Kislev 30, 5780 / December 27-28, 2019
Torah: Genesis 41:1 - 44:17 (Aliyot 1-6)
Shabbat Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:9-15 (Aliyah 7)
Maftir: Numbers 7:42-47 (Shabbat Hanukkah)
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7 (Shabbat Hanukkah)
COMING SOON: NEW ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT TBH/CBM!
Starting January 12, 2020, we'll have two Sunday morning
classes:
1. "(Re) Introduction to Judaism", with Rabbi
Richard Flom - Sundays at 9:30 am. This is a wonderful opportunity to
learn or relearn everything they should have taught you in Hebrew School -
and a whole lot more! This is equally useful for people considering conversion
to Judaism. Cost: $180 for non-members, complimentary for members of TBH/CBM
2. "History of Israel and the Middle East",
with David Silon - Sundays at 11:00 am.
Class schedules, curricula, and reading lists will be
available on-line and in snail mail the first week of January.
Dedications and calendar follow below. For complete listings, see our web site
at:
http://www.bnaihayim.com
Please feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please
cite the source.
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NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
"Now let Pharaoh seek out a discerning and wise man and set him over the
land of Egypt ." Gen. 41:33
Rabbi Shalom Schwadron asks this question: Why was a "discerning and wise
man" needed to oversee the collection of provisions during the seven years
of plenty?
He suggests that gathering and saving food during a time
of abundance in preparation for a famine in the future requires true wisdom and
understanding, because it is against human nature. He quotes the Talmud
(Tamid 32a): "Who is wise? One who has foresight." What is more,
Joseph had to convince Pharaoh and the entire Egyptian nation to share in this
foresight, which required even further wisdom on his part.
In our own lives, we often look back at missed opportunities. For example,
when our children are young, we have many chances for teaching them about our
heritage. There are Shabbat and Holy Day observances, religious school
education, and what the educators call "teaching moments" which can
arise at any time. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. It's
true that Shabbat comes every week, and the festivals come annually, but _this_
Shabbat and _this_ religious school class will never come again.
As we and our children grow older, the missed
opportunities begin to pile up. Work, school, activities and the like
begin to take over, and the religious and spiritual education begins to take a
back seat. At some point, we look back and tell ourselves that we know too
little and that it is too late to get the education. We begin to wonder
why our children know so little, and do not practice the religion of our
ancestors.
Of course, it's never too late to learn! Nevertheless, we need to bank
learning and practice now, for the famine of opportunity which we know will
come. The difference between us and Joseph is that he knew exactly when
the famine would begin. We are not that wise. But we are wise enough
to know that there is no time like the present to begin to add to our stores of
knowledge and observance. In doing so, we avoid spiritual starvation in
the lean years to come.
Chag Urim Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Richard A. Flom
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: 4:30 pm
Friday: Shabbat Evening Service – 6:30 pm. Oneg
Shabbat follows.
Saturday: NO Torah study/breakfast –
resume January 4. Women's Rosh Chodesh Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30
am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: NO Religious School – resume
January 5.
Tuesday: NO Lunch and Learn – resume January 7.
Wednesday: Happy New Year!
Friday, January 3: Shabbat Evening Service –
6:30 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday, January 4: Torah study/breakfast 8:45
am. Shabbat Morning Service – 9:30 am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday, January 5: 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 in honor of my wonderful wife
and life partner, Lynn Kronzek, on the occasion of our 39th wedding
anniversary on December 28. Thank you, my dear, for everything!
This d’var torah is offered in honor of the women of
Temple B’nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier for their dedication to our
community and for their leadership in preparing the Women’s Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
Service.
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), Bernard Garvin, Leah Granat, Gabor
Klein, Elaine Kleiger, Philip Kronzek, Tonya Kronzek (Zlata Malkah bat Sarah
Imanu), Ina Labowitz, Stuart Lytton, David Marks, Gail Neiman, Sandra Raab, Josef
Sands, Shirley Sands, Debra Schugar Strauss (Devorah bat Chaya Feiga), Helen
Schugar (Chaya Feiga bat Kreina), and William Sragow.
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.
