Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
April 30, 2021
18 Iyar 5781
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This Friday is the 33rd day of counting the Omer, which is known as Lag B’Omer. Here are 7 interesting facts about this holiday:
1. It's the 33rd day of the Omer count
2. It's the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, writer of the Zohar and teacher of Kabablah
3. It's also the day that commands us to love and respect each other.
4. It's traditional to light bonfires on Lag B'Omer eve.
5. It's customary to eat carobs on Lag B'Omer
6. Traditionally it is the one day during the Omer (the counting between Passover and Shavuot) when you can suspend the mourning practices and do such things as have a celebration, listen to music or cut your hair.
7. There are seven facts here because seven represents the number of perfection. Seven's a pretty popular number in Judaism. Look at some of the 7’s in our tradition:
7 weeks of the Omer
7 emotions, one for each week of the Omer( love, fear, compassion, ambition, humility, bonding and receptiveness)
7 candles in the Menorah
7 days of the week
7 colors in the rainbow- the sign of G-d's covenant
According to an article on My Jewish Learning, by: Francine Klagsbrun:
The Omer is a time of semi-mourning, when weddings and other celebrations are forbidden, and as a sign of grief, observant Jews do not cut their hair. Anthropologists say that many peoples have similar periods of restraint in the early spring to symbolize their concerns about the growth of their crops. But the most often cited explanation for the Jewish practice comes from the Talmud, which tells us that during this season a plague killed thousands of Rabbi Akiva‘s students because they did not treat one another respectfully. The mourning behavior is presumably in memory of those students and their severe punishment.
According to a medieval tradition, the plague ceased on Lag B’omer, the 33rd day of the Omer. (The Hebrew letters lamed and gimel which make up the acronym “Lag” have the combined numerical value of 33.) As a result, Lag B’Omer became a happy day, interrupting the sadness of the Omer period for 24 hours. (It is thus customary to have weddings on Lag B’Omer).
In Israel it is customary to have picnics and light bonfires on Lag B’Omer.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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9 WAYS TO CELEBRATE LAG B'OMER AT HOME
- Have a Picnic
- Have a Backyard Bonfire
- Fire up the Grill
- Go "Camping" in your Living Room
- Work in the Garden or Plant some Indoor Plants
- Learn Torah
- Try a Home Haircut
- Participate in Interfaith Groups and Events
- Send Love to Friends whose Weddings have been Cancelled or Postponed
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THE SHABBAT THAT WAS.....
Last Shabbat morning, Don Pripstein celebrated the 75th Anniversary of his bar mitzvah. He led services and chanted the Haftorah. Friends and family joined the service on Zoom and it was a wonderful morning.
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Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
April 30, 2021
7:32 PM
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
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April 30, 2021
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
We invite our young families to join us for Kiddush, the lighting of candles, and the motzi over the challah
Saturday morning
May, 1 2021
Torah Study
9:00 AM
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Services
10:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
A Lombardi will be reading Torah.
Torah Reading
Parashat Emor
Leviticus 21:1-24:23
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
Ezekiel 44:15 - 44:31
Here is the Haftorah
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Saturday evening
8:00 PM
Havdallah
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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Sunday - Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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JCC RE-OPENING
Members of the JCC of LBI received the attached letter from President Michael Babst regarding the re-opening of the JCC of LBI building.
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SHAVUOT SERVICES
Sunday night:
May 16th:
8:00 - Shavuot Services and then
Tikkun Leil Shavuot - Study sessions and topics to be announced.
Bring your own Cheesecake!!!!
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.THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY 5/3 @ 10:00 AM
Chumash Class
WEDNESDAY 5/5
WAX Book Review @ 4:00 PM
Rabbi's University Class @ 8:00 PM
THURSDAY 5/6
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK |
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THE WEEK THAT WAS...
Sunday our pets were blessed. Truly they are a blessing.
Kudos to Joanne Ramer for leading the WAX book discussion on Wednesday afternoon
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SHABBAT DINNER
Friday, May 7th
at 6:00 PM
SHABBAT MORNING WITH
HAZZAN SARA GELLER
Saturday, lMay 8
10:00 AM
MOVIE NITE
7:45 PM
SHTISEL CONTINUES.....
May 13 - The Brothers: Akiva and Zvi Areyeh
May 20 - The Mother and Daughter: Giti and Rachami
May 27 -The Abba and his Brother: Shulem and Nukhem
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LET'S WALK THE BRIDGE
Sunday, May 23rd
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
WAX BOOK REVIEW
Wednesday, April 26
4:00 PM
"The Third Daughter"
by Talia Carner
A frightening journey into the New World of the late 1800s, told by a trusting young woman lured from Russia and forced into prostitution in Buenos Aires. As she finds courage in the face of danger and hope in hours of despair, Batya struggles to free herself from bondage while bringing down the powerful pimps’ union. The turn of the 20th century finds fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside, fleeing with her family endless pogroms.
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LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE
Thursday, June 17 at 7:45 PM
SUSAN & FRIENDS 2021
THE MEN SPEAK OUT"
EDMUND A. HAJIM
author, financier and philanthropist will discuss his book
"On the Road Less Traveled"
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UTHE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
OF THE
JCC OF LBI
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
Ray Lehrer
Kathleen Rifkin
Rena Entin
Victor Marcus
David Slott*
Cory Alpert*
Robert Gottlin
Dora Koyner*
Shelly Keller
Evelyn Rubinfeld
Walter Steigerwald
Mollie Bass*
Samuel Buznitsky
George Fuhrmann
Sylvia Greenspan
Clara Hoffman
Harvey Levin
Bernard Ostroff
Abraham Rosenfeld
Howard Sherry*
Samuel Rosenweig
Elaine Berkowitz
Milton Britz*
Jerome Molbert*
Scott L. Paley
Esther Rosenfeld
Joseph Tomar
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In this Zoom era, we have been able to have a daily minyan at 8:15 AM and at 7:30 PM and on Shabbat. We encourage you to join us on the day of your loved one’s yahrzeit. In the morning, the service is about ½ hour beginning at 8:15 and in the evening at 7:30 until about 7:45. Rabbi will be glad to say the traditional El Malei Rachamim prayer for you, which is recited during the funeral, going up to the grave of the departed, Yizkor remembrance day and other occasions on which the memory of the dead is recalled. You are also welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one. |
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Mindy Katz Svetcov
May 1
Ken Fuirst
May 5
Beth Zemble – Rosenzweig
May 5
Joel Werbel
May 5
Michael Kaplon
May 6
Henry Gardner
May 7
Linda Peroff
May 7
Marty Telles
May 7
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IRENE & MIKE BABST
on the engagement of
their daughter
Amanda Fisher
to
Chris Hibbard
CANTOR SARA AND LEON GELLER
on the marriage of their daughter
Becky Geller to
Nathan Markovitz
son of Bob and Candy Markovitz.
Sunday, May 2
in Frederick, Maryland.
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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CARING COMMITTEE
This committee acts as a support system for congregation members facing illness and other personal situations that need to be addressed.
Please contact Chairperson,
Debby Schweighardt
if you are in need of assistance or if you know of a JCC member
that needs our help.
973-634-5349
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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
PAVERS
Inscribe a paver at the front entrance to the building
8" X 4", 8" X 8" and 12" X 12"
SEE UPDATED ORDER FORM:
Become a permanent part of the JCC landscape.
Purchase a personalized paving stone
in honor of your family or in memory of a loved one.
Please contact Diane Hoffman
with your order or with any questions:
PRAYER BOOKS
There are still High Holiday Prayer Books and Chumashim available to be purchased in memory or honor of someone or something. The cost of a Prayer Book is $72 each and $120 for an Eitz Hayim Chumash. The donation includes an affirmation sticker in the book and an acknowledgement letter or letters.
TRIBUTES
SEND ONE OF OUR TRIBUTES IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF
TREE OF LIFE
Add a leaf (leaves) to our beautiful Tree of Life located in the Social Hall. See the order form here: TREE OF LIFE
Bronze Leaf $90
Silver Leaf $126
Gold :Leaf $180
ENDOWMENT FUND
Join Herb and Selma Shapiro z"l to help assure the continuity of our JCC, and our ability to continue providing a full- congregation to serve the Jewish people of the area. Judith z"l & Donald Pripstein have joined the Shapiros with a $50,000 donation and have established The Pripstein Family Endowment Fund.
A donation of at least $50,000 to the endowment fund will allow the donor to name one of the funds as the donor wishes. All such name funds will be joined together to be part of the endowment fund portfolio.
All members are encouraged to help this important effort by contributing to this fund whether as a specific named fund, or as a general donation. Your gift to the fund can be sent to the JCC Office. Please mark your check accordingly.
YAHRZEIT PLAQUES
Space is available for memorial plaques on the yahrzeit boards in the Sanctuary.
Here is the order form:
KOL HAKAVOD
Please consider being a part of this campaign to supplement the clergy needs of our congregation. This is a separate, voluntary commitment and is additional to our low annual dues obligation. HERE IS THE LINK TO BRING UP THE DONATION FORM KOL HAKAVOD
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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC support our Clergy, our Congregation and the Community.
ENDOWMENT FUND
This fund was established to assure the continuity of our JCC, and our ability to continue providing a full-service congregation to serve the Jewish people of the area. While a donation of any amount is encouraged, a donation of at least $50,000 allows the donor to name a special or specific Endowment Fund in memory or honor of a specific person event, or family.
GENERAL FUND
Donations to this fund are not earmarked but placed in the general administrative account. Donations to this fund can be in honor or memory of a person, event, or family.
KOL HAKAVOD FUND
Donations to this campaign supplement the clergy needs of our congregation.
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
This fund, managed by the rabbi, allows donors to enable the rabbi to do the work of tzedakah in response to the needs of individuals, organizations and the community.
ZENA & JERRY JAY KIDDISH FUND
The Zena and Jerry Jay Kiddush Fund was established in memory of Rabbi Jay's parents to help provide funds for our Saturday morning kiddushes.
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The Pergula on the JCC property is for sale. $600.00. Contact Sherry for further information
fsherryf@yahoo.com
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THE JCC OF LBI IS LOCATED AT
2411 Long Beach Boulevard (24th Street)
Spray Beach, NJ 08008
Telephone: 609-492-4090 FAX: 609-492-7550
THE OFFICE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
PLEASE USE THE PHONE OR EMAIL WITH REQUESTS.
OUR OFFICE STAFF WILL BE CHECKING IN REGULARLY.
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Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Tony DeGregorio, Custodial Staff
Kitchen Manager: Susan Berube
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LATEST
BULLETIN:
PRAYER BOOK:
WEB SITE:
PAVERS:
TREE OF LIFE
YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:
KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM
KOL HAKAVOD
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
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