Temple Beth Ora's new prayer book, Mishkan T'Filah was dedicated at the Kabballat Shabbat service on Friday evening, December 12th. Only once in a generation is a new prayer book introduced. Be one of the first to sponsor a prayer book in honour of someone or a special occasion or in memory of a loved one.

Sponsoring a copy of Mishkan T'Filah is only $36 each. Please complete a sponsorship form and return it to the Temple office with your payment or telephone the Temple office and do this over the phone with your Visa number. Call Steve at the Temple office: (780) 487-4817.

If you are interested in making a donation to Temple Beth Ora, whether to honour someone's memory or for another reason, please contact Steve at the Temple office. He can be reached by phone at (780) 487-4817 or by email at tboffice@shaw.ca.

Temple Beth Ora held a food drive for Jewish Family Services and Edmonton’s Food Bank this past spring.

Congregants were very generous and filled two boxes, which were divided between the two organizations.

The food drive was a symbolic way to count the omer, the period of seven weeks between Pesach and Shavu’ot. At harvest time, we are commanded in the Torah to leave the corners of our fields for the poor. As a way of counting the omer, and bringing this mitzvah to fruition, TBO members were asked to collect one item of non-perishable food for each day of the omer (a total of 50).

TBO plans to continue keeping a Food Bank donation box year-round because of the successful drive and the need in the community.

Mitzvah Day, 2009
    Abused women among those helped by Jewish day of good deeds Edmonton Sun, November 30, 2009.

Small Congregations: A Temple Revives in a Funeral Home Reform Judaism Magazine, Summer 2009.

Edmonton's new rabbi follows in parents' footsteps Canadian Jewish News, January 8, 2009

"Thoughts on Yom Hashoa" sermon given by Cantor David Mannes on May 2, 2008 (Word or PDF format).