Weekly E-News 5786

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2025

Kiddush

This week's kiddush is prepared by

Linda & Steve Sacks.

Menu

Salad

Vegetable Soup

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Dessert

Birthdays

Nov 28 - Rachel Israel

Nov 29 - Lynn Berkowitz, Sherry Jacobson

Nov 30 - Amy Kaminsky

Anniversaries

Dec 1 - Debra & Gil Rubin

Join us for the Bat Mitzvah of Ella McGhie on Saturday, December 6th.

Mechanics of Prayer

Every prayer service, morning, afternoon, evening, weekday, sabbath, or holiday, has at its core the Amidah, which is also known as Ha-Tefilah (“The Prayer”), Amidah (“Standing”) and—for weekdays— Shemoneh Esreh (“Eighteen”).

Every Amidah begins with the same three blessings, and ends with the same three blessings. On Shabbat, the Festivals (Pesaḥ, Shavu’ot, Sukkot), and Yom Kippur a single blessing falls between the opening and closing blessings, for a total of seven; the Musaf Amidah of Rosh Hashanah has three middle blessings, while the weekday Amidah has thirteen.

(For those who may be bothered by the mathematics of the weekday Amidah whose nickname is “Eighteen” but which is comprised of three opening, thirteen middle, and three concluding blessing—which totals nineteen—the nickname was in place before an additional blessing was added by Rabban Gamliel at Yavneh).

One way of understanding the sequence of the prayer is to consider it as akin to what a lawyer might say when representing a client in a court of law: Because of God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we have Standing to be heard (1). Because God is very powerful, God as Jurisdiction to hear our plea (2). Because God is Holy, we are willing to state our request (3). Having done so, we express our hope that the prayer will be Effective (1), we are Grateful for the opportunity (2), and we hope to be made Complete through our prayers(3).

In Person Service Times

Tuesday: 7:30 AM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM

Friday: 8:00 AM

Shabbat: 9:45 AM

This Shabbat

Parashat Vayetzei 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּצֵא

29 November 2025 / 9 Kislev 5786

Candle lighting 5:05 PM / Havdalah 5:59 PM

Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3

Vayetzei (“He Went Out”) opens as Jacob dreams about angels going up and down a ladder, and then continues on his journey toward the home of his uncle Laban. During years of indentured servitude, Jacob marries Laban’s daughters Leah and Rachel, bearing children with them and with their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah.

1: 28:10-12 · 166 

2: 28:13-17 · 166 

3: 28:18-22 · 168 

4: 29:1-8 · 169 

5: 29:9-17 · 170 

6: 29:18-33 · 171 

7: 29:34-30:13 · 174 

M: 30:9-13 · 175 

Haftarah: Hosea 12:13-14:10 · 189

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Yahrzeits 

Thursday night/Friday, November 28 - 8 Kislev

Rose Hirsh - mother of David Hirsh

Friday night/Saturday, November 29 – 9 Kislev

Frances Weil - mother of Loren Weil

Saturday night/Sunday, November 30 – 10 Kislev

Harvey Rosengart - husband of Helen Rosengart,

father of Russell Rosengart

Sunday night/Monday, December 1 – 11 Kislev

Rosa Selfon - aunt of Karyn Gross, great-aunt of Shellie Jensen

Monday night/Tuesday, December 2 - 12 Kislev

Hannah Mastel - mother of Eric Mastel

Tuesday night/Wednesday, December 3 –

13 Kislev

Edith Tiefeld - mother of Stuart Klugler

Wednesday night/Thursday, December 4 –

14 Kislev

Marcia Lebos - wife of Harvey Lebos

Helena Silvers - mother of Lisa Kaminsky

Alan Ulman - brother of Susan Slotin

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

Congregation Agudath Achim

Donor Dues

Benefactor

$9,999 - $5000

Melvyn & Eleanor Galin



 Leader

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Stephen & Annette Friedman

Ed Price

Patron

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Aaron & Dayle Levy

Allan & Arlene Ratner

Sherwin & Sara Robin

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Michael & Linda Zoller

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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. 

Rabbi David Cantor

Morgan McGhie, President

Motti Locker, Executive Director

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