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August 2021|Vol 85 No. 12 | Av—Elul 5781 August 2021|Vol 85 No. 12 | Av—Elul 5781 Upcoming Events: August Virtual Sisterhood Meeting Tuesday, August 10, 2021 10:30am Details on page 8 CRS Board Meeting Wednesday, August 11, 2021 6:45pm Bar Mitzvah of Eli Hagler Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:30am Details on page 10 Selichot Saturday, August 28, 2021 8:00pm Details on page 11 CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM 1119 ELM STREET YOUNSTOWN, OH A Message from Our Interim Rabbi PHONE: 330.744.5001 On August 9, 2021, we will celebrate Rosh Hodeh Elul, [email protected] the first day of the Hebrew Month of Elul. Elul is the WWW.CONGREGATIONRODEFSHOLOM.ORG month preceding the month of Tishri in which we RABBI PAULA WINNIG celebrate all our fall High Holydays. Elul is considered the INTERIM RABBI “warm up” to our observances of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because in it we SARAH WILSCHEK add special liturgical readings to begin the process of repentance and renewal which EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR is highlighted throughout Elul to Rosh Hashanah, throughout the ten days of repentance and concludes with Neilah on Yom Kippur. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The liturgy that we add includes the “Selichot” prayers. S’licha means “sorry” in NANCY BURNETT PRESIDENT Hebrew. The Selichot prayers are prayers in which we begin to apologize for the times we have missed the mark in the past year. These self-reflections however are JASON BOSTOCKY not said in the singular, rather most of them are said in the first-person plural. We TREASURER say: for the times “we’’ have done wrong; For the times “we” should have been ROBERT RAWL better. We speak in the plural here to emphasize that we act as part of and in TREASURER relationship to those around us. While we do not each carry the burdens of the entire DOUG ABBATIELLO world on our shoulders alone, we do collectively carry the responsibility for doing SECRETARY our unique part in building the world together with everyone else. This reminds us AARON HIVELY that our individual actions have ramifications far beyond what most people consider PAST-PRESIDENT as we go about the daily act of living. Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah: Laws of Repentance, wrote that each person, each year must see oneself as being evenly NEIL ALTMAN balanced between innocence and guilt as must the entire world. If one commits a BRIGITT BERK sin, the person and the world tips towards guilt and destruction. If one performs acts of righteousness, one tips oneself and the whole world towards virtue and brings SALLY BLAU CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD about their own and the world’s salvation and perfection. MILANA DIMENSTEIN When we act not just in our own interest, we help improve the world. When we act only in our own interest, we chip away at the communal foundations that hold us PHYLLIS FREEDMAN together and we begin the process that leads to a tearing apart at the seams of the BETHANY GOLDBERG fabric of society that holds us together. RON HEIMAN When we participate in the communal act of repentance and apology, we tie ourselves and our world more tightly together. When we work for the collective TEDD KUNKEL betterment of the world, we also increase our own chances for living safely and JESSICA LEV happily in the world. In Pirkei Avot (the ethics of our ancestors) 1:14, Rabbi Hillel famously states: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, ALAN NATHAN what am I? If not now, then when?” TOD NEWMAN The month of Elul and the High Holydays remind us that we must both support PRESIDENT OF BROTHERHOOD ourselves and work for our own good, while always being aware of our place in and JANE POLLACK feel responsible for our world. KANDY RAWL May the month of Elul and the prelude to our observances of Rosh Hashanah, Yom CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD Kippur and all the days in between, be filled with prayers for healing and strength. May we also remember that we are truly all in this together. ALAN SAMUELS Sincerely, HUNTER THOMAS WILLIAM TRACHTMAN SAMIE WINICK Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig | Interim Rabbi | Congregation Rodef Sholom RABBI FRANK MULLER, D.D. RABBI EMERITUS 2 A Message from Our Interim President Dear Congregants, The weather changes: the seasons change; we change our clothes; twice a year we change our clocks. And yet, we as individuals are reluctant to change our habits. We are so entrenched in our daily routines that we fail to realize changes are occurring all around us. We place arbitrary boundaries around us over which we are afraid to cross. We live in a society of change and learning to navigate its nuances requires adaptability and the willingness to seek new paths to our destination. As our community contemplates changes in our worship structure, we are tempted to look back upon our past - to gather about us our comfortable present. The future is filled with uncertainty in our personal lives and in our world, and yet life goes on. Each day is a gift filled with opportunity. The Torah has referred to us as, “stiff-necked people.” We express discontent, we complain, we debate, we disagree with each other, but Judaism is strengthened by these conversations, and our ability to join together as a congregation or community is foremost in our collective response. We are united in envisioning a better world for future generations and ensuring those future generations of Jews in our Valley a place to return home. As our congregation and our community face choices in the coming month, I hope we can face the challenge of change with an open mind. I hope we can look back at the history of Congregation Rodef Sholom with pride while looking forward to the challenges we face. Congregation Rodef Sholom will remain a vibrant spiritual community regardless of the outcome of the collaboration effort. We will continue to grow and serve our congregants; we will continue to fulfill our mission of respecting diversity, wide-ranging beliefs, and communal needs; and we will continue to be a “beacon of light,” a welcoming spiritual home for all who choose to join us. May all our choices be for the good of all. Sincerely, Nancy Burnett Interim President 3 4 August 2021 SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shabbat Service 6pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Virtual CRS Board Shabbat Service Bar Mitzvah of Sisterhood Meeting 6pm Eli Hagler Meeting 6:45pm 10:30am 10:30am 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Shabbat Service 6pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Shabbat Service Selichot 6pm 8pm 29 30 31 **All programming will be hybrid unless otherwise noted.** 5 Yahrzeits In the rising of the sun and in its going down, We remember them At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, We remember them August 6, 2021 Dr. Cecil Bloomberg *Milton Lev *Rosa Pollak Rose *Fannie Stern Schmidt *Harry A. Cohen *Etta Levy *Rhea Rosenbaum *Dora Schwebel *Marvin Frankle *Daniel Lippy Leonard Rosenberg Jeanne Post Stone *Atty. 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