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 October 3rd: Dear Shabbat 2.0 Participants,

First and foremost, thank you for making Friday evening’s program such a success! We’re looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday morning, October 3rd for our second session together.

We will meet from 9:00 am- 10:30 am in the Lower Ballroom. A light breakfast of bagels and fruit will be served. If the weather is not rainy or too windy we plan on spending time in the Sukkah outside, so please dress warmly.

Intergenerational services will be take place in the sanctuary from 10:30 am – 11:30 am and everyone is invited to stay for the Sukkot luncheon after services.

You have two Shabbat assignments for the coming week:

We will ask you to share your item (“show” it or just “tell” about it) at the opening of next week’s session. We encourage you to take time during Shabbat evening for your discussion and journaling.
 * 1) Discuss and journal: What item would you add to the Shabbat basket to represent your household? Why?

We will be using them for an activity and then we will donate them to needy families and individuals in Queens.
 * 1) Please fill your green grocery bag with non perishable food items and bring them with you to the Temple on Saturday morning.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Rachel Kort, Faye Gilman, or Rabbi Perelmuter.

//Shana Tova—//To a wonderful year filled with Jewish learning and community,

Faye Gilman, Educational Leader (edleader@rtfh.org) Rachel Kort, Rabbinic Intern/Family Educator (rachelkort@yahoo.com) Rabbi Perelmuter (718-261-2900)

October 8th:
 *  Dear Shabbat 2.0 Community,

I am writing to tell you about your ‘Shabbat Sharing’ for this Shabbat and next (the next Shabbat 2.0 meeting will take place on Saturday morning, October 17th).

There are two components to this ‘Shabbat Sharing.’ The first is to take place as part of your Shabbat preparations and the second is to take place during your Shabbat ritual or meal. To do during your Shabbat preparations: Some people have a tradition of doing //tzedakah// (righteous giving) before Shabbat begins on Friday evening. In your Shabbat 2.0 basket, you will find a cloth grocery bag. Brainstorm and journal: What are the things that we //need// in our lives? Which of the ‘things that we need as people’ will fit into your grocery bag? Which can’t? How can we help provide the ‘things that people need’ that won’t fit into a bag for people in need in our community? Fill your bag with items that can be donated. (Unfortunately, the food drive is no longer Meal ritual: Take time during your Shabbat ritual to thank someone in your life for something that they provided for you in the past week. This thanking can be done formally (as a blessing) or informally (as part of discussion). In your journals, share: Who did you thank? What did they do for you? What did it feel like to thank them?

November 16th: Dear Shabbat 2.0 Community, We’re excited to spend Shabbat with you this coming Saturday, December 5th. We will spend the morning learning about **//Shalom Bayit//—Making Peace in our Homes.** Our session will begin at 9:00 am. As usual, a light breakfast will be served and our session will be followed by intergenerational Shabbat Services at 10:30 am. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Faye, Rachel or Rabbi Perelmuter. *Shabbat Sharing Reminder* Bring your matriarch recipes and we’ll start compile our recipe book in time for the holiday season!

December 2009 Dear Shabbat 2.0 Community,

For our session on Saturday, December 19th, we will explore how our Temple community can work as a Caring Community.

We are asking for your help in transforming our Shabbat 2.0 Community into a Caring Community. On the morning of December 19th we are going to put together Shabbat lunch for a handful of homebound temple members and we need your help in contributing food.

**Special Request** The plan is to make quiche on Saturday morning. We are asking each household to contribute a quiche filling (cheese, sautéed onions, zucchini, mushrooms, etc.) We will provide the crust and the eggs. We also ask that households sign up to bring one of the following items along with your quiche filling: ·  Challah rolls ·  Grape juice ·  Salad ·  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Cookies <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Drinks Drop us a quick e-mail ( [|rachelkort@yahoo.com] ) and let us know your top 3 choices of what you would like to contribute.

Looking forward to our session on December 19th. Our meeting will start at 9am followed by Intergenerational Services at 10:30 am.

Contact us if you have any question or concerns.

Happy Hanukkah! //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Rabbi Perelmutter, Faye, Rachel, & Robin //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

We look forward to seeing everyone for our next Shabbat 2.0 session, Saturday morning, October 17th). Together with the RTFH community and Jewish environmental educators from Teva, we will celebrate Shabbat and //Bereshit—//God’s Creation of the World.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Moadim L’Simcha //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">—Happy Sukkot!

Rachel Kort Faye Gilman Rabbinic Intern Educational Leader ||