Mitzvah Day
30th Annual Mitzvah Day
February 22, 2026
Commemorate 30 years of Mitzvah Days with a Sponsorship!
Help us make this Mitzvah Day the best one yet!
Friday, February 20
6:00 pm Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker: Ellen Bowen, Food Rescue US-South Florida
7:15 pm Special Oneg honoring our Mitzvah Day Captains
Sunday, February 22
8:45 am Registration and Breakfast, at TBS Palm Plaza
9:30 am Opening Ceremony in Sanctuary
10:00 am Coffee and pastries in the Welcome Center
10:00 am Mitzvah Projects Commence Some on-site projects have two shifts
Shift 1 is 10:00 am / Shift 2 is 11:00 am (Check online registration). Pick up granola bars on your way out for those in need.
12:00 pm Lunch at Temple Beth Sholom Pay your own way for lunch with Monster Burgers Food Truck. Ice Cream/Snow-Cones with Tikiz Shaved Ice and Ice Cream (Free – sponsored by the TBS Mitzvah Fund)
1:15 pm Sholom Rockers in Concert – Social Hall
1:15 pm Soup Contest (in the Social Hall) to benefit various local Non-Profits that work on food insecurity
This year for the first time we are offering Mitzvah Day sponsorship opportunities in addition to our Soup Contest Sponsorships. We want this 30th year to be the best Mitzvah Day ever.
Your sponsorship or donation helps power our 2026 Mitzvah Day. Your generosity directly fuels real change in our community. Please consider becoming a sponsor.
Mitzvah Day Sponsorship Opportunities
(Sponsorships begin at $54)
- Lunch Food Truck
- Captains’ Shirts
- Mitzvah Day Fund for Projects
Soup Contest Sponsorship Levels
- Grand Tastemaker $1000
- Silver Spoon $500
- Stock Pot $250
- Soup Ladle $100
Our Soup Contest this year will benefit our food insecurity initiative, led by Rachel Umlas and Amanda Greenfield.
Finally, we are putting together a way to honor our past. If you have any pictures or other memorabilia from past Mitzvah Days, please let us know: jagron@tbsmb.org
We are looking forward to honoring three decades of making a real difference together.
Thank you to Our Generous Sponsors*
Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom – Mitzvah Day Breakfast
Brotherhood of Temple Beth Sholom – Mitzvah Day Commemorative Hats
Innovative School of Temple Beth Sholom PATIO
Judith Richard and Martin Madorsky – Maison Valentine Coffee Cart
Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz and Adam Snitzer – Commemorative Hats
Alan Caves
Holly Wallack
Kelsey Levy and Matthew Greer
Ruth Tishman
Leora Kalikow and Matt Liebowitz
Lori and Michael Dribin
Sari and Matthew Shore
Jacqueline Shaio
Helena and Drew Kristol
Heidi and John Cooper
Elenora Sokolsky and Michael Khait
*as of 2/6/26
Join us for a Mitzvah Day Project!
All Ages and Family Friendly
1. Friends with Firetrucks
2. Kosher Food Bank Scavenger Hunt (food insecurity)
3. Blessings in a Backpack (food insecurity)
4. Mischloach Manot (Purim Baskets) for Holocaust Survivors
5. Lentils and Love: Lentil Soup Project with the Kosher Food Bank (food insecurity)
6. Pack a Care Pack for NICU Mothers
7. Sunrise on Wheels (new)
8. Tzedakah on the Water: Paddleboarding/Kayak and Cleanup for a Cause
9. Sandwich Making for Miami Rescue Mission (food insecurity)
10. Food Rescue (food insecurity)
11. Bullets4Life with the TBS Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
12. Beach Cleanup with SeaKeepers International
13. Innovative School of Temple Beth Sholom Mitzvah Day Project (food insecurity)
14. Voices for Children Family Field Day at the Miami Beach JCC
15. Seeds of Success, jLAB Project (housing and education insecurity)
Teens and Up
16. Justice League Cupcakes for a Cause (new)
17. Balls4All (new)
18. Imagine, Learn, Play, Create for Miami Children’s Museum
19. Blood and Platelets Drive
20. TBS Israel Fellows Israel Soldiers’ Project (new)
21. Pappy’s Packages – Packing baskets for lung cancer patients at Sylvester Cancer Center
22. Soup and Sandwiches for the Village (Free)dge Food Pantry (food insecurity)
23. PB & J With A Purpose (food insecurity)
24. Project BREAKOut at Lotus House
Adults
25. Make NICU Baby Blankets with Yodeah
26. Silent Victims of Crime at Scott Rakow Youth Center (with The Tribe)
27. TBS Sisterhood Hygiene Baskets for Seniors
28. TBS Sisterhood New To You Clothing Drive
29. TBS Sisterhood’s No-Sew Blankets for Holtz Children’s Hospital (new)
Mitzvah Mall Booths
• Miami Book Fair’s Literacy Initiative, “The Children’s Trust Books for Free”
• PACT – People Acting for Community Together
• Yodeah – Hereditary Cancers in Ashkenazi Jews
• Temple Beth Sholom Gun Violence Prevention Task Force/Bullets4Life
• American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network
• Magen David Adom
• PJ Library Area for kids
• Kids Activity Room and Playground (new)
• Compost for Life, Inc. Demonstration
• Jewish National Fund – USA
• Fentanyl Safe – Preventing Overdoses
• Sisterhood Hidden Gems Sale
• Diabetes Education
• The Seed School of Miami
• Leket L’Yisrael – Israel National Food Bank
Sign Up To Be A Chef!
Join the ranks of the “best soup chefs” and sign up for the soup contest today! You still have time to perfect the winning recipe!
Temple Beth Sholom’s 13th annual Mitzvah Day Our Soup Contest is back in 2026. We are inviting all of our favorite chefs and sponsors to support this year’s mission with warm and delicious soup tastings for our TBS community.
We are thrilled to be able to host this year’s Soup Contest on Mitzvah Day – Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 1:30 pm in the Social Hall.
Our friendly soup competition will warm hearts and souls to benefit local organizations helping to alleviate food insecurity in our community.
Soup Contest Co-Chairs: Dana Grodin, Jody Gross, Beri Minick, and Carolyn West
SILVER SPOON
STOCK POT
SOUP LADLE
Download the Soup Contest Recipes
MITZVAH DAY SPONSORS