KOL ISRAEL - Temple Israel

The voice of Temple Israel
Greater Manchester’s Center for Conservative Jewry
Rabbi Eric Cohen, PhD
Volume 16, Issue 1, Jan-Feb
[email protected]
Christine Dame, Office Administrator
66 Salmon Street, Manchester, NH 03104
603-622-6171
In this Issue:
Words from the Rabbi ................................................... 1
Schoolhouse News ....................................................... 2
Fresh Voices .................................................................. 2
Donations ....................................................................... 3
Yahrzeits.................................................................. 3 & 4
January Dates ................................................................ 5
February Dates .............................................................. 6
The Mishnah that begins tractate (Talmudic
volume) Rosh Hashanah (literally, “New
Year”) states: “There are 4 New Years.” It
goes on to list these: one is the Rosh
Hashanah we all know, the second is the first
of Nisan (which is the new year according to
the Book of Exodus), the third is the first of
Elul which is a new year for calculating
temple taxes (kind of like a fiscal new year,
or an IRS new year), and the fourth is the
new year for trees, Tu BeShvat. (This last
one, we will celebrate at the end of January,
with a program on the closest Sunday.)
What is interesting is that the ancient rabbis
do not demand one and only one new
year. They recognize that new beginnings
are important, but that not all beginnings
necessarily coincide. For us, the new years
for temple taxes and the one beginning with
Nisan
have
lost
much
of
their
significance. There is no longer a temple in
Jerusalem, and Passover has long overshadowed other events in the month of
Nisan.
Perhaps, to our list of new years, we can now
add our secular new year: a time for new
beginnings, a time to start a new, needed
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Torah Scribe Event .............................................. 7
Elliot Hospital Menorah Lighting ....................... 8
Temple Israel Menorah Lighting ........................ 9
Chanukah Party Photos .................................... 10
Passages ....................................................11 & 12
Upcoming Events .............................................. 12
project, such as a repair or mending. I invite
you to start such a project with me: the much
needed repair of our Torah scroll. Enclosed
in this newsletter is a form that enables each
of us to donate for this purpose.
The Biblical writers imagined that each of us
would write some part of the Torah scroll
ourselves. Today, we may translate this into
a community initiative focusing on repairing
parts of one Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). This
is the scroll from which many of our kids will
be chanting for their bnei mitzvah. It will be
restored so that it may be used for
generations to come. Our Sofer (Torah
scribe), Rabbi Kevin Hale, showed us the
skills and techniques he had to master in
order to take on this sacred duty. This was a
wonderful and fascinating program! Let’s do
our part to support this effort materially,
through our donations.
Later this spring, or early summer, I look
forward to greeting you all on the occasion
when the repairs are complete. We’ll have a
joyous Torah dedication ceremony! In the
meantime, may the secular new year bring
you inspiration and perseverance for all your
plans and projects.
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by Aida Koocher
Our Religious School students were treated to
a special visiting educator, Mark Lazar, on
Sunday Nov. 8. He was very engaging with the
children as he shared stories and played
games with a Jewish theme, and taught them
about our Hebrew calendar. Learning about
the calendar teaches us that each moment in
our lives is important. Having special visitors
enables us to connect with other members of
our worldwide Jewish community. All in all, it
was a very nice day.
Hebrew school students enjoyed learning about the
Jewish calendar with educator Mark Lazar on Nov. 8
Second and third graders wrote D'var Torahs and imitation
Tallit.
Hebrew School students learn about the craft of a
Torah scribe with Rabbi Kevin Hale
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WITH APPRECIATION
WE RECOGNIZE YOUR DONATIONS
MEMORIAL TZEDAKAH OFFERING
Ruth Katz in memory of Ben Perlman & Rose Finn
Joyce Levitt in memory of Selia Mushlin Rosenthal
Eileen Kope in memory of Selma Chitister
Bunny Golder in memory of Richard Golder
Robert Thaler in memory of Robert Thaler
Gwen Kay in memory of Goldie Wilinsky
Marcia Herson in memory of Shelley Herson
Bill & Judi Kennedy in memory of Harriet Winthrop
Reva Rovner in memory of Vera Rovner
Rachel & Mel Spierer in memory of Mary Spierer
Lillian Koocher in memory of Paul Weiner
Lillian Koocher in memory of Ida Koocher
Lillian Koocher in memory of Evelyn Krivitsky
Edith & Milt Novak in memory of Abraham Braverman
Edith & Milt Novak in memory of Gladys Braverman
Carolyn Corliss in memory of Bertha Kniager
Carolyn Corliss in memory of Goldie Wilinsky
Rosalind Ladd in memory of Nathan Ekman
Renee Brenner in memory of Jennie Sidman
Harriet Wolinsky in memory of Leon Rosenberg
Michele Plotkin in memory of Balfour Z. Plotkin
David Plotkin in memory of Balfour Z. Plotkin
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Tevet 23
Tevet 24
Tevet 25
Tevet 26
Tevet 27
Tevet 28
Tevet 29
Shevat 2
HAROLD & CHARLOTTE GROSS
HEBREW SCHOOL FUND
Charlotte & Harold Gross:
In honor of Adam Grodman’s marriage
In honor of Edith & Milt Novak’s 66th anniversary
Edith & Milt Novak
In honor of Toni & Bernie Gasser’s 42 nd anniversary
In honor of Harold Gross’s birthday
In honor of Pam & Steve Saulten’s new home
In memory of Arnold Schollnick
Roberta Silberberg:
In honor of Adam Grodman’s marriage
In honor of Joy Sydney
In honor of Steve Saulten
In honor of Arnold Cohen
Louise Allard in memory of Eric Jacobs
Shevat 3
Shevat 4
Shevat 5
Shevat 6
Shevat 7
Shevat 8
Shevat 10
Shevat 11
Shevat 12
BRAVERMAN CHANUKAH FUND
Shevat 13
Edith & Milt Novak:
In honor of Bernice Singer’s new great-grandson
Joy & Michael Sydney’s new grandson
Beth & Josh Sydney’s new son
Shevat 15
Shevat 16
SINGER FAMILY FUND
Renee Brenner wishing Joy Sydney a full, speedy recovery
Joy & Michael Sydney in memory of Eric Jacobs
MANDELL TORAH RESTORATION FUND
Carol & Bob Sternberg in honor of Adam Grodman
Shevat 17
Shevat 18
Shevat 19
Shevat 20
BARLAND-ZLOTOWICZ LIBRARY FUND
Isadora Zlotowicz:
In memory of Pearl Ehrlich
In memory of Clara Zlotowicz-Bulion
In memory of Abraham Barland
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YAHRZEITS – JANUARY 2016
TEVET 20 TO SHEVAT 21, 5776
1
Norman Roth
2
Miriam ?
Etta Kruger
Beatrice Mallin
Benjamin Mallin
David Waldman
3
Hilda Citron
Sarah Glichouse
Hyman Rovner
Sadie Silver
4
Eli Cutler
Sheldon Ekman
Joseph Friedland
Nathan Smulian
5
Samuel Charron
6
William Diamond
Ida Rudnick
7
Ida Cavall
Abraham Golod
Murray L. Scharf
Rose Tatelman
8
Max Berger
Philip Haller
Rhoda Richmond
Stanley Sydney
9
Martin Bresnick
Abraham Holicker
Joseph Levine
10
Carl Krensky
Abraham Tevelov
12
Fannie Rosen
Isaac Rudnick
13
Harry Hoffman
14
Leo Baer
Leonard Cohen
15
Hyman Krieger
Molly Levin
16
Beatrice Lillian Caras
Anna Gorenstein
Leon Rosenberg
17
Joel Cohen
Sadie Falk
Anna Gross
Rose Itzkowitz
Yetta Myers
Bill Plotkin
Dr. Robert Weissman
18
Isaac Semiat
20
Edmond Hardoon
Harold Landfield
21
Ida Levin
Harry Lewis
22
Leon Mandell
Mollie Schill
23
Gertrude Plotkin
24
Alice Alterman
Hyman Goodman
Rea Rubinstein
25
Samuel Cutler
Joseph Diamond
26
Dinzie Cutler
Shaindel Gilman
Elizabeth Lewis
Masza Stein
27
Abraham Barland
28
Herbert Hoexter
Anna Steinberg
David Violette
29
Rosalind Shaer
30
Edith Ellenson
Lena Fleischman
Joseph Gliserman
31
Sadie Rovner
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Shevat 23
Shevat 24
Shevat 25
Shevat 26
Shevat 27
Shevat 28
Shevat 30
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Adar-I 2
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YAHRZEITS – FEBRUARY 2016
SHEVAT 22 TO ADAR-1 20, 5776
1
Hyman Gross
Leon Rifkin
2
Solomon Bresnick
Dora Wexler Dell
Joseph Eluto
David Landsman
3
Lillian Gruber
Theodore Richmond
4
Joseph Cramer
Charles Richmond
Joseph Roiter
5
Hyman Falk
Hillel Perlstein
Cyril White
Harry Zlotowicz
6
Bertha Bornstein
Eva Silberberg
Samuel Spector
7
Juliette Barland
John Kurtz
Lily Kurtz
Bella Marmer
9
Goldie Madnick
10
Solomon David Kaplan
Ida Novak
George Silberberg
Herbert Winneg
11
Helen Buckin
Lena Hoffman
Dr. Harry Press
David Schwartz
Louis Specter
12
Daniel Myers
Ida Resnick
Rose Savan
Louis Taube
Gertrude Weiner
13
Bruce Haller
Samuel Hoffman
Joseph Levin
Louis Lipinsky
Harry Specter
14
Efraim Bialo
Doris Cohen
Nathan Kropp
Irving Singer
15
Jacob Klein
16
Charles Elfond
17
Goldie Diamond
Samuel Ekman
John Siegel
Walter Swift
18
Bessie Bresnick
Sheldon Krensky
19
Sheldon Goldberg
20
Elliot M. Perlstein
Jacob Richmond
Saul Silberberg
Tseeryl Orblitt Specter
George Weiner
21
Diana Braverman
Arel Israel
Aaron Kamenker
Rebecca R. Mushlin
22
Michael "Bernie" Bresnahan
Dorothy Saulten
Milton Shapiro
Meyer Singer
Julius Dewey Treisman
24
Jeannette Morganstern
Frank Rosenberg
Fredric Silberberg
25
David Almekias
Kalman Alterman
Samuel Resnick
Joseph Stein
26
Samuel Katz
Adar-I 18
Adar-I 19
Adar-I 20
Adar-I 20
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YAHRZEITS – FEBRUARY 2016
SHEVAT 22 TO ADAR-1 20, 5776
Edith Lipinsky
27
Beatrice Grodman
Morris Kniager
Chone Litvinchook
28
David Badler
Mollie Cutler
Ralph Harrison
Melvin Thorner
29
Benjamin Morris Cutler
Nathan Messenger
Israel "Izzy" Schill
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Photographs courtesy
of David Winthrop
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