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THIS WEEK AT CONGREGATION
BETH SHALOM of the BLUE HILLS
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August 17, 2016 || 13 AV 5776
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A
Unique Fundraising Opportunity
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Congregation Beth Shalom
of the Blue Hills
18 Shoolman Way
Milton, MA 02186
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Rabbi Benjamin's Office Hours
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Monday
: Rabbi's Day off
Tuesday
: 11:00 - 3:30
Wednesday
: 11:00 - 3:30
Thursday
: 2:00 -6:00
Friday
: 11:00 - 3:00
To arrange a meeting outside of Office Hours please call the office at 617-698-3394
or email Rabbi Benjamin at
rabbifredbenjamin@gmail.com
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View the
PDF Calendar for this month's events at Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
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| Tour D_Shul Stop at Temple June 26 |
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Reminders
If you are emailing the Office
staff on any matter, please be
sure to use this email address: Office@BethShalomBlueHills.org.
Thank you.
Please pass this information
along to any Temple members
who do not have email.
Please visit our website for
additional information:
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 A Brief Thought for the Week
American Olympic Swimmers Have Gone Bahnkes!
A classic Yiddish expression was brought to my attention earlier this week by our very own Francine Weistrop:
Es vet helfen vi a toiten bahnkes
which means, it will help like blood-cupping on a dead body. (In other words, it won't help at all!) Apparently blood cupping was common practice among our European ancestors as a medicinal response to illness. Francine even remembers this being done to her as a child. Well how could she not! I guess leaches were hard to find. Blood cupping lit up the internet and sport's pages recently because America's Olympic swimmers, led by none other than the great Michael Phelps, showed clear signs of adopting the practice. Did it help? Being anything but dead bodies in the water, they certainly thought it would. Results speak for themselves. When it comes to Jewish remedies, I like the saying about chicken soup as an aid in getting rid of a cold. "If you drink a lot of it you'll be over your cold in one week. If not, it will take 7 days." And by the way, now that I know about bahnkes, I can't help but think of the mark they make as anything but a Jewish hickey! Shabbat Shalom, RabbiB
Israel Update
A Handshake Accepted
Dabbling in the world of Orthodox Judaism in high school, I was quite familiar with that community's etiquette about not touching (negiah) those of the opposite sex when, years later, I was introduced to a "Stern girl" and extended my hand as "hellos" were exchanged. For those who don't know, Stern college is the women's school associated with Yeshiva University and as JOdar (Jewish Orthodox radar) goes there were definitely clear signs by way of clothing choice when you met one of their students. But we were outside and it was wintertime. Heavy coats protected us from New York's blustery wind. It didn't seem unusual for hers to be buttoned up to the neck and to extend below the knee. Like Superman trying to look through kryptonite, I was clueless. So there I was with my right hand out there...hanging. With slow precision she took her hand out of her pocket, looked in my eyes, grasped mine, smiled and in a soft voice said, "Being orthodox, I don't usually shake a boy's hand, but I didn't want to embarrass you." Our fleshy encounter was brief. No sparks flew but it was clear to me that I had met a mensch. Her words and actions exemplified one of the most powerful and important teachings in Judaism, "Derech Eretz Kadmah La'Torah" - Being a decent human being precedes observance of the Torah. I was reminded of this story after reading about this week's handshake snub of an Israeli by an Egyptian. To read about it, go to
Upcoming Events
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM BETH SHALOM OF THE BLUE HILLS
Friday, August 19th
7:21 pm Shabbat Candle Lighting Time
No service this evening.
Saturday, August 20th
Torah Study Shabbat Service with Breakfast
9:30 am Morning Service
10:20 am Breakfast and Study
11:15 am Torah Service
We will read from Parashat Vaetchanan.
Sunday, August 21st
9:00 am Morning Minyan
Save the Dates
Friday, August 26th
7:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service at Fuller Village-Brush Hill
Community Educational Opportunities
BID - Milton Hospital encourages you to volunteer with us on a weekly basis. We provide a warm sense of community and caring. Current needs are for front desk volunteers on weekend evenings 4-7:30 greeting visitors, giving directions and answering patient phone calls; weekday greeting and escorting patients to appointments; and weekday filing. Please apply on our website
www.bidmilton.org under How to Help/Volunteer or call Janet at
617-313-1558. Thanks!
Planned Legacy
You are invited to write up to 250 words and submit a photograph for each of your plaques for the Memorial Room in our new building. There is no cost for this for those who have existing plaques. Please call the office for further information.
Planned Legacy webpage link on Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills is Please click here
Yahrzeit List: August 20-26, 2016
This week, we remember:
Audrey Castaline
Esther (Terri) Davidson
Harry Davis
Samuel Desatnick
Samuel Drevitch
Benjamin Felder
Albert Freedman
Jennie Glassman
Fannie Goldman
Sidney Goodwin
Eva Harris
Sophie Vernon Heller
Philip Karlsberg
Bella Kristal
Hannah Miller
Benjamin Mirliss
Jay Needel
Joseph Penn
Sarah Penn
Eva Proman
Anna Rich
Milton Saffer
Herbert Sesserman
Nathan Siegel
Gloria Simon
Jacob Slate
Ralph Snyder
Jeannette Victor
Jacob Wecker
Alexander Wolk
May their memories be for a blessing.
YAHRZEIT CANDLES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE. $1.00 DONATION PER CANDLE.
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Message from the Transition Committee
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The Board of Directors has created the Transition Committee to interface between the Congregation and Kaplan Construction regarding punch list items and any other capital issues (as opposed to maintenance, operational and esthetic issues which will be managed by House and Beautification committees as is our custom (minhag)).
The Transition Committee is putting a process in place to centralize the collection of issues and concerns (punch list and otherwise) related to our new synagogue building.
Anyone who has an issue or concern or question is asked to send that issue to the office in the following format:
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The office will keep a list of the issues with the name of the person who made the comment and their em or other contact info.
The Transition Committee will review the list on a weekly basis and communicate with Kaplan as appropriate. This will keep communication between the Congregation and Kaplan centralized and will keep these issues organized for reference purposes as well.
Any new issues will be assigned to a member of the Transition Committee for analysis and research on a fix.
Gratefully,
Paul Cooperstein, Chair
Ed Gurwitch
Bill Hanna
Larry Rose
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A UNIQUE FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY
Participants in this study will receive $100 in appreciation for their time, and for helping to find participants, the Temple will receive $100 for each participant who completes the study.
As part of her work as a clinical researcher, our long time member, Annette Koplovsky is doing a study with people who have Hidradenitis Supprativa often know as HS. The condition is characterized by recurrent blocked sweat glands in the skin. Participants need to be between 18 and 65 years old. The study involves simple questions and answers and is totally confidential and will take about an hour. Please check with friends and relatives as well.
Please feel free to contact Annette with any questions or for additional info, home 617-696-9481, cell 616-417-1653. Several temple members have participated in past studies, and it's an easy way for you to make some money and support the synagogue at the same time! Thank you!
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Donate Your Car Today
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Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills has partnered with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to offer an exciting new way to donate to our Capital Campaign, by donating a car, boat, or other motorized vehicle.
It's simple to do. Just visit
DonatingIsEasy or call 855-500-RIDE (7433). Tell them you would like to donate your vehicle on behalf of Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills and they will do the rest, including picking up your vehicle and sending you a receipt for the amount it was sold for after the sale has been complete.
We get most of the funds from every transaction and you get a tax deduction, a real win/win. This is available to us on a nationwide basis, so please spread the word to your family and friends and consider donating today!
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