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September/October 2012 www.bethtikvahtoronto.org Elul 5772 – Tishrei/Heshvan 5773
INSIDE
Page 2: Rabbi Markose’s Message
Page 3: Rabbi Grover’s Message
Page 4: President’s Message
Page 5-6: Beth Tikvah Women
Page 7-10: Beth Tikvah Jewish Education
Page 13: Musica Beth Tikvah
Page 14: Beth Tikvah Men’s Club
Page 16-18: Youth and Young Families

RABBI
HOWARD M. MARKOSE
The Authority of
Halacha
We are coming up to the Yamim
Noraim, the most solemn time
in the entire Jewish calendar,
and for many of us this is the time of the
year where our Judaism receives a welcome
infusion of community and synagogue
attendance. Beth Tikvah Synagogue has
been working hard to create for all of its
membership a welcoming atmosphere
including programs during the week for
young and old, as well as a liturgical service
on Shabbat and Holidays that is pleasant to
the ear and challenging to the mind. I
enjoy being at Beth Tikvah, and I share
that sentiment with an impressive number
of members, both young and old, who have
chosen this community as theirs.
The congregation has chosen to continue
to avail themselves of my services in the
coming year, about which I am
very excited. I will continue to
serve the community in a pastoral/spiritual
capacity, and I will
continue to work closely with
Rabbi Grover as he continues to
grow into the position as Beth
Tikvah’s respected spiritual leader.
What will be different than last
year will be the duration of my
time in Toronto. I will return to
Israel right after Yom Kippur and
will be back in Toronto for five to
six week stints in November,
February and May. The remainder
of the time will find me with
my family and working on my
PhD in Israel.
Throughout next year, I will be
meeting regularly with our professional
staff. I will be offering
learning opportunities while I am
at Beth Tikvah and I will continue to serve
as the synagogue’s halachic authority (Mara
D’atra). This means that questions of
Jewish Law that may in some way have an
effect on the life of the Beth Tikvah community
as a whole will still be presented to
me for adjudication, and as I have answered
those questions of halacha to the best of my
ability over the past year, I will continue to
answer them in the coming year. At the
same time, questions that an individual
(member or not) might have, may be
answered by the Rabbi of his/her choice,
which may (and likely will) include Rabbi
Grover or myself. We are here to promote
observance as well as your presence at services
and programming of the synagogue,
and we urge you to give Beth Tikvah a
chance to increase its level of success.
We must acknowledge, however, that
halachic observance, while very important
in the Beth Tikvah world, is only one
aspect of the ‘privilege of membership’.
Another is involvement – through the
many, many avenues of volunteering that
are available at the synagogue. I dare say
that the art of giving of one’s time and
energy without the expectation of an
extrinsic reward has almost gone the way of
the dinosaur. And yet, ask those who are
on the Board of Governors, or who might
be serving on one of the committees of the
synagogue. There is a great deal of satisfaction
that goes with it, as well as a modicum
of frustration. I know, because I have had
the privilege of working with so many of
those volunteers throughout my short
tenure at Beth Tikvah.
There is a story about a poor man who
met Reb Shimon and Reb Yosef on the
banks of a river, known for its plentiful fish
population. They were both busy fishing –
casting their line into the water and pulling
it out, and every so often, a fish caught on
the hook of their fish line. “Please give me
some food to eat”, pleaded the beggar. Reb
Shimon, a great baal tzedakah, quickly
offered the poor man all the fish he could
carry. “And take the bucket, too!” he called
out.
A few days later, the poor man returned
to the banks of the river, once again asking
for food. Reb Yosef took the man aside
and gave him a pole, a fishing line to which
he tied a sinker and a hook. He showed
him where he could go to dig for worms,
and how to bait the hook with those
worms. The poor man walked away with
not a single fish in his hand (and no bucket
either!). He never came back to the river
looking for food. The rabbis teach us that
if you give a person a fish, you feed him for
a day. But if you teach a person to fish,
you feed him for a lifetime.
At Beth Tikvah, we encourage the membership
to be active contributors to the
activities that take place, and with the taking
of that kind of ownership, there is good
reason to believe that the future of the
community will be positively shaped by
those who are present and have in essence
learned how to fish.
May Beth Tikvah continue to flourish,
and may our future growth in membership
reflect a desire of more Jews wishing to be
an active part of a thriving community.
Shana Tova to you all!
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RABBI
JARROD GROVER
Let’s Just All
Convert…to Judaism
Rabbinical School cohorts are always
an interesting mix. You’ve got the second-career
types, the rock-star personalities,
the serious academics, and the
social misfits among others. This is a crowd
in which it’s hard to stand out. And yet, one
of my classmates had a journey to
Rabbinical School that was undeniably
unique. As a student in his native Colombia
he actually thought of one day becoming a
Benedictine monk. It was a fascination with
the philosophy of Maimonides that would
eventually attract him to Israel and ultimately
to Judaism.
In Israel he discovered that conversion to
Judaism would not be easy. It’s an issue that
is particularly polarizing as Israeli Orthodox
rabbis fight among themselves over whose
conversions are credible and whose are not.
My classmate was so turned off by the politics
of Orthodox conversion in Israel that he
turned to a Conservative rabbi in Israel for
guidance, completing his studies under his
supervision. Quickly able to articulate an
exceptional grasp of Judaism, he turned to
his rabbi for guidance on how to proceed. In
the end, the State of Israel would not recognize
a non-Orthodox conversion performed
inside the State, but would if it was performed
in the Diaspora. He paid for a flight
to London, and that’s where he formalized
his conversion.
His difficult conversion experience is
becoming more and more common. Since
there are many different rabbinic courts in
many different countries and of many different
persuasions, rabbis need to determine
which courts are legitimate and which are
not. For Jews-by-choice there is the irony of
so many born-Jews whose legitimacy is
never questioned no matter what level of
observance they choose to keep. At the same
time Jews-by-choice are constantly questioned
about their motivations and backgrounds
even though many are extremely
committed to Judaism and Jewish practice.
With all of these challenges, my classmate
came up with an interesting idea. We rabbis
should get together and just declare that
there are no more Jews-by-birth. If you want
to be Jewish, you have to earn it - everybody
needs to convert. Though the idea is farfetched,
it does have some advantages.
Maybe the community would finally be able
to get together and work out a clear-cut and
realistic way for people to convert. And it
would mean that every Jew would have at
least a minimal Jewish education. Your
Jewishness will never be something to take
for granted. To tell you the truth, the more
years I’m in the rabbinate the more I realize
what a great idea this might be.
Though it will never come to fruition, we
do have somewhat of a process offered to us
by Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. As the
convert sits before the court of judges, so do
we sit before the Heavenly court. There is a
longstanding custom even to go to the
Mikvah before Yom Kippur. The Mikvah
allows us to go into the New Year spiritually
freshened, re-invigorated and renewed.
Through reflection and evaluation we
should ask ourselves whether we really are
worthy of the legacy that we have inherited
and the obligations that we bear.
One of my colleagues reminds me often
that in our time, every Jew is a Jew-bychoice.
So I invite all of us this year to
affirm that choice and “convert” to Judaism
again, re-emerging from these High
Holidays more dedicated than ever to
growth through Torah and Mitzvot.
On behalf of Carmela and our whole
family, I send out our best wishes to the
congregation: L’shana tova tikateivu
vetechateimu!
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PRESIDENT’S
COLUMN
By Robert Weill
This column is dedicated to
Lillian Cornfield
In June, Lillian retired from full time service
to Beth Tikvah. This occurs after
twenty-five years of dedicated service to
our Beth Tikvah community. Originally
hired as a secretary, the Board recognized her
diligent and conscientious work effort, and
A Fond Farewell
when our then executive director Stuart
Razin retired, Lillian was appointed to
replace him with the title of Director of
Administration. I doubt she fully realized
the extent of the role she was assuming! As
Director of Administration, she was involved
with every aspect of the synagogue. Just to
highlight a few of the daunting tasks in
which she has been involved:
- Overseeing maintenance staff, including
everyday involvement with the House
Committee and all that it entailed.
- Organizing the High Holiday Tickets and
arrangements.
- Controlling the allocation of cemetery
plots and its administration.
- Attending many committee meetings,
taking minutes at staff, board, and
executive meetings.
- Running all internal aspects of fund
raising.
- All synagogue scheduling, booking, and
organizing of the catering.
- Running the day to day operations of a
Synagogue office.
These are but a few of the responsibilities
Lillian was able to balance while working
with 14 presidents, 6 Rabbis, and 3 Cantors.
Lillian accomplished all this while raising
her family and now, enjoying her grandchildren.
Above all, she maintained a calm and
often close relationship with so many of our
congregation.
We all owe her a great debt of gratitude.
Beth Tikvah is celebrating Lillian’s years of
service with a synagogue-wide brunch on
Sunday, November 4, 2012. This will give
us all a chance personally to thank, recognize,
and honour Lillian for her achievements
and great contribution.
Please make plans to join us on that day. We
expect a large gathering, so make sure to
reserve as soon as you receive your invitation.
To make this occasion available to everyone,
we are keeping the cost at a minimum. Let’s
fill Beth Tikvah on November 4th to celebrate!
May we all be inscribed for a happy and
healthy New Year.
Please join us for a Celebratory Brunch as
we thank Lillian Cornfield for being
a special and integral part of the Beth
Tikvah family for 26 years.
Sunday November 4th, 2012
11:30 a.m.
Beth Tikvah Synagogue
$36
RSVP: helen@bethtikvahtoronto.org
or telephone: 416-221-3433
If you have any fond memories, good
wishes or pictures to be included in a
keepsake book for Lillian,
please email to:
msrochwerg@hotmail.com
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“Women’s
Talk”
by Anne McCleave
“…A rose by any
other name would
smell as sweet.”
Shakespeare penned
this famous quote
early in his career in the renowned play
“Romeo and Juliet.” It means a name is not
what defines us. Now, jump forward 400
years or so, to 2012. At Beth Tikvah, what
has been called “Sisterhood” since the synagogue
was formed in the mid-1960s is now
renaming itself “Beth Tikvah Women”
(BTW). Though the moniker is new and
current, we will continue to provide the
same stimulating educational and spiritual
programming, as well as the fund-raising
drives, for which we’ve become known over
the years.
The need for a name-change became
apparent to us when we held a program for
new mothers and their babies last year.
Upon stepping into a room full of other
young mothers, one woman blurted out,
“Oh…I thought Sisterhood was only for
older ladies!”
While our need to appeal to younger
congregants is key, we embrace every
woman who wants to join. Ours is a
vibrant, energetic and motivated group of
women, committed to making a difference
in our synagogue and in our community.
One of the projects on the horizon is
Entertainment Books. Beginning this
month, the 2012-13 edition will be available
for purchase. Be sure to pick up your copy
and take advantage of many discounts, as
well as free tickets to such wonderful events
as the One of a Kind Craft Show, the
Toronto Symphony and Markham
Theatre. Books are $30. This year, consider
Beth Tikvah Women with your purchase.
Proceeds from sales support our programs.
Call Reah Feldman at 905-881-2007, or
Shelah Saltzman at 905-886-2266 to
place your order. Books are also available in
the synagogue office and in the Judaica
Shop.
On Wednesday mornings, September 5
and 12, at 9:30, Rabbi Markose will hold
classes focusing on the High Holidays. As
always, these morning sessions are open to
all members of Beth Tikvah and the general
community. What a good opportunity to
Beth Tikvah Women
start thinking about Rosh Hashanah, Yom
Kippur and the holiday liturgy.
Our “Being and Becoming a Bat-
Mitzvah” women’s sessions resume this fall
when Rabbi Markose will discuss liturgy of
the Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning
services. Plans are also in the works for study
with Rabbi Grover. Please check MaNishma
or the Beth Tikvah website at www.bethtikvahtoronto.org
for further details.
Beth Tikvah Women’s Shabbat will take
place on February 2, 2013. We look forward
to having many women honoured
with not only aliyot and divrei Torah, but
now Torah readings and other roles permissible
in Beth Tikvah’s Torah egalitarian service.
Beth Tikvah Women’s Judaica Shop will
soon reopen. Check out merchandise we
have in stock for the holidays. Please note:
Business hours will be the first and third
Sunday of each month, from 9:30-11:30,
and Wednesdays from 11:00-12:30.
Appointments outside these hours are available
by calling the synagogue office.
Beth Tikvah Women is pleased to be able to
provide to our congregation Torah Fund
cards for all occasions. Each card is artistic,
colourful and available with a donation of
$5.00 which supports the Jewish
Theological Seminary (JTS), and comparable
institutions in Israel and Argentina. You
can help out aspiring rabbinical and cantorial
students, scholars, social workers and lay
leaders by sending out these greetings, which
include a variety of simha, thank you, mazel
tov and condolence cards.
They will be on display and available at the
Synagogue and BTW functions, or you can
contact Ettie Seltzer at 416-631-9079, or
Debby Gollom at 416-225-8251.
Beth Tikvah Women’s programme, Chix
with Stix will have to add some words to its
name. In this photo, Michael Hale attends
meetings of this creative yarn group.
Michael brings along with his attendance
twenty six blankets each time he attends,
making him the most prolific knitter in the
group, (over 100 blankets annually). All
blankets are sent to Sick Kids Hospital to be
given to children for them to keep. Under
the banner of The Linus Project, and with
permission of the late Charles Shultz, children
around the world are supplied with
blankets. Our meetings also have teaching
sessions about knitting objects of clothing.
Interested? Call Raizie Jacobson at 905-
707-7377. Oh Yes, now we shall be known
as Chix with Stix and one guy with three
knitting machines.
In February Beth Tikvah became Torah
Egalitarian which means that from that day
forward when a 100 year old woman had
the first women’s aliyah, all women were eligible
for an aliyah. We felt that this is just
the right time to hold a women’s tallit making
workshop. We could all go up to the
Torah and use our own tzitzit to kiss the
printed Torah word. Eight women signed
up, which was all that Raizie and I could
handle at one time.
The women were to bring their own
shawls, we would provide the trimmings.
The only directive we gave was to watch for
“ shatness”, the prohibition of mixing wool
and linen. This mixture is not acceptable .
Raizie and I took the shawls down to
Designer Fabrics on Queen St., Fabricland
on Dufferin St. and Finer Fabrics on
Dufferin St. and matched trimmings according
to weight, pattern design and colour of
the shawls.
The session began with a d’var Torah, a
blessing for women from an Italian siddur,
the history of the tallit and an article by
Rebbitzen Norma Baumel Joseph about why
she wears a tallit even in an Orthodox community.
(article follows).
The work began with us all cutting to size
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and pinning the trimmings on to the shawls,
(a time consuming and energy involving
task). My husband Lou used the sewing
machine to attach the attaras (neck bands)
and the four corner pieces.
We even indulged ourselves in a little
GAMATRIA (The Jewish numbers
game).
As numbers play an important role in
tzitzit, the numerical value (each Hebrew
letter has an assigned numerical value) of the
word tzitzit is 600; tzadi-90, yod-10, tzadi-
90, yod-10, tav-400 for a total of 600.
Taken together with the 5 knots and the 8
strings, we have a total of 613, the total
number of commandments. Tzitzit thus
remind us of “all of God’s commandments”.
We said the blessing for tying tzitzit
before we tied them, said another blessing
when we put on the tallit and ended with a
shechyanu. What a joy to see tallit wearing
women increasing in numbers throughout
our synagogue on Shabbat mornings.
Should you wish to make a tallit or set up
a workshop contact Raizie at
rjacobson91@gmail.com or Anna at:
annavandelman@bell.net
Anna VanDelman
For many of you the upcoming High
Holidays will be the first opportunity for
you to meet our Executive Director,
Doris Alter.
If you should see Doris in the building,
please take the time to identify yourself and
welcome her to Beth Tikvah.
Why I Wear a Tallit
Rebbetzin Norma Baumel Joseph
I wear a Tallit. Every morning when I pray
I wrap myself in a tallit and recite the blessing.
I have done so for thirty two years. It
is an unusual act for an orthodox woman.
It caused some problems communally but
for me it has always been the correct praxis.
The legal and theological sources are clear.
In Numbers God tells Moses to tell the children
of Israel to put fringes with a blue
thread on the corners of their clothing. The
command concludes with the following
reflection: the fringes shall be a reminder of
all of God’s commandments
This reminder is visual, but will directly
lead to practice and thence to holiness. This
is the pact of our redemption from Egypt.
Am I not one of the children of Israel?
Can I afford to lose this mitzvah?
Can I ignore the biblical commandment
that might bring me close to God and to
God’s commandments?
Passover, (my favourite holiday) celebrates
our redemption, but the tallit is a daily
reminder.
The rabbinic legal tradition, as articulated
in the Babylonian Talmud, exempts women
from this command. The discussion is interesting
but gives no clue as to the reasons.
Many have presumed some domestic obligation,
but in truth we do not know the rabbinic
rationales.
What is unambiguous is the later discussion
that permits the voluntary performance
along with shofar, lulav and etrog.
I don’t wear the tallit to make a public
point. I don’t wear it to show everyone. I
don’t wear it because it is pretty or to keep
warm. It’s not about equality.
I wear it because it helps me to pray,
because I am commanded by God, and
because I need the reminder. I need to be
linked to God’s commandments, and the
midrash claims the fringes tie us to God’s
Torah. It is so difficult to really pray, to be
motivated and focused. I can use all the
liturgical help I can get.
For the past 32 years, I have been the only
woman in our congregation to wear a tallit.
Even b’not mitzvah don’t do it for the occasion.
I am not a role model and that’s great.
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Beth Tikvah Jewish Education Centre
Ritual Activities
High Holidays
Kever Avot Services – at two locations
“Kever Avot” cemetery memorial services
follow the Jewish custom of paying our
respects to our deceased loved ones during
the High Holiday season. This year’s services
will be on Sunday, September 23rd.
Rabbi Grover will officiate with Irv
Kirshenblat at Pardes Shalom Cemetery,
with the service beginning at 10:30 a.m. in
the old section and 11:00 a.m. in the new
section. Rabbi Markose will officiate at
Bathurst Lawn (Adath Sholom Section)
with the service beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Tashlikh
The custom of symbolically casting away
our sins at the Tashlikh service is observed
communally on Monday, September 17th
(First day of Rosh Hashanah) at 6:15 p.m.
Participants will meet at the entrance to the
Synagogue and from there we will walk
together to the Don Valley Parklands on
the east side of Burbank Drive, north of
Burleigh Heights.
Mahzorim (High Holiday Prayer Books)
YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN
MAHZORIM TO ALL OF OUR HIGH
HOLIDAY SERVICES. We use the
Silverman High Holiday Prayer Book,
available at our office. New copies are $45
per book. Kindly bring tallitot and kipot
with you. Keep in mind that tallitot are
customary at the Kol Nidre service.
Sukkot/Simhat Torah Activities
Lulav and Etrog
All sets, direct from Israel, include an etrog,
lulav, willow branches, myrtle branches and
a woven palm holder, plus instructions for
completing the ritual shaking of the four
species. The cost is $65. To order your
lulav and etrog, please contact the
Synagogue office (416-221-3433 ext. 300)
by Friday, September 21st.
There will be a demonstration of the procedure
for waving the lulav and etrog before
the recitation of Hallel during the morning
service on the first day of Sukkot, Monday,
October 1st. Throughout Sukkot, our
ritual staff will be available to assist with
performing the mitzvah of taking the lulav
and etrog at morning services (except
Shabbat Hol Hamo’ed).
Dinner in the Sukkah
Sunday, September 30th following
services at 6:50 p.m.
Join us for a festive Yom Tov meal as we
observe the mitzvah of eating the first meal
of Sukkot in the Beth Tikvah Sukkah.
Experience the joy of Sukkot Beth Tikvah
style with an appetizing meal and joyous
singing in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Reserve early as space is limited. The cost
is $20 per adult and $10 for children age
12 and under. Reservations and payment
must be received by the Synagogue office
no later than Monday, September 24th.
The dinner is co-sponsored by Morris
Justein and the family of Wolf Justein z’l,
in memory of Samson and Pearl Justein
and Israel and Wolf Justein.
Sleeping in the Sukkah
All those who have slept in a Sukkah
overnight on either the first or second
night of Sukkot will be invited to the
bimah at the conclusion of morning services
on the second day of Sukkot,
Tuesday, October 2nd.
Shabbat Hol Hamo’ed Sukkot
Saturday, October 6th 9:00 a.m.
Men and women who have reached the age
of Bar/Bat Mitzvah are invited to participate
in chanting a chapter of Kohelet.
Please contact Irv Kirshenblat, Ritual
Director, at 416-221-3433, ext. 308.
Join us in the afternoon for Minhah at
6:20 p.m., followed by Seudah Shlishit
in the Sukkah, Ma’ariv, and Havdalah in
the Sukkah. There is no charge.
Hoshanah Rabbah
Join us for this unique and special service
on Sunday, October 7th at 9:00 a.m.,
where we circle the Chapel seven times
with our lulavim and etrogim and beat willows
in the final Hoshanah service of
Sukkot. Following services, join us for a
complimentary breakfast in the Sukkah.
Simhat Torah
Monday, October 8th at 6:40 p.m. and
Tuesday, October 9th at 8:45 a.m.
At the evening and morning services, all of
the Torah scrolls are removed from the
Aron Kodesh and carried around the
Sanctuary in seven processions accompanied
by festive singing and dancing. On
Simhat Torah morning, everyone who has
attained the age of Bar and Bat Mitzvah is
honoured with an aliyah. All children will
be invited to the Bimah to join in reciting
the blessing for the special aliyah – Kol
Hana’arim.
This year, with the implementation of
Torah egalitarianism at Beth Tikvah, we are
making a special effort to encourage male
and female family members who have
reached the age of Bar/Bat Mitzvah to share
the reading of the Torah at family tables.
Five short aliyot are read at each table, and
if you wish, we can team you up with other
readers and help you prepare. For further
information, please contact Irv
Kirshenblat at 416-221-3433 ext. 308.
There will be a choice of mixed tables (for
men and women) as well as tables for men
only and women only.
Following services on Simhat Torah morning,
the congregation is invited to a special
Kiddush luncheon, prepared by Levy’s
Catering, sponsored by Beth Tikvah
Synagogue and our honourees.
Celebrate with Your Own Simhat Torah
Flag
In keeping with the custom of celebrating
the holiday by waving special flags during
the hakafot, we invite you to design your
own special Simhat Torah flag, which you
can carry and display during the hakafot on
Simhat Torah evening and morning. Flags
should be modest in size and designed in
honour of and with respect for the Torah.
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Simhat Torah Honourees
Kol Hana’arim:
Arlene Anthony
This is the last aliyah
before Hattan Torah, at
which time all children
below the age of
Bar/Bat Mitzvah will
be called up to the
bimah to recite the
blessing before and after the Torah reading
together with Arlene Anthony, while standing
under a tallit.
Our family joined Beth Tikvah in 1990 but
for the first 10 years I was not active in any
programmes. In 2000 I started attending
Wednesday morning classes, got to know
some of the members of the class, and soon
realized that Beth Tikvah offered great
opportunities for adult education and for
participation in meaningful community
work. I have particularly enjoyed helping
to plan and attend educational sessions,
organize events such as Sunday Blood
Donor Clinics, and participate in the activities
of Beth Tikvah Women. It is a great
honour to be called for an aliyah at this
year’s Simhat Torah service.
Hattan Torah:
Howard Rose
The last aliyah of the
annual Torah reading
cycle is called Hattan
Torah (the Groom of
the Torah) as if the
Torah was betrothed to
him and he was its
groom. At the conclusion, the congregation
proclaims aloud “Be strong, be strong, and let
us strengthen.”
Born on November 25, 1944. I am happily
married to Carolyn for 45 years. I’m a
Chartered Accountant in public practice.
We have three children, all of whom are
married. Carolyn and I have 5 grandchildren
and one on the way. We joined Beth
Tikvah in 1973 and each one of our children
had their Bar/Bat Mitzvah at the shul.
We have been very active at Beth Tikvah.
I have served on the Board since 1980,
including Membership Chair and Member
at Large, as well as on the Executive
Committee as Treasurer and Vice President.
I’m also the House Committee Chair and
have been on this committee for the last
fifteen years. Carolyn was involved with the
Sisterhood and served as President.
The Rose Family is very proud to be a
part of the Beth Tikvah family.
Hattan Beresheet:
Hershel Guttman
After rolling the Torah
scroll read for Hattan
Torah, we immediately
commence the annual
cycle of Torah reading
again from a second
Torah scroll, beginning
with the opening verses of Beresheet, recounting
the seven days of creation.
Hershel was born and raised in Montreal,
and moved to Toronto with his wife Kathy
in 1972 via a two year stint in Boston. He
graduated from McGill University with a
B. Eng degree in Civil engineering, and
then received an M. Eng degree in
Environmental Engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
New York. He has been practicing environmental
engineering as a consultant ever
since, and continues to do so part time.
Hershel has four grown children, two of
his own and two from his late cousin.
Recently his eldest daughter Katana gave
birth to twin boys, and so the incredible
joy of grandparenting is upon him and
Kathy.
Hershel has many interests, but the one
that has consumed much of his time over
the past 10 years is mountaineering. Since
starting his high altitude “career”, he has
climbed on all continents save for Antartica,
including climbing above 20,000’ in the
Himalayas. Hershel and Kathy joined Beth
Tikvah only 6 years ago, although he spent a
year saying kaddish at the shul 20 years ago,
which is when he first became attracted to
the unique musical nature of Beth Tikvah.
He serves on the House Committee, on the
Board of Governors, and is currently Chair
of the Long Range Planning Committee. He
has also recently served on the Transition
Committee helping out with congregational
communications.
Maftir and
Haftarah:
Mel Perlmutter
The final aliyah is read
from the third Torah
scroll and recounts the
sacrificial offerings associated with the holidays.
Mel Perlmutter will then chant the special
Haftarah for Simhat Torah.
Born 1945 in Toronto; raised in Hamilton,
where he learned sight-singing in public
school, grades 4-8. Obtained B.Sc. from
McMaster University, 1966, then D.D.S.
from University of Toronto Faculty of
Dentistry, 1970. He married Brenda in
1970, and they have 2 daughters, Annette
and Dorit . Mel was introduced to Beth
Tikvah Synagogue by Isaac Silverstein in
1977, and joined the Choir in 1978. He
started videotaping Choir and Synagogue
functions in 1982. The highlight of Mel’s
singing career was doing Kol Nidre as the
soloist with the Choir, when Cantor Sapir
was unavailable in 1990. Next highlight
has been the annual duet Areshet S’fateinu
with Herb Goldstein on Rosh Hashanah
since about 1996 (now on YouTube).
Brenda has been active in the Beth
Tikvah Sisterhood for many years.
Annette and Dorit grew up with Beth
Tikvah, Camp Ramah, Associated Hebrew
School, and C.H.A.T. Both attended university
and graduated as teachers. Both are
now married.
Hold the date
Beth Tikvah Annual
General Meeting
Thursday, November 15, 2012
7:30 p.m.
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Shabbat Torah Study
Beth Tikvah Torah Class
Henry Alkin
This Year (2012) has so far brought forward
Torah Scholars on occasional Shabbat
mornings to the delight of the large attendance.
Whilst the “Youth Room” downstairs can
hold aprox.30-40, we have on occasion
added chairs to accommodate 70 but that
is the exception.
A word about the wonderful volunteers
who select a portion (Parasha) that they
would like to lecture upon. They speak for
one hour in differing styles some use the
‘teacher method’ asking questions of the
class, whilst others relate their interpretation
of the week’s Parasha. Whichever way
they go, the attendees are enthusiastic in
their reception.
Rabbi Grover did Parasha Vayeshev;
Sigal Tuch did Parasha Chukkat;
To date this year we have been honored by
presentations from Judge Allan Cooper
who selected Parashiot “Yitro”,
“Behalochta” and “Vayakhel-Pekudey”
Abe Birenbaum did Parasha “Chukkat”;
Morley Goldberg did Shemini;
Lionel Sharpe did Tzav;
Bracha Feder obliged the class amongst
whom were several of her pupils and she
dealt with Shelah Lecha.
Michael Bernstein in his professional manner
took on Parasha Re Eh.
Irv Sherman (for his first Presentation)
dealt with Parasha Shoftim.
We are now preparing a schedule for
2012/13 and hopefully we can start after
the High Holidays.
Getting Torah
Rabbi Howard Markose
Thursday Evening Study 8:00 – 9:30
p.m. with Rabbi Markose: Chumash &
Rashi
This course is designed to provide an indepth
study of the Book of Shemot
(Exodus). With the ongoing help of the
12th century French commentator Rabbi
Shlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi), we will explore
what is peculiar about certain passages and
ask: What is the message of a particular
verse? Word? Phrase? How can the text
speak to modern Jews with questions that
are not those which were pondered a millennium
ago?
Men and women at all levels of Jewish education
are invited to participate. No previous
knowledge of Hebrew is required. This
program is in conjunction with Beth
Tikvah Women. For more information,
visit our website.
Rabbi Jarrod Grover
Parashat Hashavuah Classes Beginning:
Monday, October 15.
10 Fall sessions and 10 Winter sessions
with Rabbi Grover. Classes start the first
Monday morning after Simhat Torah at
10:00 a.m.
Pirkei Avot Classes Beginning Monday,
October 15
Beth Tikvah is proud to present Pirkei Avot
with Rabbi Grover. Wisdom from Jewish
Tradition. 10 Fall and 10 Winter Learning
Sessions on Mondays after evening
minyan.
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Honour the Torah and Our Honourees in Our Simhat Torah
Celebratory Progamme Booklet
This year we are again offering members, relatives and friends the opportunity to make a donation in honour of our special Simhat Torah honourees
and/or in honour of receiving a Torah honour themselves. All donations of $18.00 or more will be acknowledged in our Simhat Torah
celebratory programme booklet to be distributed on Simhat Torah morning. In addition, if you wish to honour any of our special honourees,
you may choose to have a special donation card mailed to the honouree(s). Donations will be directed to enhancing ritual activities and
programming for all ages at Beth Tikvah.
Thank you for your participation.
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Adult Education
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Musica Beth Tikvah
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Beth Tikvah
Men’s Club
News
Follow the
thread of the
Unraveller
The “Unraveller” has
been enlightening
members of Beth
By Moe Horenfeldt
Tikvah Men’s Club for several months, and
you, too, can join us as we read the weekly
commentary on the Haftorah from the
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. The e-
mailing, written by Rabbi Charles Simon
and others, is intended to help us understand
the reading from the Prophets that
accompanies the weekly Torah portion. The
commentary offers an explanation of the
context of the writing and, on occasion,
discusses why our ancestors selected it to
accompany a given Torah reading. If you are
interested in subscribing to this weekly publication,
please visit the following website,
http://www.fjmc-consultants.org/
seferhaftorah-sign-up.html and please
recommend it to your friends.
FJMC Lake Ontario Region
Retreat
Lake Ontario Region FJMC annual weekend
June 1 – 3rd. was at the Mansfield
Outdoor Center, less than one hour north of
Toronto. Men from the Toronto, London,
Buffalo and Rochester clubs were treated to
a weekend of scholarship, Torah study, leadership
training, great fellowship, and
GREAT kosher food. As usual, there was the
Annual Cholent cook-off contest, with
prizes to the best team effort for mild and/or
spicy Cholent, and Davening skills were
taught and highlighted. Our Beth Tikvah
club is proud of Jim Heifetz, who is the
Region’s President, and who led this event.
Our club offers generous subventions to
first-time and/or repeat attendees. We welcomed
Jim, Ian Schlifer, Jose Aguirre and
me Moe Horenfeldt, and to those of you
who missed the opportunity to attend, try
for next year, or better yet come to the
Convention in Boston.
Men’s Club Fundraising
One of our Club’s major fundraising events
is the Yom Hashoah Yellow candle programme.
Many members wonder what happens
to the funds raised by this and any
Beth Tikvah Men’s Club
other donations attributed to your Men’s
Club. In the past, we helped sponsor the
inter-synagogue baseball league. However,
the Region has asked that we allocate any
surplus funds towards supporting our Youth
programmes, and in particular, allocate
funds to Camp Ramah, to help support the
Tikvah programme there, which is an
attempt to replace Camp Reena, which
closed several years ago. The former Great
Lakes Region, of which we were members,
donated over $100,000.00 towards the construction
of a visitor’s “motel” so that visiting
scholars, and/or parents, who wished to stay
overnight, would be able to reside on campus,
rather than at the nearest motel, many
miles away on Highway #11. Our commitment
to our own Beth Tikvah Youth programmes
is ongoing, and we welcome any
and all suggestions as to how we might support
our youth. Our efforts world-wide, like
the World Wide Wrap, shows our attempt
to involve Parents and our Youth in the
Mitzvah of prayer and T’fillin. Your suggestions
for any other efforts in this vein are
welcome.
Scotch Tasting
Programme
By popular demand we are scheduling a
Single Malt Scotch tasting programme for
November 5th, at Beth Tikvah, under the
able leadership of Stan McGelman. Stan
assures us that only the finest food and
Single Malt Scotch Whiskeys will be offered.
We look forward to this Monday evening
event after the High Holydays.
Moe Horenfeldt
Extended Office Hours
Thursday, September 6th until
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 9th from
8:30 – 11:30a.m.
Tuesday, September 11th until
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 13th until
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 16 from
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Co-Chair: Ruth Frankel
& Edith Cantor
Our Accomplishments
Annually 2011-2012: We
Couldn’t Have Done it
Without You!
1. Ruth Goldberg Kosher Food Drive
twice a year. (Lois Michaels & Annette
Segal). Food for the entire Kosher community.
Generous contributions received
of both money and enough food for
months of operation.
2. Services at Carefree Lodge 4 times
annually with the assistance of many
Hesed members. (Mona Brow). Thanks
also to Cantor Kovari, Rabbi Grover
and Irv Kirshenblat for assistance.
3. Shabbat and Holiday Greeters (Rona
Shapiro)
4. Gently Used Clothing box (Edith and
Lee Cantor) Picked up by JFCS, their
annual sales are over $100,000.00
5. Jewish Lites pamphlets for guidance
and consolation (Ruth Frankel and
Edith Cantor)
6. Cards for those who are ill.
(Alice Roth)
7. We are a voice to be called and who
listens. We receive many calls &
requests on a variety of topics from
tombstones to furniture disposal.
8. Hesed has two emergency funds for
those in need.(My Brother’s Keeper plus
the regular Hesed Fund) (Rabbi Grover,
Mona Brown, Henry Alkin)
9. Hesed has made suggestions to increase
congregational comfort (eg. extra tables
for Kiddush, seats at cloakroom area,
signs to indicate elevator, baby stroller
space etc.)
10. Hesed is working towards greater
accessibility for those with impairment
(Louise Singer)
11. Hesed has representation on the Board
of Governors (Ruth Frankel)
12. Hesed sponsors or arranges Special
Gifts, recognition or acknowledgments
to shul members.
13. Prescription eye-glasses are collected in
Beth Tikvah, in co-operation with a central
agency for a combined total of over
100,000 since inception . (Lee Cantor)
They are properly labelled by professionals
and distributed overseas.
Hesed
14. All members regularly contribute good
suggestions and advice.
15. Adult programming: Watch for several
special events TBA for 2012-2013
(Mona Brown)
Hesed welcomes Bertha Gold as its new
Chairperson. On completion of their five
year adventure, Edith Cantor and Ruth
Frankel thanks all Hesed Members and
Shul Congregants!
June 2012 Kosher Food Drive
A sincere thank you goes to all our Beth
Tikvah members who made our June 17
Kosher Food Drive a tremendous success.
We collected a mountain of food, and over
$2,300.00 in monetary donations. Our
shul is the most significant source of support
for this kosher food bank which supports
an average of 140 families a week.
Yasher Koach to all!
One person can make a
difference…
“Milk Bags for Haiti”
When our dedicated Hesed committee put
out a call for large plastic milk bags (the
ones that hold 3 litres of
milk), I thought, “What
in the world do they
need those for?” Then I
saw a woman crocheting
strips of these bags into
floor mats and Wow!
Was I ever impressed!
The hurricane of 2011
devastated Haiti to such
an extent that people are
still sleeping on the wet
ground waiting for
home rebuilding and/or
restoration of demolished
homes. I went
home and googled; milk
bags for Haiti.
Here is what I learned:
Torontonian Angela
Kesthley, a cancer survivor,
in her spare time
while waiting to heal
took up crocheting, first
with wool and then with
cut up strips from plastic
bags. From this experience
she changed the
world. She put out a
call to churches and
schools to collect the bags and taught school
kids, (boys and girls) to crochet them into
sleeping mats, tote bags and recently we
learned that one man built a house out of
these mats. (It takes 500 bags to make one
floor mat 3’ x 5’).
Angela will be heading down to Haiti this
Fall, hopefully with one million bags, a great
amount of courage and a goal to teach the
Haitian community to create their own life
enhancing mats, tote bags, homes, etc.etc.
Want to see a “MITZVAH” in action,
google milk bags for Haiti and then bring
your milk bags to Hesed’s collection closet.
Anna VanDelman
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Youth and Young Families
By Sigal Tuch
Youth & Young Families Director
(416)221-3433 x302
sigal@bethtikvahtoronto.org
No matter what the reason, when we gather
together, food is absolutely involved. For me,
certain holidays wouldn’t be complete without
a special dish of this or that. While
some cuisine is specific to different family
traditions, there are other things – symbolic
foods – that are recurrent throughout our
religion. We are shortly going to bring to a
close another year and usher in a new one.
It is a reflective time filled with awe but also
a time to celebrate with family and friends.
Eating apple slices dipped in honey is one of
the most recognizable Rosh Hashanah food
customs - but have you ever wondered why
we do it?
Ask any one of our Beth Tikvah kids why
we dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah
and they will quickly and emphatically
declare that we do so to secure our wishes
for a sweet new year. But why the apple
specifically? Surely there were a plethora of
sweeter foods and fruits available that could
have been chosen. What makes the apple so
special to be selected as this auspicious
symbol?
The apple symbolizes Gan Eden (the
Garden of Eden), which according to the
Midrash has the scent of an apple orchard
and in Kabbalah is called “the holy apple
orchard.” 1 The MaHaRaL explains when
Jacob disguised himself as Esav in order to
‘trick’ Isaac, his blind father, into giving him
the blessings of the first-born and came near,
Isaac noticed a sweet smell emanating from
Jacob. Isaac commented (Genesis 27:27),
“The smell of my son is like the smell of a
field which Hashem has blessed”. Isaac then
continued to bestow upon Jacob the blessings
of wealth and power. According to
many commentators, the “field which
Hashem has blessed” refers to an apple field.
According to the Vilna Gaon, this incident
occurred on Rosh Hashanah. It is therefore
fitting to eat an apple, a fruit whose smell is
associated with the blessings of Jacob (which
were given on this day), on the day on
which we ourselves hope that blessings will
be granted. 2
When you cut an apple in half horizontally
you will see ten little holes and a five pointed
star. Ten is the numerical value of the
Hebrew letter Yud, and five is the numerical
value of the Hebrew letter Hey. Together
they spell out G-d’s name. These two letters
are also an acronym for the words “Hand of
G–d”. This reminds us that if we look closely
and pay attention we will discover G–d’s
hand in our life and in the world around
us. 3
When Solomon depicts the love G–d harbours
for His nation, he writes, “Beneath the
apple tree I aroused you[r love]” (Song of
Songs 8:5). Eating an apple on Rosh
Hashanah is an attempt to remind G–d of
his age-old love for us, the People of Israel,
especially during a time when we are to be
judged. Ancient Jews also thought apples
had healing properties. Rabbi Alfred Koltach
writes in The Second Jewish Book of Why
that whenever King Herod (73-4 B.C.E.)
felt weak he would eat an apple, and that
during Talmudic times apples were frequently
sent as gifts to people in poor health. 4
Even today we still have the age old adage,
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”.
But the apple is only half the recipe. What
is the message of the honey? Honey is not
only made from a non-kosher insect but also
from bees that sting. With all that the apple
symbolizes, it is the honey that tastes sweeter
than the apple. In life things come our way
that are obviously good. Like the apple, they
look good and they taste good. But in life
we must also undergo tests and challenges -
and they can sometimes sting. Wisdom lies
in accepting that even the things that sting
us can push us to strive and achieve our
greatest heights. So on Rosh Hashanah we
pray that we should have the clarity to be
able to look past the sting of the bee to see
and to taste the sweetness of the honey. 5
May the year that lies ahead indeed be sweet
and filled with blessings for us all. From my
family to yours - Shanah Tova u’Metuka!
1: http://www.chabad.org/holidays/
JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/591014/
jewish/Why-an-Apple-in-Honey.htm
2: http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/
elulrosh/vol1no38.html
3: http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/
619,19381/Why-do-we-dip-an-apple-intohoney-on-Rosh-Hashanah.html
4: http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/
Apple-And-Honey-On-Rosh-Hashanah.htm
5: http://www.shortvort.com/holy-days/
rosh-hashana
2012/5773 High Holiday Family
Services: Young Families (kids up to age
12, parents & grandparents) are invited to
attend an energetic, participatory and abbreviated
High Holiday experience as we pray
and play together in an interactive & familyfriendly
environment. Featuring tefillah,
games, stories and much more! Led by Sigal
Tuch and Avee Helfand, the Family Service
will be held at the Grand Luxe Event
Boutique. Located at 3125 Bayview
Avenue, the Grand Luxe is an event facility
across the street from Beth Tikvah with the
capacity to seat everyone we need. Advance
registration and tickets are required to attend
all Family Services. Those attending Young
Family Services may purchase a parking pass
for $18/vehicle by contacting the synagogue
office. Only one pass will be issued per family.
Parking for all three services may be
accessed with one pass.
A limited number of tickets are available for
the Family Service at the Grand Luxe to first
time attendees for an introductory fee of
$175/adult ticket. Offer not available to
existing members or children of members.
Children (12 and under) are FREE with
their parents. Tickets will include complimentary
access to Beth Tikvah Synagogue
for Nei’lah Services at the conclusion of Yom
Kippur. Reservations for the Family Service
at the Grand Luxe are required. Please
complete the registration form which can be
found on our website and return to the synagogue
office via fax or email. For
questions or further information,
please contact Sigal.
High Holiday Family Services at the
Grand Luxe
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 & 2:
September 17th & 18th
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Family Tashlikh Service: September 17th
12:05 PM -12:20 PM
Yom Kippur: September 26th
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Yom Kippur Family Yizkor Service:
September 26th
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
(with Concurrent Kids Program)
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2012/5773 High Holiday Youth
Services: Just for kids in JK - Grade 6 featuring
games & activities, great youth leaders
and much more. A great way for kids to
experience the High Holidays while their
parents enjoy services in either of our sanctuaries.
Age appropriate youth services will
be housed in separate rooms at Beth Tikvah
Synagogue and are only available to synagogue
members. All children will observe
the mitzvah of hearing the shofar. Parents
with very small children are encouraged to
arrange babysitting at home on Kol Nidre.
Youth services will no longer be offered for
grades 7 & 8. These youth are encouraged
to attend services with their parents in either
sanctuary. For more information contact
Sigal.
High Holiday Youth Services &
Babysitting at Beth Tikvah
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 & 2:
September 17th & 18th
9:30 AM - 1 PM
Kol Nidre: September 25th
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Yom Kippur: September 26th
9:30 AM - 1 PM
Room Assignments
Babysitting (JK and SK) Room 6
Grade 1 & 2 Room 5
Grade 3 & 4 Room 4
Grade 5 & 6 Room 3
All youth services are located one level down
from the main sanctuary & are accessible
from the Robbins Hebrew Academy
stairwell.
Mens’ Floor Hockey
If you are 18 + and would like a way to
meet other Beth Tikvah men, get some exercise
and have a great time; then why not
join the BT Floor Hockey team? Thursday
evenings beginning October 4th from 8:30-
10pm in the synagogue gym (lower level
beside the Assembly Hall) is the place to be.
For more information and/or to confirm
your attendance please contact Joey Glass
at: jbglass25@gmail.com or call
416-489-9712.
It’s Back: Blue Jean
Shabbat Friday Night
Extravaganza
We won’t tell you what’s in store but we can
tell you when…. Friday November 9th!
Services begin at 6:15 in the Lower Foyer
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followed be a fabulous Friday night dinner.
No matter your age, we’ve got something
fun in store for you. Mark your calendars,
save the date and be sure not to miss this
spectacular program!
YF Email List: If you would like to receive
all the YF flyers electronically, please contact
Sigal to be added to the YF database.
TGIS: Thank G-d it’s
Shabbat
Beth Tikvah’s Shabbat Morning Youth
Services: are available every Shabbat and
holiday morning beginning on September
8th from 10:30 am to noon. Babysitting
(JK and SK) will meet in the Youth Room,
Beginyan (Grade 1 -3) and Allstars (Grade 4
- 7) will meet in the Chapel and then break
off into groups following tefillah.
BT Glee Geschraiyers
If you are a youth who likes to sing, why not
join the greatest kids’ ensemble around.
Help us make festivals and special occasions
even better at Beth Tikvah. For more information
or to join, contact Tibi or Sigal.
The BT Blazers - “The
Halutzim”
Do you have older brothers
and sisters and have been
jealous of all the fun programs
they have here at BT
that you have been too
young to attend? Well the
wait is over! Halutzim
means pioneer in Hebrew.
Come out and blaze a trail
with the BT Blazers and
help us make history! If
you’re in Grades 1-4, join us
for exciting monthly programs
with tons of fun for
everyone, led by our Youth
Coordinator, Danielle
Shoychet. If you would like
to be added to the Halutzim
database and receive information
about all of our great
programs, contact Sigal.
Kadima (Grades
5-8)
It’s the place to be for
monthly programming.
Whether it’s a ski trip, limo
excursion or Sukkah hop,
Beth Tikvah Kadima is a
great place to hang out, have
some fun and maybe even
learn a little something too. So if you’re in
Grades 5-8, don’t delay! Stay tuned for awesome
programming, led by our Youth
Coordinator Danielle Shoychet, coming
your way after the High Holidays. If you’re
not on our email lists and you wanna be,
contact Sigal.
BTY
Nobody does it better- BT Youth is the best
with exciting monthly social and educational
programs, led by our Youth Coordinator
Danielle Shoychet, throughout the year for
teens in grades 9-12. Working closely with
our teen board, we aim to provide excellent
opportunities for leadership development,
informal education and tons of fun for all! If
you want to get involved, contact Sigal and
stay tuned for program information after the
High Holidays.
L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu V’Tehatemu.
Wishing you all a Happy & Healthy New
Year.
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MAZAL TOV
Yair Aronson on receiving the Medal of Honour for
community service from the Ministry of
Environment.
Elliott and Sherry Ocopnick on the graduation of
their daughter, Jaclyn, from Ontario Veterinary
College in Guelph, as Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine. Proud grandmother is Sheila Ocopnick.
Wayne and Melissa Potashner on the graduation of
their son, Zachary, with a B.A. in honours in
Specialization of Political Science.
Stan (Ted) & Annabel Turner on their 50th Wedding
Anniversary – with love from their children and
grandchildren: Jodi & Steven, Hilary, Marni & Jeff,
Rebecca, Sam, Hannah, Maddie, Josh and Jake.
BAR /BAT MITZVAHS
Paul and Brenda Klimitz on the bar mitzvah of their
grandson, Tyler, son of Suzanne and Michael
Garfinkle. Proud grandparents are Harry and
Maureen Garfinkle.
Brandon and Bonnie Gremont on the bar mitzvah of
their son, Tyler.
Barry Springer and Franceen Rogovein on the bar
mitzvah of their son, Adam.
Ori and Renee Raubvogel on the bar mitzvah of
their son, Jacob. Proud grandparents are Alex &
Marsha Raubvogel & Max Peters & Merle Peters.
Eddie Plant on the bar mitzvah of his grandson, Jesse,
son of Mark and Lisa Plant.
Sylvia Stokes on the bar mitzvah of her grandson,
Binyamin Shlomo, son of Jonathan Stokes and
Mory MacLeod of Ottawa.
BIRTHS
Shae Eckler on the birth of her great grandson, Max
Avery Elman-Glick, son of Elysse and Jesse Glick.
Proud grandparents are Shelley and Ken Glick.
Max was named in memory of his great grandfather,
Morey.
Norman and Sarah Grill on the birth of their grandson,
Bruce Cary, son of Glen Kopp and Stacey
Grill. Proud grandmother is Laurie Kopp.
Jonathan and Julie Lerman on the birth of their son,
Jonah Emmett. Proud grandparents are Sheldon
and Nira Lerman and Robin and Linda Barry.
Proud great grandparents are Angela Gonsalves
Adult Education Programs
Jerry & Linda Garshon
Mel & Brenda Perlmutter
Claude & Trudy Sassoon
Max & Helen Sieber
Jack & Rosalyn Steiner
Jerry & Sheila Ziedenberg
Paul Borenstein Memorial Fund
Gayle Borenstein & Brian deBloeme & Family
Brotherhood Fund
Sarah Brickman
Allan Cooper
Bernard Cooper
George & Frances Dankevy
Debra Ecklove & Bob Cohen
Robert Gabay
Marilyn Herman
Jeff & Gayle Jackson & Family
MISHPAHA
and Peter Webster.
David and Rochelle Martin on the birth of their
grandson, Liam Jacob, son of Andrea and Ryan
Steinberg. Proud grandparents are Frank and
Esther Steinberg, and great grandmother, Eileen
Lewis.
Hershel and Kathy Guttman on the birth of their
twin grandsons, Benjamin Myer Guttman-Blitstein
and David Samuel Guttman-Blitstein. The twins
are the sons of Katana and Barry Blitstein. Proud
grandparents are Ron Blitstein and Linda
Reitapple. Great grandparents are Esther
Reitapple and Jean Guttman.
Harvey and Shirley-Anne Haber on the birth of their
grandson, Zachary Eli, son of Kevin Haber and
Sandra Zichermann-Haber. Proud grandparents
are Alex and Aggie Zichermann.
Marlene Axmith on the birth of her granddaughter,
Trudy Faye, daughter of Lawrence Axmith and
Naomi Savage. Proud grandparents are Harvey
Savage and Roslyn Savage.
Larry and Freda Torkin on the birth of their grandson,
Jonah Tate, son of Leah and Eric Weiss. Proud
grandparents are Tom and Sasha Weiss, and great
grandfather is Arthur Weiss.
Nathaniel and Amanda Lipkus on the birth of their
son, Oscar Gray. Proud grandparents are Lorne
and Terry Lipkus and Igor and Judy Steiman; and
great grandparents are Ernie Feuerstein and Paula
Steiman.
Marty and Marlene Rochwerg on the birth of their
grandson, Joshua Nathan, son of Joanna and Yaron
Shlesinger. Proud grandparents are Dalia and
David Schlesinger. Proud great grandparents are
Roy and Helen Benson, Ethel Rochwerg and Ruth
Tekes.
Steven Smith and Lorena Saim on the birth of their
son, David.
Josh and Eileen Mendelsohn on the birth of their
grandson, Liam Marcel, son of Matthew
Mendelsohn and Junita Sagal. Proud great grandmother
is Julie Taks.
ENGAGEMENTS
Joe and Rosalind Schwartz on the engagement of
their daughter, Sari, to Marc, son of Bill and
Beverley Leuchter.
DONATIONS
Hart & Moira Kaminker
Cheryl Levick
Itzhak Pilc
Ruth Simon
Helen Stollar
Irving Zelcer
Cantor’s Fund
Gill Alkin
Allan Cooper
Albert & Ruth Edelstein
Harvey & Shirley-Anne Haber
Cantor Tibor & Isabela Kovari
Arlene Lax & Leonard Vanek
Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
Cohen Family Hidur Mitzvah Fund
Bob & Marilyn Cohen
Avery Gillick
Lou & Anna VanDelman
Selma Karp, and Alvin & Edith Zelsman on the
engagement of their granddaughter Jordana,
daughter of Zane and Shelli Zelsman, to Michael,
son of Marty and Shelley Rozenwald. Also, proud
grandparents are Ruth Marder and Leon and
Sylvia Rozenwald.
Lee and Edith Cantor on the engagement of their
granddaughter, Sarit, daughter of Brian and Carole
Cantor, to Benjamin, son of Morris and Cindy
Hackman.
MARRIAGES
Jerry and Karmela Klasner on the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Sara, to Zev, son of Henry
and Esther Icyk. Proud grandmothers are Katie
Klasner and Lily Barak.
Barry and Brenda Edelstein on the marriage of their
son, Mark to Alexandra (Alexi) Oren, daughter of
Eitan and Susan Oren. Proud grandparents are
Albert & Ruth Edelstein, Toby Schwartz and
Sydney & Judith Fox.
Gayle Borenstein and Brian deBloeme on the marriage
of Jessica Borenstein to Daniel Carman, son
of Jinni and Joel Carman. Proud grandmother is
Bella Borenstein.
Mel and Brenda Perlmutter on the marriage of their
daughter, Dorit, to Orin, son of Hanna Erez and
Conrad Ogniewicz.
Brian and Lois Demone on the marriage of their
daughter Robyn to Ian Plener, son of Alan and
Arlene Plener.
Bea Kirshenbaum on the marriage of her grandson,
Avi Cohen, son of Ricki Cohen, to Mariana
Vasconcellos.
Brian and Marilyn Saxe on the marriage of their son
Michael to Alana, daughter of George and Eleanor
Getzler.
Shae Eckler on the marriage of her granddaughter,
Leslie, daughter of Andrea and George Kaz, to
Brian DePoe of Ottawa. Proud grandmother is
Nadia Kaz.
Joe and Rosalind Schwartz on the forthcoming
marriage of their daughter Sari, to Mark, son of
Bill and Beverly Leuchter.
Brenda Dolman Memorial Fund
Jerry & Carol Nesker
Etz Hayim Humash Fund
Rosalie Nepom, Sol Mednick, Eddie Mednick &
Families
Exton Sports Endowment Fund
Michael Feldbloom
Ron & Edda Laxer
Lorne & Terry Lipkus
Isaac & Belle Silverstein
Rabbi Feder Fund
Andy & Lynda Cassel & Family
Feldgaier Shapiro Endowment Fund
Harold & Rona Shapiro
Garden Fund
Lillian & Joel Cornfield
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Howard & Lois Michaels
Marlee Petroff
Sid & Gloria Pinkus
Ellen Rosenthal
Hesed Fund
Roy Alkin
Murray & Rona Armel
Marilyn Berger
Allan & Freda Brender
Sy & Fran Caine
Brian, Carole, Isaac, Sarit & Oren Cantor
Chavurah.com
Chavurah II
Gerald & Doreen Diner
Shae Eckler
Jerry & Linda Garshon
Brian & Norma Gelade
Ossy & Barbara Goldenberg
Jeff & Gayle Jackson
Raizie Jacobson
Irv & Linda Kirshenblat
Alf & Gayle Kwinter
Barbara & Alvin Lampert, Sam & Emma
Shelly & Louise Maerov
Sid & Gloria Pinkus
Anna & Hy Rabinovitch
Robert & Marlene Ruderman
Milton & Gilda Rusonik
Albert & Shelah Saltzman
Brian & Marilyn Saxe
Sheila Sherman
Stephen & Rodeen Stein
Jack & Edith Tweyman
Al & Shirley Weinstein
Irv & Anita Zelcer
Hesed “Our Brother’s Keeper” Fund
Shae Eckler
Shelly & Louise Maerov
Clarence & Doris Rosenhek
Sasha & David Schaeffer
Alan & Arlene Sylver
Israel Fund
Miriam Beckerman
Benjamin Karp Memorial Fund
Selma Karp
Kwinter Tribute
Arthur Gans
Jonathan Miller Memorial Fund
Ruth Nightingale & Family
Morning Minyan Fund
Paula Silver
Musical Heritage Fund
Bertha Allen
Shelly Altman
Miriam Beckerman
Mark & Pearl Berens
Marvin Blackstien & Esther Litz
Chavurah 2
Bob & Marilyn Cohen
Allan Cooper
Bill & Fern Dolman
Harvey & Shirlee Dolman
Patti & Allan Friedland
Haya Furman
Merv & Debby Gollom
Harvey & Shirley-Anne Haber
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Jim Heifetz
Marilyn Herman
Raizie Jacobson
Marvin & Reene Katz
Cantor Tibor & Isabela Kovari
Sheldon & Doreen Manly
Mel & Brenda Perlmutter
Marjorie Rasky
Ruth Simon
Zeev & Nurit Tuch
Sara Wunch-Glick
Gerry & Toby Zarnett
Prayer Book Fund (weekdays)
Paul Austin
Rabbi Grover’s Discretionary Fund
David & Trudy Broude
Sy & Fran Caine
Helen Daniels
Albert & Ruth Edelstein
Edward & Reah Feldman
Norene Gilletz
Rabbi Jarrod & Carmela Grover
Harvey & Shirley-Anne Haber
Paula Kirsh
Renee Levine
Harold & Ellen Lewkowicz
Marv & Toby Maskowitz
Mike Pearlstein
Mel & Brenda Perlmutter
Sid & Gloria Pinkus
Clara Rose
Adam Rothschild
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic High School
Brian & Marilyn Saxe
Sasha & David Schaeffer & children
Silver and Rothschild Families
Larry & Frieda Torkin
Mike & Cindy Wyman
Rabbi Markose Discretionary Fund
Sam & Helen Grzesh
Ritual Director’s Fund
Albert & Ruth Edelstein
Marilyn Herman
Morris Pearlman
Norman Roth
William Saltzman Building Fund
Stan & Honey Saltzman
Siddur Hadash Fund
Dorothy Abrams
Susanne & Mark Alter & Family
Paul Austin
Roy & Ronna Birnboim & Family
Sarah Brickman
Saul & Dorothy Chapman
Ruth Cohen
Robert Feldgaier
Susan Green
Rob, Cheryl & Olivia Libman
Max & Corinne Lissoos
Sherry & Ron Mandel
Mary Rykov
Irvin & Sheila Sherman
Phillip & Allan Simon Memorial Fund
David & Sasha Schaeffer
Atida Soifer
Marilyn Tkatch
Miriam Wagman
Grant Waldman, Annik Moyal Waldman &
Nathaniel Waldman
Simhat Torah Kiddush Fund
Arlene & John Anthony
Philip and Allan Simon Memorial Fund
Ruth Simon
Sisterhood Educational Programs
Sy & Fran Caine
Chavurah 2
Lillian Cornfield
Shelley & Michael Ellenzweig
Raizie Jacobson
Shelly & Doreen Manly
Howard & Carolyn Rose
Sheila & Albert Saltzman
Tikvat Hayim
Norman & Alice Roth
Lionel Weinstein Memorial Fund
Levison Family
Patti Weinstein
Wyman Family Fund
Michael & Cynthia Wyman
Yahrzeit Fund
Errol Abella
Leah Abrahamson
Sol Armel
Sara Aronson
Frances Barish
Lil Benson
Aaron & Hilda Caplan
Deanna Cohen
Ruth Cooper
Regina Delovitch
Mel Fox
Aileen Frydrych
Sophie Gelgor
Ernie Goodman
Joanne Greenspoon
Angela Hancu
Ana Holland
Norma Kamin
Hannah Katz
Bea Kirshenbaum
Beryl & Harvey Kofman
Michael Kestenberg
Jerry & Doreen Levine
Halina Levitt
Bernard Mailach
David Martin
Gertrude Michael
Herb Miller
Helen Mogul
Julie Movsowitz
Henry Neugebauer
Rogue Salvatore
Gail Sandler
Brian & Marilyn Saxe
Henry & Rona Shub
Ellie Shulman
Harvey & Debbi Silver
Ellen Smith
Diane Sobel
Gerda Sommer
Nathan & Suzanne Tepper
Minda Tward
Dorothy Wagner
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Lenora Winer
Sam Zeifman
Youth and Young Families Fund
Murray & Rona Armel
Pearl Babins
Renee Birnbaum & Marlee Cohen
Joel & Lillian Cornfield
Stuart & Lisa Foxman
Jerry & Linda Garshon
Roslyn & Gerold Goldlist
Sam & Beverley Holtzman
Jeff & Gayle Jackson, Leora, Elana & Daphne
Ken & Rita Karp
Murray Kroach & Family
Sid & Gloria Pinkus
Brian & Marilyn Saxe
Ryan & Caren Ludwig Shoychet & Family
Judy Shulman & Theodora
Marty & Elaine Sone
Norman & Simone Stern
Allan & Arlene Sylver
Judy Wineberg
Sam & Evelyn Zeifman
Youth Prayer Book Fund
Mike & Cindy Wyman
Janice Grover Memorial Fund
Stephen Albert & Ellen Buchman & Family
Bertha Allen & Family
Doris Alter
Shelly Altman
Murray & Rona Armel
Sol Armel
Emile & Barbara Aufgang
Marlene Axmith
Pearl Babins
Meyer & Anita Balter
Cookie Baum
Miriam Beckerman
Andre & Arlette Belaiche
Hannah Bellack
Mike & Sue Bernstein
Beth Tikvah Brotherhood
Beth Tikvah Choir
Jack, Janet, Stephanie, Dustin & Ethan Bick
Earl & Eva Biderman
Abe & Sheila Birenbaum
Alan & Renee Birnbaum
Roy & Ronna Birnboim
Ian & Faye Black & family
David & Elaine Blackstien
Marvin Blackstien & Esther Litz
Joanne & Charles Bleier & Bonnie Wynne
Gayle Borenstein & Brian deBloeme
Allan & Freda Brender
Joe & Glory Goldman and Brian & Amy Anidjar
Sarah Brickman
Leo & Mona Brown
Sam & Odette Brownstone
Chavurah.com c/o Al Weinstein
Sy & Fran Caine
Lee & Edith Cantor
Martin & Fran Caplan
Roger & Bernice Chaplin
Gail & Perry Chasson
Joel & Gloria Clamen
Clive & Fiona Cohen
Norman & Violette Cohen
Bob & Marilyn Cohen
Harvey & Shirley Coleman
Bernard & Margaret Cooper
Lillian & Joel Cornfield
Gary & Brenda Crangle
Izzy & Sharona Czosniak & Family
Helen Daniels
Yehuda & Etty Danzig
Alan & Lisa Diner & Family
Moshe Dlin & Rosalie Nepom
Gerald & Doreen Diner
Eleanor Dover
Allan & Hedy Ebedes & Family
Shae Eckler
Daniel & Hiliary Edwards
Beulah Esakov
Lennie, Rene & Jordan Exton
Marc & Talya Feldberg
Michael, Alisa, Hannah, Shayna & Cole Feldbloom
Robert Feldgaier
Eddie & Reah Feldman
Ed &Sylvia Fisch & Family
Sherri Fisch & Family
Issie & Naomi Fishman
Phyllis & Ab Flatt
Marlene Flicht
Jeanne Foot & Family
Mel & Trudy Fox
Charna Foxman
Stuart & Lisa Foxman
Ruth Frankel
Naomi & Marky Freeman
Gerda Frieberg
Allan & Patti Friedland
Inna Furman
Jerry & Linda Garshon
Brian & Norma Gelade
Gabe & Cheryl Gewurtz
Jeff & Brona Ginsberg & Family
Joey & Lisa Glass & Family
Bertha Gold
Pauline Goldberg
Marvin & Helen Goldberg
Morley Goldberg & Marcia Schnoor
Ossy & Barbara Goldenberg
Stephen & Merle Goldman
Merv & Debbie Gollom
Heather & Martin Goose
Stephen Gotlieb
Lisa & Barry Green
Jerry & Lola Green
Louis & Shirley Greenbaum & Family
Chuck Greenberg
Norman & Sarah Grill
Mady Grotsky
Harvey & Shirley-Anne Haber
Marilyn Herman
Hesed Fund
Martin & Lylian Hoffman
Sam & Bev Holtzman
Joseph & Angela Houpt
Jeff & Gayle Jackson & Family
Raizie Jacobson
Jack & Glynis Jerusalim
Ian & Jill Joffe
Morris Justein & Myrna Ross
Nat & Cookie Kaiman
Norma & Jill Kamin and Murray Hart
Hart & Moira Kaminker
David & Natalie Kaplan
Yoav Kaplunt & Deborah Gottesman
Ken & Rita Karp
Selma Karp
Ethel Kathron
Marvin & Reene Katz
Andrew & Rhonda Kerekes
Irv & Linda Kirshenblat & Fam.
Barry & Rhoda Kirshin
Kay Klerer ,Marsha & Shawn Klerer & Howard &
Carol Klerer
Beryl & Harvey Kofman
Michael & Debbie Krofchick
Sandi Laine
Ron & Edda Laxer
Nate & Bernice Leipciger
Jonathan & Julie Lerman
Sheldon & Nira Lerman
Jerry & Millie Lev
Dayle & Heidi Levine & Beth & Arnold Rossen
Rene & Jeff Levine
Halina Levitt
Ed & Myrna Levy
Harold & Ellen Lewkowicz
Joan Litovitz
Gerald & Nancy Machtinger
Sheldon & Louise Maerov
Manny & Sheila Manis
Shelly & Doreen Manly
David & Melissa Mann
Marvin & Toby Maskowitz
Shlomo & Marion Mayman
Josh & Eileen Mendelsohn
Anne McCleave & Miriam Freedman
Howard & Lois Michaels
Doug Millstone
Fagel Mitgang
Ben & Monica Nemani
Marv & Helene Obar & Family
Sheila Ocopnick
Gordon & Gwen Orriell
Linda Orriell
Mel & Brenda Perlmutter & Family
Florence & Larry Persyko
Marlee Petroff & Family
Itzhak & Dwora Pilc; Miriam & Rick Levine &
Jackie & Lorne Silverberg
Sidney & Gloria Pinkus
Esther & Lloyd Pollock
Howard & Leah Price
Annette Rapoport
Marjorie Rasky
Alan & Susan Roadburg
Martin & Marlene Rochwerg
Abe & Vivien Rootenberg
Howard & Carolyn Rose
Fred & Marsha Rosen
Herb & Reva Rosenfeld
Norman & Alice Roth
Cherry Rubin
Milton & Gilda Rusonik
Stan & Honey Saltzman
Albert & Shelah Saltzman
Cyril & Miriam Sapiro
Sasha & David Schaeffer & family
Zavi & Wayne Schmidt
Joe & Rosalind Schwartz
Arthur & Annette Segal
Linda Segal
David & Rachel Seidel
George & Esther Seidel
Harold & Traci Seidel & Family
Syd & Ettie Seltzer
Norm & Joan Shanker
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Harold & Rona Shapiro
Cyril & Denise Shenker
Irvin & Sheila Sherman
Arnie & Ellie Shulman
Lou & Judy Shulman & Family
Ruth Simon
Louise Singer
Joel & Blossom Snitman
Lynn & Sydney Sokoloff & Family
Stan & Debbie Solomon
Marty & Elaine Sone
Gersh & Sheila Sone
Marilyn & Irving Starkman
Steve & Rodeen Stein & Family
Wilfred & Susan Steinberg
Jack & Rosalyn Steiner
Barry & Beth Stern & Family
Harriet Sternberg
Joan & Howard Stevens
Ken & Geri Stewart
Sylvia Stokes
Helen Stollar
Elyse Sunshine & Mark Zarenda and Julie Sunshine
& David Pressman
Seymour & Serena Swartz
Allan & Arlene Sylver
Nat & Sue Tepper
Rochelle Thompson
Marilyn Tkatch
Larry & Frieda Torkin
Stan (Ted) & Annabel Turner
Jack & Marsha Urowitz
Lou & Anna VanDelman
Les & Wendy Bellack Viner & Family
Dorothy Wagner
Reva & Mark Waldman
Mark & Sue Walsh
Bruce Waters & Family
Jennifer Wawryk
Bob & Dodi Weill
Rebecca & Michael Weiss
Jeff & Laya Weissberger
Rick Wellen & Elyse Goldman
Lorne & Lenore Winer
Harold & Carole Wolfe
Michael & Cindy Wyman
Roy & Joanne Wyman & Family
Jonathan, Jody, Ryder Yoken
Marcia & Arthur Zalev
Emy & Harry Zarek
Toby & Gerry Zarnett
Irv & Anita Zelcer
Jerry & Sheila Ziedenberg
Victor & Rose Zuck
David and Miltred Saim Memorial Fund
Stephen Albert & Ellen Buchman
Doris Alter
Shelli Altman
Murray & Rona Armel
Emile & Barbara Aufgang
Marlene Axmith
Miriam Beckerman
Hannah Bellack
Beth Tikvah Choir
Jack & Janet Bick & Family
Abe & Sheila Birenbaum
Alan & Renee Birnbaum
Roy & Ronna Birnboim
Eyal Bitton & Michele Tredger
Faye & Ian Black & Family
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Marvin Blackstien & Esther Litz
Gayle Borenstein & Brian de Bloeme & Family
Allan & Freda Brender
Sarah Brickman
Leo & Mona Brown
Sy & Fran Caine
Lee & Edith Cantor
Martin & Fran Caplan
Roger & Bernice Chaplin
Chavurah.Com
Bob & Marilyn Cohen
Allan Cooper
Bernard & Margaret Cooper
Lillian & Joel Cornfield
Gary & Brenda Crangle
Izzy, Sharona Czosniak & Family
Helen Daniels
Alan & Lisa Diner & children
Moshe Dlin & Rosalie Nepom
Shae Eckler
David & Hiliary Edwards
Beulah Esakov
Marc & Talya Feldberg
Michael, Alisa, Hannah, Shayna & Cole Feldbloom
Eddie & Reah Feldman
Issie & Naomi Fishman
Marlene Flicht
Jeanne Foot & Family
Stuart & Lisa Foxman
Miriam Freedman
Norene Gilletz
Glass Family
Bertha Gold
Morley Goldberg & Marcia Schnoor
Pauline Goldberg
Ossy & Barbara Goldenberg
Stephen & Merle Goldman
Lisa & Barry Green & Family
Lola & Jerry Green
Norman & Sarah Grill
Mady Grotsky
Harvey & Shirley-Anne Haber
Marilyn Herman
Hesed Fund, Beth Tikvah Synagogue
Sam & Bev Holtzman
Jeffrey & Gayle Jackson & Family
Jack & Glynis Jerusalim
Nat & Cookie Kaiman
Hart & Moira Kaminker
David & Natalie Kaplan & Family
Ken & Rita Karp
Selma Karp
Kay Klerer
Sandi Laine
Ron & Edda Laxer
Jonathan & Julie Lerman
Jerry & Millie Lev
Jeff & Renee Levine
Halina Levitt
Ed & Myrna Levy
Gerald & Nancy Machtinger
Sheldon & Louise Maerov
Shelly & Doreen Manly
Marv & Toby Maskowitz
Anne McCleave & Family
Jacob & Dafna Melzer
Fagel Mitgang
Gordon & Gwen Orriell
Itzhak & Dwora Pilc, Miriam & Rick Levine, Jackie
& Lorne Silverberg
Sid & Gloria Pinkus
Esther & Lloyd Pollock
Marjorie Rasky
Howard & Carolyn Rose
Fred & Marsha Rosen
Milton & Gilda Rusonik
Albert & Shelah Saltzman
Stan & Honey Saltzman
David & Sasha Schaeffer & Family
Arthur & Annette Segal
Linda Segal
Syd & Ettie Seltzer
Cyril & Denise Shenker
Ryan Shoychet & Caren Ludwig Shoychet &
Family
Arnie & Ellie Shulman
Lou & Judy Shulman
Ruth Simon
Louise Singer
Joel & Blossom Snitman
Marty & Elaine Sone
Ken & Geri Stewart
Sylvia Stokes
Allan & Arlene Sylver
Nat & Sue Tepper
Stanley (Ted) & Annabel Turner
Lou & Anna VanDelman
Murray & Rely Walsh
Bob & Dodi Weill
Rick Wellen & Elyse Goldman
Jeff & Laya Weissberger
Judy Wineberg
Sara Wunch-Glick & Jerry Freeman
Mike & Cindy Wyman
Roy & Jean Wyman & Family
Gerry & Toby Zarnett
Irv & Anita Zelcer
BEREAVEMENTS
Glen Nudelman on the passing his dear
mother, Gail Nudelman.
Richard Grover, Rabbi Jarrod and Carmela
Grover on the passing of their dear wife,
mother and mother-in-law, Janice Grover.
Isabela and Cantor Tibor Kovari, and Lorena
(Saim) and Steven Smith on the passing of their
dear father and father-in-law, David Shaim, in
Bucharest, Romania .
Merle and Stephen Goldman on the passing of
their dear mother and mother-in-law, Rose
Karasik.
David Cordovi on the passing of his dear mother,
Regina Cordovi.
Karen & Alex Zilberberg and Donna and Glenn
Gelman on the passing of their dear father and
father-in-law, Kenneth Spiegel.
Lou and Judy Shulman on the passing of their
dear mother and mother-in-law, Pauline
Shulman.
Helen Sherman on the passing of her dear husband,
Bob Sherman.
Janet Sherman on the passing of her dear brother-in-law,
Bob Sherman.
Isabela and Cantor Tibor Kovari, and Lorena
(Saim) and Steven Smith on the passing of their
dear mother and mother-in-law, Miltret Saim, in
Bucharest, Romania.
Irvin Suchall, Yvonne & Alan Kaufman on the
passing of their dear wife, mother & motherin-law,
Shirley Suchall.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS - SEPTEMBER 2012–ELUL 5772-TISHREI 5773
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
Services: 9:00 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - OCTOBER 2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1Services: 9:00 a.m./ 2 3 4
5
6
6:50 p.m.
Services: 7:00 a.m./ Services: 7:00 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Candle Services: 9:00 a.m./
Executive Meeting
Services: 9:00 a.m./
Lighting: 6:50 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
6:20 p.m.
7:42 p.m. Sukkot
Services: 7:00 a.m./ Floor Hockey – Gym
Sukkot Havdalah: 7:40 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
6:33 p.m. Havdalah: 7:33 p.m.
7
Services: 9:00 a.m./
6:40 p.m.
Candle Lighting
6:29 p.m.
8 Services: 8:45 a.m./ 9 10
11
12 13
6:40 p.m.
Services: 8:45 a.m./
Shmini Atzeret 6:35 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./
Yizkor
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Services: 9:00 a.m./
Choir Singing Simhat Torah
6:10 p.m.
Shemini Atzeret Dessert Young Families Services: 7:15 a.m./ Floor Hockey – Gym
Program 7:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
6:21 p.m. Havdalah: 7:21 p.m.
14 15 16
17
18
19 20
Services: 7:00 a.m./ Services: 7:00 a.m./
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
Rosh Hodesh
Rosh Hodesh
6:00 p.m.
Rabbi Grover Parshat
Lunch & Learn Kol Shira with Cantor Board of Governors
Hashavua 10:00 a.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
12:00 p.m.
Kovari 10:30 a.m. Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Pirkei Avot with Rabbi
Holocaust Movie: Beth Tikvah Women Floor Hockey – Gym
6:30 p.m.
Grover 6:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Education 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
6:09 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m. Services: 9:00 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
Havdalah: 7:09 p.m.
Yiddish Tisch –
during Kiddush
21 22 23
24
25
26
27
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Rabbi Grover’s Parshat Lunch & Learn 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
5:50 p.m.
Hashavua 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Havdalah: 6:58 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./ Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Holocaust Movie Kol Shira with Cantor Floor Hockey – Gym
Youth Service
6:15 p.m.
Grover 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Kovari 10:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m.
5:58 p.m. 10:30 a.m.
28
Services: 9:00 a.m./
6:05 p.m.
Simply Singing:
Hesed Committee
11:00 a.m.
3 4 5
6
7 8
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Labour Day 7:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
Executive Meeting
7:30 p.m.
29 30 31
Services: 7:15 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Rabbi Grover’s Parshat Lunch & Learn
Hashavua 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Holocaust Movie
Grover 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
High Holiday Study
with Rabbi Markose
9:30 a.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
Kol Shira with Cantor
Kovari 10:30 a.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
7:25 p.m.
Havdalah: 8:36 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m/7:10 p.m.
Havdalah: 8:24 p.m.
Selichot Service; 11:00 p.m.
Rabbi Markose Torah
Reading Class 7:30 p.m.
Selichot Program 9:15 p.m.
(Film & Dessert Reception)
Choir Singing 11:00 p.m.
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12
13
14 15
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Services: 7:15 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Nominations
Services: 9:00 a.m./
Committee 6:00 P.M. High Holiday Study Y &YF High Holiday
7:00 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./ Services: 7:15 a.m./ Board of Governors with Rabbi Markose Youth Staff Training
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Meeting 7:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:11 p.m. Havdalah: 8:11 p.m.
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19
20
21
22
Services: 8:00 a.m./7:15 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Choir Singing
Services: 8:00 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
Tashlikh Service 6:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Service at Grande Luxe
Services: 9:00 a.m./ 9:30 a.m.
Choir Singing 7:30 p.m.
Family Tashlikh Service Family Service at
Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:15 p.m.
12:05 p.m.
Grande Luxe 9:30 a.m. Fast of Gedalia 7:30 p.m.
6:58 p.m.
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Kever Avot services:
Pardes Shalom 10:30 a.m. old
section/11:00 a.m. new section
Bathurst Lawn 10:30 a.m.
30
Services: 9:00 a.m/6:50 p.m.
Erev Sukkot
Decorate the Sukkah 3:30 p.m.
Dinner in the Sukkah 7:30 p.m.
Candle Lighting 6:42 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
Kol Nidre:
Services: 7:15 a.m
2:00 p.m. (Chapel)./
6:30 p.m.
Candle Lighting:
6:51 p.m.
Choir Singing
Yom Kippur
Services: 8:30 a.m./Neilah
Serv. 5:00 p.m. upstairs &
4:45 p.m. downstairs
Yizkor Service
Choir Singing
Family Service at Grande
Luxe 9:30 a.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
7:30 p.m.
7:24 p.m.
Services: 7:15 a.m./
6:00 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
6:45 p.m.
Havdalah: 7:58 p.m.
Services: 9:00 a.m./
6:35 p.m.
Havdalah: 7:45 p.m.
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