RABBI`S MESSAGE Listening as Leadership

CONGREGATION SHAARAY TEFILA
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BOARD PRESIDENT: Mark Hoffman
AUGUST 2016
TAMMUZ - AV
5776
GABBI: Mike Gersten
RABBI’S MESSAGE
Listening as Leadership
This August we read the book of Devarim, and hear the story of the Exodus from Moses’ point of view.
Again we learn lessons of leadership, but now we have the opportunity to listen to the point of view of
the leader. Moses begins by telling us, I cannot carry the people alone. (Deut 1:9) He praises God for
the way the people have grown, yet asks, “How can I carry your contentiousness, your burdens, your
quarrels. Now, you choose distinguished men, understanding, and well known, and I will designate
them as your heads.” And when the people agreed, Moses said, “Listen among your brothers. And
judge rightly between a man and his opponent. Small and great alike shall you hear. You shall not
tremble before any man. For judgment is God’s.” (Deut 1:15-17a). Moses gives these new judges a
recipe for leadership when he tells them, “Listen!” Listening is mentioned 92 times in the book of
Devarim.1 Here, the judge is to listen among his brethren. Moses points out that listening is the key to
being a leader. In this message, I would like to explore leadership as listening.
Indeed, Devarim is the text that teaches us to say the great prayer of Judaism, the Shema Israel, “Listen
Oh Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” Here we see both two sides of listening as leadership
that I wish to explore: a) listening to our fellow human beings and b) listening to God. Listening is the
key to leadership and the key to spiritual practice. Today, many pose the difficulty: How does listening
achieve anything? Doesn’t a leader take charge, give orders, manage people, measure results, and
win debates. What could possibly be achieved by mere listening? I argue that listening is the basis of
the spiritual life and that one’s spiritual life is a key to leadership.
After the Torah’s profound example of Moses’ leadership, we encounter many different leaders with
different leadership styles throughout the rest of the Nevi’im, the Jewish prophetic and historical books.
The Tanakh, the Jewish Bible is deeply skeptical of the kingship, the institution, par excellence, of
power. Most of Tanakh is a litany of the failures of Israel’s kings. In fact, Moses, long before that history,
was deeply skeptical of kingship; and so was the prophet Samuel who oversaw the transition from the
period of the judges to the kings. Samuel warned the people, the Kings will take your first fruits, a tithe
of everything, he’ll force you to pay taxes, he will take your sons into battle and they will be lost, your
daughters will be forced into labor. And yet when the people persisted, he gave God’s permission, and
anointed a king. The prophets are ambivalent at best toward the role of the king. Why so much push
back against the king? Because the model of leadership that the Torah suggests is not that of a king,
but of a teacher. It is not the model of sovereignty but of mentorship. Yet Moses sees that when the
people have entered the land they will say, “I want to set a king over myself, like all the peoples around
me.” But when you have such a king, “he may not take for himself too many horses, and take too many
1 Sacks, Jonathan. “Seven Principles of Jewish Leadership.” First published in the Jewish Chronicle and Jerusalem Post. 2012.
Accessed online at http://www.rabbisacks.org/seven-principles-of-jewish-leadership-written-for-the-adam-science-foundationleadership-programme/ on 7/20/16)
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wives, and gather too much treasure for himself.” Instead “he must write for himself two copies of this
Torah, taken from the storehouses of the Kohanim and Levi’im. And he will read it every day of his life
so that he learns to fear God and to faithfully observe his commands. And all this he should do so that
his heart does not become raised up over his brethren, and turn from the commandment, instead his
years be prolonged.” God, through Moses, critiques the model of leadership as kingship. It is too busy
with power. In the words of R. Sacks, “Power lifts the leader above the people. Influence lifts the people
above their former selves.”2 Instead this king is to learn from the Torah scroll every day. He is to listen
to the word of God. He is to curb his appetites instead of indulging them. In ancient Israel, this stern
critique of power, relied on the institutional separation of the offices of king and priesthood, king and
prophet. “Of paramount importance in the history of Israel was the freedom and independence enjoyed
by the prophets, their ability to upbraid the kings and princes for their sins. From the beginning of the
monarchy, the king was at any moment in peril of rebuke, even of rejection, by the prophets, who
reminded him that the kings’ sovereignty was not unlimited, that over the kings’ mishpat stood the
mishpat of the Lord – an idea that frequently clashed with the exigencies of government.” 3 Secular
power was chastised by the carriers of sacred words.
In the view of the Torah, leadership does not equal power. Instead the Torah gives us the vision of
leader as teacher. Rabbi Sacks writes, the teacher who is a leader uses, “influence not power, spiritual
and intellectual authority rather than coercive force.”
Listening means so much more than not speaking. It does not mean never disagreeing, or putting
another point of view.4 The judges are counselled to listen to their brethren, but also not to pervert
justice. And the kings in Israel were counselled to listen every day to the Torah. What was Moses doing
when during the challenges to his leadership he fell silent, on his face? He spoke to God. He listened.
What Moses did in those moments, we do in prayer. Sometimes people ask, so what are you doing in
prayer? My answer is that I am listening. I am listening to the words of the Psalm, to the prayer of the
sages. I am allowing my soul to be carried along. Alternately to soar, or to drop into deep listening.
Does a particular passage catch my attention? Why? What is going on for me? Does a passage not
capture your attention? Why doesn’t it? Start there.
Why is it worth spending time in prayer? Why is it worth spending an hour on a Sunday morning
praying? Because in prayer, we listen to God. This is not an easy task, but it is the secret of a leader.
The leader’s ability to listen is why we should, in turn, listen to him or her. Moses, the man who is slow
of speech is ultimately he person to whom we should listen, because he has listened. What do you
achieve with listening? Is it merely passive and therefore not valuable? In listening, you both give and
receive a gift. You give presence, and you receive the gift of trust. During the month of August, I
encourage you to recommit to listening to God. Will you commit to spending regular time listening in
prayer? And will you commit to listening to a loved one? Ask him or her a question, and then listen. The
practice of listening either to God or to a loved one should increase your ability to do it with the other.
Try it this month, and let me hear how it goes.
May we as a congregation find the calm to listen. May we have the love to give the gift of listening. May
we enjoy receiving the gift of trust.
Stephen Slater
2 Ibid.
3 Heschel Prophets, Book 2, 259.
4 See https://hbr.org/2016/07/what-great-listeners-actually-do accessed online 7/20/2016
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SYNAGOGUE NEWS,
ANNOUNCEMENTS, and
IMPORTANT DATES
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
I would like to express my condolences to the
Mandwelle family on the passing of our dear
fellow congregant, Arnold Mandwelle. Arnold's
presence at Shaaray Tefila was always felt. He
regularly attended Shabbat morning services
and served as Gabbi. He would sit strategically
along the North end of the chapel so he could
greet people as they came in. He punctually led
many Sunday morning services over the years,
after which he and his buddies would go out for
breakfast. We were fortunate to have him and
his family share his last Passover with us at our
communal Passover Seder this year. He was a
regular volunteer at Bingo. Although he was not
a man of many words, after he was diagnosed
with cancer, he welcomed our snowbirds
returning from Florida with the observation, “I'm
still alive!.”
There will not be a service held at The
Glen during August this summer.
Best Wishes to the Following Members and
Friends for a Very Happy Anniversary:
Josh & Trina Cohen
August 5th
4th Anniversary
Summer is passing quickly so don't miss the
opportunity to hang out with Rabbi Stephen
Slater while he is here full time. We have a full
schedule of services, classes and social event
events planned this summer. Please watch the
bulletin, e-mail and Facebook postings for times
and dates.
Charles & Barbara Vengrove
August 19th
62nd anniversary
Nancy & Peter Kudan
August 20th
44th anniversary
Before you know it, the High Holidays will be
upon us. As you know, we like to make services
as participatory as possible. Please let Sunny
Buchman, Rabbi Slater, Laurie, or myself know
if there is a particular role or reading that you
would like to do for the holidays.
Congregation Shaaray Tefila and
Sisterhood Send Their Very Best
Birthday Wishes to the Following
Members and Friends:
I would once again like to thank all those in our
Shaaray Tefila community who generously
volunteer their time and energy for the welfare
of the shul. Although we will not be running
Bingo for the foreseeable future, there is still
plenty of need for volunteers to help with Friday
night dinners, kiddishes, picnics, education,
synagogue maintenance and repairs, and
visiting the sick. Please let us know if you have
some time to help out.
Mark Hoffman
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Ernest Robitel
August 1
Rhoda Butler
Judy Korcz
August 2
Josh Cohen
August 3
Alex Frank
August 7
Libby Levine
August 8
Dr. Allan Korot
August 11
Angela Cohen
August 18
Bud Kantrowitz
August 23
Elaine Sobel
August 24
Deborah Robitel
August 26
Shelle Kelz
August 27
Stephen Bush
Leonore Lebowitz
August 30
Jewish Community Picnic
Sunday: August 21st
Usher’s Park,
Lake George
3 – 7PM
Free, please bring something to share
Tefillah: Gates of Prayer
Ever been lost in a service and wished you knew
what page everyone was on? Do you feel like
you are stuck outside the gate of traditional
Jewish prayer, wondering what everyone else is
doing? Come learn about the narrative arch of
the traditional Jewish prayer service, get a crash
course in finding your way around Jewish prayer
books, and hear personal reflection on the
meaningfulness of Jewish liturgical prayer.
Meetings in the library of Shaaray Tefila, during
the Kiddush lunch learning slot on Saturday,
taught by Bethany Slater. For further information
or to sign up please contact Student Rabbi
Stephen
Slater
at
792-5966
or
[email protected] .
Join us in celebrating Jewish life in the North
Country. Congregation Shaaray Tefila and
Temple Beth El invite you to a joint cook-out and
picnic on Sunday afternoon, August 21st from 3
- 7 PM at Usher’s Park and Beach in Lake
George. Usher’s Park is located on Route 9 L in
Lake
George
(across
from
George’s
Restaurant). Usher Park and Beach is a
Tobacco Free facility. We have reserved the
large pavilion. There are picnic tables,
playground equipment, tennis court, basketball
court and beach with lifeguard (till 6pm).
Members and non-members are invited to share
a fun and delicious afternoon. Congregation
Shaaray Tefila is providing Kosher Chicken, Hot
Dogs and Hamburgers.
An Advanced Beginners Hebrew Class is
being held on Fridays, from noon until 1PM in
the Synagogue Library. Dolly Morrissey is
leading the class. There is still time to join.
Please consider joining to brush up on your
Hebrew that you learned as a child.
Please RSVP to Dolly Morrissey with questions.
Synagogue members can contact Dolly
Morrissey (793-1662) to bring a parve dish
(fruits, salads) soda, water or juice or paper
products. Or call Scott if you are able to bring a
non-dairy dish to share (792-3408) and to RSVP
as to how many people are attending.
Conversational Hebrew Class:
A new Conversational Hebrew Class is being
held on Wednesday mornings from 10 to noon
at the synagogue. Come join us for a fun class
to practice speaking Hebrew! No supplies
needed, there is no charge and everyone is
invited to join.
Organized by Scott Schwartz, Dolly Morrissey,
Student Rabbi Stephen Slater and Rabbi Jeffrey
Ronald.
KOSHER DELIVERY
The next scheduled Kosher Deliver will be on
Tuesday, August 23rd. The last day to place
an order is Monday, August 15th!
1-800-727-5674 Press 8 – Press 2
TISHA B’AV SERVICES
With Student Rabbi
Stephen Slater
Saturday, August 13
Sunday, August 14
UNVEILING for Burt Kantrowitz
Please join us for the
gravestone unveiling of
Burt Kantrowitz on Sunday,
August 28, 2016 at 11 AM at our cemetery on
Media Drive in Queensbury. A light luncheon
reception will immediately follow at the
Synagogue, 68 Bay St. in Glens Falls.
All are invited.
7:30 PM
8:30 AM
Both services will be held in the small sanctuary
off the main social hall.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Board Meeting:
August 29, 2016
at 7 PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016,
for a fun morning of Lego Building
to kick off the 2016-2017 Temple
Beth EL Religious School year!
Architect
Stephen W. Schwartz AIA will lead us in the
construction of Jerusalem using 60,000 LEGO
building blocks! This exciting interactive
activity will take place at Temple Beth El and is
open to all TRS students, unaffiliated
area Jewish children and teens, and students
from
other
North
Country
Jewish
Congregations. The Jewish Federation of
Northeastern New York is the sponsor of this
event which will be hosted by Temple Beth El
Religious School.
Congregation
Shaaray
Tefila and the RED CROSS
want to thank all of the
wonderful people who
attended our recent Blood Drive and
those who volunteered. Our drive was
a great success!
BLOOD DRIVE GOAL:
SCHEDULED DONORS:
PRESENTING DONORS:
FIRST TIME DONORS:
POWER RED CELL DONORS:
TOTAL PRODUCTIVE UNITS:
POTENTIAL LIVES SAVED:
22
25
28
1
3
29
87
Congregation Shaaray Tefila and
Sisterhood express their deepest
condolences to the Mandwelle
Family on the recent passing of
their beloved patriarch, Arnold
Mandwelle. Arnold passed away on
Saturday evening, July 16, 2016 (Tammuz 11,
5776). We extend sincere condolences to the
Mandwelle families.
TZEDAKAH
This Yom Kippur, the regional Food bank of
Northeastern New York will again be asking for
your help in feeding our many hungry neighbors
in the northeastern region of New York State.
Please “share your bread with the hungry” –
surely the neediest among us – by contributing
to the 32nd Annual Yom Kippur Hunger
Appeal. Thank you very much. Your
participation is greatly appreciated.
Jessica Tanner, Special Events Coordinator
Congregation Shaaray Tefila and
Sisterhood express their deepest
condolences to the Friedman
Family on the recent passing of
Jack Louis Friedman. Jack
passed away on Wednesday, July
13, 2016 (Tammuz 7, 5776). We extend
sincere condolences to the Friedman
families.
A great big THANK YOU
goes out to Sunny Buchman.
Sunny has been cleaning up,
organizing and re-shelving
the books in our Library at the
Shul. Sunny has taken over
this monumental task as our
new Synagogue Librarian.
Congregation Shaaray Tefila and
Sisterhood express their deepest
condolences to Francine Torra
and Family on the recent passing
of Francine’s husband, Andrew
(Andy) Torra. Andy passed away
Wednesday evening, July 20, 2016. We
extend sincere condolences to the Torra
families.
Thank you to Mrs. Anita
Duncan of Queensbury for her
donation of an Ethan Ellen
brand loveseat for use in the parsonage.
Thank you to Larry Greenberg for his donation
of two large lamps for use in the parsonage.
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WEEKLY TORAH PORTION
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our monthly Bulletin. We reserve
the right to edit submissions for
content and length. We reserve
the right, at our discretion, to
refuse to publish or remove any
content we deem inappropriate.
NUMBERS / BAMIDBAR | ‫במדבר‬
Mattot / Massei
TORAH
HAFTARAH
6 August
Num. 30:2–36:13
Jer. 2:4–28, 3:4
The Deadline for Bulletin submissions is the
third Tuesday of the month. Please
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may deliver or mail your
submission to the synagogue. Please make
sure that your article is timed to arrive prior to
the deadline. Late submissions will not be
accepted.
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DEUTERONOMY / DEVARIM | ‫דברים‬
Devarim
13 August
TORAH
Deut. 1:1–3:22
HAFTARAH
Isa. 1:1–27
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Va’etchanan
TORAH
HAFTARAH
20 August
Deut. 3:23–7:11
Isa. 40:1–26
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Ekev
TORAH
HAFTARAH
27 August
Deut. 7:12–11:25
Isa. 49:14–51:3
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THESE THOUGHTFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS
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BUILDING /GENERAL FUND
Please call the synagogue
office or send an email and
inform us of both the happy
and the sad occasions in
your family, a change of
address, news, achievements, and stories or in
the families of other congregants – so that we
may share theses occasions with you.
In memory of Helen Straus
From, Hugh Straus
In honor of Pat Balasuriya’s daughter, Esther and
her many accomplishments
From, Gilda & Mike Siegel
In Honor of Syd Hochman’s birthday
In honor of Roselyn Seaman’s birthday
In honor of Arnold Mandwelle’s birthday
In honor of Roberta Gottesman’s birthday
In honor of Lorri Hochman’s birthday
In honor of Steve Benson’s birthday
From, Rose Rothstein
Unless you tell us, we really have no way of
knowing.
The Caring Community of
Glens Falls
Good thoughts and healing wishes to
Arnold Mandwelle
From, Judy & Al Korot
“The Caring Community of Glens
Falls,” is under the auspices of Congregation
Shaaray Tefila and Temple Beth El. If you
would like to join the group or if you would
welcome a visit from one of our volunteers,
please call either Ellen Katz, Chairperson at
(516-220-1924), the Synagogue office (7924945) or the Temple office (792-4364). Unless
you tell us, we really have no way of knowing.
Donation from Marion DeMarco
In memory of my beloved twin sister
Gloria Blickman Horwitz
In memory of Bessie Yunich
From, Beverly Blickman Yunich
In memory of Sid Kanofsky’s dear friend,
Arnold Mandwelle
From, Roz Winston
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Donation from Salomon & Elaine Charhon
Saturday, August 13: Kiddush sponsored by
Judy Korcz for gratitude for her special year – her
50th Wedding Anniversary to Bob and a Special
Birthday too!
In memory of Arnold Mandwelle
From,
Larry Greenberg
Dolly Morrissey
Kellen & Alisha Roberts
Lee Roberts
Arnold & Diane Alkes
Alex Frank & Stacey Mandelbaum
Friday, August 19:
Oneg sponsorship available
Saturday, August 20: Kiddush sponsorship
available
Friday, August 26: Oneg sponsorship available
In memory of Francine Torra’s husband, Andrew
From,
Arnold & Diane Alkes
Dolly Morrissey
Roz Winston
Saturday, August 27: Kiddush sponsorship
available
HONORABLE MENTCHEN:
Thank you to all the generous people who
sponsored an Oneg or Kiddush in July:
ELI RUDNICK HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND
In memory of Arnold Mandwelle
In memory of Jack Friedman
From, Clara Rudnick
Alex Frank and Stacey Mandelbaum and
Family, Bonnie Yanklowitz, Pat Balasuriya, Sid
Kanofsky, JC Patrick, Roz Winston, Barbara &
Myron Rapaport, Dolph & Karen Rotfeld, and
Sisterhood.
M/M SAMUEL ARONSON EDUCATION FUND
Good thoughts and healing wishes to Roz Winston
In honor of Laurie & Clyde Moore’s anniversary
In memory of Arnold Mandwelle
From, Sunny Buchman
RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of Arnold Mandwelle
From, Judy Korcz
SISTERHOOD FUND
SPONSORING AN ONEG OR KIDDUSH
Consider sponsoring an Oneg or Kiddush to
honor or remember your loved ones for their
birthdays, wedding or bar/bat mitzvah
anniversaries and yahrzeits. Call the office if you
want to sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush for August
or September 792-4945. If you would like Lox,
there is an extra charge. Thank you for
supporting the Sisterhood, as we support you!
Donation from Dolph and Karen Rotfeld
TORAH REPAIR FUND
In memory of Mitchell’s grandfather, Isidore Cohen
From, Mitchell & Robin Cohen
In memory of Francine Torra’s husband, Andrew
In memory of Arnold Mandwelle
From, Norma Kudan
SISTERHOOD NEWS:
AUGUST 2016
SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP NEWS
The Sisterhood Gift Shop is opened Monday Thursday from 9:00AM – 1:00 PM and is located
in the Main Hall of the Synagogue.
ONEGS AND KIDDUSHES WILL BE
SPONSORED BY:
Friday, August 5: Oneg sponsored by Barbara &
Myron Rapaport in loving memory of Barbara’s
father, Robert Cohen
We are having a SALE on
selected items! Items are
located in the office, so drop
by during Gift Shop hours to save anywhere
from 50 – 75% off on selected items.
Saturday, August 6: Kiddush sponsored by Myra
& Fred Feldman in loving memory of Myra’s father
Isaac Abeles
We have a great selection of Kiddush Cups,
Friday, August 12: Oneg sponsorship available
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Isidore Cohen
Seymour Horowitz
Monday, 8/15/2016 Av 11, 5776
Morris Borlawsky
Isidore Meltzer
Arthur Rotfeld
Mary Weinstein
Tuesday, 8/16/2016 Av 12, 5776
Benjamin Hochman
Wednesday, 8/17/2016
Av 13, 5776
Benjamin Aronson
Thursday, 8/18/2016 Av 14, 5776
Evelyn Pagoda
Ida Rosenblum
Lena Shapiro
Helen Straus
Sarah Suckman
Friday, 8/19/2016
Av 15, 5776
David Kravitz
Meta Stern
Saturday, 8/20/2016 Av 16, 5776
Sylvia A. Kudan
Philip Levin
Sunday, 8/21/2016 Av 17, 5776
Arthur Bronne
Simon Goldstein
Ethel Yanklowitz
Bessie Yunich
Monday, 8/22/2016 Av 18, 5776
Miriam (Mickey) Falb
Ira Jacobson
Milton Klein
Tuesday, 8/23/2016 Av 19, 5776
Ida Yager
Wednesday, 8/24/2016
Av 20, 5776
Bernice Grunberger
Isaac Rosenberg
Helen Shapera
Thursday, 8/25/2016 Av 21, 5776
Ella P. Welch
Friday, 8/26/2016
Av 22, 5776
Marcia Antis
Marilyn Aronson
Rose Ashendorff
Hyman Trop
Anna Yanklowitz
Saturday, 8/27/2016 Av 23, 5776
Herman Elliott
Monday, 8/29/2016 Av 25, 5776
Lena Belkin
Esther Reed
Leo Stern
Tuesday, 8/30/2016 Av 26, 5776
Dorothy Cafaro
Wednesday, 8/31/2016
candles, plain and decorative, jewelry, books,
limited edition items, other beautiful one-of-akind gift items.
Gift Certificates are available!
Your purchases in the Sisterhood Gift Shop
helps support the Sisterhood and we thank you
for your patronage.
YAHRZEIT RECORD FOR
AUGUST 2016
“The Memory of the Righteous is for a
Blessing”
Please note that the Yahrzeit date is listed AFTER
the name(s) of the deceased
Nathan Friedman
I. Charles Lebowitz
Monday, 8/1/2016
Tammuz 26, 5776
Hannah Berkowitz
Arthur Fried
Tuesday, 8/2/2016
Tammuz 27, 5776
Silas Berkowitz
Bertha Bronne
Wednesday, 8/3/2016 Tammuz 28, 5776
Isadore Cohen
Barbara Hirsch
Thursday, 8/4/2016 Tammuz 29, 5776
Robert Cohen
Thomas Eddlestone
Friday, 8/5/2016
Av 1, 5776
Arnold Auerbach
Saturday, 8/6/2016 Av 2, 5776
Irving Goodman
Anna Novitsky
Sunday, 8/7/2016
Av 3, 5776
Emil Roth
Louis Weinstein
Monday, 8/8/2016
Av 4, 5776
Oscar Chary
Henry Chrzanowski
Rebecca Zelda Yanklowitz
Tuesday, 8/9/2016
Av 5, 5776
Bernard Grossman
Wednesday, 8/10/2016
Av 6, 5776
Joseph Korot
Thursday, 8/11/2016 Av 7, 5776
Alice Colb
Oscar Orlinsky
Etta Solomon
Friday, 8/12/2016
Av 8, 5776
Marilyn Cohen
Ethel Grunberger
Sunday, 8/14/2016 Av 10, 5776
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Yetta Zweibelson
Friday, 9/16/2016
Elul 13, 5776
Daniel Isaacman
Mary Kudan
Saturday, 9/17/2016 Elul 14, 5776
Selena Aronson
Sharon Diehl
Charles Gersten
Thelma Witepsky
Sunday, 9/18/2016 Elul 15, 5776
Rebecca Diskin
Eleanor Elliott
Merriam VanRhijn
Bert Yurdin
Monday, 9/19/2016 Elul 16, 5776
Freda Podolsky
Tuesday, 9/20/2016 Elul 17, 5776
William Bein
Libbie Chesler
Wednesday, 9/21/2016
Elul 18, 5776
Althea Gerstein
Anna Green
Sarah Rosenthal
Thursday, 9/22/2016 Elul 19, 5776
Samuel Buchman
Harold A. Suckman
Nettie Wexler
Friday, 9/23/2016
Elul 20, 5776
Corrine Bein
James Fram
Tabitha Fram
Joseph Gersten
Joseph Silverman
Selma Stern
Sunday, 9/25/2016 Elul 22, 5776
Minnie Kirschenbaum
Monday, 9/26/2016 Elul 23, 5776
Arthur Grunberger
Tuesday, 9/27/2016 Elul 24, 5776
Rose Blomberg
Harry Rothstein
Shirley Rothstein
Wednesday, 9/28/2016
Elul 25, 5776
Celia Friedman
Fannie Meltzer
Steven Scolnik
Gordon A. Welch
Friday, 9/30/2016
Elul 27, 5776
YAHRZEIT RECORD FOR
SEPTEMBER 2016
“The Memory of the Righteous is for a
Blessing”
Please note that the Yahrzeit date is listed AFTER
the name(s) of the deceased
Hilel Landau
Jacob Philip Wachtel
Thursday, 9/1/2016 Av 28, 5776
Bella Gersten
Gordon Roth
Leatrice Russ
Friday, 9/2/2016
Av 29, 5776
Max J. Ferber
Saturday, 9/3/2016 Av 30, 5776
Ronald Binns
Joseph Suckman
Sunday, 9/4/2016
Elul 1, 5776
Benjamin Goldstein
James Silas Kantrowitz
Eva Kirschenbaum
Delores Samuel
Tuesday, 9/6/2016
Elul 3, 5776
Norman Brickman
Joseph J. Yaffee
Wednesday, 9/7/2016 Elul 4, 5776
Chayim Snyder
Thursday, 9/8/2016 Elul 5, 5776
Benjamin Dubner
Selma Rapaport-Pressman
Shirley Sandler
Friday, 9/9/2016
Elul 6, 5776
Norman Radin
Saturday, 9/10/2016 Elul 7, 5776
Harry Abrams
Evelyn Aronson
Sunday, 9/11/2016 Elul 8, 5776
Roslyn Alkes
George Aronson
Paul Coleman
Monday, 9/12/2016 Elul 9, 5776
Jacob Kirschenbaum
Tuesday, 9/13/2016 Elul 10, 5776
Rita Kline
Pauline Weiss
Wednesday, 9/14/2016
Elul 11, 5776
Paul Etu
Thursday, 9/15/2016
Minnie Ackerman
Irma Lorch
Mark Swirsky
Thursday, 9/15/2016 Elul 12, 5776
Julia Jacobson
"More people praise the Bible than read it, more
read it than understand it, and more understand
it than follow it."
- Samuel Sandmel
9
MI SHEBEIRACH
Please include the following members and
friends in your prayers:
Arnold Slawsby
Mary Kay Clark
Kim Butler
Deidre Yanklowitz Beaudet
Jenny Preda
Michael Selonika
Adam Skinkle
Josiah Skinkle
Carl Weigle
Beth Morrissey-Marselli
Laura Belcher
Hindeh Vihna bat Sonya
Leah bat Sarah Imeinu
Eliyahu ben Chayah
Itz Yonkel Leib ben Shaya
Rita McIntire
Susan Andrews
Sue Woodworth
Winnie Miller
Leo Reindorp
Danielle Detoli
Jean Every
Valerie Hope
Sari Bobbin
William Mogavero
Spencer Vincent
Roz Winston
Laura Skinkle
Harayl Chaim
Christine Skinkle
Taylor Havens
Rafael Padilha
Scott Sheerer
Ruth Mac Donald
Mark Lipschutz
Yehuda Tamir
Mel Krug
Herb Hart
Moe & Hilda Schwartz
Rosanne Levitt
Allen Vernava
THANK YOU TO OUR BULLETIN
SPONSORS!
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AUGUST 2016 Monthly Planner
Student Rabbi Stephen Slater here all month
Sunday
Monday
1
7
8:30 AM
Service/Minyan
8
Tuesday
2
9
Wednesday
3
Conversational
Hebrew
10 AM – Noon
Meet the Rabbi
with wine and
cheese 7PM at
The Parsonage
10
Conversational
Hebrew
10 AM - Noon
Thursday
4
Friday
5
AV
Adv. Beg.
Hebrew Class
Noon
Saturday
6
9:30 AM Service
GOLDEN
GIRLS
6:30 PM Service
11
12
Adv. Beg.
Hebrew Class
Noon
13
9:30 AM Service
6:30 PM Service
14
Tisha B’Av
8:30 AM
Service/Minyan
21
15
Last day to
order for Kosher
Delivery
16
22
23
KOSHER
DELIVERY
Jewish
Community
Picnic
3 - 7 PM
Usher’s Park in
Lake George
8:30 AM
Service/Minyan
Unveiling for
Burt
Kantrowitz
11 AM
18
19
Adv. Beg.
Hebrew Class
Noon
6:30 PM Service
8:30 AM
Service/Minyan
28
BULLETIN
DEADLINE
17
Conversational
Hebrew
10 AM - Noon
24
Conversational
Hebrew
10 AM - Noon
25
26
Adv. Beg.
Hebrew Class
Noon
6:30 PM Service
29
Board Meeting
7PM
30
31
Conversational
Hebrew
10 AM - Noon
11
Shabbat
Chazon
Erev Tisha
B’Av
7:30 PM
20
Shabbat
Nachamu
9:30 AM Service
27
9:30 AM Service