Weekly E-News 5786

Feb 20 - Feb 26, 2026

This week's kiddush is sponsored by

Michael Schwartz.

Menu

Tuna Salad

Bagels with Lox & Cream Cheese Spread

Veggie Roll-Ups

Salad

Banana Pudding

Cookies

Kiddush prepared by Charna & Marvin Cweibel.

Sisterhood Shabbat

This Weekend

Saturday, February 21st, 9:45

Please join us!

Passover Seder

On Passover, we say, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”

Our tradition calls on us to open our doors and welcome others to the Seder table.

If you are able to host guests this year, please let us know. Together, we can ensure that every member of our community has a warm and meaningful Passover experience.

Birthdays

Saturday, February 21st - Ellen Winters

Wednesday, February 25th - Shellie Jensen

Thursday, February 26th - AM Goldkrand

Anniversaries

none

From the Desk of

Rabbi Cantor

One of my favorite parts of the story of Parashat Terumah is the aftermath of the ask: God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites "to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart so moves him." (Exodus 25:2)

Now Moses doesn't actually get around to making the ask until much later in the story (Exodus 35), but when he does, the people deliver in spades: "Men and women, all whose hearts moved them, all who would make an elevation offering of gold to the Lord, came bearing brooches, earring, rings, and pendants—gold objects of all kinds." (Exodus 35:22) The text goes on at length about all the everything that everyone brought, and then comes my absolute favorite part: every morning the people are bringing their gifts, and the artisans are overwhelmed by the generosity: "The people are bringing more than is needed for the tasks entailed in the work that the Lord has commanded to be done." (Exodus 36:5). Moses has to ask them to stop.

We learn every morning, as a part of our daily prayers:

These are the deed for which there is no prescribed measure: leaving the produce at the corner of the field for the poor, offering the gift of first fruits to the Temple, pilgrimage offerings on the three festivals, deeds of kindness and love, and the study of Torah. (Peah 1:1)

Moses and the people discovered that in putting together a physical place for God's Presence to dwell within the community, there is such a thing as too much building materials. When it comes to creating a spiritual space for God's Presence to dwell within ourselves—where the building materials are deed of kindness and love and the study of Torah—there is no prescribed measure, and there can never be too much.




Rabbi David Cantor

In Person Service Times

Tuesday: 7:30 AM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM

Friday: 8:00 AM

Shabbat: 9:45 AM

This Shabbat

Parashat Terumah 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה

21 February 2026 / 4 Adar 5786

Candle lighting 5:57 / Havdalah 6:53

Parashat Terumah is the 19th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19

Terumah (“Donation”) opens as God tells Moses to collect donated materials in order to build a dwelling place for God called the Mishkan (Tabernacle). God describes how to build the vessels that will fill the Mishkan - including the ark, table, menorah, and sacrificial altar - as well as the Mishkan’s walls and curtains.



1: 25:1-5 · 485

2: 25:6-9 · 487

3: 25:10-16 · 487

4: 25:17-22 · 488

5: 25:23-30 · 489

6: 25:31-33 · 490

7: 25:34-40 · 491

M: 25:37-40 · 491

Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 · 500

Service Leader Sign Up

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Donations

To make a donation to the synagogue in recognition of a birth, birthday, anniversary, bereavement, or yahrzeit, you may use the button below. The message box can be used to tell us who we should notify of your donation.

Recent Donations

From Sally & Stephen Greenberg to the Eric Nathan Karp Fund in memory of David Hirsh.

From Sidney Karp, Marisa Karp, & Julius Kaminsky to the Eric Nathan Karp Fund on the birth of Debby & Barry Luskey's grandbaby.

From Deb & Gil Rubin to the Chevra Kadisha Fund in memory of David Hirsh.

From Amy & David Rosenthal to the Kiddush Fund on the birth of Debby & Barry Luskey's grandbaby & Rachel Israel's great-grandbaby.

From Sally & Stephen Greenberg to the Eric Nathan Karp Fund wishing Sheryl Kreh a Happy "Special" Birthday.

Yahrzeits 

Thursday night/Friday, Feb 20 - 3 Adar

Liz Arkin - wife of Steve Arkin

Erwin Friedman - father of Stephen Friedman

Friday night/Saturday, Feb 21 - 4 Adar

Israel Dunn - father of Joan Moore

Ronaldo Lewin - father of Luciana Warman

Benjamin Selfon - uncle of Karyn Gross,

great-uncle of Shellie Jensen

Saturday night/Sunday, Feb 22 - 5 Adar

Murray Todtfeld - brother-in-law of Judy Todtfeld

Isadore Weitz - grandfather of Stephen Friedman

Sunday night/Monday, Feb 23 - 6 Adar

Neil Haysman - brother of Melvin Haysman

Monday night/Tuesday, Feb 24 - 7 Adar

Esther Kaminsky - grandmother of Toby Friedman,

Danny & Myron Kaminsky

Abram Rubin - brother of Elise Shernoff

Tuesday night/Wednesday, Feb 25 - 8 Adar

Marsha Haysman - aunt of Michelle Heyman

Paul Madison - uncle of Gerald Caplan

Chaim Melamed - grandfather of Lisa Kaminsky

Wednesday night/Thursday, Feb 26 - 9 Adar

none

Thursday night/Friday, Feb 27 - 10 Adar

Celia Hirsch - aunt of Arthur & Melvin Haysman

Gabriel Maglione - father of Ida Zeger

Paul Ratner - brother of Allan Ratner

LaBelle Tenenbaum - mother of Cookie Gale

Commemoration of the Yahrzeit begins the evening of the first noted date.



Donor Dues

Benefactor

$9,999 - $5000

Melvyn & Eleanor Galin



 Leader

$3,599 - $1,800

Stephen & Annette Friedman

Ed Price

Patron

$1,799 - $720

Aaron & Dayle Levy

Allan & Arlene Ratner

Sherwin & Sara Robin

Sol & Stephanie Zerden

Michael & Linda Zoller

Chai Member

$719 - $360

Michelle & Matthew Allan

Gerald Caplan

Linda & Joe Cooper

AM Goldkrand

Paul & Harriet Kulbersh

Stacy & Jeffrey Lasky

Andrew & Leslie Walcoff



Supporters

 $359 - $100 

Lynn Berkowitz

Adam & Lauren Fins

Ted & Adelle Geffen

Doug & Lisa Goldstein

Seth Grenald

David & Gale Hirsh

Jonathan & Tova Javetz

Harriet Karlin

Michael & Suzanne Konter

Larry & Betsy Lehner

Steve & Linda Sacks

Victor & Elise Shernoff

Judy Todtfeld

Thanks to these donors for going above and beyond by participating in the Donor Dues Program this 2025-2026 fiscal year. If you would like to participate by making this additional commitment, please contact the office. 

Community News

Montag Gallery

February 1 - March 13: Jane Bonady Brackin

Jane Bonady Brackin has been creating art all her life. She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in art and art history and studied printmaking and photography at the Memphis College of Art. She pursued painting in oil for several summers at the Chicago Art Institute and studied with the Michelangelo Project in Memphis, a studio recognized for sight-size realism. Her photography and printmaking backgrounds are reflected in her tight compositions reminiscent of the Japanese influence on the Impressionists. She strives for an expressive realism, showing her viewers her love for the natural world.

Since she was diagnosed with macular degeneration in both eyes, her style has changed to what you see now…a more Tonalist approach to the subject, in which the haziness in her vision is reproduced in her haunting, moody, atmospheric paintings. Using a limited palette keeps it simple for her to recreate what she sees. Instead of detail, she emphasizes mood by painting only what she sees and not what the sight-seeing world sees. This has been a breakthrough in her style.



Jane lives in the Arkansas Delta and travels with her husband in their restored 1962 Airstream.

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History is a four-part series tracing the rich, complex relationship between Black and Jewish Americans — defined by solidarity and strained by division. Drawn together by racism and antisemitism, they forged civic and cultural bonds, especially during the civil rights era. The series explores both the challenges and enduring promise of that alliance.

GPB, Tuesdays @ 9:00 PM. (The first episode aired on Feb 3rd.)

Savannah Jewish Federation invites you to explore how Hebrew evolved, adapted and reinvented itself over thousands of years. 

Hebrew isn’t just a language—-it’s a time capsule of Jewish history, culture, and humor.



Join us as we welcome Elon Gilad for a fun and thought-provoking talk following the journey of Hebrew words from the Bible to modern Israel. Learn how ancient terms were repurposed, how Israeli slang was born, and why a popsicle is called an artik. Elon explores the global influences that shaped Hebrew-from Persian to Yiddish-and the quirky, powerful stories hiding in everyday words.

This program is free of charge and babysitting is provided. Prior registration required.

Program Registration:https://forms.gle/yUGjzusAsAntBy5q9

Rabbi David Cantor

Morgan McGhie, President

Motti Locker, Executive Director

Congregation Agudath Achim | office@agudath-achim.com | 912-352-4737 | www.agudath-achim.com