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“May They Be Bound up in the Bond of Eternal Life” “May They Be Bound Up in the Bond of Eternal Life” Yizkor Memorial Book 2021/5782 - Volume 61 WE REMEMBER Rabbis Lauren Holtzblatt & Aaron Alexander As we come together this Yizkor morning, we remember. We remember their laughter, Their sorrow and joy. Moments in time become etched in our memories. Time stands still. We stand this morning with individual memories, individual losses and sorrow, but we also stand together as an intricate web bound together through loss and love. Just as love transcends boundaries, our memories have the powerful effect of evoking our heart’s deepest treasures. As we stand here today, may we feel the courage to open our hearts, to mark our losses and to be guided by the memories and commitments we have been entrusted to honor. SEASONS Carol Ansell How many Springs have you seen, old man? How many lovers have passed your eyes On how many April days? And the Summers. .the Summers. Does your mouth still go dry Thinking of long stretches of sand Walked alone. What of the autumns, old man? How many trees have laid their burdens at your feet, How many winds taught you the patterns Of paper in the street? Oh to have seen so much, and yet to know That winter must descend. For look, there is snow in your hair, Frost begins to touch your eyes, and see The dandelions that grew this morning Are turning gray, Tomorrow they’ll be gone. 2 Photo by Carol Ansell 3 WHEN DEATH COMES Mary Oliver When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness? And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility, and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular, and each name a comfortable music in the mouth, tending, as all music does, toward silence, and each body a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth. When it’s over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world 4 YEISH KOCHAVIM Original Hebrew text: Hannah Szenesh Music & Translation: Jeff Klepper, Andrea Jill Higgins, Daniel Freelander There are stars up above, so far away we only see their light Long, long after the star itself is gone. And so it is with people we have loved. Their memories keep shining ever brightly, Though their time with us is done. But the stars that light up the darkest night, These are the lights that guide us. As we live our days, these are the ways we remember, we remember. As we live our days, these are the ways we remember, we remember. DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Mary Elizabeth Frye, adapted by Rabbi Jeffrey A. Wohlberg Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the field of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room, I am the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, Remember that I lived, forget I died. 5 WHEN ALL THAT’S LEFT IS LOVE Rabbi Allen S. Maller When I die If you need to weep Cry for someone Walking the street beside you. You can love me most by letting Hands touch hands, and Souls touch souls. You can love me most by Sharing your Simchas and Multiplying your Mitzvot. You can love me most by Letting me live in your eyes And not on your mind. And when you say Kaddish for me Remember what our Torah teaches, Love doesn’t die People do. So when all that’s left of me is love Give me away. PLANTING FOR MY CHILDREN Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit 23a, as quoted in Jewish Wisdom by Joseph Telushkin A rabbi named Choni saw a man planting a carob tree. “How many years does it take until this carob tree will bear fruit?” he asked the man. “Seventy years.” Choni said to him, “Do you think you will live seventy more years?” The man replied, “I found a world containing fully grown carob trees, and just as my ancestors planted those trees for me, so too, will I plant them for my children.” 6 PSALM 121 PRELUDE: A SONG OF ASCENT I will lift up my eyes to the hills. What is the source of my help? My help comes from the Lord, Maker of the heavens and the earth. The Lord will not allow you to stumble, Your Guardian will not slumber. Indeed, the Guardian of Israel Neither slumbers nor sleeps. The Lord is your Guardian, Your shelter at your side. The sun will not smite you by day Nor the moon by night. The Lord will guard you against all evil; The Lord will guard you, body and soul. The Lord will guard your going out And your coming home, now and forever. 7 VE’ULAI (DID I DREAM?) Did I dream? Was our valley not bathed in a soft, mystic gleam? Did I dream -- when I woke And I hastened to go to my garden down by the stream? There to plow -- and to plant all the seeds of the fields With my hands and the sweat of my brow, Through the day -- ’til the shadows of evening would fall And the sky would once more be gray. And the singing I heard came from gardens close by Where I saw the Kinneret was blue As if part of the sky. Can it be that my dream has come true? Shel Kinneret sheli, Hoi, Kinneret sheli, He-hayit o chalam-ti chalom. 8 הזכרת השמות Pages 290 - 294 High Holy Day Prayerbook 9 We pay reverential tribute to the young men in our congregation who sanctified our liberty with their lives. Our debt to them can never be fully repaid except by our own consecration to the principles of democracy and by our dedication to the doctrine of the sanctity of each human being. Sgt. ALBERT SIDNEY ALTMAN Commander MORRIS I. BIERMAN Major PHILIP BRESS, MC, USAR Ensign HERBERT SHELDON COHN Sgt. JOHN FERBER Capt. ISADORE HUROWITZ Capt. SIDNEY HAROLD KATZOFF Pvt. First Class LLOYD M. KELLER Lt. MATTHEW JEROME LEVY Capt. PAUL PASCAL Lt. Col. JEROME GERALD SACKS Lt. LOUIS OSCAR SHERMAN Major BERNARD WILNER Capt. JOHN L. WILNER “For this shall the earth mourn and the heaven above be black.” (Jeremiah) 10 In the dark era of Nazi infamy, one-third of our people were brutally annihilated. Neither time nor distance shall cause memory to dim. Their travail must remain a solemn admonition to the conscience of mankind. Let the eternal spirit of Israel redeem their martyrdom from the ashes of oblivion. These lives are sacred to members of our Congregation: Chaiala Berlin Judith Herzenberg Toiva Margolis Chaim Tzudek Berlin Max Herzenberg Orgler Family David Berlin Rahle Freuberg Herzenberg Cilly Pemstein Fany Berlin Sarah Herzenberg Basia Perlmutter Hinda Berlin Frania Liban Hoffman Markus Perlmutter Tzack Harsh Berlin & 3 sons Yudel Roseman Mordich Berlin Liba Tzakovich Max Rosenbaum Rachel Berlin Berta Jospe Ruth Rosenbaum Rachel Berlin Gerson Jospe Babette Rosenberg Sara Rabaca Berlin Gertrude Jospe Abe Rothlein Sasha Berlin Louis Jospe Yehoshua Rothlein Toba Berlin Rosa Jospe Kaila Rothop Heinrich & Tzila Bronner Theodor Jospe Pessel Scharf & family & 3 sons Eda Kaminski Balbina Schifter Jacob Bronner & Family Moshe Kornblau & Family Paul Schifter Josef Bronner & Family Salek Kunstler Eugen Simson Samuel Bronner & Family Karel Leon Hermine Simson Yitzhak Bronner & Family Kitty Leon Clara Doellefeld Stiebel Hermann Cerini Israel Langer Meinhold Stiebel Alex Doellefeld Leon Langer Betty Stock Recha Doellefeld Ruben Langer Pepa Wechsler Rosa Liban Fisher & Family Josef Laufer Betka Wechsler Frimmet Fluss & Family Sara Liban Laufer Benjamin Wechsler Nachman Freudberg Nathan Lebensohn Family Josef Wechsler Ida Ganz Shimon Lebensohn Family Brandel Silber Wein & Viterslav Ganz Ferdinand Liban & Family family of 6 Isaac Gildenberg Baila Liberman Hitze Wein & family Rebecca Gotthelf Liebermann Family Abraham Wolpe Tila Greenberg Jacob Lubezer Chana Wolpe Zissel Greisman & Family Abraham Luski Elishe Wolpe Berta Jospe Gutfeld Batya Luski Heshel Wolpe Emil Gutfeld Esther Luski Jacob Wolpe Adolf Herzenberg Ida Luski Luba Wolpe Clara Keile Herzenberg Moshe Luski Lucia Wolpe Elsa Herzenberg Tania Luski Mordecai Wolpe Gabriel (Willy) Herzenberg Chana Margolis Pearl P’Nina Wolpe Ina Herzenberg Dwora Margolis Shene Wolpe Jacob Herzenberg Ester Margolis Sonia Wolpe Josef Herzenberg Hinda Margolis Tina Bronner Zuckerman Josef Herzenberg Shea Margolis & Family 11 We have recently been bereaved of the following: As of 8/13/21 5779 Harry Fleisher 8 Adar I Lorna Jaffe 11 Elul Max Kahn 12 Elul Dante James Cardinali 17 Elul Alan Friedman 19 Elul Robert Sann 23 Elul Larry Schwartz 27 Elul Joel Merenstein 27 Elul Rene LeBlanc 28 Elul Ethel Daniels 29 Elul 5780 Bernice Nadler 2 Tishrei Ruth Fisher 8 Tishrei Gladys Lipkin 14 Tishrei Irving Jacobs 19 Cheshvan Jonathan Mark Horn 1 Kislev Leonard Norman Arnold 3 Shevat Shirley Cohen 17 Adar Julian Kossow 12 Av J.
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