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BHBIRochester.org Published Monthly Vol. 46/No 1 Tishrei-Cheshvan 5772 October 2011 Editor: Stan Schaffer |
Congregation Beth Hamedresh – Beth Israel B U L L E T I N |
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October
President’s Message Friends, As I write this message
to you, the High Holy Days are about to commence. We began our penitential season with Selichot Service on
Saturday, September 25, jointly with Temple Beth Am at Beth Am. A nice crowed turned out to watch the
Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep movie, Defending
Your Life, a comic yet thoughtful movie about what lies in store after
death. While not an overtly
“Jewish” movie, it did have several clear points of contact with Jewish
tradition. The premise of the
movie is that when one dies, one’s life is judged. If one is found to have made insufficient progress in
overcoming ones fears, then one gets set back to earth to live another life
in a new reincarnation; only when one has advanced sufficiently in their life
on earth does one get forwarded to the next stage of the universe. While many of you may not be aware of
it, this parallels the Jewish mystical notion of gilgul. This
kabbalistic notion holds that one’s soul may be reincarnated through many
different lifetimes as it purifies and perfects itself. Only when a soul has succeeded to
carry out its unique mission does it advance to the next stage of Olam
Ha’Ba. For those of you less
mystically inclined, there was another clear point of Jewish contact. While waiting in “Judgment City” for
their fate to be decided, the recently departed get to enjoy many benefits
and pleasures, in particular, the food is always delicious and one gets to
eat as much as one wants with no adverse effects! Thanks to Leon Metlay and
Aaron Marsh for arranging and leading the Selichot service. The following Sunday
was our pre-holiday set up and clean up, when we changed the sanctuary
furnishing for the High Holy Days, put up our new lawn sign to advertise the
times of our services, and did some yard work to trim the hedges, pluck the
weeds, and hack back the ivy.
Thanks to Paula Bobb, Ira Cohen, Helen Gulack, Aline Honickman, Nina
Klionsky, Leon Metlay, Stan Schaffer and Esther Vogelstein who turned out to
help. A special thanks to Helen
for the very attractive new plantings by both our East Avenue sign and the
sign by our main entrance – please take a moment to admire them when
you come for holiday services. By the time this
message reaches you, Rosh Hashanah will be over, and Yom Kippur will be soon
approaching. In this time of
reflection I ask you to consider what your association with BHBI means to
you, and how you can make that association more satisfying. For myself, I find that the more I
contribute, the greater are the rewards I reap. If you have any concerns or suggestions to make your participation
in BHBI more rewarding, I am always available to listen. Please give generously to our High
Holiday Appeal. I wish you a hatimah
tovah, and a joyful new year, See you in shul, Steve Teitel |
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When you see them, please wish a welcome
to BHBI’s newest members:
Laura Colbert
Sue Baker
BHBI CALENDAR OF EVENTS – OCTOBER 2011
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Saturday |
Oct 1 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Shuvah Morning Service Torah: Haazinu |
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Sunday |
Oct 2 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Discussion |
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Friday |
Oct 7 |
6:15 PM |
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Service Light candles at 6:23 PM |
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Saturday |
Oct 8 |
9:00 AM 4:45 PM 5:45 PM |
Yom Kippur Morning Service Yom Kippur Mincha Service Yom Kippur Neilah Service. Yom Kippur ends at 7:21 PM. |
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Sunday |
Oct 9 |
9:00 AM |
Service and Discussion |
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Monday |
Oct 10 |
7:30 PM |
Monthly Meeting of the BHBI Board of Trustees |
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Wednesday |
Oct 12 |
8:00 PM |
Erev Sukkot First Day Service with Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David at BHBI Light candles at 6:14 PM |
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Thursday |
Oct 13 |
9:00 AM 8:00 PM |
Sukkot First Day Service with Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David at Beth David Erev Sukkot Second Day Service with Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David at Beth Am Light candles after 7:13 PM |
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Friday |
Oct 14 |
9:30 AM 6:15 PM |
Sukkot Second Day Service with Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David at Beth Am Harvest Dinner in the Sukkah at Temple Beth Am Followed by Shabbat Evening Service at 8:00 PM
Light
candles at 6:11 PM |
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Saturday |
Oct 15 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat and Intermediate Day Sukkot Morning Service |
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Sunday |
Oct 16 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion |
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Wednesday |
Oct 19 |
8:00 PM |
Erev Shmini Atzeret Service with Yizkor with Temple Beth Am at Beth Am Light candles at 6:03 PM |
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Thursday |
Oct 20 |
9:00 AM 7:00 PM |
Shmini Atzeret Morning Service with Yizkor with Temple Beth Am at BHBI Erev Simchat Torah Service with Temple Beth Am at BHBI Light candles after 7:02 PM |
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Friday |
Oct 21 |
9:00 AM 8:00 PM |
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David at BHBI Shabbat Evening Service
Light
candles at 6:00 PM |
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Saturday |
Oct 22 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Service Torah: Bereisheet. Blessing of the New Month |
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Sunday |
Oct 23 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion |
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Friday |
Oct 28 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Service Light candles at 5:49 PM |
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Saturday |
Oct 29 |
10:00AM |
Joint Shabbat Morning Service with Temple Beth Am at Beth Am Torah: Noah |
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Sunday |
Oct 30 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast and Discussion |
Do You Know Anyone Who is Unaffiliated and
Interested in Joining a Congregation?
Let them know about BHBI’s special free 3 month
trial membership (available to prospective first-time new members only)
which includes free High Holy Day tickets. Have them contact BHBI at 244-2060 or BHBI@frontiernet.net and we will be
happy to give them information about BHBI and this great offer!!
SMALL CONSERVATIVE SHUL COLLABORATIVE TORAH
STUDY
Because of Sukkot, there will be no meeting of the
Small Conservative Shul Collaborative Torah Study Group in October. The group will meet next on Wednesday,
November 9th at 7:30 p.m.
NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The Foundation for the Jewish Community of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester has a limited amount of funds available
for need-based scholarships. These scholarships are available to Jewish
students having a permanent Rochester address, who are studying Jewish content
for high school and college credit, and for Jewish teens who participate in an
accredited summer, semester, or year-long Israel experience program.
The
application deadline is October 24, 2011.
For more information or an application contact Jan Katz, Director,
Jewish Educational Services at jkatz@jewishrochester.org
or 461-0490.
GOODSEARCH.COM
Goodsearch.com
is an on-line internet search program that pays non-profit organizations like
BHBI a fee every time someone uses their search service. Go to www.goodsearch.com, enter the search term
that you want and put in BHBI on the line where it says Who Do You Goodsearch
For? BHBI will benefit from each
search you make!
AMAZON.COM
Why not contribute to BHBI while making on-line
purchases? 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 price. Buy gifts or something for yourself or your family and
support BHBI at the same time!!
BHBI WEB SITE
Have you checked out the
BHBI web site lately? If you
haven’t there is a lot that you’re missing. The web site at www.BHBIRochester.org
provides information about many aspects of our congregation, lists the BHBI
calendar, has electronic versions of this and previous bulletins going back
several years, has an extensive history of our congregation along with historic
photos, includes photos from several BHBI dinners, picnics and other special
events, and has the unique Adon Olam Songbook with information on over 100
melodies for Adon Olam.
HIGH HOLY DAY APPEAL
Contributions
to the High Holy Day Appeal will be acknowledged in the November Bulletin. If you haven’t had an opportunity to
send in your donation yet, there still is time to do so.
IN MEMORIUM
As many of you know, a long
time member of our congregation, Charles Levinson, recently passed away. Charles and Laura were in New Jersey
visiting their daughter when Charles became ill several months ago. After a period in the hospital, and
then in a nursing home, Charles passed away. Laura is now living in New Jersey with her daughter. For contact information, please call
the BHBI office.
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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Sept. 30-Oct. 1 |
Tishrei |
October 14-15 |
Tishrei |
October 21-22 |
Tishrei |
October 28-29 |
Cheshvan |
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Catherine Braz* Hyman A. Davis* Rose Lewis* Annie Schwartz* Fannie R. Spector* Averil Toker |
3 5 6 6 8 9 |
Harris I. Cenzer* Jean Traub* Marie L. Steinmetz* Robert Steinmetz* Leon Titof Stanley Toker* Daniel Horowitz *Denotes name memorialized
on BHBI Memorial Plaque |
18 18 19 19 20 20 23 |
Beverly Clark* David Israel Morris Album* Betty Katzen Sam Gold Bernard Israel Celia Israel |
24 24 25 25 29 30 30 |
Bessie Miller* Ida Phillips Sarah Rickler* Blanche Florescue Ross* Charles Schnidman* Harry Silverman* Rabbi Jordan Taxon Ida Menter* Al Solomon Clara Spencer |
1 2 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 |
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October 7-8 |
Tishrei |
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David Schaffer Milton Honickman Ida Strom Annie Kovel* Irving Solomon |
10 11 13 14 15 |
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.
MEMORIAL PLAQUES
You can memorialize a
friend or loved one by purchasing a BHBI memorial plaque. Our memorial plaques are very
reasonably priced. For more
information, contact Stan Schaffer at 473-8072 or stanschaffer@frontiernet.net
THANK
YOU TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS
FOR
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
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September 3 |
Aline and Harris Honickman in memory of Aline’s
mother, Tanya Yudelson |
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September 10 |
The Congregation |
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September 17 |
The Congregation |
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September 24 |
Hermann
Vogelstein in honor of his sister, Esther’s birthday |
AD
SPONSORS
We are always
looking for additional businesses that are interested in placing an ad in the
BHBI Bulletin. If you know of
someone whose business or company may be interested, contact Stan Schaffer at
473-8072 or by e-mail at stanschaffer@frontiernet.net
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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 |
TO OUR DONORS – THANK
YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
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We Send Our Best Wishes for a
Happy and Healthy New Year to the Congregation
Winston and Cathy Block
Paula Bobb and Family
Ira Cohen
Emily Fishman
Steve and Helen Gulack
The Honickman Family
Paul and Rose Israel
Nina Klionsky, Leon
Metlay and Hannah
The Mercer Family
Katie Metlay
The Paprocki Family
Harry Rogachefsky
The Schaffer Family
Herb Spencer
Elana Spezio
The Teitel Family
SUKKOT IS ALMOST HERE!
HELP SET UP THE BHBI SUKKAH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9TH AT
10:30 A.M.
EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
The
Lane Dworkin Jewish Book Festival
The festival will be held at the JCC from October 30th
to November 16th.
Several authors will be present to discuss their books including:
· October 26th
at 7:30 p.m. – Jessica Vance
Shuster will discuss her novel Rachis
Behavior which is based in the Australian wine county and
examines identity, courage, loss and a third generation’s responsibility for
their grandparents’ legacy.
· October 30th
at 7:30 p.m. - Cokie and Steve Roberts share the Passover traditions of a mixed
faith family when they discuss Our
Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families
· November 1st
at 7:30 p.m. - Leah Koenig, the monthly food columnist for The Forward offers over 160 delicious, simple, kosher recipes in
her cookbook The Hadassah Everyday Cookbook:
Daily Meals for the Contemporary Jewish Kitchen.
· November 2nd
at 7:30 p.m. - Myla Goldberg discusses her mystery novel, The False Friend. This is the first book in the Book Festival’s
Community Read. It may be purchased at the JCC Main Desk.
· November 3rd
at 7:30 p.m. - Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy discusses his book In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and
Shapes Our World.
· November 6th
at 7:30 p.m. - Kostya Kennedy, a senior editor at Sports Illustrated, discusses the peculiar nature of baseball
hitting streaks and his book 56: Joe
DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports. That presentation will be followed by NY Times
columnist, Robert Lipsyte who will discuss his book An Accidental Sportswriter.
· November 7th at 7:30 p.m. - Rabbi Simcha
Weinstein discusses the origins of the most famous comic superheroes and his
book Up, Up, and Oy Vey: How Jewish
History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero.
· November 16th at 7:30 p.m. - Adina
Hoffman and Peter Cole discuss the exploration and finds of the Cairo Geniza,
the treasure trove of Jewish texts and manuscripts and their acclaimed book, Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of
the Cairo Geniza.
OFFICE: The synagogue office is checked
regularly for mail and messages.
The synagogue 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. A standard sponsored kiddush at BHBI costs just $40 while a
larger enhanced kiddush is just $50.
BULLETIN CONTENT What do you enjoy reading in the
BHBI Bulletin? Is there something
that you would like added (or taken out)?
If so, please let Stan Schaffer know. We always appreciate feedback.
DID YOU MISPLACE YOUR BULLETIN? Don’t worry. BHBI Bulletins going back several years
can now be found on our web page: www.BHBIRochester.org
WANT TO GET YOUR BULLETIN
HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS?
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Congregation Beth Hamedresh-Beth
Israel
1369 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14610