In This Issue:

1. FEBRUARY MOTAS MEMBERSHIP MEETING – SU 2/11
2. DINING OUT AT MICHELEDAS – TU 2/27*
3. MAN OF THE YEAR DINNER – SA 3/9 – REGISTER BY 2/28
4. MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP – TH 2/22*
5. MOTAS ANNUAL APPEAL TIME
6. ON THE HORIZON*
7. IN CLOSING

(* indicates updated items)

From the Editor: The goal of the Weekly is to get MoTAS members the information they need on upcoming activities, and then get out of the way. If you have any information on MoTAS activities you need to get out to the membership, please contact the Weekly Editor at cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org.

1. FEBRUARY MOTAS MEMBERSHIP MEETING – SU 2/11

Our February Membership meeting will be Sunday, 2/11, at 9:00am. A full breakfast, including bagels, lox, and eggs, will be available starting at 8:45am. Join us for our usual business review, and learn what is happening with the temple. Our speaker will be Al Lapides on the History of Automobiles.

2. DINING OUT AT MICHELEDAS – TU 2/27

“Dining Does Good” has returned. Things have gotten more complicated since the pandemic with all the delivery apps and such, so this is DINE IN or PICK UP only. Let’s support MoTAS, and all show our smiling faces at Micheledas in Northridge on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

Would you like an easy way to help MoTAS financially? How about taking your family to dinner. The MoTAS “Dining Does Good” allows you to go out to dinner, and have the restaurant donate a portion of your check support the Men of TAS. Our January Dining Does Good” will be Tuesday, February 27  at Micheledas Mexican Grill, 9735 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324, (818) 527-1132. Just present the flyer when you order or pick up your take out order in person.

How do you get a flyer? You can find a flyer for the event at https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/activities/dining/ (click on the image of the flyer) or download PDF from our Box account . Once you are at the Box version of the flyer:

• If you are on a PC or Mac using a browser: (1) click on the white DOWNLOAD button; (2) there will be a pop-up about logging in to do more — ignore that – just close the popup box; (3) You will be prompted on where to save the download, or it will go into the downloads directory; (4) when the download is complete, open the PDF and print it. DO NOT right click and attempt to print from the Box page.
• If you using a browser on an Android phone: This takes you directly to the PDF. You can download or print from there.
• If you are using some other method, please send it to me and I’ll include it on this list.
• If you can’t figure this out at all: Drop me an email at cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org , and I’ll send you the PDF as an attachment.

We really encourage you to come and support these events: we raise a little extra funds for our work, but more importantly, we come together and break bread as a Temple family on a regular basis. It is a real joy to walk into a neighborhood restaurant and see your Temple friends, to sit down and share a table and talk. This is the heart and goal of MoTAS: Building Relationships.

For this month’s Dining Does Good, we are going to try a MoTAS table. This is for anyone who wants to support Dining Does Good and is looking for people to dine with. We will meet at Micheladas at 6:30. Please RSVP to Stephen Platt. sjplatt412@gmail.com or (954) 205-9260.

Looking forward, our March dining event will be at Red Robin on Tuesday, March 26. If you need the flyer early, you can find it here; we’ll link it into the dining page after the February dining out. You can bring the flyer with your meal, show the flyer on your phone, mention the flyer when ordering, or even order online and use the flyer found under “Fundraisers (To-Go Only)”.

3. MAN OF THE YEAR DINNER – SA 3/9 – REGISTER BY 2/28

Larry Pfefer was honored at the January MoTAS Shabbat as our 2024 Man of the Year. The MRJ Man of the Year Dinner, where our honoree will be feted, together with the honorees from other MRJ congregations from the MRJ Pacific Southwest region, is Saturday, March 9, 2024 at our congregation: Temple Ahavat Shalom. The cost of the dinner is $50 if you are paying by cash or check; $50 plus TicketLeap fees if you are paying by credit card. You can RSVP or pay online at https://tinyurl.com/motas24moy. RSVPS are due by February 28, 2024 at Noon.

Note: We had an error in last week’s weekly: The correct price is $50 for the dinner.

When you register, you will be asked for your choice of meal, and whether you want to volunteer to help. We will need volunteers to check people in  and with other site logistics.

4. MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP – TH 2/22

The next Men only discussion group will be February 22 at 6 PM.  $15 each and Brian Hatkoff will bring in pizza or something.  Subject is “What do you wish your father told you and/or what you as a father wish you told your kids about life.” We are limiting it to 12 guys.  Address will be provided upon RSVP to Brian Hatkoff at bhatkoff@aol.com or at 818-571-6554.  Have questions?  Just reach out.

5. MOTAS ANNUAL APPEAL TIME

The MoTAS Shabbat marks the start of our annual appeal. MoTAS does not collect membership dues — we depend on contributions from our membership to do what we do, and to help Temple Ahavat Shalom. You should be receiving the appeal letter shortly. To contribute online or to print a donation form, just visit support.tasnorthridge-motas.org or go directly to https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/about/support-motas/. The online direct donation page is here; the link to our Box account with the downloadable PDF form is here.

6. ON THE HORIZON

The following events are on the MoTAS Horizon. Future weeklies will have appropriate links.

• March 10 – Monthly meeting
• March 17 – MoTAS hosting breakfast for school parents. Possible game day. Volunteers will be needed to help. If you will be available to help, contact Larry at president@tasnorthridge-motas.org.
• March 26 – Dining Out at Red Robin

IN CLOSING

As always, remember that the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom is *your* organization. Keep up to date on our activities at http://www.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ and participate. Sign up for our action alert list at http://tinyurl.com/motas-action-alert. We want to serve all the men of Temple Ahavat Shalom and welcome new participants from the TAS membership. Join our Facebook group and “follow” our website. Join the MoTAS Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/tas-motas (you may need to be logged into your Google account, if you have one). Come be part of the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom!