We welcome new and existing Jewish families and individuals living in Fresno, Clovis and the surrounding areas, to join our Temple. The many privileges of Membership include enrolling children in the religious school, scheduling life cycle events such as a wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, baby naming or a funeral etc. Receiving tickets for the High Holidays is also included.Please click here to fill out the Membership Form... Welcome!
The Save Mart S.H.A.R.E.S. program is now available here at Temple Beth Israel!!! The best part is there is no cost to you and all you have to do is....buy groceries!
This is how it works!! Each time a card is swiped, S.H.A.R.E.S. points are issued to TBI's account. One S.H.A.R.E.S. point equals $1 on a qualified purchase. The temple will receive a quarterly check for the amount earned at the rate of up to 3%. Anyone that shops can use the card to earn S.H.A.R.E.S. points. Call the office today to get your card!
A Message from Rabbi Robert Ourach - UPDATED EVERY MONTH
I had written the following prayer for the close of our Annual Congregational Meeting on May 25, 2010. I know that it was not shared due to the lateness of the hour of the conclusion of the meeting but I thought that as we move forward these thoughts might be helpful for all of us.
To pray is to be able to stand still and to dwell in a moment. Dear God, you created each of us in your image capable of love & compassion. You have set before us paths to walk that we might find our way and that we might find that which is true for each of us. Tonight at this moment, at the conclusion of these discussions and deliberations we look and pray for harmony, we look and pray for wholeness that can strengthen each of us and our community.
As we seek to experience Your presence in our lives, help us understand once again, the great potential that is in each of us. Help us to accept ourselves, our faults and our failings, as well as our goodness, and help us to accept the goodness and the faults and failings of others. In order to be more like you oh God, we must find the compassion that is deep within each of us. Help us to speak the kind word and to do the generous deed that will strengthen each of us and that will bring health and healing to our community. Help us to bring strength to our congregation by reaffirming the value of each individual and recognizing the great gifts that each of us have to share.
Truly sharing our gifts and the resources of our hearts will help us lighten the burdens that we carry and will help us lift up those who are in need. Let us promote harmony within our walls and in our hearts for there is much work ahead for us to do. Help us master ourselves and to control impulses that harm ourselves or others for if we really choose to make progress in the art of living then we must recognize once again that to be more Godlike we must act with love and respect.
We are not perfect but we are capable of building much that is beautiful and worthwhile. Help us find the Divine that is within each of us. Challenge us, mold us, guide us, and command us as we do Your work in this world. Purify us, lift us up, and lead us into the future, happy and with resolve to be Your servants and as we return to our homes let us take with us these words from our prayer book, “There are moments when we hear the call of our higher selves, the call that links us to the Divine. Then we know how blessed we are with life and love. May this be such a moment, a time of deeper attachments to the Godlike in us and in our world, for which we shall give thanks and praise!” Dear God give strength unto your people and bless each of us with peace. Amen.
