HaHodesh Bulletin April-May 2024

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April-May 2024 Adar II-Nisan 5784

From Rabbi Lerner

Standing with Ancestors and Israelis on October 7

“And it is this that stood up for or stood by our ancestors and for us; since it is not [only] one [person or nation] that has stood [against] us to destroy us, but rather in each generation, they stand [against] us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be God, rescues us from their hand.”

Called the V’hee she’amdah, this is one of the central texts of the Passover Haggadah.

On one of the most joyful nights of the year, when we narrate the story of our people’s freedom, we also sing this unusual song of praise.

In the Maggid portion of the Seder, the section dealing with telling of our redemption from Egypt, we find four distinct parts (four is a big number at the seder). Each follows the same pattern, there is a question or questions, an answer, followed by a song of praise.

The second telling contains the four children and their questions, followed by a spiritual answer that explains how we became Monotheists after being idol-worshippers.

After that, we lift our glasses of wine as we sing V’hee Sh’amdah. While we do not drink just yet (we wait until all four tellings are complete - “filling” our cup with learning and conversation), we enjoy a moment of song and celebration.

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Hold These Dates!

Sunday, May 5: Yom Hashoah

7:00 pm Minh . ah and Maariv

7:30 pm Yom Hashoah Candle Lighting

7:45 pm Keynote speaker Fred Feldman

Topic : Flight and Survival, Finding Safe Havens

8:30 pm Memorial Prayers, Kaddish, Songs from Makhaylah

Fred Feldman, Holocaust survivor and author of The Story Keeper: Weaving the Threads of Time and Memory, a Memoir

Wednesdays, April 3, 10 & 17: Are We What We Eat?

Join the LIJS (Lexington Institute of Jewish Studies) for this free course, held in person and available on Zoom. Temple Emunah Rabbinic Intern Eliana Willis will teach the April 17 class on “Bread From Heaven.”

Sunday, June 2: Awards & Installation

We will be honoring Rabbi Kling Perkins and Alisa Billings for their many years of service to the community.

Rabbi Lerner at Kibbutz Re’im in January with (left to right in the front row) Harel Oren, Dr. Alon Lapidot (Rabbi Lerner’s cousin who works in Sderot), and Dr. Amit Nechushtan. Back row: One of the members of the Home Front Protection on the Kibbutz.

A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members

9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199

www.TempleEmunah.org

Main Office: 781-861-0300 Fax: 781-861-7141

Senior Rabbi David G. Lerner 781-861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org

Associate Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins 781-861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org

Rabbinic Intern Eliana Willis eswillis@templeemunah.org

Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Eisenman

President Linna Ettinger 781-863-8511 president@templeemunah.org

Executive Director Raveetal Celine 781-861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org

Director of Me’ir Sherer 781-861-0300, ext. 24

Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org

Director of Programming Beth Whitman 781-861-0300, ext. 28 bwhitman@templeemunah.org

Preschool Director Gina Tzizik 781-861-0708 gtzizik@templeemunah.org

Accounting Manager Alisa Billings 781-861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org

Creative Media and Mktg. Andie Watson 781-861-0300, ext. 29

Communications Manager awatson@templeemunah.org

Synagogue Educator/Young Tova Weinronk 781-861-0300, ext. 34

Family Engagement Coord. tweinronk@templeemunah.org

Synagogue Educator/ Sydney Bluman 781-861-0300, ext. 32

Special Needs Coord. sbluman@templeemunah.org

Synagogue Educator/ Micah Sandman msandman@templeemunah.org

Outreach Coord.

Executive Administrator Zohar Kafri-Shushan 781-861-0300, ext. 30

to the Rabbis zkafri@templeemunah.org

Office Administrator Marilyn Pappo 781-861-0300, ext. 20 office@templeemunah.org

Administrator Mary Melnick 781-861-0300, ext. 26 mmelnick@templeemunah.org

Bulletin Editor Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

President's Message

My Presidency in Review

When I started my turn as Temple Emunah President, I wrote of my objectives: Recovery, Re-alignment and Re-empowerment. Now as my turn as President nears an end, it is my chance to do a self-assessment to see how we have done as a community.

Recovery

As part of our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we needed to incorporate the best that technology had to offer, while returning to regularly gathering in person for services and programs. We are still making use of Zoom and streaming technology, while simultaneously encouraging people to gather in person. Now, attendance at services has returned to pre-Covid numbers. In-person programs are consistently well-attended.

Re-alignment

We have developed a Code of Conduct/Community Covenant (brit) for all members to adhere to, as gentle reminders to ourselves that we must resist the mainstream media’s sensationalism and rush to opinionated judgment. Our efforts to fight antisemitism have united us as a Jewish community, as never before.

Re-empowerment

As recipients of a Homeland Security grant, Temple Emunah’s security is improving. The grant is making it possible to install a new video camera system and other building security upgrades as well as to fund additional security detail. Many thanks to the entire Security Team: Michael Roskind, VP of Security; Adam Samansky, Ben Bloomenthal and Stuart Lerman, and to the Facilities Team: Alan Sherman, VP of Facilities, and Susan Rubenstein. The Security and Facilities teams have been working together with Executive Director Raveetal Celine. Security improvements will continue during the calendar year of 2024.

Our cyber security has also been bolstered by the migration of Temple Emunah’s standalone server data to the Cloud and Microsoft 365. Many thanks to David Goldberg and David Russell for partnering with Raveetal to manage the project.

There is still work to do, of course, and I am confident in the ability of the next Board to continue to govern Temple Emunah’s operations under Arleen Chase’s leadership in partnership with Rabbi Lerner and Raveetal. I am also confident in the continuing creative energy of every Committee Chair and volunteer of Temple Emunah!

Thank you for entrusting me and my fellow Board members with the sacred task of governing operations of the synagogue. I look ahead at the future of Temple Emunah with great optimism and gratitude.

Linna

Ettinger, president@templeemunah.org

Emunah Happenings

Yom Hazikaron

Memorial Day for the Fallen IDF Soldiers and Victims of Actions of Terrorism

Sunday, May 12, 7:30-9:00pm

This memorial service is a collaboration between Temple Emunah, Temple Isaiah and the Israeli community. We invite the community to actively participate in the planning of the event and the events itself.

#WeRemember

We invite the community to create art, write poems or short stories, and submit to Rachel Raz by May 1. We will include some of the work created by our community at the memorial service.For more details contact: Rachel Raz raz_rachel@hotmail.com

Mazal tov to Temple Emunah member Allison Cook on winning the Covenant Award, the most prestigious award for Jewish Education.

Allison Cook is the Founder and Co-Director of the Pedagogy of Partnership, Powered by Hadar, in Cambridge, MA. In this role, she has developed a comprehensive Jewish method for teaching and learning based on research and practice and created a multi-year professional development program that provides instructional improvement coaching to teachers and educational leaders in schools. Through her PoP work, Allison has made an impact on the educational practice of hundreds of educators and the learning of thousands of students around the country. Some of her work was piloted at Temple Emunah!

Mazal tov to her and her family – Dave, Sam, Joe and James Hirsch; her parents, Susan and Stewart Cook; her brother and sister-in-law, Sue Hirsch and Charles Glick, and her nephews Ben and Gabe (all members of our community).

Allison Cook with Rabbi Lerner and Sharon Levin at the Award Dinner in Manhattan.

Adult Education

Spring is here, with its promise of longer days, more time outdoors and, here at Temple Emunah, new adult learning opportunities!

Collaborative Community Learning:

The Lexington Institute of Jewish Studies (LIJS)is a collaborative of Lexington’s Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah. It has been providing classes in Jewish history, Bible, sacred Jewish texts and Jewish culture for more than twenty years.

LIJS recently completed a very well received class on Jews of the Muslim World: Cultural and Social and the History of Mizrahi Jews in Israel, and in April, LIJS invites you to a four-part discussion series: Are We What We Eat? Join the rabbis of Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah for a look at everyone’s favorite subject – food. We will dive into a variety of topics, with an emphasis on modern understandings of age-old practices. The classes will offer plenty of food for thought, both for every day and for Passover.

In May, our two communities will come together once again to learn from renowned Israeli teacher, Rachel Korazim. Many in our community have been studying with Rachel since she started teaching on Zoom at the beginning of the pandemic. She is a remarkably gifted teacher with students worldwide.

Rachel has been collecting, translating and teaching poetry that has been written in the wake of October 7. The poetry is unbelievably beautiful and provides much needed connection to Israeli reality. Rachel will be offering a series of three lectures to the Emunah and Isaiah communities on Wednesdays, May 22 and 29 and June 5. Watch for details.

The Bess Ezekiel Rosh Hodesh Group welcomes all to monthly, informal, participant-inspired get-togethers. Meetings are led by members of the community on a variety of topics of interest to women. See page 20 for details.

Coming up:

Sunday April 7, 11 am (location to be provided). Spiritual Walk with Liza Halley

Thursday, May 9, 6:00-7:30 pm (Katz Meeting Room). Discussion of your favorite books.

Sunday, June 2, 10 am (Katz Meeting Room). Make a Jewish craft.

Don’t forget, new participants are always welcome in our ongoing programs. We’ve got Meditation, Niggun Saloon, Ivrit LaKol, Morning Minyan-Study, and Breakfast with the rabbis, Parshat HaShavua, Perek Yomi and Talmud Study with Dr. Isaac Ely Stillman.

Happy Spring and Happy Learning!

Sandy Goldstein and Terri Swartz Russell Co-chairs of Adult Education adulted@templeemunah.org.

Emunat haLev Meditation Institute

We offer two weekly opportunities to meditate with our Emunah community. No meditation experience is needed!

The Tuesday morning meditation group meets on Zoom from 8:30-9:20 am. The Zoom link can be found in the Emunah calendar or in the weekly Emunah Happenings email. The format of our meditation includes a guided meditation by Barbara Neustadt, sitting in silence for 25 minutes and a niggun sung by Cantor Louise Treitman. There is also time for people to share their experiences.

Shabbat Musaf meditation is held every Shabbat in person after the Rabbi’s D’var Torah. We meet in either the Pious Chapel or Social Hall 2.

All are welcome to the meditations regardless of meditation experience! Please contact Barbara Neustadt at barbneus7@ gmail.com if you would like more information or have questions.

Barbara Neustadt

Preschool

The secular New Year started off strong with our participation in Lexington’s MLK Day of Service. Along with families from Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah, the children learned about kindness, being a good friend, and Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World). Talking Heads Theater regaled the children with a puppet show about being kind to everyone. Martin Luther King, Jr. left an amazing legacy for all of us that we will continue to talk about all year!

Winter is a special time to explore outdoors and there has been snow this year! Our curious young scientists have loved using sticks and stones to poke at the ice to see what they can excavate. Discovering the properties of water has been interesting and while frozen, they found it is wet and slippery. They created a new mode of locomotion: knee skating. Learning to navigate around snowy, icy terrain has been an invaluable skill for our New England kiddos! Many snow-people have been constructed and melted and much to the children’s delight, the surprise animal at Shabbat Sing one week was an Ish Sheleg (snowman).

Part of our lead up to Tu B’Shevat included talking about the Seven Species: Wheat, Barley, Grape, Fig, Olive, Date, and Pomegranate. The children play in the courtyard with the gorgeous Seven Species Panels and it was only fitting that during this time, they created their own Seven Species

challah. It smelled heavenly as it baked, and it was served fresh and warm during Shabbat Sing!

Getting ready for Tu B’Shevat was spectacular. The children were excited to say Happy Birthday to the trees! They created a life-sized (small!) tree with leaves that said why they loved trees. They fashioned the week’s challah into trees with beautiful, and delicious branches. To take care of nonmigratory birds who need food in winter, each child made a bird feeder. The children listened intently, with awe, as they were told the story of Tu B’Shevat in the style of Torah Godly Play. The whole school came together for a Tu B’Shevat seder filled with the most vibrant display of colorful fruits. Mixing purple and white grape juices with pipettes throughout the seder to signify the four seasons was a tangible, and meaningful learning experience for everyone.

Moving from trees to three bright stars in the night sky, the children learned all about Havdalah, the ritual that separates Shabbat from the rest of the week. While Kabbalat Shabbat welcomes Shabbat in, Havdalah gently sends Shabbat out. Decorated spice bags and kiddush cups and handmade Havdalah candles were created as they are the ritual items used for Havdalah. Coming together as a community to celebrate Havdalah together is an amazing highlight of the year!

Gina Tzizik, Director gtzizik@templeemunah.org

Religious School / Youth

TOT SHABBBAT

Saturdays: April 6, May 4 and May 18

Join us as we sing, move, learn, and experience Shabbat together. After services, you are invited to join the community for Kiddush. The playground will be open on Shabbat. Stay after services to schmooze and play!

JUNIOR CONGREGATION

Junior Congregation, which is for children in grades K-6, will gather on Saturdays, April 6 and May 4, 11:00-12:00.

Spring Youth Day at Canobie Lake Park

Sunday, May 19, 12:00-6:30 pm

Children in grades 3-12 will celebrate the end of a great year at Canobie Lake Park. The $50 cost includes transportation and park admission. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, at msherer@templeemunah.org.

No Religious School on These Dates

Sun., April 14 Tues., April 16

Wed., April 17 Sun., April 21

Tues., April 23 Wed., April 24

Tues., April 30

Program

April-May RS & Youth Programs

Date

Gr. 4 Family Learning Service Sat., April 6

Bingo Bash Sun., May 5

Kitah Gimmel Siyum HaSefer Fri., May 10

Kitah Hey and Kitah Vav Service Sat., May 11

Final Sunday of RS 5784, Zimriyah Sun., May 19 and Spring Youth Day

Final Tuesday of RS 5784 Tues., May 21

Final Wednesday of RS 5784 Wed., May 22 and Tekes Hitkadmut

5785 (2024-2025) RELIGIOUS SCHOOL REGISTRATION

Registration for Religious School for this fall will open May 1. There will be an early bird discount through the end of May. Registration will require a minimum deposit of $150 on a credit card. You will not be charged a processing fee for the use of this card. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, msherer@templeemunah.org.

Students in grades 3-8 at Boda Borg

Tu B’Shevat Seder

Religious School students learn about tefillin

Religious School / Youth

Sunday, May 5, 12:00-2:00pm

A great way to socialize, have FUN, and support Temple Emunah’s Religious School! Attendees from the religious school will earn 1 CJE!

Come enjoy a fun afternoon of Bingo and games with your friends and family!

Bingo cards are free.

Suggested donation: $5-$10/per person.

Pizza lunch is available by PREORDER only!!!

Snacks will be provided, raffle prizes will be won and prizes will be awarded!

For more information please contact Allison Page (allisonpage@rcn.com) or Emily Ring

World Wide Wrap (more photos below and on page 9)

Mitzvah Day activities

Teens at YAD participate in a program with BaMidbar on Resiliency

Sisterhood

It’s hard to believe that twentyseven years ago Dave and I joined Temple Emunah. Our involvement at temple happened so quickly. I was immediately recruited by Andrea Pion to be on the kitchen committee. Within a short time, I was asked to coordinate (chair) the “Haverim Committee.” I found this to be the most difficult volunteer job at the temple. It was challenging trying to group families together in hopes they would develop long term friendships. The complexities of personalities, age groups, marital/partner status, geographics, to name a few, made it a difficult task. I remember coordinating a group of six families and getting them together for their first interaction – only to see it never get off the ground following that initial meeting.

I am by no way being negative. The complexity of everyone’s availability, desires, and common interests need to be respected. I do remember running the Havurah Dinner for Emunah 40, and having over 140 people attend the dinner. This was mostly because of the long time Haverim, and a large group of people who had joined prior to my role as coordinator.

So, what does it say about the future of Haverim at Temple Emunah? For me, haverim is really a term, translated from the Hebrew root havar, which means to convey the fellowship, partnership and mutual respect between friends. People really find it on their own – whether it’s from attending services, talking at kiddush, religious school, on the playground, Sisterhood, Brotherhood or the many other interest groups at Emunah.

For my family, our Haverim consisted of three families and eventually two families when one left the temple. We remain friends with the Bernsteins, even though we no longer get together regularly with our families, as the kids grew up.

For me, the Kitchen Committee played the most vital role in friendship, along with Sisterhood. Some say that the two go together – even though they do not. As the volunteer coordinator for the kitchen, I was required to find weekly volunteers to assist in the kitchen. Much of this began with phone calls and later by emails. I had a working knowledge of the entire Temple membership and who I was able to call and ask to help, and knew when the calls might be difficult. I still have those original Excel spreadsheets on my database. It’s fun to look back at the spreadsheet and read the notes I wrote.

Sometimes I feel Sisterhood has a difficult time getting people to commit to the organization, but then I look at the support of the congregants through membership dues. The support to our organization is amazing! People support us because they know we support the temple through general operational support, the religious school and now most importantly, joint program initiatives.

Our Lunch and a Movie program with the film iMordecai, was terrific. Over 30 people joined us for this daytime event. Everyone left saying the afternoon was most enjoyable, and it was like a “ havurah again.” Later this spring we will be working with Adult Education to sponsor a musical concert. We will also be paying off our annual commitments – which amounts to a very generous contribution to help the Religious School and the Temple.

In the last bulletin, I announced that each year Sisterhood honors an outstanding individual who has helped Sisterhood and our temple in so many ways as our “Light of Torah.” I announced that Annette Koren will be our Light of Torah. Unfortunately, the honoring event scheduled on March 17 needed to be postponed. The decision was made by our honoree and her respect to me as I am going out to have surgery. Annette said Torah Fund would not be the same if I were not able to participate in the event. So planning was put on hold, and the new date is Thursday, June 20, and will be a dinner venue.

This year’s event is highlighted by the word arevut, responsibility. It corresponds to the theme from the Babylonian Talmud, Shevuot 39a, that all the people of Israel are responsible for one another, and we assume that responsibility through our support of the five Conservative/Masorti institutions of higher education. Torah Fund is a fundraiser for JTS and their affiliate schools. Sisterhood will offset all the expenses of the event – so 100% of your donation goes to the Torah Fund. Details on how to donate will come later this spring. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we help committed Jewish students become the rabbis, cantors, educators, synagogue administrators, social workers, scholars, researchers, and lay leaders of tomorrow.

For me this year, my friendship with Annette and honoring her as Light of Torah has as much to do for her as Annette is doing for me, in “honoring me for good health and a positive outcome during my upcoming surgery and recovery period.” It’s a true act of assuming responsibility for each other and showing our true “Haverim.” I am truly blessed by our community today, tomorrow, and always!

I look forward to many more wonderful programs and events at Emunah as we close out the 2023/24 calendar year.

Best always,

Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President janet.goldberg2@verizon.net

New Date: Light of Torah

Thursday, June 20

Brotherhood

Shalom H . averim!

Pesah . will soon be upon us, so I wish you a Chag Sameach! I want to thank all who purchased their Passover wine through the Brotherhood.

I also want to thank Alan Silver for putting together a great series of speakers. Our next Speaker’s Breakfast will be on April 14, and we will send out complete information on her in the coming weeks.

In March we were able to celebrate our Man of the Year Ken Zimmerman for all his contributions to the shul. The dinner was held on March 24, and we were able to thank Ken for all his support over the years with making & editing numerous videos for the temple along with his tremendous leadership with the Emunah softball team. Ken, thank you so much!

Speaking of Ken reminds me that softball season is coming. Please get in touch with Ken if you would like to find out about Emunah’s excellent team, Faith.

If you have not already received it, you will be receiving your Yom HaShoah yellow candles in the mail shortly. This year, they will be packaged in padded envelopes, so be on the lookout. We encourage everyone to light their candle on the evening of May 5 to remember the Six Million.

Finally, if you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a great way to benefit the temple while meeting some great men. Feel free to reach out to me, or any other member of the Brotherhood Board, for more information, or just join us for a board meeting (everyone is invited). Please be sure to check our events calendar at https://www.templeemunah.org/calendar/ to see what’s happening!

I wish everyone a joyous Pesah.!

Scott Damsky, Brotherhood President brotherhood@templeemunah.org

World Wide Wrap

Sponsored by Brotherhood and the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, this year’s World Wide Wrap was very successful, especially due to the participation by the Religious School. More photos on page 7.

Library

Library News

Passover is coming soon and Spring weather we hope. If you’re looking for a new Haggadah to make the experience special for your family, our Library has an extensive collection of Haggadot to peruse and borrow. Below is just a sampling of the many choices you have to celebrate freedom at your Seder.

You can find all the Haggadot on a book cart in the Library. Other books with creative ideas about how to run a Seder are on a book shelf under Holidays.

Some Haggadot

Fruits of Freedom: The Torah Flora Hagadah, Ancient Insights from Nature, Food, and Farming, by Jon Greenberg (2021). Entertaining and informative, with beautiful photos. Environmentally friendly.

The (Unofficial) Hogwarts Haggadah by Moshe Rosenberg (2017) will delight wizard and muggle alike with insights that relate Harry Potter’s journey to the exodus from Egypt.

The Kveller Haggadah: A Seder for Curious Kids (and Their Grownups) by Elissa Strauss & Gabrielle Birkner (2019). A short engaging look at the Seder focusing on building memories across the generations.

Welcome to the Seder: A Passover Haggadah for Everyone by Kerry M. Olitzky (2018) has charming illustrations, and includes both Hebrew, English, and transliterations of the prayers.

Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah by Marcia Falk (2022) provides “revolutionary new blessings” that “replace the “traditional patriarchal Seder blessings” and includes some meditative prayers.

And don’t forget our impressive collection of Passover cookbooks if you want to try a new recipe for the holiday.

New Books

Non-Fiction: Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler; How the Talmud Can Change Your Life by Liel Leibowitz; The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon Brous; The Genius of Israel by Dan Senor; Who Are the Jews–And Who Can We Become? by Donniel Hartman

Fiction: City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter; The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach; The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman; Keep It Off the Record by Arden Joy.

Marci and I would like to thank our loyal volunteers, Shana Macks, Warren Wein, Marc Sacks, Debi Levine, and Harriet Weinstock for their help.

Hag Sameach Pesah! Happy Passover!

Toni Stechler and Marci Hopkins (emunahlibrary@gmail.com) Bob Halperin reading to the Gan and Kitah Alef

Important Notice!

Please look aroiund your house to see if you have any of our Library books hidden away somewhere.

Thank you!

Shana Mack reading to Kitah Gimel

Social Justice / Disability & Inclusion

Emunah Social Justice Community

We’re still buzzing from the March 3 INCREDIBLE Housing Justice Action at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) in Roxbury! Thank you to all who came out to support our platform and to send the message to legislators that reversing our housing crisis can’t wait. Over 1,500 people stood together, including 36 of us from Temple Emunah!

Governor Healey recently stated in the Boston Globe that “the housing crisis is the top issue facing Massachusetts.”

We are happy to be part of the effort to put pressure on the legislature to pass legislation, the budget and the bond bill keeping our housing needs in mind.

If you wish to help, please call/email House Speaker Ronald Mariano (617-722-2500, ronald.mariano@mahouse.gov) and Senate President\ Karen Spilka (617-722-1640, karen.spilka@ masenate.gov) to ask them to support the GBIO housing justice priorities.

Arleen Chase

Holidays Arrive

As strange as it is, the months of April and May are just around the corner! At this point, we have now made it through the coldest weather. We can already see leaves popping out on our trees and bushes. April 15th is Patriots’ Day. It’s time for a parade, for fun and being thankful for Lexington! Suddenly Passover seems to be peeking out at us.

As a holiday, Passover is one of my favorites! I find this holiday the one that holds my most memories: watching my mother make her famous bunt pan; the many dishes – as a youngster I could tell what food was connected to each dish. The seder at my home was filled with my mother and her sisters all in the kitchen arranging the food and cleaning up. On my father’s side, my grandmother would watch with tears as her son (and my uncle), proudly sang to begin the second seder. My father encouraged all of us to participate, and my other uncle would crack all the jokes. My favorite part was eating my mother’s cake and singing along with my father and uncles. As kids we had lots of cousins to talk to and play cards with while the adults were busy talking.

I encourage all of us to reach out to your relatives and friends who can celebrate with us. Having many people join us helps the holiday feel more exciting and enjoyable. Start early to make your plans. We have already been asked by our extended family in Philadelphia to join them, telling us it wouldn’t be Passover if we didn’t show up! The more people who join you the more fun the holiday is! Share your memories with those sitting around the table with you! Read some stories aloud, sing songs, and laugh!

Passover ends with Yizkor that brings your memories of all those who are no longer with us. Consider what you have learned from those who were part of our lives. What have you learned from them? Who do you miss the most?

Once May arrives, it’s the real start of spring. Take walks and watch the flowers and trees bloom as they provide the joy of spring. Breath in the air and smile. Although Passover has ended, this month includes several holidays too. Yom HaShoah brings us memories of the Holocaust. Given what happened in Israel on Oct. 7 and the continued fighting, the Shoah becomes more relevant, sad, and depressing. The anger that has emerged towards the Jewish students and Israel makes us feel tenuous about how our world is changing.

On a happier note, May 12 is Mother’s Day. Celebrate your mother and tell your children about your mother or grandmother – what you learned from her, how you chose to be similar or different from her. We all have our own feelings and memories. Our kids will also have their own feelings about us! You might be able to create a good story to tell them! Lag B’Omer is on Sunday, May 26: celebrate by planting a tree! Memorial Day, May 27, reminds us that many soldiers and women helped our country through several years of wars. The months go by quickly, enjoy them!

Sandy Miller-Jacobs Chair, Inclusion Committee, sandymj@gmail.com

Over 1,500 people attended the event, including 36 from Temple Emunah.

Wendy TanahashiWorks (Hancock Church), Rev. Dr. Barbara Callaghan (Hancock Church),n and David Landis Temple Emunah) at the GBIO Housing Justice event.

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Rabbi's Message

There are two sides to this song of praise. The first part explains we had been given this promise generations ago: God would save us. The Divrei Negadim, most commonly attributed to the Maharal of Prague (Rabbi Judah Loew, 16th century), explains that this is logical since V’hee Sh’amdah “explains the previous statement, that the promise which God made to Abraham was that our enemies would not destroy us.” Just as Abraham would be protected, so would the Israelites centuries later.

The second half drives home the point that we have enemies. Many. In every generation, people have risen up against the Jewish people. Although this text was most likely written in the 8 th century, it is certainly true today, 1200 years later. Sadly, the events of the last century drive this home.

In the first half, God is simply standing with us; it is not clear what this means. Is God standing before us like an offensive lineman protecting a vulnerable quarterback or is God standing with us, cheering us from the sidelines, a la Rabbi Harold Kushner’s concept of God as a cheerleader? We appreciate the support, but we are pretty vulnerable alone on the field.

In the second half, all is clarified. God will save us from the hands of our enemies who stand above us to destroy. There is a nice parallelism between the two haves – God stands with us and then God prevents the enemies who are standing over us. There are two types of standing here: standing over someone in a menacing, threatening manner and one akin to standing shoulder to shoulder together as one.

As is the case with many texts that speak of God’s redeeming us, I struggle with the V’hee Sh’amdah. Given Jewish history, why have there been so many times when God did not save us? Why didn’t God save us during the Holocaust? Where was God on October 7 for those who were raped, butchered, slaughtered, killed, burned, and taken hostage?

Of the many places I visited in my two recent trips to Israel in January and March, Kibbutz Re’im just a few kilometers from the border with Gaza, near the Re’im forest where the Nova Music Festival was held, stands out.

My first cousin, Dr. Alon Lapidus – who works as a family physician in the low socio-economic city of Sderot – the “capital” of the Gaza border envelope and the target of thousands of rocket attacks over the past 24 years – accompanied me on my tour of the region. Alon has been working in the region for the past two and a half years and completed his residency training there under Dr. Nechushtan who was Alon’s preceptor. Dr. Nechustan was born and raised on Kibbutz Re’im, and replied immediately to our request to come and visit him on the Kibbutz, where he has remained to guard since October 7.

Even though the Kibbutz was closed to the public, he graciously took us around and introduced us to Harel Oren,

the commander of the Kitat Konnenut, the Home Front Protection Force. Every kibbutz has a Kitat Konenut, a group of volunteers who protect these communities. They date back to the time before the founding of the state when every kibbutz had to ensure its own safety.

On October 7, at 6:30 am, as the air-raid sirens started going off continuously, every member of Kibbutz Re’im started receiving texts about the intense rocket fire (this happened in every community along the Gaza envelope and beyond). Little did they know, this was the cover and a diversion of the real attack.

Residents of these towns and kibbutzim are used to rocket attacks which have been fairly constant over the last 17 years since Gaza was taken over by Hamas after Israel unilaterally pulled out to the international border in 2005. The members of Kibbutz Re’im headed to their “safe rooms,” fortified rooms in each home that provide protection during missile attacks on their neighborhoods - with a sense that something was different.

They were unaware that Hamas was breaching the border fence in 22 places simultaneously, after taking out Israel’s security cameras, and on the verge of raiding the region. Residents in the region started to get news from friends and the media that terrorists had infiltrated the country. Israelis were instructed to go into their safe room and lock the doors.

Around 7 am, Mr. Oren heard trucks driving towards the Kibbutz and was grateful that the army had come to protect them. But these were not Tzahal (the IDF – Israel Defense Forces) trucks, they were the infamous white pickup trucks with machine guns mounted on the back; they began shooting at the Kibbutz. Oren calls the regional IDF base – no one answers (little does he know that those bases have been overrun by 3-5,000 Hamas terrorists and others including civilians from Gaza).

Five of Oren’s volunteers answer his call. As he is waiting, Oren hears a large explosion at the back gate of the Kibbutz – the terrorists know how to get in and they are in.

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Fifteen terrorists start the attack on the Kibbutz. At 8 am, Oren calls the regional council for backup. No one is coming. His small Kibbutz Kitat Konnenut is meant to hold off a handful of terrorists for 20-30 minutes at most – until the army arrives. But, they are not coming.

The terrorists then break through the main gate. They know what they are doing. They know the layout of the Kibbutz. Six pickups come in with eight to ten terrorists in each and from a third direction another 50 or so trained Hamas fighters come through. Harel immediately split his squad into 3 two-man teams and sent them off to three locations in the kibbutz, instructed to hold ground and engage sparingly so as not to waste valuable ammunition. They are surrounded by some 120-180 terrorists who are intent on rampaging and pillaging through the kibbutz houses starting with the Youth neighborhood where the 18-30 year olds live.

But Oren also knows his Kibbutz. He and his partner take up positions between the two halves of the kibbutz behind some bushes where they cannot be seen. Oren sees the terrorists and starts shooting, hitting four of them. He fires in a line so anyone who crosses the center of the Kibbutz gets shot. The terrorists do not realize where the fire is coming from and they get the impression that a much larger Israeli force is there.

They stop and retreat.

By 9 am, he is running low on ammunition. At 9:30 am, he gets a call from the Southern side of the Kibbutz to help them hold off the attack there. Somehow, he holds his line of fire, getting weapons, helmets, and ammunition and bringing it to them.

By noon, his initial force of six, which was joined by sporadic reinforcement over 6 hours (totaling less than 20 people armed with assault rifles) finally started receiving organized reinforcement.

At this point, the battle in the Kibbutz intensified as the Israeli forces started to actively engage the scores of Hamas terrorists in the Kibbutz. Security forces and Kibbutz mem-

bers are killed and injured, and the small Kibbutz clinic is overwhelmed with the wounded that are being taken there. As this was Simh . at Torah morning, the clinic was not staffed. Harel summons Dr. Nechustan (the only physician on the Kibbutz and a retired Kitat Konnenut member) from his “safe-room” at home with his family, through the battlefield, to the clinic. There, together with one nurse, they will treat and evacuate as best they can, dozens of wounded over the next 20 hours providing life-saving treatment to many.

The battle goes on all day and into the night. There are still terrorists at 2 am – 19 hours after they first arrived. In the battle to save the Kibbutz, four soldiers, two guards, and seven civilians (among them five Kibbutz members) are killed. Two of Harel’s friends are among them. Five others are taken hostage. Another tragedy occurs when four young women who escaped from the Nova Festival to the Kibbutz are raped by Hamas, but many are saved. Most of the 1,000 Kibbutznikim survive.

Harel Oren and his Kitat Konennut stood in front of the attack, held their ground for hours, and saved their people from the hands of the enemy.

* * *

I don’t know exactly how God works, but at least on that day at Kibbutz Re’im, there was some kind of amazing bravery that came into the souls of those amazing volunteers and the soldiers who joined the fight. And they saved 1000 souls. Perhaps that is God’s standing spirit. It flowed right through the brains and brawn of those brave men and women.

The enemies stood over them, but they stood with each other, saving their community from their enemies that come to stand over us in every generation.

When I sing this song at the Seder this year, I will sing it with great passion - standing with the heroes of October 7.

Hag Kasher V’Sameah - may Pesah bringing freedom and peace into our world and may the hostages experience redemption and come home.

Rabbi David Lerner

Flags flying at kibbutz Re’im

Devastation at Kibbutz Kfar Aza

Family Table

Did You Know This About JF&CS Family Table?

JF&CS Family Table does many things for our community but did you know that:

• JF&CS launched in 2013 the Greater Boston Hunger Network (GBHN), a coalition of food pantries and other food assistance organizations serving the Greater Boston area. Through bi-monthly meetings and an online forum, the Greater Boston Hunger Network is a dynamic venue for food pantry managers to learn from one another, address common challenges, and promote best practices. Our common goal: to provide more nutritious food to more people more efficiently.

Supporters of JF&CS c an now fundraise on behalf of Family Table! There are three ways to get involved:

• Host a fundraising event, like a bake-off, car wash, or garage sale.

• Ask for donations in lieu of gifts for a special occasion, like a birthday or a bar mitzvah.

• Create a virtual fundraiser to be shared on Facebook or other social media pages.

• Volunteers can join JF&CS for a few hours once a month or on a one-time basis. Families with young children are welcome to volunteer. In this way, children experience hands-on tzedakah and truly come to understand that they can make a difference in the lives of others.

Judaism Is About Love

Rabbi Shai Held in Conversation with Rabbi Marc Baker

Sunday, April 7 at Temple Emanuel

A common misconception is that love is a “Christian idea” and not a Jewish one. But what if we have it all wrong?

Join Rabbi Shai Held as he introduces the central themes of his new book Judaism Is About Love and then joins Rabbi Marc Baker in a conversation on the centrality of love to the Jewish vision of ethics, spirituality, and theology. What can Judaism teach us about love, and what can a renewed focus on love reveal to us about Judaism?

This event is presented in partnership with Temple Emanuel. This event is cosponsored by Temple Emunah and Walnut Street Minyan, Minyan Maor, Yedid Nefesh, Reyim, Ohabei Shalom, Dorshei Tzedek, Kehillath Israel, Mishkan Tefila, and Temple Beth Elohim. For more information, go to: https://www.hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-boston-r-shai-held-book-talk

• Last year, Family Table volunteers packed more than 35,000 bags and made more than 3,300 grocery deliveries to clients who might otherwise have gone without.

• There are 70 collection sites, including synagogues, Jewish day schools, and community centers from around Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the South area, which donate food to Family Table each month, supplying nearly two-thirds of the food we provide.

Your contributions are critical to the success of Family Table. Your financial contributions on a monthly basis enable Temple Emunah to be an active, ongoing and longstanding part of Family Table. We have been part of this program since the 1990’s when collections were distributed from Kehillith Israel in Brookline. The move to Waltham has made it even easier for those volunteering to go on the designated Sundays to pack and deliver food.

We have several incredible congregants who have been performing this mitzvah monthly for years. I hope that you will join them in being part of the Family Table distribution Squad. They are a mighty group.

Thank you for your continued support of Family Table.

Todah Rabbah,

Nancy Lefkowitz and Michelle and Mark Abramson, Temple Emunah Coordinators of JF&CS Family Table

Haggadah Program: April 7 at 10 am

Guest speaker: Rabbi Joshua Cahan

A Tefilah educator in New York City, Rabbi Cahan compiled and edited the Yedid Nefesh bencher spring. He spent eleven years teaching Talmud and Tefilah at the Leffell School in New York, and was the founder and director of the Northwoods Kollel at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. He holds Rabbinic Ordination and a Ph.D. in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Suggestions for Enriching Family Pesah  Celebrations

Pesah . engages all of our senses, as well as our spirits. Each year we re-enact the Israelites’ journey from slavery to freedom as we clean our homes to rid them of hametz, prepare the foods and symbols of the seder, and gather around the seder table with family and friends to join in retelling the story of our people. The sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of Pesah . create memories that stay with us for our entire lives. Planning a seder is about creating an experience that goes far beyond the words on a page in a haggadah. Below are some suggestions for making this experience lively, creative, and meaningful:

1. Make cleaning and preparing for Pesah a family experience. If relevant, give your children small jobs to do around the house, and have them assist with cooking. Let everyone in your household share in the excitement and anticipation of getting ready for Passover!

2. Make the seder table as elegant as your means allow, replete with a seder plate and all the holiday symbols. For Pesah ritual items, please contact Penny Andler at the Sisterhood Judaica Shop: p_sloane@yahoo.com.

3. Choose a theme for your seder, and ask guests to bring objects, readings, or activities based on that theme. Possible themes: freedom, springtime, redemption, justice, new beginnings.

4. Consider including more contemporary ritual objects, such as a kos Miriam (Miriam’s Cup), which recalls the rabbinic story about a magical well of water that followed Miriam as she travelled with the Children of Israel in the desert. Bring ritual objects from your own family to the table as well (i.e. seder plate and kiddush cup), creating a connection to previous generations and to your family’s history.

5. Order an adequate number of copies of Haggadot in advance. Our Sisterhood Judaica Shop has a number of good Haggadot on hand. Alternatively, you can make your own Haggadah for all or parts of the seder at Haggadot.com. A great resource for supplementing your seder is the book, Creating Lively Passover Seders, by David Arnow, PhD, published by Jewish Lights ( jewishlights.com).

6. To stave off cries of “When do we eat?” consider making karpas (the green vegetable) more substantial than a sprig of parsley. Serve salads or make veggies available for snacking throughout the telling of the story.

7. Assign reading parts in advance to those who will be attending the seder, giving your guests time to become comfortable with reading the texts. Encourage your “readers” to share their thoughts about the meaning and application of these words.

8. Involve children: Teach the Mah Nishtanah to children, so that they can participate actively from the very beginning of the evening. Ask children to create decorations for the seder, and during the seder, have children create a play to present to guests.

Document to Authorize the Selling of H 

ametz

A critical Passover law is to sell our h . ametz. While we must clean our houses of all h . ametz by eating and donating it to others, any remaining hametz may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday, and its actual ownership is transferred to a non-Jew until after the holiday. Please complete the form below and mail it to Rabbi Lerner before Thursday, April 18 at 12 noon, appointing me as your agent for this sale. Every household should do this. If you have hametz in another location (e.g. work or vacation home), please list these addresses as well.

To make this easier, you may send an email with the information required below authorizing me to sell your hametz to zkafri@tem@templeemunah.org.

To fulfill two commandments in one, you are also encouraged to send a check to Temple Emunah for Ma’ot H . ittim; literally, “wheat money.” We will donate these funds to MAZON and other Jewish charities that help those who cannot afford to buy kosher for Pesah necessities.

Rabbis David Lerner and Leora Kling Perkins

H  ametz Sale Authorization Form

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Rabbi David Lerner my true and lawful representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and on my behalf, to sell all hametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the sages of Israel (e.g., hametz; hashah h . ametz—suspect h . ametz; and all kinds of ta’aorvet h . ametz h . ametz mixtures); also, h . ametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans, pots, or other cooking or eating utensils, of whatever nature; and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned hametz owned or possessed by me may be found, especially in the premises located at (your address/es).

Rabbi Lerner has the full authority and power to sell said hametz and to lease said place or places wherein said hametz may be found, upon such terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Rabbi Kling Perkins has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the rabbi, and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that Rabbi Lerner or a rabbinic substitute lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents.

And to this I hereby affix my signature on this day of , in the year .

Signature:

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Passover 5784

A Guide to the Mitzvot of Pesah .

Passover is an eight-day holiday. The first two and last two days are Yom Tov: holidays when, like Shabbat, we refrain from work and have special services. An additional festive atmosphere is achieved in these services through special Torah readings, Hallel, and Musaf. This atmosphere reaches the home as well with festive meals. The intermediate days are called Hol Hamoed; although work is permitted, they still retain their holiday flavor through the addition of special Torah readings, Hallel, and Musaf to the morning services.

This guide to Passover observances and rituals explains the traditions and halakhic practices involved in observing Pesah . in the home. It is meant to cover all areas of home observance of the holiday. However, we recognize that your individual needs may leave you with additional questions. Please feel free to contact Rabbi Kling Perkins with any questions you have regarding your observance of Pesah.

What is the Siyyum B’khorim?

In commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt, during which the first-born children of the Israelites were unaffected by the tenth plague, those who are the first-born members of their families have an obligation to fast on the day preceding Pesah . It is the custom for synagogues to make a siyyum (a public completion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud or seder of the Mishnah) on the morning before Passover. Since the siyyum is followed by a seudat mitzvah (a festive meal which follows the performance of certain mitzvot), a first-born who is present may eat, and having eaten, need not fast that day. First borns and everyone else are invited to join us for learning and breakfast following 7 am minyan on the morning of Monday, April 22.

What is H . ametz?

If one of the five grains mentioned in the Torah—wheat, oats, rye, barley, or spelt—comes in contact with water after being cut off from the ground, it begins to ferment, or leaven, and becomes hametz. According to tradition, this fermentation takes 18 minutes. The term “ hametz-dik” refers to dishes and utensils that have been in contact with hametz foods during the year.

Why must we clean houses so thoroughly before Pesah . ?

The rule against hametz on Passover applies not only to eating, but to enjoyment or financial benefit (hana’ah) and also involves removing all the hametz from one’s home. No hametz is allowed even to be in your house. To facilitate this cleaning, the following rituals are part of Passover preparations. The text for the ceremonies can be found in a good Haggadah

a. Mekhirat H . ametz: We are not always able to destroy or get rid of all the hametz—it may even be economically disastrous—so our rabbis ordained that any remaining hametz be sold to a non-Jew who then sells it back to us after Passover. The hametz is then no longer “in our possession.” Please authorize Rabbi Lerner to do this for you by filling out the form on page 15. It is only necessary to give away or sell

food; dishes and utensils are simply put away in storage for the duration of the holiday. The Document of Hametz Sale is also available at the synagogue office.

b. Bedikat Hametz: After the house has been cleaned, we search for crumbs of h . ametz we may have missed. Your Haggadah should include instructions and the texts of this ritual. It begins by preparing the objects used for the search—a candle, a feather, and a wooden spoon—and reciting a blessing. Following the search, the Kol hamira formula, found in your Haggadah, is then recited. Bedikat Hametz takes place this year on Sunday night, April 21.

c. Bitul Hametz: We recite a formula renouncing any h . ametz left that may have been inadvertently missed, canceling our responsibility for it, and thus symbolically removing it from our homes. The formula for Bitul H . ametz is recited this year on the morning of Monday, April 22. This formula, which can be found in most Haggadot, is as follows: “May all leaven in my possession, whether I have seen it or not, be regarded as nonexistent and considered as mere dust of the earth.”

d. Bi’ur Hametz: In order to rid ourselves fully of the h . ametz we gathered the previous night, we burn it immediately after we recite the Bitul H . ametz on Monday morning, April 22

What is Ma’ot H . ittim?

It means money for flour to make Passover matzah. It is a mitzvah to collect funds so that the poor can purchase matzah and other Passover necessities. These funds, called Ma’ot H . ittim (Charity), are given (usually “ h . ai ”—$18 or multiples thereof) to be distributed to the needy. It is customary to donate for Ma’ot Hittim when selling your hametz. Donations can be made to Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund.

Kashering the Kitchen

It is customary (and easiest) to remove the utensils and dishes that are used during the year, replacing them with either new utensils or utensils used year to year only for Pesah . This is clearly not possible for major appliances and may not even be possible for dishes and utensils. There is a process for kashering many, but not all, kitchen items, thus making them kosher for Pesah:

The general principle used in kashering is that the way the utensil absorbs food is the way it can be purged of that food, Ke-volo kach pol’to. This principle operates on the basis of the quality or intensity of how the items absorb food. Things used for cold food can be kashered by rinsing since no substance has been absorbed by the dish or glass. Items used on a stove absorb the food and thus need a stronger level of action namely expelling the food into boiling water, called hag’alah. The most intense form of usage is directly on a fire or in an oven and these utensils require the most intense method of kashering, namely libbun, which burns away absorbed food.

For details about what items can be kashered and how to go about it, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah guide:

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/pesah-guide-5784

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Pesah . Hekhsher —before Pesah . and during Pesah .

Whenever possible processed foods ought to have a “kosher l’Pesah . ” hekhsher from a reliable source. For a list of items which are acceptable without a special Passover hekhsher, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah . guide.

Certain products may be purchased without a Pesah hekhsher if they are purchased before Pesah, but require one if purchased during the holiday. These products include pure fruit juices, filleted fish, frozen fruit (no additives), non-iodized salt, pure white sugar (no additives), Bolivian or Peruvian quinoa with nothing mixed in which is marked “gluten free,” white milk, and certain products sold by Equal Exchange Chocolate. For more details, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah guide.

Medicine

If someone has a life-threatening illness or there is a possibility that untreated it could become life threatening, all medications are permitted. Any contemplated changes of medicines should be discussed first with your doctor and made only with his/her permission. Rabbi Kling Perkins can advise you as to what acceptable alternatives are available for needs that are necessary but not life threatening, such as antacids, analgesics, cold medications, vitamins etc. All prescription or non-prescription drugs in the form of topical medications, including creams, lotions, ointments, foams, gels, drops, patches and inhalants as well as non-chewable tablets and injections may be owned, used and consumed on Passover, even if they contain hametz or kitniyot (for those who maintain this custom), since they are inedible. This covers most medicines used by adults. All medications for babies may be used. Liquid medicines, chewable tablets and or tablets coated with a flavored glaze are considered edible and may contain h . ametz. Soft gelcaps may present a problem because they may contain non-kosher edible porcine gelatin. Please consult with your Rabbi on when these may be used and to find substitutes that are acceptable.

Pet Food

The prohibition against hametz during Pesah includes not owning, not seeing, and not benefitting from hametz. Therefore, we are not allowed to own or make use of hametz during Pesah . ; even that which is exclusively for our animals’ consumption. The most appropriate way to take care of your pet during Pesah . may be a function of what kind of animal(s) you own. The ideal approach would be to switch your pet to a hametz- free diet before Pesah and perhaps permanently. Even people who do not themselves eat kitniyot on Pesah should feel free to feed their animals kitniyot. A less desirable option is that some authorities allow for the pet to be sold along with the h . ametz and, since the pet does not belong to the Jewish owner, the pet eats its normal diet. Note that the document of sale must include the pet as well as the hametz. If you have these pet foods in your home be careful to keep them away from the general kitchen area.

Washing of pet utensils should be done out of the kitchen area (e.g. a bathroom sink). This is the least satisfactory option and is included as a last resort measure: unlike the h . ametz you are selling before Pesah . , which is then stored out of sight and is inaccessible to you during Pesah, this last option involves your actively seeing and handling that hametz on a daily basis. For more details about this and other options, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah . Guide.

The longstanding Ashkenazi custom on Passover is to refrain fron eating kitniyot, which refers to: beans, corn, millet, peas, rice, soy, and some other plant based foods like mustard, buckwheat and sesame seeds. The one exception is an approved permission of peanuts and peanut oil, provided said items have proper year-round kosher certification and do not contain h . ametz ingredients.

In the fall of 2015 the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) passed two responsa permitting the consumption of kitniyot for Ashkenazim. To fully understand their positions, which differ in their argumentation, please see:

• David Golinkin, “Rice, beans and kitniyot on Pesah . - are they really forbidden?” OH 453:1.2015a (https://schechter.edu/ rice-beans-and-kitniyot-on-pesah-are-they-really-forbiddenresponsa-in-a-moment-volume-9-issue-no-4-march-2015/)

• Amy Levin and Avram Israel Reisner, “A Teshuvah Permitting Ashkenzaim to Eat Kitniyot on Pesah” 453:1.2015b (https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/2011-2020/Levin-Reisner-Kitniyot.pdf)

Neither position constitutes an instruction to consume kitniyot during Pesah, but rather a halakhic basis and guideline for those who choose to do so. They recognize that while some individuals, communities, and institutions will utilize this new ruling, others may choose not to do so.

Both eating and refraining from kitniyot are equally legitimate and derekh eretz (respectful behavior) should be the guiding value in making decisions around this topic. At Temple Emunah, we are careful, whenever serving kitniyot, to mark them clearly as such, and to make sure that there is always sufficient food for those who choose to refrain. We encourage others to display similar sensitivity in their own interactions. For those who do avail themselves of this ruling, it is important to note the following specific guidance in the responsa by Rabbis Amy Levin and Avram Reisner, cited above.

For guidance and for more details, please consult the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah Guide at;

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/pesah-guide-5784

Please feel free to contact Rabbis Lerner or Kling Perkins with any questions. We wish you and your families a joyous, healthy, and kosher Passover!

Yahrzeits

The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months:

Apr 1 / 22 Adar II

Eva Bobrow

Mother of Mark Bobrow

Stanislaw Feld

Husband of Anita Feld

Apr 2 / 23 Adar II

Stella Fritz

Aunt of Miriam Boucher

Lillian Harris

Mother of Elizabeth Pressman

Apr 3 / 24 Adar II

Ida Volimsky

Grandmother of Naomi Sacks

Apr 4 / 25 Adar II

Hertzel Freifelder

Father of Marsha Tucker

Haim Katz

Father of Karen Garber

Apr 5 / 26 Adar II

Adelaide Konterwitz

Mother of Elaine Shwimer

Apr 6 / 27 Adar II

Oskar Markuse

Father of Jack Markuse

Apr 7 / 28 Adar II

Hyman Bailey

Father of Zelda Cohen

Beulah Seide Bresler

Mother of Joel Bresler

Apr 8 / 29 Adar II

Harry Fader

Father of Linda Laredo

Sidney Migdol

Grandfather of Steve Tavan

Edna Machtiger Rosenman

Mother of Esther Rosenman-Hochman

Apr 9 / 1 Nisan

Carole Judith Epstein

Sister of Wendy Katz

Lucille Klinghoffer

Aunt of Marsha Tucker

Jack Silver

Grandfather of Cindy Bobrow

Samuel Udell

Father-in-law of Phyllis Udell

Apr 10 / 2 Nisan

Bertha Brown

Aunt of Richard Goldberg

Samuel Kreiger

Father of Arthur Kreiger

Samuel Rothmel

Grandfather of Ethel Rothmel

William Tuchin

Grandfather of Jeff Sokolov

Toba Waldman

Grandmother of Barbara Palant

Apr 11 / 3 Nisan

David Doynow

Father of Lori Schechner

Marlene Louise Kreinin

Mother of Elana Markovitz

Barbara Moss

Aunt of Jillian Pesin-Fulop

Walter Rothfeld

Uncle of Marsha Tucker

Lorraine Shindell

Mother of Paula Dangel

Leonard Weil

Father of Marilyn Weil-Abelman

Gladys Weiner

Mother of Ann Chait

Estelle Weiss

Grandmother of Emily Ring

Apr 12 / 4 Nisan

Joshua Berinstein

Father of Susan Orenstein

Grandfather of Julia Mabuchi

Hilda Elster Halton

Mother of Toni Stechler

Leonard Handler

Father of Risa Bressler

Rose Markovitz Lubar

Mother of Dennis Markovitz

Norma Tinkelman Neustadt

Mother of Paul Neustadt

Phyllis Orenstein

Mother of Barry Orenstein

Grandmother of Julia Mabuchi

Alan D. Perlmutter

Brother of Burt Perlmutter

Manfred Rost

Father of Claudia Handwerker

Roberta Tilem

Mother of Matthew Tilem

Martin Weiss

Grandfather of Emily Ring

Abraham Wissoker

Father-in-law of Barbara Wissoker

Apr 13 / 5 Nisan

Kenneth Goodman

Husband of Mindy Levitt

Rose Lieberman

Mother of Sylvia Schatz

Phyllis Fox Mills

Mother of Josh Mills

Edith Pierce

Grandmother of Jud Pierce

Sylvia Robinson

Grandmother of Melissa Foster

Aryeh Stein-Azen

Nephew of Sharon Stein

Cousin of Aviva Stein

Dave Tavan

Grandfather of Steve Tavan

Apr 14 / 6 Nisan

Louis Nager

Grandfather of Jill Wollins

Harry Zimmer

Father of Barbara Wissoker

Apr 15 / 7 Nisan

Barbara Berger

Wife of Robert Berger

Harry Bonder

Father of Vivian Cohen

Charlotte Kalus

Mother of Joseph Kalus

Sidney Noveck

Uncle of Risa Bressler

Apr 16 / 8 Nisan

Geraldine Bressler

Mother of Larry Bressler

Hyman Cook

Father of Stewart Cook

Sarah Kupiec

Mother of Israel Kupiec

Harold Roberts

Father of Bruce Roberts

Marilyn Shelton

Mother of Deborah Bershel

Andrew H. Tane

Son of Betty Pious Heindel

Apr 17 / 9 Nisan

Eli Chase

Father of Arleen Chase

Robert Garwin

Father of Terri Fisher

Irving Hott

Father of Estha Blachman

Charles Minkin

Father of Paul Minkin

William Nelson

Husband of Joyce Nelson

Lieber Obstein

Grandfather of Mike Ablove

Sansook Park

Mother of Jenni Smirnova

Stanford Zimmerman

Father of Ken Zimmerman

Apr 18 / 10 Nisan

Edith Cherun

Mother of Carol Bromberg

Nathan Epstein

Father of Howard Epstein

Miriam Jacobs

Mother of Fran Jacobs

Rubin Jacobs

Father of Hal Miller-Jacobs

Gerald Karen

Father of Jeffrey Karen

Bert Marcus

Uncle of Joel Marcus

Louisa Menzel

Grandmother of Asaf Gaon

Harold Yablin

Grandfather of Seth Maislin

Apr 19 / 11 Nisan

Clairette Freedman

Sister of Fred Ezekiel

Aunt of David Ezekiel

Louis Handler

Uncle of Risa Bressler

Frances Schwimmer

Aunt of Joel Shwimer

Apr 20 / 12 Nisan

Bella Alpert

Mother of Irwin Alpert

Cynthia Lerman

Mother of Scott Lerman

Sidney Mizner

Father of Gail Spatz

Goldie Moskow

Mother-in-law of Shirley Moskow

Harold Sadofsky

Father of Miriam Sadofsky

Anthony Salvucci

Grandfather of Denise Forbes

Max Schoenberg

Father of Peggy Menzin

Apr 21 / 13 Nisan

Rose Chasanoff

Grandmother of Thelma Marin

Richard Cohen

Husband of Vivian Cohen

Father of Marcy Lidman

Ronald Hausman

Father of Kenneth Hausman

Michelle Karmazin

Friend of Susan Stering

Abraham Russman

Grandfather of Wendy

Russman-Halperin

Stanley Wein

Father of Warren Wein

Alvin B. Wolfe

Husband of Susan Wolfe

Aaron Zohn

Husband of Rochelle Zohn

Apr 22 / 14 Nisan

Rosa Faerman

Grandmother of Dan Fulop

Gloria Hoffman

Mother of Beth Fentin

Eleanor Kojm

Mother of Sheila Kojm

Al Lipson

Father of Steven Lipson

Marjorie Woods

Mother of Larry Woods

Apr 23 / 15 Nisan

Tomas Hirschfeld

Father of Dina Savitz

Samuel Wollins

Grandfather of Jill Wollins

Apr 24 / 16 Nisan

Rhoda Biletch

Mother of Leslie Biletch

Lois Boreen

Mother of Susan Hailman

Fred Bornstein

Brother-in-law of Eileen Feldman

Irving Kaplan

Father of Doris Morgenstern

Lillian Lehrman

Grandmother of Nancy Bloom

Leon Weiner

Father of Ellyn Michelson

Apr 25 / 17 Nisan

Asher Finkel

Father of Rose Myers

Albert Kushner

Father of Ann Kushner

Jeanne Merkin

Mother of Carol Greenberg

Joseph Nathanson

Grandfather of Neil Weiser

Hilda Reibstein

Mother of Lois Bruss

James Rubenstein

Brother of Sidney Rubenstein

Apr 26 / 18 Nisan

Irwin Fiarman

Father of Gale Fiarman

Sadie Green

Aunt of Marcia Kaunfer, Anne Lerner and Beth Levine

Great-aunt of Rabbi David Lerner

Jordan Liebhaber

Friend of Ken and Lois Bruss

Rebecca Silverstein

Mother of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Apr 27 / 19 Nisan

Annette Natkin

Mother of Lissa Natkin

Rabbi Irving Perlman

Father of Benjamin Perlman

Melvin Tracey

Husband of Marilyn Tracey

Father of Michael Tracey

Apr 28 / 20 Nisan

Uri Ben-Meir

Grandfather of Jonathan Ring

Lowell Bensky

Friend of Leonard Katz

Richard Berk

Father of Sheryl Wein

Morton Camac

Father of Ann Ben-Horin

Barbara Holstein

Daughter of Phyllis Blumberg

Sister of Lester Blumberg

Anna Koltai Delfiner

Mother-in-law of Barbara Delfiner

Aron Lipszyc

Grandfather of Doronit

Shlank-Bloomenthal

Libby Soffar

Mother of Cindy Jacobs

Eva Urmer

Grandmother of Doreen Karoll

Apr 29 / 21 Nisan

Ida Gottlieb

Mother of Betty Pious Heindel

Bessie Thrope

Grandmother of Martin Thrope

Apr 30 / 22 Nisan

Stowe Hausner

Mother of Buzz Hausner

Eric Moskow

Son of Shirley Moskow

Irving Nelson

Father-in-law of Joyce Nelson

Morris Weiner

Father of Ann Chait

Grandfather of David Chait

May 1 / 23 Nisan

Stella Sadofsky

Mother of Miriam Sadofsky

Sam Silverman

Partner of Rachel Rosenblum

Bernice Singer

Mother of Jeremy Singer

May 2 / 24 Nisan

Diane Finkelstein

Mother of Alan Fields

Leonard Lovitz

Father of Sue Goldman

Leonard Nacht

Father of Kathy Macdonald

Isay Zeylikman

Father-in-law of Irina Zeylikman

May 3 / 25 Nisan

Sidney Chernick

Father of Paul Chernick

Sarah Fox

Mother of Joseph Fox

Leon Gildesgame

Father of Mike Gildesgame

Pearl Goldberg

Mother of David Goldberg

May 4 / 26 Nisan

Robert Gherry Bernstein

Father of Laura Pierce

Janet S. David Stayn

Wife of John Stayn

Sidonia Handler Miller

Aunt of Risa Bressler

Marjorie G. Reder

Mother of Richard Reder

May 5 / 27 Nisan

Samuel Lerman

Grandfather of Scott Lerman

David Schechner

Father of David Schechner

Martin Sprince

Grandfather of Scott Lerman

Harriet Willins

Mother of Ed Willins

May 6 / 28 Nisan

Annie Harris Frankel

Mother of Reva Levitt

Carl Hollander

Father of Charles Hollander

May 7 / 29 Nisan

Anny Graf

Mother of Eva Glaser

Mother-in-law of Stephen Tauber

Stella Kantor

Mother of Natalie Warshawer

Anna Shapiro Mencow

Mother of Barbara Neustadt

Celia Cumens Perlmutter

Mother of Burt Perlmutter

May 8 / 30 Nisan

Marian Cain

Aunt of Ed Lidman

Stuart Goff

Father of Philip Goff

Victor Levitt

Uncle of Alisa Billings

Yehudith Shtill

Mother of Michal Fuller

Helen Towers

Mother of David Towers

Nathan Weiser

Grandfather of Neil Weiser

Eleanor Wollins

Mother of Jill Wollins

May 9 / 1 Iyar

Isaac Tarmy

Father of Arnold Tarmy

Jacob Weinronk

Father of Stan Weinronk

Yahrzeits

May 10 / 2 Iyar

Josephine Abelman

Mother of David Abelman

Hyman Doodlesack

Father of Phyllis Fish

Abraham Kaminsky

Uncle of Ann Chait

Ida Levine

Grandmother of Harvey Lowell

William Miller

Father of Rebecca Karen

Rose Rifken Pearlman

Mother of Valerie Seidman

Hyman Smith

Grandfather of Jerome Smith

Jiing-Liang Wu

Father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu

May 11 / 3 Iyar

Sonia Baker

Mother of Linda Chessman

Margaret “Peggy” Goldberg

Mother of Nancy Goldberg

May 12 / 4 Iyar

Murray Feinzig

Grandfather of Ben Bloomenthal

Selma Solinger Greenberg

Grandmother of Sharon Smith

Gilbert Nerenberg

Father of Anna Nerenberg

Irving Pesin

Grandfather of Jillian Pesin-Fulop

Pauline Rubinovitz

Mother-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

May 13 / 5 Iyar

Elizabeth Bruss

Sister-in-law of Ken Bruss

Harold Michelson

Father-in-law of Barbara Michelson

Ann Rantz

Mother-in-law of Stan Pomeranz

Helene Rock

Mother of Mia Lieberman

Sylvia Ann Teitelbaum

Mother of Ken Teitelbaum

Albert Towers

Father of David Towers

May 14 / 6 Iyar

Herbert Katz

Brother of Leonard Katz

Shirley Reubenstein

Mother of Howard Reubenstein

Konrad Schwoerke

Father of Amanda Schwoerke

Yitzhak Shtill

Father of Michal Fuller

Oscar Sumner

Father of Howard Sumner

Lila Ruiz Tarkoff

Daughter of Vanessa Ruiz and Anna Ruiz Tarkoff

Noah Hudson Tsymbal

Son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal

May 15 / 7 Iyar

Louis Aronson

Father of Richard Aronson

Edith Russman

Mother of Wendy Russman-Halperin

Charles Shapiro

Father of Linda Tarmy

Baba Shirazi

Grandfather of Eleanor Perlmutter, Farshad Pourmousa, Pejman

Pourmousa, and Bobby Shirazi

Julia Peitzer Shwimer

Mother of Joel Shwimer

Beatrice Tucker

Mother-in-law of Marsha Tucker

Miriam Wein

Grandmother of Alisa Billings

May 16 / 8 Iyar

Leon Katz

Father of Paul Katz

Albert Kerstein

Father of Larry Kerstein

Harry Konterwitz

Father of Elaine Shwimer

Eleanor Rothfeld

Aunt of Marsha Tucker

May 17 / 9 Iyar

Irving Goldstein

Father of Mark Goldstein

Anna Shanes

Grandmother of Cindy Bobrow

Howard Stecker

Father of Elissa Stecker

May 18 / 10 Iyar

Louis Cohen

Father of Judith Wisnia

Bennie Frankel

Father of Reva Levitt

Edward Kantner

Father of Ronni Skerker

Isadore Marcus

Father-in-law of Judy Marcus

Grandfather of Joel Marcus

Dorothy Woolf Miller

Mother of Arnie Miller

Ida Pekin

Mother of Bobby Galani and Ellen Gordon

Joseph Tauber

Father of Stephen Tauber

Morris Testa

Father of Susan Cook

May 19 / 11 Iyar

Winnie Buonaiuto

Mother of Michael Buonaiuto

Robert Goldstone

Father of Rabbi Matthew Goldstone

Minnie Klein

Grandmother of Dorothy Seltzer

Martin Laderman

Father of Ellen Laderman

Gertrude Levine

Mother of Ralph Levine

Sarah Tuzman

Mother of Judith Kliger

May 20 / 12 Iyar

Ethel Goldman

Mother of Phyllis Herda

Aunt of Leonard Katz, Susan Shnidman and Arnold Tarmy

Thelma Greenberg

Mother of Mark Greenberg

Esta Mae Katz

Mother of Amy Goldminz

Shirley Koren

Mother of Annette Koren

Samuel Lidman

Grandfather of Ed Lidman

Kurt Schloesser

Father of Ruth Berg

May 21 / 13 Iyar

David Cherny

Brother of Miriam Boucher

Lea Markuse

Mother of Jack Markuse

May 22 / 14 Iyar

Miriam Allen

Mother of Amy Zaslow

Norman Thrope

Father of Marty Thrope

May 23 / 15 Iyar

Peter Scott Bain

Brother of Susan Wilner

Elizabeth Dernier

Mother of Amanda Schwoerke

Fannie Gordon

Mother of Martin Gordon

Robin Guenther

Sister-in-law of Leon Gunther

Anne Mills

Mother of Roberta Jaffer

Fannie Porton

Grandmother of Martin Thrope

Joseph Ramiréz-MarquinaBarinotto

Father of Jose Barinotto

Fritzie Schloesser

Mother of Ruth Berg

Harry Tucker

Father-in-law of Marsha Tucker

May 24 / 16 Iyar

Analee Bang

Sister of Charlotte Kupiec

Ruth Chessman

Mother of Daniel Chessman

Josephine Freifelder

Aunt of Marsha Tucker

Tanna Goott

Niece of Carole Feifke

Phyllis Gorenstein

Mother of Jonina Schonfeld

Stuart Owades

Brother of Gordon Owades

Harry Schultz

Father of Brian Schultz

D. William Unterberg

Father of Thelma Marin

May 25/ 17 Iyar

Barbara Abramson

Mother of Mark Abramson

Melvin Botbol

Father of Donna Jauvtis

Donald Freedman

Yahrzeits / Rosh Hodesh Group

Father of Lisa Barinotto

Louis Frolich

Father of Rochelle Zohn

Aya Spektor

Mother of Elena Gorlovsky

Ruth Zelermyer

Mother of Mark Zelermyer

May 26/ 18 Iyar

Dorothy Joseph

Mother of Caron Bleich

Grandmother of Lauren Bleich

Emanuel Wolf

Father of Stanley Wolf

Barbara Zimmerman

Mother of Ken Zimmerman

May 27 / 19 Iyar

Sylvia Handler

Mother of Risa Bressler

Alfred Kojm

Father of Sheila Kojm

Helen Liskov

Mother of Judy Zabin

May 28 / 20 Iyar

Deborah Buckler

Mother of Aaron Buckler

Lauri Chait

Sister of Larry Chait

Dorothy Lezberg

Aunt of Alisa Billings

Beatrice Samuels

Mother of Harold Samuels

Rosalie Spatz

Mother of Harry Spatz

May 29 / 21 Iyar

Sydney Cantor

Stepfather of Barbara Palant

Uncle of Bonnie Levy

Libby Gordon

Mother of Robert Gordon

Zelda Govenar

Mother of Helen Zelinsky

Ira Katzman

Uncle of Barbara Palant

Vital Kliger

Mother-in-law of Judy Kliger

Rosh Hodesh Group

Sunday, April 7, 11 am

Meet at the Middlesex Fells Long Pond Parking Area, 524530 S Border Rd, Winchester, for a Spiritual Walk with Liza Halley. Our leisurely walk (about one hour) will include time to notice, to stop and listen, to bless the month of Nisan (and Adar II), and to pray. The path is a dirt path with rocks and roots and not much of an incline. Please bring a water bottle if you would like. There are no facilities at this location but it is relatively close to downtown Winchester. Questions? Email Liza at lizahalley08@gmail.com.

Thursday, May 9, 6 pm

We will gather in the Katz Meeting Room for a discussion of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, by Rabbi Sharon Brous. Sharon Brous, a leading American rabbi, makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is countercultural, is to find our way to one another in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of

Esther Rubinovitz

Sister-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

May 30 / 22 Iyar

Carol Getman

Wife of Marvin Getman

Frances Gluck

Sister of Barbara Michelson

Dalia Goldschmidt Sheff

Mother of Daphne Harris

May 31 / 23 Iyar

Liza Cohn

Sister of Miriam Blechter

Irving Gluck

Grandfather of Ed Lidman

Paul Kantner

Brother of Ronni Skerker

Caroline Klein

Mother of Max Klein

Ruth Stein

Mother of Judi Canter

care. With original insights and practical tools, The Amen Affect translates foundational ideas into simple practices that connect us to our better angels, offering a blueprint for a more meaningful life and a more connected and caring world.

The discussion will be led by Linda Skolnik. We’ll discuss how Rabbi Brous, through the use of ancient Jewish wisdom and contemporary science, is alerting us all now, that a sense of belonging by our genuine presence is not only a social and biological need, but a moral and spiritual necessity. It is not necessary to read the book before the meeting, but if you want to, there will be several copies of the book available upon request, or purchase on Amazon, or try the public library.

Sunday, June 2, 10 am

Children and teens are invited to join us in the Katz Meeting Room for Craft Creations. Helen Marcus will help us create Sukkot Birds to fly in our Sukkah this year. Made from blown eggs and feathers, they add a bit of whimsy to any Sukkah, or can be hung in your house wherever you need something cheerful. Materials will be provided.

Donations

The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

Beautification

In celebration of Art and Rebecca’s new granddaughter Eloise Ruby. Mazel tov.

Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein

In memory of:

Zvi Galani, beloved husband of Bobby Galani

Joe & Elaine Siegel

Israel Kupiec, beloved husband of Charlotte Kupiec

Ralph & Helen Zelinsky

Yahrzeit for Rachel Kessler, beloved mother

Jack Kessler & Marcia Prager

Brotherhood

Tunglin Tsai

Emunah Scholarship Fund

In memory of Marcia Paley Camac, our dear aunt and friend

Henry and Ellen Criz

Family Education Fund

Yahrzeit for Yoav Kupiec, beloved son

Charlotte Kupiec

Barbara Macy

General

In appreciation/honor of:

Temple Emunah’s daily minyan

David Cores

Carolyn Keller & Harvey Lowell, on the birth of their new grandson, Elliott Pierce Lowell

Bob & Kathie Becker

In memory of:

Judith Adler, beloved mother of Jessica Kuznick

Bob & Kathie Becker

Marcia Camac, beloved mother of Ann

Ben-Horin and Joyce Camac Weiser

Laura Turco

Debi Dulberg and Paul Serotkin

Leo Bressler

Julie Greenberg & Ron Chaney

Harold Osher, beloved father of Judy Osher

Alan & Leslie Sherman

Zvi Galani, beloved husband of Bobby Galani

Joseph & Wendy Katz

Marc & Phyllis Landman

Zvi Galani, friend & neighbor

Charlotte Kupiec

Charles Bressler, beloved father of Larry Bressler

Sandra Levine

Israel Kupiec, beloved husband of Charlotte Kupiec

Ken & Lois Bruss

Yahrzeit of:

Henry Delfiner, beloved husband

Barbara Delfiner

Hannah Rotner, beloved aunt

Marty & Alice Gordon

Anna Tarle Nerenberg, beloved grandmother

Anna Nerenberg

Philip Gold, beloved father of Harriet Weinstock

Barney & Harriet Weinstock

Fannie Pildis Ruben, beloved aunt

Marilyn Tracey

Celia Goldberg, beloved grandmother

Richard Goldberg and Elise Goldberg

Hineni Connecting Team

In appreciation of Mike Gildesgame for driving to Boston

Kim Lovy

In memory of Dr. Stephen Fish, beloved husband of Phyllis Fish

David & Krana Rosen

Israel Committee

In memory of:

Marcia Camac, beloved mother of Ann Ben-Horin

Garry & Eileen Feldman

Zvi Galani, beloved husband of Bobby Galani

Judith Kliger

Israel Trip Tzedakah

In honor of Garry & Eileen Feldman

Richard Hochman & Esther Rosenman-Hochman

For a speedy recovery of Rabbi Lerner

Barbara Delfiner

In memory of Leo Bressler, beloved father of Larry Bressler

Alison Dick & Ed Willins

Keruv Outreach

Yahrzeit for Mary Cutler, beloved mother

David & Krana Rosen

Ladle Fund

In memory of:

Israel Kupiec, beloved husband of Charlotte Kupiec

Annie Tucker

Charles Brecher, beloved father of Andrew Brecher

Gloria Foster

Landscape

Yahrzeit for Fanny Abramsky, beloved grandmother

Jerome & Sharon Smith

Library

Yahrzeit of Dorothy Kerstein, beloved mother

Larry Kerstein

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund

Temple Emunah Brotherhood

In appreciation of Rabbi Kling Perkins

Marcia Camac’s family - Norman, Ann & Joyce and their families

Yahrzeit for Diane Lindner-Goldberg, beloved stepmother of David Goldberg

David & Janet Goldberg

Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund

Temple Emunah Brotherhood

Susan Wolfe

Laura Cosen-Binker

In appreciation of:

Rabbi Lerner officiating at our wedding

Ryan Asher

Rabbi Lerner

Brian Bernstein & Tracey Wright

In memory of:

Zvi Galani, and in appreciation of Rabbi Lerner

Bobby Galani

Zvi Galani, beloved husband, father and grandfather

Donald & Barbara Galler

Israel Kupiec, beloved husband of Charlotte Kupiec

Arleen Chase

Yahrzeit of:

Rabbi Nathan Burstyn, beloved father

Don Burstyn & Lissa Natkin

Douglas Wells, beloved father

Seymour Edelberg, beloved husband

Barbara Wells

Diane Lindner Goldberg, beloved stepmother of David Goldberg

David & Janet Goldberg

Refugee Support Fund

Arleen Chase

Yahrzeit for Gordon Case, beloved brother

Miriam Librach

Religious School Fund

In memory of Beverly Goldwasser, beloved mother of Glenda Singer

Ken & Maddy Teitelbaum

Yahrzeit of:

Howard Menzin, beloved brother

Abraham Menzin, beloved father

Betty Menzin, beloved mother

Marvin & Peggy Menzin

Social Justice Committee

Yahrzeit of:

Louis Cohen, beloved father, grandfather, and father-in-law

Naomi Sacks

Maxwell Brick, beloved father-in-law

Phyllis Brick

Special Needs

Yahrzeit for Debby Rosenbaum, beloved daughter of Ron Rosenbaum, and sister of Alicia Rosenbaum

Ron Rosenbaum and Alicia Rosenbaum

Steve Marcus Scholarship Fund

In memory of David Speicher, friend

Jerry & Ellen Baum

Preschool Learning

Making Seven Species Hallah

Tu B’Shevat Seder

April 2024 / Adar II-Nisan 5784

S M T W Th F S

1 22 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

2 23 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Meditation 8:30 am

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Theme Minyan for Musicians 8 pm

7 28 Adar II

Shaharit 9 am

Pesah Palooza 9 am

FwYC Simhat Tot 9 am

Haggadah prog. 10 am

Rosh Hodesh 11 am

USY Chaverim 12 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

14 6 Nisan

Shaharit 9 am

No Religious School Brotherhood Breakfast & Speaker 10 am

Wisdom Project 12 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

21 13 Nisan

Shaharit 9 am

No Religious School

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Bedikat hametz 8:18 pm

28 20 Nisan

Passover 6th day

Shaharit 8:45 am

No Religious School

LUSY Car Wash

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

8 29 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

9 1 Nisan

Rosh Hodesh

Shaharit 6:45 am

Meditation 8:30 am

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

15 7 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

16

Shaharit 7 am

8 Nisan

Meditation 8:30 am

No Religious School

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Dessert/Discussion 8 pm

22 14 Nisan

Erev Pesa h/First Seder

Shaharit, Siyyum

Bekhorim, Break-the-fast & Hametz burning 7 am

No Religious School No evening minyan

29 21 Nisan

Passover 7th day

Pesah Shaharit 9:15 am

Tot Services 11:15 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

23 15 Nisan

Passover 1st day

Second Seder

Pesah Shaharit 9:15 am Office closed

No evening minyan

30 22 Nisan

Passover 8 th day

Pesah Shaharit 9:15 am

No Religious School

Tot Services 11:15 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Havdalah 8:30 pm

Resume eating hametz 9 pm

3 24 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

LIJS: Are We What We Eat? (@ T. Isaiah) 8 pm

10 2 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Israel @ 75 6:30 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

LIJS (@ T. Isaiah) 8 pm

17 9 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Lerner 12 pm

No Religious School

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

LIJS (@ T. Isaiah) 8 pm

24 16 Nisan

Passover 2nd day

Shaharit 6:45 am

No Religious School Minhah/Ma’ariv/miniHavdalah 7:30 pm

4 25 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 6:45 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Perek Yomi 8 pm

11 3 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

5 26 Adar II

Shaharit 7 am

Niggun Saloon (Zoom) 1 pm

Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

12 4 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

6 27 Adar II

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Bella Dubrovsky Bat Mitz. Junior Congreg. 11 am

Tot Shabbat 11 am

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:45 pm

13 5 Nisan

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Musical Pesukei D’zimra 9:30 am

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7 pm

18 10 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

19 11 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am Niggun Saloon (Zoom)

1 pm

Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

25 17 Nisan

Passover 3rd day

Shaharit 9:15 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

26 18 Nisan Passover 4th day

Shaharit 6:45 am

Passover Dinner for Young Families 5:30 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

Adult/Older Children Dinner 7:30 pm

Passover Day 8 Yizkor speakers: Mark Abramson and Max Klein

Bella Dubrovsky, child of Karen &n Zivthan Dubrovsky (April 6)

20 12 Nisan

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Michael Ring Bar Mitzvah

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:15 pm

27 19 Nisan

Passover 5th day

Shabbat Service 9:15 am

Niggun Saloon 9:15 am (Pious Chapel)

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:15 pm

IMPORTANT PASSOVER DATES

Thursday, April 18 Deadline to submit h . ametz forms

Sunday, April 21 Bedikat H . ametz 8:18 pm

Monday, April 22 Siyyum B’khorim (following 7 am Shaharit)

Last time to eat h . ametz 10:26 am

Last time to burn h . ametz 11:35 am

Tuesday, April 30 Resume eating h . ametz 9 pm

Check the Temple Emunah website for details.

Sophie Brooks, child of Naomi & Ted Brooks (Apr. 13, not at Emunah))

Michael Ring, child of Emily & Jonathan Ring (April 20)

Mazel Tov to Our April B’nei Mitzvah

S M T W Th F S

1 23 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

5 27 Nisan

Yom Hashoah

Shaharit 9 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7 pm

RS Bingo Bash 12 pm

Yom Hashoah prog. 7:30 pm

12 4 Iyar

Yom Hazikaron

Shaharit 8:45 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7 pm

Yom Hazikaron program 7:30 pm

19 11 Iyar

Shaharit 9 am

Zimriyah 10 am

Spring Youth Day 12 pm

Wisdom Projecrt 12 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

26 18 Iyar

Lag B’Omer

Shaharit 9 am

BH Whiskey Tasting 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

6 28 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

13 5 Iyar

Shaharit 6:45 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:15 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

7 29 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Meditation 8:30 am

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

14 6 Iyar

Yom Ha’atzmaut

Shaharit 6:45 am

Meditation 8:30 am

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Yom HaAtzmaut

celebration 6 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

20 12 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

21 13 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Meditation 8:30 am

Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Dessert/Discussion 8 pm

8 30 Nisan

Rosh Hodesh

Shaharit 6:45 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

15 7 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

2 24 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Perek Yomi 8 pm

9 1 Iyar

Rosh Hodesh

Shaharit 6:45 am

Rosh Hodesh prog. 6 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

16 8 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

3 25 Nisan

Shaharit 7 am

Niggun Saloon (Zoom) 1 pm

Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat/ Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

10 2 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Kabbalat Shabbat/ Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

17 9 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

4 26 Nisan

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Brooke Namias BMitzvah

Junior Cong. 11 am

Tot Shabbat 11 am

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:30 pm

11 3 Iyar

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Musical Psukei D’zimra

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:30 pm

18 10 Iyar

Inclusion Shabbat

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

22 14 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Lunch & Learn 12 pm

Tekes Hitkadmut 6 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm 23 15 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat/ Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

Musical Psukei D’zimra

Tot Shabbat 11 am

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:45 pm

24

Shaharit 7 am

16 Iyar

Niggun Saloon (Zoom) 1 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat/ Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

25 17 Iyar

Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Musaf Meditation 11:30 am

Minhah/Learning/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:45 pm

27 19 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm

28 20 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Meditation 8:30 am Parashat Hash. 4 pm

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

29 21 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 am

Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

30 22 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Israeli Folk Dancing 8 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

31 23 Iyar

Shaharit 7 am

Kabbalat Shabbat/ Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

Mazel Tov to Our May B’nei Mitzvah

Asher Cohen, child of Nicole & Lauren Cohen (May 4, not at Emunah)

Brooke Namias, child of Ellen Bubrick & Joshua Namias (May 4)

First daily minyan back in Wolk Family Chapel in four years!

World Wide Wrap Address