YOGA Sisterhood Yoga will resume in January. Please join us for stretching, breathing and relaxation. call Ellen 514-849-6776. Sponsor a Kiddush Since medieval times, Jews have acknowledged lifecycle events with special prayers, learning, schnapps and a celebratory seudah –meal. There is no better way to recognise a milestone whether it is a yarzheit, birthday, anniversary, or simply to give thanks for the good in your life than by sponsoring a Kiddush. Please contact Nelly, our Executive Director, at 514-484-1122 ext 105, to sponsor a Kiddush fully or partially. TORAH CLASS with Elizabeth on Wednesdays at 10 AM. SING WITH YOSI will resume on Tuesdays at 8:45 AM in Mid Feb. THE BOUTIQUE Visit the boutique on the main floor and view new and interesting items for sale. TORAH FUND Your Torah Fund contribution strengthens and perpetuates Conservative/Masorti Judaism throughout the world. Every gift counts! Any amount is welcome! Become a BENEFACTOR with a contribution of $180.00 and in recognition of your generous support, receive the 5775 (2014-2015) pin as our gift to you. For further information, please contact Torah Fund Co-Chairs Dorothy Tonchin at 514-487-3234 or Lorna Gerson-Goldig at 514-481-6904. DAILY MINYAN Our daily Minyan service, both mornings and evenings, is in need of your participation. Please make every effort to attend as much as you can. Not only is it a great mitzvah to support those members who have Yahrzeit but it’s also a reminder to keep our traditions alive and to start or finish your day on a wonderful high. Our morning services, are followed by a healthy breakfast and great camaraderie. Looking forward to seeing you at services soon. Ron Silverstone, President MISHA BERACH We ask our congregants to kindly notify the office of the names of any members who are not well or in the hospital, in order that we may say a Misha Berach for them. Thank you. FACEBOOK Our facebook page is new and improved!! It will have all of the latest goings on right there at your finger tips. Don’t miss out!!! Be “a friend’ of Shaare Zedek. Visit us at: https:// www.facebook.com/shaarezedekmtl TREE OF LIFE Our Tree of Life is growing...there are rocks and leaves waiting to be inscribed. Please call Gertie Zlatkin 514-933-7555 or the synagogue office for further details. Sisterhood Book Discussion Group “Talking About Books” next session will take place on Monday Feb. 9 @1:30. Book: Adult Onset by Anne Marie MacDonald (Canadian Author) Fee: $20 for 4 sessions (includes one led by a literature specialist). Register early!...Call the synagogue office. SYNAGOGUE OFFICE: 514-484-1122 #101 OR #104 Visit us at our website: www.shaarezedek.ca Shabbat Schacharit Mincha Sunday Schacharit Mincha, Maariv Monday thru Friday Schacharit Mincha, Maariv 9:15 AM Immediately following Kiddush 8:45 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 AM 6:00 PM SHABBAT CANDLES Friday, January 9 @ 4:12 PM Friday, January 16 @ 4:20 PM Shabbat Annual Selection: Shemot: Exodus 1.1-6.1 page 317. Isaiah 27.6-28.13, 29.22-23 page 342. Haftarah will be chanted by Myer Bick Congregational Kiddush on Shabbat is being held in the Naomi and Richard Davine Hall on the Upper Level. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. UPCOMING SIMCHAS AT SZC Mazal Tov to each of the Celebrants and their Families SIMCHA DATE CELEBRANT Wedding Call Up Bar Mitzvah Sat. Feb. 7 Thurs. Feb. 12 Sat. Feb. 14 Maria Campos & Myles Schecter. Joshua Messer son of Dan & Andrea Messer. Bar Mitzvah Fri. Feb. 20 Jacob Levine son of Jason & Brenda Levine. Bar Mitzvah MM Sat. Feb. 28 Jesse Etinson son of Lynn & Kenny Etinson. WOMEN’S ROSH CHODESH SERVICE SHEVAT Will take place on Wed. January 21, 2015 in the Florence and Hy Herman Daily Chapel at 9AM. All women and children are welcome. Breakfast to follow. On Shabbat morning January 31, 2015, Join us when we honor Dr. Earl Karanofsky Choir Director along with the Shaare Zedek choir. WE EXTEND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO: Francine Berman, Carole Burke, Bernard L. Bratz, Elissa Cudzinowski, Kimberly Derzawetz, Fred Fuchs, Evelyn Glassman, Madison Greenspon, Deborah Kalisky, Lila Lesk, Thelma Lesser, Leonard Levine, Maya Liebmann, Tamara Elias Liebmann, Michele Lukofsky, Lionel Malkin, Anna Nadler, Leslie Ornstein, Meagan Reinish, Dr. Leonard Rosenthall, Nancy Ross, Ariella Rozansky, Shelley Rothstein, Sheila Silverberg, Murray Sklar, Adam Teitelbaum, Melissa Teitelbaum, Carole Venor, Larry Wexler, Erle Wiseman, Robert Zelman, Sarah Zelman. WE EXTEND ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS TO: Carole and Philip Derzawetz, Lynn and Kenny Etinson. WE EXTEND A HEARTY MAZAL TOV TO: Join us on Friday February 6, 2015 Following 6PM services The seder will be followed by Details and costs to follow SHAARE ZEDEK CEMETERY At a recent meeting, the Board of Directors has voted to increase the cost of a cemetery plot at Eternal Gardens, Shaare Zedek Section, from $1800 to $2000, effective April 1, 2015. In order to take advantage of the current price, please call Nelly Kadoch, Executive Director at ext 105. DISCLAIMER: We sincerely regret and apologize for any errors and/or omissions in this publication. Kindly advise the synagogue of important life cycle events. Sandra and Hy Reinish on the engagement of their granddaughter Erin Brick, daughter of Susan and Stuart Brick to Joel Sheres, son of Cathy and Mark Sheres. WE WISH A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO THE FOLLOWING: Fraida bat Chana Kraizel, Ha' Rav Ronnie David Zishe HaCohen ben Hinda Alizah, Myrna Kagan, Miriam bat Shoshana, Burt Spector, Chaim David ben Rivka, Claire Beer, David Rubinstein. We look forward to welcoming them back among us completely recovered. YAHRZEITS ‫יארצײטן‬ Arthur Dorfman, Moshe Pozniak, Rose Blauer, Danny Caplan, Morris Carpman, Mildred Greenberg, Henrietta Roth, Myer Shrier, Harry Bromberg, Anne Coplan, Sam Forman, Dr. Bernard Grad, Annie Handelsman, Helen Levine, Judah Meltzer, Bertha Obrand, Mildred Silverberg, Dr. Bernard Weigensberg, Moishe Nulman, Pessie Nulman, Raizel Nulman, Schandel Nulman, Bella Silverstone, Ida Smith, Hyman Gershuny, Maurice Karanofsky, William Berlin, Philip Copoloff, Joseph Eidinger, Isidore Glickman, Rae Helfenbaum, Rhona Rothman, Louis Rubin, Suzanne Evelyn Sirota, Eva Blitstein, Moe Caplan.