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Torah Portion Preview<br />
For Bo<br />
Shabbat beginning <strong>January</strong> 19 th , 2024<br />
Torah portion Bo (“go”) completes the story of Passover, with the final three<br />
“signs” that God imposed on the Egyptians. Before the ultimate horrific image of<br />
God murdering every firstborn Egyptian person or beast, the details of the<br />
Passover feast are prescribed. At long last after months of refusal with horror after<br />
horrible sign, Pharoah finally witnesses the wailing of his people and lets the<br />
Israelites go with all their families and livestock. Six hundred thousand men left<br />
on foot, their dependents, flocks, and herds went with them, departing so urgently<br />
that there was no time to let the bread rise.<br />
The multiple scale of the story touches us every year. Women bake bread before it<br />
even rises. Men hurriedly collect their families and livestock. And the massive rag<br />
taggle horde rivaling the entire population of Chicago scurry to the desert en<br />
masse. Difficult as all this is to imagine, Rabbi Suzanne Singer’s reflection in the<br />
Women’s Commentary takes us one giant leap farther, teaching us to imagine the<br />
even more populous Egyptians. “As we recall at our seder table the wonders God<br />
performed for us, we must remember the price the Other paid for our liberation.”<br />
We invite all to come to synagogue in person or on Zoom on Friday night to hear<br />
a more in-depth interpretation from Rabbi Meeka (or this Sabbath's lay speaker).<br />
We also invite other views, interpretations, reflections, and even poems on each<br />
Torah portion. If you have something to contribute, please email it to<br />
RPC@templeadasshalom.org. This and prior previews can be found at Dr. David<br />
Dirlam's website by clicking on Changing Wisdoms Projects.<br />
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Mi Sheberakh * We Pray for Healing<br />
Amelia Parsons<br />
Anita Rosenzweig<br />
Barbara Chancey<br />
Elise Schipper<br />
Fred Belkin<br />
Harvey Malin<br />
Heather Mullis<br />
Marcy Schirloff<br />
Marcy Werde<br />
Nancy Lever<br />
Natalie Litofsky<br />
Ray Lee<br />
Steve Nohowel<br />
Recently Passed<br />
Marsha Arlene Robinson<br />
Mother of Elise Woods, survived by her loving children, Elise (Michael) Woods and<br />
Lynda Rosen; adored grandchildren, Andrew Woods, and Austin Woods; dear sister-inlaw,<br />
Helene Gersch.<br />
Yahrzeits Observed<br />
Bob Bornstein<br />
Remembered by Melissa Joslin, Meredith<br />
Evans, & Elaine Cocco<br />
Carl David Segal<br />
Remembered by Robert & Barbara Lynch<br />
Chester S. Friedman<br />
Remembered by Beatrice Friedman<br />
David Lipnick<br />
Remembered by Gina Bass<br />
David Samuels<br />
Remembered by Linda Samuels<br />
Dr. Joan Gilbert Segall<br />
Remembered by Bari Klein<br />
Dr. Joseph E. Shuman<br />
Remembered by Joan Berger<br />
Eileen Moss<br />
Remembered by David & Jennifer Bober<br />
Elsie Sachs<br />
Remembered by Mickie (Mollie) Sachs<br />
Florence Hurwitz<br />
Remembered by Rayna Richardson<br />
Frantisek Jurcik<br />
Remembered by Alena Schwaber<br />
Frederick Feulner<br />
Remembered by Gregory Feulner<br />
Ida Samuels<br />
Remembered by Linda Samuels<br />
Matilda Starr<br />
Remembered by David & Jennifer<br />
Bober<br />
Rose Colman<br />
Remembered by Rabbi Gila Ruskin<br />
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Caring Committee Announcement<br />
Caring is about both the simchas and healing through support and community. Is there a<br />
moment you would like to share, privately or publicly?<br />
We want to be there for you so please let us know. Email caring@templeadasshalom.org<br />
TAS/HJC Calendar of Events<br />
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY<br />
19 9 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
4:51pm: Candle Lighting<br />
7:00pm: ** ONLINE ONLY**<br />
Shabbat Service<br />
7:00pm: ONEG –<br />
Mullis/Goldman/O’Donnell<br />
20 10 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
Bo<br />
10:00am: Adult Ed. Book<br />
Discussion<br />
5:00pm: Art of Tangle<br />
21 11 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: Kehillah MAGNET<br />
Religious School<br />
9:00am: Tu Bish’vat Planting<br />
Day<br />
10:00am: Tea & Torah<br />
22 12 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY<br />
23 13 th of Sh’vat 5784 24 14 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
9:00am: SLAM Fitness<br />
12:00pm: Senior Luncheon<br />
6:30pm: Midweek Hebrew<br />
School (Virtual)<br />
25 15 th of Sh’vat 5784<br />
Tu BiSh’vat<br />
7:00pm: RPC Meeting<br />
Upcoming Zoom Live Streamed Services & Events<br />
EYE LEVEL SHABBAT TORAH SERVICE<br />
Friday, <strong>January</strong> 26 th<br />
In-Person Service begins at 7:00pm; Live Streaming starts at 6:45pm-7:00pm<br />
Mazel Tov<br />
BIRTHDAYS<br />
24 th Richard August<br />
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