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Beth David is a Fragrance-free property

 
This Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by Ruth Shapiro in memory of her grandmother Thekla Mayer and to say L'Hitraot and Toda Raba to everyone.
January 18, 2025  
18 Tevet 5785
SHABBAT SERVICES 
(January 17 & 18)
KABBALAT SHABBAT IS BACK!
Kabbalat Shabbat...6:00PM
Shabbat Morning Services...9:00AM
Minhah-Seudah-Havdallah...4:30PM
WEEKDAY SERVICES
(January 19 to 24)
Sunday Morning...8:30AM
Monday to Friday Mornings...7:30AM
Sunday to Thursday Evenings...6:00PM
מזל טוב
Mazal Tov to Ethan Mintz and his family on becoming Bar Mitzvah this  morning
🕯🕯 Candlelighting: 4:51PM
 Shabbat Ends: 5:52PM 🕯
Parashat Shemot
 
Torah: Exodus 4:18-6:1 (p.335)
Maftir: Exodus 5:22-6:1 (p.340)
Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 (p.343)
SHABBAT SPONSORSHIPS
Kiddush is sponsored by Karen & Avi Mintz in honour of their son Ethan becoming Bar Mitzvah
Havdallah is sponsored by Michael Taylor in memory of his father Paul Taylor
 
WEEKDAY SPONSORSHIPS

Breakfast Sponsors

Sunday, January 19 Sally Krigstin & Cliff Williams in memory of Sally's mother Thelma Krigstin

Monday,  January 20 Morrie Herman & Eileen Bourret in memory of Morrie's father, Ben Herman

Tuesday, January 21 Harvey Bitterman in memory of his maternal uncle Abe Goldberg

Wednesday, January 22 Gil Levy in loving memory of his wife Sally Mintz (Mitzmacher) Levy

Minyan Sponsor

Sunday, January 19 morning minyan

Sally Krigstin & Cliff Williams in memory of Sally's mother Thelma Krigstin

 

Shabbat Message from Rabbi Philip Scheim

Shemot

The Book of Exodus that we begin to read this Shabbat is known in Hebrew as Shmot, meaning “names,” listing at the outset, the names of Jacob’s sons who had accompanied their father into Egypt. Indeed, names have played a significant role in Jewish history, most especially in modern times.

These names seem unfamiliar: Benjamin Kubeksly, David Kaminsky, Issur Danelovitch, Joseph Levitch and Shirley Schrift. All five of these individuals were born to immigrant Jewish parents at the end of the 19th or in the early decades of the 20th century. All would achieve celebrity status in America where their parents had come in search of religious freedom and economic stability. Each would be better known by the stage names they would choose: Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Kirk Douglas, Jerry Lewis, and Shelley Winters.

But name changes did not always reflect a desire to assimilate, to shed outward appearances of Jewishness as they did in the cases of the above-mentioned celebrities. For many ordinary people not in pursuit of fame and fortune, name changes were a shelter from overt anti-Semitism, and in no way reflective of a desire to abandon their Jewish roots.

Interestingly, at the same time, an opposite trend was emerging in Israel, where many new Olim were changing their surnames from European origins into equivalent Hebrew names. Most famously, David Gruen from Plonsk became David Ben Gurion. And six who would follow Ben Gurion as Prime Minister would change their names as well:  Moshe Shertok would become Moshe Sharett, Levi Shkolnik would become Levi Eshkol, Golda Myerson, Golda Meir; Yitzhak Jeziernicky, Yitzhak Shamir; and Shimon Perski, Shimon Peres.

It has been common practice in diaspora communities for parents to bestow two names on their newborn children, a secular name, and a Hebrew name. For me, that has meant being Philip and Ben-Tzion simultaneously. Most of my generation, and those that have followed, have similar dual names. Since there is nothing Halakhic about names, no hard rules other than customs, this naming tradition has been long accepted.

But I would offer one suggestion – that we make good use of our Hebrew names as well. It saddens me when a Jew is unaware of his or her Hebrew name, since it has not been used, other than at a bris or baby-naming, Bar or Bat Mitzvah or wedding aufruf. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that our kids know their Hebrew names, and that we make use of those names on more regular occasions. As our Torah reading reminds us this Shabbat, Shmot, names are fundamental to our identity. Thus, our Jewish/Hebrew names should not remain hidden, but rather be proclaimed with honor and pride.

Shabbat Shalom,
Philip S Scheim

WE REMEMBER WITH REVERENCE AND LOVE THOSE FOR WHOM YAHRZEIT
WILL BE OBSERVED THIS WEEK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 18, 2025
18 Tevet
Hilda Bornfreund,
Mother of Paul Bornfreund
Morris Brown,
Brother of Anna Bloom
Leon Cohen,
Father of Helen Szpindel
Leon Cohen,
Grandfather of Alden Pearl
Leon Cohen,
Grandfather of Isaac Szpindel
Max Goldstein,
Uncle of Sidney Tucker
Shirley Sherman,
Mother-in-law of Anita Sherman
Ida Strasfeld,
Friend of Beth David
Alice Weinstock,
Mother of Vivian Weinstock
 
 
January 19, 2025
19 Tevet
Thelma Krigstin,
Mother of Sally Krigstin
Yitzchak Lipman,
Uncle of Estelle Vilensky
Max Parnes,
Grandfather of Esther Lieberman
James Shooman,
Uncle of Claire Binstock
January 20, 2025
20 Tevet
Rebecca Frankel,
Grandmother of Rhonda Franklin
Ben Herman,
Father of Morrie Herman
Theodore Risman,
Brother of Andrew Risman
Bernard Shooman,
Father of Claire Binstock
Alan Jeffrey Shoub,
Nephew of Bernard Shoub
 
 
January 21, 2025
21 Tevet
Shirley Farberman,
Friend of Beth David
Frank (Freddie) Fine,
Friend of Beth David
Ruth Garshowitz,
Sister of Eunice Freedman
Abe Goldberg,
Uncle of Harvey Bitterman
Elaine Kates,
Sister of Martin Kates
Jack Rosen,
Uncle in law of Paula Sonshine
Yale Schulman,
Father of Naomi Nemirov
Dora Stone,
Grandmother of Lynne Lurie
Mort Weiss,
Husband of Beatrice Weiss
 
 
January 22, 2025
22 Tevet
Samuel Bernstein,
Father of Shirley Weiss
Chaim Binstock,
Father-In-Law of Joyce Binstock
Sarah Borman,
Mother of Alex Borman and Libby Kraft
Mark Dulberg,
Grandson of Hyman Beckenstein
Shirley Goldberg,
Mother of David Goldberg
Freida Goldenhar,
Grandmother of David Goldberg
Walter Leonard Jarvis,
Uncle of Lorne Shelson
Sally Mintz Levy,
Mother of David Levy
Sally Mintz Levy,
Wife of Gilbert Levy
Jack Silverstein,
Father of Jay Silverstein
Tamara Weinreich,
Sister-In-Law of Roma Buchman
Henry Wiseman,
Uncle of Philip Scheim
Alexis Shoshana Wronzberg,
Daughter of Debra & Richard Wronzberg and sister of Danielle Wronzberg
 
 
January 23, 2025
23 Tevet 5741
Lillian Drutz,
Mother-In-Law of Helen Drutz and Grandmother of Carey Drutz
Sonia Goldfarb,
Mother of Stanley Goldfarb
Harry Gorman,
Friend of Beth David
Hyman Green,
Father of Fran Levine
Adela Kotkovski,
Mother of Benny Kotkovski
Miriam Ostrow,
Mother of Janice Yazer
Dora Shane,
Mother of Eleanor Epstein
Leo Solomon,
Brother-in-law of Ruth Solomon
 
 
January 24, 2025
24 Tevet 5738
Israel Diamond,
Beloved of Karen Bernstein
Gertrude Gittel Diamond,
Friend of Beth David
Harry Goodman,
Uncle of Leonard Goodman
Betty Granek,
Friend of Beth David
Bernard Lax,
Husband of Millie (Mildred) Lax
Aaron Nagel,
Father of Sandra Hayward
Martin Stocker,
Brother of Harold Stocker
Joseph Strug,
Father of Stephanie Varadi

OFFICE CLOSURES

The Beth David Synagogue office will be closed the week of Mon, Dec 30th to Fri, Jan 3rd.

Please direct any urgent enquiries during this time to Morah Fenning at 416-633-5500 ext. 22 | morah@bethdavid.com or Baila Lubek president@bethdavid.com

The Beth David Property is FRAGRANCE-FREE

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This Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by Nina & Jack Pollock in honour of their 60th Wedding Anniversary