
Final Days of Sukkot
 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings
October 13th, 14th and 15th
7 a.m. Morning Minyan, Chapel
Evening Minyan time will remain the same, 6 p.m., Chapel
Erev Shemini Atzeret
Wednesday, October 15th, 6 p.m., Chapel
Shemini Atzeret
Thursday, October 16th
9 a.m. Services, Sanctuary
The Yizkor Service will be part of morning services.
Simhat Torah
Thursday evening, October 16th 
Friday, October 17th
9 a.m. Services, Sanctuary
Everyone will have an aliyah, with a special aliyah for all of the children.
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UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
D'var Torah Cocoa Cafe (8-12 graders) and Shabbat Children's Workshop (ages 7-12) have returned!
Future dates: 10/18, 11/8, 12/76, 1/10, 2/7, 3/7, 4/11, 5/9 PLEASE WATCH THE WEEKLY SHABBAT BULLETIN FOR DETAILS.
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
OCTOBER YAHRTZEITS
Fryda Lipowicz
Oscar Altshuler
Evelyn Gruber
Betty Segal
Rae Jacobson
Barbara Keila
Sidney S. Stark
Carl Cohen
Rachel Goodman,
Allan B. Rimar
Harold Ruskin,
Rosann Toby
Milt Fishman
Isaac Knoppow
Anna Murray
Alfred Benkoff
Aaron Soverinsky
10/26/2014 (2 Heshvan)
Sam Thomas Balkin
Edith Rosenberg
Renee Rochlin
10/28/2014 (4 Heshvan)
Mr. George Kohn
10/29/2014 (5 Heshvan)
Harry Handler
10/30/2014 (6 Heshvan)
Marilyn Breitman
10/31/2014 (7 Heshvan)
Martha Faxstein
Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.
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THERE IS A TKA BAR MITZVAH THIS SHABBAT. SHUTTLE PARKING FROM PRINCE OF PEACE.
SHABBAT SHALOM 
SHABBAT BEREISHEET
Friday, October 17th
6 p.m. Services, Chapel
Saturday, October 18th
9 a.m. Services, CHAPEL
10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room
11 a.m., Lower Level, children's workshop (ages 7-12)
10:30 a.m. Reflections on the Siddur with Dr. Mitch Parker, lower level
Kiddush is sponsored by the Kiddush Lunch Fund.
OCTOBER 24th-25th
SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE WEEKEND
with Rabbi Jason Rubenstein
Rabbi Rubenstein will teach on Friday 
evening following Shabbat Dinner and Saturday afternoon following Kiddush
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SHABBAT BEREISHEET
The Complexity of Creation
Rabbi Jonathan Glass
The Torah gives us a day-by-day account, describing how God, in His omnipotence, benevolently brought forth all that we know--light and darkness, dry land and sea, trees and plants, stars and planets, animal and man.
The text reads so simply and orderly that one is tempted to skim through it to get to the "meat" of the parashah--the story of Adam and Eve. The story of Creation remains an introduction, one that poses little difficulty for believers.
But Rashi, the great commentator, does not see it that way. He says that the opening sequence cries out for interpretation. It cannot be that these verses are telling us about the chronology of Creation, he writes, for the Torah's second verse tells of God's Presence "hovering on the face of the water," before any account of God's creating water is given.
Rashi therefore does not subscribe to the popular translation of the opening verse of the Torah, "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth." Instead, he renders the words to leave open the possibility that water was created prior to heaven and earth.
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ADULT EDUCATION
Shabbat morning study with Dr. Mitch Parker: "Reflections on the Siddur: Hallel, Birkat Hamazon and Beyond."
10:30-11:15 a.m. Future dates: 10/18, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6, 12/20, 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, 3/21, 4/11, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23.
Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Jason Rubenstein
October 24th and 25th
Rabbi Rubenstein returns this fall to once again be our teacher. He will speak Shabbat Dinner and again on Shabbat morning following lunch. Watch your e-mails for details . Click here for Shabbat Dinner Reservation form.
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Mazel Tov

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
15 Erin Graub
16 C. Michael Graub
16 Roxane Newhouse
16 Jordan Weiss
17 Lenny Jacobson
18 Steve Kaufman
19 Kenneth Brown
19 Ruth Kozlowski
20 Adam Marcotte
21 Annie Jacobson
23 Jerome Beale
23 Carrie Roth
24 Steven Dines
25 Ruby Robinson
29 Libby Beider
29 Adina Robbins
30 Jeremy Baruch
30 Philip Epstein
31 Benjamin Chudnow
31 Yael Duer
If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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Tzedakah Opportunity
SHOES TO SHARE, NCJW 10/6-10/20 NCJW is collecting shoes for their annual shoe drive. Shoes collected will be donated to those in need through social service agencies in Oakland County. There is a collection box in the TKA/BI lobby. Click here to view the flyer.
THANK YOU/Todah Rabbah for your Yom Kippur food donations. B'nai Israel Synagogue donated 78 pounds of food to Yad Ezra. Thank you to Sheila and Marty Kurland for their assistance collecting and delivering the food.
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Caring Community Information
Refuah Sh'leimah/Wishing a Speedy Recovery.
Please e-mail Michael Golob or call the synagogue: 248-432-2729 to add a name to our communal mishebeirach list.
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