December 2014 Shofar - Temple Sholom of West Essex

TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
the
Inside this issue:
Vol LX
From the Rabbi
2
From the President
3
Religious School
4
Sisterhood/Brotherhood
4
Chanukah Candle Prayers
5
Chanukah Greetings
6
Legacy
6
Adult Ed
7
Congratulations
8
Anniversaries
8
Caring Connection
8
Upcoming Events
9-11
Calendar
SHOFAR
Number 4
December 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
at 2:00 p.m.
Dr Lynne B Harrison will sponsor
A Concert by Evan Mitchell, Pianist
here at Temple Sholom of West Essex
Free Admission ~ Refreshments will be served
R.S.V.P. to the Temple office
(themes) ~ In tune with the Festival of Lights….
12-13
Contributions
14
Special points of interest:
SAVE THE DATES
Dec 2 ~ Pasta Dinner
Dec 7 ~ Blood Drive
Tot Traditions
Dec 8 ~ Rosh Hodesh
Dec 10 ~ Pasta Dinner
Dec 12 ~ Meditation
Dec 14 ~ Trace your Jewish
Heritage
Dec 15 ~ Beer Tasting Event
Kislev/ Tevet 5775
Happy Chanukah
Light the first candle December 16, 2014
Prayers for candle lighting on page 5
WWW.SHOLOM.NET
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Rabbi’s Message
“What is Chanukah?”
Jews around the world, need our
dedication to them to ensure our
Silly question, right?
continued thriving as a people.
Not really.
Chanukah occurs in the dark
Thousands of years ago, the
months. How quintessentially Jewish it
rabbis of the Talmud asked that
is that we light lights in the midst of
question. To the Talmudic rabbis,
darkness. That is what we Jews do - we
Chanukah is about the miracle of the
do not despair. We celebrate life. We
oil that lasted for eight days when
value learning. We cherish our moral
there was only enough for one night.
core. We live.
For them, the Maccabees’ military
This Chanukah, there is much
victory was secondary to the spiritual
to be concerned about as Jews and
“victory” of the oil. God’s work vs.
there is much to celebrate: Israel, our
humanity’s work, if you will.
family and friends, the blessing of life
Of course, we need both. As
itself.
Jews, we relish living life with a spiritual
On the first night of Chanukah,
core and grounding. Otherwise, to use we say the Shehecheyanu blessing as
modern parlance, “it’s all about us.”
we thank God for the privilege of being
But we need ourselves too.
alive to celebrate this occasion. The
Without the Maccabees’ military
greatest Chanukah gift is the ability to
prowess, the Jews would have been
look at our lives and find something
unable to continue to live as Jews. The over which to recite Shehecheyanu. So
Talmud reminds us, “Do not rely on
this Chanukah, light the lights.
miracles.” Absent human action,
Celebrate. Rejoice. To life!
nothing gets done.
“What is Chanukah?”
Chanukah literally means
“dedication.” The Maccabees
rededicated the Temple, which the
Syrian-Greeks had turned into a pagan
shrine, to the service of God.
We do not, thankfully, have to
worry about Antiochus and the SyrianGreeks anymore, but the question of
“dedication” still matters. What does it
mean to us to be dedicated? To what
are we dedicated? How do we express
that? How are we dedicated to our
Jewishness and to the Jewish people?
Chanukah is the perfect time
to ask and discuss those questions with
our family and friends.
I write this on the very day of
the heinous terrorist attack in
Jerusalem that killed five innocent
people. We are still beset by enemies,
even as we rejoice in the miracle that is
the modern state of Israel. Israel, and
Rabbi Laurence W. Groffman
the
SHOFAR
Published Monthly By:
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
760 POMPTON AVENUE
CEDAR GROVE, NEW JERSEY 07009
Office (973) 239-1321
Fax (973) 239-7935
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sholom.net
Rabbi
Laurence W. Groffman
Cantor
Betsey Peters-Epstein
Rabbi Emeritus
Norman R. Patz
Educational Director
Rachel Sesser
Office Manager
Phyllis Maffucci
Executive Committee:
Presidents
Edward Gold
Richard Jarmel
Vice Presidents
Mark Friedlander
Harriet Plaxe
Larry Steinman
Recording Secretary
Brian Altschul
Treasurer
David Shapiro
Privacy Issues In the
Hospital
Note that current privacy laws
place restrictions on communication
between hospitals regarding patients;
be aware that congregations might
not be informed when a member is in
the hospital.
If you or a loved one is going into
the hospital and wish the Rabbi to
visit you, please call the office.
973-239-1321
Trustees
Steven Buchwalter
Arthur Kolodkin
Larry Plaxe
Robert Podvey
Arlene O’Connell
Stanley Scheiner
Stephen Siegel
Irma Solomon
Marlene Tuch
A Reform Congregation
affiliated with the
UNION FOR REFORM
JUDAISM
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President’s Message
The New Year is the time for new beginnings, new
hopes and new aspirations. We look at the year that
passed, reflect on the memories and look forward to the
year ahead and the delight it will bring. As the Gregorian
calendar New Year approaches at midnight on January 1,
2015, many of us look to evaluate our financial matters,
including ways to reduce our tax liability for the year. One
fantastic way of lessening this burden is through the use of
charitable donations. You can do this by paying your dues
in full through our new online bill paying system, by
increasing your High Holiday contribution or just by
making a donation to the temple. As you know, your dues
do not cover the entire operating expense of the temple
so every donation made allows us, your lay leaders, to
provide a more enriching experience at the temple for all
members.
Many of us end the year by filing away bills and
determining our expenses for the New Year. One issue
that has plagued many members in past years is the fact
that people on a monthly payment plan do not meet their
full obligation through the plan. If you are on a payment
plan, please make sure that your entire obligation is
fulfilled. Make sure your monthly payment includes all
temple-related items and not just your dues or you will be
left to pay religious school, b'nai mitzvah tutoring fees, the
High Holy Day donation and any other obligations not
covered separately by dues. If you have questions on this
matter, please contact the office.
60th Anniversary of Temple Sholom
Last year we announced the formation of our
Legacy Circle to honor members who have made a
commitment to include Temple Sholom in their estate
planning. This year, the Board of Trustees will work to
explain how each of us can help secure the temple’s future
in this way. Money bequeathed to Temple Sholom is put
into a Legacy Fund, which already contains the generous
bequests of members who are no longer with us. This
Fund will be invested to assure our Temple’s financial
well-being and to provide for creativity and innovation to
meet the needs of our community. We ask that you
review your own situation to see if providing for the
temple’s future fits in your plans. A small gift will go a
long way in securing the temple’s long-term financial
health.
An interesting piece of secular trivia: throughout
the year, visitors to Times Square in New York City write
their New Year's wishes on pieces of official Times Square
New Year's Eve confetti. At the end of the year, the wishes
are collected and added to the one ton of confetti that
showers the crowd gathered in Times Square to celebrate
the New Year.
As your co-presidents, we wish to partake in a
modified version of the tradition and use this article to
wish you and your family a Happy New Year.
Ed Gold and Richard Jarmel
Co-Presidents
April 24th—26th Weekend
Memory Poster
We are in the process of acquiring photos of past temple events
in order to compose a Memory Poster for the upcoming
60th Anniversary event.
The photos you submit will be recorded, sorted, and copied and
then returned to you unharmed and unchanged in any way.
Please send photos by any of the following methods;
[email protected]
office @sholom.net - att: Carl Solomon
drop photos off at Temple, att: Carl Solomon
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From the Religious School
What does Chanukah teach us
about courage?
This month several grades will learn
about Chanukah by considering
courage, which in Hebrew is Ometz
Layv , or strength of the heart. The
word itself implies that courage is less
about acts than about what we believe
in our hearts and who we are.
Using project-based learning, students
will explore how, like the Maccabees,
the shoes of others who have had to
face difficult challenges and choices. In
addition, they can look around their
world and see who are the modern
Maccabees. Ultimately, the challenge
to each student is to remember that
using inner strength for good is
choosing to act upon an age-old
Jewish value.
Rachel Sesser
their inner strength or Gevurah guides
their choices and actions. Students will
examine a variety of sources including
the Gevurot prayer about God’s
strength; the Al HaNissim prayer for
Chanukah; biblical narratives; and of
course, the story of the Maccabees. In
this way, the value of inner strength is
Join Us for a Family Chanukah
Service December 19, 2014
@ 6:30 p.m.
Chanukah Oneg to follow service
woven through a variety of Jewish
lenses. Students can put themselves in
Sisterhood News
Sisterhood has all your
Chanukah needs and wants
Brotherhood News
December Pasta Dinners:
Tuesday, December 2 @ 5:45p.m.
Wednesday, December 10 @ 6p.m.
Candles
Dreidels
Menorahs
Gelt
Call Marcy Siegel
973-857-2729
Or email her at
[email protected]
Our helpers Rebecca, Joseph & Sarah
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Guide to Lighting Chanukah Candles
The Chanukah candles should be lit at sunset or afterwards.
Using an extra candle called the Shamash, light one candle on the first night (starting at the extreme right side of the
chanukiah) and add a candle each night. By the eighth night, all eight candles are lit.
Each night, before lighting the candles, the first two blessings below are recited.
Baruch Atah Ado-nai Elo-heinu Melech Ha-olam
Asher Kid’shanu B’mitzvotav
V’tzivanu L’hadlik Ner Shel Chanukah
Blessed are You, Lord our God
King of the Universe
who sanctified us with his commandments
and commanded us to kindle the Chanukah light.
Baruch Atah Ado-nai Elo-heinu Melech Ha-olam
She-Asah Nisim La-avoteinu Bayamim
Ha-heim Ba-zman Hazeh
Blessed are You, Lord our God
King of the universe
who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors
in those days, at this season.
On the first night, the third blessing is added.
Baruch Atah Ado-nai Elo-heinu Melech Ha-olam
She-heche-yanu V'kiye-manu
Vehigi-yanu La-z'man Ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, Lord our God
King of the universe
who has kept us in life, sustained us
and enabled us to reach this season.
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Legacy Giving is for Everyone
A couple of months ago, I heard someone speak
about the many people who leave Legacy gifts to
synagogues. One in particular stayed with me. I’d like to
share it with you.
In one Florida community, a rabbi and a member of
his congregation’s Legacy team, met with a long-standing
member of the congregation to discuss the possibility of
including the synagogue in her estate plan. They
approached her not because she was a wealthy woman but
because she had been active in congregational life and
showed her commitment to the congregation by consistently
making a modest donation to the High Holy Day campaign.
When they met, the woman talked about the
pleasure her membership had given her over the years and
she spoke of how she regretted being unable to leave
something to the congregation. She had little besides the
condo in which she lived and that would go, of course, to her
three children.
The rabbi asked her to think about the condo as
more than a single entity to be passed on whole to her
children. Would they keep it or sell it? And if they sold it,
how would they divide the money? Could the proceeds of
the sale be divided among four recipients? She was
delighted to realize she could be a philanthropist simply by
willing part of the proceeds of the sale of her condo to the
synagogue. After consulting her children, who fully
supported her plan, she asked her attorney to make the
appropriate change to her will. She – and the children - took
great pride in being able to support the future of her
congregation in this way.
If you would like to discuss how you can leave a
Legacy gift to Temple Sholom, please contact me at
973-228-1575 or [email protected].
Marlene Tuch
Legacy Circle Chair
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Chanukah Greetings 2014
The Agins Family
Amy, Michael & Samantha Ascher
Sarah, Craig, Zoe & Jack Barrack
Susan & Harvey Bazaar
Mr. Bica Bercovici
Linda Beck Cane & Family
Sue & George Edelstein
Sandie, Doug,
Darilyn & Derek Fine
The Folkman Family
Marsha & Gerard Heyman
The Isquith Family
The Jones Family
The Kahn Family
Laurie Katzmann & Family
Judy & Morton Kalb & Family
The Kleinberg Family
Randy Laxer
Eileen Lurie
Helen J. Mintz
The Munjack Family
Maxine Myers
Joe & Sheila Nadler
Mary Nechemie and Family
JoAnn & Steve Pine
The Plaxe Family
Nancy Rubenstein
The Scheiner Family
Jane & Joe Selzer
Rhelda & Jay Sher
Irma & Carl Solomon
The Squires Family
Marlene & Gerry Tuch
Suzanne, Mark,
Noah & Jonah Weinberg
Minnette Zweben & Lewis Kula
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Adult Education
January: Save The Dates
Rosh Hodesh
Monday, December 8 , 2014
@ 6:30 p.m.
At the Clubhouse at Four Seasons
RSVP to Fani Weissman
[email protected]
Jennifer Levine is a mixed-media artist
who resides in Montclair. Her work has
recently been shown at the JCC and
the Gallery at Hillside Square. Her
works burst with color and energy.
Trace your Jewish Heritage
Sunday , December 14, 2014
@ 11:00 a.m.
At the Temple
Judy Salomon, vice President of the
Jewish Genealogy society of
North Jersey, will give a presentation
and workshop on discovering ancestral
roots. New autosomal DNA tests can
be used to search for genetic
connections along any branch of your
family tree. A great program for
families with teenagers.
“The Other Son”
Written and directed by Lorraine Levy
Sunday, January 25, 2015
@ 3:30 p.m. At the Temple
(snow date: February 9, 2015)
Rabbi Groffman will lead us in a
discussion of the film while we enjoy
soup and dessert (our treat) and the
sandwich you bring.
This suspenseful family drama, which
had a 2012 release in the U.S., will challenge some of your deeply held beliefs.
When two families discover that their
teenage sons might have another
identity, all the characters—and maybe
audience members, too—have to reexamine their lives and assumptions.
Set in Israel, the conflict is intensified
because it plays out against the backdrop of Israeli-Palestinian enmity.
French film with subtitles and some
spoken English. Suitable for mature
teenagers.
Money has been donated to the temple—keep shopping!!!
Don’t forget to use Amazon Smile when making your
Chanukah & holiday purchases.
Temple Sholom of West Essex is now registered with AmazonSmile. Shop Amazon and 0.5% of
the price goes to Temple Sholom.
What is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection
of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers
shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of the eligible
purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.
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Caring Connection
Congratulations and Best Wishes&
Volunteers Needed!
The Caring Connection helps temple members during
transitional times in their lives. Our committee volunteers
provide support after a happy or traumatic event. Your
involvement could be as easy as making a phone call, or
providing a meal or a ride to an appointment.
Need A Visit!
Our Caring Connection volunteers are available to make
house calls! Call the office, or Rabbi Groffman, to set up a
visit for yourself, or someone you know. (973-239-1321)
Give a ride…get a ride…
We need volunteers to drive people to and from doctor’s
appointments or programs. Please consider doing a
mitzvah. We can also help pick up prescriptions or do
grocery shopping. Call the office and let us know what you
need. (973-239-1321)
Ruth & Herb Dooskin on the marriage of their
daughter Nicole to Ben Wallace on
October 19, 2014.
May God bless bridegroom and bride with abiding happiness
Marlene & Gerry Tuch on the Bat Mitzvah of their
granddaughter Alexandra Tuch on
November 15, 2014.
Proud parents are Adrienne & Neil Tuch.
Yasher Koach to these children, parents and grandparents.
May you go from strength to strength.
Tributes
Thank you to everyone who thinks of us through a tribute.
Your generosity helps us fund programs, send meals to
those in need, and present other activities throughout the
year.
If you would like to become part of the committee, please
email me at [email protected].
Dori R Schwartz
Next Date:
December 9, 2014
We will guarantee secure shredding of your papers at a
minimal cost of $10/box. Call the temple office to arrange
a drop off prior to the above date.
WE ARE SAVING TREES!!!!!
Safe Shredding comes the second
Tuesday of the month.
December Anniversaries July,
Cathy & Dennis Klein
Jessica White & Scott Frank
Stephanie & Rich Berger
Elaine & Alan Chernin
Marcy & Stephen Siegel
Linda & Eric Fishman
Shari & Glenn Grey
Betsy & Scott Fishbone
Laurie & Howard Taylor
Janice & Harvey Goodman
Peggy & Howard Menaker
Rhelda & Jay Sher
Ruth & Herbert Dooskin
Marlene & Gerry Tuch
Karen & Clifford Goldman
Sheila & Art Kolodkin
Mara & Harris Podvey
Ruth & Arthur Fost
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WON’T YOU BE A BLOOD DONOR?
Temple Sholom of West Essex
will host
The Blood Mobile
On Sunday, December 7, 2014
from 9 a.m. — 12 noon
RSVP to the Temple Office
Join us for Bagels and Juice
“It has been said that when you pray you talk to God….
When you meditate you listen to God”
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Meditation experience not necessary – All welcome
Second Friday of the Month at 7:15 p.m. (sharp!)
Meditation leader Joan Fisch
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Meditation begins: Friday December 12, 2014
In the Children's’ Library
Reserve your spot,
email Joan Fisch: [email protected]
Calling All TSWE Men!
We Need You –
to taste craft beer!
Where: Temple Sholom of West Essex
When: Monday, December 15th at 7:30 p.m.
Paul Silverman, long time Temple member,
Jersey City real estate developer and
Chairman of New Jersey Beer Company
will lead a tasting of several of the
New Jersey Brewing Company beers.
Dinner will be provided.
Cost: Feel free to make a donation that night to help offset the costs
RSVP: Rabbi Groffman ([email protected])
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Chanukah Together with
&
Prudential Center
165 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
LIVE
6th & 7th Graders Are Inviting ALL TSWE Families & Friends
Please Join us in lighting the 2nd candle of Chanukah at the
NJ Devils game followed by a performance by the Maccabeats.
(All youth groups, families, members and friends of TSWE are invited.)
Wednesday, December 17th
5:00 pm*
Adults must accompany their children/group to this event. Game starts
7:00 pm sharp. We will meet in the main lobby by the large menorah for a group
photo and lighting of the second candle at about 6:00pm
(precise time for lighting of the menorah will be available closer to event date)
Please send payment in an envelope addressed
“NJ DEVILS—LIMOR” to the office by 12/3
Checks payable to:
“Temple Sholom of West Essex Youth Group”
Please include number of tickets and a phone number
for ticket delivery information.
Please indicate whether you are planning to travel
independently.
No refunds once tickets are purchased.
$38*
per Ticket
FREE NJ DEVILS T-SHIRT
(Collect at lobby with
each ticket)
A GREAT HANUKKAH
GIFT IDEA
*FREE bus transportation to
and from the event for the first
50 ticket holders. Space is
limited, so act fast.
First come, first serve.
(Additional groups may travel inde-
Bus leaves and returns
to TSWE. Estimated return is
10:00 pm.
pendently).
PLEASE RSVP by 12/3
(payment past RSVP date may result in seats being in a
different section from our group)
Limor Guttman, Youth Programs Director
At 973-901-5565 or [email protected]
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REGISTER
NOW!
Spin with us!
Join the battle with our team
The Temple Sholom Riders
Pedal hard or hardly pedal INDOORS for 1 hour
no experience or training required!
It’s our FOURTH year as a TSWE team and we continue to ride in honor of our fathers, sisters, teachers, nephews, babysitters, colleagues, neighbors, friends, and yes, fellow congregants who have been affected by cancer. We feel proud and hopeful knowing that
100% of every dollar will go to rare cancer research and clinical trials at Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center.
Rare cancers are 50% of all cancers that people are diagnosed with.
They include brain, pancreatic, cervical, sarcoma, stomach,
pediatric and countless others.
Registration is now open for the Cycle for Survival event at the Equinox in
Summit, New Jersey on
Saturday afternoon, February 7th, 2015
Contact with questions or interest:
Captain Richard Denby [email protected]
Emily Goldberg [email protected]
Go to www.cycleforsurvival.org to learn why this is one of the fastest growing fundraising events in the nation.
*Information to follow on the ever-growing Teen Ride in Summit
15 Kislev
22 Kislev
28
21
6 Tevet
HANUKKAH
29 Kislev
11:00 AM Adult Ed—
Genealogist
2:00 PM Concert
Evan Mitchell
14
9:00 AM Blood Drive
10:00 AM Tot Traditions
6th Grade Torah Program
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Sunday
16 Kislev
9 Kislev
23 Kislev
7 Tevet
HANUKKAH
30 Kislev
Office Closes @ 1:00pm
29
22
7:30 PM Beer Tasting
15
6:30 PM Rosh Hodesh
Clubhouse at Four Seasons
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1
Monday
10 Kislev
17 Kislev
24 Kislev
1 Tevet
18 Kislev
25 Kislev
2 Tevet
No Religious School
9 Tevet
No Religious School
31
No Religious School
HANUKKAH
No Adult Study
Office Closes @1:00 pm
24
9:30 AM Adult Study
5:00 PM YPD-NJ Devil’s
Chanukah
7:30 PM Confirmation
HANUKKAH
17
6:00 PM Pasta Dinner
6:30 PM TaSTY Mtg
7:30 PM 11th & 12th Grade
9:30 AM Adult Study
10
6:00 PM 5th Grade
Mitzvah Munch
6:15 PM 7th & 8th Grade
7:30 PM Confirmation
No Adult Study
Office Closes @ 1:00 pm
8 Tevet
11 Kislev
9:30 AM Adult Study
3
Wednesday
Office Closes @ 1:00pm
30
HANUKKAH
No Religious School
23
EREV HANUKKAH
16
7:30 PM Executive
Committee Meeting
Safe Shredding
9
5:45 PM Pasta Dinner
2
Tuesday
26 Kislev
19 Kislev
12 Kislev
CHRISTMAS
3 Tevet
HANUKKAH
Office Closed
25
18
11
4
Thursday
13 Kislev
20 Kislev
27 Kislev
4 Tevet
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Office Closed
26
6:30 Family Service &
Tot Shabbat
HANUKKAH
19
7:15 PM Meditation
8:00 Shabbat Service
12
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Birthday Shabbat
5
Friday
14 Kislev
21 Kislev
5 Tevet
VAYIGASH
No Torah Study
27
28 Kislev
MIKETZ
HANUKKAH
No Torah Study
20
9:00 AM Torah Study
13
VAYISHLACH
1:00PM YP-5th Grade Bowling
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bat Mitzvah
Elana Frank
6
Saturday
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
Kislev/Tevet 5775
December 2014
12
13 Tevet
20 Tevet
5 Shevat
25
10:00 AM 5th Grade
Torah Study
11:00 AM New Member
Get Together
3:30 PM Adult Ed Film—
”The Other Son”
27 Tevet
18
4th Grade Trip—Jewish
Museum
11
10:00 AM Tot Traditions
10:00 AM RS Mezuzah
Workshop
4
Sunday
26
Office Closed
19
12
5
6 Shevat
28 Tevet
21 Tevet
14 Tevet
Monday
15 Tevet
22 Tevet
27
20
16 Tevet
23 Tevet
1 Shevat
8 Shevat
9:30 AM Adult Study
28
6:15 PM 7th & 8th Grade
7:30 PM Confirmation
9:30 AM Adult Study
21
6:30 PM TaSTY Mtg
7:30 PM 11th & 12th Grade
9:30 AM Adult Study
14
4:00 PM Religious School
Resumes
6:15 PM 7th & 8th Grade
7:30 PM Confirmation
9:30 AM Adult Study
7
Wednesday
29
22
15
8
10 Tevet
9 Shevat
2 Shevat
24 Tevet
17 Tevet
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Office Closed
1
Thursday
More than a congregation, we’re a family!
7 Shevat
29 Tevet
7:30 PM Executive Board
Meeting
Safe Shredding
13
4:00 PM Religious School
resumes
6
Tuesday
11 Tevet
18 Tevet
25 Tevet
3 Shevat
10 Shevat
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Anniversary Shabbat
30
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
23
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
Healing Service
16
5:30 PM Tot Shabbat
7:15 PM Meditation
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
9
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Birthday Shabbat
Office Closed
2
Friday
12 Tevet
19 Tevet
26 Tevet
4 Shevat
11 Shevat
BESHALLACH
9:00 AM Torah Study
31
BO
9:00 AM Torah Study
24
VAYERA
9:00 AM Torah Study
17
SHEMOT
9:00 AM Torah Study
10
VAYECHI
9:00 AM Torah Study
3
Saturday
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
Tevet / Shevat 5775
January 2015
13
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Contributions to the funds of the congregation are always appropriate, welcome and
provide important revenue. Tzedakah is very much a part of Jewish tradition,
especially when it is given to mark celebrations, to offer best wishes for recovery
from illness (refuah sheleimah), offer condolences, and at yahrzeit time, to remember loved ones.These gifts are put to
constructive use to enhance the programs of our congregation.
Contributions
RABBI’S GOOD WORKS FUND
In Appreciation of:
Given By:
Rabbi Groffman……….……………………………………Lisa & Scott Grunther
Rabbi Groffman……………………………………….…The Nochimson Family
Rabbi Groffman………………………………….……….……..The Rysavy Family
In Memory of:
Given By:
Arlene & Bob O’Connell’s brother-in-law………….…Laurie Katzmann
RABBI EMERITUS FUND
In Honor of:
Given By:
Ruth & Herb Dooskin, daughter Nicole’s marriage to Ben….
……………………………………………………………..…………….Carol & Jeff Press
Rabbi Patz………………………………………...………….…………Hiram Haddad
CANTOR’S MUSIC FUND
In Appreciation of: _
Given By:
Cantor Epstein…………………………………...…………Lisa & Scott Grunther
Cantor Epstein………………………………….….……..The Nochimson Family
Cantor Epstein………………….………………………………..The Rysavy Family
Elaine Smith Cohen……………..…...……...…….…..Linda & Sidney Gilman
Paul Gilman……………………………...…...….…..…....Linda & Sidney Gilman
Helen Lava……………………………...…..…….…….…….….Karen & Larry Lava
Nathan Lava…………………………......……….…..……...….Karen & Larry Lava
George Teltser……………………...……………….…Dorothy & Robert Natko
Billie Schwartz………………………...………………………………....Neil Schwartz
Robert Hirsch………………………...……………...……….Vicky & Gary Squires
Bernard Weinberger……………………….………………..Mimi & Stuart Korn
……………………………………………..……………….Sue & Donald Weinberger
Lena Weiser…………………...…………..…Rosetta Jannatto & Alan Weiser
Doris Grover…………………………...…………………………………………Ruth Zitt
Hersch Zitt……………………………...…………………………………………Ruth Zitt
“Deeds of giving are the very
foundations of the world.”
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:2
ADULT ED FUND
In Honor of:
Given By:
Marlene & Gerry Tuch, Bat Mitzvah of their grand-daughter …
……………………………………………………….…………………Gail & Rick Isquith
FLYER CAMPERSHIP FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Augusta Flyer…………………...Helene Goodman & Victor Stein
JAY LEVINE SANCTUARY FUND
In Honor of:
Given By:
Sandra & Allen LeWinter’s November Anniversary…
…………………………………………………………….……………….Charlie Folkman
Roberta & Paul Shield’s November Anniversary……..
………………………………………………………….………………….Charlie Folkman
OPERATING FUND
In Appreciation of:
Given By:
Andrew Mitchell……………………………………Roberta & Stuart Mitchell
In Honor of:
Given by:
Ruth & Herb Dooskin, daughter Nicole’s marriage to Ben… .
…………………..……………………………………………Bobbie & Stan Scheiner
SR. YOUTH GROUP FUND
In Appreciation of
Given By:
TaSTY & Lead and Serve Groups –Apple Cake Delivery……
…………………………………………………………………Ronni & Sam Brummer
YAHRZEIT FUND
In Memory of
Given By:
Joseph Abramowitz…………………………………...Frieda & Jerry Abrams
Sydelle Keisler………………………………………...….Frieda & Jerry Abrams
Benjamin Bazaar……………………………………....Susan & Harvey Bazaar
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