How To Install A Rabbi With planning, With joy, With you.
October2007 19 Tishri – 19 Heshva 5768 How To Install A Rabbi With planning, With joy, With you. (See pages 10 - 13 for details of Rabbi Goldenberg’s big weekend) Thank You We would like to thank the following donors (as of) September 15, 2007 Books for Scholars Anonymous Donor Rick Hornung & Peg Palmer • Joseph & Leah Pear • Anthony & Linda Rigono • Windsor Democratic Town Committee Lewis & Beatrice Case - In memory of Mene Case and Fannie Sobol Maia & Kay Chiat - In honor of Nancy Fischbach and Martin Wolman FlowerFund Frances Freedman Rochelle Dauenheimer - In memory of David and Dora Adler Si Taubman Fund Dalton & Deborah Sayles - In memory of Si Taubman Eva Davis - In memory of Gertrude Cohen Prayerbook Fund Shelly & Carol Kleinman - In memory of Seymour Kleinman Visiting Scholar Fund Rita Christopher - In memory of Sheldon Kutnick Stella Davis - In memory of Milton Davis Betty Gilman - In memory of Rose Heller Neil Gottfried & Marilyn WhiteGottfried - In memory of Bruce White Samuels Scholarship Fund Harlan & Leslie Krumholz Neil Gottfried & Marilyn WhiteGottfried - In appreciation of Sandy Seidman Religious School Fund Janet Gochberg Brad & Lori Jubelirer - In memory of James Jubelirer Harland & Leslie Krumholz Ned & Norma Rogin - In memory of Amy Toyen Meditation Garden Samuel & Naomi Rogers - In memory of Felix Wald Gene & Marilyn Kalet - In memory of Rose Kalet and Doris Reiner Linda Polomski - In memory of Carol Ruth Goodman Irving & Elinor Reiner - Wishing Hy Fink a speedy recovery Tzedakah Collective Jerry & Marlene Scharr Anthony & Linda Rigono - In memory of Irene Kemp General Fund The following donations were made in memory of Felix Wald Joel & Marcy Saltzman - In memory of Rose Weintraub • Mr. & Mrs. Howard Borgnine • Buganski Family • Arnold & Barbara Davis • Eva Davis • Joe & Beatrice Gordon Martha Stone - In memory of Dace Stone Corinne Weber - In memory of Beatrice Gottfried Miller Lighting Fund Ellen Friedman - In memory of Esther Miller and Anna Cirulnik Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund • Neil Gottfried & Marilyn White- Harvey Hoberman - In memory Gottfried of Joan Hoberman and Jeanne Hoberman • Morton & Shirley Katz Susan Savitt - In honor of the un• David & Miriam Klar veiling for Marilyn Savitt • Ellen Marcus Page The Whole Megillah Published monthly by: Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek 55 E. 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Condolences To Anne Wald and family on the loss of her husband, Felix Wald Donna and Jerry Miller and family on the loss of their son, Rick Miller The Whole Megillah Oneg Thanks From Your Rabbi Thank you to the following for sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat during the month of September Membership All congregants for Pot Luck “Hanging in the Sukkah” I think I just experienced a wake-up conference call. Usually conference calls are an excuse to have your office phone on speaker and to multi-task. This one captivated me. In this conference call organized by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Executive Director Ruth Messinger, updated the participants on her recent trip to Darfur, Chad and Rwanda. She reported that the genocide in Darfur is “alive and well” and that now is a critical time for action. Ruth reminded us that the genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan and which has crossed the border into Chad is now in its fifth year. The bombings of villages by the Sudanese army continue, and the Arab Janjaweed continue to follow up with their government-sanctioned campaign of pillaging, burning, massacre and rape. What better way to celebrate special events or just share for Friday night Shabbat. To sponsor an Oneg Shabbat for friendship and sharing with others, please call Marilyn Kalet at 860-873-3546 All the while, a “genocide by attrition” takes place in the refugee camps and internally displaced persons camps where millions languish without adequate food or sanitation, let alone education or hope. Continued on page Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg Page Susan Peck, President Sandy Seidman, Financial Vice President Jo-Ann Price, 1st Vice President Robert Trautmann, 2nd Vice President Bernie Slater, Treasurer Kevin Fox, Secretary The Whole Megillah From the President Editors’ Note: For those of you who may have missed it, following is the text of Susan Peck’s High Holiday speech delivered on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, September 13, 2007 Shanah Tovah. My name is Susan Peck, president of our congregation. On behalf of the board of directors, welcome. We are happy to have you celebrate the new year with us today in this remarkable and beautiful sanctuary. Our tradition tells us that today begins the Hebrew month of Tishrei and is the first day of the year 5768, that is five thousand, seven hundred and sixty-eight years from Creation. I certainly did not expect to be up here this year. I thought I would be sitting with you in the audience taking in what our new president had to say about the state of our synagogue and plans for the coming year. But life intervened and we lost several members of our congregation. While every loss is deeply felt, this year we lost a series of congregants who had exceptionally long records of service to our community. I remember fondly my anticipated successor, Sheldon Kutnick, who found so many outlets for his Jewish energy within this congregation, and Sol LeWitt, who created a legacy for all of us by lovingly and graciously contributing his vision and so much of his artistry to the design and construction of this building seeking all the way to ensure the continuity of the congregation. I also recall Si Taubman, our long time Treasurer, who selflessly dedicated countless hours and considerable other resources to our congregation out of love for our mission. And Anne Siege, a dedicated congregant who loved participating in the life of this synagogue. And most recently, Felix Wald, a long time member of Rodfe Zedek, who represents in many ways the substantial history of this blended congregation. Because of these losses, it has been a difficult and painful year. Although we will miss their physical presence, as long as one of us is alive to remember, their memories will always be a blessing for us and they will live on in this place. This is the cycle of life of the Jewish people. As we conclude our reading of Deuteronomy this time of year, the fifth and final book of Torah, Moshe reminds us in his long final speech to the Jewish people, that God puts before us both blessing and curse, life and death, and enjoins us emphatically to choose life. Choosing life seems to mean, as we discussed at Torah study last Saturday, making a conscious decision to live life in a particular way, making ethical choices, choosing to live our lives in accordance with Jewish ideals. We have been tested these past two years and we have made our choice. In the midst of disappointment, sadness and death, we are blessed with new life and new hope for our congregation embodied in the form of our new rabbi, Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg, and her family, her husband, Jim Talbott, and her young children, Amina and Ziv. We therefore must seize upon this moment as a critical time in the history of our congregation while we have this wonderful opportunity to make important life affirming choices that will assure a vibrant future for this congregation. Page With this as a backdrop, I decided that I wanted this year’s speech to be different from the typical high holiday speech of a congregational president. I am resisting doing what is so tempting to do with such a large captive audience. I will not exhort you to donate money or beg you to come to services, although those things would be nice and are essential to the health and well being of the synagogue. What I really want to talk about today is the importance of building a vision for our congregation and how it will only take a small effort from each of us. I was inspired to this discussion by a book I am reading about the United States Supreme Court and an essay mentioned in it about hedgehogs and foxes. Let me explain. It began with a personal effort to connect my professional life as a lawyer and a judge with my second career as president of this synagogue. I have spent the last 32 years engaged in the study and practice of law, the last 12 years as a Superior Court Judge. I have also spent the last seven years immersed in torah study and the activities of this synagogue. I am passionate about both aspects of my life. I came across a discussion of the essay about hedgehogs and foxes in a book assigned by my new book club, organized by the new dean of the University of Connecticut Law School. The book in question is written by Jan Crawford Greenburg, the ABC News legal correspondent. Entitled Supreme Conflict, it is a fascinating account of the struggle over the last 40 years or so by the conservative right to assume control of the United States Supreme Court particularly in the areas of abortion, gay rights, the death penalty and religion in public places. I am so determined to get this book read by our October 1 discussion date, I have spent every spare moment reading it knowing that I also had to leave some time in between to prepare this speech and hoping that I would find something in its text that would somehow connect these two threads of my life. Finally, on page 181, I read a reference to Sir Isaiah Berlin, a philosopher and a Jew, who lived from 1909 to 1997, and his essay, “The Hedgehog and The Fox,” in which he drew a distinction between “hedgehogs,” who know one big thing, and, “foxes,” who know lots of small things. In this congregation, as in the United States Supreme Court, we have a wonderful mix of hedgehogs and foxes. How does this relate to developing a vision? My point is simply this –whether you are a hedgehog, with one big idea of where you want this synagogue to be in five or ten years, or a fox, with many small ideas, I am asking you to set aside a little time this year to think about a vision for this congregation. Next year, once Rabbi Goldenberg settles in, we will invite you to join us in a formal discussion. But in the meantime, I hope you will begin thinking about it and, as your one big thought, or many small thoughts develop, please share them with the me, the rabbi or members of the board. All each of us needs to do to start this process is to make a point of coming here from time to time over the course Continued on page The Whole Megillah Your Books & Bagels Reservation “Letters From Nuremberg” and Christopher J. Dodd: Oct. 4 If you haven’t yet made reservations for our special Books & Bagels event, featuring Senator Christopher J. Dodd and his new book, “Letters From Nuremberg,” do so quickly. The event, co-sponsored by our program committee and RJ Julia Booksellers, will be held at CBSRZ at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 4. Call the bookstore (203) 245-3959 for reservations. Senator Dodd and his co-author, Lary Bloom, will discuss the book and then sign copies. Refreshments will be served. “Letters From Nuremberg” has already received a great deal of media attention – with the Senator appearing on Charlie Rose, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, and Hardball. The book features more than 300 letters written by Senator’s Dodd’s father, Thomas J. Dodd, when he was executive counsel at the first Nuremberg trial, which convicted top Nazis of, among other charges, crimes against humanity. From Your Rabbi Continued from page Sudan’s newest strategy is now to repopulate the ruined Darfurian villages with Arab sympathizers who then rebuild the villages for themselves. Because some parts of Darfur are so violent, various international aid groups and UN personnel have been pulled out of certain locations, leaving around 800,000 people in camps in Darfur with no humanitarian help, and no witnesses. Right now, with the Beijing Olympics on the horizon, it is an important time to maintain pressure on the Chinese government to not allow Sudan to continue to get away with murder. For that reason, the Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur is participating in a unique action. To draw attention to China’s role in the Darfur crisis, a organization called Dream for Darfur is organizing an Olympic Torch Relay from Darfur to Beijing. Ruth Messinger spoke of how moving her experience was to light the torch on the border of Darfur and Chad. The torch will travel to the locations of other major genocides in the world, including Germany and Bosnia. The Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur is participating in the United States Torch Relay, organized in partnership with the Save Darfur Coalition. This event will be held 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 21 at Minuteman Park in Hartford. Our Social Action Committee is helping with this event, and I am planning on attending. I hope that many of you will join me. The call of the shofar that we heard throughout the High Holy Days should be our call to conscience – our wake-up conference call – to do our part to stop the killing. 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The Rabbi, in what could have been viewed as a comedy skit, ran from car to car to meet the Moms and Dads dropping their kids off for Hebrew School. “Hi, I haven’t met you yet,” flew like a bubble over the parking lot. This was clearly the place to be, where it all was going down. NOTES AND NEWS ** Mah Jong is launched with the help of Lois Glazer. If you have not “signed up” yet to play, please let Lois know asap as she is setting up dates. She can be reached at 860/339-7172. ** The Holiday Boutique is on track for Sunday, November 18 from 10 – 4 so put it in your book and come on over. ** Revalyn Klein-Hickey is looking into trips to the Pace Gallery in New York City and Dia/Beacon in Beacon, N.Y. to see Sol LeWitt’s work. More on that asap. ** Thanks to all who more than just helped for the Erev Rosh Hashonah Oneg that we sponsored. ** More helpers needed to “man/woman” the Hanukah store on Wednesdays from 4-6 and Sundays from 9-12:30. The dates will be forthcoming from Michele Kleiman. ** Natalie Lindstrom passed out flyers on Sen. Christopher Dodd’s and Lary Bloom’s book, “Letters from Nuremberg.” The Senator will be at the synagogue on October 4th at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the book and sign them. ** We will hear more from Natalie about an upcoming trip to the Yiddish Center in Amherst. ~Suzanne Levine ~Sharon Taubman ** Our next meeting will be at Jackie Michael’s at 6:30 on Monday, October 22nd for a pot luck dinner. We will discuss our book selection, “Boychiks in the Hood.” Please let her know if you will be there at 860/345-2677 With Deepest Sympathy Condolence notes or contributions in Rick’s memory can be sent to: It is with great sadness that I share with our congregational family the death of Derrick Miller (known as Rick,) the son of our synagogue clerical assistant, Donna Miller and her husband Jerry. Rick was only 36 when he died unexpectedly on Thursday evening. Our hearts go out to the Miller family and to all of those who surround them with love. Donna can use the support and caring of our congregation at this time, whether in the form of condolence notes, contributions in Rick’s memory, or your attendance at the funeral. Donna and Jerry Miller 96 Vancedarfield Road Colchester, CT 06415 In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to: Jimmy Fund c/o Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 10 Brookline Place, 6th Floor Brookline, MA 02445-9924 May Donna and her family find comfort as they make their way through this difficult time, ~Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg Page The Whole Megillah Honoring Maia Chiat Brunch For a Champion of Israel By Suzanne Levine Editor’s note: Maia Chiat will be honored at the Annual Israel Bonds Tribute Brunch to be held at CBSRZ on Sunday, October 21st at 11:00 a.m. Tickets are $25. If you have not received your invitation you may call Elaine Price at the Israel Bonds Office at 860 236-4523 or 800 9161918. See more about Israel Bonds on page 9. To visit Maia and Kay at their lovely home on Ayers Point in Old Saybrook can easily turn into a daylong excursion which often includes a trip through history even antiquity as Maia lovingly handles pottery from ancient Chinese dynasties or the small “red” books, as in Mao Tse Tung. This home is a long way away from the displaced person’s camp in Austria where Maia was born in 1947. One year later, his parents and sister moved to a vacated house that had belonged to a Palestinian family in Holon, Israel, just south of Tel Aviv where the four of them shared one bedroom. His mother lived there until her death a few years ago. As a five year old, Maia witnessed the fresh and still very raw emotions from World War II during Yiskor services for Yom Kippur, crying, renting of clothes and tearing of hair. This was a lot for a young boy to witness and something he has not forgotten. When Maia was thirteen, his father died and he left school to work in a garage for $20 a month. “My mother sent me off each day with a salami sandwich, one slice between two slices of bread.” With his first paycheck Maia went to the butcher and bought an entire salami home to his mother in the hopes that she might add a few more slices to that sandwich. The Whole Megillah As a commando in the Israeli Army, Maia saw a lot combat in the Six Day War and was in the first group to take the Golan Heights. There were many hours spent in bunkers waiting. It was there Maia began to envision coming to the United States. In 1970, he left Israel. The unemployment office suggested that he look into work at a factory in Norwich and he began in the warehouse. Three nights a week he drove to the Rhode Island School of Design and took classes in fashion design and then commenced to learn all of the technical aspects of the business. Maia borrowed $1,000 in order to follow his own dream and the rest, as they say, is fashion history. The business grew to where it is now, grossing more than $200 million a year. After their marriage, Maia and Kay moved from Norwich to this part of Connecticut and joined the Deep River shul. He was recently reminded that shortly after joining the little shul he held a dinner there just before Passover for all the Jews living in the area just so they could get to know one another. Today the Chiat family – Emily and Mario Medina and their three girls, Sophie, 8 and 6 year old twins, Madeline and Isabelle, Tiffany and Lior Haim and Avi and Cheryl Chiat-- are often at “Camp Chiat” which could be viewed as a compound with its swimming pool, tennis court, guest house and stunning views of the Connecticut River. As Maia said, “When we come here, I don’t like to leave, sure, maybe we go out for dinner, but I am happy and peaceful here, especially when my family is here with me.” When Maia does travel, it is to Israel the majority of the time. He simply loves it, “It’s my home, I feel best there, I speak Hebrew, I speak Yiddish. I am so proud of the country, its accomplishments.” In the States he buys two or three Hebrew newspapers a week. “I want and need to know what is happening there.” Maia is also a citizen of Israel as is his son-in law. We are very fortunate to have this wonderfully generous man in our congregation – he has contributed a great deal of energy, terrific ideas and enormous resources to CBSRZ. His enthusiasm for Israel is infectious. He is proud to be a Jew and very deserving of this tribute on October 21st. Please be there as a congregation to honor Maia Chiat. Page From the President Continued from page of the next year. We have so many wonderful and exciting things planned this should be a fairly easy task. I just want to offer you a few suggestions. Stop by and view the latest exhibit in our Main Street gallery. Come to hear Senator Christopher Dodd and Lary Bloom discuss their new book, Letters from Nurnberg on October 4. Join the celebration of Rabbi Goldenberg’s installation weekend, November 2-4. Come to our Craft Bazaar on November 18, or particThis is the cycle of life of the Jewish people. As we conclude our reading of Deuteronomy this time of year, the fifth and final book of Torah, Moshe reminds us in his long final speech to the Jewish people, that God puts before us both blessing and curse, life and death, and enjoins us emphatically to choose life. Choosing life seems to mean, as we discussed at Torah study last Saturday, making a conscious decision to live life in a particular way, making ethical choices, choosing to live our lives in accordance with Jewish ideals. We have been tested these past two years and we have made our choice. In the midst of disappointment, sadness and death, we are blessed with new life and new hope for our congregation embodied in the form of our new rabbi, Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg, and her family, her husband, Jim Talbott, and her young children, Amina and Ziv. We therefore must seize upon this moment as a critical time in the history of our congregation while we have this wonderful opportunity to make important life affirming choices that will assure a vibrant future for this congregation. With this as a backdrop, I decided that I wanted this year’s speech to be different from the typical high holiday speech of a congregational president. I am resisting doing what is so tempting to do with such a large captive audience. I will not exhort you to donate money or beg you to come to services, although those things would be nice and are essential to the health and well being of the synagogue. What I really want to talk about today is the importance of building a vision for our congregation and how it will only take a small effort from each of us. Lois N. Glazer, LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist is pleased to announce the relocation of her psychotherapy practice for children, adults and families to 49 Sherwood Terrace Old Saybrook, CT 06475 860.399.3466 Page Choir Notes By Janie Pittendreigh Have you ever wondered about the origins of the music we sing during services? Where do the melodies come from? Who wrote them? Why do certain melodies evoke such an emotional response in us? I have. So, when the Whole Megillah asked me to write something for The Megillah, my first thought was here is the impetus to explore these questions. Since the High Holy Days are still fresh in our minds, I will begin with a song which always brings me joy and pleasure – “Sim Shalom.” “Sim Shalom” is also the name of well-known Siddur (who knew?), and is part of a group of 18 prayers or blessings. Now, if I understand what I read correctly, “Sim Shalom” is actually the 19th, but was kept as part of the group anyway…hey, we are Jewish and this is just the way it is. These 18 – or 19 – blessings are divided into 3 major areas: blessings of praise; blessings of petitions (we are asking of G-d, I guess); blessings of thanks. Sim Shalom falls into the last category. Just look at the first words of “Sim Shalom:” Grant peace, goodness and blessing, grace and kindness and mercy to us and to all lsrael, Your people. How can anyone fault these words? Why the music is so evocative I can only answer in a personal way. I’m sure the minor and major chords have a lot to do with it, and Meg Gister or Belinda Brennan can tell you why certain structures and clusters of notes appeal to us in a particular way. But music, like silent prayer, is a highly personal experience. Music, I read, but think I must always have known, plays a major role in Judaism. I’ve heard more than one person say singing to G-d is perhaps a more powerful form of prayer. I know when I hear Belinda sing, for example, those goose bumps I feel are an indication to me that her glorious voice is carrying more than just her own emotions. Her inspired voice travels upward and inward - way beyond the written words and music on paper. After every choir rehearsal, especially, but mostly all the time, I hear various songs and melodies in my head…a soothing counterbalance to the busyness of every day. Choir rehearsal is much more than a group of us gathering to practice singing. It’s an excuse to sing what I feel…and sometimes what I didn’t know I was feeling. While thinking about what to write and reading up on Sim Shalom, I learned how large and important the role of music plays in our liturgy. We have a rich history of music to go along with our prayers. From time to time, I will try to highlight another song or melody – and anyone else who would like to write in Choir Notes is cordially invited to do so! Have YOU a favorite song about which you would like to write? Have YOU a favorite melody we perhaps haven’t yet included in our choir songbook? Please share your thoughts and ideas. Better yet, come join the choir. You will laugh and sing…what could be better? L’Shonah Tovah to all of you. The Whole Megillah Holiday Celebrations Simchat Torah Service Wednesday, October 3, 7 pm Unscroll the Torah scrolls! Stand face to face with the Ten Commandments! Dance to the Klezmer Band! Eat delicious sweets! Celebrate the joy that is Torah! On October 3rd, at 7pm, we gather to celebrate Simchat Torah, literally the joy of Torah. The holiday that officially marks the beginning of another new year of Torah readings, the service for this festival is not to be missed. On that night, we will unroll an entire Torah - as if we are wrapping the sanctuary in our holy text. Each attendee at the service will have the chance to hold a piece of the parchment as it winds around the sanctuary. Adding to the joy, we will sing, dance and pray to the music of our own Klezmer band, A Klez Act. Each year, we create a service that emphasizes the commandment to teach our children and share Torah from one generation to the next. The Simchat Torah service is for all ages, and it thrives on the participation of children. Please bring your young ones! Joe Bergonzi Night On Friday night, October 19th, we will honor Joe Bergonzi at the Shabbat service. Joe has been a member of our staff for over 10 years, and caretaker of our facilities dating back to Union Street. Joe was likely the one you saw cleaning, or setting up and breaking down for events, maintaining grounds, removing the snow, and doing a variety of other tasks. Over the last decade, he became a trusted and respected member of our community, and on the 19th we’ll show our appreciation. Please join us. ~ Harvey Payton The Whole Megillah The Shabbat Circle Rosh Hashanah was over. The marathon of services and food and family and friends had ended. The guests had gone home. And as the sun was setting on our first Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Goldenberg….Shabbat was beginning. Most of us were too exhausted to appear in the synagogue yet one more time. But that was not true for 17 of us. We were there at 7:30 pm on Friday night to welcome in the Shabbat. Among the 400 chairs set up for the holiday, Rabbi Goldenberg had formed a few chairs into a circle close to the ark and so we sat with our prayer books waiting. A beautiful peace settled over the sanctuary and we took a deep breath and then sat quietly thinking our own thoughts. Rabbi Goldenberg and Belinda Brennan began to sing a niggun and so the service began. There was a glow, a special feeling of warmth that settled over all of us. The words in the prayer book were the same but the feeling was different. We were family and we were together at this special moment. It was a most beautiful service and a fitting way to begin a New Year. ~Jo-Ann Price About Israel Bonds David Ben Gurion proposed the idea of creating an organization to sell securities issued by Israel’s government during a time of crisis when the state was first born. Part of its nation building included raising monies for a national infrastructure to accommodate the arrival of hundreds of thousands of immigrants This new organization “rose to the challenge, mobilizing the Jewish community and securing first year sales of $52 million. This marked the first of many critical periods in which Israel Bonds generated vital economic resources for Israel.” As Israel copes with the war against Hezbollah and its aftermath, Northern Israel must first recover from the terrible destruction caused by thousands of rockets and missiles. The damages and enormous costs defending its citizens has markedly slowed the country’s economic growth and Israel Bonds will make every effort “on every level to ensure that Israel’s economic needs continue to be met.” Page The Installation of Rabbi Goldenberg, November 2 - 4 Come kvell, pray, eat, study, eat, dance, eat, raise a toast -your guide to a special weekend When plans for Rabbi Goldenberg’s installation were announced, she said during a Friday night service that she felt like an appliance. Well, that’s the word, installation, and we’re stuck with it, but we’re also making it a weekend of joy that we invite all in our community to participate in. According to Jo-Ann Price who is co-chairing the weekend with Suzanne Levine, “ This will be an opportunity for the entire congregation to celebrate our new Rabbi. It has taken us a long time to find the right person to lead us into the future. Now that we have found her, let us show our happiness and our ruach (spirit).” From the Shabbat evening of Friday, Nov. 2 to the morning of Sunday, Nov. 4th, the synagogue will be the site of many exciting events. Here’s a rundown: INSTALLATION SERVICE, Friday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Goldenberg will be formally installed as permanent Rabbi of our congregation. We will have three guest Rabbis on the Bimah this evening. Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg, our Rabbi’s father, Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, founding Rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn and mentor to Rabbi Goldenberg, and Rabbi David Stern, Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas who is also a mentor to Rabbi Goldenberg. Rev. Roger Talbott, the rabbi’s father-in-law, will give a blessing. morning, we’ll honor the members of the Transition Committee and members of both Rabbi Search committees who were all so important to our finding the right Rabbi and helping to make her feel at home. CELEBRATORY DINNER AND PARTY: On Saturday night, we’ll host a gourmet dinner and a chance to party (“festive dress” is recommended). The theme of the evening will be, of course, Rabbi Goldenberg. We will have an opportunity to find out more about our Rabbi and her interests through the theme and decorations for the evening. The cocktail reception will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a brief Havdallah service at 7:15 p.m. followed by a sumptuous dinner catered by Feast Gourmet Market, of Deep River. Then we’ll dance until the wee hours of the morning, to the music of our own “A Klez Act”, our eight piece band that plays traditional and innovative Jewish music, led by Norman Hanenbaum. Cost for the dinner is $36 per person. FAMILY BRUNCH: Sunday, Nov. 4, During Religious School the children will hold their own “Installation Service” for Rabbi Goldenberg when they will have an opportunity to bless her as adults were able to on Friday evening. After Religious School there will be a brunch for all families with children. COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL: Natalie Lindstrom in putting together a beautiful commemorative journal with the weekend’s program as well as all kinds of information on our synagogue. We are soliciting ads from our members and from the greater community. This is a booklet that you will want to keep. We invite the entire congregation to participate in any or all events. For further information please call Sue Levine at 526- 9945 or Jo-Ann Price at 860/526-9477. To reserve your spot for dinner, please call Wendy Bayor in the synagogue office 860/526-8920. We have also invited many guests to join us including local clergy, various leaders of the Reform Movement, leaders of the local Jewish organizations and Federations, local town officials and State officials, our Senators and Congressmen and our past presidents and all of our former rabbis. It should be a stellar evening in our history. GALA ONEG SHABBAT: Following services we will have a joyous Oneg Shabbat with goodies baked and contributed by our members and sponsored by the Women’s Committee. HOLY SCROLLERS AND SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES: Saturday, Nov 3, 9 a.m. Holy Scrollers, our Torah Study group, will be led by guest Rabbi, David Stern. Afterward, at 10:30, there will be a Shabbat Morning Service complete with a Torah service, and then a Kiddush. During the Page 10 The Whole Megillah The Installation Journal: How To Make an Ad of Yourself We have a great opportunity coming up; don’t miss the chance to be a part of it! Rabbi Goldenberg’s Installation Weekend, November 2, 3 and 4, will be a gala celebration by our whole community, one we’ll remember for many years to come. A beautiful keepsake journal is planned to honor and commemorate the occasion. It will be all about this rabbi and this congregation – our histories, our aspirations, and the events of this weekend, on which we celebrate the convergence of our paths. Included, of course, is plenty of space for us to express our best wishes to her both personally and professionally. Friends in the business community undoubtedly will want to go on record also in welcoming her; by all means let’s offer them this pleasure. And happily, these expressions of love and congratulation can go a long way toward closing the gap between our dues income and our operating expenses. JOURNAL PARTICIPATION ORDER ( ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) ) ) Quarter Page (Business Card - 2 x 3.5 inches) Half Page 4 x 5 inches Full Page 8 x 5 inches Inside back cover 8 x 5 inches Back Cover (there’s only one – hurry) One or Two-Liner (personal, not business, please) $ 72 $ 108 $ 180 $ 270 $ 360 $ 36 PLEASE SUBMIT CAMERA-READY ART, BLACK & WHITE ONLY! ( ) Prepare my ad with the following copy: (print legibly) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Advertiser Name_____________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Name ______________________________________________________________________________________ Address___________________________________________________________________Phone_____________________ Please submit form and payment to CBSRZ, P.O. Box 438, Chester CT 06412 ABSOLUTE DEADLINE: OCTOBER 16, 2007 Camera-Ready Materials may be e-mailed to bethshalom@ snet.net If snail-mailing materials, do not fold. QUESTIONS? Contact: Natalie Lindstrom: 860-526-2468 or [email protected] The Whole Megillah Page 11 Installation Committee Chairs We would love to have any members of the congregation join any of the installation committees. If you would like to be part of the fun of putting the weekend together, give one of us a call. Co-Chairs: Oneg Shabbat Sue Levine Jo-Ann Price [email protected] [email protected] 860-526-9945 860-526-9477 Laura Roman Barbara Greenspan [email protected] [email protected] 860-345-3583 203-421-4984 Torah Study Kiddush Rick Hornung [email protected] 860-345-0014 Karen and Jeff Burzin Sean and Sibylle Konecky [email protected] [email protected] 860-767-3126 860-388-5772 Saturday Evening Jon and Doreen Joslow [email protected] 860-526-4016 Dinner/Party Marcy and Joel Saltzman [email protected] 860-526-9586 Sunday Brunch David Ripin [email protected] 860-395-1387 Hospitality Invitations to special guests Susan Perl Marlene Scharr [email protected] [email protected] 860-767-1311 860-767-2187 Martin and Lois Nadel Lauren Gister [email protected] 860-526-5745 [email protected] 860-526-8690 Journal Natalie Lindstrom Nancy Fischbach [email protected] [email protected] 860-526-2468 860-767-8745 Music Norman Hanenbaum Lary Bloom (Klez Band) Meg Gister (choir) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 860-345-2191 860-526-9401 860-526-1657 Flowers: Linda Rigono Kay Chiat [email protected] [email protected] 860-345-3839 860-388-2028 Publicity Lary Bloom [email protected] 860-526-9401 Congregational Invitations Lynn Triebel [email protected] 203-453-6173 Page 12 The Whole Megillah Installation Helpers Needed Bakers, Fruit Slicers and Shoppers... Library News By Karen Cheyney Children’s Library We begin the joyous festivities with Friday Shabbat services followed by an Oneg. We will be having many guests (approximately 200 are expected) join us at services and we want to “strut our stuff ” with a really beautiful Oneg! There are many creative kitchen souls in our congregation and we are asking all of you to show off your talents and bring a tasty dairy treat to share. Don’t have time to bake or make a fruit salad? That’s OK. We could also use beverages. The temple will provide the coffee and tea and we need people to bring cold drinks (juices, cider, soda). We would appreciate it if you would call (or e-mail) Laura Roman with your intended contribution no later than October 26. We’d like to have a variety and this would allow us to ensure enough food and drinks. You can reach Laura at 860-345-3583 or [email protected]. You can bring your dairy food contribution to the temple any time that is convenient. If it is before 4:00 on November 2nd, please make sure it is labeled for the Installation Oneg. You can also bring it with you when you come to services at 7:30 (but please make sure it is ready to serve!). Suggestions of food to bring: Baked Goods (Cakes, Cookies, Brownies, Baklava, Mandel Bread; Fruit Tarts; Cobblers); Fresh Fruit Salad; Cheese and Cracker Tray; Hummus and Pita Plate; Vegetable Tray with Dip; Crackers and Dip; Dried Fruits and Nuts Plate; Boxes of Chocolates, Jelly Rings, Halavah, Chocolate Dipped Fruit. We will be moving the children’s videos from the adult library to the children’s library in the religious school wing sometime in October. Children’s music will continue to be located in the main library next to the ark until we can finish processing them. As a reminder, please do not check out Teachers’ Resource materials without permission. These materials are next to the door outside the playground and few of them have been catalogued or processed yet. This school year the library will be emphasizing Making Mitzvahs Meaningful. If your child is a mitzvah mensch, bring us a picture of him or her performing mitzvahs and we will put the photos up on a wall. Some Sundays, the librarians will provide M&M treats, so be sure to ask your child what mitzvah he or she noticed at Sunday School. Volunteers Students at the religious school always enjoy guest readers. If you would like to read to students, tell stories, perform magic or do puppet shows, contact Linda Polomski. The library itself is always looking for volunteers to help shelve books, enter data on the computer, process books, write book reviews or a myriad of other things. Contact Karen Cheyney or Linda Polomski if you are able to help. We want to thank again those volunteers who have been helping over the summer, including Beth Gottlieb, Stephanie Arbige and Lon Seidman. New Books We have placed two orders over the summer, so we have new interesting books: everything from Spiritual Knitting to Torah through dance; from recent Israeli fiction to recent scholastic works. We will be placing another new order soon, so if you have any suggestions, please e-mail them to Karen Cheyney at [email protected]. We’ve done it before and we know that we can do it again! Thanks in advance for your help! ~Laura Roman The Whole Megillah Page 13 Rear View Editor’s note: The following is an account by Erica Udoff of accompanying her son, Oliver, to Chicago, where he would become a college freshman. “...a compatible but weary team nearing the end of a long project.” To our fellow travelers, we hardly looked like we were embarking on a momentous journey. My bag, full of knitting, laptop, magazines and lists, would get stowed poorly, as always, under the seat in front of me. It would get yanked out periodically as I tried to take full advantage of the couple of hours sitting still. My son and his bag exuded casualness. But this was not just one of the cool vacations we used to take when he was younger, the adventurous mother with no sense of direction and her son the fabulous navigator who figured out how to read French by the direction that the engine on the Metro was facing. I was delivering my one and only to college for the first time. Only one of us had a roundtrip ticket. Weather delays at O’Hare forced us to spend more time waiting around at the airport in Hartford than we actually did in the air once our 6:45 flight finally took off at 10:00. At one point during that limbo the gate agent offered passengers the chance to rebook for an early morning flight. Having accidentally left my laptop charger at home, I was thinking that wouldn’t a terrible alternative until my casual companion calmly informed me that he did not want to go back to the house. It was the first sign that beneath his calm exterior, the teenager who only a few hours ago was lounging on the sofa in his boxers watching a baseball game was finding his own ways to prepare for moving on. The next day was spent at the malls in the suburbs of Chicago, amassing the essentials for dorm life, and particularly, a life without the convenience of the family car. As he handed over the extra Visa card I’d arranged for him, he supplied his new zip code to the dutifully inquiring cashiers. The casualness was back. By the time we had dinner with his dad and his dad’s companion who had arrived from New York, shopping-induced exhaustion had somewhat dulled the sense of what the next day held, at least for me. Not always a picture perfect divorced family, we united for a warm and enthusiastic evening together. After The Year of Celebration Continues By Louise Ross On Sunday, September 9th, following the first day of Religious School, the Rabbi Transition Committee sponsored a great Barbecue. This was just another event in a year long series of events to celebrate the arrival of Rabbi Goldenberg. We had enough hamburgers and hot dogs to feed everyone who attended and then some! As always, we had delicious side dishes and dessserts prepared by a variety of committee members and other congregants. Pot lucks never fail to provide fabulous delicacies! I’m pretty certain that there The Whole Megillah that, how hard could any further challenges be? Before long, he was moved into his quarter of the suite he would be calling home. After lunch the New Yorkers departed and we went back to the malls for a few last things. By this time my usual high standards for finding just the right whatever had slackened to a level befitting the number of hours we’d been at this, as had my ability to ignore other people’s screeching small children. Yet neither one of us let cranky show. Ok, when we couldn’t find a lightweight jacket (that I was positive would insure that waking up to rain wouldn’t mean rolling over and skipping classes) I might have showed a little cranky. Thank you, Timberland. We were a compatible but weary team nearing the end of a long project. After an early dinner together, goodbye was imminent, though I admit to actually wondering if I could get out of one last trip upstairs with a case of Gatorade if we said goodbye at the car. No, my ever-practical son needed a mother for a few more minutes. That done, I was no longer imagining choking up at saying goodbye. I had done it and I was walking back to the car by myself. United made its best time ever on my solo trip home, though he’ll never believe me. My new chapter as a long-distance parent begins about now. How often to call, how often to email, what kind of advice to add to all that’s gone before, heeded or not. Not finding a sweatshirt or tee shirt that suited my taste, I bought two of those ubiquitous stickers with the college name, one for my car and one for the truck that had been his to drive. All my life I’d always seen these as parents’ way of boasting about where their prodigy went to school, or at least where they sent all their hard earned money. But once I’d wiped the window clean and applied one, I discovered what you only know once you’ve crossed this parental threshold. If you look in your rear view mirror, which I occasionally do, though probably not often enough, the mirror reverses the backwards lettering on the back window, so that you read the name of the place where your child is now making a new exciting life. It’s not the same as having my warm and witty kid living in the same house, but it’s kind of a nice thing. ~ Erica Udoff wasn’t a hungry man, woman or child to be found! It was particularly wonderful to see our Religious School children and their parents, interacting with congregants who don’t have that school connection. We would like to think of ways to bring all of the sectors of our congregation together more often. Relationships amongst all ages of people really cements the strength of our community. Of course, the “talk of the day” was Jim Talbott’s buzz cut!! No more curls! Many thanks to our committee members who worked on this event. Keep your eyes and ears open for the next “happening” in our Year of Celebration. Page 14 Weekly Torah Portions October 6, 2007 Bereishit Genesis 1:1-6:8 G-d creates the world in six days. On the first day He makes darkness and light. On the second day He forms the heavens, dividing the “upper waters” from the “lower waters.” On the third day He sets the boundaries of land and sea and calls forth trees and greenery from the earth. On the fourth day He fixes the position of the sun, moon and stars as timekeepers and illuminators of the earth. Fish, birds and reptiles are created on the fifth day; land-animals, and then the human being, on the sixth. G-d ceases work on the seventh day, and sanctifies it as a day of rest. G-d forms the human body from the dust of the earth and blows into his nostrils a “living soul.” Originally Man is a single person; but deciding that “it is not good that man be alone,” G-d takes a “side” from the man, forms it into a woman, and marries them to each other. Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden and commanded not to eat from the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.” The serpent persuades Eve to violate the command, and she shares the forbidden fruit with her husband. Because of their sin, it is decreed that man will experience death, returning to the soil from which he was formed; and that all gain will come only through struggle and hardship. Man is banished from the Garden. Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain quarrels with Abel and murders him, and becomes a rootless wanderer. A third son is born to Adam, Seth, whose tenth-generation descendent, Noah, is the only righteous man in a corrupt world. October 13, 2007 Noach - Genesis 6:9 - 11:32 G-d instructs Noah -- the only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruption -- to build a large wooden teivah (“ark”), coated within and without with pitch. A great deluge, says G-d, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family, and two members (male and female) of each animal species. Rain falls for 40 days and nights, and the waters churn for 150 days more before calming and beginning to recede. The ark settles on Mount Ararat, and from its window Noah dispatches a raven, and then a series of doves, “to see if the waters were abated from the face of the earth.” G-d swears never again to destroy all of mankind because of their deeds, and sets the rainbow as a testimony of His new covenant with man. G-d also commands Noah on the sacredness of life: murder is deemed a capital offense, and while man is permitted to eat the meat of animals, he is forbidden to eat flesh or blood taken from a living animal. Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah’s sons, Shem and Japeth, are blessed for covering up their father’s nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is cursed for taking advantage of his debasement. Octoberr 20, 2007 Lech-Lecha Genesis 12:1-17:27 G-d speaks to Abram, commanding him to “Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.” There, G-d says, he will be made into a great nation. Abram and his wife Sarai, accompanied by his nephew Lot, journey to the Land of Page 15 Canaan, where Abram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of a One G-d. A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh’s palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. A plague prevents the Egyptian king from touching her and convinces him to return her to Abram and compensate the brother-revealed-as-husband with gold, silver and cattle. Back in the Land of Canaan, Lot separates from Abram and settles in the evil city of Sodom, where he falls captive when the mighty armies of Chedorlaomer and his three allies conquer the five cities of the Sodom Valley. Abram sets out with a small band to rescue his nephew, defeats the four kings, and is blessed by Malki-Zedek the king of Salem (Jerusalem). G-d seals the Covenant Between the Parts with Abram, in which the exile and persecution (Galut) of the people of Israel is foretold and the Holy Land is bequeathed to them as their eternal heritage Still childless ten years after their arrival in the Land, Sarai tells Abram to marry her maidservant Hagar. Hagar conceives, becomes insolent toward her mistress, and then flees when Sarai treats her harshly; an angel convinces her to return and tells her that her son will father a populous nation. Ishmael is born in Abram’s 86th year. Thirteen years later, G-d changes Abram’s name to Abraham (“father of multitudes”) and Sarai’s to Sarah (“princess”), and promises that a son will be born to them; from this child, whom they should call Isaac (“will laugh”), will stem the great nation with which G-d will establish His special bond. Abraham is commanded to circumcise himself and his descendents as a “sign of the covenant between Me and you.” October 27, 2007 Vayeira Genesis 18:1-22:24 Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three -- who are angels disguised as men -- announces that, in exactly one year, the barren Sarah will give birth to a son. Sarah laughs. Abraham pleads with G-d to spare the wicked city of Sodom. Two of the three disguised angels arrive in the doomed city, where Abraham’s nephew, Lot, extends his hospitality to them and protects them from the evil intentions of a Sodomite mob. The two guests reveal that they have come to overturn the place, and to save Lot and his family. Lot’s wife turns into a pillar of salt when she disobeys the command not to look back at the burning city as they flee. While taking shelter in a cave, Lot’s two daughters (believing that they and their father are the only ones left alive in the world) get their father drunk, lie with him, and become pregnant. The two sons born from this incident father the nations of Moab and Amon. Abraham moves to Gerar, where the Philistine king Avimelech takes Sarah -- who is presented as Abraham’s sister -- to his palace. In a dream, G-d warns Avimelech that he will die unless he returns the woman to her husband. Abraham explains that he feared he would be killed over the beautiful Sarah. G-d remembers His promise to Sarah and gives her and Abraham a son, who is named Isaac (Yitzchak, meaning “will laugh”). Isaac is circumcised at the age of eight days; Abraham is 100 years old, and Sarah 90, at their child’s birth. G-d tests Abraham’s devotion by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem. Isaac is bound and placed on the altar, and Abraham raises the knife to slaughter his son. A voice from heaven calls to stop him; a ram, caught in the undergrowth by its horns, is offered in Isaac’s place. The Whole Megillah Refuah Shelemah Prayers are offered for the physical and emotional health of members, family and friends at services on Friday and Saturday. If someone you know is ill or might like a visit from Rabbi Goldenberg, please call 860/526-8920. When you are hospitalized, please be aware that there are now stricter legal and ethical guidelines regarding the dissemination of patient information from hospitals to clergy. In addition, today’s shorter hospital stays make • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ezra Altabet - Grandson of Jackie Michael Howard Baran - Husband of Terry Baran Terry Baran - Wife of Howard Baran Patty Carroll - Friend of Sue Savitt Gertrude Cohen - Cousin of Eva Davis Sammy Cohen - Nephew of Rebecca Blake John Dempsey - Friend of Gene and Marilyn Kalet Lois Eichengreen Hy Fink - Husband of Rita Fink Marilyn Fisher Vincent Foley Carol Hinnegan Marge Hollander - Relative of Eric Infeld Odette Jubelirer - Mother of Brad Jubelirer Joe Labov - Husband of Shirlee Labov Shirlee Labov - Wife of Joe Labov Steve Levinson - Brother-in-law of Nancy Fischbach Millie Locker Linda Lucas - Friend of Gene and Marilyn Kalet Marilyn Kalet’s Mama Loshen Mishpocheh zachen Family affairs Ganaiden Garden of Eden Fardrai zich dein kop Go drive yourself crazy Meichel A gourmet’s delight Vi gait dos gesheft? How’s business? timely visits by clergy difficult at best. Therefore, if you have occasion to be hospitalized, you or your family members should do two things: First, notify the synagogue or Rabbi Goldenberg of the hospitalization as soon as possible. Second, upon admission to the hospital, you will be asked if you desire to have your religious affiliation as a part of your medical record and for permission to make your name available to clergy. If you fail to do either of the above ,Rabbi Goldenberg will have no way of knowing your needs. • • • • • Gail Lynch - Friend of Lois Glazer Alan Neff Maya Ouzen Lois Plumb Elana Pomerantz - Granddaughter of Jackie Michael Loretta Reeb - Friend of Ethan Goller and Rona Malakoff Sy Reiner - Brother-in-law of Marilyn Kalet Naomi Rogers - Wife of Sam Rogers Marlene Scharr - Wife of Jerry Scharr Rick Westerman - Friend of Ethan Goller and Rona Malakoff • • • • • Please remember to inform either chair of the Chesed Committee - Marilyn White-Gottfried or Sue Savitt - if you or someone you know is ill, in need of help or has experienced a death in the family. They are here to help. Kaddish is recited every Friday evening and Shabbat morning. Please call the Rabbi if you have any questions. #%.42!, '!,,%29 -AIN3TREET /LD3AYBROOK#4 Seltzer Bus card horiz ad 1 Page 16 PAINTINGS SCULPTURE JEWELRY 5.)15%')&43 CERAMICS 6/26/07 9:53:11 AM The Whole Megillah Remembrance October Yahrzeits Memorial Plaques • Ida Polstein • Sam Krupnikoff Paul Peck Father of Michael Peck • Sidney Swadosh • Rose Kabatznick David Ross Father of Louise Ross Jennie Mae Clein Mother of Reuven Clein • Sol Goldstein David Wexler Uncle of Susan Fine Leo Amarant Father of George Amarant • Abraham Breitman • Anna Needle Joseloff Libby Nevas Mother of Jo-Ann Price Bertram Friedman Being observed by Dorothy Friedman • Matthew Wartel • Lena Frankel • Anna Gelper • Louis Joseloff David Joslow Father of Liz Archambault Father of Jon Joslow • Ida Levinson • Irving Pivnick • Emma Oppenheimer David Miller Grandfather of Ellen Friedman • Bella Astrove Milton Weintraub Uncle of Marcy Saltzman • Daniel Alan Altman • Max Frankel Sylvia Beckerman Mother of Barbara Beckerman • Elizabeth Friedman • David Levine Nathan Fink Father of Hy Fink • Isaac Baron • Solomon Ginsberg • Celia Baum • Harry Baron • Abraham Blecher Jane White Gwillim Mother-in-law of Lary Bloom • Philip Berwick • Aaron Diamond Edward Glazer Husband of Lois Glazer • Samuel Elkin Marvin Radom Father of Debra Landrey • Jacob Lake • Sarah Shulman • Louis Steinberg • Celia Benson Ann Samuels Levine Being observed by Steven Ross Libby Peck Mother of Michael Peck Sondra Burzin Mother of Jeffrey Burzin Lester Feld Father of Gail Feld Ethel Goldberg Mother-in-law of David Bruno Harry Labov Father of Joseph Labov Martin Saykin Father of Adele Saykin Harry Schwartz Father-in-law of Irv Shiffman Michael Pear Brother of Joseph Pear Leonora Hays Wife of David Hays Nathan Gottlieb Father of Henry Gottlieb Nathan Luchnick Father of Lois Glazer Sadie Case Sharp Sister of Lewis Case Nathan Sigal Father of Dorothy Palmer Grandfather of Peg Palmer Sarah Zomback Mother of Beth Brewer Page 17 Frances Seidman Mother of Sandy Seidman Robert Price Father of Neil Price Annette Farber Rechtschafer Sister of Beverly Glassman Harry Zack Father of Mathias Zack The Whole Megillah Building Our Sukkah On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, several members of the congregation, led by George Amarant and Harvey Payton (our House Committee cochairs) built the Sukkah -- the site of the Shabbat pot luck supper on September 28. Laura Roman recorded the scene with her camera. That’s Harvey Payton behind the beam (but on top of things, as always) Leslie Krumholz Meg Gister Above: Carol LeWitt and Marcy Saltzman Right: Stephanie Arbige Page 18 The Whole Megillah October 2007 19 Tishri 5768 - 19 Heshvan 5768 Sunday Monday 6:19AM/6:10PM 1 6:25AM/6:01PM 7 4 5 8 am: Simchat Torah morning service with Yizkor 7 pm: Religious Affairs meeting 7:30 pm: Senator Chris Dodd "Letters From Nuremburg" 6 pm: Family potluck dinner 7 pm: Family Shabbat Service 19 Tishri Kesubos 30 20 Tishri Kesubos 31 21 Tishri Kesubos 32 22 Tishri Kesubos 33 23 Tishri Kesubos 34 6:26AM/5:59PM 8 6:34AM/5:48PM 15 7 pm: Choir Rehearsal 2 Heshvan Kesubos 43 3 Heshvan Kesubos 44 6:42AM/5:38PM 22 6:28AM/5:57PM 9 10 6:29AM/5:56PM 7:30 pm: Board Meeting 27 Tishri Kesubos 38 28 Tishri Kesubos 39 29 Tishri Kesubos 40 16 6:35AM/5:47PM 17 6:36AM/5:45PM 18 6:37AM/5:44PM 7:45 am: Minyan 4:15 pm: Religious School 4 Heshvan Kesubos 45 23 6:43AM/5:36PM 5 Heshvan Kesubos 46 24 6:44AM/5:35PM 6:30 pm: Gesher & Confirmation 7:45 am: Minyan 4:15 pm: Religious School 9 Heshvan Kesubos 50 10 Heshvan Kesubos 51 11 Heshvan Kesubos 52 12 Heshvan Kesubos 53 6:50AM/5:28PM 6:30AM/5:54PM 7:45 am: Minyan 4:15 pm: Religious School 6:30 pm: Women's Club, Jackie Michael's 8 pm: Klezmer Band Rehearsal 29 11 3 pm: Shoreline Soup Kitchen 6:30 pm: Gesher & Confirmation 9:30 am: Religious School 11 am: Israel Bonds Tribute Lunch 6:48AM/5:30PM 6:23AM/6:04PM §6:49PM/¡¡5:46PM Simchat Torah 7:45 am: Minyan 7 pm: Erev Simchat Torah & Consecration Service 9:30 am: Religious School 9:30 am: Program Committee 28 Friday 7 pm: Executive Committee 26 Tishri Kesubos 37 6:41AM/5:39PM 3 Thursday 6:21AM/6:07PM 6:22AM/6:06PM §6:52PM/¡¡5:49PM §6:51PM/¡¡6:51PM Hoshanah Rabbah Shemini Atzeret (Yizkor) Hol Hamoed Sukkot IV 25 Tishri Kesubos 36 21 2 Wednesday Hol Hamoed Sukkot III 7 pm: Choir Rehearsal 6:33AM/5:50PM 6:20AM/6:09PM 7 pm: Choir Rehearsal 9:30 am: Religious School 9:45 am: Social Action Committee 14 Tuesday 30 6:51AM/5:27PM 31 12 6:45AM/5:34PM 13 Heshvan Kesubos 54 6:24AM/6:02PM §6:47PM 8:30 am: Shabbat Service 9 am: Holy Scrollers 6 24 Tishri Kesubos 35 13 6:32AM/5:51PM §6:36PM Rosh Hodesh II 7:30 pm: Shabbat Service 8:30 am: Shabbat Service 9 am: Holy Scrollers 10:30 am: Bar Mitzvah of Collin Schuster 30 Tishri Kesubos 41 1 Heshvan Kesubos 42 6:38AM/5:42PM ¡¡5:24PM 7:30 pm: Shabbat Service with Choir 19 6 Heshvan Kesubos 47 25 6:31AM/5:53PM ¡¡5:35PM Rosh Hodesh I Saturday 6:39AM/5:41PM §6:26PM 8:30 am: Shabbat Service 9 am: Holy Scrollers 20 7 Heshvan Kesubos 48 6:46AM/5:32PM ¡¡5:14PM 7:30 pm: Shabbat Service 26 14 Heshvan Kesubos 55 8 Heshvan Kesubos 49 6:47AM/5:31PM §6:16PM 8:30 am: Shabbat Service 9 am: Holy Scrollers 4:30 pm: B'nai Mitzvah workshop 27 15 Heshvan Kesubos 56 6:52AM/5:26PM 9:30 am: Religious School 7 pm: Choir Rehearsal 7 pm: Executive Committee 7:45 am: Minyan 4:15 pm: Religious School 16 Heshvan Kesubos 57 17 Heshvan Kesubos 58 18 Heshvan Kesubos 59 19 Heshvan Kesubos 60 [¡¡Candle Lighting, §Observance End, Printed September 23, 2007/11 Tishri 5768 for Canton, Ohio] The Whole Megillah Page 19 Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek 55 East Kings Highway Post Office Box 438 Chester, CT 06412 Phone 860-526-8920 Fax 860-526-8918 eMail: [email protected] http: www.cbsrz.net Page 20 FIRST CLASS PRESORT U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 415 New Haven , CT The Whole Megillah
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