The Peak

Peak of the Week 
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November 9 - November 16, 2019
11 Cheshvan - 18 Cheshvan 5780
Family Shabbat Dinner: 6:00 PM
 Friday (Erev Shabbat) Services: 6:30 PM
Saturday Morning (Shabbat) Services: 9:30 AM Parashat Lech-Lecha
Sunday Minyan: 9:15 AM
*** Rabbi Sammy's Torah Cafe - Sunday 10:15 AM***
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Family Shabbat With Cara Freedman This Friday!
Join the kids from the Hebrew School, their families AND Cara Freedman! Welcome in Shabbat with the sweet sounds of Cara!
Dinner at 6:00 PM
Services at 6:30 PM

Thank you to ​​​​​​​our Family Shabbat Dinner Sponsors:
Gary and Negin Abenaim
Xue and David Ammar
Marc and Hedi Wolpoff

Rabbi Installation Weekend: November 23 and 24!

Join us for a series of events to celebrate and honor Rabbi Sammy.


Saturday morning, Nov. 23rd at 9:30am
Join us for special Shabbat morning services with a number of special elements to honor Rabbi Sammy and wish him the best as our new spiritual leader.
 Kiddush lunch to follow, sponsored by the Ner Tamid Board of Trustees

Sunday, Nov. 24th at 10:15am

 "Yearn to Learn" series event featuring
Rabbi Dr. Bradley Artson
Vice President, American Jewish University &
Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

Don't miss this chance to learn with Rabbi Artson!
Free and open to everyone.

Meet & Greet Brunch with Rabbi Artson
$10 members, $18/non-members, $20/at the door
www.nertamidsd.org/brunch
Interested in underwriting this catered lunch to honor a visiting scholar? Please contact the office (858 513-8330)!

Yearn to Learn - New Lifelong Learning Opportunity!
Why We Pray, What We Pray
Although the first session has already passed, the class is still open.
November 12, 19 & December 3
6:15 - 7:30 PM
Explore the origins and purpose of Jewish prayers. Learn more about the flow of services and why we progress from one prayer to the next.
Taught by Arnold Rosenberg, author of   “Jewish Liturgy as a Spiritual System: A Prayer-by-Prayer Explanation of the Nature and Meaning of Jewish Worship.” Book available on Amazon Smile
There is no charge for this class. Open to adults and teens.

Sunday, 11/10 at 10:15 am – Special Torah Café
 The Mitzvah of Tzitzit—Personal, Spiritually Meaningful, and Hands-On
 Co-Taught by Rabbi Sammy, Nurit Mandel, and Naomi Lender
 
Celebrate together as Nurit shares her personal story and transforms her wedding shawl into a tallit. Learn the text and the spiritual connection and meaning of the mitzvah. And have an opportunity to learn from Naomi how to do the actual tying of the tzitzit. If you have your own fabric and tzitzit strings you would like to try it on bring it. If not, we will provide material for practice.

Sunday, 11/17 from 9:00am-12:00pm—Tapestry: A Community Celebration of Jewish Learning
 Hosted at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
 Join Rabbi Sammy for this day of learning (in lieu of Torah Café). There will be breakout sessions of Jewish learning on a variety of Jewish topics.
Rabbi Sammy’s slightly risqué session, “Seems a Bit Personal…Can You Really Learn Torah from That?” will be held from 10:15am-11:00am. (See attached flyer)

POINT 11th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Neighbors Standing Together In Gratitude
Join Rabbi Sammy and Leaders and musicians from multiple faith traditions for an evening of prayer, reflections,and music with messages of standing together as neighbors on Oneness and Unity.
Refreshments will follow the service
San Rafael Catholic Church
17525 Bernardo Center Dr.
San Diego, CA 92128
Wednesday, November 20th 7:00 PM

Announcing the reemergence of Ner Tamid’s men’s group:
The M.A.N. (Men’s Association of Ner Tamid)
 Our first official event will be to attend
The Men’s Event: Powered by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County
Sunday, 12/8 at 6:00pm, $50
Hosted at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines
Featuring Modi, a renowned stand-up comedian and actor. (See attached flyer)
Click here to RSVP - choose Alexander Mandel as your table captain

Also mark your calendar for The MAN’s Movie Night at Ner Tamid showing of
“The Big Lebowski”
Saturday, 12/21 at 5:30pm
Other MAN events include weekly Thursday night get togethers, stay posted for other MAN events to come. For more info on the MAN or the Men's Event, please contact Alexander Mandel at alexander@themandelhouse.com

Ron and Mary Lou Criqui for their donation of creamer for the coffee station at Rabbi Sammy's Torah Cafe
Thank you to Lynn and Diane Lightbon for their donation in memory of Diane's mother Marcia Silk

It's Time to Order Mah Jong Cards!
The order form for the 2020 Mah Jong cards are in, it's time to order!
 If nothing has changed since last year (address or email), just let Sara Reisman know how many cards and which size to order for you. The cost is the same as buying it directly through the league, $8 for the standard card and $9 for the large print.

Upcoming Events

November 10, 10:15 AM Special Torah Cafe, All About Tzitzit with Rabbi Sammy, Nurit Mandel and Naomi Lender 
November 17, 9:00 AM Tapestry: Day of Learning at the JCC. (Rabbi Sammy will be teaching at 10:15)
November 20, 7:00 PM POINT Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
November 23, 9:30 AM Rabbi Installation!
November 24, 10:15 AM Special Yearn to Learn Series teacher Rabbi Dr. Bradley Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and Rabbi Sammy's childhood rabbi! Followed by a Meet & Greet Brunch. RSVP required for the catered brunch here
 


Upcoming Hebrew School and USY/Kadima Dates

November 8,  Family Shabbat Services 6:30 (Dinner at 6:00)
November 10, Veteran’s Day Weekend NO SCHOOL
November 17, Pizza Social after School (K-6 on playground/USY in Lounge)
November 17, “Kadima Day” (4th-6th Grade) 1:00 pm-4:00 pm at Ohr Shalom Synagogue (Rabbi Sammy will drive the carpool from Ner Tamid)
Click Here for Flyer
November 25-29, Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
November 30, Children’s Shabbat Morning Services #1 10:30, Kadima Shabbat Club 12:15

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, Fran Brint, Dovid ben Mariam, Charles Clark, Jack Mandel, Tim Gallivan, Charlie Riemer, Benny Ammar , Judy Mandel

We continue to remember 
 Paul Schauder, Shamsi Shemirani, David Epstein, Harold Reisman, Aleksander Usach, Joe Schneiderman