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Helping Out
Celebrating, Honoring, and Remembering
18 Occasions for Giving Tzedakah
Getting Involved on a Committee
Celebrating, Honoring and Remembering
Designated Funds
B.A. has established a series of Designated Funds to celebrate or
memorialize special occasions, while helping to support the various
functions of the congregation. Contributions can be made in honor or
memory of special people in your life, or for occasions
in your own life (see 18 Occasions
For Giving Tzedakah). An acknowledgment card can be
sent to any person you designate.
To make a Designated Fund Contribution, you can use the form included
in every issue of The Shofar, or a coupon from our Tribute Funds
coupon books.
Beth Ahavah's Tribute Funds include the following:
- Rabbi Salary Fund: To support Congregation Beth
Ahavah's Rabbi.
- Leadership Development Fund: Assists representatives
with registration and/or travel, at UAHC, Federation and World Congress events.
- General Fund: Where the need is greatest within the
congregation.
- Ritual Objects Fund: For religious and ritual objects
to enhance our sanctuary.
- Bikur Holim Fund / Emergency Assistance Fund: Provides
comfort to the sick and bereaved. Helps provide emergency assistance a
congregant may require due to illness, disability or other problems.
- Educational Programming and Library Fund: To support
educational programs and help maintain our library.
- Building Beautification and Improvement Fund: To
maintain and beautify the Synagogue building.
- Memorial and Yahrzeit Fund: To be used for general
congregational needs.
- Prayer Book Fund: All donations are appreciated, but a
$36 gift covers the full cost of a dedicated prayer book.
Oneg and Flowers Sponsors
Please contact
the synagogue if you would like to sponsor an Oneg
Shabbat or the flowers for a Friday night service or for
any other Holiday.
Yahrzeits and Memorial Plaques
In our sanctuary is Beth Ahavah's
Memorial Board. To purchase a plaque, please
contact the
synagogue to request the proper form.
Our plan for this year is to mail a
reminder to each person who has informed us of a yahrzeit
date. The yahrzeits are also listed in the service
brochure at Friday night services and in The Shofar.
Please be aware that yahrzeits are listed by the Hebrew
date, which may be as much as 5 weeks different from the
English date. Please
contact the synagogue if you need to find out the correct date.
Yizkor Book
Every year, as part of the preparation
for High Holidays, a special mailing is sent to everyone
inviting participation in the Yizkor Book, which is
distributed as part of the Yizkor service on Yom Kippur.
18 Occasions For Giving Tzedakah
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Concerning Other People
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Occasions in Your Own Life
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- In honor of a birth, brit milah, baby naming, bar
mitzvah, bat mitzvah, wedding, commitment
ceremony, anniversary, or other joyous occasion.
- In honor of a relative, significant other, or
friend who has reached a notable birthday: 60th,
70th, 75th, 80th, 90th, 100th, up to 120th!
- In honor of someone coming out of the closet.
- To extend wishes for the recovery of someone who
is sick.
- In memory of someone who has passed away, and on
Yahrzeits.
- In honor of relatives or friends hanging the
mezuzah on the doorpost of a new home.
- In honor of a conversion of a friend.
- On Yom Ha'Atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) and
on Yom HaShoah VeHagevurah (Holocaust and Heroism
Remembrance Day).
- In honor of any other major event in a person's
life: graduation, new job, retirement, etc.
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- Bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, wedding, commitment
ceremony, anniversary, or other joyous occasion.
- Reaching a significant birthday (up to 120th!)
- Coming out of the closet.
- Upon recovery from an illness.
- Upon hanging the mezuzah on the doorpost of your
new home.
- In honor of your own graduation, new job,
retirement, etc.
- Before candlelighting on Friday evening and
before all Jewish holidays.
- Upon arriving safely in Israel.
- Upon receiving a foundation grant or inheriting a
sum of money or receiving any money as a gift.
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