December-January/Kislev-Tevet -Shevat 2011-12/5772 Rabbi’s Message Reb Moshe
Dear Ones, In the Books of the Maccabbees the celebration of the eight days of As we approach the Hanukkah (dedication) are established winter in New England to replace the eight day celebration of it’s important to gear Sukkot and Shimini Atzeret, the ultimate ourselves both Temple observance, that was internally and externally. not able to be celebrated Externally we are blessed because of the occupation with shelter from the storms of the Temple by the Syrian- we should expect. Greeks. Internally there may still be The Rabbis displeasure with work to be done. the Maccabees derives from the results of the A bright spot at the end Maccabeean revolt and of December will be our the establishment of the celebration of Hanukkah. Hasmonean monarchy. (I call them the Gang of Five.) How can we use the lights of Hanukkah to brighten our perspective? The early pre-Rabbinic teachers of Torah, who would later be called ?hkwnj yam the Perushim, the Pharisees, were Our Sages ask in the Talmud: proponents of two essential ideas: the What is Hanukkah? interpretation of torah beyond its literal meaning and the desire for all Jews to In order to diminish the role of the engage in practices of ritual purity that Maccabees military victory the Rabbis were normally reserved for the Kohanim, emphasized the miracle of the one the priesthood. Inside: cruse of oil, enough for only one night, that lasted for 8 nights. The Hasmonean rulers persecuted these Co-President’s teachers and asserted their authority Message...... pg. 4 The Books of the Maccabees were not from a strict interpretation of Torah included in the Biblical canon. which established their authority. These Rav Claudia’s priests were later called Tzedukim, the These accounts of the military campaigns Message...... pg. 5 Sadducees. and the victory of the few against the Adult Learning...... 8-9 many is not ignored. It is included in the Another factor that may have influenced Al HaNisim mysynh lu paragraph that we Calendar...... pgs. 10-11 the Rabbis who composed the Mishna add to our amidah during the 8 days of and Gemara, which comprise the Yeladim ...... pg. 14-15 Hanukkah. Continued on page 2 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
(continued from page 1) turn Hanukkah into a Jewish Christmas decidedly goes Talmud, is that they experienced the against the true meaning of Hanukkah and its message of brutality of the Roman occupation. This liberation from the forces of assimilation. occupation began about 80 years after the The struggle against assimilation is first and foremost an Maccabean revolt. The Roman involvement internal one. It reaches into an insecurity that many have with Palestine began with the Maccabees about our core identities as Jews. It is fed by feelings of reaching out to the Romans for aid against inferiority vis a vis our surrounding culture. There are still the Syrian-Greeks during the revolt and the later many who do not affirm the counter-cultural aspect of Romanization of the Hasmonean monarchy. Judaism. The longevity of the Jewish people has been This also led to close to a century of corruption of based on our capacity to acculturate, that is, to take in the Temple leadership before the Destruction of the nutrients from the surrounding culture that enhance Jerusalem and the Temple. our capacity to survive and prosper as Jews. These The results of this destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple feelings of alienation derive, for the most part, from our meant the end of the priestly class, the Sadducees, and lack of knowledge of our traditions. the rise of what we call Rabbinic Judaism. All streams We here at TBZ provide antidotes to these feelings. Our of contemporary Judaism see themselves as heirs to the path of joyous celebration, contemplation and study Pharisees, the Sages of the Talmud. offer opportunities to do the internal work that has, over This is a story that few of us know. It involves the realpolitik the millennium, given us the fortitude to survive the many of the entire ancient Mediterranean region. storms our people have experienced. It is the story of the little oil that could that is most accepted I will be posting a number of video messages before as our reason for Hanukkah and it is this story that carries Hanukkah to discuss what brought this minor non-Biblical the potent message of the necessity for light in the darkest celebration into such prominence. of times in the year. It also points to the use of light to I hope that you will visit our website www.tbzbrookline.org illuminate our own dark places. to see these videos. I hope that you will find that this format The Festival of Lights has become known as the Festival of communication will provide greater accessibility to our of Freedom. But what does this “freedom” entail? It is not ongoing relationship in the congregation. a freedom that leads to a lack of rules, but rather that freedom to return to one’s core identities as Jews. This is an essential ingredient of our celebration and it happily coincides with the American experience that allows us to remain authentic to our tradition. The coercion to Reb Moshe
Mazel Tov! Where’s ? • To Dan Bresman and Liz Sosland on the birth of their son, Jonah. • To Zsolt and Dasha Mark on the naming of their daughter, Avah. • To Eliza Scharfstein on her bat mitzvah, and to her parents, Waldoks? Sarah Feldman and David Scharfstein. This year Reb Moshe will begin • To Casey Corcoran and Margie Skeer on the naming of communicating with us via video. their daughter, Ariella Dani. Check out his messages on our newly designed and absolutely • To Isabelle Sinclair on her bat mitzvah, and to her spectacular website, parents, John and Paula Sinclair. tbzbrookline.org • To Alma Bitran on her bat mitzvah, and to her
Page 2 parents, Iris Berent and Saul Bitran. And many thanks to th • To Sue Kahn and Dan Kirschner on their 5 Amy Schottenfels for her many hours anniversary. of inspired work building the site. • To Steve Lewis on the anniversary of his bar mitzvah. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
Officers and Board Members
Our Rabbis Past Presidents Finance Reb Moshe Waldoks, Rabbi Gabriel Belt Fran Kantor Rav Claudia Kreiman, Irwin Pless Synagogue Practices Associate Rabbi Howard Cohen Lauren Garlick Co-Presidents Myra Musicant Molly Silver Jonathan Klein Enid Shulman Jay Zagorsky Membership Fran Adams David Cherenson and Vice Presidents Synagogue Staff Jenni Seicol Bob Perlman, Executive Director David Cherenson • Dinners: Ginni Hamburg Jenni Seicol Jeralyn Ellowitz, Office Manager Ed Kleiman, Bookkeeper Kiddush/Oneg Treasurer Ava Berinstein Fran Kantor Yeladim Program Becky Wexler Garden Secretary Joanna Lubkin Rick Bankhead Roger Zimmerman Suzie Schwartz Israel Committee Elected Members Evelyn Frankford Beit Rabban Staff Term Ending April 2014 LGBT Steven Lipman Becky Wexler, Joanna Lubkin, Rachele Rosi-Kessel Suzie Schwartz, Laura Held, Mark Blogier and Lisa Lovett Amit Segal Miriam Diamond, Micah Shapiro Hesed Mona Strick • Bikkur Cholim: Deborah Stang Elected Members Committee Chairs • Senior Outreach: Katie Britton Term Ending April 2013 Social Action House and Capital Projects Evelyn Frankford • Tikkun Olam: Leora Faiber Sue Kahn Ken Wexler • Family Table: Ilana Bikel Larry Kraus Adult Learning • Literacy Project: Kim Meyers Reggie Silberberg, Vice Chair Reggie Silberberg Yeladim Elected Members • Jewish Book Club: Dave Woodruff Katherine Gergen Barnett Term Ending April 2012 • Men’s Study Group: Steve Lewis Evonne Meranus David Breakstone Development Deborah Chassler Sue Kahn Koleinu John Daniels Carol Kamin Enid Shulman, Editor Molly Silver
Condolences Thank You • To Linda Brodt and Paul • To Marilyn Paul and David • To Phyllis Brawarsky for cleaning the torah Katz on the death of Linda’s Stroh on the death of covers. father, Albert Brodt. Marilyn’s father, Norman Paul. • Elise Dwortzan for delivering the Koleinu to • To Barbara and Bob Katz on bulk mail the death of their son, Dr. • To the family and friends Raphael Rubin. of TBZ member of Evelyne Thank you for helping us with the TBZ Sukkah! Feinson. • To the family and friends of • To Jill Feblowitz for helping with the longtime TBZ member, Ed • To Alane and Lester Gardner lighting, Hurvitz. on the death of Alane’s mother, Ruth Kassoy. • To Jack Daniels for putting up the • To Sue Goldberg on the schach, death of her mother, Pearle • To TBZ member Mishy Lesser Goldberg. and her husband, Chris Ives, • To the Posternak family for on the death of Chris’ father, decorating, and to Meredith • To Sheine Wizel on the death Edward Lee Ives. Joy for coordinating. of her aunt, Sely Tenenbaum. May their souls be bound up in Page 3 • To Anne Freeh Engel and the Bonds of Eternal life. Samuel Engel on the death of Anne’s mother, Katherine HaMakom yenakhem Freeh. otam im shear avlei Tziyon vYrushalayim. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
Co-Presidents’ the coming year and “sign up” for other electronic screens (25), lighting personal spiritual growth as well as Shabbat candles at home (51) and Message contributions to TBZ, both volunteer saying Kiddush and motzi blessings based and financial. We put it out at home (37). 19 people plan to Fran Shtull Adams & there, and you responded! attend a Nishmat Hayyim mini-retreat Jonathan Klein on a Shabbat afternoon. And we Here are some of the ways YOU want We are still glowing from know that far more than the 51 who to enrich your own spiritual life and the uplifting High Holiday punched that chad will join us for the TBZ community as a whole: services at TBZ. From Erev Rosh Shabbat services in the TBZ sanctuary. Hashanah through Simchat So far, we have “pledged” 167 There is a separate short piece below Torah we experienced numerous specific volunteer tasks at TBZ in the by Development Chairs Sue Kahn and peaks & highlights: singing the coming year. Thirty-five of us plan Carol Kamin regarding the generous beautiful Holiday melodies we to help with an Oneg or Kiddush; 15 response to the Annual Appeal, with hear only at this time of year; want to join the Tikkun Olam effort; 19 over 100 pledges from Kol Nidre, wiping away tears during emotional people will be Shabbat greeters in the many more than we have received personal prayers; swaying glow-sticks sanctuary; 31 will contribute soup and in the past. Thank you to everyone at our rock-concert-style Neila, with a crackers to Family Table; 7 want to who pledged, and if you haven’t sea of children’s faces riding above join our literacy tutoring project at the yet, there is of course still time. 100% the crowd on their parents’ shoulders; Winship school; 16 will offer support to participation remains our goal. chanting and walking slow Hakafot our Hesed efforts. around the Bima; dancing in the street It is enormously exciting to feel the with our Torahs after witnessing the full So many of us have responded to energy welling up at TBZ. Our annual unraveling of a Torah scroll around the “13 for 13” project. A total of 326 community meeting on October our Sanctuary. We feel blessed to specific intentions for the coming 30th had almost double the usual be a part of this community at all year include: 25 people who plan to number of attendees, and the level times, and never more than during attend Shabbat morning Torah study; of engagement was palpable. There the cycle of fall Holy Days. Thank you 36, or “double-chai” who will register is a sense, in our Bar Mitzvah year, to our Rabbis and to the enormous for one of our many Adult Learning of maturation and of deepening group of volunteers who contributed courses; and 23 who will take on into our identity as a very distinct in so many ways. Together, we mindful eating for a month. We will independent shul. created a meaningful, joyous, and create classes for the 12 people who broadly participatory High Holiday want to learn prayer-book Hebrew It has been profoundly gratifying to observance – TBZ style. and the 9 who want to learn Torah be a part of this chapter in the life of trope, and need just a few more to Temple Beth Zion. One new experiment we tried this add to the 5 who want to learn to lead year was a ticket that was really a service and 7 who wish to learn to B’shalom, much more than a simple entry give a D’var Torah. Many people wish Fran & Jonathan voucher. We polled the community to expand Shabbat consciousness and asked for engagement. There by not spending money on Shabbat was an opportunity to contemplate (27), staying off the computer or
YOU DID IT! Because of the hard work of the TBZ leadership, because of Samuel Engel’s moving Kol Nidre appeal, because of our wonderful Rabbis and professional staff, and most important, because of YOU, we have raised over $115,000 in pledges and gifts made to our annual appeal drive. This is double what was raised last year at this time, and we are well on the way to exceeding our annual goal of $180,000. Thanks to each and every one of you for gifts both large and small. It is through the support of everyone in our community, at whatever level that is affordable, that we will maintain our strength, our vibrancy and our commitment to everything that is good and beautiful at TBZ. We will be reaching out to TBZ members to join our Development Committee to help keep the Page 4 energy going and to plan a spring event. We’d love to have you join our growing Committee! Carol Kamin ([email protected]) & Sue Kahn ([email protected]) Development Committee Co-Chairs TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
Message from We will never forget the sweet moment Rav Claudia When we heard it was over And you were coming to The Talmud, in Tractate Sanhedrin be close (37a), asks why God created the human race from one creature, as A smile of innocent children opposed to creating many people Took over our faces at once. And the rabbis respond, An initial shiver after 5 years. to teach you that whoever destroys a single soul, it is as if you destroyed Now that you are here the whole world; and when you save Take it slowly Don’t run too fast one life it is as if you saved the entire Remember, forget, laugh, world. We look at each individual as if Arik Einstein, a famous Israeli he or she were the entire population You will always be a hero singer, dedicated a song to of the world. You are allowed to cry. honor Gilad Shalit. It’s not simple to forgive fate Last month, Gilad Shalit was released after 5 years of captivity. During these But now that you are here 5 years Israelis stood together for his It is possible to love release. His family pitched a tent It is possible to hug tightly near the Jerusalem home of Prime It is possible to breathe deep. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This became home for Shalit’s parents For five years the heart ticked Noam and Aviva, as well as some of A ticking clock of pain their supporters seeking to pressure The fear that you might never return the Prime Minister to win the soldier’s Killed our hearts. release. We love to hear your name Seeing Israeli society’s response to Now you’ve returned There is a great love Shalit’s release reminded me of this teaching. Seeing how one person Take what you can became the soul of an entire nation Don’t dare to be embarrassed echoes the Talmud’s teaching that We’ve been waiting to give you one person is equal to the entire Whatever you ask. world. If you followed the release as I did, there were two things that were (to listen to the song go to incredibly touching. One of course http://www.youtube.com/ was seeing Gilad, alive, coming back watch?v=6a5QX1Oujaw) home. The other was seeing a whole Arik Einstein says in this beautiful song country, often divided by politics that when one man was saved, and by so many other issues, united everybody began to love and breathe in knowing that saving Gilad’s life again – everybody was saved. One was much more than just saving one person became the soul of an entire life. It wasn’t easy and the price was nation. very high. The cost deeply touched those of us who had lost family in Baruch Matir Asurim. Blessed is the terrorist attacks. It was very hard to One who frees those who are bound. hold together all these feelings, the May Gilad Shalit heal physically joy for Gilad’s release and the pain and emotionally and may all our of knowing that terrorists with blood children be blessed with safety on their hands were walking free and and peace. being greeted as heroes. * These words are based on But despite all the complexities, or a Dvar Torah that Rav perhaps because of the complexities, Claudia shared with the it is so incredible to live the teaching TBZ community upon from the rabbis – saving Gilad’s life Gilad Shalit’s release Page 5 was not just about his life, but about on October 28, 2011. much more. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
Sheena Family Visit to Israel help of a GPS (which we brought from the States). The GPS was set in English, but there was a problem figuring Morgan Sheena out how to spell the Hebrew street names in English. The Summer 2011 directions were precise and the road signage was better than in Boston – in three languages yet. We recommend My name is David Sheena, and I am affiliated the GPS to anyone contemplating driving in Israel. with Beth Abraham on Williston Road, just down the street from TBZ. For over 20 years, our N.E. The Israelis are reputed to have lost more lives on the Sephardic Congregation held our Shabbat morning highways than in all their wars. It’s possible – all Israelis services in the Chapel of Temple Beth Zion, where we think they are F15 pilots. We saw one driver texting – on a made and have kept many dear TBZ friendships. motorcycle! We, however, managed quite well, except for showing up at the wedding one hour late, and my Last July, my family and I went to Israel to celebrate a husband was supposed to read one of the sheva brachot. family wedding- nine adults and three little children, one just a baby. I have asked my daughter-in-law, Morgan, to We practiced our Hebrew every chance we got and write the saga of our trip. continued to find out how small the world is getting. English no longer solely belongs to the English-speaking countries. “The wedding was a perfect excuse for our family to join And, whereas we care so much in the U.S. about our together for a long overdue trip to Israel. Our first logistical origins, we found that in Israel, people do not have to work decision was: where to stay? We knew that individual hard at being Jewish. In Israel, they are just that! hotel rooms would not allow us the common experience of sharing meals and communally caring for our little ones, Our cousin found us a very capable American tour guide. so we decided to rent a villa in Herzliya Pituach, near Tel Only in Israel will you find a tour guide with tzitzit hanging Aviv. out along with a gun, or in an Arab market, a stand selling T-shirts extolling the Mossad AND a free Palestine – but that The next decision was how to visit our many cousins in is Israel. Israel who were scattered all over the country. We solved this by inviting them to our rented villa for Shabbat dinner We finished our trip by taking a wonderful archaeological – 52 of us! They all said yes. Where to get the food in short tour of Jerusalem and visiting Or Yehuda, the Babylonian notice? Luckily Israel is a relatively kosher country and we Heritage Museum, to learn about our family’s Iraqi found a fantastic commissary on a local kibbutz that sold background. It is troubling and painful that other prepared foods, especially for Shabbat. We got there at civilizations have records going back over a thousand 1:45 on Friday (closing was at 2:00!) and we cleaned them years before the Exodus, but, in Israel, we have only out. Our Kiddush reunion was wonderful. We even created relatively recent finds. the opportunity for our cousins to reconnect among We learned how to travel with small children, and we want themselves. to go on another adventure – perhaps again to Israel! It We tried to spend our trip living as Israelis, rather than as was truly a trip of a lifetime.” tourists. We rented cars and drove everywhere, with the
Photos Needed! The Koleinu would love to 'publish' photos that you take of TBZ events. When you come to the shul—as long it's not shabbat—bring your phones and cameras. Snap away. Small groups of happy TBZers—playing, studying, creating, singing, eating. Inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs. Beit Rabban, B'nei Mitzvah kids, Study Groups, Women's Groups, Men's Groups, Book Groups. Us—doing what we do. It would be great to have a photo library available to use whenever there is space. Include as many names as you can or at least the name of the activity. Page 6 Simply email your photos to [email protected]. And don't forget to check the next Koleinu (it is published every 2 or 3 months). We will print as many as we can. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
From the Membership Committee Let’s Have Coffee!
Are you a New Member? Pre-Hanukkah Community Never been to one of our Coffees before? Come chat with the Rabbis and meet other Shabbat Dinner new members, in a more intimate setting, at the home of a TBZ member. Friday Night, December 16, 2011 Tuesday, December 6 Following Kabbalat Shabbat Call Jeralyn in the office for more information. (617)566-8171 ext. 14 And for our Seasoned Members— Come get to know each other a little better and maintain closer contact with the Rabbis. Monday, December 12
Tuesday, January 24 A great time to see old friends and meet new ones. Adults: $20; Seniors: $10; Children under 12: Free New TBZ members are invited to their first community dinner as our guest. Please call Jeralyn to have your name added
Learning Torah as a Spiritual Experience Using Your Breath to Sing at with Rabbi Meir Sendor Shabbat Services Wednesdays, March 21, 28, April 11, 18, with TBZ member Raisa Shapiro 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary Shabbat, December 17, Tuition for TBZers and NON TBZers: $135 by March 1. in the sanctuary after Kiddush We will study approaches to Torah that regard learning not just as gathering and disseminating TBZ member Raisa Shapiro, who teaches voice information, problem-solving or mental exercise, at Boston College, is an experienced and highly but as cultivating certain states of mind in deep, regarded vocalist. Raisa noticed that the TBZ active communication with God and with Torah congregation is very fond of singing the Shabbat teachers, in this world and other worlds. Texts liturgy (as she is). She believes that teaching members for this series include a responsum of R. David some breathing techniques may enhance the singing Ibn Abi Zimra, R. Hayyim Vital’s Sha’ar and their experience. Her technique teaches people HaYichudim and Sha’ar HaGilgulim, and R. how to get in touch with their spirituality and the true
Page 8 Hayyim of Volozhin’s Nefesh HaHayyim. message of the particular prayer or piyyut, and how In the course of the class, we hope to to enhance the feeling of interacting with each other try to practice the techniques we will through singing. Limited to 5 people. Please bring a be learning, to enhance our own yoga mat or blanket to the session. To sign up, call the spiritual awareness. office: (617) 566-8171 ext. 14. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
And in the planning stages, is an exciting course on the Please sign up for our Rabbi’s courses three Abrahamic Faiths: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, (Everyday Judaism with Rav Claudia) and co-sponsored with Hebrew College, Andover Newton Women’s Study Groups on line so we know Theological School as well as other local houses of worship. how many students to expect. We will have fabulous scholars and time for discussion. Stay tuned for more details on this exciting endeavor! As always, be in touch if you have a specific idea for a course or learning experience. We would love to hear from you and try to make it happen!
Young Beit Rabban students build their own candy sukkah.
Community Engagement and The notes of these groups are now being collated and the Task Force will report back about the recommendations Structural Change: through additional coffees and community conversations, An Update on our Future as well as by trying to speak to many people individually. Evelyn Frankford and David Cherenson At the same time as these community conversations are taking place, the Task Force has been studying the th In our 13 year of Temple Beth Zion’s rejuvenation and experiences of other synagogues that have made similar transformation into TBZ, an underlying theme has been changes, to find out how they develop and support how we, all together, can foster more engagement and leaders. Based on these experiences, a sub-group of the connection with shul activities. Task Force is looking at Governance changes that would A year ago, TBZ’s Board established a Leadership support a more engaged TBZ. Its goal is to deliver a new Development Task Force with a mandate to make this set of Bylaws over the winter for approval by the TBZ Board happen, to ensure that TBZ be a community where more and membership. people want to be involved and feel connections. To The working concept is to create a Board structure that support this on-going engagement strategy, the Task Force designates responsibility for five pillars of communal life, concluded that we need a new Board structure, one and four overarching activities that encompass all areas that promotes more active, shared leadership; distributes (Strategic Planning, Leadership Development, Fundraising responsibility among more people; and is more effective and Governance). The starting point for Board composition at facilitating our many activities. is: two Co-Presidents, five empowered Vice Presidents for As a follow-up to last winter/spring’s member coffees, the five pillars, and eight At-Large Directors responsible for where over 100 people described what they are seeking the four overarching areas, all of whom will be catalysts at TBZ, we convened a major community conversation on for action that promotes involvement and connection. October 30, at which 70 people started to re-imagine how The community engagement and structural change this TBZ might look. We broke into five groups representing processes are tied in with the 13 for 13 Project: A five “pillars” of shul activity, to generate ideas: bar/bat mitzvah gift to ourselves, whereby we • Adult and Children’s Learning and Social give ourselves a congregational gift. You will be Experiences hearing a great deal over the next months about opportunities to be involved and connected, • Prayer Services and about changes in our organizational
structure that will provide for our next phase Page 9 • Caring for One Another of growth. For more information, contact • Relating to the Outside World Evelyn Frankford or David Cherenson, Task Force Co-Chairs (efrankford@verizon. • Finances, Building, and Human Resources net, [email protected]). TBZKoleinuNewsletterDecember-January December Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Parshat Veyetzei 3 9:00 am, Torah Study On Shabbat December 10 we will welcome Drory Yehoshua, a guest from 10:00 am, Shabbat Israel. Israeli born of Kurdish descent, Drory is an educator and social activist. Services - Guest: Wilson Taty Kapanga-Ndjibu He will speak about the history of the Kurdish immigration and community (see pg. 8) 6:00 pm, Kabbalat in Israel and the current social revolution. He will also teach us a new piyut Shabbat 11:30 am, Tfilot Yeladim (lilturgical poem). 7:00 pm, Meah Class of 2012 5:00 pm, BBYO Overnight 4 5 6 7 8 Contemplative 9 Parshat Vayishlach 10 Shabbaton (off-site) Contemplative Shabbaton (off-site) 9:00 am, Torah Study 5:00 pm, Child-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat @ 10:00 am, Shabbat 1550 Beacon Services (babysitting available) - 7:30 pm, New Member 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban 6:00 pm, Guest: Drory Yehoshuva 5:00 pm, Board Meeting Coffee (off-site) 7:30 pm, Everyday Kabbalat Shabbat 1:15 pm, TBZ Men’s (see pg. 7) Judaism w/Rav Claudia Group
Contemplative Parshat Vayeshev Shabbaton (off-site) 11 12 13 14 15 16 9:00 am, Torah Study17 BBYO CONNECT Mitzvah 10:00 am, Shabbat Day (off-site) time, TBA 6:00 pm, Kabbalat Services - Guest: Raisa Shabbat Shapiro (see pg. 8) 11:30 am, Tfilot Yeladim 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban 7:30 pm, Pre- 7:30 pm, Member Hanukkah Dinner 1:00 pm, Bnei Mitzvah Coffee (off-site) 7:30 pm, Everyday 7:00 pm, Meah Class of (see pg. 7) Group w/Rabbis (see pg. 7) Judaism w/Rav Claudia 2012 /Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 18 19 Hanukkah Candle 1 20 Hanukkah Candle 2 21 Hanukkah Candle 3 22 Hanukkah Candle 4 23 Hanukkah Candle 5 24 10:00 am, Deliveries Parshat Miketz to 1550 Beacon 9:00 am, Torah Study 10:00 am, Shabbat Services (babysitting 6:00 pm, Kabbalat available) 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban Shabbat 1:15 pm, TBZ Men’s 7:30 pm, Women’s Study 7:30 pm, Everyday 7:00 pm, Meah Class of Group Group with Rav Claudia Judaism w/Rav Claudia 2012 Hanukkah Candle 6 Hanukkah Candle 7 Hanukkah Candle 8 29 30 Parshat Vayigash 25 26 27 28 9:00 am, Torah Study31 3:00 pm, TBZ’s Hanukkah 10:00 am, Shabbat Party Services
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8 9 10 11 12 13 Parshat Shemot 14 9:00 am, Torah Study 10:00 am, Shabbat Services 11:30 pm, Tfilot Yeladim 6:00 pm, Kabbalat 1:15 pm, TBZ Men’s 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban Shabbat Group 5:00 pm, Board Meeting 7:00 pm, Meah Class of 7:00 pm, The Art of 2012 Tefillah (see pg. 8) 15 MLK Day 16 17 18 19 20 Parshat vaera 21 9:00 am, Torah Study BBYO MLK Service Day 5:00 Child-Friendly 10:00 am, Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat @ Services - babysitting 1550 Beacon 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban available 6:00 pm, Kabbalat 7:30 pm, Women’s Study Shabbat Group 7:00 pm, Meah Class of 6:00 pm, Family
7:00 pm, The Art of /Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 2012 Yeladim Dinner Tefillah (see pg. 8) Parshat Bo 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 9:00 am, Torah Study Family Mitzvah Day - 10:00 am, Shabbat off-site Services 11:30 pm, Tfilot Yeladim 6:00 pm, Kabbalat 1:00 Bnei Mitzvah Group 5:00 pm, 6th Grade visit to 4:00 pm, Beit Rabban Shabbat w/Rabbi’s Mayyim Hayyim 7:30 pm, Member 7:00 pm, Meah Class of Coffee (see pg. 7) 7:00 pm, The Art of 7:00 pm, Game Night Tefillah (see pg. 8) 2012 (see pg. 7) 29 30 31
5:00 pm, TC & BBYO 7:00 pm, Rosh Hodesh Group ki im-kha mkor khayim: “For with You is the fountain of life” Hanukkah Meditations It is customary to use the minutes after candle lighting to meditate on the light of the candles just lit. Sit yourself in a comfortable position gazing at the light. If you are using a usual small Hanukkah candle it Hanukkah might take about 18-25 to completely melt down. If you’re using oil or large candles you may wish to only sit for the 18-20 minutes. Obviously sitting meditatively will be difficult with children present—but I suggest that you make one, two or three of the Hanukkah lighting from times into family time: board games, exchanging home-made-gifts, offering gifts of service throughout the year i.e. taking on a chore that one doesn’t normally do, or choosing a toy or game to be given 8TH NIGHT away to a child who would not regularly be able to afford one, all to be done in the light of the candle’s glow. Following R. Shefa Gold’s We have crossed the threshold to the words below, I would like to suggest 8 meditations you might like to transcendent, that which is beyond the natural try, one for each night of Hanukkah. Our teacher, Rabbi Shefa, tells us boundaries. Sense the extraordinary in your that we can rededicate the holy on Hanukkah by repairing our inner life. Contemplate those times when you felt Temple. She says: connected to something larger than yourself. Celebrate your capacity to rise up in the fullness Hanukkah celebrates the But as the story of Hanukkah of your light and the light of the Divine. rededication of the ancient reminds us, even the Holy Temple where our holiest place can become ancestors worshipped. Each desecrated. It is simple, if year we recall the “great heartbreaking, to recognize 7TH NIGHT miracle that happened the desecration of the there.” Although the Temple physical Temple. It is a much Sense that we are still in the realm of the natural, no longer stands in Jerusalem, subtler process to probe the seven days of Creation. Contemplate the we can still take part in a ritual the desecration of the inner way you are natural in your behaviors and where of rededication of the holy. Temple. We examine the you take on an unnatural poses or persona. Temple within by asking the In our time, God-worship has Contemplate the fear and anxiety underlying developed beyond the animal very questions that confronted these postures. sacrifice that took place in the Judah Maccabee upon Temple: Prayer and service are retaking the Temple: What what we offer God. The altar needs repair? What requires renewal? How shall we kindle of stone that was swept away 6TH NIGHT finds its true place at the center the eternal flame? Hanukkah offers us an opportunity to of the temple of our soul, where Sense how much we depend on light. Consider the infinite meets the finite, rededicate ourselves to the holy, to our connection to the struggle we are in to save our planet from where the spark of God bursts God. As the days grow short the irresponsible use of all manner of fuels that into flame within us. Making our and the night darkness long, have come to alter our climates and pollute our lives into a dwelling place for we are invited to enter into the divine presence, a Mishkan— air. Contemplate on your own fuel habits and how darkness of our own hearts. you can join others in this struggle. the portable sanctuary There, buried beneath the that we carry through our rubble of our disappointments, wilderness journeys—takes we find the miraculous spark work and attention to detail, of our divinity, the awesome 5TH NIGHT a commitment to spiritual knowledge that we are each practice. The Book of Exodus created in the image of God. We begin to contemplate what it really means to contains detailed instructions This is the spark with which we bring enlightenment into ourselves and the world. for building the Mishkan. The kindle our menorah. If we heal As the light grows we can sense our own power Mishkan’s very purpose is to the personal desecrations provide a space within where we each have suffered and to make change. Contemplate on those areas we can receive the mystery rededicate our lives to holiness, within yourself and your surroundings that will of presence. God says to us the miracle of Hanukkah benefit from more light. (Exodus 25:8): “Make for me a happens inside us. Each night holy place so that I can dwell of Hanukkah, we light another among you.” Inside, among candle. Each night the light the nation of Israel, and inside grows brighter, shining its our own hearts, God’s message radiance into our own hidden to us is that it is possible to stay places. It is truly miraculous that May this Hanukkah bring deeper joy connected with God at all the single spark of hope that times, in all places, even as you we excavate from the darkest engage in the life of the world. part of our hearts can ignite and manifold meanings to you and those you love. the radiant fires of passion that illuminate our way forward, even on the darkest night. be-orkha nir-eh or: “In Your light we see light”
Meditations The Mechanics: The Hanukkiyah is lit at sundown since Jewish holidays run from sundown to sundown. The only exception is Friday night when the menorah is lit from Reb Moshe prior to sundown to respect the Sabbath. On the first night, place one candle in the Hanukkiyah’s far right slot and also place a candle in the holder for 4TH NIGHT the Shamash. Light the Shamash candle and then say the Hanukkah blessings as you use the Shamash Sense the growing light as we are halfway through the to light the first Hanukkah candle. journey of rededication. Use this night to sit and contemplate how you are faring so far. What still seems difficult? Sit with either the difficulty or the serenity this practice has First Blessing to Recite engendered in you. Barukh Ata Adonai Eloyheynu Melekh Ho-olam Asher Kidshanu Be-mitsvotav Ve-tsivanu Lehadlik 3RD NIGHT Neyr Shel Khanuka. Holy One of Blessing, Your Presence fills creation. We are We see and sense the power of birthing, both physical grateful for the opportunity of connecting to the Divine with and spiritual. From two comes three overcoming duality. the performance of this action, the kindling of the light of Contemplate the ways in which you overcome duality in Hanukkah. your life; how you overcome the either/or way of thinking that prevents synthesis within ourselves. This year the 3rd night is erev Shabbat, as we light the hannukiyah before the Second Blessing to Recite Shabbat candles, contemplate how the candles of Shabbat provide an opportunity every week for rededication to the Barukh Ata Adonai Eloheynu Melekh Ha-olam our souls. Think about how Shabbat can enhance your life. She-asa Nissim La-avoteynu Ba-yamim Ha-heym Ba-zman Ha-zeh.
Holy One of Blessing, your Presence fills creation. We are 2ND NIGHT conscious of the miracle of life given to our people in its quest for connection to You. This is true today as it was for Sense the strength of the coupling of light. Imagine the first our ancestors. two candles as the continuity of the natural world, Adam and Eve, the progenitors of life. Contemplate the power of relationship to another. Third Blessing, Recited only on the first night of Hanukkah Barukh Ata Adonai Eloyhenu Melekh Ha-olam She- ST 1 NIGHT hekheyanu Ve-kiymanu Ve-higgi’anu La-zman The power of light to pierce the darkness is the focus of the Ha-zeh. first night. The expectation of the First candle remaining lit Holy One of Blessing, Your Presence fills creation. You are the for one day was a natural assumption. (I don’t know why Source of Life that has preserved and sustained us bringing that was a natural assumption, but it sounds nice.) It is to this special moment in time natural to see the power of light and dark in the natural world around us. Contemplate how we appreciate the passing of light to darkness. On the he second night, place two candles in the Hanukkiyah’s far right (as you face the Hanukkiyah) golel or lifnei khoshekh vekhosekh lifnei or candle holders. Another candle is placed for the Shamash (helper candle). Say the first two blessings above and then light the candles using the Shamash May this Hanukkah bring deeper joy candle. Light the left-most candle first, the new one, and then light in order, from left to right. Follow this and manifold meanings to you and those you love. procedure for each night of Hanukkah. TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
Katherine Gergen-Barnett, Evonne Meranus Co-Chairs, Yeladim Committee A brief message from Evonne Meranus Corner (new co-chair of Yeladim programs): Pinat Yeladim:Ever since joining TBZ in September of can be. The committee is open to anyone who would like Children’s2010 with my husband and family, we’ve to join. You do not have to be a parent to participate! been so happy with the family programs Year-To-Date: and the broader community of warm and welcoming members. And since I know that the So far this year, we have been enriched by several programming doesn’t just happen, that TBZ members wonderful events and mitzvahs. First, we have had two work hard to make it happen, I decided to join my monthly Family Shabbat services with our neighbors at 1550 friend Katherine Gergen-Barnet as co-chair and the other Beacon St. Many thanks to Katie Britton for leading the wonderful volunteers so I could help achieve the “many effort to connect with our senior neighbors in a meaningful, hands make light work” proverb and contribute to the spiritual way. quality programming for children and families at TBZ. So Babysitting for our High Holidays services this year was many good things are happening at TBZ…and maybe it’s smooth, successful, and well attended. Many thanks to Jen just me (I’m still relatively new!) but it seems that there are Klein and Beth Marx for organizing. new families coming to TBZ each week. As we continue to grow, we welcome all those who’d like to help participate As for our Family Education Programs, we had great in the creation and recreation of the Yeladim programs. turn outs for our Rosh Hashanah program in September, I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Yeladim complete with arts & crafts, a Rosh Hashanah play and events. story-telling, and a wonderful service and songs for the Holiday. In October, we had another Family Ed program Just a reminder: The Yeladim programs are organized by for Sukkot in the Sukkah. Again the children and parents volunteers who together comprise the Yeladim committee enjoyed games, arts & crafts, creative movement, snacks, which meets once every 6-8 weeks to achieve a few goals: and most importantly blessings in the Sukkah. build relationships, share experiences, learn together, and work toward making the Yeladim programs the best they Beit Rabban News The Beit Rabban school year is off to a great start. We have 31 students enrolled across 4 age groups: Ktantanim I (Kindergarten and 1st grade), Ktantanim II (2nd and 3rd grade), Tzeirim (4th and 5th grade), and the Bnei Mitzvah (6th & 7th grade). Suzie Schwartz is our fabulous program director, and our wonderful teachers for these classes are Joanna Lubkin, Micah Shapiro, Laura Held, and Becky Wexler (see below for brief bios of our faculty!). This year Beit Rabban has an exciting new change: a Hebrew specialist! Miriam Diamond will be working with students individually to assess their level and goals in Hebrew learning. Joanna Lubkin - Ktantanim I Teacher (K-1st grade) Becky Wexler - Bnei Mitzvah Teacher (6th – 7th grade) ([email protected]) Joanna is thrilled to continue ([email protected]) Becky Wexler is a cantorial working with Ktantanim this year. Joanna has previously student at Hebrew College and a klezmer clarinetist who substituted at Temple Emanuel’s religious school performs throughout the United States and Canada. She (kindergarten, first, and second grade) and taught music has tutored B’nai Mitzvah students since the age of 15 and at the JCC in Worcester. She spends her days studying at has enjoyed working in many different capacities in various Hebrew College Rabbinical School, and is looking forward synagogues in the Boston area. to Wednesday afternoons’ joyful singing, learning, and story times. She will also be leading our Efrochim Tfilot at TBZ. Miriam Diamond – Hebrew Specialist ([email protected]) Miriam Rosalyn Diamond is a Laura Held - Tzeirim Teacher (4th -5th grade) (lauraeheld@ Jewish educator who has studied in the U.S. and Israel. gmail.com) Laura is really excited to continuing being She holds a Ph.D. in Education, with coursework in Hebrew, part of the Beit Rabban teaching staff. Laura studied Judaic Studies and supporting people who learn differently. abroad at Tel Aviv University in 2002, and the Pardes Miriam has deep expertise leading children, adults and Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem in ‘03-04. families on explorations of Judaism and its relevance to Laura previously lived at the Isabella Freedman our lives. She has published books and articles on effective Jewish Retreat Center in CT, first as an Adamah: teaching, promoting religious literacy and fostering ethical The Jewish Environmental Fellowship fellow and awareness. Miriam is eager to engage all Beit Rabban then as the mashgichah (kosher supervisor). In students in developing greater facility and confidence with 2008-2009 she was a teacher at Temple Israel the Hebrew language. Page 14 in Longwood teaching 2nd graders. Laura is in a master’s program in Agriculture, Food, Suzie Schwartz – Beit Rabban Coordinator and Environment at Tufts University’s ([email protected]) Suzie is currently a rabbinical School of Nutrition Science and Policy. student at Hebrew College in Boston. Prior to rabbinical school, Suzie received a MA in Jewish Thought from TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772 TBZ Koleinu Newsletter December-January/Kislev-Tevet-Shevat 2011-12/5772
the University of Chicago Divinity School, a BA in Jewish Jewish history, Jewish ethics, and Hebrew Philosophy from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a at the Sunday School for Jewish Studies in BA in American history from Columbia University. Suzie has Newton. This past summer, he was the lower also been a Jewish educator since college, teaching in camp music director at the JCC Kaleidoscope synagogues and communities in New York City, Chicago Arts and Science Camp. Micah is also an active and now Boston. Suzie is active in numerous local Jewish musician outside of teaching, having toured and organizations, including Keshet, a grassroots organization recorded with multiple groups. He graduated dedicated to creating a fully inclusive Jewish community for from McGill University with a bachelors degree in GLBTQ Jews. Sociology. Micah’s family lives in Israel and he has been there more times than he can count. He is excited Micah Shapiro is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College. In to bring his spirit and mind to the TBZ community. addition to teaching at Beit Rabban, Micah also teaches Yeladim Calendar December January 12/3/2011 Tefilot Yeladim 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 1/4/2012 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. Shabbat 1/7/2012 Babysitting 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 12/3-4/2011 Overnight program for High-schoolers 1/11/2012 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. (BBYO) 1/14/2012 Tefilot Yeladim 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 12/7/2011 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. Shabbat 1/16/2012 BBYO MLK Service Day TBA 12/9/2011 Friday Night Service 5:00 p.m. @ 1550 1/18/2012 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. 12/10/2011 Babysitting 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1/20/2012 Friday Night Service 5:00 p.m. 12/11/2011 Mitzvah project for morning @ 1550 followed by th th 6 -8 graders Family Dinner 12/14/2011 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. 1/21/2012 Babysitting 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 12/17/2011 Tefilot Yeladim 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 1/22/2012 Sunday Program: TBD Shabbat Mitzvah Day 12/17/2011 B’nei Mitzvah 1:00 p.m. 1/22/2012 6th graders: Visit to 5:00-6:30 p.m. Group Mayyim Hayim 12/18/2011 Sunday Program: 10:00 a.m. 1/25/2012 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. Deliveries at 1550 1/28/2012 Tefilot Yeladim 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 12/21/2011 Beit Rabban 4:00-6:00 p.m. Shabbat 12/24/2011 Babysitting 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1/28/2012 B’nei Mitzvah Group 1:00 p.m. 12/25/2011 Sunday Program: 3-5:00 p.m. 1/29/2012 TC & BBYO Program 5:30-7:00 p.m. Hanukkah Party!
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