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BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
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Rosh Hashanah is a time of dichotomy. On
the one hand, it is a yomtov, when we celebrate with festive meals and nice clothing. On
the other hand, it is the beginning of the Days
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of Awe, when we turn to the Almighty with
trepidation, expressing remorse for our actions Marilyn Cohen
over the last year and resolving that this year
Isabel Rodnunsky
will be better. How do we harmonize these contrasting feelings and convey the message of Rosh Hashanah to our chil- Jack Soroka
dren? It is important that we appreciate our children’s ability Rosemary Kitay
to understand that solemnness can be celebrated and emRowena Schwartzberg
braced. Otherwise we run the risk of their rejecting the day’s Rebeccah Rosenblum
concerns. We are celebrating G-d’s coronation by humankind on the sixth day of creation, but recognizing that with Lilach Gabriel
the rights of being His subjects come the responsibilities of Elaine Romanovsky
service.
Stan Greenspan
One of the customs of Rosh Hashanah where we find this
Claire Wornovitzky
complexity expressed is the Tashlich. On the first day of the
Bernice Milner
year, we walk to a body of water, where we symbolically
throw away our sins. While we strive to make the event as
exciting as possible, bringing out the whole family
(somebody asked me this year if they can bring their dog!),
some people bringing breadcrumbs, singing and dancing, we
must not forget the solemnness of the occasion. We are ridding ourselves of our sins.
This year, for the first time ever, we are joined by Beth Shalom for Tashlich. I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome Rabbi Kliel Rose, their new rabbi and welcome the
Rose family to our neighbourhood. I am especially grateful
to Rabbi Rose for agreeing to the joint Tashlich. When one
contemplates the intense meaning of the custom, it is a particularly appropriate initiative to approach as a community. Tashlich is the time when we throw away our sins and
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resolve to be better Jews – more dedicated to Torah and
mitzvos.
David & Robin
May this year be a year of improved dedication to Torah and Marcus
mitzvos and may we grow as a community in our commitJoel & Tsiporah Raboh
ment to Ahavat Yisrael, Ahavat Hashem and Yirat Hashem Bernie & Miriam Adler
(love of our fellow Jews, love of G-d and fear of G-d). And Bobby & Sharon Cairns
on behalf of Rabbanit Batya and myself, may you all be
Abie & Myra Kacew
blessed with a healthy, happy and sweet new year.
Eric & Sharon Macklin
Norman & Leanne Wasel
Charles & Yiskah
Feinstein
Aube & Diana Levine
Yuri & Inna Abramov
Eytan & Osnat Wine
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Ram Romanovsky
Ezra Tankel
Andrew Gergely
Ezra Bavly
Sharon Cairns
Ellen Dlin
Sue Winestock
Cheryl Gluckman
Inna Abramov
Netanya Bushewsky
Yaffa Wasel
Zev Wasel
Marina Marcus
Lawrence Rodnunsky
Michal Pauline Allen
Ruth Chaie Allen
Arna Macklin
Roni Sheps
Edward Kaplan
Osnat Wine
September
Joseph & Rachel Ovics
Rick & Bev De Jong
Sam & Margaret Frohlich
Robert Wood & Sherrie
Banks
Mark & Martina Martens
Greg & Freda Pesin
To everyone who sent their wishes for a speedy recovery from my recent knee surgery, I would like to offer
my warmest thank you. I am humbled by the many
who expressed their wishes with cards and donations,
meals, and to me personally. Thank you once again.
Sincerely, Robert (Dov) Wood
BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE ~ www.familyshul.or g
The President Presents
I am truly proud and honored to be the
President of such a wonderful Shul for the
next 2 years. In this position I will make
myself available to all those who want to chat, discuss,
suggest and even complain although I hope the latter will
be minimal. To keep the Shul running smoothly and effectively requires many energetic and dedicated staff and
volunteers. Rabbi and Rabbanit Friedman provide amazing leadership and energy; not to mention Luba running
the office. Luba has really made my position a lot easier
and is transforming the office with Keren and Lilia into a
more efficient and well-run administration. Yuri is also
a tremendous worker and we are appreciative of the hard
work he contributes. Not to be outdone the new Board
serving the congregation is deeply committed to the interests and future of the Shul. They certainly keep me on
my toes.
Summer is traditionally a quiet period; not so at BI. We
are bidding a sad farewell to Alan & Orna Richter, our
charismatic youth directors as they pursue further education and training. They have really resurrected our youth
department with exciting well-attended programs. We
are currently busy with interviews for new candidates.
BI in conjunction with Maccabi held a wonderful golf
tournament. Although we could have had more golfers,
those who participated and attended the dinner and entertainment really enjoyed the day. Everything flowed
freely from the golf and dinner to the refreshments provided to the golfers on the course. A special Yasher
Koach to chief organizer Mike (Mr. BI) Zabludowski
and Jodi at his side and their volunteers for all their hard
work in making this a really special event. Many thanks
also to all the sponsors and prize donors as well.
We wish the Friedman family a safe trip to Australia to
celebrate the Rabbi’s sister’s wedding in Sydney. Mazaltov to the entire family.
As the next bulletin will be published after the High
Holidays, I wish you all together with my wife Rosemary, children Marc, Andy, Sam & Nikki, a Shana Tova
U’metukah.
Gabbai’s Gab
“Shoes and Don’ts”
Everyone knows that we fast on Yom Kippur but
not everyone is aware of another prohibition. That
is one should not wear leather shoes on Yom Kippur. The primary reason for this is that we are to
afflict ourselves on Yom Kippur. Historically,
leather shoes were considered to be an ultimate in
foot comfort or even a luxury. Not wearing leather
shoes was a way of marking the difference between
Yom Kippur and the rest of the year. There is actually one other day that we do not wear leather shoes
and that is Tisha B’Av. Yom Kippur is the Day of
Atonement and regardless of what you have done in
the past, I urge everyone, and particularly the men
who will be coming to the bimah, to wear shoes that
are not made of leather.
I also wish to remind the congregation of a don’t
that applies to Rosh Hashonah. When the kohanim
do the duchenin, the priestly blessing, the long
chant that they do is their domain and theirs alone.
The congregation should remain absolutely silent
and should not be singing the chant with them. The
kohanim deserve and are entitled to this respect.
I wish everyone in the congregation shana tovah
and an easy fast.
Lewis Wasel
Stan Kitay
BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE ~ www.familyshul.or g
Director’s Diary
Keren, no need to keep nagging me for
my article to the congregation – here it
is….
A Big Big “Thank You” “Todah Rabah”
to Isabel Rodnunsky who has done our
cards manually for over 10 years – but as time goes by
and with progress we are now doing it on our computer.
Isabel built up a wonderful system of doing the cards,
we are going to try and keep the system going as
smoothly as she did. Thank you once again Isabel for
leading the way – I know that you and Miriam Rabinovitch are really making headway with getting all our
Yarzeits for the congregation together – We are nearly
there and soon you’ll be getting Yarzeit notices too!!
Thank you to all of you that sent in your membership
forms. You know we in the office can only do as much
as we can do but much of our work relies on volunteers
and members to make our work not so much easier but
certainly smoother – Yasher Yoach to all our wonderful
volunteers who have come forward to help with so
many of our hiccups and projects that we do to keep the
shul running smoothly!!
Andrew Gergely comes running in on a Friday after
work to set the lighting & heating/air-conditioning
for Shabbat and the week-end. He does his best –
and we complain “It’s too Hot!!’ It’s too Cold”
What can we do Andrew, we’re human – thanks Andrew for all your hard work! I could go on and on
thanking individuals but it will come as the months
go by.
In the meantime our office is running smoother, we
really are a team at the shul!
Included in our team are two ladies who help us
regularly, Ina, Yuri’s wife whom I think you have all
seen at some time or another and is at our side at any
minute of the day when we need her, as well as
Olena who keeps our washrooms and any other part
of our shul that needs extra cleaning clean, to these
two ladies and to Yuri, Lilia and Keren a sincere
“Thank You”
The whole team which includes me, wish you all a
Happy New Year and an Easy Meaningful Fast and if
we have offended anyone during the the past year we
do apologise,
Sincerely
Luba.
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