INSIDE THIS ISSUE Distinguished Speaker .............................. 2 President’s Message .................................. 3 Cantor’s Notes .......................................... 4 CBS Happenings .................................... 5-7 Religious School ......................................... 8 Youth/Young Family Programming/ B’nai Mitzvah ........................................... 9 CBS U/ Adult Education/Programming ... 10-11 Sisterhood .......................................... 12-13 Men’s Club ......................................... 14-15 Social Action ............................................ 16 Library ....................................................... 17 Calendar ............................................. 18-19 Shabbat Mornings ................................... 20 Birthdays and Anniversaries ................ 21 Milestones ................................................ 22 Yahrzeits ................................................... 23 Donations ........................................... 24-25 Ads ....................................................... 26-27 Candle Lighting and Service Times .... 28
Head Rabbi ......................................... Aaron Melman Senior Cantor ..................................... Steven Stoehr Rabbi ............................................... Warner Ferratier Rabbi Emeritus....................................... Carl Wolkin Executive Director .......................... Susan Karlinsky Director of Jewish Life and Learning .............................................. Leann Blue Director of Education .......................... Stacy Ybarra Director of Youth and Young Family Engagement……..Eric Golberg President ................................................. Bob Spector Sisterhood President ..................... Jackie Zelkowtiz Men’s Club Co-Presidents.... Dr. Andrew Wagner & Steven Lessman USY President ............................................. Paige Star Shalom Designer/Editor...............Deanne Friedman
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RABBI FERRATIER’S FINDINGS It seems very strange to be writing an October bulletin article with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah already behind us. School is in full swing, both secular and religious, and hopefully we’re starting to feel a sense of routine returning to our lives. Rabbi Ferratier
Judaism has its own routines as well. In fact, many people, Jews and non-Jews alike, criticize traditional Judaism as being overly-focused on routines of daily prayer, and the cycles and norms that Jewish law sets out for As a child, I used to think of us. Just like our mundane daily rouroutine as being boring. After all, who tines, these Jewish routines are in their right mind wants to do the intended to help us structure our lives same thing in exactly the same way and our world so that we can feel safe, day after day? Routine was something comfortable, and able to pursue our mindless and mind-numbing. Routine best spiritual selves. lacked creativity and individuality. It wasn’t something to be sought, let This year, let us take this alone craved. month, devoid of Jewish Holidays, and relatively empty of secular observancIt is only as an adult that I have es, and try to focus on our routines. come to understand the positive There is an old curse that says “may connotations of the word routine. you live in interesting times.” May we Completing a daily exercise routine take this time to appreciate the blessfills one with a sense of accomplishment. We pray that doctor visits and ing of routine, and use the time to test results are routine. Following my appreciate the beauty of this time of morning routine ensures that I get out year, and the opportunities it presents in ways we often are not afforded the door efficiently, and with everybecause of the High Holidays. May it thing I need for the day with a minimum of fuss. be a month of peaceful routine! Daily life has its own routine, and that routine provides a sense of
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structure, stability and comfort not only to the day itself but to our lives. Our daily routines ensure that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel simply to accomplish the tasks of everyday living. They free our minds to focus on more interesting things, and they free up our time so that we can pursue the parts that make living worthwhile.
