The Charlotte Jewish News -October 2013 - Page 8
Learn/Kibbutz/Nosh
Comes to Temple Kol
Tikvah
The Ark Has Landed
As a result of a successful ap
plication to BJH Foundation for
Senior Services, Temple Kol Tik
vah of Lake Norman is pleased to
announce “Learn, Kibbitz, and
Nosh" (LKN). LKN will be of
fered to the Jewish community 55
and older. Seniors will engage in
meaningful learning by participat
ing in dynamic and interactive
discussions. The programs will
offer an opportunity for seniors to
increase their knowledge on top
ics relevant to their
lives, provide an in
formal venue for so
cial interaction, and a
healthy lunch.
The group will
meet at monthly at
Temple Kol Tikvah,
605 South Street,
Davidson, NC from
11:30 AM-1 ;30 PM.
The first program
will be held on Octo
ber 9. Additional programs will be
held on November 13, December
11, January 8, February 12, March
12, and April 14.
No synagogue affiliation is re
quired in order to attend the ses
sions. Sign up is first come, first
served. If you are interested in at
tending or for more information,
please contact Lynn Calnek at
704-987-9980.*
It has traveled to country clubs,
event centers, hotels, and
churches. The crown and top have
been reattached a few times. It is
a portable property. It is the ark
which has held Temple Or 01am’s
first Torah most of its life.
Rabbi Barbara Thiede has al
ways emphasized the quality and
closeness of Or 01am’s commu
nity, not the space where we wor
ship. But we have two Torahs
now. We needed an ark that would
do justice to the beauty of those
Torahs and also express the close
ness the congregation feels to the
earth and the rhythms of Hebrew
observances.
In stepped Temple Or Olam’s
men’s group. After lots of discus
sion about whether to build it, hire
it, commission something, how
much, how big - they found the
perfect ark in Israel, in the shop of
custom carver Gabriel Bass. Our
new ark is beautiful African wal
nut overlaid with Israeli olive
wood carvings of the seven
species. It is big enough for both
Torahs to be displayed. It is
portable, with a traveling upper
half, lower half for storage, and a
rolling base. Temple Or Olam’s
first ner tamid - an undulating
amber glass resting in a hand-
carved olive wood - flickers
above.
The crates arrived a week be
fore High Holy Days. There could
be no better timq to dedicate such
special pieces than the celebration
of a new year and the beginning
of Temple Or Olam’s second
decade. And, of course, every
body had to have new clothes.
Both Torahs received new white
Dupioni silk mantles, gartels, and
a bein gavra with beautiful white-
on-white embroidery and ap-
pliqued flames.
We celebrated on Erev Rosh
Hashanah, in a procession with
the two Torahs, then lovingly
passing them from adult arm to
adult arm on either side of the
aisle so that everyone could feel
their blessing. The children did
the same with their printed Little
Torah until the Torahs were re
turned to the ark.
Each High Holy Day Torah
mantle was embroidered with
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Rabbi Dr. Barbara Thiede with
Temple Or Olam s new ark.
words from Psalm 119: “Your
word is a lamp to my feet” (105)
and “the words you inscribe give
light” (130). The “light” that
shows the way is Torah, our sup
port, our guide, and our suste
nance.
As were (and are!) the seven
species. “The images we see
every time we look at the ark are
images that have to do with
earth’s creation,” says Rabbi Bar
bara. “The earth sustains us. Open
the ark and we see the Torah,
given to sustain us.”
Come and visit to see our new
ark of the seven species. We’d
love to welcome you. www.or-
olam.org.
"It's no
disgrace to
be poor
but it's
no great
honor,
either."
- Sholom Aleichem
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