Youth Events - Beth Sholom Synagogue

Youth Events
Miriam Alkin
Susan Bassin
Jack Beale
Yeheskle Beale
Joseph Bloom
William Bonder
Sally Carr
Alma Chaplick
Phil Chapnick
Gerald Chapnick
Goldalyn Cooperman
Milton Davis
Zelda Epstein
Florence Fagan
Harold Fagan
Yehoshua Finer
Bettye Gerston
Clara Glazman
Pita Goldenberg
Sam Goldman
For more information or to register for Youth Events
contact Becky at 416-783-6103 ext 231, becky@bethsholom.net,
or register online at www.bethsholom.net
Mary Goodman
Faye Gorenkoff
Dora Grader
Murray Grafstein
Sara Graham
Morris Granatstein
Edward Greben
Sarah Hacker
Israel Katz
Bessie Kestenberg
Fanny Kirsh
Lazar Konick
Norman Lebovitz
Benjamin Lerer
Harry Levine
Albert Linden
Gershon Litner
Frimet Mintz
Sidney Mutiger
Tillie Oberman
Mary Prashker
Edmund Richmond
Edie Rochkin
Edythe Salsburg
Ethel Saltman
Bertha Satin
Sidney Schreiber
Erich Seidler
Lillian Serota
Harry Sherkin
Rita Sherman
Harry Shessel
Simmie Steinberg
Joseph Stulberg
Fay Weinberg
Ian Wexler
Morton Willow
Arthur Zaldin
To the family of Melanie York z’’l, beloved wife of Haskell
Beale, stepmother Jackie Beale and Alexis Beale, daughter
and stepdaughter of Aileen & Charles Hanet, sister and sister-inlaw of Debbie & Ira Cohen and sister-in-law of Barbara & Martin
Sversky and Phillip & Maxine Beale. Shiva is at 479 Rushton
Road, Toronto ON M3H 1N4. Shiva visits Saturday from 7:00 pm
— 9:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm and from
7:00 pm — 9:00 pm. Friends are also welcome to visit Saturday
afternoon. Evening services on Saturday and Sunday at 7:00 pm.
Shiva concludes on Sunday evening, March 15th.
WEEKLY
Saturday, March 14, 2015 • 23 Adar 5775
SHABBAT VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI
SHABBAT PARAH
Torah 1 Page: 373 | Torah 2 Page: 652
Haftarah Page: 999 | Haftarah: Dr. Jeffrey Weinberg
RABBI’S SHABBAT MESSAGE
"So the whole community of the Israelites left Moses’ presence.
And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit
moved him came, bringing to the Lord his offering for the work of
the Tent of Meeting and for all its service and for the sacral
vestments. Men and women, all whose hearts moved them, all
who would make an elevation offering of gold to the Lord, came
bringing brooches, earrings, rings, and pendants—gold objects of
all kinds.”
This small quote is taken from this morning’s Torah reading, and
as you can see it draws from the ongoing story of the construction
of the Mishkan, the portable house of worship used by the
Israelites as they wandered through the Sinai desert. You can see
the significant material that was needed – and supplied – in order
to make the idea come to reality. In the Torah we are told “all
whose hearts moved them” brought what was needed.
Interestingly the Hebrew text uses the expression ”‫"אֲשֶׁ ר־נ ְשָׂ ֣אֹו ל ִּ֑בֹו‬
to speak about those who brought. But the Spanish medieval
commentator Ibn Ezra focuses on the idea that this giving ‘lifted
the hearts” of those who gave.
Saying to us that not only the inspiration to give inspired those
who gave, but by giving they in turn became even more deeply
inspired.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Contact Rivy at
416.783.6103 ext 228 or rivy@bethsholom.net
For more information or to register for any of our
programs contact the Synagogue Office at
416.783.6103.
Use of cellphones and other electronic devices are
prohibited on Shabbat and holidays.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Andrew & Eva Alder on celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary.
Samantha Kimel on her engagement to Jeffrey Gottesman. Excited
parents are Warren & Debbie Kimel and Dr. Irving & Rina Gottesman.
Proud grandparents are Zoltan & Yetta Freeman and
Shoshana Rotenberg.
The congregation is invited for Kiddush in the Banquet Hall following
services enhanced by Andrew & Eva Adler in honour of their
55th wedding anniversary.
MORNING SERVICES
Saturday
Sunday
Monday - Friday
EVENING SERVICES
8:45 am Saturday
8:30 am Shabbat concludes
7:30 am Sunday - Friday
7:15 pm
8:06 pm
6:00 pm
Candle Lighting
th
Friday, March 20 at 7:11 pm
Monday,
March 16th at
6:00 pm
Minyan, Dinner & Program
Join the minyanaires for minyan, dinner and a
movie. Minyan will begin at 6:00 pm, dinner at
6:30 pm, followed by the screen of the
documentary, "Story of the Jews" Part 5.
Wednesday,
March 18th at
11:30 am
Chai Society
Join your fellow seniors every Wednesday.
Program, creative exercise and lunch, $5.
Wednesday,
March 18th at
7:00 pm
“Jewish Thought, Jewish Thinkers” Class
Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich and Rabbi John Moscowitz
teach this year-long adult study class.
Thursday,
March 26th at
7:00 pm
Israeli Movie Night (Adults)
Join Nitzan for her second Israeli Movie Night.
Cost $5. Refreshments will be served. For movie
details and more information contact Becky at
becky@bethsholom.net.
Saturday,
March 28th at
9:45 am
Bringing Torah to Life
Join educator, Rachel Urowitz, as she explores
themes in Jewish history inspired by the weekly
parsha. No registration required.
Sunday,
March 29th at
7:00 pm
Beth Sholom Youth Musical:
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Join Beth Sholom Youth for their final production
of the musical, Joseph and the Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Tickets $10. For tickets contact
becky@bethsholom.net or visit our website.
April 13th, April
20th, April 27th
and May 5th from
7:00 pm—
8:00 pm
Women in the Bible: Discovering a Hidden
Narrative
Join Rabbi Elster for a four part class to explore
how biblical women shaped the Jewish story. No
cost. For more information contact Rabbi Janice
Elster at rabbielster@bethsholom.net or visit our
website to register.
Sunday, April 5th following Kiddush in the Board Room
On the second day of Pesach you are invited to meet Benzi Philipson, our
Shinshinit Nitzan’s father visiting from Israel. Benzi will lead a discussion
about his experience in the IDF and will give you an authentic glimpse of
the army through the eyes of a Paratrooper. Benzi will also be discussing
his experiences fighting in the second Lebanon war and will enlighten us
on the fabulous organization he is part of, Keren Hazanchanim. Contact
Becky at becky@bethsholom.net for more information.
Passover is around the corner... Don’t forget to sell your
chametz!
To ensure that there is no question about our intent to remove chametz
from our possession, we sell our chametz to non-Jews who may own
leavened products on Passover. To access a sale of chametz form, go on
to our website or pick one up outside of the Sanctuary. For more
information call the office.
Please note that Tuesday, March 24th is the last session of the
Out of the Cold Program for 2015.
For more information or to register for upcoming Adult Events contact
Rivy at 416-783-6103 ext 228, rivy@bethsholom.net or online at
www.bethsholom.net