October 13, 2014
19 Tishrei 5775
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Final Days of Sukkot
Lulav and Etrog 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 Simchat Torah
6:30 p.m.
Sanctuary
Friday, October 17th
9 a.m. Services, Sanctuary
Everyone will have an aliyah, with a special aliyah for all of the children.
UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES

hot cocoa2 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.
May Their Memories Be For a Blessing 

OCTOBER YAHRTZEITS

10/15/2014 (21 Tishrei)          

Fryda Lipowicz

10/16/2014 (22 Tishrei)          

Oscar Altshuler

10/17/2014 (23 Tishrei)          

Evelyn Gruber

10/18/2014 (24 Tishrei)          

Betty Segal

10/21/2014 (27 Tishrei)          

Rae Jacobson

Barbara Keila

Sidney S. Stark

10/22/2014 (28 Tishrei)          

Carl Cohen

Rachel Goodman, 

Allan B. Rimar

Harold Ruskin, 

Rosann Toby

10/23/2014 (29 Tishrei)          

Milt Fishman

10/24/2014 (30 Tishrei)          

Isaac Knoppow

Anna Murray

10/25/2014 (1 Heshvan)          

Alfred Benkoff

Aaron Soverinsky

10/26/2014 (2 Heshvan)          

Sam Thomas Balkin
Edith Rosenberg

10/27/2014 (3 Heshvan)          

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

 

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5085 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, Michigan  48323
248-432-2729
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 Rabbi Jason Rubenstein
evening following Shabbat Dinner and Saturday afternoon following Kiddush 
Lunch.  There will also be an informal gathering with Rabbi Rubenstein on Saturday evening after Shabbat. Click here for Shabbat Dinner Reservation Form.  
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.

 

click here to continue reading 

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.
Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake

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

      Jewish Wedding

OCTOBER

ANNIVERSARIES 

13  Howard & Karen Rosenberg

14  Arnie & Cheryl Berlin

22  Warren & Sandy Lada

29  Ehud & Debi Kapen

To make a donation in honor of someone's birthday or anniversary, please click here.

If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
 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.

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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.

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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