CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL “A Family of Families” November 2013 Friday, November 1 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm *Brian Honigbaum will lead services Saturday, November 2 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am *Gary Blum will lead services Friday, November 8 Shabbat Service @ 6:00 pm *Brian Honigbaum will lead services *note early service time Saturday, November 9 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am *Gary Blum will lead services Friday, November 15 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Saturday, November 16 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am Friday, November 22 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Daya Butler’s Bat Mitzvah Saturday, November 23 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am Wednesday, November 27 Thanksgiving Eve Service 7:30 pm @ Good Shepherd Friday, November 29 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm *Third Night of Hanukkah Saturday, November 30 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES >>> Torah Study Saturdays @ 11:00am Please come and join us DAYA RACHEL BUTLER BAT MITZVAH Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. Daya Rachel Butler will lead Friday night services and recite her Haftorah on November 22. Daya is the daughter of Mara Schechter Butler and Richard Butler and the brother of Ryan Jarrett Butler. She is the granddaughter of Larry Schechter of Merrick, New York and the late Rita Mostel, and Ed and Sandy Butler of Hope, Idaho. Daya is a 7th grader in the International Baccalaureate program at Baker Middle School where she is an honor roll student. She is a member of a number of academic and athletic groups, including the Speech & Debate team. She has won various awards in math, science, social studies and piano. She also loves to sing, act and dance. When Daya is not at dance class, she is playing volleyball or hanging out with friends. Please join us as we celebrate this simcha with an Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening.
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CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
“A Family of Families”
November 2013
Friday, November 1 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm *Brian Honigbaum will lead services
Saturday, November 2 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am *Gary Blum will lead services
Friday, November 8 Shabbat Service @ 6:00 pm *Brian Honigbaum will lead services *note early service time
Saturday, November 9 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am *Gary Blum will lead services
Friday, November 15 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 16 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am
Friday, November 22 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Daya Butler’s Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, November 23 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am
Wednesday, November 27 Thanksgiving Eve Service 7:30 pm @ Good Shepherd
Friday, November 29 Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm *Third Night of Hanukkah
Saturday, November 30 Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am
CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES >>>
Torah Study Saturdays @ 11:00am
Please come and join us
DAYA RACHEL BUTLER BAT MITZVAH
Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Daya Rachel Butler will lead Friday night services and recite her Haftorah on November 22. Daya is the daughter of Mara Schechter Butler and Richard Butler and the brother of Ryan Jarrett Butler. She is the granddaughter of Larry Schechter of Merrick, New York and the late Rita Mostel, and Ed and Sandy Butler of Hope, Idaho. Daya is a 7th grader in the International Baccalaureate program at Baker Middle School where she is an honor roll student. She is a member of a number of academic and athletic groups, including the Speech & Debate team. She has won various awards in math, science, social studies and piano. She also loves to sing, act and dance. When Daya is not at dance class, she is playing volleyball or hanging out with friends. Please join us as we celebrate this simcha with an Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening.
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November is the month of our CBI Sisterhood Food Fest. I am using my space this month to brag on my fellow sisters. I may be a little biased, but this group does amazing things with a small core group of volunteers. As a past Sisterhood president and a past Food Fest Chair, I know exactly what they are all going through at this moment. Heavy duty cooking of mass quantities of kugel, matzo ball soup, cabbage rolls and rugelach have already taken place. Raffle prizes have been gathered and tickets mailed out to congregants, enabling all members to participate in the event. Many meetings and numerous hours of planning have happened up to this point. We have people chairing silent auction that are busy gathering prizes, others working on equipment, set up, signage and public relations. Others are gathering and planning the popular vintage shop. Co- chairs are meeting, baking, and organizing the sweet shop. Honestly, everyone in our congregation is needed to pull off this Jewish Food Fest. And everyone is needed to help in more than one area. Encourage friends to attend the event, provide silent auction items, bake sweets for the ever popular sweet shop, and look through your closets for special accessories that would be perfect for the vintage shop. However, one of the most important things you can do is attend the event on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Be ambassadors for our congregation. This is a wonderful opportunity to shine, to show others that we are a welcoming group, eager to share our home and heritage with our neighbors. There is still cooking and preparations to do. Call and volunteer your services, and start encouraging your neighbors to join in the fun on November 16 and 17. Looking forward to seeing all of you there!
Suzy Hilliard President
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
SPECIAL SERVICE FOR MIKE TRIMYER ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 6:00 PM
Everyone at CBI knows Mike Trimyer, the security officer who greets us when we come to the synagogue, helps elderly people in and out of cars, moves walls and protects us. Most of us also know that Mike is not Jewish, although his family and most of the CCPD have always thought he was. Rabbi Roseman and Mike have been studying Judaism for many months. He has also been learning Hebrew from Ray Falk. He has finally decided to make official what so many people assumed about him. He and Rabbi Roseman invite all Mike’s friends and admirers to join us in the Sanctuary at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 13 for Mike’s conversion service. After the service, you will have a brief opportunity to greet him and express the joy that all of us feel at this very important event.
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Rabbi Roseman has been chosen to be a member of a fact-finding mission from Central Conference of American Rabbis to visit with the leadership of the Jewish community of Germany. He and Phyllis will leave on November 1 and return on the 10th. En route to Berlin, they will stop in Geneva to have a reunion with people he was in school with when the Rosemans lived there, beginning in 1949. There are now approximately 125,000 Jews living in Germany. Most of them are recent arrivals from Eastern Europe and Israel, and the integration of these newcomers into the community is a challenging process. How the established communal leadership is coping with this problem will be high on the mission’s agenda. Rabbi Roseman will certainly report what he learned to the congregation after his return. In his absence, Brian Honigbaum will lead the Friday Shabbat services and Gary Blum will handle the Saturday morning services. Thanks in advance to both of these dedicated members of CBI.
Rabbi Roseman on Mission to German-Jewish Community
Dear Friends: You may not realize that I am now six months away from retirement. May 2014 will see me turning 75 years of age, a milestone I never imagined passing, especially since both my parents died in their early sixties. The impending arrival of this transitional point has caused me to reflect on my life and my career, but I don’t want to become maudlin and soupy. An interview with Graham Nash that I heard on Sirius XM Radio in my car the other day did, however, cause me to think back to music that I enjoyed decades ago. You may remember Nash from the folk-rock group, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. There’s a song that I recall with considerable fondness. It’s called “Teach Your Children,” and you can access it on YouTube. The line that I particularly find appealing says:
“Teach your children well…and feed them on your dreams.”
All of us are intent on teaching our children (and grandchildren) well. We spend time with them; we read to them; we help them with their homework; we offer them extra-curricular experiences to enrich their lives. Our children and grandchildren are indeed fortunate and blessed to have us as conscientious guides and mentors as they grow into adulthood. And yet, what about dreams? I wonder how many of us feed the next generations on our dreams. I’m not talking about dreams of what they might become. All youngsters know intuitively what their parents and grandparents want for them. If you ask the young people, they will, of course,
say that their elders want them to be happy and healthy and secure, but they also know that we want them to be a particular kind of professional (lawyer, doctor, chief). Maybe they also realize that we also want them to become the kind of person who will give back to society, who will help change the world for the better, who has a conscience and a soul and who will be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. They know this already. I wonder how many of us have shared the dreams we have about ourselves. This requires a couple of challenging
steps. First, you have to identify your own dreams. What did you want your life to become, especially when you were younger? Did you try to make your dream into a reality, or did life’s compromises shelve your dreams in favor of more pragmatic goals? If you followed your dreams, did you succeed, in part or fully, or did you fall short of achievement? What were your dreams and how did they work out? I think it is valuable and important to talk with the next generation(s) about your own dreams. The
nourishment they receive when you tell them about your own aspirations, about the real world you confronted and how that affected your fondest hopes, can encourage them to dream for themselves. It can also develop a much stronger relationship with you as a real person, not as an idealized image, as someone with hopes and dreams, someone who has had successes and failures, but also as someone who has persevered. So feed your children on your dreams. It’s time to share your dreams with them. That is the way that you can teach them well. Sincerely yours, Kenneth D. Roseman, Rabbi
RABBI’S MESSAGE
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I can't tell you how heartwarming it is to see the wonderful turnouts for our Family Shabbat Dinners! Life gets so hectic sometimes and it just feels good to halt, pray together, and then relax and catch up with our CBI friends over a yummy meal. The kids play so nicely together and entertain themselves allowing for a couple of hours of “grown up” time! Please remember there will be NO Family Shabbat Dinner for the month of November due to the Food Fest activities (November 16th and 17th). Our Family Dinners will resume in December, where we will have a belated Hanukah celebration with latkes for everyone! Until we break bread together again, Leslie Green Programming Director Cell: (804) 334-5662 Email: [email protected]
Family Corner
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Jewish Food Fest
Sat. Nov. 16: 5pm-9pm Sun. Nov. 17: 10am—-1pm
send back your check and raffle ticket stubs at your earliest convenience! Your support is very much appreciated.
Please help us fill our shelves with your donated delicious HOMEMADE BAKED GOODS. We need cakes, pies, candy, and cookies of all flavors, shapes and sizes. Whatever you have the time to bake is
always greatly appreciated, but please bake!
Special Instructions: items need to be homemade . Rugelach, Challah, and Strudel are some of the most requested items. securely tape to the container of your baked items an index card with your name and ingredients
used. (The recipe is not necessary...only the ingredient list) do not make anything with peanuts, peanut butter, or peanut oil. Many in our community are highly
allergic to any form of peanut. drop off your baked goods Thursday, Nov. 14th or Friday, Nov. 15th
Please call Amy Krams or Susan Martin and let them know they can count on you to help bake and / or work in the sweet shop. If you have any questions please contact us. Amy Krams : [email protected] 855-6230 / 946-9454 or Susan Martin : [email protected] 387-0551 / 215-4599
SWEET SHOP BAKED GOODS:
Like us on Facebook: JewishFoodFestival
www.facebook.com/JewishFoodFestival
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Everyone has heard of ALAN DERSHOWITZ, but what do you know about Dershowitz the man? On Monday, November 4 at 7:00 PM in the Racusin Chapel, you’ll have a chance to meet Alan Dershowitz up-close and personal as he talks about his career with Jeffrey Toubin, author, news analyst and Director of the Fordham University Forum on Law, Culture and Society. Dershowitz has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil rights lawyer” and one its “most distinguished defenders of individual rights.” He is also well-known as a vigorous defender of the State of Israel in the court of public opinion. Among his storied clients have been O.J. Simpson, Bill Clinton, Julian Assange, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson and many more prominent people. His narration of his life from Brooklyn to Harvard should enthrall us all. Then, on Tuesday, November 26 at 7:00 PM in the Racusin Chapel, we shall listen to Karen Armstrong and Thomas Cahill as they discuss the meaning of Compassion in both ancient and modern times. Armstrong is the author of The Case for God and Cahill (who has sold 65 million books) wrote The Gifts of the Jews. You are cordially invited to join in this inquiry into an essential question about what makes the world a livable place and what happens when compassion’s opposite is allowed to reign. Everyone, members and guests, are cordially invited to attend both of these programs. There is no admission charge.
92Y LIVE BROADCASTS CONTINUE
On Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30 P.M., members of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and Congregation Beth Israel will gather for their 79th annual joint Thanksgiving service. The first service was held at Good Shepherd under the leadership of Father William Munds and Rabbi Sidney Wolf in 1934, and the tradition has continued uninterrupted since that year. In 1936, this practice was considered so unusual in American religious circles that TIME Magazine carried a special article describing how Jews and Christians could honor a national holiday together especially in the light of the growing anti-Jewish oppression in Nazi Germany at that time. This year’s service will also be held at Good Shepherd, 700 Upper South Broadway. Clergy from both congregations will participate. It will be marked by a particularly historic event, the coincidence of the first night of the Jewish Hanukkah festival with the eve of Thanksgiving. Hanukkah has not fallen so early in relation to the secular calendar as it does in 2013 since 1888 and is certainly not going to do so again in the lifetime of anyone now alive. The lighting of the nine-branched Hanukkiyah (ritual candelabrum) will be shared by young people representing both congregations as a symbol of our mutual respect and friendship. While the origins of Thanksgiving are often associated with the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower in 1621, the first Thanksgiving Day was actually proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 as the Civil War raged across North America. Hanukkah, however, recalls a conflict dated between 168-165 B.C.E. when Seleucid Syrians converted the Temple of God in Jerusalem to a place of idol worship. Fighting under the leadership of the Maccabees, Jews regained possession of the holy site, rededicated it to the service of God and asserted the right of every people to worship God according to their own beliefs. Hanukkah represents, then, the first recorded conflict in human history to assure freedom of religion.
79TH ANNUAL JOINT THANKSGIVING SERVICE
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There we have not only the latest books with descriptions but also the subject of the next Saturday Torah Study, other Adult Education events and other items of Jewish items of interest. It's also a great way to request new books for the library and discuss them. If you have a Facebook account, you can JOIN the group and you will be automatically notified when new items are posted.
New in the library:
RAV HISDA'S DAUGHTER, Book I: Apprentice: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery
“Anton, the author of the acclaimed “Rashi’s Daughters” trilogy, has penned her best book to date. Using her extensive knowledge of the Talmud and other historical Jewish writings, she immersed herself in the tractates to uncover a marvelous heroine for this historical novel… Complex discussions of Jewish law and tradition as well as detailed description of the culture and customs of the times enhance truly wonderful storytelling. VERDICT This absorbing novel should be on everyone’s historical fiction reading list." —L i b r a r y J o u r n a l ( s t a r r e d r e v i e w )
“Rav Hisda’s Daughter provides a wealth of historical detail about Jewish life in Babylon and Israel in the 3rd century CE. It depicts the daily life and coming of age of a prominent rabbi’s daughter rather than propelling its reader through a traditional arc of action with a crisis and resolution. Its interest lies in its portrayal of the sorcery, incantations, and women’s customs in this exotic, faraway period of time and place, sometimes against the backdrop of war.” —Historical Novel Society
New: If you have a Facebook account, keep up with all activities in our library. New book arrivals, discussions and book requests.
The library now has a new Facebook page: just go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/336268806517761/
“Congregation Beth Israel Library” and join the group it's open to everyone. It's that simple.
David Jacobs,
Adult Education chair
P.S. Don’t forget the LIKE www.facebook.com/BethIsraelCC
ADULT EDUCATION
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October has come and gone in a flash! Congratulations to Mia Honigbaum, Haley Hausman-Pels, and Greyson and Austin Gordon on their Consecration.
We have been quite busy in Sunday School. During our visit with ISJL Fellow, Missy Goldstein, the kids had the opportunity to put on a “Project Runway Torah” skit about Simchat Torah and had the opportunity to work with Missy on several fun projects.
The children are currently working on learning prayers in order to lead a student-led service which will be held on November 8th at 6:00 . Be sure to attend so that your child can participate in the service and you can witness their progress.
Also, please plan to attend the Family Shabbat services once a month so that your child(ren) can begin to learn the order of the service and the melody of the prayers. It’s also a great opportunity for our children to establish great friendships with their classmates.
Mark your calendars; there will be no Religious School on November 24th and December 1st in observance of Thanksgiving. Camp Young Judea has rescheduled their camp presentation for Sunday, December 8th, so if you are interested in learning more about CYJ, please join us at 11:00 in the main sanctuary.
And lastly, the Greene Family Camp Retreat is November 8-10, as well as the Family Retreat on February 28-March. Registration for both retreats is online. The Camp Retreat information and registration can be found at www.greene.urjcamps.org/campretreat. Family Retreat is located at www.greene.urjcamps.org/familyretreat. Summer camp registration and information is also on their website – www.greene.urjcamps.org/register.
Corpus Christi Community Religious School Jana Zager, Director
Religious Education
Classes
Hebrew School
9:15am - 10:15am
Sunday School
10:30am - 12:30pm
November 3, 10, 17
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PERPETUAL YAHRZEITS Sabbath of November 1st *Harry Applebaum *Eli Berman *Edward Birnberg Joe Bornstein *Irving Chafetz Ben A. Eisenberg Marie H. Finkel *Louis Benjamin Finkelstein Carl Gogel Aron Golden *Ida Goldreyer *Janet Asher Goldstein *Ethel Wolf Goodman *Louis Goodman *Hattie Hirsch Gunst *Joe Hausman *Louis Krasner *Israel Kraut *Mortimer Lasky Berney Rothschild Leon Rubin *Irvin Samuels Isidoro Schcolnik *Marvin Sheiness *Howard Smith *Bette Eisenberg Solovey Rabbi Hyman Weissman
Sabbath of November 8th *Milton Eidelberg Gil Elzweig *Sam Falk *Dora Fenig *Sarah Goodman Benjamin Greenberg Dorothy Kaiser
*Melvyn Hugh Krinsky Jack Marks *Isadore Mayerson *Gertrude Pearlman Harold Poplinger *Sidney Posner *Ruth Dreyfuss Weil
Sabbath of November 15th *Hattie Cohn Abrams *David Blair *Martha Cohn *I. Eddie Ettelman Bluma Gilman *Dave L. Greenberg Abe Kaufman *Beckie Kohn *Emanuel Morris *Max Orshanski Jacob Peck *Albert B. Prashner *Richard Rocklin *Arthur M. Roscoe Philip Seldin *Barry Waldman *Martha Wilson *Yehuda Zebaida
Sabbath of November 22nd *Maurice Cohn *Flora Daum Hector DePena *Paul Gold *Harry Goltzman *Jack Henry Goodman *Henry Roth Hausman
Benjamin Heller Emil Horner *Sam Isenberg Randy King Evelyn Levinson *Isaac Liedeker *Ted Mason *Miriam Sheer Nelson *Lillian Racusin *Lucille Berman Simon *Morris Stein *Harry Trodlier *Audrey Sharon Zane
Sabbath of November 29th Esther Applebaum Howard Balkin *Jacob Bein *Joseph Bein *Dora Berman *Annette Davis *Philip Engle Hans Eyck Ida Mann Falk *Israel Ferszt *Leo Irving Goltzman *Ella Deutsch Hausman Idell Itkin *Aranka Kane *Martin Kridel *Erna Lachs *Louis Racusin Juan Rodriguez, Sr. *Milton Silverman *Anna Veenik
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The Congregation thanks you for the following contributions
Yahrzeit Donations
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Samuel Isaac Sheinberg Ruth & Joe Sheinberg
George Solka
Roslyn Garin Ray Falk
Bruce Falk
Blanche Sheiness Herschel Sheiness
Nettie Golden Evelyn Greenberg
Arnold Kolpack Jeri Kolpack
Pearl Lieberman Ann & David Engel
Sylvan Wolfson Gloria Wolfson
Adler Camp Scholarship Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Miriam Seldin Susan & William Anderson
Audrey Zane Sisterhood Memorial Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Sophie Rockin Cheryl Zane
Cemetery Endowment Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Louis B. Leshin Pearlie & Julius Leshin
Yetta & Marvin Leshin
Irene & Saul Grossman Flower Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Miriam Seldin Annette & Mel Klein
High Holy Day Appeal
Donation----------------------------------------------------- From
Joe Loon
Iris & Andy Lehrman
Mitzvah Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Miriam Seldin Coleene McCracken
Robin & Bill Adams
Pam & Richard Leshin
Dottie Heffler Chip & Barb Schwamb
Rabbi Weissman Memorial Fund
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Abraham Weissman Phyllis Weissman
Mary Weissman
Train Family Children's Scholarship
In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Miriam Seldin Levens Family
Raymond Zager
Don’t forget . You can remember a friend or relative with a minimum contribution of $5.00 to one of our many funds. These funds support camp scholarships, education, cemeteries, fine arts, library, & building improvements, to name a few. An acknowledgement card will be sent to the honored person or family. Please make checks payable to CBI and specify the fund. Call the CBI office with any questions.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1
Shabbat Service 7:30 pm *led by Brian Honigbaum * early service
2 Shabbat Service 9:00 am *led by Gary Blum
Torah Study 11:00 am
3
Hebrew School 9:15am-10:15am
Sunday School 10:30am-12:30 pm
4 92Y Live @7pm
5 6 7 8
Shabbat Service 6:00 pm *Brian Honigbaum will lead services *early service
9
Shabbat Service 9:00 am *led by Gary Blum
Torah Study 11:00 am
10 Hebrew School 9:15am-10:15am Sunday School 10:30am-12:30 pm
11 12 13
14 15 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
16 Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
17 Hebrew School 9:15am-10:15am Sunday School 10:30am-12:30 pm
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19 20 21 22 Daya Butler’s Bat Mitzvah Shabbat Service 7:30pm
23
Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
24 No Sunday School Thanksgiving Break
25
26
92Y Live @7pm
27 Joint Thanksgiving Service 7:30pm @ COGS Hanukkah 1st Candle
28 Office Closed Hanukkah 2nd Candle
29 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm Office Open till 12pm Hanukkah 3rd Candle
30 Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am Hanukkah 4th Candle
November 2013
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Lighting the Hanukkah Candles
Light the first Hanukkah candle on Saturday, December 8th. Here’s the simple rule for how to do it right. Place the first candle on the right side of the Hanukkiyah (a menorah, but with nine branches, not seven). Use the shamash (servant candle) to light it. On the second night, add a candle to the left of the first one, but light the newest candle first, then move to the right and light the older one. With each successive night, add to the left, but light to the right. Got it? Good!
There are three blessings to be said on the first night of Hanukkah, then two on all subsequent nights.
Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-Olam, Asher Kidshanu B’mitzvotav V’tzeevanu L’hadlik Ner Shel Hanukkah. We praise You, Adonai, our G-d, Ruler of the universe, who has made us holy through commandments and ordained that we kindle the Hanukkah lights. Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-Olam, She-ah-sah Neeseem Lavoteinu Bayah-meem Haheym Baz’man Hazeh. We praise You, Adonai, our G-d, Ruler of the universe, who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time in the year. And only on the first night, we say: Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-Olam, Shehecheyanu Vekeeyemanu Vehigeeyanu Laz’man Hazeh. We praise You, Adonai, Our G-d, Ruler of the universe, who has kept us in life and sustained us and permitted us to reach this joyous time. The Rabbi, Officers, Board and Members of Congregation Beth Israel join in wishing each other a very happy and joyous Hanukkah.
1st Candle Wednesday, November 27th 2nd Candle Thursday, November 28th 3rd Candle Friday, November 29th 4th Candle Saturday, November 30th
5th Candle Sunday, December 1st 6th Candle Monday, December 2nd 7th Candle Tuesday, December 3rd 8th Candle Wednesday, December 4th
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CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL 4402 SARATOGA CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413
Call Clara to set an appointment at 854-6798
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
L' Dor VaDor Judaica Shop invites you to shop for your Hannukkah needs.
We will be open: Nov ember 11 10am-12pm
November 13 10 am-12pm & 2pm-4pm November 15 10am-12pm
Many great values up to 40% off, just in time for the holidays.
