within the form introduction.

Please follow this link to the form

Contact jessie@nertamidsd.org with questions.

A Message From Hillel of San Diego
WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!
Know an incoming college freshman or transfer
student in San Diego? Help them find invaluable
connections, opportunities & community.

Please follow this link for more information

An Invitation From Our Neighbors at Adat Shalom
Our friends over at Adat Shalom have extended an invitation to the community of Ner Tamid to attend one of their upcoming events.

Follow this link for more information on a virtual Havdalah and game night coming in August

Want to stay connected but struggling with the technology?
 
We want to know if you need help with technology. Don’t miss out on our services and programs that we conduct remotely and primarily through Zoom. Please email or call the office to let us know you would like help learning how to use Zoom. We are here to help!
 
If you are someone who is willing to lend your time to help other community members learn Zoom, please let us know.

 Mahzor Lev Shalem…Digital or Hardbound?

If you have not yet answered our one question survey, please do so by September 1 so that we can place our order accurately.
Your answer to this survey counts as your order.
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 Unfortunately, we cannot accept any late orders and the price goes up to $8.99 after the deadline
 
Please Click Here to Share Whether You Plan to Order (or Have Already Ordered) Your Own Hardbound Mahzor Lev Shalem or Plan to Use the Digital Edition of the Mahzor Lev Shalem (Which Will Be Ordered by the Ner Tamid)
 
Please let us know by answering the one question at the above link by Tuesday September 1
 
This year, our community will transition to the wonderful “Mahzor Lev Shalem.” (A brief explanation of this mahzor can be found at the bottom of this email.) The Rabbinical Assembly is offering a special discount of 40% on this mahzor on all orders placed by September 1
 
Please Click Here to Order Your Mahzor Lev Shalem (High Holiday Prayer Book)
 
We plan to use this mahzor in future High Holidays as well, so once you order your own book, you will have it for subsequent High Holidays. While we encourage you to order your very own hardbound copy of the Mahzor to have for years to come, we understand potential financial challenges. If you would prefer to use the digital edition please let us know. Please be aware that Ner Tamid will order the digital code to share with members. Individual members/families who want the hardbound will need to order directly from the Rabbinical Assembly website (linked above). We need an accurate head count of members who want the digital edition as it is $1 per digital code that we order from the Rabbinical Assembly. Thanks to a generous donation, the digital edition will be made available gratis to all members who request the code by answering our question (linked at the top of this communication).
 Please stay tuned for more communications about the High Holidays!
***Please note***
During our High Holiday prayer services on Zoom, we will not screen-share text of the prayers. Screen-sharing the text of the prayer book would occupy a significant amount of space on the screen. We want to ensure that everyone logged in can see more faces of friends and community members davening together as we feel this will provide a more connective and meaningful High Holiday experience. We are therefore encouraging everyone to have their own prayer book for participation in this virtual experience. We plan to use this mahzor in future High Holidays as well, so once you order your own book, you will have it for subsequent High Holidays.

***Please note***
During our High Holiday prayer services on Zoom, we will not screen-share text of the prayers. Screen-sharing the text of the prayer book would occupy a significant amount of space on the screen. We want to ensure that everyone logged in can see more faces of friends and community members davening together as we feel this will provide a more connective and meaningful High Holiday experience. We are therefore encouraging everyone to have their own prayer book for participation in this virtual experience. We plan to use this mahzor in future High Holidays as well, so once you order your own book, you will have it for subsequent High Holidays.
 
About Lev Shalem: Our community uses the “Siddur Lev Shalem for Shabbat and Festivals,” the latest prayer book of the Rabbinical Assembly used by the Conservative Movement. This particular mahzor, like its Shabbat and Festival counterpart, is a beautiful prayer book in several aspects. Published in 2010 by the Rabbinical Assembly, this new mahzor presents a complete liturgy, restoring many traditional prayers that had not been included in earlier mahzorim. It contains a variety of commentaries from classical and modern-day rabbis, gender-sensitive translations, and “choreography” instructions as to when to sit, stand, bow, etc. English transliterations are offered for all prayers and lines recited aloud by the congregation. The page layout surrounds prayers with a variety of English commentaries and readings, as one finds in classical rabbinic commentaries. These commentaries and readings can help to provide greater depth and connection, understanding, and spirit in our prayer.

Office Business Hours
Although the office is physically closed, we are still avaiable to help you! Contact us by calling (858)777-0256 and enter 6 to be connected directly to Christa or email info@nertamidsd.org for the office or accountant@nertamidsd.org for Beth (our fabulous bookkeeper)

Please note that we are available during the following hours trhough summer:
Sunday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuesday thru Friday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
We are "closed"/unavailable  Monday and Saturday

Ner Tamid Caring Committtee

Life happens! 
We are here to support each other through life's ups and downs.  Especially during the pandemic, we want to keep in touch with our Ner Tamid community.  Let us know if you or someone you know would welcome a telephone call. Outreach to our members is always confidential.  Please contact the Ner Tamid office at (858) 777-0256 or e-mail us at info@nertamidsd.org.

Share Your Simcha!

While our space is physically closed, we still want to share your simcha with you! Do you have something amazing in your life that you want to share with your Ner Tamid family? When life affirming events occur we want to share our good fortune with others!

Give us a call and let us know what's going on! We'd love to share it in our weekly newsletter!
New baby in the family? Job promotion? Birthday or Anniversary Milestone? We at Ner Tamid want to know and help you celebrate your Simcha.

Check Out What Our Members Are Up To!

Missing Cara Freedman? Look no further, she has a YouTube channel! There you will find Jewish music videos for Moms with young kids, school aged kids and families.
Click here to be directed to Cara's YouTube channel!

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​​​​​​​Naomi Lender has a new YouTube channel  “Miss Naomi 613” 

Visit her YouTube channel here!

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Looking for ways to stay connected and support our community?
Our member and friend, Marubia Weissenberg, has been using her time at home to make lovely fascinators and kippot with flower designs to brighten our day. Please see the attached video for details to contact Marubia and purchase yours today. All profits will be donated to Ner Tamid.

Click Here for More Info and Marubia's Brief Video

Help Make Masks for Health Care Workers

Please click here for a link to the instructions on how to make masks to donate to health care workers.

​​​​​​​Thank you to Roz Weisberg for her donation in memory of Bernie Weisberg

Upcoming Events

​​​​​​Kabbalat Shabbat services -- Friday evenings 7:00 PM (online)
Saturday morning Shabbat Services -- Saturday Mornings 9:30 AM (online)

Upcoming School/USY Events
Sunday 9/6 - 9am: Drive in shofar sounding, Hebrew School supply pick up, & food drive drop off.
Wednesday 9/9 - 9:30am Sam S Bloom Learning Center first day for K - 7th grade
Friday 9/11 Family musical services with Cara Freedman
Sunday 9/13 - 9:30am SSBLC continues, including family cooking class
Sunday 10/11 Simchat Torah hakafot & dance party

Refuah Shleimah
 Josh Burns, April Stokes, Jessica bat Jean, Brian ben Alice, Emma bat Josephine, Dana bat Chava, Michele bat Virginia, ​​​​​Chaim Leib ben Martyl, Lab ben Esther, Robert Cohen, Itta Masha Bat Nechuma Ella, Sanci bat Esther v’Natan, Toby Cohen, Donald ben Violet, Basha bat Brendel, Sarci Cohen Michael, Thelma Press, Yamit Rachel bat Aharon Shimon v'Miryam Shoshanah, Kova Sheina bat Pesha, Charles Clark, Jack Mandel, Tim Gallivan, Charlie Riemer, Benny Ammar , Burt Tregub, Inna Landa, Rae Harvey, Marilyn Steinweg,  Bernice Fried Brendal bat Gissa, Nachem Lieb ben Masha Neil Markus

We continue to remember 
 Joe Schneiderman, Rabbi Hershel Brooks, Mark Olkon, Rosalie Taubman, Howard Falberg, Ellen Barnett, Eleanor Shuster, Annadelle Jacob, Shirlee Gloger Abrams, Marina Lupyan, Elenore Lieb, Frida Levinsky