Condolences
To Rita Goldstone on the death this past week of her sister, Evelyn Grodman.
To Robert (Robyn) Canvasser on the death of Robert's aunt, Beverly Canvasser.
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PARSHAT B'HAALOTECHA
Rabbi Avraham Fischer
"How the Trouble Began"
The Israelites trouble and indeed our troubles begin when we turn away from God.
In the aftermath of a national calamity, we try to reconstruct the events that led to the tragedy. We try to locate the turning point, in the belief that there was a precise moment at which, had we been aware, we might have prevented the catastrophe.
To be sure, the Children of Israel were sentenced to die in the desert because of the sin of the scouts
. However, the first signs of dissolution emerge in B'ha'alotkha.The verses, "And it was, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, 'Rise up, Hashem, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let them that hate You flee before You.' And when it rested, he said, 'Return Hashem to the myriads and thousands of Israel.'" are set off with two inverted letters-n'oon to mark the end of the idyllic condition described at the beginning of the book of Bamidbar (ch. 1-10)-the order, purposefulness and unity-and the onset of deterioration:
And the people were as complainers of evil in the ears of Hashem, and Hashem heard and His anger was kindled; and a fire of Hashem burned within them and it consumed at the edge of the camp (11:1).
These are the troubles that culminated in the sin of the Scouts.
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
JUNE YAHRTZEITS
6/1/2015 (14 Sivan)
Irene Belsky, Victoria Esther Seigerman
6/3/2015 (16 Sivan)
Harriet (Sivia) Band
6/6/2015 (19 Sivan)
Mr. Sidney Silverman, Ethel Toby
6/7/2015 (20 Sivan)
Alex Harris
6/9/2015 (22 Sivan)
Harold Foster
6/12/2015 (25 Sivan)
Arlene Foster
Joseph Gartenbersg
6/13/2015 (26 Sivan)
Evelyn Wolock Eisman, Deborah Phyllis Vernick
6/14/2015 (27 Sivan)
Samuel Klein
6/15/2015 (28 Sivan)
Irving Koren
6/17/2015 (30 Sivan)
Milton Schloss
6/19/2015 (2 Tammuz)
Rose Arbit Magy
6/20/2015 (3 Tammuz)
Arlene Gorbaty, Judy Rogoff, Alvin Winkelman
6/21/2015 (4 Tammuz)
Edward Feibus, Donald Lewis, Florence Sklar
6/22/2015 (5 Tammuz)
Joseph Jacobson, James Pappas
6/23/2015 (6 Tammuz)
Fival Ginsburg
6/25/2015 (8 Tammuz)
Betty Schwartz
6/27/2015 (10 Tammuz)
Jacob Kurland
6/28/2015 (11 Tammuz)
Harry Baer
6/30/2015 (13 Tammuz)
Beverly Weingarden
To make a donation to commemorate a yahrtzeit, please click here. If you are a member of the synagogue and a yahrtzeit for your loved one is not on the list, please contact the synagogue office so we can update our records.
Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.
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SHABBAT SHALOM!
SHABBAT B'HAALOTECHA
Friday, June 5th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, June 6th
9 a.m., Sanctuary
Emilie Weingarden will become a bat mitzvah. Emilie is the daughter of Meredith and Adam Weingarden and sister of Noah. Emilie is also the granddaughter of Judith Holtz, Albert and Debra Holtz, Donna Weingarden, Nancy Precour (z"l), and Stanley Weingarden (z"l).
Aufruf of Daniel Kuhn and Juliet Feldman. Daniel is the son of Mark and Loraine Kuhn. Juliet is the daughter of Irene and David Feldman
10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by Emilie's grandparents: Judith Holtz, Albert and Debra Holtz.
If you would like to be part of a Kiddush Lunch Bunch group, please e-mail Mindy Shuback. Donations to the Kiddush Lunch Fund can also be made directly to the synagogue.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND PACK YOUR PICNIC BASKET
FOR SHABBAT IN THE PARK 2015: JUNE 12, JULY 10TH AND AUGUST 14TH. BLOOMER PARK, 6 P.M. ALL ARE WELCOME!
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UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Formal youth activities will resume in the fall.
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.
TKA/BI JOINT OPPORTUNITIES
TKA Summer Send Off Bingo
Wednesday, June 17th, 6:30-8:30, TKA Social Hall
TKA Rummage Sale
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Saturday Night Learning, June 6th, at the home of Cheryl and Mitch Parker.
Volunteers will lead a text based discussion each week on the topic of his/her choosing. The evening will close with Maariv and Havdalah. Everyone is welcome! Subjects are self-contained, so you can join any week you would like and not worry about "missing out" on material from the previous week.
SUMMER LOVING
Great Love Stories of the Tanach
Dates: Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27. August 3, 10
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Cost: $90
Place: TBA
Instructor: Mitch Parker
Begin your Mondays with a morning study of the love stories that are an integral parts of the Tanach. Learn the truth about the romances of Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel, Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba. Spend a few summer hours immersed in the verses of one of the greatest love poems of all times, The Song of Songs, Shir Hashirim.
If you are interested in enrolling or would like more information, please contact Mitch: [email protected].
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Mazel Tov
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
4 Sidney Kaye
5 Naomi Lupovitch
5 Joshua Saperstein
7 Melanie Soverinsky
9 Sarah Baruch
9 Robert Breitman
9 Lowell Schmeltz
12 Laura Berger
13 Bess Glazier
14 Phillip Litt
14 Cecily Myers
14 Marla Schloss
16 Ilana Glazier
18 Rami Berger
18 Benny Berger
20 Davida Robinson
21 Carol Golob
21 Marni Jacobson
24 Jessica Singer
25 Max Feber
26 Herb Lantor
26 Karen Rosenberg
28 Madeline Kaufman
28 Raymond Silverman
28 Ruth Webber
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
10 Murray & Linda Baruch
10 Mark & Ruth Webber
12 Dan & Miry Serlin
13 Andy & Libby Beider
13 Rabbi Mark & Amy Robbins
15 Howard & Sharon Friedman
20 John Marcotte & Vicki Freedman
21 Phillip & Cheryl Litt
22 Steve & Joan Freedman
22 Leonard & Sharon Rosen
24 Belmont & Gertrude Kershenbaum
25 Lowell Schmeltz & Ilana Glazier
26 Ron & Sharon Gadoth-Goodman
27 Ken & Shula Brown
27 Lenny & Robin Jacobson
28 Robert & Laurie Kimmel
28 Noel & Judy Lawson
29 Mark & Loraine Kuhn
30 Alan and Barbara Funk
If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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