Vol. XLVIII No. 7 THE NEWS OF DELAWARE’S MARCH 2021 FIRST CONGREGATION

WHY IS THIS PESACH DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER PESACHS ?

Monday, March 22 Monday March 29, Second Day of Pesach Virtual Model Seder led by Rabbi and Anne Saks and Havdallah 8:06 PM Cantor Redfern 7 PM (ZOOM) Ma’ariv 8:15 PM (ZOOM)

Thursday, March 25 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday March 30, 31, Deadline for Authorization for Sale of Chametz April 1, Chol Hamoed Pesach Shacharit 8 AM (ZOOM) Siyum for firstborn 8:25 AM (ZOOM) Search for Chametz after 7:59 PM Friday, April 2, Chol Hamoed Pesach Virtual Hallel and Yizkor conducted by Friday, March 26 Cantor Redfern and Rabbi Saks 11 AM (ZOOM) Kabbalat Shabbat 6 PM (ZOOM) Kabbalat Shabbat 6 PM (ZOOM) Candle Lighting 7:02 PM Candle Lighting 7:09 PM

Saturday March 27, Erev Pesach Saturday, April 3, Seventh Day of Pesach Chametz may be eaten until 11:03 AM Havdallah and Candle Lighting after 8:11 PM Latest Time to flush (not burn!) Chametz 12:05 PM Candle Lighting after 8:04 PM Sunday, April 4, Eighth Day of Pesach Havdallah and Kiddush for Seder after 8:04 PM Havdallah 8:12 PM Ma’ariv 8:30 PM (ZOOM) Sunday, March 28, First Day of Pesach Candle Lighting and Kiddush for Do not eat any Chametz sold for you by Rabbi second Seder after 8:05 PM Saks prior to 9:30 PM. Begin counting Omer at the end of the Seder

PESACH Is it kosher to Zoom your Seder? - page 2 Sale of Chametz form - page 6 NEWS YOU Pesach Myths & Facts - page 7 CAN USE Pesach recipe - page 10

Zoom connection info and full listing of virtual events on page 3

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Is it kosher to Zoom your Seder?

Shalom Chaverim,

As spring approaches, there is much to look forward to. People are starting to receive the Coronavirus vaccine, and AKSE has a new ADAS KODESCH beautiful permanent home. Though we are anxious to start using our SHEL EMETH new home, clearly we will not be able to host community Sedarim 2412 Pennsylvania Avenue (Seders) this coming Pesach due to the pandemic. Moreover, the need Wilmington, DE 19806 to maintain social distance is particularly problematical over Pesach Mailing Address because it limits our ability to join with family and friends for the PO BOX 7305 Sedarim. Wilmington, DE 19803-7305 Prior to last Pesach, the Iggud Chachmei HaMaarav (Association of

Synagogue Office (302) 762-2705 Sages of the West), which is a group of Sephardic Orthodox rabbis mainly of Moroccan origin in Israel, allowed people to livestream or E-mail to [email protected] Zoom seders over Pesach. They ruled that if you turn on the computer AKSE Website www.AKSE.org before Yom Tov, you could livestream the seder. This sounds like a

Steven Saks, Rabbi nice compassionate hora’at sha’ah emergency ruling to help people Yehoshua Redfern, Cantor deal with the problems the coronavirus is causing; maybe even an act of pikuach nefesh, sparing people from the horrible pain that isolation OFFICERS causes. Yet, this ruling was slammed across the board in the observant Alan Bleier, President world and even by the decidedly non-orthodox Hadar.

Max Rosenberg, Executive VP During last year's Rosh Hashanah day one sermon, I addressed the issue Martin Cohn, VP Finance of the use of electricity on Shabbat and Yom Tov. My sermon can be Harriet Ainbinder, VP Education viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78bGQ98sSaw&f.

Vivian Goldberg, VP Religious Affairs Though I applaud the compassion of Iggud Chachmei HaMaarav, I Dianne Seidel, VP Administration must agree with the vast majority who felt that the heter (rabbinic Lena Elzufon, VP Membership permission to livestream the Seder) was too broad. I prefer the approach Mark Wagman, VP Community Affairs of the Rabbinic Council of Bergen County. They said they would not issue a blanket heter, a blanket permission for people to livestream or Open, VP Ways & Means Zoom the seder, but rather they would tell you to consult with your Max Rosenberg, Treasurer individual rabbi for a p’sak, a ruling based on your specific David Epstein & Lisa Elliott Secretaries circumstances. So a person may go to their rabbi, tell the rabbi his or

her circumstances, and the rabbi may say turn your computer on before Len Seltzer Yom Tov and you can engage in a Zoom live seder. That same rabbi

Men’s Club President may hear someone else’s circumstances and say, “sorry, I can’t give

you permission.” Sylvia Wagman

Sisterhood Advisor The reason I prefer this approach is demonstrated by an old beer

commercial. A guy is sitting on a tropical beach oasis with his beer, and STAFF then in the background a message for work comes on saying “if you have anything you want me to hear about please send me an email at Sharon Marshall, Office Manager xyz blah blah blah blah blah.” In other words, he is not really interested Kathleen Taylor, Bookkeeper in receiving your message about work because he’s on vacation. That vacation oasis is his Shabbat/Yom Tov. The rabbis who oppose the The Shofar is published 11 months: heter are saying: if we allow electricity, our oasis in time, which is September through July/August. Shabbat/Yom Tov, will be intruded upon constantly by electronics, and

Jonathan Jaffe Shofar Editor it will damage that oasis permanently. As many of us have experienced, Mark Wagman Asst. Editor once you are connected electronically, it becomes impossible to escape E-mail to [email protected] (Continued on page 4)

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AKSE ZOOM EVENTS FOR MARCH

ONGOING VIRTUAL EVENTS

Wednesdays—Parsha & Pizza - class 6 PM (3/3, 3/10 with Ma’ariv at 6:45 PM; 3/17, 3/24, 3/31 with Mincha at 5:45 PM) Thursdays— History Class—Dead Sea Scrolls - class 6 PM (3/4, 3/11 with Ma’ariv at 6:45 PM; 3/18 with Mincha at 5:45 PM) Fridays—Kabbalat Shabbat, Torah reading (1st Aliyah), D’var Torah (3/5, 3/12 at 5 PM; 3/19, 3/26 at 6 PM) Saturday Nights—Ma’ariv, Havdallah (3/6, 3/13 at 7 PM; 3/20 at 8:15 PM)

SPECIAL VIRTUAL EVENTS

Wednesday, 3/3 at 3 PM—Chug Ivri (Hebrew speaking club) Sunday 3/14 at 8 AM—Shacharit/Hallel (Rosh Chodesh NISAN) Monday, 3/22 at 7 PM—Model Seder Thursday, 3/25 at 8 AM—Shacharit followed by Siyum for firstborn at approx. 8:25 AM Monday, 3/29 at 8:15 PM—Ma’ariv, Havdallah (1st days PESACH) Friday, 4/2 at 11 AM—Hallel and Yizkor services (last days PESACH) Friday, 4/2 at 6 PM—Kabbalat Shabbat (shortened for Yom Tov), Torah reading (1st Aliyah), D’var Torah Sunday, 4/4 at 8:30 PM—Ma’ariv, Havdallah (end of PESACH)

HOW TO CONNECT TO ALL AKSE VIRTUAL EVENTS Two options:

1) Video and Audio on PC, tablet or smartphone Click on or type this link in browser and follow directions to join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6280813362

2) Phone Dial in to +1 646-558-8656 and input Meeting ID: 628 081 3362

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(Continued from page 2) Is it kosher to Zoom your Seder?

work and other obligations without a Shabbat/Yom Tov. What is at stake here is the nature of Shabbat/Yom Tov for us moderns. Every time the phone vibrates that shabbat menuchah, that shabbat rest, will be intruded upon.

The approach of the Rabbinic Council of Bergen County is preferable because it preserves Shabbat/Yom Tov as protected time while giving us the flexibility to be lenient, that is allowing for livestreaming or Zooming of the Seder on a case-by-case basis.

While I realize that many in the Jewish world will simply use Zoom at the Seder, I urge you to speak to me privately to obtain a heter (rabbinic permission) to do so. The heter will allow you to livestream or Zoom the seder with a rabbinic stamp of approval.

Please note that, even with such a stamp of approval, in order to be yotzei (that is to fulfill your Seder obligations under Jewish law) it is necessary to be an active participant in the Seder. For example, you shouldn’t simply be watching your relatives drink the four cups of wine online; you should be drinking yourself. We can all say L'chaim to that!

Chag Kasher V’Sameach,

Rabbi Steven Saks

[email protected] 302.494.7928

OUTDOOR MINCHA SERVICE Join us for a weekly get-together in March These popular “quick” services will continue in March (weather permitting).

Here are the particulars: Day—Tuesdays—March 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 (Time—3:30 PM) Place—Siegel JCC, outside by the far parking lot beyond the swimming pool (the same area as our outdoor Shofar blowing event)

If you would like to sit during the service, please bring a lawn chair or other portable chair; also, please bring your siddur. Due to COVID-19, social distancing and mask wearing will be enforced.

If you plan to attend, please let Rabbi Saks know by texting or phoning him at 302-494-7928 or emailing him at [email protected]. That way we can ensure a minyan and also inform you of any changes due to weather. A decision will be made by 12 noon on the day of the service in case of inclement weather.

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President’s Message

Dear Fellow Congregants:

I summarized the 3-phase process for Adas Kodesch’s move into our new home in the February issue of the Shofar. As I write this month’s report to you a week before Purim, Phase 1 is essentially complete. Only issues that are minor and those for which easy short-term work-arounds exist remain. Neither type impedes us from moving with heightened attention to the tasks in Phases 2 and 3.

Phase 1: The Business Office has been operational since mid-January. The Rabbi’s Office awaits a desk. The Kitchen has been cleaned and kashered.

Phase 1 is essentially complete.

Phase 2: The Sanctuary is being equipped with lighting and carpeting. Furniture for the Cantor’s quarters is being obtained. And plans for the use of the 3rd floor and the basement spaces are underway.

A draft list of dates for our use of Miller Hall, the social hall in a wing of Immanuel Church, was submitted to the Church Administration. This list focuses, initially, on Yom Tovim for which we will need the larger space that this hall provides. The list will be updated to include special Shabbatot and other ritual and social events.

This phase will likely be completed in March or early April.

Phase 3: A Health Committee has been formed to develop protocols for operating under the pandemic restrictions. More on this team’s work will be reported in the coming months.

The likely time frame when this Committee’s progress will permit us to assemble for ritual and social events is late April or May. The details for each of these events will strongly influence whether they can be held safely. Some will need to be postponed until safer times.

Note that Delaware’s Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout has started. If you are eligible, please enroll as soon as possible to obtain one of the vaccines. Information on this program can be found at the internet site, https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/vaccine/.

Your obtaining a vaccine would seem to be the best route to ensure your resistance to COVID-19 and to minimize your capability to pass it on to others when Adas Kodesch does resume ritual and social activities in our new home.

Though Pesach may seem far off, it begins in March. I wish each of you a Zissen Pesach!

Shalom,

Alan [email protected]

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Sale of Chametz and Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Passover Appeal

The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund is an important vehicle for tzedakah within AKSE. Numerous requests appealing for funds are received throughout the year, especially before the holidays. Many of the requests are from extremely worthwhile organizations, as well as from individuals who find themselves in need. We turn to you each year at this time, Erev Pesach, to support the Discretionary Fund as part of the Mechirat Chametz process. The Discretionary Fund’s approach to tzedakah is to make a significant gift. In most cases $36 is the minimum contribution given by this fund, and checks have been issued for as high as $500 when the need arises. Please consider giving to this vital instrument of tzedakah within AKSE and the charities it supports when selling your Chametz this year.

Best wishes for a Happy and Kosher Pesach. Rabbi Steven Saks

Authorization for the Sale of Chametz 5781

Please return completed form by Thursday, March 25, 2021, either 1) in person to AKSE office, 2) by mail to P.O. Box 7305, Wilmington, DE 19803-7305, 3) by scanning and emailing to [email protected], or 4) by photographing with your smartphone and texting to 302-494-7928. I (we) hereby authorize Rabbi Steven Saks or his agent(s) to be my (our) agent to sell all chametz that may be in my (our) possession at the locations listed below or such other locations as my (our) chametz may be. Such sale will take effect Friday, March 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Chametz is defined as any food (at a minimum fit for a dog to eat) that contains one or more of five types of grain (wheat, barley, oats, spelt, rye), which has come in contact with water and has not been baked within the amount of time prescribed by Jewish law. I (we) further authorize Rabbi Steven Saks or his agents to rent the areas and/or properties designated below for the purpose of storage of the chametz which is sold until such time as the buyer should come to pick up the chametz, or 9:00 p.m. Sunday, April 4, 2021, whichever comes earlier. I (we) understand that at the time the chametz is sold, it will cease to be my property unless and until the chametz is bought back on my behalf and that the buyer has the right to take the chametz which is sold. Locations of chametz: (Please be specific, including address and area where the chametz will be stored. Include home and business addresses as appropriate.) Please sign and print your name(s) below. If married, both spouses should sign this document.

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SOME PASSOVER MYTHS & FACTS Shalom Chaverim,

Pesach is around the corner. Probably no other holiday has as much misinformation and disinformation surrounding it as does Pesach. Below is from The Union for Traditional Judaism’s Passover Myths & Facts page. The entire page can be viewed at http://koshernexus.org/2020/04/passover-myths-and-facts-2/

Chag Kasher V’Sameach, Rabbi Steven Saks

MYTH: It is forbidden to eat matzah/liquid combinations on Pesach. FACT: Matzah/liquid combinations are known in Yiddish as GEBROKTS. A famous example, by the way, would be a kneidel (i.e., a matzah ball). Some people have a custom to not eat gebrokts during Pesach due to a fear that by adding water to matzah, some leavening could still take place, thus rendering the matzah chametz. For good reasons, not all Jews accept this minhag (custom). Of those who do, some refrain from eating gebrokts all of Pesach, while others will eat it on the last day of the holiday. The important thing to remember is that gebrokts is not forbidden at all. Many of us eat it all Pesach long!

MYTH: I can sell my animal with the chametz and, thus, be able to feed it chametz during Pesach. FACT: Totally wrong! While our pets do not have to eat certified kosher for Pesach food, we may not feed them chametz – we can’t even own chametz during Pesach, so we certainly can’t use it to feed our animals. On the other hand, even though we may not feed our pets chametz during Pesach, we can feed them trefe! Yes, you read that correctly- we can feed them trefe. We are forbidden to eat trefe, but we can own it. So, you can feed your cat shrimp during Pesach. Here is the issue: Most animal foods contain chametz. We can’t, therefore, use them. In addition, we are forbidden (all the time) to feed our animals mixtures of beef and milk, also! On a year around basis, we need to be certain that the food we give our pets does not abrogate any halacha (Jewish law). Kitniyot are not a problem for animal foods on Pesach. As a result, you can feed your pets kitniyot. HELPFUL TIPS: Feed your guinea pig sunflower seeds, oranges, apple, carrot, alfalfa, lettuce, cabbage and pears. Feed other small pets along similar lines. There are many dogs, by the way, who love chicken soup. And if you eat matzah balls, give some to the dog, too! When all else fails, ask a Gentile friend to take your pet to his/her home for the duration of the holiday and s/he can feed the animal all the chametz it can eat!

CLEANING AND CLEANING SUPPLIES: MYTH: Cleaning supplies used for Pesach must be KP. FACT: Not true. Cleaning supplies are not edible and are not foods. Should you swallow some by accident and live to tell the tale, it still would not be food and thus not subject to Pesach certification. A few years ago, a company proudly announced that they were selling Kosher for Passover window cleaner. We still haven’t figured that one out!!

MYTH: You cannot make a microwave KP. FACT: Not true. Clean the interior of the microwave. Place a clean bowl of water in the unit. Nuke the water until the entire interior of the microwave is covered with moisture. Move the bowl of water to a different spot and nuke for just a bit more. And that, dear reader will make your microwave KP.

Editor’s note & contribution—A summary of Pesach laws, though incomplete and therefore misleading:

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GETTING OUR NEW KITCHEN READY!

Judy Berlin, Dianne Seidel, and Sylvia Wagman (R to L) have been working hard to get our new kitchen at 2412 Pennsylvania Avenue ready for when we are able to gather again. Here they are kashering the kitchen under the supervision of Rabbi Saks.

Photo provided by Sylvia Wagman

The Chug Ivri (Hebrew speaking club) has started with a successful first meeting and we now expect to meet monthly. Please join us on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. for a Hebrew speaking-reading-understanding session. The members are at different levels of Hebrew and we help each other. L'hitraot! Use the AKSE Zoom link (see page 3)

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KS = Kabbalat Shabbat

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Outdoor Mincha Virtual Parsha & Virtual Virtual 3:30 pm at JCC Pizza Class 6 pm Virtual History Class Kabbalat Ma’ariv Weather Ma’ariv 6:45 pm Dead Sea Scrolls Shabbat permitting Havdallah 6 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Ma’ariv 6:45 pm

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Outdoor Mincha 3:30 pm at JCC Virtual Parsha & Virtual Virtual Virtual Weather Pizza Class 6 pm History Class Kabbalat Ma’ariv permitting Ma’ariv 6:45 pm Dead Sea Scrolls Shabbat Havdallah 6 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Virtual Board of Ma’ariv 6:45 pm Governors

Meeting 7:30 pm

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ROSH Outdoor Mincha CHODESH Virtual Mincha Virtual Mincha Virtual Virtual Shacharit 3:30 pm at JCC 5:45 pm then Virtual Weather 5:45 pm then Kabbalat 8:00 am Parsha & Pizza History Class Shabbat Ma’ariv permitting Dead Sea Scrolls Class 6 pm 6:00 pm Havdallah

Daylight Saving 6 pm 8:15 pm

Time Begins

1 NISAN 2 NISAN 3 NISAN 4 NISAN 5 NISAN 6 NISAN 7 NISAN

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Shacharit 8:00 am Erev Pesach Virtual Outdoor Mincha Virtual Mincha Siyum for Virtual 1st Seder Model Seder 3:30 pm at JCC 5:45 pm then firstborn 8:25 am Kabbalat 8:04 pm earliest: Weather Parsha & Pizza Shabbat Havdallah, Candle 7:00 pm permitting Class 6 pm Last Day to sell 6:00 pm Lighting, Kiddush Chametz to Rabbi Saks; Search for Chametz after 7:59 pm 78 TAMMUZ NISAN 9 NISAN 910 TAMMUZ NISAN 181011 TAMMUZ NISAN 1112 TAMMUZ NISAN 1213 TAMMUZNISAN 14 NISAN

28 29 30 31 Friday Mincha/KS Candle Saturday Havdallah Ma’ariv 1st Day of Pesach 2nd Day of Pesach Chol Hamoed Chol Hamoed Evenings Service Lighting Evenings Times Service Pesach Pesach 2nd Seder Havdallah 8:06pm MAR 6 6:42 pm 7:00 pm 8:05 pm earliest: Ma’ariv 8:15 pm Outdoor Mincha Virtual Mincha MAR 5 5:00 pm 5:40 pm Candle Lighting, 3:30 pm at JCC 5:45 pm then MAR 12 5:00 pm 5:48 pm MAR 13 6:49 pm 7:00 pm & Kiddush Weather Parsha & Matzah MAR 19 6:00 pm 6:55 pm MAR 20 7:56 pm 8:15 pm permitting Class 6 pm MAR 26 6:00 pm 7:02 pm MAR 27 8:04 pm

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WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN?

Shalom....the cooking column is back. I took time off to acclimate to my new home (with my kids), being single again, and cooking in a different kitchen. Requests did not fall on deaf ears. Here I am just in time for Passover! I thought I would ease into things with an old favorite.

(Please note: The column below is reprinted from pre-pandemic times.)

Passover recipes are a dime a dozen! I have so many great ones as well as a large collection of Passover cookbooks. Every year new recipes seem to pop up in magazines and newspapers. You probably have many Passover recipes of your own - recipes your family loves. If you are not cooking for Seder this year, you may be the lucky one who has your family or friends invite you for Seder. Or maybe you've passed the ritual down to your children. Whatever your plans are, the following recipe is one you can "make to take" or make at home during Passover.

This week I had some Lacy Swiss cheese that we were not going to eat. I did not want to throw it out so into the food processor it went and I turned it into a yummy quiche. After I made it I realized it would be a perfect Passover dairy meal.

Crust-less Spinach Quiche

1 Tablespoon oil 1 onion, chopped 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 5 eggs 3 cups shredded Muenster cheese*** 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch pie pan. Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add onions and stir occasionally until onions are soft. Stir in spinach and continue cooking until excess moisture has evaporated. In a large bowl, combine eggs, grated cheese, salt and pepper. Add spinach mixture, stir to blend. Scoop into prepared pie pan. Bake until egg mixture is set, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting wedges.

***Or your cheese preference Source: Allrecipes.com.

The great thing about this recipe is that it may be altered according to your personal taste. For example, if you like your food spicy, you could add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce or a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Or add more of your favorite veggies, like grated carrots or zucchini. I do have a confession: I made this with a crust. I had leftover rice which I spread in the pan before I poured the mixture. It was delicious. The lesson here is, don't be afraid to use those leftovers. (Just don't use the rice for Passover.)

Have a wonderful, sweet Passover and enjoy your Seder! Until next time...... Meryl

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Shoe Collection gets lift! Soles & Souls of volunteers help repair the world, Tikun Olam, a little bit.

A hopefully complete list of helpers is: Lidia Ini (and her truck) Ron Wilson Otto Wilson David Bank Michael Glazier & family David Glazier & family Michelle & Brad Glazier Kerry Shweiki Vivian & Alan Goldberg Ron Makar Gene Tolpin Jonathan Jaffe Max Rosenberg

Thank you all

Photos by Kerry Shweiki and Jonathan Jaffe

Sunday January 31 was no ordinary day. AKSE and other synagogue members moved a mountain of shoes from Brad Glazier’s garage to AKSE’s new home at 2412 Pennsylvania Ave. Brad’s shoe collection program, never dormant, can now be organized from 2412. There are collection boxes on the first floor. While AKSE organizes our new building to our liking—boxes may move but they will always have a place at AKSE going forward. So bring your shoes! (while being mindful of COVID-19!)

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Received through December, 2020

IN MEMORY OF OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS General Contribution

Thank you Rabbi Saks for Installing Al Meizell: Cynthia Kauffman & Family; Alan a Mezuzah at my Office: Eric Levin John Carew Bleier; Judy & Howard Berlin; Marty & Ed Zukoff; Harriet Ainbinder; Judy Jacobs YAHRZEIT Libby Plafker: Cynthia Kauffman & Family; Judy & Howard Berlin; Alan Bleier; Vivian &

Alan Goldberg; Marty & Ed Zukoff; Harriet Solomon Kopolovic: Judy & Howard Berlin Thanks for all the kind words Ainbinder; Frances Stein; Bobby Miller Phyllis Winokur: Allen Schwartz Aliza Gottesman, Mother of Paul Gottesman: Gerald Cohn: Martin Cohn and donations re our Harriet Ainbinder Imrich Schwarcz: Rita & Paul Gottesman Engagement Betty Lissak: Judy Jacobs Ester Kopolovic: Judy Berlin Sylvia Sheckman: Ricki Comins Cindy & Jonathan Belle P. Feibus, Mother: Phyllis Feibus Rafael Perel, Father: Sylvia Wagman MAZEL TOV Jacob A. Jacobs, Father-in Law: Harriet Jacobs

Lidia Ini, on your Birthday: Judy & Howard Ignar Moscovic, Father: Frantiska Friedman In Memory of Berlin; Sharon & Peter Kopolovic Theodore Sheckman: Ricky Comins Wendy & Phil Shlossman, on the engagement of your daughter, Debra: Karen & Art Moss Libby Plafker REFUAH SHLAYMAH Cindy Goldstein and Jonathan Jaffe on your Engagement: Dianne & Jeff Seidel (SPEEDY RECOVERY) Kathleen Taylor Sharon Marshall: Judy & Howard Berlin Rhonda Lehr: Dianne & Jeff Seidel

Yahrzeit of

Max Brandt

Sandye & Gerald Turnauer

General Donation

Lena and John Elzufon

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March March Anniversaries Birthdays Mazal Tov 5 Vivian & Alan Goldberg 2 Maya Izraylevich ● Max and Judi Rosenberg on 5 Irene Aber the engagement of their son 6 Philip A. Shlossman Joseph to Lauren Blankenship. Special Anniversaries The couple lives in North 7 Shirley Fisch Carolina. 8 Cindy S Goldstein 22 Lena & John Elzufon 10 K. David Brown ● Sara Leviton and 12 Alan Bleier Grandparents Amy and Michael 14 Harriet Ainbinder Leviton on the birth of daughter CONDOLENCES TO - 15 Rachel Gottesman and granddaughter Ellie 17 Beth Poole Tziporah Leviton. The Family of 22 Jack Vinokur Mitch Greenberg Vivian Goldberg upon his passing 26 Judy Jacobs 27 Evan Brodsky Mark Weinglass Sandye Turnauer 31 Helen Gordon upon the passing of Mollie A. Epstein-Makar her sister Mildred Poliner Special Birthdays May the Lord comfort the families 5 Ann Jaffe among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and may they know of Riva S. Brown sorrow no more. 16 Jonathan Jaffe 25 Scott M. Slomowitz

A new fund—New Home Fund—has been established for those wishing to help AKSE with the expenses of moving to and setting up our new home at 2412 Pennsylvania Ave. The most recent generous contribution was provided with the following note by Marty Zukoff:

LOOKING AHEAD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR AKSE IN OUR GREAT NEW SYNAGOGUE BUILDING

MARTY ZUKOFF

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 MARCHYAHRZEITS  PLEASE NOTE:Yahrzeit dates listed represent the English dates 1 10 20 which correspond to the Hebrew Jacob Abramowitz David Freschman Esther Berlin dates of death. Mollie Weiner Judith R. Lessner Elias Cohen Sam Goodman Samuel M. Braxman Alan B. Hirshout Anna Wolf Newman Sol C. Segal Meyer Hoffman Sarah Berman Rothstein 11 21 2 Beatrice Rosen Bernard Kreshtool Dvorah Kramper David Z. Blume David Paikin Elmer S Kaufman Harold L. Chason Dora Rubin Leah Cheitlin Harriet Engel 22 Gloria Gross Meyer M. Feibus Vicki Erdman Louis Grossman Bertha Kreshtool Gladys Gewirtz 3 12 Louis Goldstein Bessie Sandell Aaron Jacob Doroshow Carl Aaron Jacobs Molly Miller Maurice Kates 23 4 13 Dr. F. Joseph Berlin Florence Goldstein Frank Chaiken Sara L. Berlin Morton Stiefel Irving Edelson Joseph Bronstein NEW OFFICE HOURS Samuel Ufberg Dr. Jules Levin 5 IN OUR NEW OFFICE! Lilly Heitlinger Saul Kagan Itzie Schoenberg Annette Miriam Linett Sylvia Panitz 24 Florence Seidel Sophie Sobel Frances Klein Our new office has been Helen Winslow 14 25 set up at 2412 PA Ave. Henry Winston Bernard Freeman Rose Glass We have taken this 6 Cecile Reich Frieda Grossman opportunity to adjust Bernard Sachs Dorothy Kirshner Irvin M. Jacobs office hours to meet our Michael Berger 15 Mollie Plafker current needs. Office staff Theodore Mattes Bernice Brown Jane Surrey are available during the Nettie Tomases Jack Gainen 26 hours of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Richard S. Nathan 16 Morris Sharp Monday to Thursday. 7 Anna Kaplan 27 Rita Krigstein 17 Eva Chodos Contact them by emailing Rose Dorph Lena Chaiken William Goldstein Gloria Hoffman [email protected] or Sally Kaplan Florence Jacobs [email protected] Sylvia Rosenbaum Samuel Woloshin Clara Kushner 28 or calling the office phone 8 18 number 302-762-2705. Edna Greenberg Louis Brown Joel Teder Ernest Adolf Kraus Libby Meyer Yetta Chaiken Harry Ish Schendowich Jessie Myers 29 19 Rona Finkelstein Louis Stromwasser 30 Minnie Berlin Martin Cohen Samuel Hirshout Muriel Elzufon Isadore Greenblatt Evelyn Woloshin 9 Irene Hirsch 31 Max Heimann Gregory Kataczinsky Selma Barshay Meyer Linett Pauline Brodat Irving Shulman Sigmund Goldlust Anna Slonsky Mae Heims Leonard A. Korr

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CALENDARS AND SCHEDULES PLEASE CONTACT AKSE OFFICE AT 302-762-2705 AKSE CALENDAR MARCH 9 OR [email protected] EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC. FOR DETAILS. AKSE ZOOM EVENTS SCHEDULE 3 DONATIONS 12 CHUG IVRI-HEBREW SPEAKING CLUB UPDATE 8 Have you been to the KOSHERING NEW KITCHEN UPDATE AND PHOTO 8 website recently? NEW HOME FUND REMINDER 13

NEW OFFICE HOURS 14 OUTDOOR MINCHA SERVICE UPDATE 4

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 5 Updated daily with current info RABBI’S LETTER 2,4 and news for you! SALE OF CHAMETZ INFORMATION AND FORM 6

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DEADLINE FOR APRIL SHOFAR YAHRZEITS MARCH 14 IS MARCH 16, 2021 Submissions due ON or BEFORE the DEADLINE in order to publish the Shofar in a timely fashion. Only items submitted on time can be guaranteed inclusion in the Shofar (subject to editorial discretion). Submissions MUST be in WRITING! Email to [email protected] or mail, fax or hand deliver to the synagogue office. MARCH 2021 SHOFAR 16