HaKol March 2016 Adar I-Adar II 5776

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner

Perri Pokorney Slosky, President

Shabbat Services Friday, March 4, at 6:00 pm

Early Shabbat Service

Tot Shabbat Gathering (see details on page 3)

Friday, March 11, at 8:00 pm Jonathan Lief

will conduct the services Parashat Pekudei

Ex. 38:21-40:38

Friday, March 18, at 8:00 pm Parashat Vayikra

Lev. 1:1-5:26

Friday, March 25, at 8:00 pm Parashat Tzav

Lev. 6:1-8:36

Come Celebrate With Us

Sunday, March 19th at 5:00 p.m. RSVP by Monday, March 4th

Adults $7 Children are free

WIN PRIZES and

Jelly Bean Contest

BYOB:

Beer or wine only

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From the Rabbi’s Study . . .

Leap Years Are Not Just For February

In the book of Deuteronomy we read, “Observe the month of Aviv and offer a Passover sacrifice to the

Eternal your G-d.” Aviv, in Hebrew, means “spring.” As such, Passover must fall every year in the spring,

coinciding with the ripening stalks of barley in Israel.

In ancient times, Jewish authorities watched for signs of the approaching spring. If these signs were late,

they added an extra month of 30 days to the year, prior to Passover. This meant that some years would

have the month of Adar while others would have Adar I and Adar II. Years with two months of Adar are

called leap years.

Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which adds only one day to the month of February in a leap year, the

Jewish calendar adds an entire month. And there is an established system that allows us to easily

calculate when we will have Jewish leap years.

For starters, we need to understand that Jewish years come in 19-year cycles; and within every 19 years

there will be seven leap years. They will fall on years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19.

This year, 5776 is a leap year; we are in the 19th year of our current cycle, which began in 5758.

Why do we have so many leap years? It’s because the lunar year has approximately 354 days and the

solar year has approximately 365 days. These differences add up over time; in order to harmonize them,

and assure that Pesach falls in the spring and Sukkot at the proper agricultural season (according to the

solar year) adjustments have to be made. This intricate system was refined by the ancient and medieval

Rabbis and passed down to us.

As Jews began to spread throughout the world, a permanent Jewish calendar became increasingly

important. The farther one was from the Land of Israel, the harder it was to communicate with the

Jewish leadership there, who had the sole privilege of regulating the calendar and declaring the

beginning of each new moon (i.e. new month).

If one is to observe a birthday, yahrzeit, or even Purim (which is always celebrated in Adar), it is observed in Adar II in a leap year, for Adar I is considered the “extra” month. Our tradition teaches that in the month of Adar, our joy increases.

So may your joy, and that of your family, increase in both Adar I and Adar II.

I hope to see you at our Purim celebration on Saturday, March 19th at 5 p.m.

L’shalom,

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner

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March Birthdays

MiShebeirach Refuah She’lay-

mah to

Amy Dunbar Ashley Suder

March Anniversaries

23: Vera and Sandor Schwartz (58th)

4: Jane Pokorney

5: Seth Posin

8: Karen Kangisser Levy

Sam Schwartz

9: Leah Levinson

10: Henry Solomon Niesz (2nd)

12: Dorothy Bales

14: Caroline Humphrey (17th)

18: Gabrielle Kangisser (4th)

Samuel Nepo (19th)

18: Gail Sterman

20: Barbara Strauss

21: Jules Duga

24: Elissa Gross

25: Shirley Zionts

26: Mia Porter

29: Fred Horne

Rabbi Joshua B. Lief

30: Stuart Levy

Tot Shabbat Gathering

On Friday, March 4th

From 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.

Prior to our Early Family Shabbat Service

4:30 – socializing

4:45 – songs and games begin

5:15 – cheese pizza will be served;

bring your own drinks

Please RSVP to Mia Porter by

Wednesday, March 2nd at 412-995-8268

Grace Florence Yanchus was born

Thursday, October 15, 2015 in San

Diego, CA. She is the daughter of Erica

(Mendelson) and Andrew Yanchus and

the little sister of Hanlon Ann.

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February Donations Fund Donation Key: Sebulsky Aesthetics (A), Archives (AR), Cemetery (C), Foundation (F),

General (G), Levenson Sanctuary (LS), Posin/Wishnew Library (L), Kaufman Music (M), Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (RDF), The Rabbi Daniel Lowy Religious School Fund (RLRSF),

Ben Rudner Torah (T), Shelby Lynn Posin Fund for Adult Education (SLP), Sisterhood Campership (SC), Sisterhood Floral (SF), Sisterhood Friendship and Remembrance (SFR),

Capital Campaign (CC), Caring Committee (CARE)

Thoughtful Gifts From Thoughtful People

Yahrzeit Contributions

in memory of Robert Lewine by Seena Lewine

Please remember Temple Shalom

in your Estate Planning.

Please let us hear from

you with any news you

would like to share-life

cycle events, simchas as

well as sorrows.

Special Birthdays Wishes to Seena Lewine Roslyn Lando (L)

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Please contact Lee Chottiner at 908-433-7833 if you are available.

Collecting clothes, toys, shoes for the

Blessing Boutique (free to the needy)

Contact Jacquelyne Hostetler

at 440-799-5312.

The deadline for the April HaKol

will be Thursday,

March 17th, 2016.

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From the President’s Desk . . .

Dear Congregants,

I am honored to be the new president of Temple Shalom and look forward to helping to lead our congregation forward as we say good bye to Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner and begin our search for a new spiritual leader. I know that there are many varying opinions in our small congregation and much chatter about what is going on at Temple Shalom, especially about what the future holds. I can’t really give you specific answers yet since I don’t yet have them to give. But I can ask you to adhere to a thought that I’ve seen hanging on the walls in many class-rooms in the various Ohio County Schools where I sub. It says THINK and is an acrostic for these thoughts:

T — Is it true? H — Is it helpful?

I — Is it inspiring? N — Is it necessary?

K — Is it kind?

Yes, this is a simple philosophy geared towards elementary and middle school children, but it speaks volumes to-wards what we should strive for in our society and in our congregation. I am asking you to please keep it in mind when you’re talking to a Board member, the Rabbi, Trina, a fellow congregant, or even a friend.

We need to be honest with each other and know where we are going but we need to do so in an atmosphere of friendship and consideration — not hostility and gossip. Kindness and good words will move us ahead in a cohe-sive way so that we can maintain the integrity and friendliness of our historic congregation.

Shalom, Perri

The highlight of February's meeting was the movie Paper Clips, enjoyed by all. The March 2

meeting has been cancelled. We will inform you of our plans for the April meeting as soon

as the program date is finalized.

Bobbi and Perri

Mazel Tov /Kudos/ Congratulations to . . .

Perri Pokorney Slosky as the new Temple President.

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner who has been appointed to The B'nai Ya'akov Council, the rabbinic advisory council for The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati.

Lee Chottiner for having three articles published in the spring issue of In Wheeling Magazine.

Harbay Todot ~ Many Thanks To . . .

Howard Pascoll for shopping for the Temple for the month of February.

Norman Franklin, M.D., Barbara and Alan Ruben, David Sella Victor Sella for sponsoring flowers for the bimah.

Perri Pokorney and Chuck Slosky and Sherry Rosenberg for sponsoring an oneg Shabbat.

Andrew Schreiber for donating the new sponsor an oneg board for the end of this fiscal year and the beginning of the next fiscal year.

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Ludolph to collect backers for recycling

as lecture series wraps up

Scott Ludolph, owner and operator of Scrappy Pappy’s, will make

the case for citywide recycling as the final speaker in the 2015-16

Temple Shalom Social Action Lecturer Series, Sunday, March 20,

at 7:00 p.m.

Ludolph, who inherited the Fulton area business from his father,

has transformed Scrappy Pappy’s from a traditional scrap yard to a

full-service recycling center that takes all plastics, cardboard, glass, metal, electronic components,

batteries, appliances, lead, air conditioners, lawnmowers, cars and wire. He doesn’t even require

customers to source separate. Many area schools, businesses and NPOs have already opted for this

o-green option, contracting Ludolph to recycle refuse that would otherwise wind up in dumpsters.

Scrappy Pappy’s was a winner in the Wheeling Show of Hands series, a community-supported micro-

granting program for organizations and individuals developing projects to make the city a better place.

Each contestant pitches a proposal to a hall full of participants who then vote on their favorite projects.

Ludolph is also an active member of the Wheeling Green Table, which advocates for sustainable projects

here, including the new solar power consortium.

Please RSVP to Trina at 304-233-4870. As always, refreshments will be served.

Lee Chottiner

Social Action Chair

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Let's include our Jewish voices!!!

How do you describe your faith? Which story from your life would help others understand what you believe? Have you ever had a profound spiritual moment in your life?

StoryCorps, a national oral history project, is coming to West Virginia Public Broadcasting to record and preserve the stories of our community. We hope you’ll make a reservation to interview someone you care about or want to get to know better. Recordings will take place on April 1-3, 2016 at the WV PBS building in Charleston. The American Pilgrimage Project hopes to capture your stories of your unique faith experience to share and preserve.

The American Pilgrimage Project, in affiliation with the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, is an ongoing project that seeks to document how faith has impacted Americans at pivotal points in their lives. The American Pilgrimage Project is pleased to have selected West Virginia as its next location for interviews, as the Mountain State boasts a rich history of diverse religious traditions and an ex-traordinary cultural identity. The Project asks you to consider how your faith experience can add to the plurality of stories we have gathered so far and requests your one-of-a-kind religious or spiritual perspective.

A StoryCorps interview is 40 minutes of uninterrupted time for meaningful conversation between two people who know each other. It’s an opportunity to ask the questions that matter and preserve your stories for future genera-tions. You can listen to clips of select StoryCorps interviews here: http://storycorps.org/listen/

At the end of your session, you’ll take home a CD of your conversation, and with your permission a copy will be archived at the Library of Congress and with the American Pilgrimage Project.

How to make a reservation:

If you would like to participate in StoryCorps, make a reservation by contacting Adelina Lan-cianese at aml263@georgetown.edu OR 304-860-6071 ASAP. About StoryCorps StoryCorps’ mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, preserve, and share their stories. StoryCorps is currently one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in the country. Each week, millions listen to StoryCorps’ award-winning broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition. StoryCorps has published three New York Times bestselling books: All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps; Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps; and Listening is an Act of Love. For more information or to listen to stories online, visit storycorps.org.

SAVE-THE-DATE Sunday, May 1st 1:00-4:00 pm.

to benefit the

Hadassah non-

sectarian hospitals in Israel

Chocolate Samples Door Prizes

Raffles

TICKETS $12 in advance - $ 15 at the door

Tickets will not be mailed out this year.

Please get them from the Temple office.

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March 20-March 26 observed March 25 Sara Dorothy Stein 3/20 Harry Favish 3/22 Adar-II 12 Esther Ida Kruger Konecker 3/22 Tillie Trosman Thompson 3/22 Adar-II 12 Bert S. Wohgemuth 3/23 Louis Sax 3/24 Julia Mayer Dreyfuss 3/25 Phillip Supovitz 3/25 George Robert Voorhees 3/25 Gert Wasserstrom 3/25 Adar-II 15 Isadore Ginsberg 3/26 March 27-April 2 observed April 1 Benjamin M. Levenson 3/28 Frank Sitrin 3/29 Adar-II 19 Rose K. Buchalter 3/30 Ilona Stern 3/30 Charles Allen Bobes 3/31 Adar-11 21 Katherine Murray Berg Brown 3/31 Rose Zweig 3/31 Sophia Hanauer 4/2 David J. Levenson 4/2

May their memories be for a blessing.

March Yahrzeits

February 28-March 5 observed March 4 Jeanette Berg Good 2/28 Anne F. Rubin Greene 2/28 Adar-I 19 Henrietta Bernstein Klein 2/29 Adar-I 20 Edward Resnick 2/29 Adar-I 20 Rose Baker 3/1 Adar-I 21 Rachel Harrison 3/1 Adar-I 21 Isadore Pokorney 3/1 Adar-I 21 Blanche Harris Mendelson 3/2 Adar-I 22 Daniel Samuel Rivlin 3/2 Adar-I 22 Irving Ruttenberg 3/2 Adar-I 22 Rosalind Greenbaum Rybeck 3/2 Bert Isaac Lebow 3/3 Adar-I 23 Gerson Liepack, M.D. 3/3 Adar-I 23 Ethel Franklin Rudin 3/3 Susan Kaufman Shapiro 3/3 Joseph H. Strauss 3/3 Anna Sarah Waldman 3/3 Sara Bloom Wishnew 3/3 Rose Grannick Dreyfuss 3/4 Adar-I 24 Simon Cohen 3/5 Beril Zweig 3/5 March 6-March 12 observed March 11 Selma Steinheimer Wise 3/7 Herman S. Levin 3/8 Adar-I 28 Charlotte Rosenberg Levy 3/8 Joseph E. Nessim 3/8 Norma Lipscher Katz 3/9 Adar-I 29 Lawrence Sax 3/9 Adar-I 29 Ann Leah Berger 3/10 Adar-I 30 Alice Goodstein 3/10 Anne Davis Ginsberg 3/11 Myrna Penn Reiter 3/11 Walter Greene 3/12 March 13- March 19 observed March 18 Irving Levy 3/15 Geraldine Pollock 3/15 Joseph M. Dreyfuss 3/16 Geraldine Manion Front 3/17 Leo Allen McKenzie 3/18 Isadore I. Mendelson 3/18 Moses B. Miller 3/18 Ralph Charles Sax 3/18 Libby Berlow 3/19 Adar-11 9 Charlotte Cholok 3/19

Condolences:

It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of

Leo Rabinowitz, father of Alan Rabinowitz and

father-in-law of Marilyn Rabinowitz.

Interment will take place in Pittsburgh this week, as

will the shiva minyanim.

Alan's contact information is in the Temple directory

for those who would like to reach out to Alan.

May Leo's memory always be for a blessing and may

Alan, Marilyn, Alan's sister and their family be com-

forted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.