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SHABBAT PARSHAT MATOT‐MASSEI CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL DAF HASHAVUAH JULY 13‐14, 2018 — 2 AV, 5778 Weekday Morning and Evening Services Beth Israel Classes July 15‐19, 2018 Morning: 8:00 am Sun • 6:30 am Mo ‐ Th MONDAY Evening: 8:10 pm Su‐Th Key Books in Tanakh: Sefer Shoim/Judges The cycle of the period of the Friday, July 13 Judges spans several hundred years from the days of Joshua to the prophet Northside minyan at Sudikoff home ........................................... 7:00 pm Samuel. In the absence of strong, central leadership, individuals rose up to 1209 Shauck Ave (east side of street, past Live Oak Park, near Eunice) meet the challenges facing the naon. Some of these leaders are larger Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ...................................................... 7:00 pm than life, such as Samson and Deborah, while others' stories are less Candle Lighng........................................................................... 8:14 pm known yet compelling and thought provoking. Through learning the book of Shoim, we will compare and contrast these diverse leaders and gain an Saturday, July 14 understanding of this liminal period in Jewish history. Morning Service ......................................................................... 9:15 am M. Victoria Suon — Mondays @ 12:00 pm. Childcare ..................................................................................... 9:15 am Torah Reader: Yonim Schweig TUESDAY Haorah Reader: Ori Kanefsky Laws of Shabbat: In this class we will re‐use R. Eliezer Melamed's well‐ Formal Group Time: ................................................................. 10:30 am organized, clear and concise halakhic (Jewish legal) wrings as a Kedma (Pre‐K): Natan Kuchar springboard to deepen our understanding and our observance of the laws Tzafona (K‐2): Jacob Schwartz of Shabbat. Each class will focus on a specific area of religious pracce and Negba (3‐5): move from general principle to praccal details. This class is on hiatus. Parent Supervisors: Meena Viswanath R. Yonatan Cohen — Tuesdays @ 12:00 pm. Sermon by R. Ariel Mayse & Adina Polen Mincha ....................................................................................... 7:55 pm WEDNESDAY Seudah Shlishit ............................................................................ 8:15 pm New Talmudic Readings: This volume contains three of Emmanuel Ma’ariv, Havdalah & Shabbat ends ............................................. 9:17 pm Levinas's last major lectures on the Talmud. Originally compiled and published in French in 1996, it includes the lectures, The Will of Heaven KIDDUSH SPONSORS and the Power of Humanity, Beyond the State in the Self, and Who is One‐ The following families: self?. Levinas's Talmudic commentaries have generated interest in both Darmoni; Elias; Fenton; Frank; Gessow; Goldstein; Kabatznick & Sco; theological and philosophical circles. These exegecal wrings bear on his Kabella; Kam; Kenin; Kirsch; Massarano; Miranda; Morgan; Neumeier; ever‐present concern with ethics, the central focus of his philosophy. One Perl & Buchman; Rosen & Lichtenstein; Shor & Abel; Sudikoff; Wolgel; of the most remarkable consequences of this focus, furthermore, is a Zeitlin with wishes and thanks to the Rappaport family who are going renewal of philosophy's capacity to both respect and uncover the deepest back home to Israel aer 3 years in our community, and to Jonathan Lyon meanings central to sacred as well as secular texts. & Jane Turbiner who are doing aliyah to Israel this August. Muni Schweig — Wednesdays @ 8:00 pm @ the Schweig home Both families are such wonderful hosts and always opened their homes for families in our community and people who visit our community. We will FRIDAY miss you both. Talmudic Wisdom: Join us for a weekly class that explores key sugyot Sarit & Udi Oster: We want to thank this amazing community for being (talmudic units) that discuss major Jewish quesons of pracce and our home away from home the past 4 years, a welcoming, unique and thought. This class is on hiatus. inspiring family. We’d like to end with a quote that represents the feeling R. Yonatan Cohen — Fridays, 9:00 am we had when we first came here and likely the one we will have when we are back: “Toto, I’ve (got) a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” SATURDAY Jane Turbiner in honor of her mother, Selma Parker Turbiner, entertainer Poems of the Ibn Ezra with R. David Rue—Shabbat Day: We will be extraordinaire, who would have turned 91 this past Monday, July 9th. starng a secon on Poem's of the Ibn Ezra. Each class will meet in the Janice MacMillan in honor of the 10th yahrzeit her mother, Isabel Sanctuary. Johannesen Mac Millan on July 12th. R. David Rue — Saturdays, 12:10 pm, during Kiddush Sondra Markowitz and Yvee Hoffer in honor of Judy Miller and Dr. Robert Miller, former CBI board officer. EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS In Beth Israel HACHNASSAT ORCHIM Mazal Tov! to parents Gabriella Rosen Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman, big Joshua & Jenny Kirsch brother Oscar and big sister Masha, grandparents Mordy & Rena Rosen and Jonathan & Faye Kellerman on the birth of a baby boy, Edgar Leo (Teddy). May his life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and Kiddush Wine: supporve love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Covenant Winery, with special thanks to the Morgan Family Shifra Puah ‐ Krieger & Ladon Family: Mazal Tov! to Yael Krieger and R. Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products as there are congregants for whom these products are an irritant due to allergies or as a result of chemotherapy or other medical treatment. Thank you. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS SHEET FROM THE BUILDING ON SHABBAT Joshua Ladon big sister Elisheva and big brother Zohar on the birth of a baby girl, Yona Sima! A great way to support the family at this me is to bring them a meal. Please sign up on the meal calendar here: hp://mealmein.com/helpout/im2yy May her life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supporve love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Mazal Tov! Shifra Puah ‐ Elias Family: Mazal Tov! To Aliza and Nimrod Elias, and to big sisters Nava and Maya, on the birth of a baby boy Adiv Chaim. A great way to support the family is to bring them a meal. Please sign up for a meal here: hp://mealmein.com/helpout/1h635 May this child's life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supporve love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Mazal Tov! Refugee Supply Drive at CBI: During the Three Weeks, July 1‐22, we are collecng items for welcome kits to be given to refugees through JFCS (Jewish Family and Community Services). On Tisha B'Av, July 22, 2:30‐4 pm at CBI, we will assemble welcome kits and write welcome notes. Families welcome, babysing available. Ways you can help: Drop off the above items (full‐size toiletries, new bedding) at CBI Purchase or donate towards Target or Safeway gi cards (suggested amounts $20‐50). If donang online, please pick the General Fund and indicate "Refugee Drive" in the memo secon or purchase SCRIP $25 or $100 gi cards from Naomi Stamper, SerachBracha Albert or Ruth Wiman, or Joelle Yzquierdo at the office. Volunteer to assemble welcome kits on Tisha b'Av ‐ sign up here: hps://nyurl.com/y75drvhf Donate here: hps://www.cbiberkeley.org/connect/giving/ See our flyer on the back page. Donate your car/boat/vehicle to Beth Israel. Full tax write off. Proceeds benefit Gan Shalom Preschool Scholarship Fund. Contact David Spieler: 510‐849‐0961. In the Community Nachamu, nachamu! Aer three weeks without live music, get consoled by the soulful tunes of Kaley Halperin, a musician from Israel who will be touring here soon. Introduced to us via our dear friend, Elishav Rabinovich, she will be performing at Spark Arts Gallery in San Francisco (easy parking!) on Tuesday night, July 23rd at 7:30 pm. Get out and enjoy some beauful music in a great art and community space in the Castro owned by our other dear friend, Aviva Kanoff. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS SHEET FROM THE BUILDING ON SHABBAT LAWS & CUSTOMS OF If one has the opon, it is preferable to refrain from wearing newly laundered exterior garments, except on Shabbat. (If the "freshness" THE THREE WEEKS AND NINE DAYS has been taken out of a garment prior to the Nine Days —by having worn it for even a few moments—it may be worn. For this reason, it The 17th of Tammuz, commemorang the fall of Jerusalem prior to the is advisable to put on, however, briefly, any exterior garments you destrucon of the Temple, marks the beginning of a three‐week naonal wish to wear during this me, prior to the Nine Days. The clothing of period of mourning culminang with the 9th of Av. Our rabbis referred to small children, which gets soiled frequently, may be laundered and the me period between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av as “Bein worn in a normal fashion.) Hamitzarim,” between the straits, based on the verse, “All her oppressors have overtaken her within the straits.” (Lamentaons 1:3) The Ninth of Av, history and laws On Shabbat during the Three Weeks, the Haorot focus upon the On the 9th of Av, we remember and mourn tragedies which occurred to Temple's destrucon and the exile of the Jewish people. our people throughout history. The following events are said to have The five events which we mourn on the 17th of Tammuz are: transpired or started on this very day: Moshe broke the tablets at Mount Sinai, in response to the sin of the Golden Calf. The sin of the spies caused God to decree that the Children of Israel The daily offerings in the First Temple were suspended during the who le Egypt would not be permied to enter the land of Israel.