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May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

As the weather starts to get colder we are thankful for the warmth of of homes and the good fortune we have.  For some, the basics of food, clothing and housing are not guaranteed. Knowing this, Temple Shaari Emeth has always provided assistance to those in need through our work with Open Door and the Emergency Housing and Advocacy Program.
 
Fourteen years ago, our congregation opened its doors to shelter the homeless during the coldest months of December through March through the Emergency Housing and Advocacy Program. Once again we will join with St. Peters, St. Roberts, Hope Lutheran, Faith Evangelical, St. Veronica and St. Josephs to ensure that there is a safe place to sleep every night of the week during the winter. The miraculous part of this program is that it is all volunteer driven and you too can be part of this life saving work.
 
Let me explain how the process works:
Every Saturday night from December through March, Shaari Emeth houses the homeless and volunteers provide a hot dinner, a cold breakfast and at least one volunteer each week to host the guests and provide hospitality for them.
 
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO STAY OVERNIGHT
 
For Overnight Volunteers:     
1) Participants are screened, tested for drugs and alcohol, and given a pass that allows them to receive a ride at 6:00 pm. that leaves from St. Peter’s in Freehold and arrives at the Temple. Any person who is ill, drunk or behaving oddly will not be allowed to receive shelter. Transportation is provided by a taxi service. No more than twelve guests are allowed on any given night.

2) Someone from the Shelter Committee will be at the Temple to welcome you and our guests. There will also be a Security Guard who will sleep in the same room with the men and remain with you overnight. Shaari Emeth Volunteers sleep in the main office and air mattresses are provided. We are looking to have two volunteers from the Temple overnight. Both men and women are welcome to volunteer. All volunteers must be vaccinated. 
 
3) When the guests arrive there will be other Temple volunteers who provide and serve dinner and you will have an opportunity to eat with the men and get to know them.  You may feel uncomfortable about doing this but it is really the most meaningful part of the night and it means so much to our guests to be treated with kindness.
 
4) Cots and linens are provided and the men set up their own beds. Keep in mind that the same men come once a week to the Temple and they know what to do. After dinner, the men relax, watch TV, use cell phones and typically are asleep before 10:00 P.M..
 
5) The men wake up at 6:30 and the volunteers set up the breakfast cart. All supplies for breakfast are provided by other volunteers. There is a Keurig available for guests to make coffee. The men will fold away their cots and clean up their bedding. You will make sure that breakfast is cleaned up and that the Temple kitchen is in order.
 
6) At 7:30 A.M..  taxi service comes to pick the men up and return them to downtown Freehold. And you can go sleep knowing that you have made a real difference in the life of someone in need.
 
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO BRING AND SERVE DINNER OR PROVIDE BREAKFAST
 
Dinner and Breakfast Volunteers:
 
1) If you are donating breakfast a suggested list of items will be sent to you the week you are volunteering. It includes typical Continental Breakfast items. We ask that you drop off the breakfast food sometime before Saturday evening.
 
2) If you are donating dinner, we ask that you prepare or purchase a meal for 15 people. You’ll need to arrive at the Temple by 6:15 on the evening you volunteer. You will set up and serve dinner and you will be finished at approximately 7:30 P.M.. after cleaning up. 

For teens who serve dinner or stay overnight with a parent, we offer community service letters.
 
Click here to sign up for a volunteer slot

 
Michael Holzer organizes the Shelter for our congregation and if you have any questions you may reach out to him at mikeholzer322@gmail.com.
 
Please consider volunteering. We are especially in need of volunteers who can stay over night. If you have any concerns or questions please reach out to me by email  or call 732-462-7744.
 
If you would like to make a donation to support the program, you may do that by clicking here.                                  

Click here for Shelter Covid-19 Protocols

More about the Shelter Program

Temple Shaari Emeth participates in the Emergency Housing and Advocacy Program's winter shelter program.  You can read about the program in a previous article published in the Asbury Park Press .  

You can also view this  YouTube VIDEO  from when the youth group prepared dinner for the men.

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Lifelong Learning
Sunday, December 5th
11:30am to 1:00pm on Zoom
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Hiddur Mitzvah: What our sacred objects can teach us about Judaism and ourselves.
We use objects to help us in performing ritual tasks. We need a cup to hold the wine for kiddush, We use a cloth to cover the challah on shabbat. Where do these objects come from? Why do we use the ones we use? What do our traditions tell us about these Items. We will review some traditional texts and share stories about our own items.

Chanukah Family Service
Drive-in Shabbat (broadcast to your car radio)
or bring your lawn chairs and sit outside

Broad Street Donuts for all who join us ....
and Hot Chocolate by the firepit after the service

Bring a battery-operated menorah if you have one

For first night only:
HEBREW TEXT
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
TRANSLITERATION
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v'kiy'manu v'higiyanu laz'man hazeh.
TRANSLATION
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.

Blessing 1
HEBREW TEXT
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתָיו
וְצִוָּֽנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה.
TRANSLITERATION
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah. 
TRANSLATION
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to kindle the Hanukkah lights.

Blessing 2
HEBREW TEXT
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
 שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵֽינוּ
 בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
TRANSLITERATION
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asah nisim laavoteinu v’imoteinu bayamim hahaeim baz’man hazeh. 
TRANSLATION
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who performed wonderous deeds for our ancestors in days of old at this season.

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Temple Shaari Emeth has a holiday tradition of putting a “Miracle Menorah” in the temple lobby covered with paper mittens so our congregants can do the great mitzvah of helping children from at risk families receive perhaps their only gifts for the holiday season.

This year TSE is proud to sponsor both the Raine Foundation and Jewish Family & Children’s Service. 

The Raine Foundation mittens are designated with labels of an individual child and her/his/their desired gift. 

Jewish Family & Children’s Service has requested all gift cards (Target, Walmart, Kohls, Amex, etc.) so the mittens are designated with a $25.00 minimum.
We are also offering on-line donations for Jewish Family & Children’s Service for those individuals who are not coming into the Temple. 

Visit the Miracle Menorah in the Temple lobby to pick a mitten off the Menorah

Please note the following holiday deadlines:

All Jewish Family & Children’s Service gift cards must be returned to the Temple Office no later than November 21st so JFCS can distribute them in time for Chanukah.  All on-line donations to JFCS must be completed by November 21st as well.

All Raine Foundation toys (unwrapped with mitten label attached) must be placed under the Menorah in the Temple lobby no later than Friday, December 3rd.  Several Raine children requested gift cards so please return those to the temple office (mitten attached).  This will enable Raine to pick them up and distribute them according to their deadline.

Thank you so much for your generous support in making this holiday season a happy one for an at-risk child!

Start you weekend at the Empanada Kabbalat Shabbat Service!
Join us for the service at 6:30pm and stay for the Empanada Oneg!

Or watch at home with chips and salsa.

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Please click here to login to your Shaari Emeth Account

All TRT accounts have been merged into the TSE database. You can login to your account by clicking on the above link. When you do so, you can create a password.  Your username is the email that this email was sent to.  Each member in a family has a their own access to the database, using the email on file.  If trying to login, not using the above link, you can click on the "Login" link on the top right of the homepage and choose "Forgot Password".

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Drawing from her book, The Five Books of Miriam (Putnam 1996; HarperSanFrancisco pb, 1998), Dr. Ellen Frankel presents this ancient text through a prism of women's voices, including Our Mothers, Our Bubbes, the Rabbis, the Sages in Our Own Time, as well as a host of biblical women such as Lilith the Rebel, Mother Rachel, Wily Rebecca, and Dinah the Wounded One. She explores how new questions can uncover ancient secrets, how modern research and scholarship can shed new light on the past, and how today's women can engage in conversation with their biblical counterparts. Frankel's work is a blend of feminism, Jewish tradition, and what she calls "Folk Torah.".. ... read more

Welcome to the World
Hailey Faith Silberstein
 Born 6 lbs 9 oz, 19 inches
October 27, 2021

Proud Parents
Jodi and Jonathan Silberstein
 
Proud Big Brother
Ryan

Welcome to the World

Miles Elijah Joseph
Born 3 lbs 14 oz
October 16, 2021
 
Proud Parents
Jeremy and Megan are enjoying losing sleep 

Proud Grandparents 
Karen and David are excited for this new gift of life and continuity.

Lifelong Learning Sunday Series

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Jewish Interest Book Club with Rabbi Panken

Click to see the full schedule of books for Rabbi Panken's Jewish Interest Book Club

Save the date!
Celebrate with us on November 12th

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This Week's Bnai Mitzvah

10:30 am

Bnai Mitzvah services are streamed at  www.shaariemeth.org/bmitzvahstream

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Election 2021 News from TSE’s RAC NJ Committee

Do you know that all 120 members of the New Jersey Legislature and the governor will be elected on November 2, 2021? Exercise your right to vote!
Pledge to Vote! Research shows that if you make a plan to vote, you will vote. Our congregational goal is to “Double Our Impact” by getting at least 78% of the congregation to pledge to vote. Click this link to support our goal.

Do you want to vote by mail? You can get an application to vote by mail using this link.

You can vote early! Early voting starts Saturday, October 23rd and ends Sunday, October 31st. Here is the link to early voting locations and hours - you can vote at any early voting location: Monmouth, NJ Elections

Questions? Contact Stacy Goto, sgoto7@gmail.com

Of course there are Shabbat services every week; but, here are a few special opportunities for us to celebrate Shabbat together over the next month.

Join the service in person (masks required) or watch at home. The service is on the website, Facebook  or YouTube 

Click to Download Charity Documentation for Clothing Drive

Join the service in person (masks required) or watch at home. The service is on the website, Facebook  or YouTube 

Download the Temple Shaari Emeth app in the App Store or on Google Play
search for Shaari Emeth

This Week's Bnai Mitzvah

10:30 am

Bnai Mitzvah services are streamed at  www.shaariemeth.org/bmitzvahstream

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Election 2021 News from TSE’s RAC NJ Committee

Do you know that all 120 members of the New Jersey Legislature and the governor will be elected on November 2, 2021? Exercise your right to vote!
Pledge to Vote! Research shows that if you make a plan to vote, you will vote. Our congregational goal is to “Double Our Impact” by getting at least 78% of the congregation to pledge to vote. Click this link to support our goal.

Are you registered to vote? Last day to register is October 12th. Click this link to check if you’re registered and/or register to vote. Register to Vote!

Do you want to vote by mail? You can get an application to vote by mail using this link.

You can vote early! Early voting starts Saturday, October 23rd and ends Sunday, October 31st. Here is the link to early voting locations and hours - you can vote at any early voting location: Monmouth, NJ Elections

Questions? Contact Stacy Goto, sgoto7@gmail.com

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

Join the service in person (masks required) or watch at home. The service is on the website, Facebook  or YouTube 

Save the Date 
Special Congregation Meeting for Current TSE Members

October 17th 7PM

Current TRT Members - There will be a Special Congregation Meeting on Thursday, October 14th.

This Weeks Bnai Mitzvah

10:30 am

Bnai Mitzvah services are streamed at  www.shaariemeth.org/bmitzvahstream

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Election 2021 News from TSE’s RAC NJ Committee
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Do you know that all 120 members of the New Jersey Legislature and the governor will be elected on November 2, 2021? Exercise your right to vote!
Pledge to Vote! Research shows that if you make a plan to vote, you will vote. Our congregational goal is to “Double Our Impact” by getting at least 78% of the congregation to pledge to vote. Click this link to support our goal.

Are you registered to vote? Last day to register is October 12th. Click this link to check if you’re registered and/or register to vote. Register to Vote!

Do you want to vote by mail? You can get an application to vote by mail using this link.

You can vote early! Early voting starts Saturday, October 23rd and ends Sunday, October 31st. Here is the link to early voting locations and hours - you can vote at any early voting location: Monmouth, NJ Elections

Questions? Contact Stacy Goto, sgoto7@gmail.com

Donate to Shaari Emeth through AmazonSmile

Did you know that you can make a donation to TSE every time you buy something via Amazon?  Simply join AmazonSmile at  smile.amazon.com  and specify TSE as your favorite charity.  Then shop at smile.amazon.com and AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% to TSE.

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