Congregation Kol Halev Newsletter, 
November 7, 2006 / 16 Cheshvan 5767

This Week at Kol Halev:

B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah Shabbat, Friday, November 10th, 6:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room. Join our B'nai Mitzvah students as they lead a special Shabbat service. Immediately after the service, join us for a dairy/pareve pot-luck dinner. Rumor has it that Rabbi Baker is providing a special dessert!

Kol Halev B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah is scheduled to volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank on Saturday, Nov. 11th from 12:45 to 4:00 in the afternoon. Past groups from Kol Halev have really enjoyed working at the Food Bank and we hope you can participate. Please bring a food item to donate. Please RSVP to Linda Halbreich <lindahalbreich@aol.com> if you plan on attending. Include the age of your child and if you plan to stay and help, too.

Torah Study, Tuesday, November 7th, Noon, CKH Office.

....  Next Week  ....

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, November 17th, 7:30 pm, ECP Multi-purpose Room.

Torah Study, Tuesday, November 14th, Noon, CKH Office.

....  CKH B'nai Mitzvah Youth Group  ....

The CKH post b'nai mitzvah youth group is having its second event on Sunday, November 19th from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm at Austin's Park & Pizza. Meet at the park entrance on IH35 in Pflugerville at 4:30. Current youth group members should bring $10, and CKH will cover the rest of your play/food package. And if you haven't joined yet, please bring the $10 for the event and a check for $36 made out Congregation Kol Halev (along with your membership application, from the CKH website) for the youth group membership. That covers membership for the entire school year, so it's quite a steal!!! Please RSVP to Amy O'Desky at <aodesky@austin.rr.com> NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.

Mazel Tov

In Remembrance

....  Chesed (Loving Kindness) Committee  ....

The Chesed (loving kindness) Committee exists to ensure that every Kol Halev family is supported in times of need. Meals, babysitting, transportation, shopping assistance, feeding pets, and mowing lawns are a few of the services the committee arranges. We also want to acknowledge milestones in congregants' lives, such as the birth of a child, graduation, and marriages.

In a sense, we are all members of the Chesed Committee. There are three main ways you can participate. One is to be available to provide help when the need arises. Second is to let the committee chair, Sherry Blum (sblum@austincc.edu or 288-1128), know of opportunities to lend a hand or make a call. Please let me know about serious illness, death, a request to mention a name for the Mi Shebeirach (prayer for healing), as well as milestone events. Third is to volunteer to participate in the organization of the committee, and/or to help with one of the ongoing tasks of the committee such as being a contact person for emergencies, arranging for help, sending out cards, and maintaining the Mi Shebeirach list.

Thank You!

Congregation Kol Halev gratefully acknowledges the following gifts:

A generous donation was made to Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
By an anonymous contributor

Mitzvah Opportunity

Needed for CKH office: Small refrigerator - are you remodeling? Downsizing? Upgrading? Can you help provide the congregation with a refrigerator for the office and religious school? Please contact Cantor Robbi Sherwin if you can help with this tax-deductible mitzvah!

....  In the Community  ....

Austin Jewish Book Fair Kid's Day, Sunday, November 12th, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, JCAA Community Hall.
Come join the fun! Arts & Crafts with Hadassah Training Wheels. Join author Ellen Sabin for an interactive exploration of The Hero Book: Learning Lessons from the People You Admire. And an energetic and inspiring performance by Shir-la-la (Shira Klein), a Jewish musician, educator, and performer living in New York City. Tickets are $2 (and can only be purchased at the door). For more information, call Lisa Apfelberg at (512) 735-8076 or email her at <lisa.apfelberg@jcaaonline.org>. Or visit the Kid's Day web page.

The Israelite Samaritans, Thursday, November 16th, 7:30 pm, at the JCAA.
Binyamim Tsedaka will address the Jewish community and describe the Israelite Samaritan way of observing the Torah. The Samaritan Israelites are the descendants of an ancient people. This visiting Samaritan scholar from Israel has been invited to the JCAA to speak on the following topics: the Samaritan Shabbat and Counting of the Omer; their ancient First Temple era Hebrew script and unusual pronunciation patterns; how they chant the Torah; why they hold B’nai Mitzvah celebrations even earlier than the 13th year; how they were able to maintain the Passover sacrifice every year even for the past 2,000 years; why they hold Mount Gerizim to be a sacred place according to the Torah; and why they count only seven festival days in the year.

Fifth Annual Hadassah Chanukah Bazaar, Sunday, November 19th 9 am - 3 pm, at the JCAA.
Selected vendors for all your gift-giving needs. Bake sale - plan ahead for the holidays. Community sponsored blood drive (10 am - 2 pm). Exchange a new toiletry item donation for a local women's shelter for a raffle ticket. Raffle tickets $1 each or six for $5. Activity center for kids. Proceeds will go to the Hadassah Medical Organization. Sandy Massman (331-8345) and Rachel O'Brien (775-8585) are co-chairing this event.

Do you have an announcement?  Good news?  Community service opportunity?  Please send submissions for inclusion into the Congregation newsletter to newsletter@kolhalev.org by 10:00pm Monday (next deadline is November 13, 2006).  My goal is to send the newsletter every Tuesday.

Have you missed a recent issue of the CKH Newsletter?  Due to recent problems with our listserver, you may have missed an issue. If so, you can always find back issues at http://www.kolhalev.org/emailnewsletters/index.html.

Congregation Kol Halev is located at:
3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 307,
Austin, Texas  78731

(512) 419-0945

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