Shofar Final 9 2016

September 2016 Av / Elul 5776
Announcing:
ASK THE RABBI
A New Weekly Video Series
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Table of Contents
President’s Message………..3
Events……………………..4
Cantorial Soloist…………...5
Religious School…………...5
Sisterhood…………………7
Men’s Club………………...7
Tzedakah...............................10
Donations…………….......11
Life Cycles…………12 & 13
Life Long Learning……….21
Looking At, Not
Through, The Window
Rabbi Alan Lew talks about a time when he
was hiking with his friend. They were in a
nature preserve on Martha's Vineyard. The
storm came up and they took refuge in a
shack with a big picture window. He was
looking out the window in the rain at the
birds and plants but none of that was really
very interesting. His friend said, “Don't look
at the window rather at the window itself”.
The world of the window with it smudges
and tiny insects and reflections of the light
contained a universe in of itself, a place with
a life of its own.
When we come to the High Holy Days and think about repenting and examining our
lives, we have to shift our gaze from the world itself to the window or lens through
which we see it. That window is the filter through which we look at the world - our
consciousness or perspective or life philosophy or attitude. Because the lens through
which we look at life makes us see the world, differently the first step in examining
our lives is to look at that lens itself.
Do we view the world as dark, a place of potential trouble, heartbreak and violence?
Or do we see it as the domain of love, peace, kindness and goodwill? Usually, when
our perspective on the world is negative it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and
brings more bad events. Often, if we can see the universe as, in general, a good place,
that attitude affects the world around us positively and brings and allows us to notice
love and uplifting moments. We have to work hard on avoiding the former and doing
the latter, supported by our friends and loved ones.
From our family to yours, may the window through which you look at the world this
year reflect the pure light and all the goodness and kindness that is out there.
Rabbi Malcolm Cohen, Sarah, Elijah & Rachel
September 2016
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President’s Message
Rabbi Malcolm Cohen
[email protected]
Heather Klein
Cantorial Soloist
[email protected]
Executive Committee
Les Sherman, President
[email protected]
Ivan Lambert, 1st Vice President
[email protected]
Marty Hagans, 2nd Vice President
[email protected]
Ricki Greenspon Treasurer
[email protected]
Shel Kolner, Recording
Secretary
[email protected]
Trustees
Isaac Cohen
Stephanie Helms
Jack Kaufman
Jay Kenyon
Mordecai Labovitz
Ilana Shapiro
Steve Weiner
Immediate Past President
Julie Ann Littmann
Sisterhood
Marge Nordell, President
[email protected]
Men’s Club
Les Gilbert, President
[email protected]
Education Director for
Temple Sinai and
Shenker Academy
Dr. Sharon Knafo
[email protected]
Temple Office
Phil Scully, Executive Director
[email protected]
Lori Dougherty, Controller
[email protected]
Kim Israel, Executive Assistant
[email protected]
Bailey Vreeland, Event Center Sales
[email protected]
Sinai Shofar
Kim Israel, Editor
[email protected]
Dear Congregants,
August was a busy, but crazy month. The crazy part was the
Las Vegas Desert Suzuki Institute using the majority of the
campus for a week. The good news is they have already
agreed to rent the campus next July.
The classroom painting at Shenker Academy is complete.
We will be doing some additional renovations and repairs
prior to the start of classes. We added additional electric
circuits to the Event Center to prevent tripping the circuit
breakers.
We are ahead of schedule regarding High Holy Days preparation. However, there is still a
considerable amount of work to be done. We are ahead of last year for receipt of
membership renewal packages.
The last half of August was primarily spent getting ready for Religious School classes and
the fall semester for Shenker Academy. There are a number of Shenker classes that are
full. Prospective students are put on a waiting list.
We have some new committee chairpersons. If you are interested in being on their
committees, please contact them directly.
Memberships: Jeff Maren and Heath Bettelman
Senior Social: Myrna Brown
Programming: Jackie Kolner
The programming and fund raising committees are making plans for events which will
take place throughout the fiscal year. More on that in a later article
Looking forward to High Holy Days in October.
Until next month.
Shalom,
Les Sherman
President
Committees & Chairpersons
Caring - Laurie Kelman—[email protected]
Education – Sharon Knafo – [email protected]
Fundraising—Jack Klein—[email protected]
Marketing & PR – Stephanie Helms – [email protected]
Membership – Jeff Maren & Heith Bettelman –
[email protected]
Men’s Club – Les Gilbert– [email protected]
Music – Heather Klein – [email protected]
Programming—Jackie Kolner—[email protected]
Retreat – Dale & Irwin Thall– [email protected]
Ritual – Les Gilbert – [email protected]
Senior Social—Myrna Brown—[email protected]
Sisterhood – Marge Nordell – [email protected]
Social Action – Robyn Roth – [email protected]
Tzedakah – Shel Kolner – [email protected]
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Events
Every Friday Night - Shabbat Worship at 7:30pm Except
September 2nd
Every Saturday Morning Worship
9:00am Shabbat Study Group
10:00am Shabbat Morning Service
Every Sunday
9:30am Religious School
Every Tuesday
4:30pm Hebrew School/Confirmation
Every Wednesday
7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting
Every Thursday
9:00 am New Pathways Cafe
6:00pm High Holy Days Choir Rehearsal
Friday, September 2
6:00pm Friday Night Live
Tuesday, September 6
6:00pm Ritual Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 7
9:15am Westside Newcomers Club
Thursday, September 8
Political Assembly (T)
6:00pm High Holy Days Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, September 10
10:00am Shabbat Morning Worship including the Bar
Mitzvah of Sammy Wax
Sunday, September 11
8:30am Live Encounters—View from the Vanguard
10:00am Men's Club Breakfast
10:00am Membership Committee Meeting
2:00pm Chavurah Party
Tuesday, September 13
12:00pm The Lunch Bunch
8:00pm IAC—Noam Gershony Lecture
Thursday, September 15
4:00pm Fundraising Committee Meeting
6:30pm Men's Club Board Meeting
7:00pm Candidates' Forum (T)
Friday, September 16
6:15pm Tot Shabbat
8:00pm Shabbat After Dark
Saturday, September 17
10:00am Shabbat Morning Worship Including the Bar
Mitzvah of Zachary Horowitz
4:00pm Chocolate & Wine Festival
Sunday, September 18
9:30am Town Hall Meeting
10:00am Chocolate & Wine Festival
Wednesday, September 21
5:30pm Social Action Committee Meeting
Thursday, September 22
7:00pm Candidates' Forum (T)
Saturday, September 24
8:00am Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild (T)
5:00pm S'lichot Program
Sunday, September 25
9:00am Sisterhood Blood Drive
12:00pm Sisterhood Board Meeting/General Meeting
3:00pm NCG Meeting
Monday, September 26
8:30am NCG Meeting
Tuesday, September 27
8:30am NCG Meeting
6:15pm Temple Sinai Board Meeting
7:00pm Book Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 28
9:15am Westside Newcomers Club
3:00pm Dine Out—Mark Rich’s Pizzeria
Thursday, September 29
7:00pm Candidates' Forum (T)
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From the Desk of Heather Klein
The Fall is definitely my favorite
time of year. Even though only a
few trees in the desert change
colors, my husband Eli and I
still have enjoyed going to have
cider, doughnuts and apple picking at the Gilcrease Farm and
Orchard. I don’t remember having something like that when I
was growing up here, but I am
happy to have it now. It always
reminds me of the hay rides I took through the orchards as a
kid in New York. Hopefully you will all get out and try
something new this year in the fall.
At Temple Sinai, late August and September are the start of
a busy new year. Lots of new and returning students as well
as many families and friends back from their summer vacations or getaways. I look forward to an exciting start to our
year with Friday Night Live returning, as well as welcoming
back our favorite musicians from the service. We are also
excited to have our partnership with Congregation Ner Tamid growing as we prepare to continue Shabbat after Dark services for young adults in the community as well as other
coming events.
I think it is crucial as we go into this upcoming year to support Temple Sinai events, and to also look out at the Las Vegas valley at the vast amount of events, art and culture that
are now a part of our ever changing landscape. It is so exciting to see how far we have come from when I first moved
here as a kid 26 years ago, until now. I can’t wait to see what
is to come this year as we begin this Fall.
Warmly,
Heather
From the Desk of Dr. Sharon Knafo
HOLIDAYS AT THE
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
As we began the New Year, I want
to share with you some of our
wonderful plans for our students
during the upcoming Holidays.
Students will learn about the special
traditional customs, and write in
Hebrew some of the holiday words
(Shofar, Dvash, Tapuach, Ne’ila
etc.) as they gain more knowledge about the meaning of
these holiday terms. In some different classrooms, students will learn the stories, traditions and customs unique
to each of the holidays. The students in Kindergarten,
First, and Second grade will help decorate the Synagogue’s
Sukkah right before the Holiday of Sukkot. These lesson
examples are true reflections of our Religious School educational philosophy at Temple Sinai: we encourage much
creativity and joyful learning in and out of the classrooms.
We are also working on exciting new Tikkun Olam
(“Healing the World”) projects in cooperation with the
Social Action Committee. The first project will be dedicated to the Baby’s Bounty, an organization that provides essential clothing and gear to babies born into low-income
families for their health, safety and well-being. The second
project will be a collection of food items by grade level
throughout the year, and the third one will be the anticipated afternoon 3 Square volunteering TOGETHER with the
Temple’s congregants to emphasize cross generational effort of feeding the hungry in our community.
Wishing you L’Shanah Tovah U’Metukah,
Dr. Sharon Knafo
Education Director
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Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Horowitz
Zachary Allen Horowitz will
be celebrating his Bar Mitzvah
at Temple Sinai on Saturday,
September 17, 2016. Zach was
born in Las Vegas, Nevada on
September 16, 2003. While
attending Staton Elementary,
Zach was part of the GATE
program, the Highly Gifted
program, and he participated in
the annual National Math
Kangaroo competition while
earning straight A’s throughout
his elementary years. Zach is currently a 7th grader at Sig
Rogich middle school. In his free time, Zach enjoys playing
lacrosse, soccer, and football; listening to music, computer
coding, video games, and spending time with his family,
friends and pets. Zach is also a member of The National
Junior Honor Society and was awarded the 2015-2016
Excellence in Mathematics award. Zach plans on joining
his school’s Robotics club and the Junior Varsity Quiz
Club, and aspires to one day become a Computer Engineer
or Video Game Designer.
Bar Mitzvah of Sammy Wax
Samuel Grant Wax is an avid
video game player. You can
usually find him playing Destiny
or Black Ops 3 on his XBox
with his friends. Sam also likes
to sleep a lot. He can sleep
more than the average bear. His
baby sister Vivienne likes to
tickle him to wake him up. He
also has an 8 year old sister
named Ellie and a 6 year old
brother named Frankie. He
enjoys going to the pool with
his siblings.
When not playing video games, Sam enjoys watching
YouTube and reading anything by Rick Riordan.
Sam is very sensitive to community issues in Las Vegas,
such as the homeless situation. He feels that it is
everyone's responsibility to help others when they can. For
his project, Sam delivers sandwiches and water to the
homeless people he sees panhandling. He makes the
sandwiches himself and tries to package them with a
healthy snack of fruit or vegetables. Sam started this
project several years ago when the family had a lot of
turkey leftovers after Thanksgiving. He tries to deliver
sandwiches at least once a month and several times during
the holidays.
Sam's favorite movie would be Dead Pool (if his mother
would allow him to watch it, but not until he is 13) and his
favorite current band is Imagine Dragons. He likes the
Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers and collects
sport team signs and automobile vintage signs for his
bedroom walls.
Tot Shabbat
Friday, September 16th
6:15 PM to 6:45 PM
Bring your little ones, ages 1-5
for a lovely service just for kids (and their parents)!
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September 2016
From Your Men’s Club
From Your Sisterhood
Our first meeting on August
21st, was well attended and
productive. We received many
great suggestions and will
attempt to incorporate some
in the plans for this year. We
have changed the date of our
“Paid Up Membe rship
Luncheon”, as the month of
October is chock full of
holidays. On September 25th
at 12:00 p.m., in room “C”, in the Event Center we
will have lunch and a really fun program. It is most
important that you RSVP, as we must prepare lunch for
all attendees. We are looking forward to seeing many
of you.
Shalom chaverim! Hello my friends.
November 3rd through 6th is the “Women of Reform
Judaism’s Pacific District Convention” to be held here
in Las Vegas. We are excited that our city has been
chosen to host this event. Women from the Pacific
District, which encompasses the entire west coast, New
Mexico, Arizona and Nevada will be celebrating the
installation of the next regional president, attending
learning seminars and of course having fun in Las
Vegas. If you think you might be interested in
participating, please contact me. We are going to be
working with the women of Ner Tamid’s Sisterhood to
make this a very successful convention.
September: Our next breakfast will be on Sunday September 11th
at 10:00AM. We will welcome back our neighbor and friend,
Imam Aziz Eddebarh, as our guest. The Imam will speak to us
about American Muslims. Remember, reservations are a
MUST; please RSVP to me at [email protected].
Sisterhood is partnering with the Temple and Men’s
Club to compete at the JCC Barbeque on October
30th. This is a community wide activity which will be
held at Temple Beth Shalom. Volunteers will be
needed to decorate our booth and to distribute food
samples. Do you have a special brisket or beef rib
recipe? Please share! A committee will decide which to
prepare. This is a competition and the prizes are
significant.
Gift shop had a “Chanukah in August” sale last month,
which went well. This month we are putting all picture
frames on sale. We will also have a counter with
different special sale items each week. Come visit and
check out our constantly changing inventory.
B’shalom,
Marge Nordell
Well, September is upon us and that
means we are in the Hebrew month of
Elul, the lead-in to our High Holy Days.
We are told to use the month of Elul to
prepare for the solemnity of Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the joy of
Sukkot and Simchat Torah. We mark
each day of Elul with a blast, tekiah!,
from the shofar to remind us of the
upcoming days.
Men’s Club cannot give you a daily blast from the shofar, but we
can give you a weekly e-blast to help you prepare for our upcoming
events. Watch for our Men’s Club notices in your weekly on-line
announcements. Here is a preview for the next three months …
October: Our October breakfast is scheduled for Sunday October
9th Our 2nd Annual Sushi & Saki in the Sukkah Night. Saturday
October 22nd World class sushi, prepared by one of the Las Vegas
valley’s best sushi chefs.
November: A NEW and exciting event is set for Saturday
November 12th; Men’s Club will present an Israeli Kosher Wine
tasting evening. Wines from some of the best boutique wineries in
Israel can be sampled. Our November breakfast is set for Sunday
November 13th.
The editors of the Shofar have limited me to only 350 words for
my monthly column. (And I just used 16, now 25 of them!) I
wanted to highlight the remaining MC Directors; but I’ll have to
settle for spotlights!
Isaac Cohen, Renato Ritter, David Shapiro, and Brian Williams
round out the Men’s Club Board. They each bring experience,
leadership, and dedication to our work. They are prime examples
of turning potential energy into kinetic energy!
Join us for as many Men’s Club events as you can.
‫שלום עם‬
With peace
Les Gilbert
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A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
CORY BERNSTEIN ON SEPT. 1
MYRON AND PHYLLIS
--------------------------------------CONGRATS TO KAREN BYE AND
BRIAN MESSING ON THEIR
ENGAGEMENT
MYRON AND PHYLLIS BERNSTEIN
Please Welcome our New Members
Leah & Edmund Abrams
Richard & Rosalie Baker
Aaron & Maureen Blutman
Daniel & Teri Cohen and
Jacob, Abigail and Max Cohen
Derek & Julie Ebling and
Evan and Emily Ebling
Dennie Fidler
Shirley Fisher
Richard Fogel
Sandra Greene
Gilbert Hyatt
Barbara & Arnold Knepper
Sharon Leibowitz
Carol & David Paderski
Robyn & Andrew Paul
and Harley Paul
Florence Pollak
Linda & Ben Reiff
Nikki & Jay Segal
and Aaron Segal
Rozanne Sher
and Brandon Sher
Arlene & Marc Smith
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From Your
Temple Sinai Men’s Club
Join us for our
next breakfast on
Sunday September 11th at 10:00AM
As we welcome back
Iman Aziz Eddebarh
The Iman will speak to us about
American Muslims
Reservations are a must.
Please RSVP to Les Gilbert at
[email protected]
September 2016
Chavurah Invitation
Rabbi Cohen invites all Temple Sinai members to a Chavurah
Party on Sunday, September 11th, at 2:00 pm in the Event
Center. Coffee, tea, lemonade, pastries and delicious cookies
will be served.
Rabbi Cohen will offer an Introduction into the World of
Chavurah, community and friendship. All Temple members
will be able to sign up for an age or interest related Chavurah,
with a chance to meet and greet like-minded people.
Examples of some of the possible groups will be Baby
Boomers, The Greatest Generation, Singles Only, Parents of
Teens, Elementary Parents & Children, LGBT Bright Lights
Theatre Group and Celebrate Jewish Holidays Together. We
also welcome anyone who would like to start a Chavurah.
Rabbi Cohen will help recruit members.
Joining a Temple Sinai Chavurah leads to lasting friendships,
fun, Jewish learning and a larger role in our Temple
Community. So please join us. Chavurah offers a special way
to engage in our warm and welcoming Temple community.
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Donations
General Donations
Building Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Broselow IMO Stephen Broselow
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Broselow IMO Dorothy Broselow
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Broselow IHO Stan's Birthday
Ms. Renee Davidson IHO Lester Sherman as the New
President
Ms. Dolores Glick IMO Pauline Messinger
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Greenberg IMO Irvin Greenberg
Mr. Mark Greenberg IMO Stanley Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hoffman IMO Philip Sloan
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jenner IMO Matilda Jenner
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kaufman
Ms. Marge Nordell IMO Iris Zirinsky
Ms. Rickie Orzen IMO Ida Orzen
Mr. Carl Fuhr and Ms. Merle Roth IMO Yetta Fuhr
Mr. Jonathan Savar IMO Louis Savar
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Sher IMO Rachel Faktor
Mr. and Mrs. Les Sherman IHO Isaac Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Les Sherman IHO Gale Labovitz
Ms. Jan Shumow IMO Max Shumow
Ms. Jan Shumow IMO Solomon Shumow
Ms. Jan Shumow IHO Jan's Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Toban IMO Betty Toban
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Feigenson
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Heller
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Roter
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Mr. Mark Greenberg
Please note, that since March 1, 2016 you have
been receiving individual donation receipts
either via email or USPS mail for your taxable
donations. Please keep them as part of your
year end tax documents.
Endowment Fund
Ms. Myrna Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Drago
Mr. Ronald Israel
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kaufman
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lambert
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sample
Cantorial Soloist Fund
Mr. Mark Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stein IMO Miriam Stein
All donations received after the tenth of the month will be
included in next month's publication
High Holy Days are right around
the corner!
Send honey to your friends & family
(see page 15), list your dearly departed
in the Yizkor book; and publish your
holiday greetings here in the Shofar.
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Birthdays
Cory
Edith
Brendan
Michael
Amanda
Rachel
Stephen
Phyllis
Jacqueline
Wendy
Matthew
Sofia
Elyssa
Ellen
Ilana
Howard
Christopher
Melanie
Jean
Kayley
Gail
Michelle
David
Jacalynne
Owen
Gail
Robert
Lon
Robert
Jacob
Bruce
Rachel
Ethan
Shel
Noah
Zachary
Alyson
Eileen
Rashida
Irv
Evelyn
Paula
Sunni
Bernstein
Sweetwine
Rudnick
Tenby
Newman
Feigenson
Weiner
Feigenson
Kolner
Steinberg
Schwartz
Kelemen
Feinberg
Nardiello
Shapiro
Kramer
Meyer
Goldman
Arin
Israel
Dupre
Blank
Tarter
Kramer
Kline
Schlossberg
Leader
Jaffe
Modugno
Birdsong
Kesselman
Leader
Cohen
Kolner
Sirulnick
Kottler
Bettelman
Sherman
Katz
Weinberger
Goldstein
Gelman
Cinelli
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Rickie
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Heather
Nathaniel
Lou
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Dale
Marlee
Sha
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Lelia
Gay
Maggie
Mordecai
Edward
Esther
Joseph
Robyn
Samuel
Eileen
Barbara
Ginger
Jenni
Orrin
Benjamin
Robert
Nerbert
Sandra
Serena
Emma
Salz
Smith
Stenzel
Bembenek
Horowitz
Calandrino
Smith
Ritter
Schlossberg
Israel
Heller
Schwartz
Carver
Orzen
Glazerman
Postler
Scott
Tarter
Greenspon
Galsky
Rogow
Heilman
Lewy
Friedlander
Kegan
Sanders
Labovitz
Jenner
Blum
Allan
Roth
Allan
Atlas
Klein
Lanier
Steinberg
Shearer
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Anniversaries
Roberta & David
Kate & Nachum
Denise & Ron
Rosalie & Richard
Veronica & William
Lelia & Frank
Jill & Lee
Nancy & Richard
Elaine & Peter
Erin & Alan
Michelle & Isaac
Sandra & Donald
Varda & Ilan
Marlene & Stanford
Tina Yan & Jay
Limor & Tal
Ellen & Martin
Sofia & Leonid
Suzanne & Martin
Cheryl & Edward
Jackie & Edward
Karen & Spencer
Shani & Evan
Sonya & Kenny
Cohen
Golodner
Lynn
Baker
Vinocur
Friedlander
Goldberg
Jacobs
Lipman
Dickler
Cohen
Marcus
Reizes
Heller
Kenyon
Minuskin
Gerst
Kupis
Myers
Goldenberg
Braverman
Parness
Schwartz
Horowitz
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9/3
9/22
Harry
Ida
Sidney
Nathan
Eva
Ruth
Robert
Max
Rachel
Bertha
Oscar
Ana
Andrew
Sydney
Hermanne
Joseph
Irene
Lawrence
Sophie
Marvin
Nancy
Isadore
Sol
Marion
Edythe
Maurice
Jack
Ida
Isaac
Kranen
Lebowich
Levin
Levy
Lieberman
Littmann
Lyons
Mindell
Modugno
Myers
Orzen
Recthman
Rudd
Rudd
Schere
Schian
Schian
Scully
Seeman
Silver
Springberg
Steiner
Stenzel
Van Ments
Vinocur
Vosen
Weiner
Weiner
Yogel
9/3
9/11
9/4
9/12
9/20
9/15
9/13
9/7
9/11
9/18
9/14
9/9
9/27
9/27
9/15
9/7
9/23
9/22
9/27
9/10
9/11
9/6
9/28
9/8
9/11
9/21
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9/24
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Temple Sinai High Holy Days 2016/5777
Service
Day/Date
Time
Childcare
S’lichot Program
Saturday, September 24
5:00 PM
N/A
Erev Rosh Hashana
Sunday, October 2
7:30 PM
6:45 PM – 9:30 PM
Erev Rosh Hashana – Teen Service
Sunday, October 2
7:30 PM
N/A
Rosh Hashana Morning
Monday, October 3
10:00 AM
9:30 AM –1:00 PM
Rosh Hashana - Children’s Service
Monday, October 3
2:00 PM
N/A
Rosh Hashana – Tashlich
Monday, October 3
3:45 PM
Desert Shores
Rosh Hashana – 2nd Day
Tuesday, October 4
10:00 AM
9:30 AM –12:30PM
Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre
Tuesday, October 11
7:30 PM
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre – Teen Service
Tuesday, October 11
7:30 PM
N/A
Yom Kippur – Morning
Wednesday, October 12
10:00 AM
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Yom Kippur – Study Session
Wednesday, October 12
1:00 PM
N/A
Yom Kippur – Children’s Service
Wednesday, October 12
2:00 PM
N/A
Yom Kippur – Afternoon
Wednesday, October 12
3:30 PM
3:15 PM to end of service
Yom Kippur – Yizkor
Wednesday, October 12
4:45 PM
3:15 PM to end of service
Yom Kippur – Neilah
Wednesday, October 12
5:45 PM
3:15 PM to end of service
Erev Sukkot
Sunday, October 16
6:00 PM
N/A
Sukkot – Morning
Monday, October 17
10:00 AM
N/A
Erev Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 23
6:00 PM
N/A
Simchat Torah
Monday, October 24
10:00 AM
N/A
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Advertising and Sponsorship
An easy way to help support your Temple is
by utilizing our advertising and sponsorship
programs.
Shabbat Flyer Sponsorship - For just $18
your personal messages are displayed in the
flyer. Sponsor in honor of your anniversary
or birthday. This may be coordinated with
Oneg Shabbat sponsorships or Bema Flower
sponsorships.
To place your ad contact Shel Kolner at
702-228-4744 or 702-334-8914 or
[email protected].
What’s ahead in our Torah?
September 2-3 Re’eh “See, I place before you a
blessing and a curse.” The blessings on Mt. Gezerim
and the curses on Mt. Ebal.
September 9-10 Shoftim Moses instructs the people to appoint judges in every city. “Justice, justice,
shall you pursue.”
September 16-17 Ki Tetzei Moses reviews a wide
variety of laws, including those regarding sexual relationships, interaction with non-Israelites, loans, fair
wages, and more.
September 23-24 Ki Tavo The Israelites are in-
structed to express their gratitude to G-d for their
bountiful harvests and freedom from slavery by tithing ten percent of their crops for the Levite, the
stranger, the orphan, and the widow.
Presented by the
Temple Sinai Ritual Committee.
Join us every Saturday morning for text study
and Shabbat worship at 9:00AM
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Personal Tribute Cards
Have you seen the personal tribute cards? If not, they are
available in our Sisterhood Gift Shop. Please stop and
take a look. These cards match our standard tribute cards
but are used to send personal notes. They allow you to
convey your personal sentiments to family and friends
while still indicating to them that a donation was made in
their honor to the Temple Sinai General Fund. The cards
are available in 7-packs for $36.00. They are also available
by calling Dorothy Cohen (702-228-7040) or Phyllis
Feigenson (973-525-7799). Talk to the ladies or stop in at
the Gift Shop. You will be happy you did.
From your Ritual Committee
The Ritual Committee is your liaison to our clergy –
Rabbi Malcolm Cohen and Soloist Heather Klein.
If you have thoughts and feelings about Ritual matters here at Temple Sinai – both positive and negative – and you don’t feel comfortable speaking directly to Rabbi or Heather, the Ritual
Committee is the place where you will be heard.
But if you do want to register a thought, you must
‘own’ your thought. That is, you cannot make an
anonymous comment or complaint. We will respect
your confidentiality, if you so choose, but we will
need a way to get back you.
Talk to any member of the Ritual Committee,
our names are listed below. OR you can contact
Les Gilbert, the Committee Chair, via e-mail at
[email protected]
Ritual Committee members:
Stephanie Helms
Shel Kolner
Howard X Kramer
Gale Labovitz
Ivan Lambert
Marge Nordell
Rona Schwartz
Amy Stein
Lindsay Watt
Thank you.
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Lifelong Learning At Temple Sinai
Temple Sinai is a warm and welcoming Reform Jewish community engaged in lifelong learning, social justice, and soulful worship.
Lifelong Learning (Torah) – Wherever you find yourself, we want to help you get to the next stage of your Jewish journey.
We offer formal and informal opportunities for learners to find genuine meaning and answers to keenly felt moral questions and personal issues within the Jewish tradition.
You will notice that we have a wonderful range of events from stand-alone events to three-session mini-courses to a two-year in- depth
study. For this congregation, the social experience of learning is extremely important alongside the content of our study. We hope that
you will deepen your connections to our heritage and each other as you move to the next stage of your journey.
L’shalom/To Peace
Rabbi Malcolm Cohen
Conversion Class
Contact Rabbi Cohen at [email protected] or (702) 254-5110 if you are considering converting to Judaism.
Sisterhood & Men’s Club
Both of these groups work within the synagogue to provide fascinating speakers and educational events.
Senior Committee
This committee will connect you with learning opportunities around the valley. Look for their events through
our communications.
Religious School and Youth Group
Our Religious school offers formal and informal learning opportunities for young people from pre-kindergarten
age through High School. For more information, please contact the Temple office.
Tuition
$575 K - 2nd Grade
$720 3rd - 7th Grade
$460 8th - 12th Grade
Discount for Each Additional Child (after the first) $50.
Saturday Morning Torah Study Sessions
Torah Study at 9:00am in the Small Shull, Shabbat Morning Worship 10:00am - 11:30 am in the Small
Shul.
Shabbat Morning services enhanced by a stimulating Torah study session held during the service. All are welcome. No RSVP required.
Social Media
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @templesinailv
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