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TEMPLE EMANU-EL Providence, Rhode Island | 2017–5777
Temple emanu-el providence, Rhode Island | 2017–5777
May 20, 2017 | 24 Iyyar 5777
Etz Hayim, Page 738
1st Aliyah Leviticus Chapter 25 verses 1–18
2nd Aliyah verses 19–28
3rd Aliyah verses 29-38
4th Aliyah Leviticus Chapter 25 & 26 verses 39–9
5th Aliyah verses 10–46
6th Aliyah Leviticus Chapter 27 verses 1–15
7th Aliyah verses 16–34
Maftir Leviticus 27:32–27:34 Page 757
Haftarah Jeremiah 16:19–17:14 Page 763
Minhah/Ma’ariv Service – 8:00 p.m.
Havdalah – 8:44 p.m.
parashiot B’har-B’hukkotai
Services this Shabbat
Sanctuary ServiceMain Sanctuary Rabbi Wayne FranklinRabbi Rachel ZerinCantor Brian MayerOfficer: Bob Pelcovits
Soulful ShabbatFishbein ChapelRabbi Alan Flam
mazal TovMazal Tov to Jonah Herzberg Mayer and his family on becoming a Bar Mitzvah this morning. Thank you to the Herzberg Mayer family for sponsoring the kiddush in honor of Jonah.
At Temple Emanu-El, we seek to fashion an atmosphere of peace and tranquility on the Sabbath. To help create this environment throughout the Temple, we refrain from writing, taking photographs, texting, and using cell phones. Please join us in observing these traditions as we make Shabbat a sacred experience for us all.
Tot ShabbatSisterhood Lounge Marni Thompson-Tilove
Youth MinyanRosen LibrarySamuel Gelman
announcements
New Temple Website Be sure to log in to your account on our updated website: www.teprov.org. Please add to or correct your personal infor-mation on your page. If you have any questions, contact Paul Stouber at 401.331.1616 or by email: [email protected]
Summer Series ServicesOur summer series services begin on June 10th. If you would like to present a D’var Torah, please contact either Rabbi Zerin or Rabbi Franklin. If you would like to lead any parts of the service or read the Torah or chant Haftarah, please contact Cantor Mayer. We look forward to lively participation by members of the congregation over the summer.
Support Emanu-El Bring your East Side Marketplace receipts to the Temple. We receive 1% of all receipts. Last year we raised over $2,000 for the Temple!
Visit Temple Emanu-El’s Rosen Library Visit Temple Emanu-El’s Rosen Library! New books every month! Open every day. Check out our online library catalog (http://tee.hl.scoolaid.net), or contact the librarian ([email protected]) for help finding the perfect book for you!
Text & Art - Postponed Text and Art with Marcia Kaunfer and Steve Subotnik has been postponed. If you are interested in participating, please contact Rabbi Rachel Zerin at [email protected] or 401.331.1616.
Tikkun leyl Shavuot
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Everyone is invited to participate in a wonderful Yom Tov meal and study session on the first night of Shavuot.
8:00 PM - Minhah/Ma’ariv8:45 PM - Yom Tov Dinner9:30 PM - Tikkun Leyl Shavuot10:30 PM - Dessert
Presenters on the theme of Women in Judaism:Rabbi Wayne FranklinRabbi Rachel ZerinMeggie Kwait - Jewish Educator
Meditation led by:Ron Cable
There is no charge, but please let us know if you are coming by calling the Temple Office or signing up on our website:https://www.teprov.org/form/Tikkun-Leyl-Shavuot
SUNDAY MAY 21
12:45pm-6:30pm
Come sail with us (rain or shine) on the Jr. /Sr. USY Boat Cruise!
One boat for Jr. & Sr. USY, 6th - 12th Grade
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 / 25 IYAR, 5776 12:45pm – 6:30pm
The cruise will depart at 2:30pm SHARP! Plan to arrive at Temple Emanu-El by 12:45 SHARP!
Please bring a bagged lunch! No lunch will be provided!* *Snacks will be available for purchase on the boat
PLACE: ROWES WHARF - 400 ATLANTIC AVE., BOSTON
COST: $45.00 Providence USY Special: $20!! per USYer includes: Refreshments - Music & Activities - Boston Harbor Cruise - Visit to George's Island
Transportation
RESERVATION DEADLINE: BY TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017
PAYMENT DEADLINE: BY FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017
TO REGISTER CONTACT SAMUEL GELMAN [email protected]
NERUSY’S FINAL EVENT FOR SR AND JR USY! WITH HANEFESH USY!
Rock climbing with TE Kadima!
Sunday, May 21st 4pm-6pm
(Pick up and drop off at Temple Emanu-El)
Cost: $20 includes snacks,
transportation and climbing fun!
Venmo @sarahdgans, cash or check made out
to Temple Emanu-El
To sign up, and for waivers email [email protected]
at Rock Spot in Lincoln
USY Candidates’
Night!
Candidates’ Night is an opportunity to hear from the current Sr. USY Board Members talk about their positions and what each position entails. If you are planning to run for a 2017-2018 Sr.
USY Board Position, it is mandatory that you attend candidates’ night. The event will be held in the Youth Lounge on May 23rd,
from 7-8pm. Please email Alicia Blazer at [email protected] for more information.
Let’s Celebrate Miriam Abrams-Stark
Eat! Drink! Dance!Honoring 21 wonderful years!
Sunday, June 11th 6-8:30 pm Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Ave
All ages welcome!
$25/person (21+) *$30 at the door $12/person (5-20) *$15 at the door Under 5 years free
RSVP by June 2
please RSVp on our website:https://www.teprov.org/form/Miriam’s-Farewell-Party
april Donations
CHAPEL FUNDIn honor ofHerman Rose on his special birthday by Karen Drucker Stern & Cliff Stern
In Memory ofCarol Sanchez Amayaby Robert & Luisa Miller
Rabbi Moshe & Helen Babin by Miriam Babin
Deborah Feldstein Bartfeld by Edward & Barbara Feldstein
Chanoch Bar-Zemer by Uri & Ellen Bar-Zemer
Sadie Berman & Marion Shone by Marilyn Myrow
Erwin Blackman by Harriet Traugott, Pauline Namerow & Ruth Paige Levin
Jacob Brill, Avrum Shulman & Ruth Molot by Marvin & Florette Brill
Esther Caslowitz by William & Joy Weinbaum
Shirley Davis by David & Brenda Korn
Fany & Bernard Dember by Irving Dember
William Dwares by Elaine Creem
Dorothy D. Ehrich by Carl Freedman & Bev Ehrich
Nathan Ellman by Richard & Bernice Kumins
Milton Engel by Bonnie Ryvicker
Charlotte Fishbein by Stanley Fishbein
Renee Flikier & Sherwood Miller by Henri Flikier & Ann Miller
Benjamin Furman by William & Ivy Kolb
Morton & Ellen Gleckman by Thomas Gleckman
Leo Gleklen by Susan & William Sikov
Naomi Graff by Melvin & Janet Zurier and Steven Stein & Naomi Schorsch Stein
Eva, Isaac & Paul Greenspan by Charles & Miriam Shana
Ronald Horwitz by Martin & Robyn Furman
Sam Irving by Robert & Peri Lieberman
Sol & Sally Kamin by Frederic & Elaine Kamin
Beatrice Katz by Herbert & Deborah Katz
Ben and Moishe Klehr by Leonard Klehr
Benjamin Krieger, Louis I. Kramer & Miriam Kramer by Barbara Gumpert
Beverly Kupchan by Audrey Kupchan & Samuel Havens
Rabbi Saul Leeman by Phyllis Robbins, Lewis Baer, Bruce & Maria Weinograd and Jeffrey & Cynthia Davis
Albert Leshinsky by Herbert Leshinsky
Frances Levien by Harriet Grunberg
Rochelle Levine by David & Robyn Goldstein
Abraham Lichaa by Jacob & Maybeth Lichaa
Loved Ones by Leon Bram and Alan & Sharon Gaines
Dorothy Marcowitz, Sarah Pod-ersky Solotoff & Minnie Horovitz by Sandra Marcowitz
Samuel Medoff by Adele Espo
Sherwood Miller by Henri Flikier & Ann Miller
Percy Newman & Robert Sonion by Shandelle Kenler
Saul Nulman by Carol Nulman
Sumner Oskern by Dorothy Koenig
Sylvia Paige by Morton Paige
Liat Paskin by Cynthia Levin
Rose Pecker by Ellen Huberman
Oleg Pesin by Genrietta Snigireva
Pauline Priest by Hope Krichmar
Doris Reed & Rachel Rotkopf by John & Harriet Reed
Nathan & Fannie Resnik by Andrew & Beverly Blazar
Donald Robbins by Melvin & Janet Zurier, Susan Howard, Marilyn Eisenberg and Ruth Samdperil
Miriam Sacks by Kenneth Sacks & Jane Kaufman
Ernest Schleifer by Jeffrey & Cynthia Davis
Sara Segal by Charles & Susan Kahn
Yetta Segal by Arthur & Judy Robbins
Stephan Shapiro by Dorothy Koenig
Leon Sherman by Daniel & Myrna Levine
Marcia Singer by Robert Cable & Betsy Singer Cable
Samuel Spiegle by Alan Spiegle
Arnold Strauss by Joan Gadol
Robert Sugarman by Shirley Wolpert
Moe Wacks by Larry & Joyce Wacks
Shirley Wintman by Lewis & Dorinda Wintman
Leonard Zimet by David Zimet and Martin & Dianne Newman
RAbbI ELI & ELEANOR bOHNEN FUNDIn Honor ofEdward & Myrna Aronson’s granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah by Mayer & Judith Levitt
In Memory ofRabbi Saul Leeman by Mayer & Judith Levitt
FLORAL FUNDIn Memory ofIda & Irving Morse by Roz Morse Edelberg
GENERAL DONATIONDonation by Lori & Michael Gilman
In Honor of Rabbi Wayne Franklin receiving an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Providence College by Richard & Bernice Kumins,
Ellen Kleinman, Dorothy Koenig, Carol Nulman, Hadassah Stein, Toby & David London, Ronald Markoff & Karen Triedman, Steven & Libby Peiser, Edward & Marlene Greene, Richard & Roanne Licht, Miguel & Christine Rojas, Bruce Phillips & Judith Kaye, Harry & Janine Schwartz, Joshua & Cindy Teverow, Michael Goldenberg, Charles & Miriam Shana, Judy & Mayer Levitt, Carol Dorros & Boris Skurkovich, Mari-lyn Myrow, Karen Drucker Stern, Dianne & Marty Newman, Sally & Fred Rotenberg, Ann Miller & Henri Flikier, Jessica & Jeffrey Brier, Judith & Howard Mayer, Steven Subotnick & Amy Kravitz, Bob & Margie Pelcovits, Jeffrey & Jessica Brier, Richard Rose, Jeffrey & Cynthia Davis, Maxine Goldin, Kathryn & Cornelis deBoer, and Paul & Donna Stouber
Herb Stern receiving an award on Yom Hashoah by Susan & Norman Jacobs
In Memory ofGeorge Kaitin by Kelvin Gillman
Ernest Schleifer by Roz Morse Edelberg
KIDDUSH FUNDIn Honor ofDaniel & Ivy Marwil on the marriage of their son by Robert & Lesley Landau
RICHARD & bERNICE KUMINS FUNDIn Honor ofRichard & Bernice Kumins by Mel Topf
JERROLD & bARbARA LAVINE TORAH TUTOR FUNDIn Honor ofRabbi Wayne Franklin receiving an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Providence College by Jerry & Barbara Lavine
In Memory ofLisa Raiola’s father by Jerry & Barbara Lavine
LIbRARY FUNDIn Memory ofBertha & Benjamin Davis and David Davis by Carol Ingall
Naomi Graff & Donald Robbins by Lawrence & Marilyn Katz
RICHARD & LINDA MITTLEMAN FUNDIn Memory ofPhyllis Berry & David Isenberg
MUSEUM FUNDIn Memory ofRabbi Saul Leeman by Ruth & Lawrence Page
PRAYER bOOK FUNDIn Memory ofRabbi Moshe & Helen Babin by Miriam Babin
Judith Romney-Wegner by Kathryn Blessing
Naomi Graff by Audrey Kupchan & Samuel Havens
RAbbI FRANKLIN’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDDonation by Jeffrey & Cynthia Davis
In Honor ofSeth Kurn & Barbara Harris on the birth of their granddaughter by Mindy Wachtenheim
Stella Los on her 100th birthday by Lillian and Sam Mendelowitz
Sunny and Sid Weintraub on their 50th anniversary by Lillian and Sam Mendelowitz
In Memory ofShirley Rogg by Jeffrey Rogg & Teri Pearlstein
Charles N. Holland & William Kolodney by Zelda Kolodney
Ernest Schleifer by Sam & Lillian Mendelowitz
Naomi Graff by The Wolf School
Dr. Charles J. Sasson by Betty Jaffe
Anna Simon by Anne & Gerald Sherman
Donald Robbins by Carl Feldman
Natalie R. Seigle by Myrna & Harris Rosen
ROMNEY-WEGNER JUDAIC LECTURE FUNDIn Memory ofRabbi Saul Leeman by Bob & Margie Pelcovits
SHAbbAT CHAIDonations by Robert Cable & Betsy Singer Cable, Bob & Margie Pelcovits, Robin Sper & David Kadmon, Kathryn & Cornelis deBoer, Edward & Marlene Greene, Fred & Marcia Rosenzweig, Margaret Wool & Vincent Mor, Joyce Rose, Noel & Amy Rubinton, Lionel & Anne Bercovitch, Nathan & Karen Be-raha, Howard & Susan Bromberg, Dianne & Marty Newman, Larry & Joyce Wacks, Lila Winograd & Howard and Janice Shapiro
In Honor ofMy Bubbie (Bernice Kumins) and my Zaydie’s (Richard Kumins) 60th anniversary by Maggie Kumins
Our parents’ Richard & Bernice Kumins 60th anniversary by Robert Kumins, Steve Kumins and Nancy Pinn
In Memory ofBrianne Perlman by Robert Cable & Betsy Singer Cable
Naomi L Graff, Aimee Lichaa, Abraham Gershman, Judith Rom-ney-Wegner, George Kaitin and Eleanor Lewis
by Nathan & Karen Beraha
Dr. Lois Eil by Martin & Dianne Newman
Naomi Graff by Howard & Susan Bromberg
SYLVIA ZIMET FUNDIn Memory ofCarol Glickman Weinberg by Dianne & Martin Newman
RAbbI RACHEL ZERIN’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn Honor ofRabbi Rachel Zerin, for leading the community seder by J. Richard Rose
marking the Sacred: The Temple mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem
Providence CollegeJune 5-7, 2017
This collaborative and ecumenical conference provides a common forum f or leading international scholars to address the history and archaeology of this extraord inary 35-acre platform and its sacred status. The project seeks to be an agent of dialogue by bring-ing together diverse scholars in the humanities whose research furthers our understanding of the site and its historical context. Marking the Sacred is an opportunity for experts on the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions to engage in unique and fruitful discussions leading to a scholarly publication that will reach a worldwide academic audience in multiple disciplines.
To register, please visit:https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1226/alumni/index.aspx-?sid=1226&gid=1&pgid=5232&cid=9084
Shir Emanu-El Concert
Shir Emanu-El Concert
Wednesday, June 7Wingate Residences on the East Side | 7:00 PM
Shir Emanu-El with Amy Olson | renown Klezmer singer HaZamir Providence | Teen Choir Cantor Brian Mayer | Musical Director
A program of Yiddish songs and songs about Jerusalem
Light refreshments will be served
Contact Judy Greenblatt at [email protected]
Join:
For:
Questions?
The Temple Emanu-El Library invites you to a community-wide book show and tell. Just show up with a book in hand and we will go around the room, one person at a time, and tell each other what our books are about and why we care about them.
Refreshments will be served. RSVPs are not required. However, if you would like to ensure that the library has a copy of your book, or if you would like to donate a gift copy of your book to the library, please email Temple Librarian Joshua Jasper: [email protected]
People of the Books
Is there a Jewish book that inspired you?A good beach novel? A work of poetry?
One that you read to your kids?Or maybe that your parents read to you?
An author that provoked you?One you think someone else might enjoy?
Come share your book with us & participate in a Jewish book show & tell!
Saturday, June 10 after kiddushin the Bohnen Vestry
There are so many new children’s books at the Rosen Library. Just since the start of May, almost ONE HUNDRED books have been added to the Children’s book section of the Rosen Library, both in the children’s book cart as well as the Juvenile bookcase. These new books include holiday books for throughout the Jewish year, in addition to Folktales and other general books on Jewish themes.
If you haven’t visited the Rosen Library Children’s section in a long time, it’s about time that you and your children take a visit to see thenew books to discover. There are just so many books, that they’ll be mixed in with the old favorites. As always, some of the Rosen Library’s children’s book collection can be read in the downstairs playroom as well as the back of the main sanctuary, on a rotational basis. But along with the rest of the library, the entire Rosen Library is open every day to check these new books out!
prospective Family Day at Camp Ramah
July 16 & July 3010:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Join us this summer at Camp Ramah in New England for our Prospective Family Day from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday, July 16 OR Sunday, July 30, 201 7 . Come see for yourself where all of the Ramah magic happens! Check out our beautiful lake, refurbished tennis courts and sports fields, newly designed arts and crafts and woodworking studios, our thrilling ropes and adventure course and so much more. Tour our spacious bunks and see where our campers eat, pray and play! Learn about the unique Jewish education program which enables our campers to learn Hebrew and study their Jewish heritage in an informal setting. Meet the Director, Assistant Director and other key staff who will be there to answer questions and tell you about the extraordinary opportunities that await your child at Camp Ramah.
Camp Ramah offers two-week sessions for children currently in grades 2-3 and four or eight-week sessions for children in grades 3-10.
To learn more or to RSVP, contact Lori Fish Bard at: [email protected].
PROJECT KNITZVAH WHEN WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 7:15-9:15 pm WHERE Temple Emanu-el Library KNITTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ONE STITCH AT A TIME
KNIT: TO MAKE A FABRIC BY INTERLOCKING LOOPS OF ONE OR MORE YARNS MITZVAH: A GOOD DEED Bring your knitting needles or crochet hooks and yarn. Bring extra (for new crafters) if you have! No experience necessary!
The Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Pantry
The Kosher Food Pantry is asking for your help! Please consider donating Kosher, unexpired food to the pantry on a monthly basis.
They are in special need of Oatmeal and Gefilte Fish If you have any questions concerning the pantry, please contact Susie Adler. She can be reached at 401.621.5374, ext. 109, or by email at: [email protected]
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Robert Pelcovits President Rabbi Wayne M. Franklin Rabbi Rachel Zerin Cantor Brian J. Mayer Rabbi Alvan H. Kaunfer Rabbi Emeritus Paul Stouber Executive Director Miriam Abrams-Stark Director of Congregational Learning Samuel Gelman Director of Youth Engagement and Justice Organizing Joshua Jasper Librarian
