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Congregation Schomre Israel

Week of October 10 27 Tishrei  5776
 Shabbat Bereishit  
 שבת בראשית
 



From The Rabbi's Shtender

 
Columbus the Jew?  
 
 
 
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
aish.com 
 

    For centuries, urban legend has posited the Jewish heritage of Christopher Columbus. After all, Columbus set sail on his famous voyage from Spain in 1492 - on the very same day that Jews were being "ethnically cleansed" from the Iberian Peninsula.
Actually, Columbus was originally scheduled to sail on August 2, 1492, which fell on Tisha B'Av, the Jewish national day of mourning that marks the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem. Columbus postponed his journey by one day... to avoid this historically inauspicious Jewish occasion.
Further evidence: Columbus' last will and testament was signed with a triangular signature of dots and letters that resembled inscriptions found on gravestones of Jewish cemeteries in Spain. 

 
     According to British historian Cecil Roth's The History of the Marranos, the anagram was a cryptic substitute for the Kaddish, a prayer recited in the synagogue by mourners after the death of a close relative. Thus, Columbus's subterfuge allowed his sons to say Kaddish for their crypto-Jewish father when he died.

     Columbus occasionally noted dates by the Jewish calendar, and included some Hebrew in his writings. In the top left-hand corner of personal correspondence frequently wrote the Hebrew letters bet-hei, meaning b'ezrat Hashem (with God's help) - a practice common among observant Jews.
Beyond this, linguists have analyzed the language and syntax of hundreds of Columbus' handwritten documents and concluded that his primary language was Castilian Spanish - the "Yiddish" of Spanish Jewry, known as "Ladino."

   But before jumping to any conclusions, consider the wealth of evidence that Columbus was Christian. Bottom line: Expect this debate to rage for another few hundred years.

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For a lighter approach: The Jew From 1492 LINK

   So,should we daven later on Monday?

Shabbat Shalom 

Eliezer Langer
    
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An interesting Torah website: AlHaTorah.org


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The Unveiling in Memory of the Late
Reyna Wachs ע"ה
will take place on
Sunday October 11 at 10:00 AM at the
Schomre Israel Cemetery
67 Lagrange Ave,
Poughkeepsie

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Not to be Missed
Trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage
October 18th
chartered transportation, box lunch
limited number of aisle seats remaining

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Torah   Classes


will meet this coming Thursday 7:00PM
Did you miss the last class?
  Link online class


Daily 7:45am
 

Around the Town  


Sunday, October 11
Marist Theatre Program & Marist College Club of Theatre Arts
The Diary of Anne FrankThe stage adaptation of the book

Of particular note will be the October 11 matinee, which will be an American Sign Language interpreted performance, as well as an informal Q&A with the castand crew.
Tickets are $5.00 for seniors general admission.  To reserve seats in
 October 11 at 2 p.m.in the Nelly Goletti Theatre.


Tuesday, October 13
Dr. Yael Zerubavel -
39th Annual William and Sadie Effron Lecture in Jewish Studies
"Antiquity in the Modern Israeli Imagination"
Dr. Zerubavel is a professor of Jewish Studies and History and the
founding Director of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University.  A leading expert on Israeli cultural history, Dr. Zerubavel has published extensively in the areas of Israeli collective memory and identity, national myths, war and trauma, Hebrew literature and film.  She is the author of Recovered Roots: Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition, which won the 1996 Salo Baron Prize of the American Academy for Jewish Research, and she is currently completing a book entitled Desert in the Promised Land: Memory, Space,
and the Counterplace in Israeli Culture.
Free and Open to the Public - 7 p.m. - Nelly Goletti Theatre - For
information or those requiring special assistance call (845) 575-3174 *****************************
 

 
Tefilla -  Services
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Friday
Mincha 6:10 PM
Candle lighting 6:06PM


Shabbat
Shacharit 9:00AM
 
Shabbos ends 7:05 PM

Sunday   Shacharit 8:30AM
  followed by "Take Down the Sukkah Party"

 
Monday and Thursday
7:00 am  - Morning Service

Tuesday and Wednesday Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
   Shacharit 7:00AM 

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October birthdays

9 Miriam Rebecca Brown Zinger
14 Hannah Sophia Weinstein
17 David Weisfelner
19 Phillip Koffman
20 Irving Baum
20 Michael Levine
20 Joshua Calli
22 Shifra Zinger
23 Shoshanah Winter
23 Stuart Weinstein
31 Meira Rivka Kirshner
 
 

 

We wish much happiness and good health on this special day. עד מאה ועשרים שנה - Biz 120!!
 
This information comes from our Shul calendar. If you would like to be listed please contact us.
 
Yahrtzeit
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Congregation Schomre Israel Commemorates the yahrtzeit of:

October Yahrtzeits: 

14 Jacob Berkowitz 1 Cheshvan
16 Yetta Feuereisen 3 Cheshvan
17 Doris Aber 4 Cheshvan
19 Evelyn Warren 6 Cheshvan
  
    
  
תהה נשמתם צרורות בצרור בהחיים
May their souls be bound in the bond of eternal life.

This information comes from our Shul calendar. If you wish to add a name to this list please contact us.
Kosher Konsumer Korner


www.Kashrut.com/Alerts/ has the following new information:
  • Milk, wheat and tree nuts (pecans) allergy alert on Trader Joe's Coconut Cranberry Granola
  • Milk allergy alert on Snack Out Loud Sea Salt Crunchy Bean Snack
  • Wheat allergy alert on Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios
  • Health alert on Cascadian Farm frozen green beans
  • Health alert on Nature's Eats, Natural Macadamia Nuts and Southern Grove, Simply Raw Trail Mix
  • Information on canned fruits and vegetables
  • Information on insect infestion on Unger's Pearled Barley
www.kashrut.com/News has the following new information:
  • Information on Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolution on religious freedom which concerns religious slaughter and circumcision.
  • Safety alert on Calphalon Pizza Wheel
  • Safety alert on Calphalon Bosch, Gaggenau, Kenmore Elite and Thermador Dishwashers

 

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