Passover Magazine 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

RABBI'S MESSAGE

INTERIM RABBI'S MESSAGE

CANTOR'S MESSAGE

PASSOVER SCHEDULE

HOW TO KEEP KIDS ENTERTAINED DURING THE SEDER

DIY AFIKOMAN BAG

THE MEANING OF THE AFIKOMAN

HOW I CLEAN THE KITCHEN FOR PASSOVER

CHICKEN MARBELLA RECIPE

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE PIE RECIPE

SALE OF CHAMETZ

DONORS

MAZEL TOV - BAR & BAT MITZVAHS

TREE OF

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

This has been quite a year for our Shul and our Beth Torah community. I am reminded of the response from a CEO that I worked for early in my career to any upheaval in the business: “Change is good.” This is not always easy to see when you are in the midst of the changes, but as you come out of it, and start to see the results and effects of the changes, you start to appreciate this.

Beth Torah has certainly gone through substantial changes. A year ago, our rabbi of 22 years left us without notice. This was a shock, but we were fortunate to have Rabbanit Rachael, the daughter of one of our founding members, Milton Turkienicz, who stepped in when she was contacted, without missing a beat and provided us with very meaningful services over the past year. She is now moving on to another opportunity and we wish her well. Our Executive Director of the Shul left for a new opportunity, but again we were lucky to have our Gabbai, Mark Krantzberg step in to fill the gap and now we have hired Raquel Black who is currently assisting Mark part-time and will take on the full-time role In June. Raquel brings with her a fresh outlook and new ideas and will be a great addition to our Shul. Our cantor changed as well and I think that we have all enjoyed the strong voice of Cantor Edwards. He has learned our traditions and brought many of his own to enhance the meaningfulness of our services.

Finally, the biggest change… the hiring of Rabbi Louis Sachs. I never realized the intricacies of a rabbi search. I naively thought that it would take a few short months and we would have someone ready to go. The experts (and yes there are experts and consultants in the rabbi-search field) told me that it is not easy to hire a rabbi and that Covid was only making it worse. Best case would be a year, and some said even longer. They were right – it took us a full year, but the wait was worth it. This is the change that I am most excited about. I am confident that Rabbi Sachs will be an exciting new leader for our community. You will have opportunities over the spring to meet Rabbi Sachs prior to his joining us in June and I am sure that you will share my excitement.

Change is good! But now I am looking forward to the changes being less dramatic but continuing to be impactful for our Shul. I wish you a happy, healthy and meaningful Pesach.

David Lewis

RABBI’S MESSAGE

Pesach celebrates the Exodus, but the truth is that this was not a singular event. The Exodus was a long journey, and the holidays of Sukkot and Shavuot both recall parts of this journey as well.

In fact, the Exodus was such a long journey that it is retold in four of the fi ve books of the Torah.

Pesach recalls the moment Moses and our ancestors marched out of Egypt, but that was just the beginning.

I'm overwhelmed by the warm notes I've already begun to receive from congregants. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and getting to know your personal stories. I can't wait to get to know Beth Torah. But that is just the beginning.

Like the Exodus, we are about to embark on a journey together.

There will be difficult moments. There will be some missteps. That is ok. Just as our ancestors encountered difficulties, they overcame them. Just as our ancestors made mistakes, they learned from them. We will too.

Each year we sit around the Pesach table and celebrate because what our ancestors did was important; it inspired Jewish practice for generations to come. Together, we are also going to do something important.

Together we will create a community that will inspire others, defining what Jewish life can be in the modern world.

It will not happen overnight; it will not be a single event or moment. But like the Exodus, it will be a journey. I am honoured to have the privilege of walking that journey with each of you.

My wife Lauren, our daughter Lillie, and I all wish you a Hag Passover Sameach! We look forward to meeting you, to welcoming you into our family as you have welcomed us into yours.

Pesach Sameach!

Rabbi Louis Sachs

INTERIM RABBI’S MESSAGE

I am honored to be joining you as interim rabbi on our journey together as a communal family at Beth Torah. By way of introducing myself and my approach to renewing traditional Judaism I share with you the key question of Passover and beyond posed by one of my spiritual heroes: the Warsaw Ghetto rebbe also known as Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira (1889-1943). Every moment of life he saw as ripe for self-examination, so too, Passover, when we recite these words everyone knows well from the Haggadah:

“In every generation a person must see their true self [‘atzmo] as if they were redeemed from Egypt...”

A person is just a way-station for this-worldly thoughts that buffet and batter the mind if there is not a deeper anchor. All these thoughts come and go, but the higher self is not to be found. So when God asked first Adam: “Where are you?” (Genesis 3: 9) the question is really whether you are missing something of your wholeness? If I realize that I am empty, then I am becoming wise enough to be aware of that need to be filled with illumination. Until this moment of asking myself this question, “Where are you?” I was completely missing my integrated self and its sacred capacity, rather I was simply a way-station for the world around me, but I had not transformed those potentialities into sacred service. I invite you to join me over the next dozen shabbatonim when I visit Beth Torah to be with you all on this sacred journey of becoming more deeply connected to the key questions of life, becoming more human and more Jewish in the process together.

A zissen Pesach!

Rav Aubrey Glazer

‘Where are You?’ The Key Question of Passover & Beyond

MESSAGE

Dear Congregational Family,

Mark Twain once said “ When I was young, I had such a good memory that I remembered things that never happened!”

Pesach is like that because it is one of the greatest times when we as a people exercise our collective memory. It is a time when we fulfill the first commandment given collectively to the people of Israel (Exodus 12) which is to commemorate the Exodus forever. We don’t merely remember it as some discreet event but rather in a way that each of us is to regard ourselves as if we had gone out of Egypt. That my friends is a strong memory. Yet what we are asked really asked to do is remember something that for us, as modern individuals never really happened. This year our celebration is somewhat tapered to reflect the suffering of our fellow Jews and all citizens of Ukraine who are being forced into slavery by a dictator … a modern-day Pharoah and we are very mindful of the tenuous position of the world as a result.

But reflecting back to memory, like Mark Twain, we must have a pretty good Memory to do this. Actually, as a people we do have a good memory because as Jews, we are commanded to remember and that has allowed us to survive.

Memory has remarkable power. The power to teach, the power to join an individual to another or to a people, the power to combat oppression and persecution and the power to combat despair and loneliness. In fact, it is a sacred trust and an obligation.

However, memory is also selective. We simply cannot accommodate all the details so we only retain the highlights. When we read the Haggadah, we actually learn very little of the details of the departure from Egypt. We were slaves. G-d redeemed us from slavery with a display of might. No Moses, no Red Sea, No Sinai, no battles or rebellions. If you want the details, read the book of Shemot.

A great teacher and Rabbi from the 20th century, Leo Baeck said “ we should consider what we put in our storehouse of memory – Let it not be hatred and bitterness, but let us fill our minds with love, beauty , reverence and hope” G-d’s first command to the people of Israel was to celebrate Pesach as an eternal remembrance of the Exodus. But by commanding Israel to recall the Exodus the next year and every year after, G-d gave the Israelites hope – hope for us that this year, the pandemic will be over and that our lives will be completely restored to what we enjoyed so much (and probably took for granted ) pre March 2020.

I am certainly that this past 2 years will always be remembered as well but in the meantime, enjoy your Pesach Sedarim, be safe and well.

Sharon joins me in wishing you a Shabbat Shalom and a Chag Kasher veSameach.

Cantor David Edwards

PASSOVER SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 | TA'ANIT BECHOROT

5:03 AM Fast begins 8:31 PM Fast ends

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 | EREV SHABBAT PESACH

7:43 PM Candle lighting Shabbat Passover begins

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 | SHABBAT PASSOVER I

9:30 AM Shabbat and Passover Service 8:47 PM Candle lighting

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 | PASSOVER II

9:30 AM Passover Service 8:49 PM Havdalah

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 | PASSOVER VI

7:50 PM Candle lighting

FRIDAY, APRIL 22 | PASSOVER VII 9:30 AM Passover Service 7:51 PM Candle lighting

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 | SHABBAT PASSOVER VIII

9:30 AM Shabbat and Passover Service 11:00 AM Yizkor 8:57 PM Havdalah

*All services can be viewed at www.bethtorah.ca

HOW TO KEEP KIDS ENTERTAINED DURING THE PASSOVER SEDER

By Marjorie Ingall

In the days leading up to Passover: Get them some fun children’s books about Passover so they know why we’re doing this. Adapt an old deck of playing cards by having them illustrate Passover things and tape them to the suit side of the cards to create a Passover matching game to play with their cousins. Have them build a Moses-and-Miriam-centric centerpiece out of Lego. (Keep the cat from destroying it.) Have them help you make charoset and be the Official Seder Charoset Taster.

Get them invested.

Growing up, I was the Official Seder Salt-Water Preparer. My dad always tasted it and said, “Not salty enough!” This prepared me for a lifetime of disappointment. Which is very Jewish. (I’m kidding.) (Sort of.)

Involve them.

FYI: Some of these suggestions (like coloring) are not strictly halachic, so if something doesn’t work with your level of observance, ignore me.

Create a Seder-centric coloring book, using downloadable Passover coloring pages. Staple it, and put it on each kid’s plate, along with a little bouquet of colored pencils or crayons.

Do Passover Mad Libs. Just Google it—templates are all over the internet. (We used the ones provided by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.) As relatives arrive, have elementary- and middle-school-age kids run around asking adults for nouns and verbs and numerals to fill in the blanks. Then to start the Seder, have the kids read aloud the Mad-Libbed Four Questions or the Mad-Libbed story of the Exodus. Laugh uproariously.

Before the Seder, write down a list of the 14 steps, in order, from Kadesh to Nirtzah. Make a box next to each step. I write the steps in Hebrew, English, and pictogram (a kiddush cup next to the word Kadesh/ שדק, a hand with water droplets falling on it for Urchatz / ץַחְרוּ, e tc.) but do it however you want. Tape the list to the wall and tape a string with a pencil tied to it next to the list. Have a kid officiously check off each step after it’s completed. Doing this (and using the Official Pencil on a String) will make the kid feel important. Children are born bureaucrats. Entertain and edify them.

There’s evidence that pedagogically, humor assists in students’ recall. There’s method to the madness of incorporating laughs into your ritual observances.

Throughout the Seder, ask trivia questions about what’s going on. (“What does the word ‘Seder’ mean in Hebrew?” “Can you tell me one way this night is different from all other nights?”) Raise your hand if you know. No shouting out answers. If a kid gets an answer right, quickly toss them a piece of candy or a marshmallow. Competition, plus the frisson of danger that someone could lose an eye, will keep them hyper-attentive.

Let a ringer tell a Passover joke.

Q. Can Elijah get through a screen door?

A. He can, but it’s a strain!

Or, hey, here’s a joke my vaudevillian kid Maxine used to tell every year: “One day during Passover, a rabbi is having lunch in the park. He sees a homeless man and thinks, ‘That man looks hungry! I’ll do a mitzvah and give him a piece of matzo!’ The homeless man takes the matzo and runs his fingers over it, then exclaims, ‘Who wrote this crap?’”

This joke is very funny when told by a 7-year-old.

Speaking of humor, here is a FUN TRICK for the Seder leader! Put a tiny pinch of red gelatin powder in your empty wine glass. Explain that according to legend, during the first plague the Israelites could drink from the same pitcher as the Egyptians, and the Israelites would get cool, fresh water (pour some water from a water pitcher into a couple of people’s glasses) but the Egyptians would get BLOOD. (Pour water into your wine glass, which you’re holding in such a way as to hide the speck of gelatin powder. As you pour, the water will turn bright red. Scream.)

If you have small kids who you know will get antsy, add a DANCE BREAK! In Exodus 15, we learn that after the People of Israel crossed over the Red Sea on dry land, Miriam led the women in singing and dancing with timbrels. In my fam, we used to blast the Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin oldie “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” and have adults raise and lower a blue sheet to represent water while the kids ran around under it to represent the crossing. Everyone played tambourines, maracas, and egg shakers. This effectively got the yayas out.

Every year, I change the lyrics to a popular kid-friendly song to reference Passover. We sing it along with “Chad Gadya.” Of course we’ve done “Let It Go” as “Let Us Go,” an Israelite plea, but we’ve also done “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton as if sung by Pharoah; Avenue Q’s “Schadenfreude” as a description of the Ten Plagues, and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” as an ode to matzo crumbs. If you pick a song your kids love, they’ll be engaged (if potentially mortified).

On Passover, it isn’t enough to merely remember the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; we must also teach our children about it. Children are active participants in the seder (the ritual meal) from start to finish. The night opens with the Four Questions — and reciting them is a child’s special job. Families have different fun ways of involving the kids throughout the seder, from rewarding questions about the Exodus with treats to acting out the Passover story. The seder can’t end without finding the afikomen, a special piece of matzah that is hidden during the meal. This is also often the domain of the little ones, who race to find the hidden matzah. So, call kids to the table! This night is about them.

The hiding of the Afikoman has been passed down from generation after generation, and so can this homemade bag. Keep it in the family year after year and pass it onto your children and generations to come!

MATERIALS

1 yard of fabric, oilcloth or 9 x 12” piece of felt

• Puffy paint

• Trims and embellishments: Felt scraps, fabric scraps, letters, numbers and embellishments (buttons, pom poms, sequins, etc.)

• Hot glue gun or quick dry glue

• Ruler

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Fold fabric in half, so that there are 2 layers, on top of another. Cut the sides and top to desired size (the size of a piece of square matzah is 6.5 “ x 6.5”). Do not cut the bottom (you want it to stay folded so that it remains a pocket).

2. Glue right seam and left seam and press sides together.

3. Cut felt scraps, numbers, letters and/or embellishments to size. You can make an image like the one above, or decorate the bag as you wish.

4. Write “Passover” or “Matzah” in English or Hebrew, whatever your preference, in puffy paint.

5. Let dry.

EASY VERSION

MATERIALS

• Zippered plastic bag

duct tape or washi tape

• Stickers (optional)

• Markers

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Use strips of decorative duct tape to cover the outside of the plastic bag.

2. Write “Afikomen” in marker, then enhance with a few stickers (if desired).

3. Now your afikomen bag is ready for some matzah and for a game of hide-and-seek!

THE MEANING OF THE 'AFIKOMAN'

By Rabbi Helen Plotkin Harvard University

If you ask a Jewish kid to name the best part of the Passover Seder, chances are they’ll answer, “The afikoman!” It’s one of the final rituals of the long evening, coming at the end of the Seder meal, and it tends to involve presents for the children. This custom gives the children something to look forward to, and the anticipation helps them stay awake. But there’s more to it than that. Here’s how it works:

The Seder unfolds between two halves of a broken matzo. At the beginning, we hold up a stack of three matzos. We take out the middle one and break it in half—but matzos never break exactly in half. We put the smaller piece back into the middle of the stack. We wrap up the larger piece in a napkin and put it aside to distribute among the guests as the very last bite of the Seder meal: the “afikoman.” (The origin of the term is obscure; a plausible explanation is that it comes from a Greek word for dessert.) The various afikoman customs in different Jewish communities share a common theme: It is the children who have the job of delivering the second half of the middle matzo to the table at the end of the Seder.

The symbolism of the three stacked matzos taps into deep Jewish imagery. The bottom matzo represents the earthly realm; the top is the heavenly realm. Below, pure physicality; above, pure spirit. The middle matzo represents the human story, straddling above and below. The role of humans is to become the bridge, bringing holiness down into the nitty-gritty stuff of life and, at the same time, elevating the mundane so that it takes on spiritual meaning. When we lift the three matzos on the Seder table, we are holding a schematic model of all reality.

We focus on the middle matzo, representing the human situation. First, we acknowledge that the center does not hold: The middle matzo is broken. We put aside the larger half; what remains is small and ragged. We call it lachma anya—the bread of affliction, the bread of impoverishment and enslavement. We begin the Seder by recognizing that, like the Israelites in Egypt, our need for redemption is great. The world that we inhabit is broken, incomplete, full of suffering and despair. With our first bite of the middle matzo, we internalize this truth.

Food is not simply a background feature of the Passover Seder. The Haggadah guides us through the process of eating a story. We taste the bread of affliction. We put the salty tears of the enslaved Israelites on our tongues. We eat vegetables that evoke the bitterness of forced labor, and we interpret our condiments as mortar on bricks. We lay out the entire story on a plate, creating a mandala of symbolic foods.

That first bite of broken matzo is meant to put us into the story in the most visceral possible way. Like the Israelites at the first Seder, described in Exodus 12, we are in a place of brokenness. And like them, we are standing in the doorway, we are setting out on a journey. In the central section of the Haggadah, called Magid—Telling, we relate the story of a people once confined, held back, going nowhere, stuck in bricks and mortar, now transformed into a nation on its way, with a vision of a promised land.

The Magid section tells the story of an exodus—a leaving of slavery, not an arriving in the promised land. To feel that we ourselves have gone out from Egypt is to feel that we have the freedom to be on our way; not that we have arrived at our final goal. The longest section of the Telling is based on a passage from Deuteronomy 26, in which the Israelites are taught what they should say when they have finally reaped the first harvest of the promised land:

5 A lost Aramean was my father, and he descended to Egypt and sojourned there, just a few folks, and he became there a great nation, strong and abundant. 6 And the Egyptians dealt badly with us and abused us, and placed upon us hard servitude. 7 And we cried out to Adonai, the God of our ancestors, and Adonai heard our voice and saw our abuse and our suffering and our oppression.

8 And Adonai brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs and with wonders, 9 and brought us to this place, and gave us this land—a land that flows with milk and honey.

But the Haggadah leaves out the final line (verse 9), stopping short of the arrival. The story we tell places us in the wilderness: We have the power to move forward. But we still have a long way to go.

Still in the wilderness, we eat our dinner.

As we approach the end of the Seder, we come to the section in which we find and eat the afikoman, the section called Tzafun, which means “hidden” or “stored away.” The implication is that the afikoman represents something inaccessible, something not available to us in our everyday lives—complete and ultimate freedom, true redemption. Sated with family, learning, laughter, and food, we finally act out the repair of our broken world. When we eat the afikoman, the broken pieces of the human realm will get put back together—they will recombine inside us—they will become us. The bridge between heaven and earth will be repaired.

And this is the secret of the afikoman ritual: Whom must we trust to bring the other half? The children. In the end, the most important piece, the point of it all, the future, our own redemption, is in the hands of the younger generation. We have no choice but to trust them to bring it to the table.

A few pages later, we open the door for Elijah the prophet, whom the tradition imagines will eventually, when we have struggled enough, escort this world into an era of complete perfection. We recognize that perfection is hidden away, but with the ritual of the afikoman we live into our hope—our confidence— that it will be found and unwrapped by our children, so they may eat fully of the bread of redemption. The Seder is about pointing forward. Only the children can taste the future.

- Rabbi Helen Plotkin teaches at Swarthmore College and at Mekom Torah, a Philadelphia-area Jewish community learning project. She edited and annotated In This Hour, a collection of early writings by Abraham Joshua Heschel.

HOW I CLEAN THE KITCHEN FOR PASSOVER

1. CLEAN OUT THE PANTRY.

For Passover, it is customary to round up and sell or otherwise get rid of all leavened and flour-filled foods. The first stop is often the pantry, which houses pasta, crackers, cookies, and countless other treats that are not allowed during this holiday. If you are just covering those shelves, still take the time to check best before dates, and wipe down the shelves.

2. CLEAN OUT THE REFRIGERATOR.

Speaking of forgotten foods, when was the last time you really took a good, hard look at that row of condiments lining your refrigerator door, or completely emptied out the vegetable crisper and gave it a thorough scrub? Now is the time. Clear everything off the shelves and toss out anything expired or past its prime.

3. DEGREASE THE OVEN.

A well-loved stovetop or oven is no stranger to grease — whether you are roasting a chicken or deep-frying latkes, the stuff just gets everywhere. Take the time to wipe it down.

4. SANITIZE THE SINK.

You use your sink to clean dishes, but how often do you clean the sink itself? Before Passover, I scour the sink with cleanser, then say goodbye to any lingering sediment or bacteria by pouring boiling hot water all over the surfaces and directly down the drain.

5. SWEEP THE FLOOR

Pull out all the stops by moving your butcher block, oven, and even your fridge aside to sweep up every hidden crumb. Follow up with an equally thorough mopping.

6. MAKE EVERYTHING SHINE.

When I was a kid, my mom always tasked me with the job of polishing our family’s heirloom silverware so we could set the seder table. We only used it once a year on Passover — the rest of the time it lived in a velvetlined box under my parents’ bed.

These days, I do not have a collection of real silverware. But I do take the opportunity to shine the bottoms of my copper pots with lemons and coarse salt. As long as something is shining, I feel the holiday spirit.

Now that it is warming up, shine a window or just open a window and let the freshness and sunshine inside and enjoy spring.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 chickens, 2 ½ pounds each, quartered

• 1 head of garlic, peeled and finely pureed

• ¼ cup dried oregano

• Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

• ½ cup red wine vinegar

• ½ cup olive oil

METHOD:

CHICKEN MARBELLA

BY ELIN SCHOEN BROCKMAN The Silver Palate Cookbook

• 1 cup pitted prunes

• ½ cup pitted Spanish green olives

• ½ cup capers with a bit of juice

• 6 bay leaves

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1 cup white wine

• ¼ cup Italian parsley or fresh cilantro, finely chopped

1. In a large bowl, combine chicken quarters, garlic, oregano, pepper, salt, vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers and juice, and bay leaves. Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. Arrange chicken in a single layer in one or two large, shallow baking pans and spoon marinade over it evenly. Sprinkle chicken pieces with brown sugar and pour white wine around them.

4. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting frequently with pan juices. Chicken is done when thigh pieces, pricked with a fork at their thickest, yield clear yellow (rather than pink) juice.

5. With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken, prunes, olives and capers to a serving platter. Moisten with a few spoonfuls of pan juices and sprinkle generously with parsley or cilantro. Pass remaining pan juices in a sauceboat.

6. To serve Chicken Marbella cold, cool to room temperature in cooking juices before transferring to a serving platter. If chicken has been covered and refrigerated, allow it to return to room temperature before serving. Spoon some of the reserved juice over chicken.

INGREDIENTS

CRUST

• 1 ½ cups sliced almonds

• ⅔ cup sweetened, shredded coconut

• 6 Tbsp butter or margarine

• ⅔ cup dark chocolate pieces

• 1 tsp sea salt

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE PIE FOR PASSOVER

BY SHANNON SARNA

FILLING

• 8 large eggs, separated

• 10 oz dark or bittersweet chocolate

¾ cup sugar

• ½ cup olive oil

• 1 tsp orange zest

• 2 Tbsp orange liqueur (optional)

TOPPING

• Fresh raspberries

• Orange zest

• Whipped cream

Powdered sugar

METHOD:

TO MAKE THE CRUST

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a glass or microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butter for 20-second intervals, stirring in between, until completely smooth and glossy.

3. In a food processor fitted with blade attachment, add almonds, coconut, salt, and butter-chocolate mixture. Pulse until mixture is like thick, crumbly sand.

4. Split the mixture into two pie pans. Using your hands or a rubber spatula, push mixture into pie crust pan until bottom and sides are covered. This takes a little time and patience. Chill for 10 minutes.

5. Bake crust for 10-12 minutes. Set aside to cool.

TO MAKE THE FILLING

6. In a microwave-safe bowl, heat chocolate for 30-second intervals until melted. Stir with

spatula until completely smooth and shiny. Set aside to cool slightly.

7. Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until pale yellow in color. Whisk in olive oil, zest, and orange liqueur.

8. Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup sugar until stiff peaks form.

9. Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture until color and consistency is uniform. Divide mixture and spoon into pie crusts. Smooth out top.

TO ASSEMBLE THE PIES

10. Split the mousse in half and fill each pie crust with the mousse filling. Chill overnight until completely set.

11. Garnish with raspberries and orange peel; a dusting of powdered sugar; or fresh whipped cream.

SALE OF CHAMETZ

Rather than eat all one's Chametz or burn it before Pesach, it is possible to sell the Chametz in your house to a non-Jew. If he so wishes, he is entitled to come and collect it; and were this to happen, you would be amply recompensed after Yom Tov. Normally, all the community's Chametz will be sold centrally.

All Chametz should be set aside in a marked box or cupboard - and sealed to prevent access until after Pesach. The Rabbi should then be authorised to act for you and sell the Chametz. This is most easily achieved by completing and returning the form below. During Pesach, the Chametz will belong to a nonJew and for you to use it would be an act of theft. If it has not been claimed, then the Chametz reverts to you (and the non-Jew is given back his deposit).

Though it is seen as a legal fiction, the sale of Chametz is of halachic importance. The prohibition on owning Chametz over Pesach is very severe and there is a Rabbinic ban on eating Chametz after Pesach, which had been owned in violation of the festival (Chametz She'avar Alav HaPesach). The sale of Chametz (Mechirat Chametz) is an easy and effective way of dealing with one's stocks of dried pasta, whisky, packet soups etc.

If you would like Beth Torah to arrange for your Chametz to be sold, please complete the following Sale of Chametz form and submit it to our office on or before Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:00 am.

This completed form can be: Emailed to: admin@bethtorah.ca Completed online at: www.bethtorah.ca Dropped off at: 47 Glenbrook Ave, Toronto, ON M6B 2L7

Power of Attorney

I, hereby appoint Rabbi Glazer to act as my agent and sell all Chametz that will be in my possession as of 11:00 am, April 14, 2022

Address

Location of Chametz Approximate Value

I hereby authorize Rabbi Glazer to act in my stead, and empower him to do all that is required to make such a sale valid in order that I conform to all the Halachic requirements and restrictions regarding the possession of Chametz over Pesach. I hereby also make any Agreement of Sale (shetar mechirah) that he may use for this purpose, part of this authorization.

SIGNED DATE

Optional: I am enclosing/pledging a contribution for Maot Chittim (Passover Charity) to help others less fortunate, to celebrate the holiday. Amount $ .00

Adrian & Rhonda Feigelsohn

Alain Cohen & Lotte Andersson

Alan Freedman & Michal Pomotov

Alina Turk

Andrew & LeeAnn Schon

Andrew Morris & Anna Aleinikov

Brett Beber & Toni Zhong

Carl Rosen

Danya Cohen

David & Marilyn Glick

David Edwards

Dorit Tepperman

Eli & Ellen Turkienicz

Eli & Mara Lederman Ephraim & Penny Fiksel

Esther Goldenberg

Galit Janco Samson & Daniel Samson

DONORS

Gordon & Ricki Fenwick Helen Mueller

Howard & Ilsa Kamen Howard & Marilyn Walton Jack & Tolsa Greenberg

Jaclyn Herman

Joel & Gail Fenwick

Lenny Baranek & Ita Kleiner

Lillian Sokoloff

Lonnie Kirsh & Robyn Levine

Lorne Gaffe

Lukofsky Holdings Lynda Cohen

Mark & Elyse Tytel

Mark Krantzberg & Iris Rosenbluth

Maureen Warren Michael Devon & Caroline Freedman-Devon

Michael Gangel

Mira & Joshua Lax

Moshe & Dara Ronen

New Era Moving Services

Robbie & Elaine Goldberg

Robert Solomon & Shari Wert

Ronald & Sandra Traub

S. Larry Goldenberg & Paula Gordon

Shaar Shalom Synagogue

Sharon Young

Shawn & Lori Goldenberg Sheldon & Gillian Glazer

Shirley Glick

Simona & Jamie Salter

Steven & Debra Gallen

Steven & Donna Goldenberg

Tomas & Miriam Korda

Zeno & Evy Strasberg

Zoe Klein

MAZAL TOV!

To the following students who celebrated their B’nai Mitzvah at Beth Torah from April 1, 2021 – March 1, 2022

Max Tafler

Evan Sklar

Jake Caplan

Ryan Kaminker

Jonathan Epstein Jordan Fortis Joshie Bender

Aliyah Moscoe - Meade

Keira Heller Ari Kaftalovich Luke Gulerce Alexandra Lederman

Ava and Brooke Abramowitz Grace Gnat Eliana Kreindler

CONDOLENCES

We offer our sincerest condolences to the following families on their losses since September 7, 2021. May you know no more sorrow

SYBIL KAY Loving mother and mother-in-law of Guy and Laura Kay and Rex and Johanna Kay. Beloved grandmother of Sam, Matthew, Tatjana and Zahavah

JEFFREY AMBROSE Loving brother and brother-in-law of Ian Lebane and Andrea Waltman. Beloved uncle of Zachary and Troy.

CLARA (HEDY) GORDON Loving mother of Dorothy Gordon. Beloved grandmother of Abby and Jake.

GROSVENOR ANSCHELL Loving father and father-in-law of Deborah Anschell and Howard Shiffman. Beloved step-grandfather of Alezah and Sophie.

ALLAN MICHAEL MEITEEN Loving brother and brother-in-law of Marla and Mark Shoom. Beloved uncle of Danielle, Alyson, Zachary and Jeremy.

AL SCHWARTZBERG Loving husband of Esther Schwartzberg. Loving father and father-in-law of Marcie and David Falus and Evan and Sheri Schwartzberg. Beloved grandfather of Dylan, Shelby, Alex, Tyler and Hayley

ROBERT KUTNER Loving father and father-in-law of Renee and Michael Horowitz. Beloved grandfather of Jessica, Matthew and Jamie.

GEORGE GOLDLIST Loving brother-in-law of Tippi and Erving Kirsh.

DAVID SHAW Loving son of Betty Shaw. Beloved brother and brotherin-law of Marni and Glenn Hefner. Dear uncle of Ashley and Kylie.

PERCY GOLDENBERG Beloved husband of Susan Goldenberg, loving father and father-in-law of Kara and Eddie Reinish and beloved grandfather of Jacob, Jamie and Lily

GERTIE SCHWARTZ Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Maureen Warren and Ken and Gayla Schwartz. Devoted grandmother of Brad, Devin, Rayna, Lisa, Carly, Alison and Lindsey

M. COLIN MORRIS Beloved father and father-in-law of Andrew Morris and Anna Aleinikov. Devoted grandfather of Michelle, Yael and Jaime.

HYMAN (HY) REINISH Beloved father and father-in-law of Eddie and Kara Reinish. Devoted grandfather of Jacob, Jamie and Lily

MEYER FUKSBRUMER Beloved husband to Sarah Erlichman, father and father-in-law to Danielle and Rory Gangbar, Tamar and Daniel Engelberg, and Jonny Fuksbrumer. Devoted grandfather of Romi and Micah.

WILLIAM HARRIS Loving Father and Father in law of Barbara and Peter Farkas, Beloved Zaidy of Adena Lewis, Rebecca Gelman, and Jesse Farkas, and six great grandchildren.

MARILYN ZENDER Caring wife and best friend of the late Alan Zender, cherished mother and mother in law of David and Jacqui Zender, doting, proud and loving Bubbie of Jesse and Kali.

ROSE ROBERTS Loving mother and mother in law of Jeffrey and Rhonda Roberts, beloved Bubbie of her cherished grandchildren Rebecca, Daniel and Dara.

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