tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20666875650380574822024-03-12T19:12:42.019-07:00Rabbi Michael's musingsRabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-73822808456333977542015-03-20T08:30:00.002-07:002015-03-20T08:30:46.773-07:00from Israeli Elections to Jews of China<div data-mce-style="margin: 0px;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-51260165952652844822015-02-26T13:44:00.001-08:002015-02-26T13:44:39.945-08:00Honoring Staff to Celebrating Purim<div data-mce-style="margin: 0px;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">*Tomorrow, Friday February 27<sup>th</sup>, 6:30 p.m</span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">. <i><strong>Kabbalat Shabbat</strong> </i>(6 pm Happy Hour). We will be <strong>honoring and thanking Sarah Baker Andrus</strong> for her exemplary service to our synagogue as interim Executive Director. Sarah will be sharing lessons learned on the job in her drash, <b>The Ner Tamid: Preserving our Inner Light</b>. Please join us for a celebratory dessert <i>oneg</i> following services.</span></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">*Saturday, February 28<sup>th</sup>, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat services</span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">. My dvar Torah will be <i>Parshat Tetzaveh: </i>Serving as an Example. I will be working in last week’s showing of <i>Downton Abbey</i>, where Lady Rose marries the nice Jewish boy, Ephraim Atticus Aldridge. I am especially interested in exploring the portrayal of Atticus’ father, Lord Sinderby. Please check out this website for more Downton Abbey-Interfaith commentary http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Downton_Abbey_Portrays_Reality_Interfaith_Relationships.shtml?</span></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">*Wednesday, March 4, 5 p.m. Veggie Dairy Purim</span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Seudah Potluck in Lower Level. <b>6:30 p.m. Purim Celebration </b>with a Taste of <i>Megillah</i> reading, followed by <i>Purim Shpeil, “Cinder Esther,” </i>costume parade, and mixed drinks for the adults.</span></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-40723923184570492822015-02-19T14:36:00.003-08:002015-02-19T14:36:30.272-08:00From Future Jewish Leaders to the Shabbatones<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">* Tomorrow, Friday morning, 7:30 a.m., @ CBS.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> The 5th grade of the Albert Einstein Academy
(the finest Jewish day school in the Brandywine Valley), is braving the cold to
chant Torah at the Morning Minyan, and is helping provide goodies for a
celebratory breakfast, as we celebrate Rosh Hodesh Adar. This is the
beginning of a new AEA effort to more deeply serve the surrounding Jewish
community. It is important that as many CBS congregants as possible
attend services to encourage these young Jewish leaders (one being my own 10
year old Shira -- she came as a new-born to CBS, and now she is chanting Torah
for you).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">*<b>Tomorrow, Friday, 6:30 p.m., <i>Kabbalat
Shabbat</i></b><i>, </i>(6 pm Happy
Hour). Drash: <b>Rosh Hodesh: Celebrating Women in the Parashat Hashevuah – And Beyond!</b>
This Shabbat from the lighting of Shabbat candles through <i>Birkat Ha Mazon</i> for Sisterhood Shabbat, we will be celebrating the
role of women in Judaism and at CBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">*Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Sisterhood Shabbat services</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">. The
talented ladies of CBS will be leading every aspect of Shabbat services. <b>Guest <i>darshanit: </i>Lior Ron, <i>Shelicha</i>. </b>Her topics: <b>Changing Role of Women in ISRAEL. </b>Kiddush lunch prepared by the Men’s
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">-Lay-led Torah study. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">20 minutes after<b> </b><i>Motzi, </i>Torah study
participants will be invited to regroup in the Chapel for one hour of Torah
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great music, great learning, wonderful Jewish women, and Shabbat joy!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shabbat shalom!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rabbi Michael<o:p></o:p></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-18493320508403947842015-02-12T17:58:00.000-08:002015-02-12T17:58:05.103-08:00Music, Love and Learning<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Dear <i><u>H</u>averim</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> *Tomorrow, Friday, February 13, 7:30 p.m.,
Shabbat Koleynu.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> Please join us for this special service at a
special time. Featured will be a
three-piece jazz combo, accompanying Cantor Elisa in wonderful melodies, for
the entire family to enjoy, including a special rendition of the Ladino
favorite, <i>Ein Keloheynu</i>. We are indebted to the Kraft Education
Committee for their support of this program.
Please bring new comers as well as those who normally do not attend
Shabbat service – this service they are going to WANT to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*Saturday, February 14, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat
Services</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">. Special Darshanit Cantor Elisa. Her topic<b>: LOVE and LITURGY</b>. They together like a horse and carriage
(sorry, that’s Love and Marriage). At
any rate, what a treat to learn with Cantor Elisa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">During Kiddush lunch</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">, the learning continues, when <b>Michele Weiner will facilitate a lay-led
Torah study</b> at a specially designated table, designed to allow all-comers
to participate equally, with Michele moderating the group around key points she
hopes to explore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Please join us for
love and learning this Shabbat at Congregation Beth Shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Rabbi Michael<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-33821893225914029382015-01-08T17:42:00.002-08:002015-01-08T17:42:28.326-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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</span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Tomorrow, Friday, January 9, <u>8 p.m</u>. Shabbat service (note later
start time). </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Our
guest darshan is Hirohiko Kizula. He will share the history of the Japanese “Raoul
Wallenberg,” diplomat Shiume Sugihara, who helped Jews living in Lithuania flee
the Nazis in the early days of WWII. I
would like to make a special request that our upper school Hebrew School
parents (<i>Vav, Kehilla, Confirmation</i>)
bring their children to this program. It
is a MUST!</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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</span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday, January 10<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">8:45 a.m. – Lay led Torah study</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> (I
hope to make a cameo and share some nuggets I gleaned at my rabbinic retreat).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">9:45 a.m. – Shabbat services. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">I
will be sharing a sermon I heard from one of my RTI (Rabbinic Training
Institute faculty members), Dr. Mona Fishbane, titled </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“Cultivating Compassion and Connection.” </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Dr.
Fishbane is the Director of Couple Therapy Program at the Chicago Center for
Family Health. She applies psychotherapy
and brain research to the Torah portion in very original ways.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Note: I will be implementing a
new system of Shabbat morning service leading which aims to </span></strong><strong><u><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">shorten the service</span></u></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. I hope a
shortened service will allow more congregants to attend. If you come, I would like your feedback
during <i>Kiddush.<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">I look forward to seeing you this Shabbat and
growing with you – both intellectually and spiritually.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi Michael<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-32464347063180857072014-12-04T17:48:00.001-08:002014-12-04T17:48:13.737-08:00Bim-Bam to Telepathy to Jewish Women in America<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear <i>Haverim:</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tomorrow,
Friday, December 5<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-5:30
p.m., Veggie-Dairy, Child-friendly Shabbat POTLUCK,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> CBS Lower
Level. We will be welcoming new friends
from the JCC Early Childhood Center who have yet to affiliate with a synagogue,
plus AEA friends, and our CBS Hebrew School lower grades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-6:30
p.m., Tot-Shabbat Pre-Chanukah Themed Shabbat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Services. Bring your Bimmers and Bammers, be prepared
for a Dinosaur Knockin’ At Your Door, and a lot of guitar strumming. Cantor Elisa and I will prepare our dramatic
rendering of PJ Library’s <i>The Chanukah
Bear</i>. If you are a Shabbat “regular,”
we will want you on hand to greet our new-comers and help them feel welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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December 6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-8:45
a.m., Lay-Led Torah Study w/Michele Weiner, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Atrium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-9:30
a.m., Shabbat services. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We will
celebrate the <b><i>aufruf </i> of Hillary Jacobs and
Eric Rosen</b>. (This is a very
meaningful life cycle event as I officiated at Eric’s Confirmation). Guest <i>darshanit</i>:
Tal Eyal, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Psychology, Ben Gurion University of
the Negev. Her topic: <b>How to Seem Telepathic: Maximizing Your
Intuition in All Aspects of Your Life</b>.
In this very challenging time in the Middle East, attending this lecture
(which will begin during services and continue over an Israeli-themed lunch),
is a concrete way of showing support for the State of Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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December 7<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-9:00
a.m., Morning Minyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-10:00
a.m., Hebrew School Meets at JCC. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Community-wide
Chanukah-themed Jewish education and social action program, and great food!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-12 noon,
Kraft Education Foundation Bagels, Nosh & Lecture. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Featuring
Professor Hasia Diner, of New York University.
Her topic: <b>A History of their
Own: Jewish Women in America. </b>Dr.
Diner will take us on a journey of the Jewish women who helped build our
communities and our country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weekend at Congregation Beth Shalom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Michael<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-179354756498220942014-11-26T10:44:00.005-08:002014-11-26T10:44:56.090-08:00Is Thanksgiving Kosher? to Giving Thanks-A Jewish Pasttime<div class="MsoNormal">
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Thursday, November 27</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9 am, Thanksgiving
Day Morning Minyan</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Note late
start time. If you suspect any
difficulties with the roads tomorrow making it necessary to cancel services,
please call the “chai” line, 302-654-4462 EXT. 18, or consult radio station WDEL,
for clarification. Assume we WILL need a
<i>minyan</i>, so all being safe, please
attend. We will conclude with a special
Thanksgiving Day prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 28<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-7:30
a.m., Community Morning Minyan</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> @ AKSE. Please help them achieve
a <i>minyan</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-6:30
p.m., <i>Kabbalat Shabbat</i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> @ </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Congregation Beth Shalom (no
Happy Hour). Sermon topic: <b>A Historical Look at Thanksgiving from
Washington to Lincoln to the Practices of “Ha Rav” – Rabbi Joseph B.
Soloveitchik – or, “<u>IS</u> Thanksgiving Kosher?”</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 29<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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Barbanel’s birthdays with a festive Kiddush lunch. Sermon topic: <b><i>Parshat VaYeitzei-</i>A
Thanksgiving Connection or GRATITUDE is our Middle Name</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-66513109906633294312014-11-20T16:39:00.002-08:002014-11-20T16:39:23.020-08:00From New Member Celebrations to Thanksgiving Celebrations<div class="MsoNormal">
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Friday, November 21</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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p.m. New Members Shabbat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (following 5:30 pm for those who reserved
for dinner). D’var Torah: <b><i>Parshat Toldot: </i>Lessons from a Jewish
Mother: Learning to Ask the Right Questions. </b>Dessert <i>oneg</i> following services, OPEN TO ALL, so you can begin asking
fellow congregants those “right questions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 22<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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a.m. Torah Study led by Nelly Forwood. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is
Nelly’s first time leading so come join her in the CBS Conference Room. Coffee
cake, tea and coffee will be on hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Buddy Meet-and-Greet in Atrium.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a.m. Shabbat Buddy Shabbat. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In an
effort to implement a third part of our Strategic Plan, we are launching a new
program to create stronger bridges between our Hebrew School and Shabbat
Worship communities. Today’s service
will feature our Hebrew School students sitting side-by-side with Shabbat
regulars, in a prayer and learning atmosphere, with brief <i>divrei tefillah</i> accompanying the key prayers students are learning
this semester. Cantor Elisa will be our <i>darshanit.
</i>Her topic: <b>The Purpose of
Prayer.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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November 23<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-9 a.m. –
Morning Minyan </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(No Hebrew School this Sunday or next, so please
make a point of attending Morning Minyan so we achieve a quorum of ten).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 25</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Church </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(across the street from Congregation Beth Shalom)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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p.m. – Veggie/Dairy Potluck</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (to accommodate Jewish and Muslim
participants)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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p.m. – Interfaith Musical Service<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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November 27, 9 a.m</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. –
Thanksgiving Morning Minyan (note later start time for Federal Holiday)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Come
for the learning, singing and fellowship</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<i>this Shabbat at Congregation Beth Shalom!<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-47311060621143404992014-11-06T12:44:00.001-08:002014-11-06T12:46:06.780-08:00From Jazz Concert to Cantor's Concert:Making Jewish Music Cool<br />
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">-6:30 p.m., <i>Kabbalat Shabbat</i>, </span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">(6 p.m. Happy Hour). We begin the celebration of Samantha Lipson’s bat mitzvah. Sermon topic: <b>OPEN YOUR EYES TO HAPPINESS.</b></span></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">-8:00 p.m., JazzPhest2014/Shabbat services</span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">, a cooperative venture between the Kraft Education Foundation, the Consulate of Israel, and Congregation Beth Emeth AT Congregation Beth Emeth, 300 W. Lea Blvd. We have designed CBS’ Shabbat service so you can celebrate with Samantha and still make this Israeli Jazz musical Shabbat experience.</span></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">-8:45 a.m., Lay-Led Torah study with Jerry Simonowitz, atrium.</span></b></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">-9:30 a.m., Shabbat services. </span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Samantha Lipson’s bat mitzvah celebration continues. Her <i>drash: <b>Vayera: </b></i><b>Say Little Do Much-WHY Don’t We Live By This Rule? </b>The Lipson’s will host Shabbat Lunch following services – all are invited.</span></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Looking ahead . . .</span></b></div>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">*Sunday, November 16, 3:30 p.m., CANTOR’S CONCERT </span></b><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">featuring our own beloved cantor in concert with her beloved sister, Cantor Shoshana Abrams Kaikov of Congregation Ahava Shalom of Ft. Worth, Texas., with guest appearance by Cantor Mark Stanton of Congregation Beth Emeth.</span></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-52229715336931210132014-10-30T16:23:00.002-07:002014-10-30T16:23:38.129-07:00From Scary to Dramatic<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tomorrow,
Friday, October 31, 6:30 p.m. <i>Kabbalat
Shabbat </i>(</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6 pm happy hour). <b>COME TRICK-OR-TREATING @ CBS (Costumes optional). </b>I have brought delicious snacks – all <i>hegshered</i>, some healthy, others Hershey,
for all guests who come to services tonight. Sermon topic: <b>Reconciling Halloween with Judaism: Scary Jewish texts provided. </b>Also
come celebrate the beginning of Kayla Saliman’s <i>bat mitzvah</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-<b>8:45 a.m. Rabbi-led
Torah study</b> in the chapel, as I introduce you to Midrashic texts and Rashi
commentaries on <i>Parshat Lech L’cha.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Shabbat services in the Sanctuary</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. We will continue Kayla Saliman’s
bat mitzvah celebration. Her topic: <b>EMBRACING THE DRAMA: A Thespian’s Take on <i>Lech L’cha</i>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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November 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Morning Minyan & Family Ed Day @ Hebrew School<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-10 a.m.
Book club discusses <i>A Jewish Feminine
Mystique</i>, by Dina Hasia, CBS Library.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Come
join us for all the scares, thrills, drama, davening and intellectual
stimulation this weekend at Congregation Beth Shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">--Rabbi
Michael<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-55224781368082956032014-10-23T14:53:00.002-07:002014-10-23T14:53:18.163-07:00Noah and Baseball<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear Haverim:</span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">*Tomorrow, Friday, October 23</span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">:</span></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong> -7:30 a.m</strong>. - Please note that Rosh Hodesh Morning Minyan services will be held at Congregation Beth Shalom this week, NOT ASKE.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong> -6:30 p.m</strong>. </span><em style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Kabbalat Shabbat </em>services<span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> (6 p.m. Happy Hour). We will celebrate the beginning of Scott Lehrfeld's bar mitzvah. My dvar Torah will link our recent Halina Preston Holocaust Education Committee's INTERFAITH VISIT to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with </span><em style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Parshat Noah</em><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">. It was a remarkable visit and there was a real sense of alliance-building across religion and race which is filled with great promise.</span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> *Saturday, October 24</span>:</strong></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong> -8:45 a.m.</strong>, Lay-led Torah study in the atrium with Michele Weiner.</span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <strong>-9:30 a.m</strong>., Shabbat services as Scott Lehrfeld's bar mitzvah study continues! Scott's drash will be "A Baseball Fanatic's Guide to <em>Parshat Noah</em>." Watch Scott hit a real home run (I couldn't resist).</span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"> <em>Shabbat shalom,</em></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-bogus="true" style="font-size: medium;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-bogus="true"><em> Rabbi Michael</em></span></span></span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-88696323564502806962014-10-03T11:51:00.002-07:002014-10-03T11:51:23.854-07:00Yom Kippur 5775<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Haverim,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is with a
full heart that I wish you all a meaningful, introspective fast. I hope that the time we spend together over
this Friday night and all day Saturday will elevate you and inspire you. Cantor Elisa, the choir and I will provide
the setting, but alas, only you can do the real soul-work. I hope you will look back on your 25-hour
fast with a sense of satisfaction and purpose, with real hope for
self-improvement, and world-improvement in the year ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tonight,
Friday night, October 3, services start at 6:22 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tomorrow,
Saturday, October 4, services start at 9:00 a.m. The final tekiah gedolah will be sounded at
7:22 p.m. BYOS – Bring Your Own Shofar,
so you can echo my shofar blast with your own!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">--Remember
to bring your High Holy Day tickets with you for both services to your entrance
into the building.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please remember that you are all cordially invited to our <b>Beals Family Sukkah</b> for desserts, schmoozing
and guitar-led Israeli folk singing (and
some 60’s folk songs too) on <b>Sunday,
October 12<sup>th</sup> at 5 p.m. </b>You will find our address in your
beautiful new Membership Directory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">`May God inscribe us all in the Book of Life for a Healthy,
Happy, Peaceful New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gemar chatima tovah!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi Michael<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-34780003753290632602014-09-11T12:09:00.000-07:002014-09-11T12:09:11.633-07:00From Summer Time to Gratitude<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Haverim:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is good to be
back with you again. Things are much
better for my parents back in California and now I can return my attention to
you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tomorrow,
Friday, September 12, 8 p.m., <i>Kabbalat
Shabbat </i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">services</span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Special time, special theme: <b>“What We did This Summer.” </b>Join us Frank Levy, Bonnie and Nate Zahn
share their experiences on the recent Wilmington Jewish Community
congregational trip to Israel. Bring a
food donation with you for the Hanover Food Pantry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Saturday,
September 13, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-8:45
a.m. Lay-Led Torah Study.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-9:30
a.m. Shabbat services. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">D’var
Torah subject: <b><i>Parashat Ki Tavo—</i>What are YOU Grateful For?</b> We will focus on the subject of gratitude as
a fundamental building block of the Jewish faith, and I will ask you to bring a
brief GRATITUDE story of your own, designed to inspire others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shabbat
shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi Michael<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-28482747690453082562014-08-28T14:51:00.001-07:002014-08-28T14:51:24.997-07:00From Shabbat Under the Stars to The Jazz Singer<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Haverim:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*TOMORROW
NIGHT, Friday, August 29, 6:30 pm SHABBAT UNDER THE STARS, JCC Picnic Grounds
(Garden of Eden Way, Talleyville),</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">preceded by <b>5:30 pm </b>candle-lighting, <i>Kiddush</i>,
<i>Motzi </i>(we provide candles, grape
juice and challah, YOU provide your own veggie/dairy Shabbat dinner). Debbie Nachlis will join us on her 12-string
guitar, and we will have a kid-powered <i>sedra
scene </i> skit in place of the <i>drash</i>.
This is our last outside Shabbat of the summer so please join us, and
bring new friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Saturday,
August 30, back at Congregation Beth Shalom<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8:45
a.m., Lay-led Torah study<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9:30
a.m. Shabbat services. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sermon
topic: <b><i>Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue</i>: A Labor Day Sermon.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Sunday,
August 31, 9 a.m. Morning Minyan – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">eagerly seeking a <i>minyan!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Monday,
September 1<sup>st</sup>, 9 a.m. NOTE special Labor Day late-morning start time</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Please come as <b>Julia Frank</b> dons <i>tefillin</i>
for the first time and co-leads the service and chants Torah as part of her bat
mitzvah preparation and celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Tuesday,
September 2<sup>nd</sup>, 8 p</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.m., TCM’s The Projected Image:
The Jewish Experience on Film. Tonight: <i>The Jazz Singer </i>(1927), <i>The Jazz Singer</i> (1953) @ 9:45 pm, <i>Hester Street @11:45 pm, </i>and <i>Avalon </i>@ 1:30 a.m.<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT THE FILM SERIES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">TCM proudly presents <i>The Projected Image: The Jewish
Experience on Film</i>, a weekly <b>TUESDAY
NIGHT</b> showcase of movies focusing on Jewish history and heritage as
portrayed on screen. An extension of TCM's popular <i>Race and Hollywood</i> franchise,
this showcase features introductions by Dr. Eric Goldman, an expert on Yiddish,
Israeli and Jewish film; and founder and president of Ergo Media, a video
publishing company specializing in Jewish and Israeli video. Goldman is also
the author of <i>The American Jewish Story Through Cinema</i> (2013)
and <i>Visions, Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past and Present</i> (2011).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shabbat
shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi
Michael<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-28199789576272757972014-08-21T21:22:00.002-07:002014-08-21T21:22:33.373-07:00From Shabbat in London to Loads of Lifecycle Events or THIS SHABBAT IS SPONSORED BY THE LETTER "L"<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>H</u>averim</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*TONIGHT,
Friday, August 22, 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> (6 pm
Happy Hour).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We round out our Summer
Travel Series with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shabbat in
London</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kosher scones provided as we
explore Jewish history of England, and make friends with Benjamin Disraeli,
Gwenneth Paltrow, and speculate if the Kate and William’s boy might be the First
Jewish King of England … or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*TOMORROW,
Saturday, August 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">-8:45
am – Lay-Led Torah Study (NOTE NEW TIME!)* </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last
week's parshah taught us that "man does not live by bread alone." This week's
parshah tells us what we can and can<u>not</u> put on that bread. Let's compare
that to Adam and Eve's permissible diet, and explore how conscious eating is a
spiritual endeavor. *We've added 15 minutes to the session, so come at 8:45 a.m.
if you can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">-9:30
am – SHABBAT SERVICES.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Come
celebrate Avery Steffan’s bar mitzvah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sermon topic: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FREE WILL</b>! (I
didn’t know Will was captured). Also celebrate Anna Scholl’s Adult Naming
Ceremony, Anna and Joey Zahn’s aufruf, and Joey’s birthday – talking about
loading up on your simchas!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
join our community this Shabbat for multiple life cycle
celebrations!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Shabbat
shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi
Michael</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PS
<u><strong>Next </strong></u>Friday night, <strong>SHABBAT UNDER THE
STARS</strong>, JCC Picnic Grounds!!</span></div>
</span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-45893924863258884072014-08-14T18:04:00.003-07:002014-08-14T18:04:51.601-07:00From Drinking Ouzo to Obeying God<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Haverim:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*TOMORROW,
August 15, 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (6 p.m. Happy Hour). <b>SHABBAT
IN GREECE</b>. Over kosher stuffed grape
leaves and Ouzo 12, I will explore the Jewish history of Greece, with some amazing
facts about Santorini, as we continue to explore where I went this summer, with
a Jewish twist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*SATURDAY,
August 16, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<i>D’var Torah </i>topic: <b>How Do
Post-Modern Jews Cope with Divine Obedience?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What is the nature of the relationship between us and God? Is there something
more to offer in this week’s Haftarah? Is there a relationship between faith
and unconditional love?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-38197926452722713532014-08-07T22:00:00.002-07:002014-08-07T22:03:33.653-07:00From Shabbat in Paris 2 to Shema & Listening Better<br />
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Friday, August 8, 8 p.m., SHABBAT IN PARIS 2.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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soiree celebrating French Jewish history, beginning in 1806, with Napoleon’s
establishment of the Second Sanhedrin, through Alfred Dreyfus, and France’s
first Jewish Prime Minister, Leon Blum, who served both before and after WW2,
and was interned in a Concentration Camp between terms. Meet Chagall, Soutine, and
Modigliani, all were important Jewish artists in France in the early 20<sup>th</sup>
century, plus the famous French Jewish actress Sarah Bernhardt. I will share
photos from our most recent family trip, including a lovely afternoon in Le
Marais, Paris’ Jewish neighborhood. Enjoy kosher French cuisine and wine during
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">oneg</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also meet our two Noa’s, serving as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shelichot</i> for the JCC over the summer,
and learn how YOU can become a host family for JCC’s Israeli <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shelichim</i> next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturday, August 9, 9:30 a.m. SHABBAT SERVICES.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Parshat V’etchanan, </i>features TWO giants
in Jewish liturgy: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Ten Commandments</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Shema</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s sermon is titled,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shema! </i>What Does it Take to REALLY
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Beth Shalom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-79194602240195702242014-08-04T03:15:00.002-07:002014-08-04T03:15:28.371-07:00TISHA B'AV 9:30 pm TONIGHT & 9 AM TOMORROW @ CBS<a data-cthref="/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=clifford%27s+tower+on+fire&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=Pa_FiWjfxfNUCM&tbnid=_JDfMzeqZN1x1M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heritage-explorer.co.uk%2Fweb%2Fhe%2Fsearchdetail.aspx%3Fid%3D10783%26crit%3D%26pid%3D58&ei=01vfU7SBKYHmsATcqICAAw&psig=AFQjCNETuBYM9yRUFem9u0EGGl2D_j82AA&ust=1407233322267495" data-ved="0CAUQjRw" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=clifford%27s+tower+on+fire&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=Pa_FiWjfxfNUCM&tbnid=_JDfMzeqZN1x1M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heritage-explorer.co.uk%2Fweb%2Fhe%2Fsearchdetail.aspx%3Fid%3D10783%26crit%3D%26pid%3D58&ei=01vfU7SBKYHmsATcqICAAw&psig=AFQjCNETuBYM9yRUFem9u0EGGl2D_j82AA&ust=1407233322267495" id="irc_mil" style="border: 0px currentColor;"><img height="334" id="irc_mi" src="http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/file/he/content/upload/10783_450.jpg" style="margin-top: 29px;" width="380" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">9:30 p.m</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <u>TONIGHT</u>, <u>Monday, August 4<sup>th</sup></u>, please join us in
the Congregation Beth Shalom Chapel for </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">TISHA B’AV.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will be
greeted by candlelight, an empty ark, as we set the tone with the hauntingly
beautiful elegiac trope from The Book of Lamentations, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eicha,</i> – the Prophet Jeremiah’s eye-witness account of the
Destruction of Jerusalem, in 586 BCE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In keeping
with the tradition of other tragedies which have befallen the Jewish people
throughout history on the Ninth of Av, I will share my most recent visit to
Clifford’s Tower – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Masada of the
North</i> – in York, which was the prelude to the Jews’ Expulsion from England
on Tisha B’Av 1290.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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5<sup>th</sup>, TISHA B’AV services continue during Morning Minyan, scheduled
for this special later time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-42082945822183014392014-07-31T15:37:00.003-07:002014-07-31T15:37:59.856-07:00Shabbat in Paris, Shiva and Tisha B'Av
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August 1, 7:30 a.m. Community Minyan @ AKSE </b>or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9 a.m. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shiva </i>for Michal, 1220
Cheyney Rd., West Chester.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Friday, August 1, 6:30 p.m., Shabbat in Paris </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(6 p.m.
Happy Hour).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be serving kosher
French Camembert cheese and a kosher French Bordeaux wine, set <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adon Olam</i> to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Le Marseille, </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as we explore
French Jewish History, all in a salute to places our family visited over the
past few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wear your favorite beret
and prepare to speak in your best French accent. We will also be celebrating
August birthdays, so come for the blessing and a chance to lead a reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August 2, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat services. </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Parashat
Ha Shevuah: Devarim – </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Stories That Guide Us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please bring a long a formative<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>story that helped shaped your family’s
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night, 9 p.m., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shiva </i>for Michal, 1220
Cheyney Rd., West Chester.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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3, 9 a.m. CBS Morning Minyan </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shiva </i>for Michal, 1220
Cheyney Rd.</b> and Orthodox minyan at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8
p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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a.m. Morning Minyan @ CBS or 7 a.m.concluding <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shiva minyan</i> for Michal @ Chabad.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us
join together as we strengthen ourselves as a community, as we lovingly
remember Michal Cherrin, Head of School, Albert Einstein Academy, as we
remember our national loss of the Temple in Jerusalem, and as we remember the
terrible losses of both Israelis and Palestinians in this current conflict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May ALL their memories be for a blessing, and
may peace soon reign supreme.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-73205189000607376232014-07-27T09:50:00.002-07:002014-07-27T09:51:50.279-07:00Michal Cherrin, of blessed memory<div class="MsoNormal">
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congregant, <b>Michal Cherrin</b>, 66, our beloved former Head of School of the Albert Einstein Academy, who passed away earlier this morning in
New York City. She is survived by her husband, Tom, two sons, Gili and
Daniel, and a very large extended family. <b> Funeral services </b>will be
held<u> this</u> <b>Tuesday, July 29, at 11 a.m., at Congregation Beth Shalom,</b>
followed by interment at the Jewish Community Cemetery on Foulk Road. <b><i>Shiva</i></b>
will be held <b>July 29-31,Tuesday - Thursday evenings, 8 p.m., August 2,
Saturday night at 9:30 p.m</b>., and an Orthodox minyan on <b>August 3,
Sunday, at 8 p.m</b>., at the home of Michal Cherrin and Tom Tolin, <b>1220
Cheyney Road, West Chester, PA 19382</b>, and <b>every weekday morning</b> at
the<b> CBS Minyan, at 7:30 a.m</b>. (please made a point of attending CBS
Morning Minyan next week to ensure the family has a <i>minyan</i> every
day to recite Kaddish. Note our AKSE-CBS Community Minyan will be meeting
at AKSE on Friday, August 1, and our CBS Morning Minyan meets at 9 a.m. on
Sunday, August 3. May God comfort Michal's family along with all the
other mourners in Zion and Jerusalem.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shabbat </i></b>(6 p.m. Happy Hour).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SCOTTISH SHABBAT. </b>Having just got back
from our family vacation, I will be dedicating the next three or four Friday
night services to the Jewish history of each country we visited, serve food,
set the music appropriately, and when appropriate, wear the native dress. So
tonight, I will be sporting, and invite you to sport, your best Royal Stuart
Tartan – I’ve got a matching kippah and tie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will serving kosher Scottish shortbread, and I will have a wee bonnie
surprise to serve up here and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prepare to vicariously visit France, Greece, England, and or course,
Israel in the weeks ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TONIGHT IS ALSO ANNIVERSARY SHABBAT!</b> I
would like to bless our July couples, and give them reading parts in the
service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SHABBAT SERVICES.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>This week’s
portion is called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mas’ei</i>, and deals
with the wanderings of the Jewish people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will talk about our recently completed Beth Shalom-ASKE-Beth Emeth
trip to Israel, and with a little show and tell, go over some of the highlights
of our visit, as well as the political situation, on the ground, as we
experienced in “real-time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope, in
the Torah portion’s spirit to recount key moments along our desert wandering,
and do the same with this trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
still processing our experiences, so this will be but a glimpse, which I hope
to expand upon during Rosh Hashana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I missed you all very much and
when some of you contacted me during my time away, I hope I dealt lovingly and
effectively with the concerns that you brought to my attention.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-32704065560219778252014-06-02T21:40:00.003-07:002014-06-02T21:40:52.819-07:00Shavuot and Faith Journeys
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TONIGHT, Tuesday, June
3, 8 p.m., SHAVUOT Services and Program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>Featured speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-Kim Ginsberg<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-Anna Scholl & Joey Zahn<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">TOPIC: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Faith Journey: A Modern Riff on the Book
of Ruth.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">These presentations will move you, fill your tank with
much-needed spirituality, make you laugh, and maybe even cry (in a good way).
We will be featuring imported <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David’s
Cheese Cake </b>(thank you Sarah Andrus). Please attend and show your support
for our speakers. After our program we will journey to AKSE to help them make
it to midnight in enlightening Talmudic study, led by Rabbi Steven Saks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Wednesday,
June 4, 9 a.m., Shavuot Services Day I<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Thursday,
June 5, 9 a.m., Shavuot Services Day II </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(incl. Yizkor).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Friday,
June 6 – 7:30 a.m. – Community Minyan at AKSE.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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celebrations (preceded by 6 pm. Happy Hour).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Saturday,
June 7 – 9:30 a.m. – Shabbat Services.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Come
join us to Celebrate the Receiving of the Torah @ Mt. Sinai.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rabbi Michael</span></b>Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-52491799011443339002014-05-29T12:20:00.002-07:002014-05-29T12:20:41.688-07:00From Maya Angelou to Shavuot<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*<b><u>TOMORROW MORNING</u>, FRIDAY, May 30,
7:30 am, CELEBRATE!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Our life-long
congregant, <b>Frank Levy</b>, has used his
recent retirement to strengthen his Torah-reading skills under Cantor Elisa
(you can too!). He will chant <b>Rosh Hodesh Torah </b>for the New Month of
Sivan, at <b>CBS!! </b>(Note: we will NOT
be holding our community minyan at AKSE that day). Frank is sponsoring a bagel ‘n lox
celebratory breakfast following minyan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">11 a.m., Funeral services</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> for our beloved congregant, <b>Henry Topel</b>, followed by interment and
meal of condolence back at CBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">4 p.m., <i>Shivah
Mincha services</i> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">in
memory of <b>Henry Topel</b>, CBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">6:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Drash:
<b>Maya Angelou, <i>z”l</i> and her Jewish Connections.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*SATUDAY, May 31, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat
services </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(10:15 a.m. Torah
service). <b>Drash: <i>Phenomenal Woman! </i>And
the OTHER Women in<i> Parshat Naso</i> – A Salute
to Maya Angelou.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*SUNDAY, June 1, 9 a.m. Morning Minyan </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(we need help making a minyan when <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hebrew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
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Bruce Baker </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(father of
congregant Amie Baker), <b>Jewish Community
Cemetary</b>, followed by meal of condolence at Siegel JCC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">8 p.m. <i>Shiva
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Riddle Ave., #308</st1:address></st1:street> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(off Augustine Cutoff).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*MONDAY, June 2, 7:30 a.m., Morning Minyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">8 p.m., <i>Shiva
services </i>for Bruce <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Baker¸2300
Riddle Ave., #308</st1:address></st1:street> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(off Augustine Cutoff).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*TUESDAY, June 3, 7:30 a.m., Morning Minyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">8 p.m. Shavuot Services. Program: FAITH
JOURNEYS. Old and New Congregants Share
their Attraction to Judaism. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">If you wish to be inspired and rekindle
your Jewish faith, this program is for you!
We will punctuate each speaker with delicious dairy desserts and
culminate our study with a visit to AKSE to help them get to midnight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*WEDNESDAY, June 4, 9 a.m. SHAVUOT SERVICES
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we celebrate Shabbat, Shavuot and the lives of some incredible human beings and
the lives they led.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="w7"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WEEK 7 ― MALCHUT ―
SOVEREIGNTY, LEADERSHIP</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the seventh and final week of counting
the Omer, we examine and refine the attribute of Malchut ― nobility,
sovereignty and leadership. Sovereignty is a state of being rather than an
activity. Nobility is a passive expression of human dignity that has nothing of
its own except that which it receives from the other six emotions. True
leadership is the art of selflessness; it is only a reflection of a Higher
will. On the other hand, Malchut manifests and actualizes the character and
majesty of the human spirit. It is the very fiber of what makes us human.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malchut is a sense of belonging. Knowing that
you matter and that you make a difference. That you have the ability to be a
proficient leader in your own right. It gives you independence and confidence.
A feeling of certainty and authority. When a mother lovingly cradles her child
in her arms and the child's eyes meet the mother's affectionate eyes, the child
receives the message: "I am wanted and needed in this world. I have a
comfortable place where I will always be loved. I have nothing to fear. I feel
like royalty in my heart." This is Malchut, kingship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chesed of Malchut: Loving-kindness in Nobility</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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loving. An effective leader needs to be warm and considerate. Does my
sovereignty make me more loving? Do I exercise my authority and leadership in a
caring manner? Do I impose my authority on others?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Gevurah of Malchut: Discipline in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 44;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although sovereignty is loving, it needs to
be balanced with discipline. Effective leadership is built on authority and
discipline. There is another factor in the discipline of sovereignty:
determining the area in which you have jurisdiction and authority.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do I recognize when I am not an authority? Do
I exercise authority in unwarranted situations? Am I aware of my limitations as
well as my strengths? Do I respect the authority of others?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise for the day: Before taking an
authoritative position on any given issue, pause and reflect if you have the
right and the ability to exercise authority in this situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tiferet of Malchut: Compassion in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 45;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A good leader is a compassionate one. Is my
compassion compromised because of my authority? Do I realize that an integral
part of dignity is compassion? Tiferet ― harmony ― is critical for successful
leadership. Do I manage a smooth-running operation? Am I organized? Do I give
clear instructions to my subordinates? Do I have difficulty delegating power?
Do we have frequent staff meetings to coordinate our goals and efforts?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise for the day: Review an area where
you wield authority and see if you can polish it up and increase its
effectiveness by curtailing excesses and consolidating forces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Netzach of Malchut: Endurance in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 46;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A person's dignity and a leader's success are
tested by his endurance level. Will and determination reflect the power and
majesty of the human spirit. How determined am I in reaching my goals? How
strong is my conviction to fight for a dignified cause? How confident am I in myself?
Is my lack of endurance a result of my low self-esteem? Do I mask my
insecurities by finding other excuses for my low endurance level?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise for the day: Act on something that
you believe in but have until now been tentative about. Take the leap and just
do it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hod of Malchut: Humility in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 47;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hod of Malchut is the humble appreciation of this exceptional gift. Does my
sovereignty and independence humble me? Am I an arrogant leader? Do I appreciate
the special qualities I was blessed with?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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creating you with personal dignity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="48"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monday, June 2, Day 48 ―
Yesod of Malchut: Bonding in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 48;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Examine the bonding aspect of your
sovereignty. Healthy independence should not prevent you from bonding with
another person. On the contrary: self-confidence allows you to respect and
trust another's sovereignty and ultimately bond with him. That bond will
strengthen your own sovereignty, rather than sacrifice it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Does my sovereignty prevent me from bonding?
Could that be because of deeper insecurities of which I am unaware? Do I
recognize the fact that a fear of bonding reflects a lack of self-confidence in
my own sovereignty?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise for the day: Actualize your
sovereignty by intensifying your bond with a close one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="49"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tuesday, June 3 Day 49 ―
Malchut of Malchut: Nobility in Nobility</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: 49;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Examine the sovereignty of your sovereignty.
Does it come from deep-rooted inner confidence in myself? Or is it just a
put-on to mask my insecurities? Does that cause my sovereignty to be excessive?
Am I aware of my uniqueness as a person? Of my personal contribution?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise for the day: Take a moment and
concentrate on yourself, on your true inner self, not on your performance and
how you project to others; and be at peace with yourself knowing that God
created a very special person which is you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the 49 days of Counting the Omer, after
having fully achieved inner renewal by merit of having assessed and developed
each of our 49 attributes, we arrive at the fiftieth day. On this day we
celebrate the Festival of Shavuot, the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah). After
we have accomplished all we can through our own initiative, then we are worthy
to receive a gift (matan) from Above which we could not have achieved with our
own limited faculties. We receive the ability to reach and touch the Divine;
not only to be cultivated human beings who have refined all of our personal
characteristics, but divine human beings who are capable of expressing
ourselves above and beyond the definitions and limitations of our beings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Excerpted from "A Spiritual Guide to
Counting the Omer"</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rabbi Michael Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664584522516687197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066687565038057482.post-44016315943461445462014-05-22T03:54:00.002-07:002014-05-22T03:54:30.502-07:00Cantorial Insights to Census Counts<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Haverim</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">TOMORROW,
Friday, May 23, 6:30 p.m., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kabbalat
Shabbat</i> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(6 p.m.
Happy Hour<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cantor Elisa will be our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">darshanit</i></b>, fresh back from the
Cantors’ Assembly, with great insights and perhaps a few new
tunes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Saturday,
May 24, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat services</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> (10:15
a.m. Torah service).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lew Bennett</b> will be our guest <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">darshan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i>Topic: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Parshat B’Midbar – </i>Taking the Census
(with a Talmudic digression).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>*Sunday,
May 25, 9 a.m., Morning Minyan. </strong>(Note: with Hebrew School on break, it
is more difficult to achieve a minyan so please help us).</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*Monday,
May 26, 9:00 a.m. MEMORIAL DAY – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
note later start-time for this National Holiday, to accommodate more
congregants, including students, attending this weekday
service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Shabbat
shalom</span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabbi
Michael<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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