Volume 46, Issue 3 November 2020

Temple Talk

Rabbi’s Corner - Abraham as Civic Role Model and Student of Communal Justice By: Rabbi David Finkelstein

Mishnah Avot 3:2 Parashat Vayera , the second half of Abraham “Pray for the welfare of the government, for and Sarah’s story. There, Abraham cries out for without fear of it [we] would swallow each justice from God: “Will You really wipe out the other alive.” innocent with the guilty?... Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do As I write this article, Election Day has not yet justice?” (Genesis 18:23-25). come. By the time you read this, Election Day This text has inspired many to claim Abraham will have passed, but we may not yet have a as a role model who stands up for justice, a president-elect. In the midst of this historical political hero who brings his complaint to the moment, packed as it is with hope and fear, highest authorities (God, in this case) and holds excitement and uncertainty, the Torah them accountable. God has seen the sins of teaches timeless lessons that feel custom- the people of Sdom. Chief among them are made for this moment. During the week of violent in hospitality to strangers and extreme Election Day, our weekly Torah portion is self-centeredness. God informs Abraham of (Continued on page 3)

Mark’s Remarks– A Daily Prayer to Keep us Going By: Mark Frydenberg Inside this issue: Just before in the weekday morning service is a prayer Uva LeTzion (A redeemer will come to Zion) containing many verses from Prophets and other Biblical sources. Mixed in Rabbi’s Corner 1, 3, 4 with the Hebrew verses are paraphrases in Aramaic. (See page 156 of Siddur Sim Shalom). I often read through these verses quickly on those mornings when services run long, and in this article, offer a closer look at the special promise that this prayer offers. Mark’s Remarks 1, 2

After promising a redeemer to Zion, the liturgical author references this covenant between Library 4 God and with the House of Jacob: Rabbi’s Discussion 5 Groups *NEW* Adonai has said: This is my covenant with them: My spirit will remain with you and your descendants. Social Justice Report 6 My words shall be upon your lips and upon the lips of your children and your children's children now and forever. Zoom Links 8 (Isaiah 59:21) Dinner 9 Yahrzeits 10 (Continued on page 2) Donations 11

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Rabbi: David Finkelstein The prayer combines the idea of returning to God with returning to Zion, and suggests Phone: 781-786-8679 that the pathway to both is teshuvah (repentance). God’s covenant with the Jewish Email: [email protected] people will sustain us during this time of exile. OfCce Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 –2:00 pm on ZOOM My spirit will remain with you refers to the spirit of the prophets—and speciCcally Elijah and by appointment the prophet, who visits us at a covenanting ceremony for a newborn, at the end of each Shabbat and Passover seder, and whose name we invoke (“ harachaman hu yishlach Of8cers lanu et eiliyahu hanavi ”) with each grace after meals—May the merciful one send us President: Mark Frydenberg Elijah the Prophet to bring us good wishes of salvation and comfort. I understand the Vice President: Dina Baker phrase My words shall be on your lips to mean that we must continue to learn and Secretary: Susan Baron speak Torah,/Truth just as God placed the words of Moses’ Torah on our lips, Speaking Treasurer / Finance: George Isaac and studying Torah are the way of being for the Jewish people that has kept the Jewish people together until today. The lesson is clear: God’s Spirit, God’s words, and God’s Board Members and Committees Presence in our lives will keep us going throughout the day. Cemetery : Jim Baron Chesed / Caring: Devin Shmueli The prayer follows with several verses of holiness in Hebrew from Prophets followed by Development: Howard Trachtman interpretations in Aramaic. This collection of verses parallels the Kedusha (holiness House: Merrill Griff section) of the weekday , recited earlier, with the words Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh , Catherine Cantrell followed by three verses about holiness in Aramaic, and the response Baruch K'vod Program: Ben Nudelman Adonai Mimkomo (Blessed is God’s Glory from the place of God’s presence). Ritual: Phyllis Werlin Social Justice: Linda Ungerleider As we are about to take leave of our service, we read this covenant with Zion and these At Large: Julie Gagnon verses of holiness to help carry us through our day. God's Presence promises to be with Bruce Trager us in two ways: through God's spirit and through God's words. We will never be lost as long as we speak and learn and study Torah. Then we are truly serving God, as a later Special Interests passage in this prayer suggests: Inclusion: Howard Trachtman Brotherhood: Paul Smith Blessed is our God, who has created us for God's glory, and separated us from those who do wrong, Stay in Touch who has given us the Torah, which is Truth, and has planted in us eternal life. Of8ce Manager: Andrea Baron May God open our hearts to God's Torah, Phone: 781-894-5146 and place in our hearts to love and revere God, Email: [email protected] to do God's will and serve God with a perfect heart." OfCce Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm This collection of verses came to be known as d'Sidra , literally, an arrangement of verses about holiness. Some say that our sages established reciting Address: 25 Harvard Street Kedushah d’Sidra when hostile rulers decreed upon Israel not to recite Kedushah, and Waltham, MA 02453 persecutors would stand guard at the prayer services until after the Amidah. After the guards left, the minyan would recite Kedushah d’Sidra . Even after the decree was Web: www.tbiwaltham.org abolished, the custom continued to recite these verses before Aleinu and Mourner’s Facebook : facebook.com/tbiwaltham , adding yet another prayer before services are over.. Twitter: @tbiwaltham Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/ Please join us at our minyan on Zoom on Thursday mornings at 8 am, A few minutes company/tbiwaltham before we end, watch for this prayer. Read its verses and take this promise with you, that God's spirit and God's words will be with you throughout your day. Page 3

Rabbi’s Corner - Abraham as Civic Role Model and Student of Communal Justice By: Rabbi David Finkelstein

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God’s plan to destroy all the people of Sdom in ;re, and Abraham responds by advocating for the innocent : “Will You really wipe out the place and not spare it for the sake of the ;fty innocent within it?” (18:24). Although there was no democracy in Abraham’s time, yet this story conveys the importance of each individual’s voice. It may be on us, the Abrahams of the world, to raise our voices in protest and demand that all votes are counted, that this election is fair. This reading of chapter 18 frames Abraham positively as a model of moral and civic righteousness.

But, as is so often the case with the Torah, there is another message here. After all, God does end up destroying Sdom. Abraham’s bargaining does not change God’s mind. God rains down ;re on Sdom, so the sinful city is not spared. Lot survives, but has Abraham’s petition changed anything? Maybe it has, only not in the way we imagined.

The ;rst thing to notice is that the story does not end as we expect it to. Abraham starts by asking for God’s commitment that Sdom will not be destroyed if there are ;fty righteous people in it. God agrees not to destroy if there are ;fty. Gradually, Abraham lowers the number of righteous people from ;fty to ten, and each time God agrees not to destroy if that number of righteous people live in Sdom. But why does Abraham stop at ten? We expect that Abraham will lower the number to one so that God will save Lot, Abraham’s nephew. Why doesn’t Abraham ask God to save the city for one righteous person and his family?

The answer, I believe, is that after God agrees to save the city for ten righteous people, Abraham has a realization about the difference between individual justice and communal justice. This realization may be the reason why God initiates this dialogue with Abraham in the ;rst place. In individual justice - as when one person takes another to court - the guilty are made to pay and the innocent party is protected. In individual justice, there is potential for absolute fairness. Not so with communal justice. When a community of people does wrong or is wronged, justice always leads to the suffering of some number of innocents. On a communal, city-wide, or nationwide scale, there is no such thing as complete fairness. Try as the courts and the government must, they cannot avoid causing suffering to some people who do not deserve it. God delivers this message about political justice to Abraham after Isaac’s birth is foretold, but before Isaac is born, because when Isaac is born Abraham becomes the founder of the Jewish people. Before Abraham can become the father of a people, the founder of a covenantal community, God wants him to learn something about communal justice.

No outcome of this election will lead to total fairness: protection for all the innocent and justice for all the guilty. Like Abraham, we must adjust our sense of justice and fairness. A successful election cannot be de;ned as one in which a particular party gets their wish or their way. A successful election is one in which all votes are counted, and in which the will of the majority determines the outcome. As a fundamental principle of law, and by extension, a Jewish value, the fairness of the election takes precedence over our preferred outcomes. So, even though I have my heart set on a particular outcome from this election, I will consider myself satis;ed as long as all

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May all votes be counted. May our institution of democratic and free elections be protected and preserved. May we wait patiently - neither declaring victory nor conceding defeat - until all votes have been counted. May we all embrace free and fair elections as a higher value than the elevation of our preferred candidates into of;ce. May we stand ;rm in our own values - inclusion, love, compassion, justice, and respect for all life. May we raise up the voices of the oppressed. May we include, embrace, and celebrate all human beings, their families and loved ones. May we grow in mitzvot and in Torah, always striving to live up to God’s vision for our lives. May we ;nd a productive balance between accepting the world as it is and pushing the world to become what it could be. May we raise our voices like Abraham, and, like Abraham, may we learn the differences between individual justice and communal justice. May God bless the United States of America.

Rabbi David

Notice of Annual Meeting

The next annual meeting of the membership of Temple Beth Israel will take place on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 10:00 am. Details to follow.

TBI Library

The mission of the TBI library is to provide members, clergy, and staff with a variety of materials of Judaic interest, in a warm and welcoming environment, and to promote and encourage the sharing of Jewish learning and culture. We encourage reading, listening, and viewing for pleasure as well as for information and spiritual guidance. TBI has a wonderful collection of adult and children’s books, as well as CDs, DVDs, periodicals, and other media. We have a computer that visitors may use, as well as a wireless connection you may use with your device. While many of the adult books have been catalogued, we have just begun the process of cataloguing our children’s books. You can access the database here . Rules for usage: While most of TBI’s materials may be borrowed and returned, some items are too fragile to transport and may only be used in the library. Books and other items may be borrowed for a two-week period. Please contact the Librarian , Marilyn Racette, [email protected] at if you need to extend that period. Please also contact the Librarian if you wish to donate any materials to the library. Page 5 Rabbi David’s Discussion Groups

MONTHLY KABBALAT SHABBAT with Time: 5:30-6:30pm on 1st Friday of the month on Zoom Dates : Fridays November 6, December 4, January 1 Description : Now, back by popular demand, Rabbi David (and/or a lay leader) will lead the evening service after Kabbalat Shabbat once a month. Sharing of tov me’od - a good thing from your week to sweeten the arrival of Shabbat - will occur after the evening service, at 6:25pm. Lay leaders are encouraged to lead portions or all of Kabbalat Shabbat and/or maariv, as they are able. Please be in touch with Rabbi David ( [email protected] ) if you want to lead some part of Friday night.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86094088277

EVENING TALMUD STUDY (monthly) Time : 7:00-8:30pm on 4th Wednesdays, on Zoom Dates: Wednesdays November 25, December 23, January 27 Description: Topics are chosen to illuminate current local or national events, to prepare for upcoming Jewish observances and holy times, and/or to present key discussions in Talmudic thought. In honor of TBI’s nascent Warming Center for unhoused community members, the November 25th session will focus on three Talmudic stories about bringing the needy into our homes. Together we will discuss how these stories capture the spectrum of our feelings about doing this great mitzvah. No prior experience with Talmud required. All are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83365026963?pwd=SytiQ0tqK3hraGFRdzdIc1NJQVFnQT09

LUNCHTIME TORAH STUDY (monthly) Time : 12:00-1:30pm on 2nd Thursdays, on Zoom Dates : Thursdays November 12, December 10, January 14 Description : We continue our study of the Abraham and Sarah story in Sefer Bereishit (the Book of Genesis), beginning with chapter 16, the ;rst part of Hagar and Ishmael’s story. We cover roughly one chapter per session. Discussion is largely driven by participant interest and observation. Rabbi David gently guides discussion back to the Biblical text as needed, peppers discussion with occasional rabbinic, Hasidic, or contemporary sources to aid in seeing the stories as Torah. All are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87353443111?pwd=b0hQYXcvekVXWVBqMnpvRllSMSs2QT09 Page 6 Social Justice Committee

As an ongoing process of the three Community Conversations hosted by the Social Justice Committee and led by JOIN for Justice, the Committee will meet in early November to learn the process of leading house meetings that allow congregants to come together to pursue issues of social justice of interest to them. What is your passion? What do you care most about in the greater Waltham community?

Devin Shmueli, chair of the Chesed Committee, proposed the idea of having TBI host a Warming Center (see next paragraph) for the unhoused (homeless) persons of Waltham at the October Board of Directors meeting. The Board asked for a proposal which had the unanimous support of the SJ Committee and was approved at a special Board of Directors meeting the following week. An Advisory Committee was formed to develop the necessary protocols, statements and grant proposal needed for approval by the City of Waltham. The safety and security of our property and congregants, as well as the unhoused population and volunteers, is of the utmost importance to this Committee.

A Warming Center on Sundays from 1:00-4:00 is a place that the unhoused population can go during a time when there is no other safe and warm place during our New England winters. It is also our goal to provide a warm meal. Our proposal will be staffed by a community group that has been serving meals on the weekends to this group for more than a year. More than 55% of this group are living on the streets with the rest in a shelter at night. The Community Day Center (CDC) is reopening on November 2 after being closed since March and limited in the number who can avail themselves of the program due to COVID 19 protocols. CDC will provide an overnight Warming Center starting in early December on weeknights.

TBI has supported CDC since the inception of the SJ Committee through your generous donations. This month, they are in need of bottled water, soda, juice boxes (they love Capri Sun), individual bags of chips/cookies. Sweaters, sweatshirts, gloves, hats and warm jackets are also needed. Drop offs can be at CDC on Felton Street from 12:00-4:00 weekdays. Call upon arrival (781.392.6311) and staff will accept your donation.

In preparation of hosting a Warming Center, the Committee is asking for donations of new socks for men and women. This is one item that is always in demand. Please drop off your donation at the TBI on weekdays from 9:30-12:30.

Thank you for supporting the work of the SJ Committee.

Linda Ungerleider Chair Page 7 SAVE THE DATE

On Tuesday, December 15th at 6:00pm we will co- host a candle lighting for the 6th night of Hanukkah with Mayor Jeanette McCarthy on the Waltham Common at the Gazebo. We are also planning other Hanukkah related events for December that we will notify you about soon.

Virtual Fall Foliage Tour Photos

Thanks to Brad Baker for leading a virtual foliage video tour of Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham. Brad spoke about different types of trees, and narrated the colorful autumn landscape. You can watch the videos tour on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2RIASj6hGPA and https://youtu.be/1rTXH02N9F8 . Page 8

Zoom with Us! November 2020

We are now meeting by computer and by phone, instead of in in person. To join by phone--no computer needed: Dial (301)-715-8592. You will hear a prompt to enter a meeting ID. Enter the meeting ID, followed by #. In the listing of events below, we show the meeting ID for each event. To join by computer or mobile device, visit zoom.us in a web browser, click Join a Meeting , and enter the meeting ID and password for the event (or click the direct link to the event posted on our website or in our weekly email update). The current list of events appears below. For the latest schedule of online events, visit http://www.tbiwaltham.org/virtual-tbi/ .

November Shabbat Services Online Meeting ID

Nov. 6 Kabbalat Shabbat with Maariv 5:30pm—6:30 pm 860 9408 8277 Nov. 13, 20, 27 Shabbat Shalom - 5:30pm—6:00 pm

Nov. 7, 14, 21, Shabbat Morning Together - 10:30 am 898 2996 2372 28

Thursday Morning Minyan

Nov. 5, 12, 19, Morning Minyan 8:00am 860 6404 5288 26

Rabbi’s Discussion Groups

811 0356 9244 Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm Rabbi David’s Open Zoom Hour pw: 157389

Thurs. Nov. 12, 873 5344 3111 12:00pm—1:30pm Lunchtime Torah Study Dec.10 Jan. 14 pw: 922863

Weds. Nov. 25, 833 6502 6963 7:00pm—8:30pm Evening Talmud Study Dec.23 Jan. 27 pw: 615895 Page 9 Thursday Morning Friday Night Service followed by Minyan 8:00am Shabbat Dinner at Home November 13, 5:30pm 8:00am After such a successful dinner on Erev Rosh Hashanah, your The minyan will begin promptly at 8 am , and Chesed team is coming together to make another meal will end by 9 a.m. The Zoom link is below. We happen. will include the . We will use Siddur Sim Shalom for Weekdays. (Note, this is On November 13th at 5:30, we will have our usual Friday Night a different edition of the siddur than what we Shabbat Zoom serviced followed by a shared meal. Our chefs have used at the synagogue.) You can pick up a will prepare a meal to include Sweet and Spicy Pineapple copy at TBI (contact Andrea to make Salmon, grilled asparagus, and roasted potatoes as well as a arrangements), or follow along in the PDF light dessert. All you need to do is register by clicking here . version which you can download at Please register as soon as possible as registration will close http://www.tbiwaltham.org/pray/morning-minyan/ or once 20 households have registered. This event will cost $18 click here. per person but we will not turn you away if you cannot pay. Click Here to Zoom in to the Minyan There are funds to support your participation in the Event Participation Fund. You can pay online at http:// Zoom id: 860 6404 5288 www.tbiwaltham.org/pray/friday-nights/ or you can mail in a check to the Temple OfCce. Limmud Boston TBI Bookshelf by Marilyn Racette will be holding their eFestival on Sunday This month I’m getting some help November 15th from from Phyllis Werlin, chair of our 11am to 4:30pm. Ritual Committee. She writes, “I am reading a book right now by Tova Registration is required on their Mirvis called The Book of website. Separation .

Howard Trachtman It is a memoir about when and how will be presenting at she left orthodoxy.” Tova is the author of several novels, two set in 3pm on Mental Memphis where she grew up in an Health for All: Help orthodox community. “She divorces from People with her orthodox husband because she felt she couldn’t Mental Illness and live an inauthentic life, pretending to believe things Resources for Peers she didn’t. But she sees that many people - mostly and Family Members women like herself- push aside their lack of beliefs and pretend, because belonging to a community, to be Contact Howard at an insider, is more important.” After the divorce Mirvis [email protected] as remarries someone more secular, “and she grapples there are a limited amount of with how much she wants to hold on to, as scholarships available for this do her two sons- one wants more, one wants less.” This book is not in the TBI collection, but it can be ordered program. and added to our library. If you are interested, please

contact me at [email protected] . November Yahrzeits

Page 10 Miriam Goldman Kislev 11 27-Nov Bella Weiner Kislev 15 1-Dec Arthur Merowitz Cheshvan 14 1-Nov Alexander Abraham Kislev 11 27-Nov Abraham Ginsburg Kislev 15 1-Dec Arpad Viltschek Cheshvan 15 2-Nov Blanche Kaufman Kislev 11 27-Nov Mary Rosenfeld Kislev 16 2-Dec Rose Fox Cheshvan 15 2-Nov Donald M. Merowitz Kislev 11 27-Nov Meyer Rosenfeld Kislev 16 2-Dec Elsie Seskin Cheshvan 15 2-Nov Barney Geller Kislev 12 28-Nov Lipman Simmons Kislev 16 2-Dec Rebecca Slatrow Cheshvan 16 3-Nov Joseph Finstein Kislev 12 28-Nov Elaine Kaplan Kislev 17 3-Dec Edward Weiner Cheshvan 17 4-Nov Simon Greenberg Kislev 12 28-Nov Sadye Leyton Kislev 17 3-Dec Max Talent Cheshvan 18 5-Nov Henry Milesky Kislev 13 29-Nov Lana Blackstone Kislev 17 3-Dec Herman York Cheshvan 19 6-Nov Mollie Fine Kislev 13 29-Nov Jennie Fine Kislev 18 4-Dec Daniel Griff Cheshvan 21 8-Nov Rose Bloom Kislev 13 29-Nov Sadie Kaitz Kislev 18 4-Dec Abraham Goldstein Cheshvan 21 8-Nov Becky Mankowich Kislev 14 30-Nov Jack Marcou Kislev 18 4-Dec Philip Silver Cheshvan 21 8-Nov Louis Gould Kislev 14 30-Nov Morris Bootin Kislev 18 4-Dec Bernard Resh Cheshvan 25 12-Nov Bernice Mayrent Kislev 15 1-Dec Paul Meyerovitz Kislev 19 5-Dec Lester Goldberg Cheshvan 25 12-Nov Benjamin Caplan Kislev 15 1-Dec Tillie Klayman Kislev 19 5-Dec Madeline P. Kaplan Cheshvan 26 13-Nov Jacob Mankowich Kislev 15 1-Dec Samuel Blackstone Kislev 19 5-Dec Joseph Tuchfeld Cheshvan 26 13-Nov Rose Grater Kislev 15 1-Dec Shiphrah Goldberg Kislev 19 5-Dec Benjamin Wolk Cheshvan 28 15-Nov Max Katz Cheshvan 28 15-Nov We wish a long life to our members who are observing a Yahrzeit in the Herbert Baron Cheshvan 29 16-Nov coming weeks. Chaim Taubman Cheshvan 30 17-Nov Mildred Chorney Kislev 01 17-Nov If you would like assistance to arrange a virtual minyan so that you may say Sarah Wiesman Kislev 01 17-Nov kaddish for your loved ones, please contact the Temple of8ce at least one David Kniznick Kislev 01 17-Nov week in advance. Julius Weiner Kislev 02 18-Nov ♦ Nov 2 - Erika Cohen, in memory of her father, Arpad Viltschek Bella Kane Kislev 02 18-Nov ♦ Jacob Nottenburg Kislev 02 18-Nov Nov 2 - Bruce Trager, in memory of his grandmother, Rose Fox ♦ Eva Baron Kislev 03 19-Nov Nov 4 - Joel Weiner, in memory of his father, Edward Weiner ♦ Isadore Solomon Kislev 04 20-Nov Nov 12 - Richard Goldberg, in memory of his brother, Lester Bessie Griff Kislev 05 21-Nov ♦ Nov 13 - Donald Kaplan and Ed Kaplan, in memory of their mother Betty Taubman Kislev 05 21-Nov Madeline Kaplan Morris Goodman Kislev 05 21-Nov ♦ Nov 15 - Thelma Kennen, in memory of her father Max Katz Mildred Perlmuter Kislev 06 22-Nov ♦ Nov 16 - Jim Baron and Audrey Kennen, in memory of their father, Herbert John F. Kennedy Kislev 06 22-Nov Baron Samuel Orovitz Kislev 06 22-Nov ♦ Nov 17 - Martin Taubman, in memory of his father, Chaim Taubman Ethel Fichtelberg Kislev 06 22-Nov ♦ Nov 19 - Jim Baron and Audrey Kennen, in memory of their grandmother, Nathan Weiner Kislev 07 23-Nov Eva Baron Abraham Shecktman Kislev 07 23-Nov ♦ Nov 20 - Rob Solomon, in memory of his father, Isadore Solomon Margret Fassberg Kislev 07 23-Nov ♦ Nov 21 - Merrill Griff, in memory of his mother, Bessie Griff Roz Stanton Kislev 07 23-Nov ♦ Nov 21 - Martin Taubman, in memory of his mother, Betty Taubman Ella Blauer Kislev 08 24-Nov ♦ Nov 22 - Frank Orovitz, in memory of Samuel Orovitz Helen Norman Kislev 08 24-Nov ♦ Nov 22 - Marilyn Racette, in memory of her aunt, Ethel Fichtelberg Arnie Kaufman Kislev 08 24-Nov ♦ Nov 23 - Jill Stanton, in memory of her mother, Roz Stanton Jenny Weitzenberg Kislev 08 24-Nov ♦ Nov 24 - Janice Goldstein, in memory of her mother, Ella Blauer Milton Portnov Kislev 09 25-Nov ♦ Nov 24 - Marilyn Racette, in memory of her grandmother, Jenny Sylvia Moldoff Kislev 09 25-Nov Weitzenberg Eileen Moses Kislev 09 25-Nov ♦ Nov 25 - Beverly Kaplan, in memory of her mother, Sylvia Moldoff Blanche Weinstein Kislev 10 26-Nov ♦ Nov 25 - Janet Moses, in memory of her sister, Eileen Moses Abraham Werblin Kislev 10 26-Nov ♦ Nov 27 - David Kaufman and Ed Kaufman, in memory of Blanche Kaufman Max Canter Kislev 11 27-Nov ♦ Dec 1 - Sherry Mayrent, in memory of her mother, Bernice Mayrent Edward Rosenburg Kislev 11 27-Nov Page 11 Donations For the Food Access

• Diana Korzenik, in honor of Program Devin Shmueli and Joan • Michael and Serene Victor Thank you to Diana Korzenik, for a contribution remembering Friedman, for preparing a delicious dinner for Erev Morris and Edith Hollender. Rosh Hashanah. High Holy Day Pledges • Jill Carni, in honor of her Diana “adopted” the painting, mother, Marion Carni Although we are not in our “The Golden Horn of • Thelma Kennen, in memory building, our operating Constantinople” that hung in of all her loved ones: expenses continue. We Morris and Edith’s living room at welcome your additional High their home in Watertown. She • Joseph and Fannie Holy Day pledge. Please will enjoy it in her new home for Kennen indicate when or in how many many years to come and hopes • Abe and Sarah Kennen payments you wish to ful;ll it. to donate it to TBI in the future. • Yukee Kennen • Edward Kennen • Debra Darling & Jonathan Lurie

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Mark Your Calendar! November Highlights

Fri Nov 6 - Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv (5:30 to 6:30 pm) Shabbat Fri Nov 13, 20, 27 - Shabbat Shalom (5:30 to 6:00 pm) Saturday Mornings at 10:30 am

Thursdays Morning Minyan at 8 am

12 Board of Directors Meeting

Friday, 13 Shabbat Dinner at Home (See Page 9)

6:00 pm Chanukah Candle Lighting with Mayor McCarthy Tue Dec 15 Outdoors on the Waltham Common Gazebo