Weekly E-News 5786

Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2025

Kiddush

Kiddush is sponsored by

Gale Hirsh in celebration of David's birthday!

Menu

Quiche

Cranberry & Orange Salad

Fresh Baked Rolls

Fruit

Ice Cream Cake

Kiddush this week prepared by Elise Shernoff,

Beth Bosman, & Suzanne Konter.

Birthdays

Oct 31 - David Hyman & Motti Locker

Nov 2 - Daniel Skidmore-Hess

Nov 3 - Kenneth Aaron & Annette Friedman

Nov 5 - Charna Cweibel, Paul Kulbersh, Cathy Skidmore-Hess

& Lillian Reiss

Anniversaries

none

Thank you to Bunny & Jim Montag

for sponsoring this event!

Friday Night Shabbat Service & Dinner

Nov 21st, 6:00 PM

Join us for service led by Shalom School students. Dinner will follow.

The cost is $10 per person and $20 per family.

Make your reservation now!

Sisterhood

In Person Service Times

Tuesday: 7:30 AM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM

Friday: 8:00 AM

Shabbat: 9:45 AM

This Shabbat

Parashat Lech-Lecha 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת לֶךְ־לְךָ

1 November 2025 / 10 Cheshvan 5786

Candle lighting 6:17 PM / Havdalah 7:12

Torah Portion: Genesis 12:1-17:27

Lech Lecha (“Go Forth”) recounts Abraham’s (here known as Abram) first encounter with God, his journey to Canaan, the birth of his son Ishmael, the covenant between him, his descendants, and God, and God’s commandment to circumcise the males of his household.

1: 12:1-3 · 69 

2: 12:4-9 · 70 

3: 12:10-13 · 72 

4: 12:14-20 · 73 

5: 13:1-4 · 74 

6: 13:5-11 · 74 

7: 13:12-18 · 76 

M: 13:16-18 · 76 

Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 · 95

Service Leader Sign Up

Are you interested in leading services? Reading Torah? You can sign up on our service leader sign up sheet!

Yahrzeits 

Thursday night/Friday, October 31 - 9 Heshvan

none

Friday night/Saturday, November 1 – 10 Heshvan

Herschel Harris - uncle of Sheryl Kreh & Sidney Karp

Saturday night/Sunday, November 2 – 11 Heshvan

none

Sunday night/Monday, November 3 – 12 Heshvan

Aaron Berry - father of Jean Weitz

Shirley Robin - mother of Sherwin Robin

Monday night/Tuesday, November 4 - 13 Heshvan

Yetta Mayo - mother of Jeffrey Mayo

Tuesday night/Wednesday, November 5 –

14 Heshvan

Barbara Meister - sister of Janet Benjamin

Wednesday night/Thursday, November 6 –

15 Heshvan

Patricia Barber - great-aunt of Sheryl Kreh & Sidney Karp

Morris Nathan - great-grandfather of Richard Bodziner

May Smalheiser - grandmother of Kenneth Sadler

Thursday night/Friday, November 7 - 16 Heshvan

Sol Neidich - father of Linda Hoffman

Eugene Zuriff - husband of Sherry Jacobson

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

$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

Rabbi David Cantor

Morgan McGhie, President

Motti Locker, Executive Director

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