March Bulletin - Northern Hills Synagogue

Northern Hills Synagogue
Congregation B’nai Avraham
March 2015
We are pleased to welcome Richard Rashty as our speaker at services on Friday
evening, March 6. Richard is one of our new members. Richard is a digital
transformation consultant for Infosys, a technology company based in India. He
helps companies maximize collaborative relationships between their customers,
consumers, and employees by leveraging emerging technologies, social networks,
mobile devices, and the internet. Please join us for what promises to be a most
informative discussion.
Save the date
April 26
7:00 PM -9:30 PM
Vaudeville Show & Celebration
of 100 Years of Congregation B’nai Avraham.
Table of Contents
Calendar2
Rabbi’s Column
4
Vashti’s Banquet
5
President’s Message
6
Men’s Club
6
Donations7
Donations 8
HaZaK9
Women’s Seder
9
Maksim’s Column10
HaZaK Shabbat
10
Shabbat with the Band
11
Sisterhood, Gift Shop
12
HaZaK13
Service Leaders
14
Yahrzeits 14
Jewish Emotional Tune-up
15
Rabbi Emeritus Barnard
15
Jewish Summer Camp
16
Adult Education
17
Anniversaries & Birthdays
18
Create Your Jewish Legecy
19
Sale of Hametz 19
Mussar Series
20
Pesah Schedule
21
Passover Delivery Project 21
SUN 1
9am Morning Service
9am Kehilla
6:30pm Mercaz
7:00pm Board Meeting
8
MON 10 Adar 2
2pm Hebrew Class w/
Maksim
17 Adar 9
9am Morning service
9am Kehilla (K-7) NHS
10am Sisterhood Book
Club at the home of Diana
Fenichel
6:30pm Mercaz
TUE 11 Adar 3
WED 12 Adar 4
12:30pm Current Events
Discussion with Rabbi
7:30pm Kehilla Board
Meeting
18 Adar 10
2pm Hebrew Class w/
Maksim
March 2015
6:00pm Intergenerational
Interactive Megillah
Reading
7:00pm Vashti’s Banquet
(Festive Purim Dinner)
19 Adar 11
12:30pm Current Events
Discussion with Rabbi
7:00pm Women Seder at
Temple Sholom
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Gift Shop Spring Sale Gift Shop Spring Sale Gift Shop Spring Sale
THUR 13 Adar 5
7 am Morning Service
12:30pm Cancelled The
Golden Age of Spanish
Jewry
20 Adar 12
FRI
14 Adar 6
6:17pm Candle Lighting
8:00pm Shabbat Service
with Guest Speaker,
Richard Rashty
Celebrate Anniversaries
9:00pm Oneg Shabbat
21 Adar 13
4:30pm Kehilla (Gr 3-7)NHS
7:30pm Tools for Extraordinay Living: Introduction
to Mussar
7 am Morning Service
12:30pm The Golden Age of
Spanish Jewry
7:30 pm Curriculum
Meeting
Gift Shop Spring Sale
Gift Shop Spring Sale
SAT
15 Adar 7
22 Adar 14
6:15pm HaZak Shabbat
Service and Shabbat with
the Band
7pm Potluck Dinner
7:24pm Candle Lighting
7:30pm Contemporary
Conversations and Shabbat
Game Night
16 Adar
Torah: Ki Tisa
8:45am Talmud Study
9:30am Shabbat service, Bar
Mitzvah of Harry Suddleson
12pm Luncheon sponsored
by Joel and Hilary
Suddleson
12:30pm Parsha Study
23 Adar
Torah: Vayakhel-Pekudei
8:45am Talmud Study
9:30am Shabbat service
12pm Kiddush
12:30pm Parsha Study
Gift Shop Spring Sale
15
24 Adar 16
9am Morning service
9am Kehilla (K-7) NHS
10:30am Jewish Emotional
Tune Up: Is It Really Possible To Be Happy With
Your Lot?
5:30pm Dinner and Mercaz
Graduation
Gift Shop Spring Sale
22
29
Passover Delivery Project
Delivery
26 Adar 18
12:30pm Current Events
Discussion with Rabbi
7pm Rummikub
27 Adar 19
12pm HaZaK: Greg Rhodes:
The Cincinnati Reds
4:30pm Kehilla (Gr 3-7) NHS
7:30pm Tools for Extraordinay Living: Mussar Messages and Applications
28 Adar 20
7 am Morning Service
12:30pm Cancelled The
Golden Age of Spanish
Jewry
29 Adar 21
6:15pm Shabbat Service
7:31pm Candle Lighting
3 Nisan 24
2pm Hebrew Class w/
Maksim
12:30pm Current Events
Discussion with Rabbi
6:30pm Movie Night:
Anita
10 Nisan 31
2pm Hebrew Class w/
Maksim
4 Nisan 25
11 Nisan
12:30pm Current Events
Discussion with Rabbi
Rosh Chodesh
5 Nisan 26
4:30pm Kehilla (Gr 3-7)
NHS
7:30pm Tools for
Extraordinay Living:
Mussar Messages and
Applications
1 Nisan
Torah: Vayikra
8:45am Talmud Study
9:30am Men’s Club Shabbat
service
12pm Luncheon
12:30pm Parsha Study
Passover Delivery Project
Packing
9 Nisan 30
9am Morning service
NOTES:
2pm Hebrew Class w/
Maksim
2 Nisan 23
9am Morning service
9am Kehilla (K-7) at
Ohav
9am JFC Super Sunday
12:30pm Kadima &
USY SA/TO Dog House
Donation
6:30pm Mercaz
25 Adar 17
6 Nisan 27
7 am Morning Service
12:00pm The Golden Age
of Spanish Jewry
1pm Rummikub
7:30 pm Curriculum
Meeting
7 Nisan 28
6:15pm Shabbat service
7:38pm Candle lighting
8 Nisan Torah: Tzav
8:45am Talmud Study
9:30am Experimental Shabbat
service
12pm Kiddush
12:30pm Parsha Study
Northern Hills Synagogue
Congregation
B’nai Avraham
http://www.nhs.-cba.org
5714 Fields Ertel Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
Office (513) 931-6038
Fax (513) 530-2002
David Siff
Rabbi
George Barnard
Rabbi Emeritus
Maksim Shilkrot
Director of Education & Programming
Jennifer Braner
Administrative Assistant
Chava Vidal
Youth Advisor
~
David Bernstein
President
Schedule of Services
March 2015
Adar - Nisan
Friday evenings:
First Fridays - 8:00 p.m.
All other Fridays - 6:15 p.m.
Saturday & Festival mornings:
9:30 a.m.
Morning minyanim
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. - Thursday: 7:00 a.m.
(except as noted)
Talmud Study
Saturday at 8:45 a.m.
Shabbat Candle Lighting Times
Fri. Mar. 6 6:17 pm • Fri. Mar. 20 7:31 pm
Fri. Mar. 13 7:24 pm • Fri. Mar. 27 7:38 pm
Anniversary Service
Friday, March 6• 8:00 pm
Henry Spitz • Sandy Spitz
Bobbi Handwerger • Natalie Freeman
Vice Presidents
Laurie Dubin • Joel Suddleson
Financial Secretary
Treasurer
Amy Frankel
Corresponding Secretary
Holly Robinson
Recording Secretary
Matt Yosafat
Cemetery Warden
Joyce Leahr • Edie Neusner • Pam Gardner
Sisterhood Co-Presidents
April Bulletin Deadline
Tuesday, Mar. 10 - 5:00p.m.
Holly Robinson - Bulletin Proofreader
Judy Knapp - Sisterhood Page Editor
Gayna Bassin - Webmaster
gmbassin@hotmail.com
Barry Wolfson
Men’s Club President
March 2015
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From Our Rabbi - Rabbi David Siff
Shalom Haverim,
A
pproaching Passover, I always
think about what are the confines of
my current consciousness, and of the
current social discourse. The Zohar
says that when we were enslaves, we
were confined like an embryo in its
mothers womb, and our voice (dibur) was disconnected from
our deepest inner voice (kol); only when we cried out Did God
hear us and redeem us.
This year in Israel is the Shemittah year, the sabbatical year,
farmers are supposed to give the land a rest. Although certainly there is a practical side of leaving fields fallow periodically, there is also a sense that in letting it rest, we are treating
the earth with dignity, as a thou rather than an it, an object
to be taken advantage of and discarded. David Seidenberg, in
God’s Image in the More Than Natural World, cites a Hasidic
tradition that that rocks are silent because they are on a high
level of mystical comprehension that leaves them speechless.
The world, just like each of us, is a spiritual being, and deserves
our respect. Especially at this moment of history, I am deeply conscious of the world crying out from its distress. Can we
ourselves become the mouthpiece (dibur) for the world’s inner
voice that expresses such pain?
Experimental Shabbat
Many of you have told me how much you have enjoyed some
of the alternative services we have offered on Experimental
Shabbat. In response to popular demand, we are going monthly; please let me know if there are any formats/activities you
would like us to try, and also if you would like to lead something.
Some people have asked what the goal of the experiment is,
and whether it is still an experiment. My goal is to encourage
us to play with different modalities and techniques for Shabbat
morning study & worship. For example, at our January service,
we read from the Torah in Hebrew & English, and at our March
service, Bea Opengart and Sarah Barnard will be leading us in
Shalom Yoga. If there are things we try which you would like
to see more of in a regular way, or even to bring into the main
service, we can do that; if we try something you don’t like, then
we have learned something
from the experience.
Passover
What
constitutes hametz?
Hametz, technically, is fermented grain, which is created when any of the 5 grains
(wheat, oat, barley, rye or spelt)
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come in contact with water and sit for 18 minutes. Although
traditionally Ashkenazim added legumes to this list (most notably corn, soy, and beans), many in the Conservative movement argue that these days legumes should be considered
kosher for Passover. It is not allowed in any amount (it isn’t
annulled in small quantities), and we are not allowed to eat,
own, or benefit from it. The prohibition is from Friday, April 3,
at about 10 am, through Friday, April 11 (practically speaking,
through the end of Shabbat, April 12)
Many foods, if bought before Passover, are fine because of
the declaration of bitul hametz (negation of hametz) which we
make the day before Passover. Pesah guides are available in
the office if you would like a list of specific foods which need a
Passover hechsher.
Yontiff
The rules for yontiff are the same as Shabbat (i.e. the 39
melachot), except that we are allowed to cook, carry, and
transfer fire. In addition, besides not eating hametz, we are
not allowed to own or possess it.
Pet food is a big issue for many of us. I recommend purchasing grain free pet food, which is widely available in mouth
watering varieties.
Yontiff Preparations
Candlelighting—Besides
lighting
festival candles each night (during
yontiff, it should be from a pre-existing flame, as we are not allowed to
create a new flame), we light a yahrzeit candle to use for lighting the
next night’s candles, as well as gas
stoves/ovens.
Sale of Hametz—If you would like me
to be your agent for selling hametz,
please send in the form or email me
with the text (which will be sent out
in the weekly email)
Eruv Tavshilin-Technically, since yontiff is its own sacred day,
we should not be using it to prepare for Shabbat. In order to
cook on April 10 & 11 (which is yontiff) for Shabbat (April 12),
we have 2 options:
a. We can start Shabbat preparations before yontiff (i.e. on
April 9), symbolized by an eruv tavshilin (combining foods).
This Eruv consists of 2 food items, to be served on Shabbat,
cooked before yontiff starts. As long as the Eruv has not been
eaten, you can cook food for Shabbat.
b. We can cook a large quantity of food for yontiff and have
the leftovers on Shabbat
I am looking forward to sharing a joyous, meaningful, and
liberating Passover season together.
B’yedidut, Rabbi David B. Siff
March 2015
Vashti’s Banquet
(Festive Purim Dinner) at 7 p.m.
NHS will hold an intergenerational, interactive megillah reading/
performance for the entire Jewish Community
featuring the NHS children and You as the
heroes (and villains) of the Purim story, as well as sing-along,
costume parade, and jokes. Guest hosted by the real hero
of the Megillah Hegai!!
Vashti’s Banquet Dinner Reservations—Wednesday, March 4th
RSVP NOW!
Name__________________________________________________________________________
# Adults @ $8 _____
# Vegetarians # Children 3-10
@ $5 ______
___________
# Children under 3 (FREE)___________
Special Dietary requirements _______________________
I would like to be a Villain_____
Hero ______
TOTAL ENCLOSED $____________(MAXIMUM $20 PER FAMILY)
March 2015
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Presidents Message
Dear Fellow Congregants:
O
n Valentine’s Day (February 14th) our new rabbi David Siff was officially installed as the senior
rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham. This was a historic moment in the 100+ year life of our congregation.
I view this event as symbolic of our renewal as a congregation. Working together as a team, we will together
rededicate our efforts to ensuring the growth of Northern Hills Synagogue. This will involves of course enhancing our ritual services, recruiting new members and changing some programmatic priorities. Currently,
your leadership is formulating a strategic plan for the future. This will involve reaching out to our members
and the community including unaffiliated Jews in our neighborhoods. We are and will be planning
membership events for new and prospective members and a new member Shabbat Service.
All of us are looking forward to soon celebrating Pesach together with our families, commemorating our liberation and redemption from Egypt. At this time, we should also reflect on how fortunate we are
to freely practice our religion and to observe our ancient Passover traditions both here in American and in
Israel. I wish all of you and your families a very happy Pesach.
Warmly,
David I. Bernstein
President
BE T
HER
E!
MEN’S
CLUB
SHABBAT
Join the Northern Hills Synagogue Men’s Club
in celebrating the 2015 Men’s Club Shabbat
March 21 • 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat services featuring “The Men of NHS”will be followed
by Kiddush and Lunch. Men of all ages interested in participating in
leading the service should contact
Herb Brass at bbmonument@cinci.rr.com.
Northern Hills Synagogue is an accessible facility that strives
to make all events inclusive for people with disabilities.
For assistance, contact the synagogue office at 931-6038.
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March 2015
to Synagogue Funds
Northern Hills Synagogue/Congregation B’nai Avraham has a number of funds that you may
donate to for special occasions or convey congratulations, gratitude, or sympathy. The synagogue welcomes contributions in any amount (minimum $5 for a card to be sent). We will do our best to acknowlege these donations in the monthly bulletin.
Send all donations to the synagogue office or their designee.
Please see the “Who-What-When -Where-Why & How” details available in the Synagogue office for
your convenience, to assist with your intentions. Thank you.
NHS-CBA Fund
In Memory of Leo Gardner
From: Stu and Bobbi Handwerger
From: Stuart and Faye Tobin
From: Kurt and Barb Jacobsen
From: Rocky Weiser
In Memory of Sara and Sam Comins
From: Carol Max
In Memory of Bertha Wineburgh
From: Paula and Dale Forman
Shabbat Luncheon Fund
In Honor of wedding of Michael Ganson’s daughter,
Sarah, to Oren Shmoel
From: Scott and Jeanne Aronoff
Leonard J. Singerman Scholarship Fund
In Memory of Leo Gardner
From: Hal and Bobbie Winkler
In Memory of Susan Bernstein
From: Scott and Jeanne Aronoff
In Memory of Pauline Groetzinger
From: Lois Pornoy
Robert V. Goldstein SIR Fund
In Memory of Beverly Lichtin
From: Nancy Goldstein
In Memory of Rabbi Norman Koch
From: Jeff and Gayna Bassin
In Memory of Susan Bernstein
From: Nancy Goldstein
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
In Memory of Leo Gardner
From: Lois Gallon
From: Valerie Schechter
In Memory of Leo Gardner
From: Joe and Karyn Lazear
In Honor of Rabbi Siff’s Installation
From: Scott and Jeanne Aronoff
Zorndorf Fund
In Memory of Leo Gardnerr
From: Ron and Sandy RIchards
From: Matt and Claire Lee
Shabbat Luncheon Fund
In Memory of Reva and Norman Ganson
From: Michael Ganson
In Honor of wedding of Michael Ganson’s daughter,
Sarah, to Oren Shmoel
From: Matt and Claire Lee
Northern Hills Synagogue/Congregation B’nai Avraham has a number of funds that you may donate
to for special occasions or convey congratulations, gratitude, or sympathy. Each month a Synagogue
Fund will be highlighted to encourage donations to a variety of our funds. This month’s fund is:
Zorndorf Fund
March 2015
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to Synagogue Funds
Thank you for the OTR Soup Kitchen Donations
From: George and Glynis Smulian
From: George and Sarah Barnard
From: Lois Pornoy
Thank you for the Sisterhood Donation
In Memory of Leo Gardner
From: Scott and Jeanne Aronoff
In Honor of Rabbi Siff’s Installation
From: Rocky Weiser
HAZAK PLUS 55
PLEASE JOIN US
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
2:00—4:00PM
Adath Israel Congregation
‘100 VOICES: A JOURNEY HOME’
a compelling and moving musical documentary
that uniquely tells the history of Jewish culture
in Poland.
RSVP to Kathy Haas 793-1800 ext 106 or
kathy@adath-israel.org
There is NO CHARGE for this event.
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March 2015
NA’AMAT and Sisterhoods of Northern Hills and Temple Sholom
present a
Women’s Seder
Tuesday, March 10
7:00 pm
Temple Sholom
Join us for a thought- provoking evening and gain a female perspective on Passover traditions and customs.
Facilitated by Temple Sholom Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp
RSVP to Kathy Davidoff 984-3805 or davidoks@ucmail.uc.edu by March 2nd
Please let Kathy know if you can bring a Passover dessert or a favorite charoset.
Cost: $5.00
March 2015
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Message from Moreh Maksim
I
would like to start a new series
of articles. The purpose of this series is to create a short, monthly
family lesson to inspire discussion around your Shabbat table.
The inspiration for this format is due to a similar series of
emails I receive from URJ entitled, “Ten Minutes of Torah.”
Hopefully, these mini lessons will inspire your Shabbat discussions.
There will be an introduction, “The Situation,” consisting of a short story based on a prevalent theme. A host
or a family member will read the situation, then ask the
questions in the, “Thought Depot.” After everyone has
offered their personal responses, you can then look at
“What Our Traditions Say” to discover some passages for a
discussion that deal with the topic
at hand.
Our first lesson is entitled, Your
Friends Make a Difference:
The Situation:
How do you define a friendship?
This question has different answers depending on whom you
ask. For some people, a true friend
will consist of individuals, who
trust one another, with whom you
are comfortable to share your feelings, and stands by you no matter
the situation. For other people, true
friendship consists of someone you
can play sports with, go fishing, or
hang out with on a lazy afternoon. In fact, regardless, of
how you define friendship, scientists believe they are of
great importance.
In fact, the significance of making friends/friendship, is
especially true when students make their transition from
elementary school to middle school. In younger grades,
teachers serve a greater part of friendship development
than in middle school, when, “BFFs,” take center stage.
A noted psychologist, Thomas Dishion, demonstrates that
students in grades 6-8 whose friends are socially active
and don’t make trouble tend to get better grades. On the
other hand, kids whose friends constantly get into trouble
tend not to do well in class.
He points out that: “Puberty is taking place, the brain
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is changing rapidly. Kids’ brains are almost wired to be
reading the social world to see how they fit in, and the
school is the arena for it.”
Of course, parents have been telling children this for
generations: “It’s important who your friends are.” In
other words, kids whose friends value music, tend to be
involved in music. Kids whose friends drink or do drugs
tend to mimic those habits. During middle school years,
children are constantly in the process of being affected
by the people around them.
Thought Depot:
Who are your friends? Do you hang out with people
from lots of different groups?
Why are they fun to be around? What do you like to
do when you get together?
What qualities should
a good friend possess? Do
they need to be cool, truthful, and dependable? Are
they someone you can talk
to when times get rough?
Are there some people who
you think might be a bad influence on you?
Now, think about your best
friend. What makes them
such a good friend? What
do you like about them?
What do they like about
you? How would life be different without them?
What Our Traditions Say:
“He who overlooks an offense promotes good will; he
who repeats a tale separates friends” (Proverbs 17:9).
“Two are better than one, for if they fall, the one will lift
up his fellow.” ~~Ecclesiastes Kohelet 49:10).
“I have learned much from my teachers, but from my
friends more than my teachers” (BT Ta’anit 7a).
“Who raises his hand against a friend is wicked even if
he does not strike him.” (Talmud, Sanhedrin).
“Distance oneself from a bad neighbor, and do not befriend an evil person” (Pirkei Avot, 1:7).
“Who shames his friend in public has no share in the
world to come” (Pirkei Avot, 3:11).
March 2015
Hokhma - Wisdom
Zikna - Maturity Kadima - Forward!
HaZaK Shabbat Service
Shabbat with the Band
March 13 • 6:15 pm
Honoring the leaders of HaZak, our senior group,
in a joyous musical service led by our in-house band.
Shabbat dinner and Conversation following the service.
Rabbi David Siff and legal Scholar Don Hordes will discuss of “Religious Freedom vs Workpace
Equity.” They will compare legal and Jewish approaches to questions such as, what role is
there for personal religious values as an employer? Can the government compel individual
behavior that makes me violate my ethical values?
Children are invited to come as well and attend “Shabbat Game Night”
HaZaK Shabbat/Shabbat with the Band-RSVP March 5th
•
Name__________________________________________________________________________
# Adults @ $12 _____
# Vegetarians ___________
# Children 3-10
@ $6 ______
# Children under 3 (FREE)___________
Special Dietary requirements _______________________
TOTAL ENCLOSED $____________(MAXIIMUM $36 PER FAMILY)
5714 Fields Ertel Road, (between i-71 and Snider Road)
www.nhs-cba.org
March 2015
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Sisterhood News
NORTHERN HILLS SISTERHOOD IS TRULY A FAMILY OF WOMEN
YOU WANT TO KNOW AND BE WITH !
Presidents’ Report-Pam Gardner,
Edie Neusner, Joyce Leahr
Todah Rabah - Gemilut Hasadim
We thank Harriet Freedman and Amy Callahan for fulfilling Sisterhood’s mitzvah of providing a post-funeral
meal for our congregants in January. A meal was provided for Pam Gardner’s family after the funeral of Pam’s
dear husband Leo Gardner.
Reminder: See flyer on page 8
March 10 at 7 p.m.
Women’s Seder
Place : Temple Sholom
Cost: $5
Contact person for NHS is Laurie Dubin.
This is our 15th year….co-sponsored by our sisterhood
and Temple Sholom Sisterhood and Naamat
RSVP to Kathy Davidoff 984-3805 or davidoks@ucmail.
uc.edu by March 2nd.
Please let Kathy know if you can bring a Passover dessert or a favorite charoset.
Book reviews: - Raye Brass
Date: March 8
Time: 10 AM
Place: Home of Diana Fenichel
RSVP to Bea 521-0440
Book: The Aviator’s Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
“The Aviator’s Wife takes us
behind the scenes and into
the heart of the woman who
loved and married Charles
Lindbergh. That was her destiny—a life that took her soaring
into the skies and then plunged her to earth, a story of
both triumph and pain that will take your breath away.”
Mark your calendar
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, May 3
Sisterhood Luncheon and Election Meeting
Watch for details in the April Bulletin
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Gift Shop - Roz Shapiro
Spring is coming and so is the Gift Shop annual Spring
Sale, Sunday, March 8th through Sunday, March 15th.
All Passover merchandise will be offered at 25% reductions. All regularly priced merchandise will be 20% off (the
usual exceptions apply). This is a great
opportunity to purchase ritual items
for the holiday for your table or for
hostess gifts. Take advantage of
this sale to shop for all upcoming
occasions throughout the season. Please see the enclosed
flyer for details.
Recently, the Gift Shop has
received inquiries regarding
printed invitations for weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, etc.
We have located an excellent vendor. If you are
looking for such an item, just contact the Gift Shop and we
will provide you with the information.
We look forward to seeing you.
Evening Rummikub- Bea Horowitz
Date:March 17! notice date change!
Time: 7 PM sharp
Place: Home of Lois Pornoy
In case of inclement weather or if you need a sub, please
call Bea (521-0440) and /or the hostess Lois (522-0770 )
with the name of the sub.
Day Rummikub
Dates: March 26, (last Thursday of the month)
Time: 1 PM • Place: NHS
OTR Soup Kitchen Thanks 2/​08/2015
We thank all of our volunteers! I like it that more folks
got involved! We served somewhere between 180-260
servings of Mac & Cheese, Tuna on buns, Tossed Salad,
Brownies, Fruit Cocktail, and Drinks. Everyone seemed to
like it.
Cooks at NHS: Diana Fenichel, Harriet Freedman, Candy
Gellen, Amy Healy-Callahan​, Grace Lehrer, Edie Neusner,
Lois Pornoy​, & Bev Shapero.
Food Transporters: Rob Rapaport, Don & Elaine Hordes,
Kathy Hart & Leah Mossman
Servers: Steve Karmel, Edie Neusner, Pam SimowitzWeber, Margi Knodle, Pat & Kierston Brickweg, Rabbi
Barnard, Ben Lee, Katrina D’Esopo,
Rob Rapaport, Holly Robinson, K
​ athy Hart & Leah Mossman.
March 2015
Hokhma – Wisdom Zikna – Maturity Kadima –Forward!
Northern Hills Synagogue HaZaK
presents
Greg Rhodes, Cincinnati Reds Team Historian
“Reliving Crosley Field”
A native of Richmond, Ind., Greg Rhodes is a lifelong Reds fan who grew up rooting for the Reds of the 1950s and 1960s,
listening to the play-by-play and stories of former Reds announcer Waite Hoyt. Rhodes was named the executive director
of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum when it opened in 2004 and served in that capacity until retiring from
the position in July 2007. Rhodes continues to serve as team historian and remains active in speaking engagements
regarding the history of Reds baseball. He is the host of the Reds Hall of Fame highlight moments heard prior to each
Reds game on the Reds Radio Network pregame show, and has co-authored six books on the Cincinnati Reds.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and an enlightening program!
RSVP to Jennifer Braner (513) 931-6038 or via email to
nhs-cba@fuse.net by Monday, March 16th
There is no charge for this event. However, donations will be gratefully accepted.
Transportation for NHS members may be available upon advance request.
5714 Fields Ertel Road (between I-71 and Snider Road)
NHS-CBA is an accessible facility that strives to make all events inclusive for people with disabilities
March 2015
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TORAH READING COACHING
Would you like to learn to read the Torah?
Would you like help in preparing a Torah
reading portion?
Speak to Oded Zmora (898-9193) for help.
Thank You
We thank the following congregants who have led
Shabbat Services from Jan 31 - Feb 21
(This information is fragmentary.
Others may have participated and our apologies
if someone is not listed)
Lay led services are a very important part of the culture of Northern
Hills Synagogue. WE are fortunate and proud that so many of our
congregants are able and willing to take responsibility for the synagogue’s essential function of public worship. If you would like to lead
some part of religious services, speak to the Rabbi or David Zucker
Samantha Silver
Matt Levenson
(Ritual Chair) Barry Wolfson Bea Opengart
Harry Suddleson Rabbi Barnard
Lisa Crawford
David Bernstein
David Zucker
Warren Shapiro
Steve Karmel
Andrew Aronoff
Chana Wolfson
Orly Rumberg
Kehilla 7th Graders
Stephan Weiss
March Yahrzeits
(Adar 10, 5775 to Nissan 11, 5775)
*Names are on Memorial Plaques in Sanctuary
Herbert Green
*Fred Greenbaum
*Howard Kaplan
Martha Payne
*Leonard Summer
Robert Kessler
*Walter Leopold
*Fanny Litz
Edward Robinson
Herman Cember
David Cohen
*Miriam B. Cohen
Rose Goldberg
Keith A. Saeks
Erwin Swillinger
Esther Benjamin
*Jacob Cushnir
Leonard Fox
Lillian Herman
Etta Postolski
Benjamin Rott
Irving Troy
Belle Axelrod
Lillian Berman
Miriam Jaakobovitch
Sidney J. Lipson
*Ralph Kohn
Samuel Litz
*Abraham Forman
*Bess Garfunkel
*David Goodman
*Jennie Karp
*Stephan Lewis
*Gerald Newman
*Rachel Ring
*Eugenia B. Portnoy
*Ida Rose Singerman
*Elsie Taroff
*Robert Taroff
Robert Thornberg
Shari Reynolds-Boles
*Henry Shapiro
*Rose Fisher
Jacob Krasnitzke
Joy Glass
*David Ain
Sharon Kessler
Bernhard Levy
*Adele Mandelbaum
Eva Moschinsky
*David Yosafat
Marion Belfeld
*Lillian Harshman
Rose Merblum
Murray Moskowitz
Gertrude Nevins
Irving Rosenbaum
Perle Berger
Evelyn Grey
Clarice London
*Eric Robinson
Cecil Stein
*Bertha Alexander
Edith Bregman
Morris Cohan
Hannah Confino
Hyman Corwin
Chava Golda Ger
Morton Bachrach
*Perry Lewis
Max Mermelstein
Amy Frankel
*Arthur H. Goldstein
Eleanor Levy
Edward Miller
Audrey Ostrov
Henry Rodriguez
*Bernard Schram
Manuel Weiss
Pearl Green
*Maurice A. Molko
Aladar Burger
Ronnie Engelman
*Leon J. Rack
*Lena Karp Aron
*I. Leonard Bernstein
Bernard Nusen
*Nathan Mandell
Joseph Apfelbaum
*Jennie Goodman
*Irwin Kaplan
Janet Biegelsen
*Albert Edlin
*Max Shone
Henry Dlugopiat
Anneliese Bauer Katz
Celia Morewitz
Rachel Carter
*Diane Davidson
*Sam Knapp
*Louis Shear
*Irwin Kugelman
Samuel Fish
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March 2015
Part II : Sunday, March 15th 10:30am -11:30am Is It Really Possible To Be Happy
With Your Lot?
Part III : Sunday, April 19th 10:30am -11:30am Overcoming Grief and Depression
Rabbi Emeritus George Barnard
O
As part of the congregation’s commitment to tzedakah, in the Jewish community and in the
community at large, we have two food collection barrels in the vestibule of the synagogue. One
is managed by the Men’s Club, and one is dedicated to the Jewish Family Service Food Pantry.
Recently, Rabbi Barnard took the contents of the Men’s Club barrel to the Mason Food Pantry, and Ron and Sandy Richards took the contents of the other barrel to the JFS Food Pantry.
When you bring donations of non-perishable food items to refill these barrels, please note that
there is no reason why people who use the Mason Food Pantry cannot eat food which happens
to be kosher, and the JFS Food Pantry is not exclusively kosher, so there is no need to sort the
food donations. Also, remember that we will soon be asked to make donations to the
Samuel S. Rockwern Passover Delivery Project (a project which started at NHS!).
ne of the most enduring activities at Northern Hills Synagogue is organized
Talmud study. The activity was initiated by Rabbi Bertram Mond in the 1960s, and
Rabbi Siff currently leads Talmud study on Saturday mornings from 8:45 a.m. until
the beginning of morning services at 9:30 a.m. The Babylonian Talmud is the
classical statement of the Oral Torah, which stands beside the Written Torah as a basis
for Judaism, and Talmud study has been at the center of Jewish learning for centuries.
The first credible translation of the Talmud into English was published by the Soncino
Press in England between the World Wars, and, while it still is useful, it is showing
its age. The synagogue owns a Soncino Talmud set as well as some volumes of other
recent English translations.
Leah Pentelnik Letts, Tamar Pentelnik Ribnick, and Elana Pentelnik, in honor of
the significant birthday of their father Steven (a regular participant in Talmud study at NHS), made a generous donation
to buy the 16 volumes which have appeared so far of the Steinsaltz-Noé edition of the Talmud. This edition includes the
traditional Hebrew-Aramaic text, a contemporary English translation, and a unique commentary prepared under the
direction of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, an Israeli scholar who has revolutionized Talmud study.
In order to buy the additional volumes (26 more are expected) as they appear, the synagogue will need additional
donations.
Any donation is welcome, but a donation of $54 will enable you to dedicate a volume. Please include a memo with
donations, telling the purpose of the gift.
March 2015
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Jewish Summer Camping
Jewish summer camping is one of the most important aspects of American Jewish life, and our
congregation and community offer several kinds of
assistance to families who want to take advantage
of this resource.
2. The community program makes grants for up to two years to any individual child. The Singerman Fund makes grants also to repeat campers beyond two years, subject to the availability of funds in
relation to the number of applicants.
For most of its existence, Northern Hills Synagogue
3. The community fund makes flat grants has supported Jewish overnight summer camping
of $900 or $1,800 (first year) or $500 with its Summer Camp and Israel Scholarship Fund
or $1,000, (second year) depending on (since 1989, the Leonard J. Singerman
the length of the camp session, while Summer Camp and Israel Scholarship Fund). This
the Singerman Fund makes grants of
fund makes grants to young people from the
varying amounts.
congregation who attend approved Jewish summer
4. Applicants for the Singerman Fund are camps or who participate in approved Jewish
available at the synagogue office summer’s summer camps or who participate in approved
programs.
programs in Israel. For the past five years, the
5. The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati will match Cincinnati Jewish community has also maintained
synagogue grants up to $1000.
a summer camp subsidy fund. Overnight summer
6. Applications for the community program camps are expensive, and our hope is that the two
may be downloaded from the Federation’s funds together will help as many people as possible website http://jewishcincinnati.org/hellocamp enjoy the significant Jewish experience provided by a and they are due May 1, 2015 for this
Jewish summer camp.
summer’s programs.
Both the synagogue’s Singerman Fund and the
community program apply only to overnight
camps which are under the auspices of some
Jewish organization or institution. They differ in
some details:
1. The Singerman Fund makes grants only
for camps whose programs are consistent with the standards of Conversative
Judaism, while the community fund has a longer list of approved camps.
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There are many fine Jewish summer camps from
which you can choose. We want to
give special mention to Camp Ramah,
the camping arm of the Conservative
movement. There are seven Ramah
Camps around the country, and Cincinnati kids
attend the camp in Wisconsin. Ramah offers a
first-rate camping experience and also a unique
experience in Jewish living. Information is available at the synagogue or at
http://www.ramahwisconsin.com/ March 2015
Adult Education
Proudly Presents
The Movie: “Anita”
Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome (Alejandra Manzo) who lives a happy, routine
life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora (Academy Award nominee Norma
Aleandro). One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed (the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history). As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the
lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family of Asian immigrants, ~Menemsha Films
Tuesday, March 24
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Come for dinner and enjoyable post movie Q and A with Moreh Maksim!
RSVP to Jennifer Braner (513) 931-6038 or via email to
nhs-cba@fuse.net by Thursday, March 19th
There is $6 charge for this event.
Transportation for NHS members may be available upon advance request.
5714 Fields Ertel Road (between I-71 and Snider Road)
NHS-CBA is an accessible facility that strives to make all events inclusive for people with disabilities.
March 2015
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March
Birthdays
The following members
are celebrating
birthdays this month:
Sima Brakhman
Ari Kirsh
Marlene Epstein
Paula Nevins
Hannah Karp
Nancy B. Goldstein
Janet Light
(Levine)
Hilary Green Suddleson
Marge Reiter
Margie Stayton
Deborah Slovut-Fischer
Barbara Weiss
Rebeccah Belfeld
Elliana Kirsh
Dr. Michael Katz
Matthew Dubin
Sterling Euster
Nadine Lieb
Miriam Barnard
David Crawford
Lynn Kohel
Sharon Fitter
Dr. Eli Roth
Benjamin Lee
David Zucker
Dr. Geoffrey Pornoy
Royal M. Duncan
Harriet Freedman
Barbara London
Karroll Miller
Helaine Robinson
Natalie Freeman
March
Mazel Tov to the following couples who
celebrate their wedding anniversaries this month.
A special Shabbat service will be held
on Friday, March 6
Mr. and Mrs. William Freedman (35th)
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rau (26th)
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rothchild (37th)
Drs. Frederick and Ruth Joffe (56th)
Rabbi and Mrs. George Barnard (41st)
Congratulations to
Matt and Claire Lee on the
birth of their granddaughter born February 10. The
proud parents are Jacob Lee and Cheryl Krugel-Lee.
Congratulations to David and Cheryl Bernstein on the
birth of their grandson, Levi, born February 16. The
proud parents are Jaime and Daniel Bernstein.
Speedy Recovery to:
Hal Winkler
Nelson Weiss
Judy Schechter
Nancy Goldstein
J
ewish tradition teaches that we have a responsibility
to make the world a better place for future generations. One
method of accomplishing this is to leave a Jewish Legacy.
This obligation is being furthered by the Jewish Federation of
Cincinnati partnering with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to
assist greater Cincinnati congregations and Jewish agencies to
increase their endowments – for more
information, see www.createyourjewishlegacy.org
Bill Freedman, a member of our congregation, is chairing the
Federation committee overseeing CYJL development. Northern
Hills Synagogue-Congregation B’nai Avraham is one of twelve
organizations in Cincinnati participating in the Create Your Jewish Legacy (CYJL) partnership. Joe Lazear chairs our CYJL committee. The Board of our congregation approved participation in
this program and a status report was provided at the December
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Condolences to:
Matan Koch on the loss
of his father, Rabbi Norman Koch
meeting. A considerable number of Board members have submitted a non-binding Letter of Intent to provide a legacy gift.
You don’t have to be wealthy to participate – a legacy commitment of any size will help build our synagogue’s endowment and
provide vital resources for our future when you are no longer here
to support us and other charitable organizations. This is the time
to ensure our collective Jewish future by building a strong, secure
and permanent endowment for our Synagogue. By completing a
nonbinding Letter of Intent to leave an after-lifetime gift, you can
help us reach our goal and secure a $10,000 grant for
NHS-CBA! Additional information about CYJL-- NHS-CBA will be
provided in this bulletin on an ongoing basis. Additionally, members will be contacted beginning on March 1. To request a Letter
of Intent or for questions and comments, please contact Bill, Joe,
or Herb Brass.
March 2015
Delegation of Power of Attorney for Sale of Hametz
•
KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, the undersigned, do
hereby make and appoint Rabbi David Siff my true and lawful
representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and
in my behalf, to sell all hametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly
or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the sages of Israel,
i.e. hametz, hashash hametz (suspect hametz; and all kinds of ta’arovet
hametz (hametz mixtures); also, hametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans, pots, or other cooking or eating utensils, of
whatsoever nature, and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned
hametz owned or possessed by me may be found especially in the
premises located at
________________________________________________________________.
Your principal address
Rabbi Siff has the full authority and power to sell said hametz and to lease said place or places wherein said
hametz may be found, upon such terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Rabbi Siff has the full power
and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers
and authoritythat I have invested in the rabbi, and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that Rabbi Siff or a rabbinic substitute lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents.
And to this I hereby affix my signature on this _________day of ____________, in the year 2015.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
(please print)
Signature: _______________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
City________________________________ State:______________ Zip: ______
Telephone: ___________________
March 2015
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Tools for Extraordinary Living
at Northern Hills Synagogue—5714 Fields Ertel Road (45249)
Introduction to Mussar
PRESENTED BY
Rabbi Yitzchok Preis
Director of Kollel Outreach; faculty, Atara High School; former instructor, UC Judaic Studies Department and Melton Adult Mini-School
Wednesday, March 11—7:30 pm
Historic background, including lessons from a little-known “war” against Mussar.
We will also analyze goals and processes, and experience a sample lesson/exercise.
Mussar Messages and Applications
T WO SESSIONS PRESENTED BY
Rabbi Dani Schon
Host of Kollel programs “America Runs on Torah” and “Advanced Night Beit Midrash”
Weds Mar 18 & 25—7:30 PM
Session I will focus on elements of our interplay with Humanity, while Session II will focus on our interplay
with the Divine. Each will include guided, interactive text-study followed by discussion and take-home exercises. Relationships between ourselves and our Creator, ourselves and our friends and family, and ourselves
and ourselves(!) are all enhanced through Mussar. Join us and discover how!
Discover “Mussar,” a centuries-old body of Jewish teachings
that provide powerful
motivation and direction toward
meaningful self-development.
Free admission;
advance reservation required.
Please call 931-6040
or e-mail maksims@fuse.net .
A COMMUNI T Y SERV ICE PROJEC T OF T HE
C I N C I N N AT I CO M M U N I T Y K O L L E L
March 2015
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Schedule of Pesah Services and Observances
Friday, April 3
Saturday, April 4.
Sunday, April 5.
7:00 a.m. Siyum Bechorot & Shacharit
11:32 a.m. Latest time to eat hametz.
12:36 p.m. Latest time to possess hametz. Sale of hametz takes effect.
7:45 p.m. Candle lighting.
First seder (You can start earlier as long as you say kiddish after 7:45pm)
9:30 a.m. Morning service. (First day of Pesah)
Kiddush after services.
After 8:45 p.m. Candle lighting.
Second seder
9:30 a.m. Morning service. (Second day of Pesah)
Kiddush after services.
6:15 p.m. Evening Service
Thursday, April 9. 6:45 a.m. Morning service. Hol Hamoed
6:15 p.m. Evening Service
7:51 p.m. Candle lighting
Friday, April 10.
9:30 a.m. Morning Service (Seventh day of Pesah)
6:15 p.m. Evening service.
7:52 p.m. Candle lighting.
Saturday, April 11.
9:30 a.m. Morning service. (Eighth day of Pesah)
Yizkor will be said.
Congregational luncheon following services.
8:52 p.m. End of Pesah
Dr. Samuel S. Rockwern
Passover Delivery Project
Northern Hills Synagogue
will be collecting Macaroons
Please see the barrel in the front entrance vestibule to donate
macaroons (our suggested contribution of food items), which
will be combined with other items for this mitzvah.
Place your items in the colorful Jewish Family Service
food barrel in our lobby by March 15.
The packaging/delivery will take place Wednesday, March 18.
If you are interested in delivering a Passover box to a local
family on Sunday, March 29 please visit
Jewish Family Service website; www.jfscinti.org
to volunteer.
Call Sandee for more information at 513-766-3352.
March 2015
BARBASH FAMILY VITAL SUPPORT CENTER
Campus of Hebrew Union College
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