April 25 - B`nai Jeshurun Congregation
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April 25 - B`nai Jeshurun Congregation
Shabbat Shalom! 27501 Fairmount Boulevard Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124 Tel: 216-831-6555 Fax: 216-831-4599 www.bnaijeshurun.org Condolence/Event Cancellation Tel: 216-831-6556 Welcome to the David J. Moskowitz Sanctuary on behalf of Rabbi Stephen Weiss, Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, Cantor Aaron Shifman, Education Engagement Rabbi Josh Foster, Rabbi Emeritus Stanley J. Schachter, Rabbi Emeritus Michael Hecht, President Jody M. Katzner and Executive Director Jay Ross. Our Mission is “To ensure the flourishing of Jewish life through educational, social and Conservative religious experiences in a warm and dynamic community.” Parashat Tazria-Metzora g¨r«m§n - gh¦r±z©, April 24/25, 2015 - 6 Iyar 5775 Hertz Etz Hayim Verse Rishon 464 657 Lev. 13:40 - 13:46 Sheni 465 658 13:47 - 13:54 Shlishi 465 658 13:55 - 13:59 Revi’i 470 660 14:1 - 14:5 Chamishi 470 661 14:6 - 14:12 Shishi 471 661 14:13 - 14:20 Shevii 472 662 14:21 - 14:32 Maftir 473 663 14:30 - 14:32 Haftarah 477 676 Kings II 7:3 - 7:20 Thank you to our Torah readers: Michael Milgrom, Fred Smith, Eve Phythyon, Arnie Feltoon, Jonah Ross, Rabbi Paula Sass and Sasha Huston. Thank you to Rabbi Stanley Schachter for chanting the Haftorah. DAILY MINYAN MONDAY - THURSDAY 7:00 am & 7:30 am & 6:00 pm FRIDAY 7:00 am & 7:30 am & 6:00 pm SATURDAY 9:00 am & 6:00 pm SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS 8:00 am & 6:00 pm Your presence adds to the joy of our service! SATURDAY Our Starbucks, Bread & Torah teacher this week is Jerry Isaak-Shapiro. Thank you to Cindy Brodsky for preparing the refreshments. Thank you to the women who prepare the Oneg and Kiddush refreshments: Fay Blumenthal, Carolann Cohen, Ruth Dobres, Joann Eisenberg, Laura Katzner, Harriet Mann, Paula Schaffer-Polakof, Cheryl Spira, Nancy Tresser and Pnina Wiesel. Thank you to our Board member on the bima, Margie Cohen, our greeter, Michael Loewenstein, and our ushers: David Cohen, Maury Greenstein, Dan Jacobs, Nelson Pole and Henrik Sperling. Following the Benediction, please join us for kiddush in Gross Atrium, Atrium sponsored by the Officers and Board of Trustees. We are pleased to welcome Major Rushdi Bader and Warrant Officer Oren Ben Shetrit who are part of a delegation of IDF officers visiting Cleveland for Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut. Thank you for being with us this morning! Men’s Club Lunch & Learn THIS Saturday, April 25 • noon Led by Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, we will be studying and discussing the Birkat Hamazon. Free and open to all. Seats are still available. Please join us for two special tributes on Shabbat, May 2: David Shifrin will be presented with his presidential tallit during the Shabbat morning service. Alan Goldweber will be honored for his 37 years of dedicated service to the synagogue as a teacher, as we celebrate his retirement at an extended Kiddush in his honor. Thursday, April 30 • 7 pm Dip into Judaism with Schmooze with chocolate & drinks, help plan our events for the upcoming year and learn a little on Chocolate & the Torah with Rabbi Hal. $10 per person. RSVP to Elyse or Elana (Edwillen@gmail.com or ecohen27@gmail.com). Mishpachot/Kulanu Earth Day @ Penitentiary Glen Metropark Sunday, April 26 • 12:30 pm Meet us there and enjoy activities including an eco-fair, live animals, games and crafts. Ride around the reservation on a real miniature train! Fun for all ages. Free. Located at 8668 Kirtland Chardon Road, Kirtland. Contact Risa Roth with questions. 149th Annual Meeting Sunday, May 3 • 7 pm Mazal tov to our honorees: Bernice Rothman Recipient of The Joseph P. Lomberg Award for Outstanding Individual Service Carolann & Martin Cohen, Rifka Claypool, Rachel & Joel Heiser Recipients of The Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal Award for Outstanding Family Alan Goldweber Recipient of the Paul M. Koret Distinguished Teacher Award Voting will take place from 9 am - 12:30 pm CHESED at B’nai Jeshurun Sunday, May 10 - Mother’s Day • 8 am Take part in a FAMILY CHESED opportunity! This year, B’nai Jeshurun will be taking part in Cleveland’s 12th annual “the race” at Legacy Village. Sign on to be a part of Team B’nai Jeshurun when your register for the run or walk at DoTheRace.com. $20/adult; $15/child. Cost includes shirt, face painting, balloon artists, kids’ crafts and a bounce house. If you can’t participate, you can still make a donation online under B’nai Jeshurun. Proceeds from this year’s event will support breast cancer research at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center. For more information, contact Shani Kadis. BJUSY Mystery Bus Ride Sunday, May 3 • 2 - 5 pm • departing from Park East $10 per person • Contact Dana Blocker to register or with questions. Parashiyot TazriaTazria-Metzora April 25, 2015 – 6 Iyyar 5775 Annual (Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33): Etz Hayim, p. 649; Hertz p. 460 Triennial (Leviticus 13:40 – 14:32): Etz Hayim p. 657; Hertz p. 464 Haftarah (II Kings 7:3-20): Etz Hayim p. 676; Hertz p. 477 Prepared by Rabbi Adam Rosenbaum, Charleston, SC We learn that, after giving birth, a mother is in a state of impurity, and following that time, she is not allowed to touch or be a part of sacred places. The duration of these ritual statuses is twice as long if she gives birth to a girl. And if she has a boy, the boy must be circumcised on the eighth day of his life. The mother becomes pure again after making a proper offering. The text explores proper procedures for managing an outbreak of a skin affliction known as tzara-at. An Israelite priest examines such outbreaks and determines if they are chronic, and if they are causing such ailments as an infected burn or diseased hair or scalp. He even examines when such an affliction penetrates fabric or leather. The priest determines whether the person or object needs to be isolated and/or washed after a certain amount of time. The second portion details how a person is purified from tzara’at. The purification includes ceremonies and offerings carried out by a priest in addition to the afflicted person washing, shaving, and cleaning his/her clothes. Offerings differ depending on the afflicted person’s wealth. We learn that, when the Israelites enter Canaan, tzara’at can potentially afflict their houses. Depending on the degree of affliction, the houses must be scraped, or perhaps torn down, while those who enter the house must be purified. Men and women with atypical discharges from their sexual organs are impure; this impurity can spread to someone who touches an afflicted person or items that an afflicted person has touched. A menstruating woman also is impure, as is anything or anyone she touches. Disregarding these laws puts the Tabernacle at risk of defilement, and, as a result, puts an afflicted person at risk of death. Theme #1: The Bald and the Beautiful If a man loses the hair of his head and becomes bald, he is pure. (Leviticus 13:40) A sensitive topic for many men, baldness does not necessarily have a bad name in the Torah. Leviticus interrupts its warning to reassure men that, yes, it’s OK to be bald. “If a man loses the hair of his head and becomes bald, he is pure.” And it gets better! God also approves of male-pattern baldness. “If he loses the hair on the front part of his head and becomes bald at the forehead, he is pure.” So throw out that Rogaine. God loves a cue ball. -- David Plotz, Good Book The cutting of the hair only after this seven-day isolation is a specific feature of this procedure, and is not explained further. Several Old Testament stories, such as that of the Nazirite Samson, give us an idea of just how sacred or power-laden a person’s hair was thought to be and how carefully one had to deal with it. Perhaps the special significance attaching to hair is also the reason the woman is expressly mentioned here. -- Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Leviticus He is pure of the impurity of nesakin, for he is not judged by the signs of the head and beard which are places of hair, but rather, by the signs of an affliction of the skin of the flesh; [that is,] by white hair and healthy flesh and spreading. -- Rashi on 13:40 Questions for Discussion: Plotz wryly comments on the topic of baldness, which is sensitive for many males. He claims that the Torah "approves" of baldness. While many men are comfortable losing their hair naturally, there also is a lucrative industry in trying to prevent it. Is this verse an indication of the Torah's preferences in terms of appearance? Or does our text tell us that physical appearance really doesn't matter as much as we might think? Gerstenberger reminds us that, in ancient times, a man's head of hair was an important symbolic, if not real, measure of manhood. While we might bristle at the notion that the hair has some sort of power today, there were times when such thoughts were taken seriously. Do we tend to misunderstand what makes a person powerful or worthwhile? When do we lose our way by paying attention to personal traits that really don't matter? Rashi claims that it is not baldness itself that purifies the man with tzara'at, but it is the absence of smaller, particular signs on the scalp that would indicate a continuation of the malady. Often, we look at other people and only bother to look at the surface of their identities, rather than digging deeper to discover who they really are. What are the dangers of doing so? And how do we combat this tendency? Theme #2: From Hair to Eternity On the seventh day [after being diagnosed with tzara'at] he shall shave off all his hair -- of head, beard, and eyebrows. When he has shaved off all his hair, and bathes in water; then he shall be pure. (Leviticus 14:9) When someone with a skin affliction is purified, it is expected that nothing come between his skin and the water that can make him pure again. The three principal transgressions punished with tzara’at are haughtiness, evil gossip and an envious eye. Hence, in order to become clean again, the leper must symbolically cleanse himself of these three sins. He must shave all the hair off his head because he was haughty and wanted to be “at the head” of everything. Next, he must shave off his beard because it failed to guard the mouth, which it surrounds, from uttering evil gossip. Finally, he must shave his eyebrows which failed to keep his eye from envy. -- K’lei Yakar The “sin of the house” had to be expiated, and the ritual was the same as for the purification of the leper. -- Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel The rabbis explain that this redundancy is for the purpose of qualifying the generalization, that is, all of his hair but not that of his private parts. They are right, but the reason is just the opposite: the repetition is indeed a euphemism for the private parts, but its purpose is to make certain that they are included. -- Jacob Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16 Questions for Discussion: K'lei Yakar claims that it is no accident that the hair is shaved from the head, beard and eyebrows of the man withtzara'at, as these body parts each symbolize ways that these parts of the body contribute to wrongdoing. Thus, the affected person is given bodily reminders of how sin is committed and how it can be prevented in the future. In what cases do bodily reminders help keep us focused? When might they distract us? De Vaux reminds us that, when a house is inflicted with tzara'at, the purification rituals are identical to that of an individual with the same malady. Are the comparisons between a home and person's body apt? Is it fair to say that the way we treat our houses is similar (or should be similar) to the way we treat our bodies? Milgrom notes that while hair on the head is shaved off of the man with tzara'at, so is his pubic hair, even though this is not mentioned specifically. Is this meant to make a particular point about sexual indiscretion? Do the sins that the K'lei Yakar associates with parts of the head pale in comparison to sins that can be committed with one's private parts? Dedicate a Paver! You can still dedicate a paver in the rejuvenated Linden Family Courtyard! Make your dedication by April 30 to be installed Spring 2015. Courtyard pavers provide a lasting way to: • Honor a family member or friend • Pay tribute to a loved one • Recognize a special event, wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah or milestone birthday Contact Kim Cole with questions, to order, or to learn about other opportunities within the Courtyard on the synagogue website. Kitchen Orientation • Sunday, May 3 • 11 am Have you ever thought about helping in our kitchen? To ensure our integrity both with kashrut and for health reasons, please come to our training session. This is for those who need to be trained and as a refresher for those who have already been trained. Everyone should be familiar with the workings of the kitchen, where things are kept and what rules need to be followed. If you have questions or concerns that you would like addressed at the orientation, please contact our Catering Chair, Dr. Paula Schaffer-Polakof (ppolakof@yahoo.com) or Paula Botkin (paulabotkin@bnaijeshurun.org) in the synagogue office. If May 3rd does not work for you to be trained, please let us know. Please RSVP to the synagogue office. PJ Library® Shabbat with the East Coast Custard Truck Friday, May 15 • 6:15 pm • Abraham Family Courtyard Come join Rabbi Hal and Rabbi Foster for preShavuot activities, Shabbat stories, songs and fun. For families with kids birth through 2nd grade; older siblings welcome. $5 per family provides ice cream for all! Register and pay on the BJC website. Shabbat Rocks! Friday, May 15 • 7 pm We hope you’ll join us at our popular musical Friday evening service. Shabbat Rocks! combines the flowing poetry of Psalms with a live band playing some of today’s hottest Jewish music. This unique liturgical experience will make your heart sing, your hands clap and your feet dance. Listen to and download tracks from our website. Future dates: June 19, July 17, August 21 Join Hazak Wednesday, June 17 Hazak and Park Synagogue Senior Adults will attend the matinee performance of “Brigadoon” including transportation and lunch at the Broken Rocks Café in downtown Wooster. Hazak members $80; Guests $85. Pre-paid reservations due by May 1. For further information contact Betty Fishman (216-591-9550 or bzfishman@gmail.com). 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May the Holy One Praised Be He mercifully restore them to vigor and lift the burden of anxiety from their loved ones and friends. On this (Sabbath, Festival, Judgment or Penitence) day we pray that they be spared further pain. May God grant them health of body and health of spirit and mind. May we speedily be privileged to greet their return to good health by welcoming them once again into our midst. Let us say: Amen. Anyone wanting to add a name to the list should contact Diane Shalom (216-831-6555 ext. 104 or dianeshalom@bnaijeshurun.org) by Thursday afternoon at the latest for inclusion in that Shabbat’s program. We will also pause during the prayer for people to recite additional names. The Book Club Sunday, May 3 • 2 pm • BJC My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past by Ariel Sabar In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly 3,000 years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics, gifted storytellers and humble peddlers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born. Presented by Men’s Club. Wine & Cheese Oneg Friday, May 15 service at 7 pm; oneg immediately following Come and see for yourself all the music, fun and dancing that takes place at Shabbat Rocks! Then, stay and schmooze with your friends at a special oneg. RSVP to Elyse or Elana (Edwillen@gmail.com or ecohen27@gmail.com). What’s Coming Up Tuesdays 10:30 am Torah Study with Susan Wyner Thursdays 12:10 pm Lunch & Learn @Commerce Park IV (Chagrin/Green) Fridays 10:15 am Kinder Shabbat & Open Playroom Saturdays 9:00 am Starbucks, Bread & Torah ———————–————————–————–————————————————-————————— Saturday, April 25 - School Shabbaton @ Camp Wise 9:00 am Service 10:30 am Shabbat b’Yachad Family Service 10:30 am Shabbat Shelanu 12:00 pm Men’s Club Lunch & Learn Sunday, April 26 - School Shabbaton @ Camp Wise 10:00 am Shtetl Program 11:30 am Sisterhood Torah Fund Luncheon @ BJC 12:30 pm Mishpachot/Kulanu Earth Day @ Penitentiary Glen Wednesday, April 29 9:45 am Someone Special & Me Thursday, April 30 7:00 pm Atid @ The Melting Pot Legacy Village Friday, May 1 7:00 pm Service; Birthday Shabbat; Zamir Choir Saturday, May 2 9:00 am Service 9:45 am Open Tent Minyan 4:30 pm Isaac Kantarovich Bar Mitzvah Sunday, May 3 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Annual Meeting Voting 11:00 am Kitchen Orientation 2:00 pm The Book Club @ BJC 2:00 - 5:00 pm Preston’s Hope Grand Re-Opening (JCC); $15 pp 7:00 pm Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 6 9:45 am Someone Special & Me 7:00 pm Confirmation Class Night 7:30 pm Jewish Genealogy Society Meeting @ Menorah Park with Sean Martin, WRHS, Working with Yiddish Sources Thursday, May 7 - Lag B’Omer Friday, May 8 7:00 pm Service; Baccalaureate for high school seniors 8:00 pm Oneg followed by Irwin Kula talk Condolences to: The family of our member, Julius “Julie” Abrams Kevin Trangle & family on the death of his father, Allen Trangle Yahrzeits: April 25 - May 1, 2015 Bertha Adelstein Charlotte Seidman Amster Sam Apfel Sam Auerbach Irving Sonny Bain Victor Isador Baskin Elvira Benjamin Salomon Benzaquen Jack J. Berlin Sabina Berman Anna Bernstein Rachel Blake Robert Bloch Esther Bloom Sarah Bloomfield Beatrice Borwick Helen Bromson William H. Bruder Miriam Cohen Maxwell W. Cohen Jack Cohen Hilda Dattelbaum Ann S. Desatnik Mildred Diamond Emanuel Donsky Chana Drucker David Drucker Harry Einbund Samuel Eisner Mollye Ellis Esther Entis Ruth Fine Farber Sarah Feiner Sophie Feldman Lester Feltoon Bernice Ellen Fetterman Rebecca Finkelstein Simon S. Fishel Abe Fried Henry Fried Herbert Friedman Rae Fuldauer Pola Galun Rose Garaway Bertha Geller Clara Gerson Rose Goldstein Selma Goldstein Adolph Greenbaum Rosella Haberman Gerhardt Hochstadt Anne Hoffman Minnie G. Jacobs Malvina Jaulusz Rebecca Kaminsky Milton Kess Melvin Krasnow Mania Krooshkov Harry Laderman Joseph Lawton Rose Leiter Sam L. Levin Sylvia Lodish Dr. William Loeb Lily Markman Lillian R. Milefsky Dr. Maurice Moss Mark Newman Adolph Newman Betty Oppenheim Marvin Perlberg Marvin Peskin Fannie G. Rickman Charles Rolnik Evelyn F. Rose Paul Scher Rose June Schnall Richard E. Schneider Rae Schwartz Anna B. Schwartz Henry Schwartz Max M. Shapiro Sadie Sharowsky Paul Siegel Anne Sieman Eva Silver William Simalevitz Emily V. Sisser Jenny Smith Harry Spanner Joseph Teitelman Morris Traeger Rose Unger Jetty Wasserman Milton Wasserman Marilyn Weiss Sol Weiss Frida Weisz Ron Wiesel Elvira Wintner Robert E. Worth Sarah Ziskind If you would like a name read from this week’s yahrzeit list and have not already informed the office, please notify one of the ushers. It is customary to make a donation to the Aliyah Fund when honored with an aliyah. Thank you for your support. We welcome your children in the Main Sanctuary! Please turn off your beepers and cellular phones before entering the synagogue on Shabbat.