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PLEASE NOTE :
Services this morning, Friday, March 29 are at 8:30AM
The office is closed today for the statutory holiday.

March 30, 2024

Shabbat Parah

20 Adar II 5784

  מזל טוב  
Mazal Tov to Nathan Borer and Rebecca Borer and their family on becoming B'nai Mitzvah on Monday April 1st

SHABBAT SERVICES 

March 29 & 30
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat.....6:00PM
Shabbat Morning Services....9:00AM
Minhah-Seudah-Havdallah.....7:00PM
MORNING WEEKDAY SERVICES
March 31 to April 5
Sunday Morning..........8:30AM
Monday to Friday Mornings........7:30AM
Shabbat & Weekday
 Morning Livestream Link
There are NO Weekday Evening Services at Beth David this week.
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Parashat Tzav

TORAH: Leviticus 7:11-7:38  (Etz Hayim p. 617)
MAFTIR: Numbers 19:1-19:22 | Shabbat Parah  (Etz Hayim p. 880)
HAFTARAH: Ezekiel 36:16-38 | Shabbat Parah (Etz Hayim p. 1287)
🕯🕯 Candlelighting: 7:23 PM
 Shabbat Ends: 8:25PM 🕯

Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, March 29 at 6:00 pm

Beth David is a SCENT-FREE Environment

📵Please SILENCE all cell phones on Shabbat 

Shabbat Morning Saturday, March 30 at 9:00 am

Shabbat Message from Michael Rubin

The Holiness of Error!

It is so refreshing and encouraging to know how much potential there is for sinners, whether accidental or intentional, in our Biblical tradition. We are often put off by the scripted severity of penalties for idol worship and profanation of God’s name, as well as for the more social-oriented transgressions such as murder and sexual abomination. However, the overall approach to misdeeds is one with an abundance of forgiveness.

In Parashat Tzav, we read of the duties of the Kohanim in implementing a variety of sacrifices, including those for unintentional and intentional sinful acts – Hattat and Asham. One of the phrases associated with these offerings is Kodesh Kadahsim – most holy. We often associate this phrase with the section of the Mishkan and later temple – the Holy of Holies – a place so unique and sacred that only the Kohen Gadol would enter on Yom Kippur for the ultimate act of repentance.

Why would this be used for even the most banal of sins / errors committed by the individual? The Eitz Haim commentator suggests that “a greater degree of holiness is ascribed to the person who has struggled with sin and overcome it than to the person who never has been tempted.” One might see this as prescribing placing oneself, with whatever regularity, in situations of temptation to act as one should not, but thus to be offered the opportunity to experience that struggle, as well as the potential for growth through recovery from, and repentance for the act.

That is an overly generous and forgiving interpretation. I might presume to compare it to a discussion I often have with my B’nai Mitzvah students shortly before their big day. Many of them are fearful of the potential for mistakes. What do they do If they forget some of the trope, or sing the wrong accent, or even blackout for a moment. I suggest to them that this is natural, as are mistakes. I also occasionally make mistakes when reading and that is why I have the support of Gabaim to help me out on those occasions.

I relate to them a story of a student I worked with many years ago who was so committed and dedicated to diligently preparing everything perfectly to ensure that he would do so on the day of his celebration. I had given him the same pep talk on the chance that something happens and how we would manage such a situation, with my support. He assured me he would not require such help as he was fully ready for the day.

He came up to the Torah reading table that Shabbat morning, having taken on the reading of no small portion of the Parashah – I would love to say it was Parashat Tzav but, alas, no. He read the first 3 of 4 Aliyot at a perfect pace, with growing confidence, and beautifully. Somewhere in the middle of the final Aliyah, he mispronounced a word. I admit to hesitating for a moment about correcting him as I feared how he would cope with this unfamiliar and fully unexpected occurrence. I overcame that deliberation in a sufficiently timely manner, put out my hand, as I had indicated I would, and offered the corrected word with trope. He looked up at me with a surprised and anxious look on his face, not aware of having made that mistake. Always one to enjoy those silent moments and give someone the benefit of the doubt, I said nothing more. After what must have been an awkward pause of silence for the congregation – around 5 seconds – he looked back down at the Sefer Torah and flawlessly completed the Torah reading and Haftarah.

When I offered my charge to the Bar Mitzvah, I suggested to him that the best thing he may have done that day was to mispronounce that word in the Torah, because we can’t spend our lives excessively obsessed with avoiding mistakes but, rather, equip ourselves with the tools and supports to cope with those mistakes that will inevitably occur. His ability to acknowledge the error and move on, is a template for success.

The Torah provides us with what seems like an obsolete template for such in our lives as individuals and as members of community. We may have ways of responding to error and sin other than the Hattat and Asham offerings, but the process of recognizing, admitting, acknowledging, and responding to our errors and misdeeds, in a supportive environment is a magnificent lesson and probably as holy as it gets.

Shabbat Shalom,

Michael Rubin

We remember with reverence and love those for whom Yahrzeit will be observed this week.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31 | 21 ADAR II

Alex Eisen, Father of Marvin Eisen

Ralph Samuels, Uncle of Lynne Lurie

 

MONDAY, APRIL 1 | 22 ADAR II

Lila Ekstein, Mother of Robyn Ptasznik and Jeffrey Ekstein

Genja Merena, Mother of Mendel Kagan

Samuel Arnold Stenzler, Brother of Ruth Silver

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 | 23 ADAR II

Aaron Harry Agulnik, Uncle of Arnold Agulnik

Jerel Paskowitz, Husband of Sharon Paskowitz

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 | 24 ADAR II

Morris Cohen, Father of Ida Ellenberg

Philip Gosewitz, Husband of Annette Gosewitz

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 |25 ADAR II

Allen Bloom, Husband of Anna Bloom

William Freedman, Husband of Eunice Freedman

 

 FRIDAY, APRIL 5 | 26 ADAR II

Ruth Kates, Wife of Arthur Kates

Bertha Shore, Mother of Neil Shore

Weekday Sponsorships

The Monday, April 1st breakfast is sponsored by Sara & Terry Borer in honour of their children Nathan and Rebecca becoming B'nai Mitzvah
Your Time!  Your Way!  Learning for You!!

Weekly D’var Torah and resources from 
the Hadar Institute, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and 
My Jewish Learning (MJL)

 

Every week we will be posting links to Divrei Torah from the Hadar Institute in NY. You can read the commentary or listen to it (on Spotify).
As well, the JTS Torah online, its Torah portions and Hey-Alma links will also be available for you to read on your own time - in your own space.

This week's Tzav:

Hadar:

 

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/jeremiah-and-problem-religious-hypocrisy

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/no-leftovers

JTS: 

www.jtsa.edu/jts-torah-online

MJL:

www.myjewishlearning.com/torah-portions

www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/host/hey-alma

 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITES
 Click online here or contact Faye at 437-770-2302

Dedicate a Weekday Sim Shalom Prayer Book   $90
Shabbat morning Kiddush  $450 | Seudah Shlisheet  $350 | Weekday Breakfast $200
Saturday Evening Havdallah  $36 |  Weekday Morning Minyan  $54 | Kabbalat Shabbat  $100 
Shabbat Shalom newsletter  $100 | Events & Opportunities newsletter  $100
Shabbat morning Livestream Service  $100 | Clergy Classes $100 per session
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March 23, 2024

13 Adar II 5784

Shabbat Zahor

Erev Purim

This Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by
Karen Bernstein & Ian Hendry and Bill & Jodi Bernstein and Families in loving memory of their grandmother Gertrude Wellman
&
Barbara Swimmer and Lorne Swimmer in loving memory of their mother Zivian Swimmer and their grandfather Louis Swimmer

 

We Welcome Our Guest Darshan, 
Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell
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  מזל טוב  

 Mazal Tov to Arielle Mayer and Benjamin Khmelnitsky in honour of their aufruf for their upcoming marriage

&

Mazal Tov to Margot Sephora Simkevitz and her family on becoming Bat Mitzvah on Thursday, March 28

SHABBAT SERVICES 

March 22 & 23

Friday Kabbalat Shabbat.....6:00PM
Shabbat Morning Services....9:00AM
Minhah-Seudah.....7:00PM

🎭️ PURIM 🎭️

March 23

Ma'ariv-Havdallah-Megillah Reading....8:00PM

March 24

Sunday Morning Services-Megillah Reading-

Purim Seudah....8:30AM

MORNING WEEKDAY SERVICES

March 25 to 29

Monday to Thursday Mornings........7:30AM
Friday Morning......8:30AM (Statutory Holiday)

Shabbat & Weekday

 Morning Livestream Link

https://livemedia.biz/BethDavid.html

 
NO Weekday Evening Services at Beth David this week.
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Parashat Vayikra
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TORAH: Leviticus 3:1-4:26  (Etz Hayim p. 592)
MAFTIR: Deuteronomy 25:17-25:19 (Etz Hayim p. 1135)
HAFTARAH: I Samuel 15:2-34 (Etz Hayim p. 1280)
🕯🕯 Candlelighting: 7:15 PM
 Shabbat Ends: 8:16 PM 🕯
Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, March 22 at 6:00 pm
 

Shabbat Morning Saturday, March 23 at 9:00 am

This morning's kiddush is sponsored by Wendy Berman & Rony Mayer in honour of the wedding aufruf of Arielle and Benjamin

 

Shabbat Message from Cantor Loomer

Vayikra

When one commits a sin and watches an animal being slaughtered at the altar, he may wonder if this animal is could be considered a substitute for himself in atoning for their own sin.  With the animal’s blood pouring out , one might think, “Maybe that was meant for me!”  This gives one a real chance to contemplate the meaning of  doing teshuvah, to repent for his sin.  There are many examples throughout the history of civilizations that worshipped animals.  For example, the Egyptians worshipped sheep, the ancient people of Iraq worshipped goats.  We are commanded to destroy these idols and worship only one God.  The Israelites, on the other hand were permitted by God to use specific animals as korbanot (sacrifices) to atone for their sins or to bring offerings of gratitude.   The Zohar discusses the subject of Gilgulei Neshamot, “reincarnated souls.”  It is written that sometimes the soul returns to the physical world to correct past sins that were committed in its past life.  The souls of persons who have returned to this world to repair the damage that they did to their own soul while they resided in human form in this land of the living.  Sometimes they returned as sacrificial offerings in the Temple.  They return to the Almighty pure and satisfied once they are offered as sacrifices on the altar in the Temple. 

God gives man a chance to clear his/her conscience and their soul. This korban chatat, this sin offering was the chance for man to come close to God with a pure spirit.  God is the Creator of all things, inclusive of man and animal.  Only God can give man permission to offer animals.  These sacrifices are to be dedicated to God alone.  He gives permission to use only particular animals as a final cleansing of man’s mind and soul.  The sacrificial act in the Temple reminds us of when God commanded our forefather Avraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the altar and at the last minute, the angel told Avraham not to kill his son.  The Torah states that Avraham then found a ram and offered it as a sacrifice instead of his son Issac, in gratitude.  That place later became the site of the Temple.  Avraham demonstrated that we must be willing to sacrifice ourselves to fulfill God’s will.  Since the Temple is not in existence today, fasting is considered a form of sacrificing ourselves as a substitute for a sacrificial offering on the altar.  Another great way to show this gratitude to God is to give Tzedakah.  Tzedakah, meaning justice.  We live in a world where it is often dark and hard to find true justice.  By giving a little extra tzedakah, perhaps until it hurts a little, we can truly find meaning by helping others less fortunate than ourselves.  Tzedakah can bring light into our lives.  As we approach Purim, I am reminded of the words in the Meggilah, “Layehudim hayta orah v'simcha v'sason vicar”, the very same words that we say during Havdallah under the light of the candle.  Let there be light and joy, gladness and honour, for our people.  I wish all of you a Chag Purim Sameach, a happy Purim filled with light and joy.

Shabbat Shalom

Marshall Loomer

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We remember with reverence and love those for whom Yahrzeit will be observed this week.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 | 14 ADAR II

Arthur Grant, Brother of Alma Goodman

Annette Myerson, Aunt of Dianne Rubinoff

Joseph Rygier, Father-In-Law of Harold Stocker

Louis Swimmer, Grandfather of Barbara Swimmer

 

MONDAY, MARCH 25 | 15 ADAR II

Irvin Mark Mintz, Brother-in-law of Gilbert Levy

Samuel Richman, Father-In-Law of Evelyn Richman

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 | 16 ADAR II

Julius Rotin, Husband of Roslyn Rotin

Zivian Swimmer, Mother of Barbara Swimmer and Lorne Swimmer

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 | 17 ADAR II

Gertrude Wellman, Grandmother of Karen Bernstein

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 28 |18 ADAR II

Bennie Finkelstein, Father of Norman Finkelstein

Robert Sadavoy, Father of Lyle Sadavoy

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 | 19 ADAR II

Sam Garber, Father of Joe Garber

Tillie Ethel Halpern, Grandmother of Leonard Vanek

 

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Donations to the Purim Seudah have been made by:

Beth Feffer
Sorele Urman
Baila and Marvin Lubek
Ruth Shapiro
Ava Cross 
Howard & Dorothy Astroff
Maureen Ander 

Judy & Norm Silver 

 

 

 

 

Thank-you 🌷

Weekday Sponsorships

The Thursday, March 28th breakfast is sponsored by

Lihor Abraham & Steven Simkevitz in honour of their daughter

Margot Sephora becoming Bat Mitzvah

Your Time!  Your Way!  Learning for You!!

Weekly D’var Torah and resources from 
the Hadar Institute, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and 
My Jewish Learning (MJL)

 

Every week we will be posting links to Divrei Torah from the Hadar Institute in NY. You can read the commentary or listen to it (on Spotify).
As well, the JTS Torah online, its Torah portions and Hey-Alma links will also be available for you to read on your own time - in your own space.

This week's Vayikra:

Hadar:

 

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/fall-and-rise-great-leaders

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/blessing-ordinary

JTS: 

www.jtsa.edu/jts-torah-online

MJL:

www.myjewishlearning.com/torah-portions

www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/host/hey-alma

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITES
 Click online here or contact Faye at 437-770-2302

Dedicate a Weekday Sim Shalom Prayer Book   $90

Shabbat morning Kiddush  $450 | Seudah Shlisheet  $350 | Weekday Breakfast $200

Saturday Evening Havdallah  $36 |  Weekday Morning Minyan  $54 | Kabbalat Shabbat  $100 
Shabbat Shalom newsletter  $100 | Events & Opportunities newsletter  $100
Shabbat morning Livestream Service  $100 | Clergy Classes $100 per session

CONTACT THE SHUL
Please call the office at 416-633-5500 and listen to the instructions

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03/15/2024 09:10:01 AM

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03/08/2024 09:27:22 AM

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Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday March 10, 2024

CONTACT THE SHUL
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March 2, 2024

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This Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by
Karen Bernstein & Ian Hendry and Bill & Jodi Bernstein and Families in loving memory of their grandfather Max Bernstein
&
Greg & Jennifer Tugg in memory of Greg's father Ron Tugg
SHABBAT SERVICES 
March 1 & 2
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat.....5:30PM
Shabbat Morning Services....9:00AM
Minha-Seudah-Havdallah.....5:15PM
MORNING WEEKDAY SERVICES
March 3 to 8
Sunday Morning............8:30AM
Monday to Friday Mornings........7:30AM
Shabbat & Weekday
 Morning Livestream Link
https://livemedia.biz/BethDavid.html
 WEEKDAY EVENING SERVICES (Sunday-Thursday)
will NOT be taking place at Beth David this week. Adath Israel has kindly invited us to join their services. Please check the Adath Israel website for times.  Adath Israel Livestream: https://venue.streamspot.com/53b9e7c7
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Parashat Ki Tisa
TORAH: Exodus 31:18-33:11 (Etz Hayim p. 529)
HAFTARAH: I Kings 18:1-39  (Etz Hayim p. 548)
🕯🕯 Candlelighting: 5:48 PM
 Shabbat Ends: 6:50 PM 🕯
Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, March 1 at 5:30 pm
Shabbat Morning Saturday, March 2 at 9:00 am
Join us next week as we welcome Isaac Szpindel as our Guest Darshan.

Ki Tisa

Kibbutz Be’eri, in Israel’s Gaza Envelope, suffered enormous destruction on that darkest of days, known in Israel as the Black Shabbat, or simply, 7.10 (October 7th). Much of the kibbutz was destroyed, one hundred of its members horrifically murdered, and many captured as hostages. My visit to Kibbutz Be’eri this week, among other Southern Negev sites of destruction with my fellow members of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors, brought clarity to the reality that it will take Israel a very long time to recover from that most terrible of days.

An interesting feature of Kibbutz Be’eri is its major industry, one of the largest publishing houses in Israel and the entire middle east. D’fus Be’eri, Be’eri Printers, founded in 1950, produces virtually all of Israel’s banking documents, credit cards, government forms essential to the functioning of the country, among countless other printed documents. Of course, the pogrom of 7.10 brought its presses to a halt, but ten days later, they were again up and running.

This week’s parashah of Ki Tisa includes the Golden Calf episode, Moses’ smashing of the first set of tablets, and his receiving from God a second set, a reaffirmation of spiritual continuity following a communal tragedy. Representing the very first document created in our history, the Luhot, the tablets, foreshadowed a future when the written word would capture the hearts and minds of nation of Israel, the “people of the book.”

My visit this week to Be’eri, to the Nova Music Festival site where 364 mostly young people were massacred and 40 taken hostage, and to the town of S’derot, still devoid of inhabitants, having endured numerous casualties, was heartbreaking. The devastation and the stories of loss and depravity are gut-wrenching. But just as the printing presses of Be’eri have resumed production, families have gradually begun returning to their evacuated kibbutzim. Once again the resilience of Israel, the tenacity of her people, the courage of her soldiers and first responders, have become an antidote to despair in these very difficult times. But recovery will not truly begin until the remaining hostages will come home and the war will be successfully concluded. Until then and thereafter, Israel needs our love, our support, our advocacy.

Our parashah details the replacement of broken tablets with a new set, ready to take a troubled nation into a more hopeful future, symbolic of reconstruction and renewal of spirit that will take our beloved Israel into a better tomorrow

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Scheim
rabbischeim@bethdavid.com

We remember with reverence and love those for whom Yahrzeit will be observed this week.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 | 22 ADAR

Allan David, Father of Noreen Kasman

Bela Mogyoros, Father of Anita Szmuilowicz-Klotz

Betty Slobod, Mother of Annette Gosewitz

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 | 23 ADAR

Louis Altman, Husband of Esther Altman

Judah Balaban, Father of Max Balaban

Arthur Benjamin, Father of Gavin Benjamin

Abraham Rubin, Grandfather of David Rubin and Michael Rubin

 

MONDAY, MARCH 4 | 24 ADAR

Chaim Bernholtz, Husband of Jean Bernholtz and Father of Martin Bernholtz

Stephen Cohen, Brother of Gary Cohen

Sarah Hacker, Sister of Beatrice Weiss

Kay March, Mother of Marilyn Shupak

Faye Vanek, Mother of Leonard Vanek

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 | 25 ADAR

Morris Fuss, Uncle of Marvyn Lubek

Jerry Goldberg, Father of Maureen Morris

Ruth Gordon, Mother of Carl Gordon

Florence Rosen, Mother of Marlene Abella

Toby Sharpe, Mother of Lionel Sharpe

Lottie Shoub, Mother of Bernard Shoub

Frima Solomon, Grandmother of Barry Cutler

Dorothy Helen Sone, Mother of Marshall Sone

Isadore Weisblatt, Father of Janet Page and Helen Marks

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 | 26 ADAR

Philip Chasin, Father of Diane Zweig

Rita Ennis, Mother of Alan Ennis

Samuel Gilbert, Father-In-Law of Manya Gilbert

Haim Kapulkin, Father of Arie Kapulkin

Regina Kupets, Mother of Rachel Kupets

William Pruskin, Father-in-law of Nancy Pruskin and Grandfather of Zane Pruskin

Murray Shaw (Shogilev), Father of David Shaw

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 | 27 ADAR 

Rose Bockner, Mother of Donald Bockner

Morty Cohen, Father of Stephen Cohen

Harold Cooper, Father of Beverley Zacks

Hedwig Ekstein, Mother of Lewis Ekstein

Bessie Hacker, Grandmother of Steven Hacker

Sarah Levant, Aunt of Marla Levant-Bornstein

Isadore Maidenberg, Father of Bette-Lou Black

Abraham Picov, Father of Ken Picov and Steve Picov

Irvin Strathman, Brother of Helen Rose and Uncle of Elise Rose

Ronald Tugg, Father of Greg Tugg

Sydney Lawrence Wax, Father of Barbara Kochberg

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 | 28 ADAR

Anne Bowman, Mother of Glenn Bowman

Esther Sadavoy, Mother of Lyle Sadavoy

Mary Spiegelman, Grandmother of Jeffrey Spiegelman

Esther Trammer, Mother of Sandra Cayne

Minha-Seudah-Havdallah Saturday, March 2
 5:15 to 6:30pm
Weekday Breakfast Sponsors
Sunday, March 3
Gavin & Erin Benjamin in memory of Gavin's father Arthur Benjamin
 
Monday, March 4
Leonard Vanek & Arlene Lax in memory of Leonard's mother Faye Vanek
Weekday Minyan Sponsors
Monday, March 4 morning minyan
In memory of Chaim Bernholtz, always remembered with love by his wife Jean and his sons Marty, Jeff and Teddy
Your Time!  Your Way!  Learning for You!!
 
Weekly D’var Torah and resources from 
the Hadar Institute, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and 
My Jewish Learning (MJL)

 

Every week we will be posting links to Divrei Torah from the Hadar Institute in NY. You can read the commentary or listen to it (on Spotify).
As well, the JTS Torah online, its Torah portions and Hey-Alma links will also be available for you to read on your own time - in your own space.

This week's Parsha Ki Tisa:

Hadar:

 

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/ecstasy-and-constancy-dynamics-covenantal-commitment

https://hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/god-mishkan

JTS: 

www.jtsa.edu/jts-torah-online

MJL:

www.myjewishlearning.com/torah-portions

www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/host/hey-alma

If you have not yet secured your Megillah reading spot...

please be in touch with Michael Rubin or Faye Major ASAP!

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITES
 Click online here or contact Faye at 437-770-2302

Dedicate a Weekday Sim Shalom Prayer Book   $90

Shabbat morning Kiddush  $450 | Seudah Shlisheet  $350 | Weekday Breakfast $200

Saturday Evening Havdallah  $36 |  Weekday Morning Minyan  $54 | Friday Kabbalat Shabbat  $100 
Shabbat Shalom newsletter  $100 | Events & Opportunities newsletter  $100
Shabbat morning Livestream Service  $100 | Clergy Classes $100 for per session

 

CONTACT THE SHUL
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02/22/2024 02:42:39 PM

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The Shul office will be closed on Monday,  February 19 for Family Day.
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We Welcome Our Guest Darshan, 
Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell
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SHABBAT SERVICES 
February 16 & 17
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat.....5:15PM
Shabbat Morning Services....9:00AM
Minha-Seudah-Havdallah.....5:00PM
MORNING WEEKDAY SERVICES
February 18 - 23
Sunday & Monday* Mornings.........8:30AM
Tuesday to Friday Mornings........7:30AM
*Family Day
Shabbat & Weekday
 Morning Livestream Link
 WEEKDAY EVENING SERVICES (Sunday-Thursday)
will NOT be taking place at Beth David in February. Adath Israel has kindly invited us to join their services. Please check the Adath Israel website for times.  Adath Israel Livestream: https://venue.streamspot.com/53b9e7c7
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Parashat Terumah
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TORAH: Exodus 26:1-26:30  (Etz Hayim p. 491)
HAFTARAH: I Kings 5:26-6:13  (Etz Hayim p. 500)
🕯🕯 Candlelighting: 5:30 PM
 Shabbat Ends: 6:32 PM 🕯
Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, February 16 at 5:15 pm
Join us next week as we welcome:
Nitzan Basharti, our Shinshinit from 2021/2022 who 
will be joining us for services
&
Madeleine Sarick, our Guest Darshanit.  

Shabbat Message from Cantor Loomer

Terumah

Parashat Terumah teaches us about the construction of the holy Tabernacle and its vessels.

They shall make a Sanctuary for Me so that I may dwell among them.  Like everything that I show you, the form of the Tabernacle and the form of all its vessels; and so, shall you do. (Shemot 25:9)

Nachmanides known as Ramban and one of our most beloved and influential commentaries on the Torah suggest that these words are used to encourage cheerful readiness while building and constructing all the vessels of the Tabernacle.  

First you might ask what exactly is a Tabernacle and what is it used for?

The Tabernacle was constructed to serve as a place of worship while B'nei Yisrael were wanderers and traveling.  It needed to be portable so that they can move it wherever they travelled to across the desert.  God instructed Moshe to build it.  God stated that He would leave his presence with the children of Israel in the Tabernacle during the wandering period before the Temple was built.

Ramban (Nachmanides) is saying that there has to be zest, cheerfulness, great joy, exuberance and the want to build the Tabernacle.  

The Jewish People were working on the most important project in history, and this was going to serve as G-d's home on earth!!  The Tabernacle was a place for asking for forgiveness and having a spiritual connection with Hashem.  So, the question is, why does Ramban have to tell us how we should feel while building the Tabernacle?  Wouldn't the craftsman and builders want to give it their best efforts?

Ramban is teaching us the art of motivation here.  We may be eagerly wanting to accomplish this great task but sometimes we all hit the wall so to speak.  Day after day, working tirelessly, it is after all possible that any of us who work long hours every day will eventually burn out, get tired, perhaps be at a breaking point leading us to thinking about quitting.  So, G-d instructed Moshe to use the tool of getting others motivated to tap into our inner strengths to produce a "second wind" reaching a level never thought possible.  

All of us try to utilize our own talents given to us by G-d in order to accomplish great things. That thought alone is often enough to drive to do that little bit extra, especially when we think our gas tanks are about to run out.  We say words like "That's the best I can do".  But often we realize that it simply isn't true.  We all need a break and that's what Shabbat, a weekly gift from G-d is all about.   But, with excitement and energy and that second wind and inspiration knowing that we are utilizing talents as a gift given to us by G-d we can make just about anything become possible.

Shabbat Shalom

Marshall Loomer
cantor@bethdavid.com

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