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BHBIRochester.org Published Monthly Vol 42/No 7 Nissan/Iyar 5768 May 2008 Editor: Stan Schaffer |
Congregation
Beth Hamedresh – Beth Israel B U L L E T I N |
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May
President’s Message Friends, I hope you all had a
pleasant Pesach and that your digestive system is returning to normal! Several important
events will take place this May.
Our Annual Members Meeting will take place on Sunday, May 18, 7:00 pm
at BHBI. At this meeting we will approve our upcoming year's budget and vote
in our Congregational Officers and Trustees for a new term. It is also your opportunity to voice
any concerns or comments you may have about the state of our
Congregation. If you are unable to
attend, please send your proxy with another member. A member may hold up to two proxies, however only
attending members can could towards a quorum, so do please make every effort
to attend personally. Members
must be in good standing in order to vote. The prior week, on
Saturday May 10, we will have a Special Kiddush following morning services to
celebrate all members with a Birthday or Anniversary that has occurred during
the months of December through May.
So if you have had a special occasion during those months, or even if
not, please be sure to turn out!
The kiddush is sponsored by Janet Grable and a great time is
guaranteed! See your invitation
elsewhere in this bulletin. The following day, May
11, BHBI will participate in the Israel@60 Parade, in honor of the State of
Israel's 60th Anniversary. The
parade route will run along East Avenue, starting at Culver Road and ending
at the Federation Building, a total distance about one mile. The parade will start at 1:30 pm, and
we'd like as many BHBI members to participate as possible! BHBI will line up on Oliver Street,
near the corner with East Avenue, by 1:15 pm. So put on your bright yellow BHBI tee-shirt, show your
BHBI spirit, and come join the parade! (some BHBI tee-shirts may still be
available for a mere $18 donation to the shul – call the shul office
for details.) A street fair,
with kosher food court, will be held from noon until 5 pm on the grounds of
the Federation. Following the
parade, at 3 pm, there will be a free concert by the internationally renowned
Israeli world music group, The Idan Raichel Project. The concert will take place on a
special stage on East Avenue, between Alexander Street and Sibley Place. Further details are available on the
Federation's website. So please come
out for this very special event (and don't forget to bring Mom)! It is with very deep
sadness that I inform you of the passing of Simon Finkelman, a long time
member of the Congregation and of our Board. A truly sweet man with a warm and lively sense of humor,
Simon will be greatly missed by all who were blessed to know him. See you in shul,
Steve
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
Sunday, May 18th at 7:00 p.m.
ALL MEMBERS PLEASE ATTEND!
Members MUST in be in good standing in order to
vote. You may bring your dues up
to date at any time before the meeting – or at the meeting itself.
BHBI CALENDAR OF EVENTS – MAY 2008
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Friday |
May 2 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Service Light candles at 7:54 PM |
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Saturday |
May 3 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Blessing for the new month
Torah:
Kedoshim |
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Sunday |
May 4 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion |
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Friday |
May 9 |
8:00 PM |
Joint Shabbat Evening Service with Congregants from Temple Beth Am at Beth Am Light candles at 8:02 PM. |
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Saturday |
May 10 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Torah: Emor
Birthday and Anniversary Kiddush Following Services
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Sunday |
May 11 |
9:00 AM 1:30 PM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion Salute to Israel Parade at Israel@60 Celebration |
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Monday |
May 12 |
7:30 PM |
BHBI Board Meeting |
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Wednesday |
May 14 |
7:30 PM |
Small Shul Collaborative Joint Torah Study Session at BHBI |
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Friday |
May 16 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 8:10 PM |
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Saturday |
May 17 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services Torah: Behar |
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Sunday |
May 18 |
9:00 AM 7:00 PM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion Annual Meeting of the Congregation |
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Friday |
May 23 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 8:17 PM |
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Saturday |
May 24 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services Torah: Bechukotai
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Sunday |
May 25 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion |
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Friday |
May 30 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Service Light candles at 8:23 PM. |
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Saturday |
May 31 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Torah: Bamidbar Blessing for the new month
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A Message from Herb Spencer
Hello - this is Herb Spencer, the friendly person who is now
sending out the BHBI yahrzeit notices. I have just finished putting all
the data into a computerized system. When all the information was turned
over to me, it was
on handwritten index cards. Therefore I had to trust the data and in some
cases I had to decipher handwriting. I also used hebcal.com, the Jewish
calendar system, to do my checking. I have made a notation if your loved
one has a memorial plaque in shul and I have indicated which board and column it
is on. I have also determined yahrzeit dates several years ahead so, if I
get fired from this job, my successor can do this easily for several
years. If I have mis-spelled anyone's name, or if you think I have the
wrong date or have made another error, PLEASE let me know. Also if you no
longer wish to receive a reminder of your loved one’s yahrzeit, let me know and
I will remove it. If you expect to get a yahrzeit notice but have not
received it, the same thing applies. All I ask is that you keep in
touch. I can be reached at (585) 334-7493 or by e-mail at hspence1@rochester.rr.com.
THANK YOU TO OUR KIDDUSH
SPONSORS
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
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April 5 |
The
Congregation |
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April 12 |
The Congregation |
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April 19 |
The Congregation |
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April 26 |
The Congregation |
TO OUR DONORS -- THANK YOU FOR
YOUR GENEROSITY!
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GENERAL FUND
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TORAH STUDY
Join
friends from BHBI, Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David for an interesting
evening of Torah Study at BHBI at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14th. Come and enjoy interesting conversation
and make new friends while gaining new insights into Torah! All are welcome.
DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE
UNAFFILIATED?
Tell
them about BHBI and let them know that BHBI is Rochester’s friendliest
shul! Then invite them to attend
our services – they will be sure to get a wonderful welcome. We would also be happy to add them to
our bulletin distribution list.
MEMORIAL PLAQUES
Memorialize a friend or
loved one by purchasing a BHBI memorial plaque. For more information, contact Stan Schaffer at 473-8072 or
stanschaffer@frontiernet.net
AMAZON.COM
The
next time that you want to buy something from Amazon.com go to the BHBI web
page at www.BHBIRochester.org
and click on the Amazon.com link.
Each time you make a purchase after linking to Amazon.com from our web
page, BHBI gets a percentage of the purchase. Buy gifts or something for yourself or your family and
support BHBI at the same time!!
PLEASE VISIT OR CALL OUR
ELDERLY MEMBERS!
Many of our elderly
members are no longer able to come to shul and would love to hear from their
BHBI friends. Please call or visit
them. Among them is Maxine Gold
who has recently moved to the Jewish Home. If you have an opportunity to visit her there, please do so.
Take, on the tenth day of May,
A Shabbat rest from all of your chores,
As we celebrate six months o’ birthdays --
Perhaps, my friend, even yours!
Come to BHBI for the party,
Where, first, we’ll daven with nusach.
But, please, try not to be tardy
Or you’ll walk in in the middle of Musaf.
There’ll be plenty of fine party fare
Loaded high on every table
‘Cause if I didn’t over-prepare,
Well -- I just wouldn’t be Janet Grable!
This won’t be Seussical the Musical;
That’s been already produced.
This, to tell you the truthical,
Will be BHBI’s Seuss, the Keedoosh!
Come join us as we celebrate six months o’ birthdays and
anniversaries (December-May) on Shabbat morning, May 10th. (No other
invitations will be issued.) Hope to see you all there.
EVENTS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Yom
Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Commemoration on Thursday, May 1st
The annual Yom
Hashoah Holocaust remembrance service will be held in the JCC's auditorium
on Thursday, May 1 at 7pm. This year's theme is "Defying the Odds with
Extraordinary Courage: Survivor Legacies and Contributions."
Shalom Yoran, a Holocaust survivor and partisan, will be the featured speaker.
Rabbi Laurence Kotok will deliver the Rabbi's message and six survivors along
with first and second generation descendents of survivors will light the six
memorial candles. Hazzan Martin Leubitz will chant the appropriate prayers and
the Temple Sinai Sason Youth Choir will lead the Partisan Hymn as well
as the Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah. Rabbi Shaya
Kilimnick will recite the prayer for peace.
Yom
Hazikaron (Israel Memorial Day) Commemoration on Sunday morning, May 11th
The commemoration begins
at 10:30 AM with a program by
local religious schools and Hillel Community Day School at Temple Beth El.
Israel@60
on Sunday, May 11th
The
day kicks off with an Israeli street fair and kosher food court beginning at 12
noon (until 5 PM) on the grounds of the Jewish Community Federation,
441 East Avenue. At 1:30 PM, 50 local organizations, Mayor
Robert Duffy, County Executive Maggie Brooks and other dignitaries, countless
synagogues (including BHBI) and youth groups, floats, stilt walkers, brass
bands and more, will start marching from Culver Road toward Alexander Street.
And at 3 PM, the culminating event takes place when the Idan
Raichel Project, a world music group featuring the headliner and an 8-piece
band of Ethiopian/Israeli musicians, plays for free on a stage built specially
for the occasion on East Avenue between Alexander and Sibley Place.
YAHRZEITS
At the following Shabbat Services, we will read the
names of our late loved ones whose Yahrzeits will occur on that Shabbat or
during the following week.
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May 2 - 3 |
Nissan- Iyar |
May 9 - 10 |
Iyar |
May 16 -17 |
Iyar |
May 30 - 31 |
Iyar- Sivan |
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Ether L. Goldstein* Rose Lewis* Hyman Rothschild* Louis Goldberg* Al Goldman* |
28 28 29 1 3 |
Hyman Goldberg* Morton Lewis Albert Bernstein* Harry Gordon* Minnie Rothbard Samuel Sanow Harry Cominsky* * Denotes name memorialized
on BHBI Memorial Plaque |
6 6 7 7 9 10 11 |
Dr. Murray Cowen Chasa Tillie Yablin* Johanna Schild* Haskell Isaac Smith* Samuel Lederman* Samuel J. Weisenberg* Libbie Goldberg* |
12 12 13 15 16 16 18 |
Reuben Cohen Leopold Beechbinder* Charles Bertman* Isadore D. Goldberg* Harry T. Levinson* Abraham Goldman* Arnold Kauffman* Samuel Schwartz* Nathan Epstein* Bessie Klein* |
26 27 27 27 27 28 28 1 2 2 |
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May 23 - 24 |
Iyar |
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Samuel Gastel* Pauline Hobel Esther Leah Silverman* |
21 22 24 |
We pray that our mourners will be comforted among all
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and that the memory of the deceased continues
to be a blessing to all who knew them.
So far our TOPS
Gift Card fundraiser has been quite successful. Remember,
TOPS Gift Cards are now available through BHBI in $50
denominations.
To purchase TOPS
Gift Cards, contact Stan Schaffer
at 473-8072 or by e-mail at stanschaffer@frontiernet.net
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OFFICE: The shul office is checked regularly
for mail and messages. The shul
phone is 244-2060. For urgent
issues, call Steve Teitel at 473-5741 or Stan Schaffer at 473-8072. You can also e-mail us at
BHBI@frontiernet.net
WANT TO REMEMBER OR HONOR SOMEONE OR A SPECIAL
OCCASION?
Consider sponsoring a kiddush or making a donation to any one of our funds (General Operating, Kiddush, Library, Torah, Rabbi Aaron Solomon Scholarship, Our Youth, Special Events, or the Sam Malina Memorial Fund). Please indicate which fund you would like your donation to go to and we will send out an acknowledgement card as you indicate and print an announcement in this bulletin.
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14610