Shabbat – O –
Gram
October 21,
2005 and, Tishrei 18, 5766
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman,
Happy Sukkot!
And join us
for Simhat Torah on
Tues. night at
7:30 and Wed. morning at 9:30! Lots of music, dancing, food, surprises and we
honor our Yad Club Torah readers.
Mazal
tov to Sue and Art Greenwald, our Hattan and Kallat Torah and Olga Goldstein, our Kallat
Breisheet, who are being honored on Simhat Torah
morning with the special aliyahs for their tireless
volunteer efforts on behalf of the congregation!
The
Hammerman family invites the congregation to an “Open Sukkah” at our home
following services and the extended Kiddush this Shabbat morning (weather permitting)
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Contents
of the Shabbat O Gram: (click to scroll down)
Just
the Facts (service schedule)
Mitzvah/Tzedakkah Opportunities
Required Reading and Action Items (links
to key articles on Israel and Jewish life)
Announcements (goings on in and around TBE)
Quote for the Week
"Over the course of history this day has evolved into the day
of the Rejoicing of the Torah (Simchat Torah). In
-- from “The
Jewish Way” by Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg
Shmini atzeret and simhat torah SERVICES ON TUES AND WED AT 9:30 AM (NO EARLY
MINYAN – Yizkor on tues. at about 10:45), WITH CHILDREN’S SERVICES WITH
NURIT AT 10:30 on Tuesday - and come earlier wed to join in the hakafot (processions with the torah)!
Friday Evening
Candle lighting for
Stamford, CT: Candle lighting: 5:48pm
pm on Friday, 21 October 2005.
For candle lighting times, other Jewish calendar information, and to
download a Jewish calendar to your PDA, click on http://www.hebcal.com/. To see the festivals of other faiths as well,
go to http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
Kabbalat Shabbat/ Sukkot: 6:30 PM – in the chapel
Tot Shabbat this week: 6:45 PM – in the lobby
Kesher
(grades 3-5) Sukkah family dinner and program – 6:30 PM
Shabbat Morning: 9:30 AM
- MAZAL TOV TO DAVID MARKOWITZ, WHO BECOMES BAR
MITZVAH THIS SHABBAT MORNING!
Children’s services: 10:30
AM, including Jr. Congregation for grades 3-6 and Tot
Shabbat Morning for the
younger kids.
Torah Portion: Sukkot
– Intermediate Shabbat- Exodus 33:12 - 34:26 & Numbers 29:x - 29:x
1: Exodus 33:12-16
2: Exodus 33:17-19
3: Exodus 33:20-23
4: Exodus 34:1-3
5: Exodus 34:4-10
6: Exodus 34:11-17
7: Exodus 34:18-26
Haftarah - Ezekiel 38:18 - 39:16
WE ALSO READ FROM THE
BOOK OF KOHELET (ECCLESIASTES) ON SHABBAT MORNING. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS FASCINATING BIBLICAL
BOOK AT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes
See a weekly
commentary from the UJC Rabbinic Cabinet, at www.ujc.org/mekorchaim. Read the Masorti
commentary at http://www.masorti.org/mason/torah/index.asp. University
of Judaism,
JTS commentary is at: http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/.
USCJ Torah
Former Knesset
Speaker Avraham Burg offers Torah-based commentary on
current affairs (Y-net)
THE ENTIRE HEBREW BIBLE (AS WELL AS OTHER JEWISH SOURCES) CAN BE
FOUND WITH SIDE-BY-SIDE TRANSLATION AT
Morning Minyan: Sundays at 8:30 AM (note new
time!!!),
Weekdays at 7:30 AM – IN THE CHAPEL
Minyan Mastery
Now you can become more comfortable with the prayers of our
morning service by heading to…
http://www.tbe.org/site/sog/minyanmastery.htm
The Rabid Rabbi
A Bark Mitzvah at TBE?
Thanks to Taryn Berman for sending this timely
article about a Bark-Mitzvah:
“Muzzle-tov! Couple holds Jewish coming of age ceremony for dog”
http://g.msn.com/0MN2ET7/2?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9742523&&CM=EmailThis&CE=1
On Nov. 5
(portion of Noah), we’ll have our first-ever “Blessing of the Animals.” At this event, our pets will be with us – in
spirit, not in the flesh – as we celebrate Judaism’s concern for all creatures,
great and small. A “Bark-Mitzvah”
booklet is being created, so please e-mail me(rabbi@tbe.org)
your favorite photo of our pet, along with answers to the following “All About
Me” questions: (Download them and print them out at http://www.tbe.org/site/sog/blessingofanimals.htm
1) Pet's
and owner's names
2) Favorite toy
3) Favorite “Kosher” food,
Jewish expression and/or Jewish holiday
4) "My pet seems very
Jewish because
5) Pet Mitzvah Project (e.g. visiting the
sick, sharing a bone)
6) “Pet’s Peeve
7) How my pet has blessed my
family’s life:
If you have
any other ideas that could make this "pet project" even more
meaningful (and fun), by all means, let me know. This is all a dress-rehearsal, after all, for
the second annual "Blessing of the Animals," the one where we
actually invite the little critters in.
Mazal tov to TBE’S Own Brett Mayer, who will be
skaTing WITH CHAMPIONS AT
AND ON
NATIONAL TV VIA RECENT STARS, STRIPES AND SKATES TALENT SEARCH
We’re
proud of you, Brett!
… and here’s how you can see Brett in action AND benefit the
9/11 Families Give Back Fun…
(those interested acquiring a block of tickets for less
fortunate children can contact Brett’s dad Steve at Steve_Mayer@mayerbenefits.com. If there are temple members that wish to
attend, contact him – all he asks is that they make a donation to the 9/11
fund, in exchange for the tickets.
Boston, MA, Oct. TBA, 2005 - -Brett Mayer, age 8, of Stamford, CT was one of only 100 junior figure
and hockey skaters from the entire Northeast U.S. region to be selected to
skate on-ice with national and world champions at the Sarah Hughes &
Friends IceTravaganza Show set for Friday evening,
Oct. 28, 2005, at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. The entire performance will air on NBC-TV and
Bravo in Jan. 2006.
Brett participated in the
recent Stars, Stripes and Skates Talent Search in Montclair State
College Rink, Montclair, NJ, where dozens of young figure and hockey skaters
between the ages of 4 and 19 took to the ice in an “American Idol”-type program
where they were judged by the audience solely on their performance-acumen, not
technical skill.
A total of five Future Talent Searches were scheduled in the
Northeast this year, with all events - - including the Sarah Hughes &
Friends show - - benefiting the 9/11 Families Give Back Fund, a not-for-profit
organization founded to keep alive the memory of 9/11/01, primarily through
educational materials provided to youngsters.The
winning figure skaters will participate in a group performance in front of an
estimated 15,000 people at Nassau Coliseum, while the
victorious junior hockey skaters will take part in an on-ice relay with hockey
players from the NYPD, FDNY and various NHL teams. “For the fourth year in a row,” stated Tara Modlin, founder of the 9/11 Families Give Back Fund and
executive producer of the Stars, Stripes & Skates Talent Searches, “we are
providing aspiring young skaters with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
share the spotlight in a major arena with the sport’s greatest stars - - and
get on national television, as well. The
young boys and girls who were selected from these tryouts all demonstrated to
us their dedication, commitment to skating, ability to perform under pressure
and their love of the sport. We
congratulate all of them, and look forward to preparing them for the show with
Olympic Champion Sarah Hughes on October 28.”
For information about purchasing special discount packages or
tickets to the
Background On 9/11 Families Give Back Fund
The Mission of the 9/11 Families Give Back Fund is two-fold: (1) To
maintain awareness of the 9/11/01 tragedies among the current and future young
generations of Americans by publishing and producing 9/11-related educational
materials for youngsters all over the country; and (2) To create events to
provide survivors of the 9/11 attacks with opportunities to tell their stories
to younger generations of Americans.
Hi, my
name is Billie Katz. In April I will become a Bat Mitzvah. For my Mitzvah
Project I wanted to do something that could really make a difference. I thought
of how lucky I am to have a nice house, plenty of food and warm clothes when I
need them. That led me to a great idea for my Mitzvah Project. I wanted to help
people, who are not as fortunate, stay warm this winter.
I
contacted several local shelters and social service organizations and they
requested items like hats, scarves, gloves and mittens. The items can be new or
very gently used. I will be setting up a collection box in
Please
help me to share warmth around our community. Thank you so much!
L'Shana Tovah
Additionally,
there is a special Super Kids Mitzvah Project for children in grades 3-5 taking
place from 11:30 am -2 pm.
Click here to Learn more
about this project.
What is Neo-Hasidism?
I received this e-mail from a colleague who
is promoting a new website devoted to neo-Hasidism. While the idea of an egalitarian, progressive
form of Hasidism is nothing new, this website is, and it promises to add much
to the options we have for spiritual inspiration from Jewish sources. Take a look at it and let me know what you
think!
Chag Sameach and Shanah
Tovah to Lovers of Davening
and Song!
You are invited to light up your
prayers now and every week of the year from the wellsprings of http://www.neohasid.org. Come to NeoHasid.org to share nigunim and songs, to find Torah, music and other free
resources, and to spread the fire of Chasidus to all
Jews and to liberal and egalitarian Jewish communities and beyond.
NeoHasid.org is an evolving
project, and you are invited to be there at the beginning. In a few weeks, you will be able to
contribute nigunim or request them, share stories
about your journey through Chasidic worlds, and connect with places to daven more deeply in all corners of the Jewish world.
The vision of NeoHasid.org
started ten years ago, the year after Reb Shlomo Carlebach z"l died, when a
group of friends gathered to found a Chasidic egalitarian minyan on the Upper
West Side of Manhattan for Shabbat B'reishit, the
Shabbat after Simchat Torah. We invited people to "Dance with the
Holy Bride!" at Simchat Torah celebrations from
all the movements, creating a wonderful community of committed Jews from many
walks of life, including ex-Yeshiva-niks and
currently Orthodox yidn, Conservative and Reform
rabbis, etc, etc, once a month to dance and sing, share Torah and meals.
Experiments in bringing Chasidus to the non-Chasidic or non-Orthodox world happened
long before the Chasidic egalitarian minyan, and have continued in many places,
many times since. NeoHasid.org is
dedicated to helping people carry out those experiments, to learn from each
other, and to deepen their practice.
On the tenth anniversary of the
founding of the first Chasidic egalitarian minyan, Friday October 28th,
NeoHasid.org invites you to include the exquisite prayer "Ana Bekhoach" into the davening
of your shul or minyan.
We've prepared the first section
of this website with a printout of the prayer and four nigunim
to sing to it. You'll also find a
beautiful vort (word of Torah) about the embrace of
the Sukkah from Meshullam Feivush
of Zbarazh.
Please visit http://www.neohasid.org,
bookmark it, and let us know about your interest so we can tell you when new
sections have been added.
(Write to rebduvid86@gmail.com for information,
contributions, and requests.) Our
resources are always free, and offered with the intention of honoring all forms
of Jewish expression and practice.
Blessings and wishes for a holy
and fulfilling Sukkot, for receiving abundance and bringing shefa
(the flow of divine energy) to the earth, and for connecting with ourselves and
our tradition.
Sincerely,
Rabbi David Mevorach
Seidenberg
With special thanks to Shir Yaakov Felt-Feinstein of
Four Worlds Design http://fourworldsdesign.com and Elyakeem Kinstlinger of
YourSpark.com http://yourspark.com.