Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
July 22, 2022
23 Tamuz 5782
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We are still accepting reservations to the July 31st 10th Anniversary Event.
We'd love to have you join us.
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
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Zelophehad had 5 daughters, but no sons. According to the law as set forth at Sinai, only sons inherited from a father. When the daughters approached Moses and said that their father’s inheritance would be lost to the family because there were no son’s, Moses brings the issue to God Who considers it and amends the law, stating that: “if a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his property to his daughter.” |
While the new law still fails to treat sons and daughters equally, it is a step in the right direction. More importantly, what we learn is that not all of the laws are, excuse the term, “written in stone”. The fact that God, in effect, permits a legislative change is not only transformative, but it sets a precedent for the future. If God can determine that a law that God wrote is subject to amendment, how much more so should we be cognizant of the fact that man-made laws should be subject to review and revision.
Much has been written on this piece of Torah text. If you read the text you will see that they are looking to protect their father’s name and legacy. They also do not want to lose the family “piece” of the Promised Land. So the claim is related to love of family and of land. Both good places to start.
While the daughters’ claim has substantive and emotional validity, I think that an issue that is overlooked is “how” the daughters made their petition. Reading the text, there is a beautiful subtext of what is happening.
In fact, the daughters are making their claim with an incredible amount of respect. They do not disparage the law, or Moses. They don’t complain about how they are being treated. They do not say that they would have been better off staying in Egypt.
Instead they stick to the facts and make a straight-forward claim. In the end, I believe that, as much as the substantive claim, God appreciated the way in which the request was made.
The daughters had a deep understanding of the Torah and God’s plan, they had good substantive claims, and they made their request in a mensch-like fashion. Finally, I think we tend to overlook the fact that they believed that they had the right to approach Moses with their problem. (This was affirmed when Moses listened and took the matter up with God).
That Moses, and God, were willing to hear the request of Zelphohad’s daughters was important. Equally important was the way in which they presented their claim.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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NEW CLASS WITH RABBI JAY
Let’s get ready together for the
High Holy Days:
A multi-class discussion using “This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared” by Rabbi Alan Lew
MONDAYS BEGINNING
AUGUST 1 AT 10:00 PM
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
July 22, 2022
8:00 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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Friday Evening
July 22, 2022
6:00 PM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
ON THE BEACH AT 24TH STREET
SPRAY BEACH
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
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Saturday Morning
July 23 2022
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Pinchas 5782
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Here Reading
Pinchas opens with God’s promise of a “covenant of peace” for the zealot Pinchas, followed by a census. The daughters of Tzelofchad request and receive new laws regarding inheritance. God instructs Moses to prepare Joshua for leadership, and God describes sacrifices brought daily and on special occasions.
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Haftorah
Here is the Haftorah
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Havdallah
9:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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:
Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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The social hall was abuzz last Wednesday with 3 tables of mah jongg and 20 people taking canasta classes with JCC members Renee Ward and Linda Chakrin. It was wonderful to hear the click of the tiles and the enthusiasm of our new canasta players. |
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WEDNESDAY 7/27/22
OPEN Mah jongg/Canasta
12:30 - 4:00 PM
Second Session of a
4 WEEK CANASTA CLASS
12:00 - 2:00 PM
following Ma'ariv
7:45 PM
Studying the weekly portions
with Rabbi Jay based on the book
"Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas"
by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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THURSDAY 7/28
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS:
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JULY 29 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
JULY 31 - 10TH Anniversary Gala
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AUGUST 2 - WAX Clam Shell Craft Project
AUGUST 10 - Bazaar
AUGUST 12 -Shabbat on the Beach - Spray Beach
AUGUST 14 - Annual Meeting
AUGUST 17 - WAX Book Club
AUGUST 22 - CPR Training
AUGUST 26 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
AUGUST 28 - Rave-Ons Concert
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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AUGUST BOOK
Wednesday, August 17 at 4:00 PM
by Maggie Anton
Hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of Talmudic sage Rav Hisda. The world around her is full of conflict. Rome, fast becoming Christian, battles Zoroastrian Persia for dominance while Rav Hisda and his colleagues struggle to establish new Jewish traditions after the destruction of Jerusalem's Holy Temple. Against this backdrop Hisdadukh embarks on the tortuous path to become an enchantress in the very land where the word 'magic' originated.
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
FUTURE BOOKS:
September 14 - Rav Hisda’s Daughter Book II Enchantress: By Maggie Anton
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Elizabeth Bat Joseph
Esther Blint
Pauline Cohn
Roy H. Entin
Frances Indzel
Frank D. Levi*
Rose Albert*
Rose Freeman
Samuel Hochberger
Anne Frances Rubenstein*
A. Paul Greene
Alan Miller
Sidney Zalkind*
Gladys Babbitt
Abraham Cherins
Gertrude Foosaner
Philip Gerstenblatt
Isadore Treatman
Sidney Weinman
Kenneth Wolfe
Gerald Katz
Molly Lang
Marilyn Lerner*
Harry Prebluda
Janet Rothenberg
Nathan Stokes
Rose Telles
Jack Bendavid
Fannie Bzezensky*
Helen Finestone
Roy Finestone
Tillie Fischer
Edward Liebowitz
Anna Bloom
Samuel Goodman
*Memorial plaque will be lit this week.
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 COalso welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one.
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Ed Herman
July 23rd
Peter Iris-Williams
July 23rd
Sharon Spina
July 23rd
Susan Davis
July 24th
Lewis Deutsch
July 24th
Jodi Stephani Rothman
July 24th
Debby Schweighardt
July 25th
Toby Meyer
July 27th
Stacie Podos
July 27th
Pamela Scheer
July 27th
Roger Rosenstein
July 28th
Deborah Smith
July 28th
Robert Block
July 29th
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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
Herb and Selma z”l Shapiro established the first individual Endowment Fund in memory of his father, as part of the JCC’s Endowment Fund portfolio.
Since then, three additional individual Endowment Funds have been established. Other members are encouraged to also provide for the future of our JCC by establishing similar funds. Please consider adding to this number.
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 named funds will be joined together to be part of the Endowment Fund portfolio.
Endowment funds are necessary to ensure the continuation and well being of our congregation. All members are encouraged to help this important effort by contributing to this portfolio, whether as a specific named individual fund, or as a general donation. The donation can be spread over one, two, or three years, and can be paid via check, donation of appreciated stock, wills, or from the RMD of your IRA or 401K account. 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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2022 MEMBERSHIP FORMS
Your support is so important to the continued success of the JCC.
Here is form for renewal:
And if you have been reading our Shabbat Reminder and other communications and have not yet joined our congregation, here is the new member form:
To pay on line
Fill in your information and then
go to Donation Details - then
Other and type in 2022 Membership
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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC supports 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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JCC INFORMATION
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 OPEN
TUESDAY - FRIDAY
FROM 10 - 2
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Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger
Diane Parzych
Deb Schweighardt
Susan Berube, Kitchen Manager
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LATEST
BULLETIN:
PRAYER BOOK:
WEB SITE:
PAVERS:
TREE OF LIFE
YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:
KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
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