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Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
Newsletter
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February 17, 2017
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22 Shevat 5777 |
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Service Times
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FRIDAY, February 17
Shabbat Congregation Evening Services
8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, February 18
Shabbat Service 9:30 a.m.
SUNDAY MORNING: 9:00 a.m.
MONDAY-THURSDAY: 7:30 p.m.
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CHANGE IN MINYAN TIME
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WILL BEGIN AT 8:30 A.M.
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Candle Lighting Time
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Friday, February 17
Candle-lighting: 5:16 p.m.
Saturday, February 18
Shabbat Ends: 6:16 p.m.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CONDUCTING
SHUL BUSINESS
ON SHABBAT
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Weekly Parasha Commentary
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February 18:
YITRO
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Israel Report
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Providing greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources
and opinions:
ISRAEL REPORT
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Temple Emanuel has a Facebook page.
"Like Us."
You also may click
here
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"Just in Case"
TEPV's hotline number:
201-573-9168
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Please contact
Executive Director,
with any suggestions
or concerns.
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Planned Giving
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Please consider remembering Temple Emanuel in your estate planning. Your legacy, through Planned Giving, can help secure our future.
SUSTAIN COMMUNITY,
INSPIRE COMMITMENT
For more information, please contact Richard Tannenbaum, Executive Director at execdir@tepv.org or 201-391-0801.
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FAMILY MEMBER
IN THE HOSPITAL?
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The Rabbi has asked to be notified
in the event of a family member's hospital stay or serious illness.
You can contact her at
914-960-9428 or
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RESTRICTED PARKING SPACES
FOR HANDICAPPED
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We would like to remind you
ONLY individuals with an
OFFICIAL MOTOR VEHICLE HANDICAPPED PERMIT
may park in the designated Handicapped Parking Spots
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Please contact the Temple office if you have any questions or requests regarding handicapped access to our building.
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YOUNG FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER
Friday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m.
(after the Young Family Service at 6:00 pm)
Please join us on Friday, March 3, for a Young Family Shabbat dinner.
The menu includes:
- Chicken fingers
- Pasta with sauce on the side
- Broccoli
- Chicken Marsala
- Oven roasted potatoes
- Glazed carrots
Fresh fruit & cookies from Zadie's Bakeshop for dessert
Adults: $15 Children: $10
(you may send a check or call Marilyn, the Temple bookkeeper, with a credit card number)
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HELP SISTERHOOD FULFILL
MISHLOACH MANOT (PURIM BASKET)
ORDERS
All are welcome. You don't have to be female to volunteer:
 Sunday, March 5:
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, March 6:
9:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7:
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
In addition, two drivers will be needed on Tuesday, March 7, at 10:00 a.m. to help drive to the post office. And a team of drivers will be needed on Sunday, March 12, to help deliver baskets: Pick up of the baskets will be in the Youth Lounge from 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Come join us!
To volunteer, contact
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CELEBRATE
ROSH HASHANAH 5778:
DEDICATE A NEW HIGH HOLIDAY PRAYER BOOK
Last week, you should have received a flyer in your mailbox regarding the dedication of a new High Holiday prayerbook (mahzor). If you did not receive one, please email or call the Temple office (
marilyn@tepv.org
or 201-391-0801)
for information
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The Conservative movement has a new High Holiday prayer book (
mahzor). It is a dramatic enhancement over the
mahzor that we have used for the past 19 years. This is your opportunity to dedicate a new book by purchasing a bookplate for $36 (four or more at $34 each) IN MEMORY OF a loved one or IN HONOR OF a family member or friend on their special occasion.
Customize your Dedication: Think Bar/Bat Mitzvah, birthday, anniversary, new baby, graduation, award, thank you, mew home, wedding, good health, mazal tov, congratulations. Or make a dedication just for members of your family because you love them.
"The contemporary translations in the new
mahzor give greater meaning and depth to the prayers. Complementing the translations are the commentaries that provide a deeper insight into the prayers and stir the soul."
Rabbi Loren Monosov
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PURIM AT TEMPLE EMANUEL
MEGILLAH READING AND ADULT PROGRAM
Saturday evening, March 11,at 7:00 p.m.
ADULTS:
Please join us after the meg
illah reading for tantalizing foods and wines.
Our past president and gourmet cook,
SAM RAK, will be dishing out hors d'oeuvres --
a.k.a.
"J-WMD, JEWISH WEAPONS of MASS DESTRUCTION" --
including
hot dogs in a blanket, homemade kreplach, chopped liver....
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We will also be serving AGED WINES, which come directly from the sommelier's cellar.
The post-
megillah reading event is free of charge, but reservations are required. RSVP to
gail@tepv.org.
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FAMILY MEGILLAH READING
Sunday, March 12, at 10:00 a.m.
Come in shorts, t-shirts, flip flops-NO bathing suits, please!!
Carnival games, rides, FOOD!!!
Pre-school through adults welcome.
Free of charge with reservation.
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BEAD AND SIP
Tuesday, February 28, at 7:00 p.m.
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Last Saturday evening, many of our congregants participated in the community-wide Sweet Tastes of Torah program,
in celebration of Shabbat Shira and Tu B'Shevat.
It was a wonderful evening where everyone learned something new. Among the TEPV attendees at the program were (left to right)
Elaine and Michael Padva, Wendy and Ken Zuckerberg, Saige Soskin, Sam Rak, Barry Blecher, and Karen Albert.
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SYMPOSIUM FEATURING FOUR RABBINIC SCHOLARS
Monday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m.
Rabbi Monosov Rabbi Kniaz Rabbi Moritt Miriam Gray
On
Shushan Purim,
Monday. March 13
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e are planning a symposium led by Rabbi Loren Monosov, Rabbi Shelley Kniaz, Rabbi Leanna Moritt, and scholar Miriam Gray. The symposium will be centered on critical points in women's lives and how Jewish texts offered help and understanding.
The book,
Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives,
invites readers into the lives of twenty women for whom Jewish language and texts provide a lens for understanding their experiences. The authors don't just use religious words (texts, theologies, or liturgies) like a cookbook. Instead they serve readers something closer to a real meal, prepared with love and intention. Each essay shares one piece of its writer's heart, one chapter of experience as refracted through the author's particular Jewish optic.
The authors write about being daughters, mothers, sisters, partners, lovers, and friends. They share their experiences of parenting, infertility, and abortion. One describes accompanying her young husband through his life-threatening illness. Another tells of her daughter's struggle with an eating disorder. Still another reflects on long decline of a parent with Alzheimer's.
All these writers wrestle with Jewish texts while growing as rabbis, as feminists, and as interfaith leaders. They open their hearts and minds, telling when Jewish tradition has helped make meaning and, on occasion, when it has come up empty. The results are sometimes inspiring, sometimes provocative.
Readers will find new insights into God, into Judaism, and into themselves.
RSVP to Alayne Pick at
alayne1@aol.com
or the Temple office to guarantee your spot!!
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NEEDLEPOINT A CHALLAH COVER
Tuesdays, March 14 and 21, at 9:15 a.m.
 Needlepoint your own challah cover a
t a class run by Gone Stitching at Temple Emanuel. This program is hosted b
y the Temple Emanuel Catering Committee.
On Tuesday, March 14, between
9:15 and 11:15 a.m., just register and pick your colors.*
On Tuesday, March 21, between
9:15 and 11:15 a.m., there will be an instructional class.
The cost to start the project, plus all materials, is $30.
Finishing the project will cost $125-$150, which includes mounting your finished challah cover onto material of your choice, backing material, and all stitching.
In the end, you will have an heirloom challah cover to pass on to your children!
*You must pick out your colors on March 14 and pre-pay the $30 fee.
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2017 SISTERHOOD SUMMER GRANTS PROGRAM
 Sisterhood has just the thing for your children and teens this summer: grants for Jewish summer programs for our youth.
Numerous studies have found that Jewish camps are extremely successful at instilling in children Jewish identities so deep that they last a lifetime, and that teen peer trips to Israel strengthen a sense of solidarity among world Jewry and strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people and Israel.
Applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, March 28, and received by Thursday, March 30, or must be placed in Chairperson's mailbox by 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28.
Important Note: Grants are not based on financial need and are limited in availability. Also, we have no control over admission to camp and travel programs. Some fill up quickly, so please apply early.
Click here for detailed information.
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Sunday, February 19 through Sunday, February 26
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED
Classes resume on Wednesday, March 1
Save the Dates:
Sunday, March 5
10:00 a.m.: Club Katan
10:00 a.m.: 5th Grade Family Derech Mitzvah Program
Saturday, March 11
7:00 p.m.: Traditional Megillah Reading and Adult Activities
Sunday, March 12
10:00 a.m.: Young Family Megillah Reading
and
Beach Party Purim Carnival
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ISRAEL ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS COMMITTEE
Take a Tour of Israel's Old Clock Towers.
To read more, please click
here
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JEWISH YOGA
Sunday, April 2, at 10:30 a.m.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM
Meet our ECP Administrator, Cheryl Mazen (right). She works hand in hand with our ECP Director, Debbie Wanamaker (left). Stop by and say "hello" to Cheryl and Debbie.
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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
With joy and laughter, the third grade students at the Religious School of Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley completed the
Havdalah
service. This simple, short service welcomes the start of a new week as
Shabbat ends on Saturday evening, an hour after sundown. Then, under the
chuppah, a canopy under which one stands, the students received their own, new, special
siddur. The
Siddur Ceremony marks the students' accomplishments of learning how to participate in a service. During this evening program, the students proudly display their skills to their family and friends. You can see their happy faces!
Pictured above, third grade student Austin Groves of Woodcliff Lake stands proud as he receives his new siddur while (left to right) Cantor Alan Sokoloff, Sean Charnow, Brad Groves (Austin's dad), and Religious School Director Rabbi Shelley Kniaz enjoy the very happy and special moment. Smiles all around!!!
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HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
iCAN ANSWER NOW PROGRAM
Sunday, March 5, at Noon
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
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KNITTING CIRCLE
We are a casual group of knitters just enjoying time together. We welcome all skill levels and all sorts of handcrafts or just come and schmooze.
Join us at Jewish Home Assisted Living
685 Westwood Avenue,
Rivervale, NJ
Tuesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
February 28
March 14
March 28
April 18
May 2
May 16
June 6
June 20
We welcome donations of usable worsted yarn, completed 12" x 12" squares in any color and stitch, and of course, people to join us at our Knitting Circle.
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MAKE AN EVENT OUT OF ANY OCCASION!
Think Temple Emanuel fo
r
your celebration
Weddings Bar/Bat Mitzvah Anniversary Birthday Holidays Special Events
From a simple kiddush to a lavish banquet....Always Kosher
Contact Temple Emanuel
first! Call
201-391-0801 or email
execdir@tepv.org. S
peak to Richard Tannenbaum, our Executive Director, for information.
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COMMUNITY OF CARING NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW
No community is exempt from hunger, and, currently, our local food pantry is in desperate need of restocking. Help fill the shelves by dropping off donations at our food bin at the Hebrew School entrance (or take the food directly to the Helping Hands Food Pantry at the Hillsdale United Methodist Church, 349 Hillsdale Ave, Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642)
Most needed items are:
Canned tuna, salmon, chicken, Shelf-stable milk, Beans, potatoes, rice, pasta, cereal, Baby food, diapers, formula, Adult briefs, Mac & cheese, chili, stews, meaty soups, Jelly, jams, peanut butter, Canned fruit, vegetables,
Toilet paper, tissues, paper towels
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Creating Community, Inspiring Commitment
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