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Saturday,January16

BarMitzvahofOrionShnayderShacharit ............................................................................ 9:00 a.m. Mishna L’Neshama (15 minutes after Kiddush) Insights on the Weekly Parsha ................................. 4:15 p.m. Mincha & Seudah Shlishit ........................................... 4:45 p.m. Havdalah ............................................................................ 6:07 p.m.

Sunday,January17Shacharit ............................................................................ 9:00 a.m. Bagels & Beit Medrash ................................................... 9:45 a.m. Shavua Tov Israel ............................................................ 1:00 p.m. Caffe Ivrit ............................................................................ 2:30 p.m.

Monday,January18

Of$iceClosedShacharit ............................................................................ 7:00 a.m.

Tuesday,January19Shacharit ............................................................................ 7:00 a.m.

Wednesday,January20Shacharit ............................................................................ 7:00 a.m.

ReservationsdueforFridayNightDinner

Thursday,January21Shacharit ............................................................................ 7:00 a.m. Women’s Class ................................................................... 9:30 a.m. Scholar’s Club for 6th Grade ..................................... 3:30 p.m. Avot U-Banim ................................................................... 7:00 p.m. Talmud Learning ............................................................. 8:00 p.m.

Friday,January22Shacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv & Kabbalat Shabbat ....................... 5:10 p.m. Candle Lighting ............................................................... 5:10 p.m.

FridayNight—ShabbatShirahDinnerSeepage5formoredetails

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

BaruchDayanHa-Emet We regret to inform you of the passing of

GoldaMandel

sister of Rabbi Maximo Shechet (Jeanne) The thoughts and prayers of the Beth Israel family

are with their families.

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View the Star Wars trilogy at Beth Israel! Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Popcorn, M&M’s & Pop will be provided!

Enjoy “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.

At the Majestic Theatre, 14304 W Maple Rd followed by a short learning session

Movie Details • Cost is $8.00 per person for any age. RSVP by calling the

synagogue office or by registering on the website. • There will be no concessions provided by Beth Israel at the

theatre but can be purchased individually.

…to Shirley & David Goodman for sponsoring

the Scholar-in-Residence weekend. Thank you

to all the volunteers that helped make the

weekend a great success.

...to David Kohll for sponsoring the Day of

Learning n memory of his brother Louis Kohll.

ToOrionShnayderon

celebratinghisBarMitzvah!

TheShnayderfamilyinvitesthe

congregationtojointhemfor

theKiddushlunchtocelebrate

Orion’sspecialday.

THE quintessential Shabbat food!

Rules • Only ONE (1) vote per person. • You will receive one ticket from a designated person that

will serve as your vote. • You will drop the ticket into a container by your favorite

cholent. Counting will be done on Monday morning by the synagogue

staff and the weekly winner will be announced via email.

Cholenta

January 2 Cholenta

Cholent With Tribbles Semi Finalist

1

February 6

Shylent

January 9 Shylent Beth Israel’s

Classic Cholent Cholent

Champion!

Cholent BK

January 23 Quarter Finalist 3

Classic Cholent Semi Finalist

2

February 13

Chubby In Your Tummy

January 30 Quarter Finalist 4

Contestant 8 - TBA

February 27th

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Register online for all Beth Israel events directly from the website. You

can also pay for events now via credit card or

bill your account directly. If you have any

questions or need help please contact the

synagogue of@ice. www.orthodoxomaha.

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Be a part of the action!

Super Bowl Dinner Sunday, February 7th

Snacks at 5:00 p.m. ~ Dinner at 5:30 p.m.

$8 adults, $4 children ages 4-12,

free for children 3 and under

Please register on the website, using Shabbos cards or calling the of@ice.

Upcoming Events

Wed, January 20, 10am, JCC Auditorium Intergenerational International Tu B’Shevat Seder

JCC Auditorium

Mons, February 8, 15, 22 7-8:30pm, JCC Social Hall Klutznick Learning Series - Looking at Pirkei Avot

Sat, February 6, 7:30pm, Beth El Synagouge Israeli Wine Tasting with Steve Kerbel

Joint program of Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue, the Center for Jewish Life and Temple Israel

Shabbat Shira—The Shabbat of Song Friday Night Dinner, January 22nd

Mincha 5:10 pm

followed by Kabbalat Shabbat

with the Beth Israel choir

Dinner will follow services at 6:15 pm

Following Dinner Rabbi Ari presentation titled:

MusicfortheSoul

Dinner includes: Soup, Schnitzel Breaded Chicken Strips, Roasted

Herbed Potatoes, Chopped Salad, Three-Bean Salad & Dessert

$12 adults, $6 children ages 4-12, free for children 3 and under

Please register by Wednesday, January 20th on the website, using Shabbos cards or calling the synagogue of@ice.

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March 4-6, 2016

Save the dates now to be a part of a very

special weekend at Beth Israel. Be a part of

an extraordinary few days of potential new

project for the community. More details soon!

CaffeIvritwithEliadEliyahubenShushan

CommunityShaliach

Sundays,2:30pm,BethIsrael

DoyouhavebasicskillsinHebrew

andwanttoimproveuponthem?

Thenthisistheclassforyou!

ShopAmazonandHelpBethIsrael!

Buy ANYTHING on Amazon - including Kindle

books - and earn cash for Beth Israel

Synagogue. Every purchase you make on Amazon that begins on the Beth

Israel website will return a percentage of your purchase to the synagogue.

ThelinkisfoundontheBethIsraelwebsiteatwww.orthodoxomaha.org.

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Beth Israel Sisterhood Gift

Shop The gift shop has games, toys, and other items for weddings, babies, graduations,

birthdays, anniversaries, or just for yourself.

Visit the Gift Shop anytime during synagogue office hours

Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

MikvahNewsFor mikvah access, please contact Dani Shrago at (402) 333-6108. The community mikvah is located in the

Blumkin Home on the JCC campus. Everyone is asked to

please give as much notice as possible.

MINYANUPDATEToassuretheschedulingofmincha/maariv

minyantimesinadvance,pleasecontactthe

of#icebytheWednesdayoftheweekbeforethe

date.Thisallowsthesynagoguetoincludethose

timesintheweeklyscheduleandalsoallowminyanattendeestoadjusttheir

schedulesaccordingly.

• The synagogue of@ice will be closed Monday,

January 18th

• If Omaha Public Schools closes due to winter

weather conditions the synagogue of@ice will

also be closed.

• All submissions for the Shabbos Sheet are due

by 10:00 a.m., Wednesday.

From the

Synagogue

Office

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED! The Rose Blumkin

Jewish Home is in need of volunteers to lead Shabbat

and holiday services. Please consider being a part of this program,

providing this wonderful service for the residents. Contact the synagogue office for more info.

The Sisterhood Gift Shop has Gift

Certi@icates available for purchase that

can be made for any dollar amount.

Please contact Lynne Saltzman or the

synagogue of@ice with any questions or

if you would like to purchase one.

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The Youth of Beth Israel Part I AlephBeit-Allages10:00-10:30 in the Chapel

ParshaandMidot-Ages3-610:15-10:30 in the Social Hall

TopicsinJewishLife-Boys,Ages11andolder

10:00-11:00 in the Social Hall

JuniorCongregation-Grades6andyounger

10:30-10:50 (Haftorah—sermon) in the Youth Lounge

Te$illah&Parsha-Girls,Ages5-12

10:50-11:25 in the Teen Lounge

ParshaandLifeLessons-Ages6andolder

11:00-11:25 in the Chapel

TotShabbat-Ages3-610:50-11:20 in the playroom

AdvancedParsha-Boys,Ages13andolder

11:00-11:30 in the Social Hall

The Youth of Beth Israel Part II 12:00pm

MishnaL’Neshamah-Allages(children under age 5 must

attend with a parent) in the Sanctuary

TeenClass-Grades6andupin the Social Hall

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Sunday,January24at12:15

Sunday,February28

Share your crafting talents for

these great events!

Monthly Kids Learning Chabura (Grades K-2)

First Wednesday of the Month at 3:30 pm

Next Session: February 3

Children in grades K-2 are invited to come learn with Rabbi Weiss

on the @irst Wednesday of each month at the Blumkin Home

Chapel. In the monthly meeting, we will explore Jewish life,

customs, and Torah.

QuestionsfortheTorahReading

AnsweredbeforetheHaftorahReading

1. How were the Egyptians affected by the locusts?

2. What did the Egyptians do during the plague of darkness?

3. What time did the plague of the @irstborn start?

4. What mitzvah did the Jewish people receive in this week’s

parsha?

5. What is the date when the Jews were told to slaughter the

Pascal lamb?

6. What answer are we told to give to our children when they

ask: “What is this” focus on the Exodus from Egypt?

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Celebrating a Simcha in January? Be a part of the Simcha Kiddush on Shabbat,

January 23, 2016

A sponsorship is just $25.

Call the synagogue office

at (402) 556-6288 to be included.

Tu B’Shevat - New Year for Trees 15th Shevat

Sun, Jan 24 - Mon, Jan 25 Tu B’Shevat is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. This is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. The day is marked by eating fruit, particularly from the kinds that are singled out by the Torah in

its praise of the bounty of the Holy Land: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. On this day we remember that “man is a tree of the field” (Deuteronomy 20:19), In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. While it’s a bit too cold to plant a tree in Omaha, remember the importance of trees in our lives and plan a celebration for your family.

At Beth Israel, we will be having a Tu B’Shevat Kid’s Craft and special edition of Shavua Tov Israel along with Tu B’Shevat Seder on Sunday, January 24. All parents and children are invited. Kid’s Craft starts at 12:15pm. Shavua Tov Israel with Seder at 1pm.

1st & 2nd Aliyot: Moshe and Aharon

forewarned Pharaoh about the Locust. His

advisors begged Pharaoh to consider Moshe's

request, and Pharaoh attempted to negotiate

with Moshe and Aharon that the children

should stay behind. When his offer was refused, all

negotiations broke down and Pharaoh chased Moshe and

Aharon away. The Locust swallowed up Mitzrayim (Egypt),

but Pharaoh still refused to send away the Jews.

3rd Aliya: Darkness enveloped Egypt for three days.

Pharaoh told Moshe that he could take out his people, but he

had to leave the cattle behind. Moshe refused and Pharaoh

forewarned Moshe that he could not come to him again. In

truth, the next time they saw each other would be after the

Death of the First Born, when Pharaoh went to Moshe.

4thAliya: Moshe forewarned the Egyptians about the Death

of the First Born. In 12:2 Hashem (G-d) commanded Moshe

and Aharon with the very @irst Mitzvah to be given to the

Nation. The very @irst Korban Pesach was described along

with the Mitzvos of Matzoh, Chametz, and Pesach.

5thAliya: The Bnai Yisroel were commanded to mark the

inside of their doors with the blood of the Korban Pesach.

6th Aliya: The plague of the Death of the First Born left

Mitzrayim in mourning. Pharaoh and the Egyptians hurried

the Jews out of Mitzrayim. Approximately 600,000 men

besides women, children, and the elderly (3,000,000 total) as

well as about 1,000,000 non-Jews (the Eruv Rav) left

Mitzrayim during the Exodus. It was the year 2448, and the

Pasuk says that the Jews had been in Mitzrayim for 430 years. (exactly 430 years from the Bris Bain Habisarim - The Covenant Between the Halves) The laws of the Korban Pesach were reviewed.

7thAliya: The Parsha concludes with a review of the laws of Pesach as well as introducing the Mitzvos of Pehter Chamor - the commandment to exchange all @irst born, male donkeys for a sheep; Pidyon Haben - redeeming the @irst born male child; and the Mitzvah of Te@illin.

(Source:www.torah.org)

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WELCOMETOBETHISRAELSYNAGOGUEWearedelightedtowelcomeyoutoBethIsraelSynagogue.ApassagefromDeuteronomy30:11-14inspiredtheartwork inthesanctuary.“ForthiscommandmentthatIcommandyoutoday-itisnothiddenfrom you and it is not distant. It is not in heaven, [for you] to say,‘Whocanascendtotheheavenforusandtakeitforussothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?Norisitacrosstheseas,[foryou]tosay,‘Whocancrosstotheothersideoftheseaforusandtakeitforus,sothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?’Rather,thematterisveryneartoyou-inyourmouthandyourheart-toperformit.”♦ The focal point of the sanctuary is theMenorahWindow,which

frames the Ark and is shaped in the form of the six branchedcandelabrum.To the right,brilliantly coloredwindowhas formsthatre@lecttheheavens,whiletheleftsidedepictstheseas.

♦ The message is completed in a frieze, the horizontal paintingon wood mounted on the wall. The background of the friezesymbolically andabstractly represents the relationshipbetweenG-dandthepeopleofIsraelthroughtheCovenant.Theperochet,orcurtainovertheArk,completesthesymboliccomposition,withanexpressionthatintertwinestheTorahandtheletterAleph,the@irst letter of the Hebrew alphabet, of the Ten Commandments,andofG-d’snameinHebrew.

♦ Asistraditional,thesanctuaryhas12windows,representingthe12tribesofIsrael.Thesewindowscontainthenameofeachtribein @lowing, organic letters. The windows are located above thecontinued frieze, which includes two central texts of therevelationatSinai - “If youwillkeepmyCovenant, youshallbeprecioustome,”and“Youshallbeakingdomofpriestsandaholynation.” This composition expresses the unity of Israel as thepeoplestoodtogetheratSinaiandacceptedtheTorah.

BethIsraelSynagoguestrivestoperpetuatethelegacyofTorahJudaism

inthemodernworld.BethIsraelwelcomesallpersonsoftheJewishfaith

tojoinandacceptsthediversityofpracticeandthoughtamongitsmembers.

TobaCohen-Dunning,President

RabbiAriDembitzer,SeniorRabbi

RabbiYaakovWeiss,AssistantRabbi

JeannieNickels,Of@iceManager�LeoFettman,CantorEmeritus

12604Paci@icStreet,Omaha,Nebraska68154

(402)556-6288/www.orthodoxomaha.org