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A tree of life from a lost world
If you've been on the bimah any time recently, you might have noticed a special addition. Our Holocaust Torah, a sacred witness to the Nazis' destruction of European Jewry during World War II, occupies an honored space thanks to the woodworking skills of Bob Sandak. The scroll, our temple's first Torah, once sat in the ark of the Pinkas synagogue in Czechoslovakia.
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Shabbat shalom!
Please join Rabbi Helayne Shalhevet at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening to welcome Shabbat. Joining her on the bimah will be Phil Paskowitz of the Ritual, Tikkun Olam and Adult Education Committees. Cantor Lisa Ann Wharton is away this weekend at the Shir Chadash retreat in Rockland County.
Herb Feigenbaum has adopted this Shabbat and will be hosting refreshments after the service.
YAHRZEITS: We will be remembering Hildreth Duvette Bauer, Andrea Gersten Green, Irving Hersh, Samuel H. Ozer,
Harold Rudin, Philip Sandak and Solomon Simon.
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Meeting ID:
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Passcode: 482013
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IN THE TORAH
By Rabbi Helayne Shalhevet
Vayera, Genesis 18:1 – 22:24
Abraham welcomes three angels and learns that his wife Sarah will give birth to a son. Abraham pleads with God to spare the wicked city of Sodom. Abraham’s nephew Lot’s wife turns to a pillar of salt when she disobeys the command not to look back at the burning city as they flee. Isaac is born to Abraham and Sarah, and Hagar and Ishmael are banished from their home. God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac but seeing the ram’s horn, later used as the shofar, is what saves him.
What do we learn from this portion? As Abraham is about to sacrifice his son the text says “he looks up and sees a ram caught in the thicket”; the ram becomes God’s sign that Abraham need not sacrifice Isaac. What if Abraham had failed to look up? He never would have seen the ram, and would have sacrificed his son. What about us? What would happen if we spent all our lives looking down and never looking up? What would we miss?
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Temple family news
BY JOAN PERRIN
Mazel tov to Debbie and Mark Hersh on celebrating their 43rd anniversary last Friday. Rabbi Shalhevet and Cantor Wharton bestowed a special blessing to them during the Shabbat service.
Please email Joan Perrin at perrinjoan@aol.comwith any special news you'd like to share with your temple family. She'd like to pass along your birthdays, anniversaries, new jobs, retirements, family milestones, requests for healing and news of personal losses.
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Don't miss the big party
Are you coming? And who do you want to sit with? The sooner you send in your RSVP card and check for our exciting Nov. 22 anniversary gala, the more likely you are to get your choice. Come honor our rabbi and cantor and celebrate 40 years of Temple Beth Emeth.
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ADOPT-A-SHABBAT UPDATE
Have you got a date?
If you haven't chosen a Shabbat to adopt on our sign-up sheet, 13 Fridays remain available. We have just one winter date — Feb. 26 — seven spring dates and five summer Shabbats that we really need families to take. If you did an oneg in 5786, you know it's not hard and can be a wonderful experience.
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REMAINING DATES
FEB. 26
APRIL 9 and 30
MAY 7, 14, 21, 28
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JUNE 18
JULY 23, 30
AUG. 6, 13, 27
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Notes: May 7 and Aug. 6 are Family Shabbats, which start at 7 p.m. Services begin at 7:30 on the other dates.
It's quick and easy to take a date. Just click on the link below to open it for editing. Use a computer, if you can. If you need to use a mobile device, you might have to right-click and request the desktop version to be able to edit. Just add your name and mark the date "Booked."
Just click here to make your choice.
If you'd prefer email, send your choice to tbe.mtsinai.newsletter@gmail.com and we'll plug it in if that date is still available.
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Need a lift to services?
The UJA on the Way subsidized ride service is offering free transportation to services at Temple Beth Emeth for worshippers who call Jacob Zamft to register at 631-486-2521 or the Suffolk Y JCC at 631-462-9800, extension 151. If you haven't registered a need a ride, do it today.
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It's that time again
The Men's Club's annual Super Bowl Pool is underway. Get your boxes after any Friday evening service. Just see Erwin Fox and he'll take care of you. Boxes, as always, are $20, with proceeds split between prize winners and the Men's Club's efforts to help the temple.
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Sunday, Nov. 8
9 a.m.
Men's Club breakfast
Friday, Nov. 13
7:30 p.m.
Honoring Our Veterans Shabbat
Sunday, Nov. 15
5 p.m.
Interfaith Thanksgiving service
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Sunday, Nov. 22
5 p.m.
Temple Beth Emeth's
40th anniversary gala dinner
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