 Join the Bet Ha'am Donor Gallery
We invite you to join the Bet Ha'am Donor Gallery! We have many needs and many ways for you to contribute. If you have an event you would like to celebrate, a person you would like to honor, a Yartzeit to remember, or you just want to help support our programs, please specify the fund to which you want to contribute and mail your check to Congregation Bet Ha'am. Please include an address if you would like an acknowledgement to be sent.
Tzedekah
To Jews, the term tzedakah connotes giving charitable contributions, but the term originates in another realm. In the Bible, tzedakah means “righteous behavior” and is often paired with “justice.” In Jewish thought and tradition, material support for those in need is not a matter of “charity”— a term that implies generosity beyond what may be expected — but a requirement. As in most areas of life, Jewish tradition makes practical demands and specifies expectations.
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Adult Library Fund - Contributions to this fund help to support and expand our library book collection. Donation to this fund also include contributions of new and well preserved used books.
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Building Capital Campaign Fund - Contributions support our efforts to build a new and expanded sanctuary, religious school classrooms, library, social space, and staff offices.
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General Fund - The General Fund provides numerous opportunities to support activities that are vital to the day to day operations of our congregation. This includes the following General Fund sub-categories:
Child Care - Contributions subsidize the cost of child care at services once a month.
Flowers - Contributions help to pay the cost of flowers when individual donors are not available.
Music - Contributions subsidize the cost of bringing music to worship services, for example resources for a volunteer choir or fees for professional musicians.
Oneg Shabbat - Contributions help to pay for the cost of refreshments provided after Friday night services when an individual host or hosts are not available.
Prayer Books - Contributions subsidize the cost of purchasing and repairing prayer books.
Programming - Contributions subsidiz the cost of congregational programming.
Sign Language Interpreters - Contributions subsidize the cost of interpreters at services and, as needed, for adult education programming.
Wayside Soup Kitchen - Contributions pay for Bet Ha'am's monthly financial commitment to help feed the hungry.
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Rabbi Berkowitz Open Door Fund - Contributions help to provide scholarships to subsidize participation in the congregation by members who are unable to pay their entire obligation.
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Rabbi Cohen Endowment for Worship & Learning - Contributions help to provide financial support for congregational religious and educational activities.
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Rabbi's Discretionary Fund - Contributions help to support Jewish activities in the community as well as financial aid to needy families and for youth programs, such as Eisner Camp and trips to Israel.
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Religious School Library Fund - Contributions help to provide library support and expansion of the collection. New and well cared for used book are warmly accepted for the religious school library.
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Rabbi Sandmel Education Fund - Contributions help to provide camp scholarships, school tuition assistance, financial aid for student trips to Israel, and enrichment of the school.
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Rosalyne S. & Sumner T. Bernstein Scholar in Residence Fund - Contributions help to cover the costs of obtaining a speaker for the yearly scholar-in-residence program.
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Youth Fund - Contributions help to provide funding for youth programming, including scholarships for camp and Israel trips.
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Congregation Bet Ha'am
81 Westbrook Street
South Portland, Maine 04106
(207) 879-0028
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