Weekly Bulletin - Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue

Weekly Bulletin
February 7th, 2015 | 18 Shevat 5775
Amalgamated Hebrew Men of England (1975)
100 Elder Street, Toronto ON M3H 5G7 | 416.633.3838
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Yitro
Hertz Chumash
Torah Reading pp. 288-301
Haftarah pp. 302-305
Etz Hayim Chumash
Torah Reading pp. 432-450
Haftarah pp. 452-455
~ Please Welcome ~
The BEBY Choral Group to services this morning.
Their appearance today is sponsored by Dr. Robert & Dorit Yufe in honour of the
Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Jared Gluckstein.
The Sefer Haftarah Parasha is dedicated
in loving memory of our parents
Morris & Celia Bricks l”z and
our brother Mannie Bricks l”z
by Irving Bricks, Harold Bricks and families.
We extend a Mazel Tov to ~
Jared Gluckstein, son of Charles & Nathalie Gluckstein
on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Berty-Jill & Bernard Gluckstein and
Dr. Robert & Dorit Yufe and great grandmother Lorna Yufe.
Services for Week of February 8th
~ Seudah Shlisheet is sponsored by ~
The Barmherzig Family in observance of Yahrzeit for Miriam Barmherzig l”z
Sunday .......................................... 7:30 & 8:30 am
Monday - Friday ............................ 7:15 & 8:15 am
Sunday - Thursday ....................................5:35 pm
Friday evening...........................................5:35 pm
Shabbat Candle Lighting ...........................5:27 pm
Hashkama Minyan..................................... 7:30 am
Shabbat Services ........................................ 8:45 am
~We extend our condolences to~
Arnie Gross, Blayne Gross, Brittany Gross, Natalie & Manny Langer,
Darlene Wronzberg and Gail Gluckman
and families on the loss of wife, mother, daughter and sister Lenna Gross l”z
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Shabbat Study Group — 4:35 pm
Shabbat Mincha — 5:10 pm
Shabbat Ends — 6:20 pm
ALLERGY ALERT!! Many of our members suffer from asthma or other breathing difficulties. Please
be considerate of those who are chemically sensitive to fragrances and other scented products
- your discretion in applying scented products when attending Shul is appreciated.
HALACHA (JEWISH LAW) prohibits the use of audible beepers, cell phones, electronic games
and any type of photographic equipment on Shabbat and Yom Tov.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation in preserving the sanctity of Shabbat.
Yasher Koach and thank you to our Shabbat Greeters!
WEEKLY PROGRAMMES
SHABBAT
TISH & TORAH - Rabbi Lipson leads learning sessions for the Parashat Hashavuah at
10:00 am in the Boardroom.
RABBINICS STUDY GROUP – Daf Ha’Shavua - The Weekly Page of Talmud. For
beginning or intermediate students, study the first Tractate of the Talmud known
as Masechet Berachot. “The primary focus of the tractate is the myriad ways in
which a Jewish person expresses his faith during his life.” 35 minutes prior to
Mincha.
SUNDAY
FREE HEBREW READING CLASSES - LEVEL II WITH MICHAEL KINRYS: For those who
can slowly read Hebrew, this class will help them gain experience reading and
singing many of the daily and Shabbat prayers. Classes begin Feb 22 at 9:15 am
and run for six weeks. Call the office to register.
COMING
THE MARTY KESHEN CHESED COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU!
If you would like to volunteer with home and hospital visits, Shiva calls,
etc. please call the office and leave a message for Rochelle Kerzner
Committee Chair or email [email protected]
SISTERHOOD KNIT/CROCHET AND CHAT GROUP. GOOD NEWS!
To make it easier for you to donate to us, you can now make donations
directly to the BEBY Chesed Knitters via the shul office. We are forever
thankful to the men and women who attend the morning minyans for their
generous donations - helping us to continue knitting baby blankets and hats
for the Soldiers. Join us at 10 am - every Monday morning!
FEBRUARY EVENTS & MORE
The KADIMA CENTRE: 2-3:30 pm. For info on student registration, contact Marcel
Cohen at 416.633.3838 or [email protected]. More info available from
www.beby.org. We are looking for adults to volunteer who are compassionate,
patient and positive.
TANACH STUDY GROUP - February 22nd at 7:30 pm. At the home of Bernie & Cyril
Shoub, 258 Armour Blvd. Studying Beresheit Ch. 23.
MONDAY
MAH JONGG AT 12:00 NOON. All welcome. Call the office 416-633-3838 to join.
Donation of a Toonie. Refreshments served. FREE Mah Jongg Lessons! Call for info
and to register!
RABBI’S STUDY CLASS: PROBING THE PARSHA: A detailed study of a particular theme
emanating from the weekly Torah portion. Each theme is linked to an essay topic
found in the new book, The Observant Life - The Wisdom of Conservative Judaism
for Contemporary Jews. The book is encouraged but not required for participants.
Boardroom. 7:15 - 8:15 pm.
TUESDAY
SISTERHOOD STUDY GROUP - 10 - 11:30 am | Rabbis Morrison and Lipson
alternate weekly. Ask The Rabbi with Rabbi Morrison: Brief English responsa to
modern halakhic questions from the perspective of Conservative Judaism. Topics
will cover Bible, ethics, gender, interfaith, symbols, conversion, kashrut, lifecycle,
holy day cycle, women’s issues, theology, and more. Rabbi Lipson’s Weekly Topic:
Studying the Book of Shmuel (Samuel) and the Book of Kings — Politics & Power in
Biblical Israel.
FRUMBA - WOMEN’S CARDIO DANCE FITNESS - Sponsored by Sisterhood. 7:45
pm. All ages and fitness levels welcome. No Previous dance experience is
needed. Come join us! Its FUN, elevates your mood and gets you FIT fast and
ENERGIZED!! Contact Bette at [email protected] for drop in and try it
rates, package pricing and full schedule updates.
WEDNESDAY
TALMUD CLASS WITH DR. AARON NUSSBAUM | 9:15 am. Chapel.
MAH JONGG AND RUMMIKUB HOSTED BY SISTERHOOD. Games begin at 12:30 to
3:30 pm. Donation of a Toonie. Refreshments served. Mah Jongg Games and
Rummikub games needed. If you have one to donate, contact the office. FREE
Mah Jongg Lessons! Call for info and to register!
SISTERHOOD PRESENTS ISRAELI FOLK DANCING WITH SHOSHANA FRANK. Beginners 7
pm • Intermediate/Advanced. 8 pm. $8.00 per class. Info? Call Shoshana Frank at
905.889.9419.
THURSDAY
NASH & DRASH 2015 - February 19, March 26 (Pre-Pesach Nash & Drash with the
Cantor), April 23 and May 21. $13 pp.
Please pick up a flyer or check our web site /facebook page for more information on our upcoming events.
THE LIBRARY ~10 am - 12 noon. Drop by and peruse our many fabulous new
titles! Churchill & the Jews by Martin Gilbert; Vengeance by George Jonas.
Scotch Tasting with Dinner Pairings
Wednesday February 11th
Eli Rubenstein - Brunch
Sunday February 15th
Girls Night Out
Thursday February 26th
Les Miz Gilla According to Judge Judy
Wednesday March 4th
Les Miz Gilla According to Judge Judy
and Annual Purim Carnival
Sunday March 8th
Leon Eisner Memorial Lecture
Monday March 9th
Mens’ Club Bourbon Tasting
Wednesday March 11th
Shabbat Across Canada
Friday March 13th
Reel & Spiel
Wednesday March 18th
Rouhama Danto Michaelangelo & Sistine Chapel Symbology
Wednesday March 25th
Pre-Passover Nash ‘n Drash
Thursday March 26th
Sisterhood Girls Night Out
Thursday March 26th
Passover Workshop
Sunday March 29th
Earth Day
Monday April 20th
60th Anniversary Scholars Weekend
April 24th-26th
David Anisman Dinner Draw
Thursday May 7th
CHAZZAN’S CORNER
Davening Class - Chazzan Edwards offers an informal,
hands on practical class - Monday evenings
following Mincha services.
FYI: Please be aware that in the event of a medical emergency, our Security Personnel are
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EVENTS
YOUTH & YOUNG FAMILIES
BETH EMETH GREENING COMMITTEE
Junior Congregation
Shakin’ Up Shabbat!
every Shabbat at 10 am with a fun activity
led by Elie Morrison and Samara Gottesman
or by Omer Itzhak, our Shinshinit. New program with
lots of fun activities and games! See you there!
This week’s celebration of Tu b’Shevat and the birthday of
trees is our unique strategy for planning to preserve our
earth through sustainability
It is a day for environmental awareness
This year’s Shmitta year, the Sabbath for the land in Israel, is
another example of our recognition that the earth and its
resources are finite
The land, our Earth rests and is not to be used and abused
Instead of planting trees, they will be hugged
Fruits and vegetables grown in accordance to Shmitta
guidelines are treated with respect and not allowed to be
wasted
Sam Kotzer Shabbat & Festival Gan Program
OPEN YEAR ROUND FOR NURSERY SERVICES.
10 am - 12 noon | BEBY Babies Room (lower level)
Structured weekly Shabbat programming
for children ages 1 through JK,
including Tefillot, songs, games, and healthy snacks.
Contact DALE at [email protected] or
call 416 633.3838 for MORE INFO or to
RSVP to any program.
Hilda Swirsky, RN, BScN, MEd, Chair,
[email protected] or Fay Rakoff, [email protected]
THIS WEEK! DON’T MISS OUT!
Continuing Ed presents:
Eli Rubenstein - Writer and Story Teller.
Significant Jewish Events in our Lifetime.
Sunday February 15th — 11:30 am
Join us for a delicious brunch and tales of
Jewish Historical significance.
Arback Hall. $10 pp. RSVP to office by Thursday, February 12th.
DON’T MISS THE ANNUAL PURIM SPIELER!
LES MIZ GILLA ACCORDING TO JUDGE JUDY!
Tickets on Sale now! Call the office to purchase.
Two performances: Wednesday March 4th following the Megillah
Reading at 6:30 pm and Sunday, March 8th at 1:30 pm - followed by
the Purim Carnival. Tickets $5 pp or family price of $20 (2 adults - 3
children)
Graduation Shavuot 2015
To show our appreciation and gratitude to you and your children Beth
Emeth will once again be holding our annual Graduation Recognition
Program on Sunday May 24th.
Please call Freda at the Synagogue office if you have a child graduating
from a Hebrew School in 2015 to make sure your child is part of this
wonderful day.
To book a Youth Kiddush please send an email to [email protected].
BEBY Men’s Club & FJMC present:
Scotch Tasting & Dinner
Wednesday February 11th — 7 pm
Gourmet Dinner catered by Uptown and Scotch Tastings. FJMC
members & immediate family guests: $90 pp. NM $108. Purchase
via Eventbrite or through the shul office by February 9th.
http://bebyscotchtasting.eventbrite.ca
YOUTH EVENTS
PJ PLUS IS A PARENT (OR GRANDPARENT!) AND TOT
PROGRAM for 1.5 -3 years old. This 10 week program runs
Sunday mornings right here at Beth Emeth! Your first class is FREE!
9:30 - 10:45 am in the BEBY Babies Room. Winter session now
underway!
CHILLIN’ N’ CHOLENT FOR TEENS!
Calling all Beth Emeth Teens! Chillin’ n’ Cholent is back! Join us
following services (approx 12:30 pm) in the boardroom for Rabbi
Lipson’s famous cholent (and other goodies!) Next Date TBA.
RSVP to Dale, 416-633-3838 x229 or email [email protected].
Annual CCCS Winter Shabbaton Retreat! and Snow
Tubing Kitchener-Waterloo. February 20 - 22nd. For youth
grades 6-8 AND 9-12. Cost: $118 and includes all food, activities
and accommodations at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. To register,
contact Dale.
Café Shinshinim:
Join Omer for a lively bi-weekly program
covering a range of current topics. Next
program February 17th.
YIZKOR BOOK - 2015: If you wish to have your dedications
included in this year’s Yizkor Book, please call the
office and speak to Freda at 416.633.3838.
CPR trained. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to seek out their services.
YITRO
Excerpted from Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and
Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary JTS - www.learn.jtsa.edu
“You shall not covet…” (Exodus 20:14)
“You shall not covet . . . you shall not crave. . .” (Deuteronomy 5:17)
Do you covet? I do, and it makes me sad. Perhaps I’m too hard on myself. We all
see things that we want, don’t have, and wish we did. There is too much in the
world that is bright and shiny—offering pleasure and excitement—not to see it
and feel the ache of its absence in my life. And I speak not only of the ephemeral delights that beckon. Even more difficult to contemplate are my fellow human beings whose personal and professional lives leave me despondent when
measuring myself against them: scholars who have written books that I haven’t,
friends who seem to be better spouses or more successful parents, people who
have paid off their mortgages, men who still have all their hair. In short, the list
is endless.
But you must understand; what disturbs me most is not having the feeling, the
desire, the craving itself. What disturbs me most is that I am the victim of my
own coveting. For I am robbing myself of the joy and satisfaction I could feel
in the life I am actually living. Our Rabbis say, “Who is wealthy? One who is
happy with one’s portion (hasamea be elko)” (M. Avot 4:1). But how do I do
that when it seems to me that at least some other people have a better deal than
I do—materially, physically, relationally, professionally, or spiritually? What’s so
great about my lot?
Truth be told, from the beginning of human history, a restlessness, a gnawing
dissatisfaction with what we have because of what we lack, has been at the heart
of all our troubles. God places Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden, which contained “every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good for food” (Gen. 2:9).
In the middle of this, God places the mysteriously named Tree of Knowledge
of Good and Evil. God invites Adam and Eve to partake of every delight in the
garden, further sharing its wonders with Adam by bringing before him “all the
wild beasts and all the birds of the sky” (v. 19). Adam must have taken time to
observe these creatures and understand something about them, for he gives each
a name (v. 20). God places a single limitation on Adam and Eve’s enjoyment
of the garden’s bounty: “Of every tree you are free to eat; but as for the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil, you must not eat of it; for as soon as you eat of it
you shall die” (v. 16–17).
BEBY Continuing Education & Morasha present:
Feb 25 to March 25 - Rabbi Torczyner’s Sociology and the Synagogue in
five classes, (including The Synagogue Kiddush, Creating a Society of Trust,
Communal Prayer, The Needs of the Many and the Needs of the Few, Splintering
Synagogues). 10:00 -11:00 am at Beth Emeth
If you are away and want to be included on the mailing list in order to receive
the audio, you can do so for $25.00. Pick up a registration form from the foyer.
Feb 25 to April 1 - York University Professor Emeritus, Barrie Wilson’s
Secrets of Early Christianity, The Lost Gospel in six classes. A Jewish
perspective on Early Christianity focusing on such questions as, How did early
Christians understand the Hebrew scriptures? Why do some Christians reject the
idea of a human, Jewish, married Jesus? How did the Christian scriptures come to
be? and much more. The course will use Prof Wilson’s recent international bestseller The Lost Gospel, as a way into the secrets of early Christianity including the
social, family, and political side of Jesus. 11:15 am - 12:15 pm at Beth Emeth.
For more information and to register, call Loretta Tanenbaum at 416-789-7400
or email [email protected]. BEBY Members receive price discount.
Flyers and registration forms available from the foyer.
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Adam and Eve lack for nothing; what else could
they want? Ah, but the snake, that sinister slithering creature, hisses in Eve’s ear and plants in
her mind the poisonous seed of desire. She is the
first human being to covet and crave: the Torah
(Gen. 3:6) describes Eve as seeing that the fruit
of the Tree of Knowledge was “a delight (ta’avah)
to see—alluding to the probation against craving
(lo titaveh)—and “desirable (ne mad) as a source
of wisdom,” anticipating the language later used
to proscribe coveting (lo ta mod). What if I could
uncover the mystery of the Tree of Knowledge,
Eve asks herself. What if I could discover what it
is that God has hidden from us? And so she bites
into the forbidden fruit, as does Adam.
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And something terrible and paradoxical occurs.
The act of eating and enjoying the forbidden fruit reveals to them that in denying
them the fruit of that one tree, God had indeed withheld from them a pleasure
otherwise unattainable. Was the fruit sweeter than any other in the garden or
did it just seem so because of the thrill surrounding its forbiddenness It does not
matter. They now know that prohibition is indeed a form of deprivation. As a
consequence, neither they nor their descendants will ever again experience true
wholeness; they will always feel as if something is missing. Adam and Eve experience this sense of privation as nakedness, and only clothing is able to restore
their sense of wholeness. But for their descendants the pain of privation is not
so easily assuaged. Wealth, power, sexual intoxication—these and other cravings
emerge. At best they are dulled; they are never quite extinguished.
We are descendants of Adam and Eve and inheritors of their tragic self-inflicted
curse. What shall we do? Let us meditate again on the rabbinic dictum cited
above. Let us read hasamea be elko in the active rather than the stative sense.
Being happy is often no more than a passive state of indifference, resignation,
or self-delusion. My challenge is to create a state of happiness for myself. And
happiness is not the word we need here; the appropriate word is joy, something
richer and more expansive. When I inhabit my life fully, when I learn to savor
what I have and use it to full advantage, when I value the strengths that I have
and make peace with my weaknesses, when I build connections with those I love
rather than nurturing resentment against them—then I have built for myself a
joyous life. And when I live in joy, the distractions of desire lose their power over
me. And if my head is turned now and then by something tantalizing that is beyond my grasp, so be it. I need only turn back and move forward into the arms
of the full and joyous life waiting to embrace me and to be embraced.
Hashkama Minyan Sponsorships
Eleanor and Michael Minuk on the birth of their new grandson and
son to Ronit & Jeff Zon and grandson to Judy & Lorne Zon.
Weekly Morning Simchas & Sponsorships
Rosen Family Brit Milah
Marvin White in observance of Yahrzeit for his father, Louis White l”z
David Sefton in observance of 11 months of Kaddish for his mother,
Edith Sefton l”z
Brenner/Suchter Family Baby naming
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