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HaKol
December 2014
Kislev-Tevet 5775
Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner
Karen Kangisser, President
Shabbat Services
Friday, December 5, 8:00 pm
Parashat Vayishlach
Gen. 32:4-36:43
Friday, December 12, 8:00 pm
Parashat Vayeshev
Gen. 37:1-40:23
Friday, December 19, 6:00 pm
Bring your Hanukkiah
Parashat Miketz
Gen. 41-1-44:17
Friday, December 28, 8:00 pm
Parashat Vayigash
Gen. 44:18-47-27
Stock Market Raffle Certificates are due by January 9 at
5:00 pm, if you want to pick your own stocks.
These make great holiday gifts!
Raffle will run from January 12, 2015 - March 6, 2015.
Please do your part to ensure
this fundraiser is a success.
From the Rabbi’s Study . . . . .
Shalom,
We have just celebrated the holiday of Thanksgiving and I hope each of you had a lovely and
pleasant day. As Americans, we pause on this festive day and take a moment or two – perhaps at
our holiday meal – to reflect on those things for which we are grateful. This is an important exercise,
for a life without gratitude for all that we have, is a life that is not as rich as it could be. Being aware
of, and thankful for, our many blessings is an important part of being truly alive.
While it’s true that there is always more that we could have, more that we might want, most of
us have enough of what we truly need. Pirket Avot 4:1 teaches, “Who is rich? One who is satisfied
with his lot.” Thanksgiving is the perfect time for us to realize how much we do have, and to be
happy for all that is ours.
While Thanksgiving is a great time to celebrate and gather with family and/or friends, as
Jews, we don’t have to wait for the fourth Thursday in November to be thankful. In fact, our worship
service (for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals) includes a special prayer of Thanksgiving called the
Ho’da’ah. This benediction is part of the Amidah (also known as the Shmona Esrei). In other words,
each time we worship, we have a built in benediction that affords us the opportunity to be thankful –
not only to G-d, but for our very lives. The Ho’da’ah thanks G-d for our lives, which are in His
hands, our souls, which are in His keeping, and for the gifts that we receive morning, noon and
night. Gratitude, in other words, is part of our daily prayer experience.
Throughout the year, it’s important for us to remember the gifts with which we’ve been
blessed, and to acknowledge the role of our Creator, as well. The Talmud encourages this by
teaching, “As servants are obliged to thank their master, we too, (who have made requests) are
required to thank G-d” (Talmud Berachot 43a). Similarly, Maimonides taught that thanking G-d is
an essential element of prayer.
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, let us continue to have an attitude of gratitude as we
look ahead to our next holiday – Hanukkah. We will celebrate the Festival of Lights together on
Friday, December 19th at 6 P.M. (don’t forget your hanukkiah) when we will recite the Ho’da’ah
with an additional insert for our victory over those who arose against us. Being thankful is a theme
that continually appears in our prayerbook and Bible.
As you kindle the Hanukkah lights, may your home be filled with joy, happiness and gratitude.
L’shalom,
Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner
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December Anniversaries
23:
Elaine and David Peluchette (24th)
29:
Patty and Robert Levenson (46th)
29:
Marjorie Moolten and Jondavid Pollock (24th)
29:
Perri Pokorney and Chuck Slosky (18th)
2:
Geoffrey Singer
4:
Nathaniel Levenson (10th)
5:
Lee Chottiner
December
Birthdays
11:
Ariel Pollock
Netanya Pollock
17:
Siv Rybeck
Marilyn Mendelson
19:
Corin Winikoff (9th)
Mary Lou Posin
21:
Eunice Lincoff
9:
Jacob McPhail (14th)
10:
Dennis Burech
Marjorie Moolten
24:
Amy Dunbar
Gerry Mendelson
Beth Nodelman
Mazel Tov /Kudos/ Congratulations to . . .
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Parents, Jacquelyne and
Brant Hostetler and sister
Sophia Hostetler on the
birth of Rozlyn Ayleen
Hostetler, arrived November 18 at 2:40 pm. She
weighed 7pounds 15 oz.
and is 21 inches long.
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Parents Amanda and Chris
Seidler, grandparents Phyllis
Sigal, Bruce Wheeler, Gayle
and Don Seidler on the birth
of Norah Grace Seidler. Norah
was born on Sunday, November 9, at 3:02 am. She weighed
6 pounds 12 oz. and is 19 1/2
inches long.
The deadline for the
January HaKol
will be on Friday,
December 19, 2014.
Norah Grace Seidler
Temple Shalom’s email
address is
[email protected]
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December Donations
Fund Donation Key: Sebulsky Aesthetics (A), Archives (AR), Cemetery (C), Foundation (F),
General (G), Levenson Sanctuary (LS), Posin/Wishnew Library (L), Kaufman Music (M),
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (RDF), The Rabbi Daniel Lowy Religious School Fund (RLRSF),
Ben Rudner Torah (T), Shelby Lynn Posin Fund for Adult Education (SLP), Sisterhood
Campership (SC), Sisterhood Floral (SF), Sisterhood Friendship and Remembrance (SFR),
Capital Campaign (CC), Caring Committee (CARE)
In honor of the birth of
Rozlyn Hostetler
Bobbi and Norman Pollack (CARE)
In memory of Harold Goldman
(brother of Seena Lewine)
Roslyn Lando (F)
Joanne and Dennis Burech (RLRSF)
In honor of the birth of
Kenley Jo Kangisser
Barbara and Jonathan Lief (T)
Floral Fund
Contributions 2014-2015
Barbara and Jonathan Lief
Please remember
Temple Shalom in your
Estate Planning
Donations to the Rabbi’s
Discretionary Fund
Sheldon Pinskey
Get Well Wishes to Jocelyn Cooper
Roz Lando (CARE)
Barbara and Jonathan Lief (L)
Bobbi and Norman Pollock (CARE)
Remember:
Sacred books and Jewish ritual objects that are in a
state of disrepair will be buried at Jewish Memorial
Park. If you have such objects, please bring them to
the Temple. The congregation will be notified
United Jewish Federation Info . .
when a date has been set for burial.
When making your year-end contributions, remember the Jewish Federation of the
Ohio Valley. 10% of the total money raised each
year remains in Wheeling for local needs.
CALL FOR COOKIES
The next time you bake, cookies, cakes, or
candies, please bake extras! An unsponsored oneg
looks and tastes much better when we enjoy home
Your donation together with donations,
large and small, made to Federations throughout
the USA, benefit Jews in need, throughout the
world.
baked treats.
Please wrap your donations for short term
freezing, labeled with the name of your home baked
treats and the date they were baked.
Please be generous when you consider
making a gift and mail your check to the United
Jewish Federation, 23 Bethany Pike, Wheeling,
WV 26003. Thank you.
Trina will gladly accept the freezer prepared
treats. Join us each Shabbat to enjoy these homebaked treats!
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Harbay Todot ~ Many thanks to...
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Everyone who participated in our food drive for House of the Carpenter.

Everyone who helped raise the Shalom/Menorah sign on our front lawn.
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Faith Bower, Harold Burech, Roanne Burech, Scott Burech, Dave Rose, Gabe Sella and Sherry Rosenberg for
volunteering at the Catholic Neighborhood Center in November.

Howard Pascoll, Samuel Posin, Trina Postlewait, Sherry Rosenberg, and Vera Schwartz for shopping on behalf of the Temple.

Audrey and Fred Horne, Bernice Lebow, Miriam and Jack Mendelson and Family, Perri Pokorney and Chuck
Slosky, Susan Pokorney and Family, Dona and Bob Wiseman for sponsoring flowers for the bimah.
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Elissa Gross, Roz Lando, Barbara and Jonathan Lief, Vera and Sandor Schwartz and Mrs. Sol (Joan Berlow)
Smith for sponsoring an oneg Shabbat in the month of November.
Final Social Action Lecture Slated
Martha Wright will talk about assessing childhood risk, Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., in the final program of the 2014
Temple Shalom Social Action Lecture Series.
A development manager for Crittenton Services in Wheeling, Wright will discuss her agency’s work with
adverse childhood experiences (ACE), including its participation in research on the subject.
Crittenton is taking part in an ongoing ACE study developed by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control. A public health study at its core, the survey studies links between early childhood experience
and long-term health outcomes. Wright also will dispel some myths about Crittenton’s mission, giving an overview of its programs, including how they are funded.
A graduate of Ohio University and a long-time Wheeling resident, Wright has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector, including previous stints as program administrator for the Fund for Theological Education and interim director and projects administrator for Laughlin Memorial Chapel.
Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Trina at 304-233-4870 or at [email protected]
Lee Chottiner
Social Action Chair
The Ohio County Public Library’s “People’s University,” inn conjunction with
Classrooms Without Borders, is sponsoring an eight-part series entitled “Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust”,
Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30 pm. For the month of December:
Class 6, December 2, Part 1. Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner of Temple Shalom will be present.
Class 7, December 9, Righteous Gentiles: Points of Light in a Dark Era. Instructor: Avi Ben-Hur,
Director of Education, Scholar in Residence, Classrooms Without Borders.
Class 8, December 16, Panel Discussion, conclusion Part 2. Lisa Allen, chair of the Wheeling Class
rooms Without Borders Advisory Board, will also be present.
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Ladies of Temple Shalom.
It’s here, our fun December meeting. We’ll gather in the social hall on Wednesday, December 3rd at
6:00 pm for heavy dairy appetizers, wine and beverages.
The Judaica Gift Shop will be open for holiday shopping featuring Chanuka gift wrap, games for kids
and lovely jewelry and art objects.
We will have a gift exchange ($10 value) followed by a “Stump the Ladies” game with prizes.
Get into the sisterhood spirit, dress for a party. See you and your appetizer (bring one only if you are a
Sisterhood member) on the 3rd at 6:00 pm. All Temple women welcome.
Marilyn Mendelson, group co-president
Annual Adult Dinner/Movie on
Wednesday, December 24th
This year Sisterhood and Hadassah
will be selling
the Pittsburgh ($30), Morgantown
($30)and Wheeling/ Ohio Valley
($40)
Enjoy Books.
Call Sherry Rosenberg at
304- 242-5262
or email: [email protected].
to reserve yours.
Attention all adult Temple members.
We will again be holding our Chinese buffet
dinner (from Golden Chopsticks), followed by an
enjoyable movie on Wednesday, December 24,
2014.
Cost of the delicious buffet will be $8.00 and you
can bring your own wine or beer. Dinner will be
served at 6:00 pm, followed by a movie (Title to
be announced). This is always a fun evening so
RSVP to the Temple office. Your check (made out
to Temple Shalom) will be your reservation.
JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE OUR
2 ANNUAL WELCOMING BRUNCH
TEMPLE SHALOM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014
11:30 to 1:30
ND
THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
RSVP:
TEMPLE SHALOM ASAP
304.233.4870 or [email protected]
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December Yahrzeits
November 30-December 6 observed December 5
Charles Cohen
11/30
Kislev 8
Moses Freedman
11/30
Kislev 8
Annette Rosenberg
11/30
Kislev 8
Edward Benjamin Dobkin
12/1
Rae Behrman Druck
12/1
Morris Graff
12/1
Kislev 9
Leonard A. Mayer
12/1
Harry Silverburg
12/1
Beulah Zweig Phillips
12/2
Kislev 10
Fannie Block
12/3
Kislev 11
Lillian Levy Duga
12/3
Mary Kaufman Lewine
12/3
Nathan Phillips
12/3
Kislev 11
Victor Barry Weissman
12/3
Kislev 11
Abba Eban
12/4
Kislev 12
Michael Efros
12/4
Kislev 12
Erman Harrison
12/4
Kislev 12
Isaac Katz
12/4
Kislev 12
Allen E. Feinberg
12/5
Kislev 13
Cecelia Ballins Kerness
12/5
Max Alfred Mendelson, MD
12/5
Kislev 13
Leon Ross, MD
12/5
Florence Schwartz Rubin
12/5
Edward Cohen
12/6
Edith Geller
12/6
Sadie F. Ruttenberg
12/6
December 7 - December 13 observed December 12
Eva Mae Levenson
12/7
Harry Levy
12/7
Kislev 15
Jacob Shapell
12/7
Charles J. Favish
12/8
Kislev 16
Lena Klauser
12/8
Minnie G. Sapper
12/8
Justin M. Druck
12/9
Mary Finegold
12/9
Kislev 17
Dorothy Goldberg
12/9
Kislev 17
Dr. Robert Louis Mendelson
12/9
David Pavilack
12/9
Kislev 17
David Banov
12/10
Kislev 18
Henry M. Front
12/10
Marc Leon Front
12/10
Robert Kahn
12/11
Kislev 19
Lawrence Howard Lief, MD
12/11
Harvey C. Roupe
12/11
Robert Rubin
12/11
Kislev 19
Rebecca Klabano
12/12
Morris Silverman
12/12
Kislev 20
Sylvia G. Blum
12/13
Kislev 21
Florence Hirsch Stein
12/13
December 14 - December 20 observed December 19
Marcia Berman
12/14
Kislev 22
George Favish
12/14
Kislev 22
Abrham J. Pollock
12/14
Harry Wilder
12/14
Leah Zelevian
12/14
Kislev 22
Reuben Atkin
12/15
Nathan S. Cohen
12/15
Mary Navin Fleischmann
12/15
Samuel E. Front
12/15
Florence Kingsbacher
12/15
Israel Posin
12/15 Kislev 23
Joanne Lenore Goldman
12/16
Bessie Bernhardt
12/17
Joseph Louis Mendelson
12/17 Kislev 25
Joseph Rubin
12/17 Kislev 25
Herman Strauss
12/17
Roger Sterling
12/18
Jacob Atkin
12/19
Sam Cohen
12/19 Kislev 27
Herman Gallin
12/19 Kislev 27
Regina Schepentinski Levin
12/19
Harry Pinsky
12/19
Marie C. Zweig Ellanovitz
12/20 Kislev 28
Sarah Salesky Gordon
12/20
Doretta Mendelson
12/20
December 21-December 27 observed December 26
David Allen McKenzie
12/21
Lena Katz Roth
12/21 Kislev 29
Joseph Stevens
12/22 Kislev 30
Chaya Esther Edelman
12/23 Tevet 1
Seymour E. Michael
12/23
Sylvia Weissman Pavilack
12/23 Tevet 1
Pearl Wasserstrom
12/23 Tevet 1
Aaron L. Kraft
12/24
Sam Fishel Lando
12/24 Tevet 2
Mamie L. Michael
12/24
Cecelia Radbord Rivlin
12/24 Tevet 2
Morton Cohen
12/25
Barbara Leitman
12/25 Tevet 3
Hannah Sigal
12/25
Ruth Ann Cooper Jones
12/26
Ida Deutsch Sax Rudner
12/26
Sadie Gertrude Tobia Edelman
12/27 Tevet 5
Isidor Gross
12/27
December 28 - January 3 observed January 2
Bernice Berman
12/28 Tevet 6
Frank Lando
12/28 Tevet 6
Mary Sue Allen
12/29
Sol S. Bobes, MD
12/29
Natalie Jacowitz
12/29
Fanny Goldberg Levy
12/29
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
12/30
David Cohen
12/31
Louis Duga
12/31 Tevet 9
David Greenwald
12/31 Tevet 9
Jason Hoard
12/31
Helen Westerman Moidel
12/31 Tevet 9
Ervin Silverman
12/31 Tevet 9
Bessie Friereich Steinhauser
12/31
Betty Newberg Kaufman
1/1
Nathan Feinberg
1/2
Tevet 11
George Lewis Gordon
1/2
Claude R. McMillian, Sr.
1/2
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