Parashat Vayetze
7 Kislev 5778 – 24-25
November 2017
Torah: Genesis 28:10
- 32:3
Haftarah: Hosea 12:13 - 14:10 (Ashkenazim); Hosea 11:7 - 14:10 (Sephardim)
Haftarah: Hosea 12:13 - 14:10 (Ashkenazim); Hosea 11:7 - 14:10 (Sephardim)
Calendar and
dedications follow below. For more information about our community, check out
our web site at: www.bnaihayim.com
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GIVING THANKS
"She conceived again and bore a son, and said, 'This time I will thank (odeh) the Lord.' Therefore she named him Yehudah (Judah) ..." Genesis 29:35
We Jews are called in Hebrew "Yehudim", i.e., the descendants of Judah. But it literally means that we are "the ones who give thanks".
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GIVING THANKS
"She conceived again and bore a son, and said, 'This time I will thank (odeh) the Lord.' Therefore she named him Yehudah (Judah) ..." Genesis 29:35
We Jews are called in Hebrew "Yehudim", i.e., the descendants of Judah. But it literally means that we are "the ones who give thanks".
On this Thanksgiving
Day, and every day, Jew or not, we should give thanks for our families, our
friends, our communities and our lives. We should give thanks that we are
fortunate enough to live in a country founded on the Torah principles of
justice and freedom, where we are free to practice our faith. We should
give thanks - and mean it!
Thanksgiving Day
derives from the harvest holiday of Sukkot. At your Thanksgiving table
this week, you might wish to recite Psalm 100 (Mizmor L'Todah, A Psalm of
Thanksgiving) or any of the psalms that are typically recited during Hallel
(the Service of Praise sung at Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot and Rosh
Chodesh). Or download and read one of the following resources from the
Rabbinical Assembly:
A reading based on
Psalm 92, by Rabbi Debra Cantor: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/assets/public/jewish-law/holidays/tgiving/tov-l-hodot-ladonai.pdf
Torah and Talmud study sheets, prepared by Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg:
A Prayer for the
Thanksgiving Feast, by Rabbi Naomi Levy
Our Rabbis taught:
know before Whom you stand. In a similar vein, know to Whom you should
give thanks.
Yom L'Todah Sameach - Shabbat Shalom U'Vrakhah!
Happy Thanksgiving! Have a Shabbat of Peace and Blessing!
Yom L'Todah Sameach - Shabbat Shalom U'Vrakhah!
Happy Thanksgiving! Have a Shabbat of Peace and Blessing!
Rabbi Richard A.
Flom
Blogging at: http://rav-rich.blogspot.com/
Visit me on Facebook
Twitter: @DrahcirMolf
"שתיקה כהודאה
דמיא"
"Silence in the face of wrongdoing is consent.”
BT Yevamot 88a
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CALENDAR
Candle lighting: 4:27 pm
Thursday -
Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday – Shabbat
Evening Service at 7:30 pm, followed by Oneg Shabbat.
Saturday – NO Breakfast and Torah study this
Shabbat. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am. Kiddush follows.
Sunday –
NO Religious School or Adult
Learning this Sunday.
Tuesday – NO Lunch and Learn – movers delivering
Beth Meier items.
Friday, December 1 –
Shabbat Evening Service at 7:30 pm, followed by Oneg Shabbat.
Saturday, December 2 – Breakfast
and Torah study - 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am.
Kiddush luncheon follows.
Sunday, December 3 –Religious
School – 9:30 am. Adult Hebrew – 10:00 am.
Sunday, December 10 - Game Day (sorry kids, adults only) - 11:00 am -3:00 pm. Contact Gina Seeman for details and reservations - cost $15 - including delicious lunch
Sunday, December 10 - Game Day (sorry kids, adults only) - 11:00 am -3:00 pm. Contact Gina Seeman for details and reservations - cost $15 - including delicious lunch
TBH Religious School and TBH
Pre-school have open enrollment. Enroll your children now! Contact the TBH
office for information.
And be sure to tell your neighbors, friends,
and relatives about our warm and welcoming community and our programs!
We are looking for volunteers for
services: chant Torah or Haftarah, daven, lead English readings, and have
aliyot and other Torah/bimah honors. Contact Rabbi Flom by e-mail for details
and to sign up!
This d'var torah is offered in honor of my
sister, Lorrie Flom Goodman, whose birthday falls on Wednesday, November 29.
Yom huledet sameach! Ad meah v’esrim!
This d'var torah is offered in honor of our
son, Robert Flom, whose birthday falls on Friday, December 1. Yom huledet
sameach! Ad meah v’esrim!
This d'var torah is offered for a refuah
shleimah for Avi Shmuel Yosef Hakohen ben Bella, Ze’ev ben Adeline,
HaRav Chana Rivka bat Doronit, Yaakov Rani Ben Margalit, Eilite
bat Miryam, HaRav Tzvi Hersh ben Frimet, Sarah bat Devorah, Hiroe
Andriola, Susan Arbetman, Stuart Barth, Ken Bitticks, Jerry Daniels, Maya
Fersht (Maya bat Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht (Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Leonard
Foint (Eliezer Moshe ben Esther), Jerry Forman, Bernard Garvin, Myra Goodman,
Leah Granat, Simon Hartmann, Brandon Joseph, Philip Kovac, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata
Malkah bat Sarah Emanu), Lyndia Lowy (Leah bat Sarah), David Marks, Debra
Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), Helen Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat
Kreina), Jonathan Woolf, and Meagan Yudell.
Please let me know if there is anyone you would
like to add to this list or if there is anyone who may be removed from this
list.
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