Tishrei 20, 5780 /
October 18-19, 2019
Shabbat Chol Hamo'ed Sukkot Torah: Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Maftir: Numbers 29:26-31
Haftarah: Ezekiel
38:18 - 39:16
Book of
Ecclesiastes
22 Tishrei /
October 21
Sh’mini Atzeret
Torah: Deuteronomy
14:22 – 16:17
Maftir: Numbers
29:35 – 30:1
Haftarah: 1 Kings
8:54-66
23 Tishrei /
October 22
Simchat Torah
Torah: Deuteronomy
33:1 – 34:12; Genesis 1:1 – 2:3
Maftir: Numbers
29:35 – 30:1
Haftarah: Joshua
1:1-18
IMPORTANT
NOTE ON SERVICE TIME:
This Monday,
October 21, our Simchat Torah Celebration/Service will be at 6:30 pm.
Please join us for songs, dancing with our Sifrei Torah, a Torah scroll
roll-out, and of course, some treats.
Dedications and Calendar of Events follow. For more information about our community, visit:
Some excellent
on-line resources are available for Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah at:
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pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
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WHAT EXACTLY ARE SUKKOT?
We read this past Monday and Tuesday, on the first days of Sukkot:
"So that your generations will know that I caused the Children of
Israel to dwell in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am
the Lord your God." Leviticus 23:43
There is an interesting dispute among the Rabbis concerning the nature of
the sukkot in which our ancestors dwelt. In the Talmud (Sukkah 11b),
Rabbi Eliezer says the sukkot were "the clouds of glory" (ananei
hakavod) that surrounded the Jews in the desert. But Rabbi Akiva says,
"They built for themselves actual booths" (sukkot mamash). One
might understand from Rabbi Eliezer that the Shekhinah, the Divine Presence,
surrounded them in the desert - that is something truly spectacular! Rabbi
Akiva is a realist - they lived in flimsy structures, just like we build today.
What makes the discussion more interesting is that in the midrashic
text Mekhilta D'Rebbi Ishmael (Pischa 14), Rabbi
Eliezer says they were actual booths and Rabbi Akiva says they were clouds
of glory! Which text is correct and which rabbi is correct?
The answer is - they all are! Sukkot are physical and metaphysical. It
comes to teach us that when we spend a week fulfilling the mitzvah of residing
in a flimsy hut, we surround ourselves with the Shekhinah. Spend some time in a
sukkah, and get your head in the clouds!
BTW, whether or not you have been in a sukkah this year, you are invited to
“Pizza in the Hut” (also pasta!) at B’nai Hayim this Friday evening. We will
also be celebrating October birthdays, anniversaries, and other simchahs.
Reservations are required, and there is a charge. Please let the TBH/CBM office
know if you are attending by 1:00 pm Thursday, to make sure we have enough
pizza!
We’ll see you here!
May we all dwell in sukkot shalom – shelters of peace.
Chag Sukkot Sameach! Shabbat Shalom! Sh’mini Atzeret Sameach! Simchat Torah
Sameach!
Rabbi
Richard A. Flom
Temple
B'nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier
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הַלּוֹמֵד
מִכָּל אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם
Who
is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben
Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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Candle
lighting:
Friday: 5:57
pm
Sunday: 5:55
pm
Monday: 6:53
pm
Friday: Simchah Shabbat Evening
Service – 6:30 pm. Sukkot Dinner – Pizza in the Hut –
7:15 pm. Join us for our first Simchah Shabbat (third Friday
every month) celebrating all the birthdays, anniversaries, and other simchahs
of the month. Reservations a must! $15/adult - $10/ 6-12 – 5 and under/ no
charge. Please call the office ASAP to reserve your spot!
Saturday: Torah study/breakfast -
8:45 am in the sukkah. Chol Hamo’ed Shabbat Morning
Service – 9:30 am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: Religious
School – 9:30 am.
Monday: Sh’mini Atzeret
Morning Service, including Yizkor – 9:30 am. Light kiddush lunch follows.
Monday: Simchat Torah Evening
Celebration/Service – 6:30 pm. Light refreshments follow.
Tuesday: Simchat Torah
Morning Service – 9:30 am. Light kiddush lunch follows. NO Lunch
and Learn – resumes October 29.
Friday,
October 25: Shabbat
Evening Service – 6:30 pm. Light Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday,
October 26: Torah
study/breakfast - 8:45 am. Shabbat Morning Service –
9:30 am. Religious School Junior Congregation: 10:00 am. Kiddush
lunch follows.
Sunday,
October 27: Religious
School – 9:30 am.
Next
time you come to TBH/CBM, please bring some non-perishable canned and packaged
foods and personal items (no glass) for SOVA.
This
d’var torah is offered for a refuah shleimah for Leah bat Sarah
Imanu, Sarah bat Devorah, Susan Arbetman, Ken Bitticks, Elsbet Brosky, Mark
Brownstein, Jerry Daniels, Maya Fersht (Maya bat Esther), Dr. Samuel Fersht
(Shmuel Natan ben Gittel), Annabelle Flom (Channah Bella bat Kreina), Bernard
Garvin, Leah Granat, Gabor Klein, Philip Kronzek, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah
bat Sarah Imanu), Stuart Lytton, David Marks, Sandra Raab, David Russak, Josef
Sands, Shirley Sands, Debra Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), Helen
Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat Kreina), and William Sragow.
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