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Our Minyan Needs Your Help!
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Shabbat Kiddush
Today's kiddush has been enhanced by the Arbeiter family in honor of Rebecca Arbeiter's recent bat mitzvah.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Suzanne Alenick
Amy Rosen
Cheryl Karpman
Rochelle Carus
Myrna Block
Herbert Feuerstein
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday 12/16
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Morning Service 9:30 am
Minha 4:00 pm
Community candle lighting at the triangle (Main Street & Lemoine Ave) 5:30 pm followed by Chanukah Party at the synagogue
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Tuesday 12/19
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Sisterhood, Mens Club, & ORT Chanukah Celebration 12:30 pm
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Thursday 12/21
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Rabbi's Class 10:30 am
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Friday 12/22
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Bible Study 11:30 am
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Hope to see you all on Saturday Night: 5:30 at the Triangle
And then back to the shul for our Latke-Palooza:
Bring your menorot/ hanukkiyot (Menorahs) Prizes! Food (more than just Hanukkah gelt) Games! Entertainment! Music! Mystery!
Sign the Letter to Sutherland Springs, Texas Church
Copies of the letter will available:
- at the Triangle Menorah lighting
- at the Hanukkah Party on Saturday night
- at the Hanukkah Party next Tuesday afternoon
- in the Shul Office
- at Minyan, morning and evening
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Tonight
at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow Morning
at 9:30 a.m.
Minha will be at 12:30 p.m.
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Once-a-Month
I was asked to speak at November's Board of Trustees' meeting on the topic of how to pay your shiva call (and how to overcome your own sense of awkwardness and discomfort).
Based on that presentation, at this week's Ritual Committee meeting, it was suggested that I do a monthly "How to______" practicum instead of a sermon.
So, on
Shabbat morning, January 6, I will talk about and show the proper way to
- Have an Aliyah.
- Carry the Torah
- Do Hagbahah (lift the Torah)
- Do Gelilah (wrap the Torah)
I am also soliciting suggestions for topics for subsequent months; I'd love to hear from you! (And the guess I'll also take suggestions for sermon topics, but don't be surprised if I turn the tables on you, and ask you to make the presentation!)
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Torah Rea
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257, 808 Haftarah 1270
Pharaoh dreams of cows being consumed by cows, and sheaves being replaced by sheaves. The dreams leave him puzzled and anxious. He demands to have someone interpret his dreams, but all the royal experts in such matters are at a loss as to what the dreams portend. The wine butler remembers Joseph's ability to interpret dreams from their days in prison together. Pharaoh orders that Joseph be brought into his presence immediately. Joseph explicates the dreams: seven years of bounty will be followed by seven years of famine. Pharaoh elevates Joseph to second in command of the whole country with the mandate to prepare for the famine while produce abounds.
During the famine, which extended beyond the borders of Egypt, ten of Joseph's brothers come to Egypt to buy food. Joseph recognizes them, but they don't recognize him. Joseph accuses them of being spies and puts them through a series of unpleasant experiences in order to get them to bring his brother Benjamin to Egypt on their next trip to obtain provisions. Despite grave misgivings, Jacob ultimately accedes to his sons' demands to have Benjamin accompany them to Egypt. There Joseph frames Benjamin for stealing his special wine goblet, and has him arrested.
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Feel- Good Story from Israel
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Wish there was a Feel-Good Story from Sweden
I first learned of the firebombing of the synagogue in Gothenburg from a Facebook post from a member of the shul:
Tonight my synagogue was fire-bombed. Thank God nobody was hurt.
I live and work in the Gothenburg Jewish community and my children go to the Jewish school. To non-Jews it is shocking, but to us it is simply the backdrop of Jewish life in Sweden: we live our lives behind high fences, blackened windows and security doors. Sometimes it's good to get a reminder why.
Still, I hope and pray to live to see a day when the doors of our synagogue can be as open as the Swedish church down the street, inviting passers-by in to warm themselves from the cold and have a moment in a spiritual space. That day may never come, but my hope will never die.
Pondering Sweden
Events over the weekend should spark a long-overdue, honest conversation about the real sources of European anti-Semitism
Three Arrested in Sweden Synagogue Firebombing
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The Beginning of the End of the Gaza Terror Tunnels, Hopefully
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Jerusalem Aftermath
This reminds me of the wars in Gaza and the inappropriate use of ambulances by Hamas:
New York Times reporter Isabel Kershner is head-and-shoulders above her predecessor and former Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Jodi Rudoren. But she still has an obligation to report on tensions in Jerusalem, even when the reporters far outnumbered the Palestinian protesters earlier this week:
Showing their true colors and aims:
India, China and Russia Refrain from Seeking East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
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Click here for upcoming Federation programming in our area. 
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Dear Friends of Ramah,
Now that the chagim have ended, there's no denying that summer is over and fall is well underway. But if you miss Ramah, please take a look at these upcoming opportunities to spend time with the Ramah community:
family camps, adult camps and retreats, travel with Ramah Israel Institute and Reshet Ramah, and programs for families who have children with disabilities.
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Travel with Ramah Israel Institute (RII) and Reshet Ramah
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Families with Children with Disabilities
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