Here at Beth El, we are all saddened
that, as of this posting on Friday afternoon, Frank Rosner, congregational
patriarch and trustee-for-life, lies in grave condition at
April 11&18, 2008 –Nisan 6&13 5768
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» A Guide for the Perplexed
» When Pesach Falls on a Saturday Night
Contents
of the Shabbat O Gram:
(Click
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The (Occasionally) Ranting Rabbi
Mitzvah/Tzedakkah
Opportunities
The Beth El Bar/Bat
Mitzvah Commentary
Masechet Cyberspace (NEW)
Required Reading and Action Items (links
to key articles on Israel and Jewish life)
I had the pleasure of escorting several
of our Kulanu teens to the Jewish Home in
(Thanks to Shelley Berman of the Jewish Home
for the photos)
Over 450 people took part in our Purim festivities.
Click here for photos of our Purim Celebration
Quote for the Week
“In the world-to-come, a person will
be asked to give account
for that which, being
excellent to eat she gazed at and did not eat.”
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Candle lighting: 7:12 pm on Friday, April 11,
2008. For Havdalah 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/. The United Synagogue has updated its candlelighting information. To learn more, click here.
MAZAL TOV… to Julie Piskin, parents Michele and
Scott and siblings Jason and Todd, as Julie becomes Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat
morning. Also to Scott
Allen and Rae-ann Kirshnar on their ufruf this
Shabbat, as well as their upcoming wedding.
THE FULL SERVICE SCHEDULE NOW APPEARS ON THE
SEPARATE TBE ANNOUNCEMENTS E-MAIL
Friday Night Shabbat Services:
6:30 – Main Service – in the chapel
(Next
week is another Nefesh service!)
NO Tot Shabbat this week
Shabbat morning:
9:30 AM: Main Service
10:30 AM: Tot Shabbat Morning with Nurit
ON PASSOVER – on days 1,2
7 and 8, Nurit will be here for her Tot services each morning at 10:30 (with ice
cream!), as well as on Friday night for Tot Shabbat, on the 18th and
25th
THIS
THURSDAY – FOLLOWING MINYAN – SIYUM FOR THE FIRST BORN
Morning Minyan:
7:30 Weekdays, 9:30 Sundays
PLEASE COME
TO MINYAN!
TO ENSURE A “GUARANTEED MINYAN” FOR THE DAY OF
YOUR YAHRZEIT – GO TO THE ROSNER MINYAN MAKER AT WWW.TBE.ORG
AND THEN NOTIFY OUR OFFICE.
Now you can become more comfortable with the prayers of our
morning service by heading to…
http://www.tbe.org/site/sog/minyanmastery.htm
NOW THERE’S ONE MORE REASON TO COME
TO MINYAN…
We’ve
just received copies of a new and comprehensive commentary on our siddur, “Or Hadash”
– This joint project of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the
Rabbinical Assembly, authored by Rabbi Reuven Hammer, features material from
classical and contemporary sources, explanations of the history, structure and
meaning of prayers and more. The page numbers match our regular weekday
siddur, but the in-depth commentaries will bring a whole
new dimension to your experience of prayer, opening new doors to understanding
the service.
Torah Reading For
Shabbat Morning
Parashat Mezorah
With a Midrashic focus on the Laws of Gossip (Lashon Ha-ra)
Torah Portion Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33
1: 14:1-5
2: 14:6-9
3: 14:10-12
4: 14:13-15
5: 14:16-20
6: 14:21-25
7: 14:26-32
maf: 14:30-32
Haftarah: II Kings 7:3 - 7:20
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Weekly
Torah Commentaries, compiled by www.myjewishlearning.com Click here
for a summary of Metzora.
Text StudiesRecipe For Purity by Hannah Graham Provided by Hillel’s
Sensitivity To Speech by Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with
The Cursed House by Rabbi Fred Reiner Provided by the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in CommentariesNatural Healing by Ramona Rubin Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.
Water for Life by Carol Towarnicky Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.
Leper
as "Other" by Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.
Making Room for the Leper by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.
Reaching Out To The Isolated by Dvora Weisberg Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.
Is It Blasphemous To Heal People? by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson Provided by the
The Subtleties Of One Letter by Rabbi Avraham Fischer Provided by the Orthodox
Modern Untouchables: Our Sins Of Exclusion by Rabbi Justin David Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world. |
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Sunday, April 20 at 7:00 PM
A Traditional, Kosher Seder Meal featuring Entertainment and
Activities for All Ages!
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MAY 9-10 SYNAPLEX:
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Featuring
Scholar in Residence
Reuven
Kimelman
Friday night: “
Shabbat morning: “
Shabbat afternoon: “
And
highlighted by the preview performance of
“Becoming
Read more about “Becoming Israel”
And see a video preview…
“Becoming
wonderful opportunity to witness Jacob’s ancient
struggle as an inner conflict that is part of us today.
Storahtelling makes the past come alive.”
–Rabbi Gregory S. Marx
“Becoming
the historical, and the personal into a knot of celebration:
a worthy garland for
–Peter Pitzele, PhD
Wishing
you and yours a good and sweet Passover!
Tragedy in
the Green Zone
A
couple of weeks ago, our 7th grade sent a number of Passover
packages to Jewish soldiers in
Another of the packages was received – and this thank you note sent to Beth Boyer:
Beth,
Thanks for the wonderful
package from your congregation and for the card. I hope you, Brad, and your family are doing
well and have enjoyed his return home.
He was a great colleague here and I miss having him around. I could have used his sense of humor here lately
with all the craziness going on here.
Take care and I hope to meet
you some time!
Sincerely,
Mason
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Mason S. Weiss
CPT(P),
“Jew’s On
First”
My colleague Rabbi
Arnold Stiebel informs me that, when two Jews, Kapler and Braun, both hit home runs for the Milwaukee
Brewers in the same inning several days back, it was NOT the first time that
had happened. There were two other
occurrences. First on September 18, 1973 by Reuben Amaro and Mike Lieberthal.
Second on July 2, 1997 by Mike Epstein and Richie Scheinblum.
Passover Story
Hour
Join me for a “Passover Story Hour” at Borders on High
Ridge Road on Thursday, April 24 at 10 AM, as he reads some new and old
Passover classics, including “The Littlest Frog,” “I’ve Got Gefiltes”
and “The Carp in the Bathtub,” and that all time favorite, “K’tonton.”
There will also be snacks, thanks to our “host” family, Sheryl and Dan
Young, Andrew, Marissa and Jeremy.
Jan Gaines’
Report from
Dear Friends,
Pesach is not only in the air
now, still 10 days beforehand, but in the streets and
on the lips of store clerks, passersby on the street and friends, the latter
always with the same question: Where are you going for Pesach?
(Never, WHAT are you doing for Pesach!)
I felt it already last week, but this week I've been not only here in Netanya
but also in Afula, Ranaana
and Herzliyah, and the main streets all look the
same: Seder Plates displayed in abundance, people buying new dishes or
tablecloths or wonderful baskets of wine and Pesach sweets. This is the big
season for the merchants, as Xmas is in the
States. In Rananna the
Habad had a sound truck roaming the streets playing sprightly Pesach songs by
boys choirs, and here every florist covered the sidewalk in front of their shop
with cyclamen, or birds of paradise and I even saw some gardenia bushes.
By the way,
I was having lunch with an old friend in Afula when
in walked 3 giant black guys, clearly American. One had to be 7 ft.
tall. When I went over to their table they said
Yes, they were basketball players for Afula-Gilboa
team, here for the season. One of them stays all year and wants to live
here even.
Stamfordites, can you get Israeli
basketball scores in the States on line. There's a project for you, Josh.
The accelerated pace of
the holiday is also very visible in increased traffic with the attendant horn
honking, in the sight of delivery trucks everywhere, and kids being dragged
along after school for new shoe shopping.
Buying them "glida" eases the pressure but they would rather be
riding their bikes somewhere.
And all this as the
country is totally oblivious to what is going on
around us. We just had a countrwide drill for the
last 3 days, checking preparations for all kinds of attacks but except for the
schools, hardly anyone paid any attention. I was at my health club and
seemed to be the only one who cared where the shelter/safe room was
located. Israelis are so used to the belligerence and threats coming from
our neighbors- - - - -they learned a hard lesson two
summers ago in the Lebanon war, however, and the Home Front isn't taking
any chances anymore. Most of the sabre rattling
is coming from Hamas in the south and Hizbollah in
the north, but this time