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Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am
An Egalitarian Conservative Community
Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Shabbat Shalom
‫שבת שלום‬
May 16, 2015
27 Iyar, 5775 42nd day of the Omer
Welcome and Yishar Ko’ach to our Guest Darshanit, Erica Sacoransky!
SERVICE TIMES
Evenings:
Friday.................................................... 6:00 PM
Friday Candle Lighting......................... 8:17 PM
Shabbat Minha ...................................... 8:15 PM
Sunday................................................... 7:00 PM
Monday - Thursday............................... 7:00 PM
Mornings:
Shabbat . .............................................. 9:00 AM
Junior Congregation: Chapel............. 10:00 AM
Sunday - Monday (Victoria Day)..........8:30 AM
Tuesday - Friday . ......................7:00 & 8:00 AM
Parashah: 738
Haftarah: 763
THIS WEEK AT BETH DAVID
Sisterhood Crafts
Tuesday May 19th 8:00 PM
Seniors Exercise Class
Thursday May 21st 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Shinshinim Media Class
Wednesday May 6th 7:30 PM
BeHar – BeHukkotai
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This issue of the Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by
Ruth Shapiro in honour of her grandson
Benjamin Chaim Chelsky
becoming Bar Mitzvah in Israel.
The Haftarah for Parashat “BeHar”
has been dedicated by
Murray and Faye Major
in loving memory of our parents,
Ann & Harold Zweig,
Rella & Fred Major
and in honour of our children,
Rhonda, David & Jodi
This issue of the Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by
Zena Wise in honour of her 85th birthday.
The Haftarah for Parashat
“BeHukkotai”
is dedicated by
The Schimmer Family
Bernard & Eleanor Schimmer,
Aaron, Ettie, Pamela &
Howard Schimmer
celebrating Pamela’s becoming
Bat Mitzvah, May 2011
The Haftarah for Parashat
“BeHukkotai”
has been dedicated.
“I love you, Michael”
THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS
Upcoming Events
Kiddush Sponsor
Fay Lazebnik and Eric & Estelle Vilensky
Sunday, May 31, 2015 1:30 p.m. Ganz Family Social Hall
Michael Kinkis and Rachel - "A Musical Salute to the State of Israel"
Members: $7
Non-members: $10
RSVP to Rose Haspel at 905 764 8141 by May 25, 2015
Theatre Trips
Contact: Leona Eligberg (905) 881-6343
Tuesday June 23
“Sweet Charity” – Shaw Festival
Wednesday September 2 “The Sound of Music” – Stratford Festival
Tickets (including bus): Club Chaverut or Sisterhood Members $90
Non-Members
$95
Brotherhood
Beth David Baseball Join the Beth David Baseball team as we
compete in the Toronto Intra-Synagogue Softball League. This is an official 3 pitch Softball league that is open to all synagogue members over 18 years of age . Games are held
on Sunday mornings from 9AM to 11:30AM in the "905" area code beginning in May and
ending in September with the exciting playoffs. For further information, please contact
John Guterman, Beth David Team Captain/Manager [email protected].
Our Annual Brotherhood visit with the Blue Jays
TORONTO BLUE JAYS v HOUSTON ASTRO
Sunday June 7, 2015 - Rogers Centre 1 PM
Cost: • $14.00 per person (special reduced price)
Please reserve your tickets by calling:
Peter Reynolds (416) 630-1795 or Richard Long (416) 209-9216
FREE EXERCISE AND
FALLS PREVENTION CLASSES FOR SENIORS AT BETH DAVID
Classes take place Monday and Thursday afternoons
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM No class Monday, May 18th or
Monday, May 25th All participants must be 65+
Register online at www.bethdavid.com or call 416-633-5500 ext. 0
Sisterhood
Craft group- next meetings 8 PM - June 16, July 21 and
August 18 - Willing to teach knitting, crocheting, needlepoint
& embroidery skills. For location please contact Noreen
Kasman - 905-881-2164 or [email protected] Donations of
worsted weight yarn or funds always welcome.
Sisterhood Shabbat on Saturday May 30th.
Speaker--Yedida Eisenstat, Assistant Professor, Humanities
Department at York University
Her topic is Looking for Order in the World: The Suspected
Adulteress, the Rabbis, and Measure-for-Measure Punishment
There will be a sit down luncheon after services.
Reservations required. Cost $18.
Please contact Bea Muroff 416-633-2777.
Tuesday,
June 9th
8:00 PM
Sisterhood
Hall
Special
Guest
Speaker:
Constable
Howard
Clements,
Crime
Prevention
Officer,
Toronto
Police.
Looking for an exciting and engaging Jewish
education for your kids?
Call: (416) 633-5500 ext. 23
Beth David Hebrew School
email: [email protected]
ü Small classes, maximum 10 students
ü Personal attention based on the individual level
ü Hebrew language skills and Judaic content
ü Dynamic and experienced teachers
ü Unique component offered by young Israeli emissaries
When: Mondays: 5:00 – 7:30 PM – **Dinner included!**
Ages: Grades 1 through 7
Where: Beth David Synagogue, 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto.
Seudah Shlishyt
Howard & Rose Kardish
Enhanced Breakfast Sponsors
Gitta Ganz
Naomi & Steve Nemirov
Breakfast Sponsors
Carol & Lawrie Manilla
Faygie Kates
Elizabeth Katz
Morris & Ettie Wosnick
Marion & Shlomo Mayman
Thank you to this week’s sponsors!
What a beautiful way to
commemoratea Yahrzeit, Birthday,
Anniversary or any other special
occasion in your family’s life.
Libby Agulnik
Sam Ash
Joel Bainerman
Rose Bardenstein
Rhodie Benaroch
Irvin Besserman
Jennie Bienstock
Eli Bloom
Maurice Moe Brinder
Lilly Budd
Rita Capland
Donald Chodikoff
Gordon Cohen
Bertha Cozman
Nathan Cutler
Odon Daniel
Alex Devon
Louis Diament
Dorothy Fagot
Samuel Feldman
Chaya Rivka
Feuerwerker
Fraida Feuerwerker
Moshe Feuerwerker
Tzvi Eliezer
Feuerwerker
Sonia Fiebelman
Ben Fine
Irwin Franklin
Earle Freeman
Freda Ganz
Mindia Ganz
Nandor Ganz
Mary Garalick
Bertha Garson
Annie Gelepsy
Frank Gertler
Mary Goldberg
Myrna Goldberg
Bernice Goldmintz
Manny Goldstein
Mary Goodman
Dennis Griver
Elaine Griver
Samuel Grossman
Charles Gruneir
Eliezer Gruneir
Jacob Halpern
Benjamin Adam
Hayward
Ruth Held
Norman Hertz
Louis Hoffman
Yahrzeits commemorated this week:
Club Chaverut
Reta Isenberg
Belle Kardish
Leah Karstadt
Samuel Katz
Morris Kirk
Joseph Peter Kirshenblatt
Louis Kitchener
Joseph Kleinmintz
Murray Kornbloom
Bessie Kravitz
Adam David Kruger
Wilma Kwinter
Binyamin Lazar
Eliezer Lazar
Leib Lazar
Perel Lazar
Morris Lazebnik
Marion Levin
William Lightstone
Regina Litwin
Ann Mayers
Reva Mintz
Arthur Morris
Edward H Neistein
Aryeh Ofseyer
Pearl Papoff
Ben Pollock
Doris Risman
Esther Rose
Lillian Rose
Esther Rosenberg
Ruth Rosenstein
Louis Rotman
David Salsberg
Samuel Siegel
Abraham Solomon
Benjamin Solomon
Harry Solomon
Abraham Soren
Reuben Stein
Avraham Sussman
Samuel Swartz
Dvora Szmeiser
Shaindle Teicher
Arnold Norman Tucker
Sonia Udell
Saul Wellman
Freda Wosnick
Benjamin Yuffy
Albert Yutman
Ralph Zolt
Sylvia Zolt
Adult Education
MONDAYS: 10 - 11 AM in the Boardroom.
Self-study programme
This class meets weekly for the study of Yiddish
literature and language.
Beginners are welcome.
Congregation-wide Nosh ‘n Drosh
with various discussion leaders
SATURDAY, JULY 11th
after morning services
Group discussions of the parashah of the week - Pinhas
Open to the entire congregation.
Discussion Leaders: Cynthia Bielak, Aaron Daniels, Arie
Frohlich, Brian Hochman, Naomi Nemirov, Allan Sheps,
Bernard Shoub
Admission is free but advanced registration is required.
(contact the Synagogue office or
register on-line at www.bethdavid.com)
Next Class - Monday June 1st.
Admission
free.
Open to all
SHABBAT SIDRA LUNCHEON
Saturday June 6th
following morning services,
Jack Pollock will lead a discussion of
BeHa’alotecha and the accompanying Haftarah.
Advanced registration for luncheon required:
$10.00 by Tuesday, June 2nd.
Register online at www.bethdavid.com or call
Beth David at 416-633-5500 or
e-mail [email protected]
Youth/Families
Junior
Congregation
Ages 6-12
Downstairs Chapel
Shabbat Morning
10 AM-12 PM
Yummy nut free snacks will be served.
Preschool Shabbat Pray ‘n Play with Hailey
For 1-5 year olds In the Library
Shabbat Morning 10AM-12PM
Shabbat themed stories, songs, snacks
& activities all geared to teach our
youngest congregants to love Shabbat!
Bring your children & grandchildren!
Upcoming Date: May 16th
SHAVUOT
2015
Best of Israel 2015
Led by Rabbi Philip Scheim
Beth David Grand Tour and
Community Mission
June 29 – July 9, 2015
No one belongs here more than us
For further information
contact the shul office
416-633-5500 ext. 0
Cari Kozierok Bahar (ext. 22)
Robyn Zajac-Cooper (ext. 35)
Jeev Logan (ext. 27)
Faye Major (ext. 0)
Helene Jacobs (ext.28)
Simmi Toby (ext. 24)
Thanuja Perera (ext. 25)
Philip S. Scheim - Rabbi | Marshall Loomer - Cantor | Michael Rubin - Ritual Director
Cari Kozierok Bahar - Executive Director
David Bienstock - President
Andy Pascoe - Vice President, Finance and Administration
Madeleine Sarick -Vice President, Programming and Ritual
Steven Risenman - Vice President, House and Property
Karen Bernstein - Secretary
Jerry Paskowitz - Treasurer
Ettie Schimmer - Past President
Steven Risenman - Brotherhood President
Lisa Levine - Sisterhood President
Barry Levine - Chairman of the Board