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HAYOM OCTOBER 2016 ELUL-TISHRI 5776-5777 ISSUE #10
9 LEE BLVD • SAVANNAH, GA 31405 • 912-352-4737 • WWW.AGUDATH-ACHIM.COM
In This Issue: Information from the President High Holiday Schedule Shalom School Info
Men’s Club Info Updating Aliyah Cards Sisterhood Mitzvah-Gram Yahrzeits
Contributions October Calendar October Birthdays
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Motti Locker
PRESIDENT
Victor Shernoff
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Elise Shernoff
RECORDING SECRETARY
Ed Bernard
TREASURER
Michael Bonder
IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Steven Roth
BOARD MEMBERS
Matthew Allan
Robyn Carroll
Adam Fins
Kenneth Hoffman
Fran Kaminsky
Marcy Konter
Nancy Isaacson
Rick Meier
Sherwin Robin
Scott Samuels
Barry Schlafstein
Linda Zoller
HONORARY MEMBER
David Hirsh
MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT
David Hirsh
CHEVRA KADISHA
David Reeves
ENDOWMENT
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Joel Goodman
RITUAL COMMITTEE
Steve Arkin
SHALOM SCHOOL
Eva Locker
Information from the President:
Dear fellow Congregants,
As the New Year 5777 arrives, so are many new things happening at
Congregation Agudath Achim. We are beginning to renovate and modernize
our office complex as this is written, we are offering more activities to entice
young families and their children, our Backpack Buddies program is
beginning its eighth year with tremendous support and potential for growth,
our lay-leadership services are beginning to catch on with our members, and
our Rabbi search committee will begin the search process again in the early
part of winter.
Our different adult education programs continue to draw
attendees, and Shalom School now has 67 children enrolled, about 25% are
from AA, and it has seen an upgrade in computer and audio-visual teaching
tools.
Just a reminder, our doors are always open to you so please come in and take
part.
Elise and I wish everyone a L'Shana Tovah and nothing but sweetness and
goodness to each of you for the new year.
See you in Shul
Victor Shernoff
President
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Congregation Agudath Achim
Join Us for the High Holidays
Sunday, October 2nd, Erev Rosh Hashanah
6:00 pm - Mincha/Maariv
6:49 pm - Candle Lighting
Monday, October 3rd, Rosh Hashanah
9:00 am - Services
10:30 am - K’Toni & Jr. Congregation
10:45 am - Shofar Blowing
11:15 am - Sermon
5:00 pm - Tashlich and Mincha (at the back of the Heard Elementary)
Tuesday, October 4th, Rosh Hashanah
9:00 am - Shacharit
10:30 am - K’Toni & Jr. Congregation
10:45 am - Shofar Blowing
11:15 am - Sermon
Tuesday, October 11th, Kol Nidre
6:38 pm - Candle Lighting
6:55 pm - Mincha
7:10 pm - Kol Nidre
Wednesday, October 12th, Yom Kippur Yizkor
9:00 am - Shacharit
10:45 am - K’Toni & Jr. Congregation
12:00 pm - Sermon/Yizkor
5:15 pm - Mincha
6:15 pm - Neilah
7:20 pm - Maariv
7:31 pm - Shofar/Havdalah and Fast ends
Sunday, October 16th, Erev Sukkot
6:00 pm - Mincha/Maariv
6:32 pm - Candle Lighting
Monday, October 17th, Sukkot Day 1
9:45 am - Sukkot Services followed by Kiddush Luncheon in Sukkah
6:00 pm - Mincha
7:26 pm - Candle Lighting
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Congregation Agudath Achim
Join Us for the High Holidays
Tuesday, October 18th, Sukkot Day 2
9:45 am - Sukkot Services
7:20 pm - Maariv at the House of Eva & Motti Locker
7:25 pm - Holiday Ends
Saturday, October 22nd, Chol HaMoed
9:45 am - Shacharit
7:15 pm - Maariv/Havdalah at the House of Eva & Motti Locker
Sunday, October 23rd, Erev Shemini Atzeret
6:00 p.m. Mincha/Maariv
6:25 p.m. Candle Lighting
Monday, October 24th, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor
9:45 am - Shacharit & Yizkor
6:00 pm - Simchat Torah Celebration
Tuesday, October 25th, Simchat Torah
9:45 am - Simchat Torah
7:18 pm - Holiday Ends
Orange Juice & Cookies for Break the Fast Thank You to Helene & Jack Streicher and Joan Pam for donating the cookies, and also to Nancy & Bobby Isaacson
for providing the Orange Juice.
Operation Isaiah This is my chosen fast…share your bread with the hungry, take the homeless into your home, clothed the naked when
you see him, do not turn away from the people in need (Isaiah 58:6-7).
Sunday, October 2nd begins the celebration of the Jewish Holidays. This was also the start of the annual food drive,
Operation Isaiah which ends on Friday, October 28th. We ask each congregant to bring a minimum of one pound of
food to the synagogue for distribution to the hungry through the Second Harvest Food Bank. With 100% participa-
tion, we would together, as an act of Tzedekah, give no less than 600lbs of food to feed those less fortunate. Drop
off barrels will be located in Congregation Agudath Achim, along with 4 other locations
(The JEA, Congregation Mickve Israel, Congregation B’nai Birth Jacob and Rambam Day School).
The flowers in the planter boxes on the Bimah for Rosh Hashanah were donated by
Sheryl and Stavie Kreh, Sidney & Marissa Karp & Arnold & Chrissie Karp
in loving memory of their parents, Annette & Melvin Karp, Esther & Max Kreh, Eric Nathan Karp,
Clara & Abe Harris, Fannie Harris, Herschel & Barbara Harris, Julius & Jay Kaminsky,
Abe & Annie Karp, Hilda Weinstein, and Rabbi Jerry Potack.
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A magic moment in children’s eyes.
Not a holiday in itself but Tashlich is a ritual that is a big favorite with little ones: how not! We go on
a field trip and we come back after we got rid of the equivalent of a year full of sins. This
tradition appears around the 15 century and was originally intended to be held by a body of water
containing fishes. One of the symbols behind the ritual was for us to be judge by the eye of god the
same way a fisherman judges the fish he just caught: to be released or to die. Several centuries later,
we have pushed the symbolism a step further: we casting our sins away, usually in the form of
breadcrumb that we throw in the river or the sea, with the hope of being granted a fresh start.
For young children, the symbolic act of throwing away our sins brings that message home in a
dramatic yet very concrete manner: to think about all the things they have done wrong that past year,
get more or less a breadcrumb for each item on that mental list and throw those crumbs away during
Tashlich. to come out with a blank slate and all this, while feeding the fish. (Parents, be ready to
answer the typical “What happen to the fish who are eating all those sins?”). This is of course of a
very simplified version of what Tashlich is meant to be but it is a wonderful opportunity to demon-
strate forgiveness to younger ones. Families with small children will enjoy reading together the
related story “New Year at the Pier” by April Alperin.
As we celebrating Rosh Hashanah, we, at Shalom School have spent the summer working on making
our new academic year even better. We learned on how to teach in a project base learning
methodology meaning, our lessons are now more interactive and always centered around one bigger
project matching the grade and the curriculum. That also means that we will be incorporated art and
technology in a more blended manner. Many of our classroom have been equipped with big screen
TVs with computer like capability that will open many new possibilities: we can access the online
components of our curriculum, we can show our students short videos or do team research on any
given topic, but also we can play various games while reviewing and testing the students’ knowledge
in a really fun atmosphere.
We may not feed the fish at Shalom School but we are definitely aiming to make Jewish education at
least as exciting!
Wishing you Shanah Tovah Umetukah, a sweet and happy new year!
Eva Locker, Principal.
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MEN’S CLUB
We have a program planned for
Sunday, December 11, 2016.
A trip to Jacksonville to see the Jacksonville
Jaguars play the Minnesota Vikings. The cost
is $55 per person for the football tickets only.
All are Welcome! Please advise by email ASAP
to David Hirsh: [email protected] or
AA: [email protected], if you are interested.
We will check on group transportation when
we have an idea of attendance.
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Updating Aliyah Cards
We are in the process of updating the Aliyah Cards that we use when calling you to the
Bima.
We need the following listing for you:
Please provide us with your name so we can update or correct the listing. We are listing
the names in transliterated English.
Traditionally, names were listed with the father’s name:
Avram ben (son of) David or Sarah bat (daughter of) Mordechai.
It is also proper to list the name with both parents, such as:
Avram ben David v’(and) Leah or Sarah Bat Mordechai v’ Esther.
Finally, if your father was a Cohen or a Levi, you add this to the end of your name, such
as:
Avram ben David haCohen v’ Leah or Sarah Bat Mordechai haLevi v’ Esther.
My name is:________________________________________________________
If you have any questions about your name, call Motti at 912-352-4737 or email him at
When you have finished, please mail, drop-off, or email this form.
Congregation Agudath Achim, 9 Lee Blvd, Savannah, GA 31405
Email: [email protected]
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OCTOBER 01/28 ELUL
SARAH CRANMAN
RAY FINK
REBECCA GALIN
ELLA MILLER
OCTOBER 02/29 ELUL GERSON FREED
OCTOBER 03/1 TISHREI CHARLOTTE TENENBAUM
OCTOBER 04/2 TISHREI
JANICE FIEGLEMAN
SAM HIRSCH
PHYLLIS SHOOB
OCTOBER 05/3 TISHREI
BETTYE COHEN
BAILEE KRONOWITZ
OCTOBER 06/4 TISHREI
BILL KOVENSKY
DAVID ODREZIN
OCTOBER 07/5 TISHREI
HERSCHEL ISAACSON
OCTOBER 08/6 TISHREI
DOROTHY HANDSHU
LINDA WEXLER
OCTOBER 09/7 TISHREI
ALFRED APPEL
DOROTHY GOLDKRAND
FRANNIE KOVENSKY
OCTOBER 10/8 TISHREI
ABRAHAM EICHLER
SARA NATHAN
SAMUEL REICH
OCTOBER 11/9 TISHREI
YOSEF KNAFO
ROSE MILGRAM
JODI WOLFF
OCTOBER 12/10 TISHREI
REBA ABRAMS
SAMUEL BIRNBAUM
MORRIS KAMINE
GIOVANNA MAGLIONE
ISIDOR MELAVER
OCTOBER 13/11 TISHREI
THERESE KRONOWITZ
OCTOBER 14/12 TISHREI
BENJAMIN ABRAMS
SOL MILLER
OCTOBER 15/13 TISHREI
RUTH KREIGER
OCTOBER 17/15 TISHREI
HERBERT BUCHSBAUM
LISA COOPER
LAWRENCE LASKY
OCTOBER 18/16 TISHREI
BARBARA RUBIN
MAX SCHWARTZ
OCTOBER 20/18 TISHREI
ABRAHAM GOODMAN
JULIUS SCHWACK
ROSALIE SHERNOFF
OCTOBER 21/19 TISHREI
ABE HARKAVY
OCTOBER 22/20 TISHREI
TILLIE SELIGMAN
MARK ULLMAN
OCTOBER 23/21 TISHREI
DOROTHY BROWN
HARRIET JOLLES
OCTOBER 24/22 TISHREI
ABE KARESH
EVA SADLER
RACHMILL SCHLAFSTEIN
OCTOBER 25/23 TISHREI
GUSTAVE KREH
OCTOBER 27/25 TISHREI
RABBI HIRSH GEFFEN
DANIEL LOCKER
OCTOBER 29/27 TISHREI
MAX HELFAND
ABE KOVENSKY
BERNARD SACKS
OCTOBER 30/28 TISHREI
HAROLD BROWNMAN
NATHAN COHEN
WALTER WELTMAN
OCTOBER 31/29 TISHREI
LOUIS BOBER
AARON BRADLEY
SELMA BRILL
HARVEY SHATZ
JULIUS WEITZ
Yahrzeits October 2016 5776-5777
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Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel Travel
Endowment Fund
In Memory Of
Morris Cohen & Henry Miller
Edward & Becky Cohen
The New Mahzorim
In Memory Of
Harold Faust
Sheila Weiss
Larry Lasky Memorial Fund for
Conservative Judaism
In Memory Of
Harold Faust
Rene Lehrberger
Building Fund
In Honor Of
Motti Locker
Carol Offenbach
Siddur Sim Shalom
In Honor Of
Ted & Adele Geffen’s Grandchildren
Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff
Sisterhood Mitzvah Committee
In Memory Of
Rose Rudikoff
Lynn & Richard Berkowitz
Eric Nathan Karp Fund
Mazel Tov on New Grandson
Adele & Ted Geffen
Sidney Karp
Backpack Buddies
In Memory Of
Janice Fiegleman
Arlene & Phillip Wizwer
Happy Birthday
Vivian Slotin
Harriet Ullman
Lewis Danish Tzedakah
In Memory Of
Louis Hollander, Rose Milgram,
Reba Abrams & Benjamin Abrams
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Ernie & Mary Weitz Friedman Fund
for the Study of Conservative Judaism
In Memory Of
Pauline O. Kirschner
Fay Kirschner
Happy Birthday
Mary Friedman
Don & Kaye Kole
Dayle & Aaron Levy
Roz & Buddy Portman
Harriet Ullman
Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz
Kiddush Fund
In Honor Of
Stacy & Jeffrey Lasky’s son’s Wedding
Elise & Victor Shernoff
In Honor of
The Birth of your New Granddaughter
Lynn & David Reeves
Elise & Victor Shernoff
In Honor of
The Birth of your New Grandchildren
Adele & Ted Geffen
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Speedy Recovery Of
Staci Robbins
Harriet Ullman
General Fund
In Memory Of
Mary Helfand
Yetta Tureck
Irving Cooper
Joseph & Linda Cooper
Lillian Chodash
Judy Shatz
Sam Garvis
Cary Shoob
Arthur Krieger & Ruth Krieger
Joan Pam
Bella Vogel
Theodore Geffen
Julius Jacobson
Helen Rosengart
Helena Bilek
Bill Bilek
Samuel Scheer
Sidney & Marissa Karp
Harold Faust
Jan & Norman Epstein
Gale & David Hirsh
Ed Wexler
Joan Pam
Mazel Tov on Daryl & Mindy’s
Wedding
Stacy & Jeffrey Lasky and
Marc & Kelly Gordon
Ed Wexler
Harriet Ullman
Congratulations on your Wedding
Daryl & Mindy Lasky
Ed Wexler
Happy 85th Birthday
Riette Pollack
Harriet Ullman
Happy Wedding Anniversary
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Mary Friedman
Joan Pam
Speedy Recovery Of
Bob Rich
Gale & David Hirsh
Barbara Abrams
Joan Pam
Julian Toporek
Herbert Rephan
Heather Shernoff
Linda & Michael Zoller
Linda & Kenneth Hoffman
Contributions
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Shabbat Services
followed by
Kiddush
Luncheons
1
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:40 p.m. Maariv 7:45 p.m. Havdalah
2
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:49 p.m. Candle Lighting
Erev Rosh Hashanah
3
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Office Closed
Rosh Hashanah
4
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Office Closed
Rosh Hashanah
5
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
7
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:43 p.m. Candle Lighting
8
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:30 p.m. Maariv 7:35 p.m. Havdalah
9
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
10
7:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
11
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:38 p.m. Candle
Lighting
6:55 p.m. Mincha/Maariv
7:10 p.m. Kol Nidre
Kol Nidre
12
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
*SEE HIGH
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE* 7:31 p.m. Shofar/
Havdalah & Fast Ends
Yom Kippur/Yizkor
13
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
14
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:35 p.m. Candle Lighting
15
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:20 p.m. Maariv 7:25 p.m. Havdalah
16
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:32 p.m. Candle Lighting
Erev Sukkot
17
9:45 a.m. Sukkot services followed by
Kiddush Luncheon in
Sukkah 6:00 p.m. Mincha
7:26 p.m. Candle
Lighting
Sukkot Day 1
18
9:45 a.m. Sukkot services
7:20 p.m. Maariv at
the house of the Locker’s
7:25 p.m. Holiday
Ends
Sukkot Day 2
19
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
20
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
21
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:27 p.m. Candle Lighting
22
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:15 p.m. Maariv 7:20 p.m. Havdalah
Chol HaMoed
23
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:25 p.m. Candle Lighting
Erev Shemini Atzeret
24
9:45 a.m. Shacharit &
Yizkor
6:00 p.m. Simchat
Torah Celebration
Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor
25
9:45 a.m. Simchat
Torah
7:18 p.m. Holiday
Ends
Simchat Torah
26
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
27
7:30 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
28
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:20 p.m. Candle Lighting
29
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:10 p.m. Maariv 7:15 p.m. Havdalah
30
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
31
7:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at
Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am.
Operation Isaiah Starts
Office Closed Office Closed
Office Closed Office Closed
**SEE HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR
SERVICES AND TIMES**
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Yom Huledet Same’ach!
We Extend Happy
Birthday Wishes
to the Following Members
MESSAGE FROM THE
MINYAN CAPTAINS
If you are planning to come to
Shul for Kaddish, please
contact the minyan captain a
few days in advance.
Monday (7:00am) -
Kenneth Sadler
Tuesday (7:30am) -
Lynn Reeves
Wednesday (8:00am) -
Ron Ginsberg
Thursday (7:30am) -
Michael Konter
Friday (7:00am) -
Bobby Isaacson
Sunday (9:00am) -
David Hirsh
Chrissie Karp
Suzanne Konter
Stephen Sacks
Steven Arkin
Marc Frischer
Sarah Kovensky
Murray Galin
Sidney Karp
Martin Melaver
Stephen Friedman
Samantha Udinsky
Carol Offenbach
Faye Kirschner
Murray Silver
Nina Luskey
Jordan Cranman
Erica Kreh
Gay Udinsky
Joseph Kinsey
Howard Cohen
Jay Rosenberg
Alex Bykat
Barbara Abrams
Ira Berman
Marla Geffen
Allison Samuels
Paul Feldman
David Hirsh
Motti Locker
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT VICTOR SHERNOFF
FINANICAL SECRETARY ELISE SHERNOFF
TREASURER MICHAEL BONDER
RECORDING SECRETARY ED BERNARD
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOTTI LOCKER
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR LAURA EVANS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. JULIANA BLAND
