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Mar 2012 Recovered.Pub Rabbi Aviva Berg Helen Kashtan, President March 2012 “It is a Tree of Life” March Schedule This month, as we emerge from our follow a rapidly chanted Torah reading. Shabbat Evening: 7:30 p.m . Rochester winter, we begin to celebrate There can be no question but that we the vibrancy of spring, color, and new are a feisty group of people at Temple There will be a Service and Potluck growth. Trees, in particular, are a Beth David. Some of us follow the powerful symbol of growth and reading with the English translation in Dinner on March 23 at 6pm at the development. The spreading roots Eitz Hayyim , and some of us follow the JCC in the Senior Lounge. anchor the tree deep in the ground as Hebrew with a finger by connecting the their wide branches reach toward the Torah reader’s words with the Hebrew Shabbat Morning: 9:00 a.m. heavens. Trees express our longing to letters. We do this because it feels be grounded at the same we aspire to holy, and because it connects us with Sunday Minyan: 9:30 a.m. new heights. Torah and our sacred Tradition. All the while, the original purpose - listening to Torah, in our Tradition, is “ eitz hayim and understanding the oral Torah You may now find Temple Events on hee la’mahchazeekim bah ,” a tree of life reading - has become difficult for many our online calendar at for those who grasp it. This verse from of us to achieve. www.tbdrochester.org; find out Proverbs is the source of the custom of what is going on or submit a new holding onto the “ aitzei hayyim, ” the This was a problem even in Tannaitic event for the calendar. As always, Torah handles, made from trees, while times (from approximately 10 - 200 of you may also reach us by calling the reciting the Torah Blessings. When we the Common Era). So the rabbis office at 585-266-3223. do this, we grasp “the tree of life” both authorized an official Aramaic physically and figuratively before and translation of the Torah, to be recited by after we read the Torah. heart, alternating Hebrew verse with an Aramaic verse, during the Torah Our Temple Beth David community is reading. We realized this really blessed with a living Torah legacy. I am wouldn’t help us much today, as our unaware of any other small synagogue Aramaic is probably not as good as our whose members , and not hired Torah Hebrew. But even if we chanted each readers, read full kriah (the entire verse in Hebrew and in English, we Torah portion) each and every week. might have a hungry, angry, kiddush - We owe all of you who read Torah a lovers rebellion as we finished up our very deep debt of gratitude for your services at 2:00 pm. Even in ancient ongoing contributions to our community. times, prolonging the service discouraged people from participating Since ancient times, the Torah was regularly in synagogue services! meant to be read aloud, so that we Spring! could learn, by listening and Considering any change in our liturgy or understanding what was being read. the rhythm or substance of services is Although several or our members are delicate. Our religious practices are fluent in Biblical, Talmudic, and Modern very personal, and for many people, the Hebrew, many of us are not (yet) Torah Service is the centerpiece of sufficiently fluent in Modern Hebrew to Shabbat morning services. Our prayers We are handicapped accessible and be able to understand a Hebrew and our rituals are a combination of equipped with a hearing loop. conversation or in Biblical Hebrew to (Continued on page 3) The mission of Temple Beth David is to provide an environment where the concepts of community prayer, education, and service to the greater Jewish community are provided within the context of Conservative Judaism. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, participatory, egalitarian community, welcoming all to be a part of our synagogue family. News from the President Helen Kashtan [email protected] At our monthly Board of Trustees teachers we accomplish a great volunteer activities and meetings our Vice Presidents present deal with a small staff. Thanks to committees! Thanks to ALL of our items of interest for discussion and, our depth of volunteers, who volunteers and their family many times, for vote by the Board. The provide energy, ideas and members who support their time on reports generally cover finance, ritual, commitment for getting things behalf of Temple. building and administrative issues. As done. always, our meetings are open to the ♦ You often hear about BINGO and congregation. One board member ♦ For the past year, Rabbi Berg and the need for volunteers. Our pointed out that sometimes the the Ritual Committee have been BINGO game at Empire BINGO is information is not effectively conveyed discussing and reviewing a significant fundraiser for Temple. to the congregation. This month, I hope modifications to our Shabbat Our volunteers make this to catch you up on some interesting morning services. The dream to successful and are much loved by Temple items. implement changes -- after careful the customers at the game. In fact, consideration -- became a reality one of our security guards has ♦ For the past year, we have rented this year. Two weeks ago, we commented that he will only work space in our building to an area began opening Shabbat mornings our Thursday night game because church needing meeting space. with Torah study from 9-9:45 a.m. of our volunteers, particularly This takes place one evening each Shachrit service now begins at 10 Sylvia and Bernie Roth. Thanks to week, and the Church members a.m., followed by the Torah and everyone for their commitment to have been wonderful tenants. They Musaf services. We also began this fundraiser. take care of set up of tables and using a Triennial model for the chairs, take down of these items Torah reading. Even with the later Temple life has many facets, many and vacuuming. This relationship start time, because of the shorter opportunities, and many points of entry. provides Temple with more than a Torah service, we will still be able If you would like more information about financial boost, it fosters interfaith to end services at about noon. activities at temple or information about relationships. how you can become more involved, ♦ Our volunteers serve many areas. please let me know! ♦ Temple Beth David should be very Our Ritual Committee has provided proud of our financial situation. much support on the Bimah on L'Shalom, Helen Many congregations have Shabbat mornings, our Bulletin mounting debt and fairly large folding crew helps get this monthly operations to manage. Thanks to newsletter ready to deliver to your our Finance vice presidents past home, and parents help at the and present, we have been and school, while others make sure that continue to be debt free. Thanks to our building and the Rabbi's house Rabbi, Maria, Marcy, Bill and our remain in good operation. So many March Office Hours Rabbi Berg Open Sundays March 4 and 18 always looks 9am - Noon and 1:00-5:00 pm forward to Monday - Friday 9:00am - 2:00pm hearing from you. Office Closed on the following days: March 11, 25, 28-31 Contact information: 585-319-4407 [email protected] Page 2 Temple Beth David Bulletin Rabbi’s Desk, con’t. Rabbi Aviva Berg [email protected] 585-319-4407 (Continued from page 1) shortens the Torah Service and frees up Making this change in our Torah Service heart and mind; which makes us resist time for additional learning. was accompanied by making time for something that is so intimate and increased Torah study. For those of you integral to our spiritual lives. So we When I was ordained as a rabbi in 2009, who would like to engage in participatory proceeded cautiously and looked to the I was told directly, “do not suggest any Torah study, regardless of your current Tradition for guidance. The original changes in your new synagogue your knowledge level, you are welcome to purpose of reading the Torah blends first year, and update your resume if you join us from 9:00 - 9:45 every Shabbat with one of the highest values in our even think about making any changes to morning. A little nosh will be provided to Tradition -- Talmud Torah, learning and the liturgy.” Because we are comforted maintain our energy levels until kiddush . making Torah relevant in our lives. by our Traditional prayers and the At 9:45, we begin our tefilah with P’sukei familiar flow of our services, anything D’Zimra (verses of song) and at 10:00, There are many beautiful, as well as new or different can be emotionally we move into Shacharit , (morning heart-wrenching, aspects of making an disruptive. It is helpful to know that we prayer) followed by our triennial Torah halakhic (a legal) decision that affects are following a 2000 year Tradition of Service, Musaf , (our additional service) the community. One acceptable method resisting change and then going forward and, kiddush at 12:00. the Talmudic rabbis used was called, with it, and by taking into account what “puk chazei ,” which essentially means, our people are doing. I personally and publicly want to thank go out and see what the people are the members of the Ritual Committee for doing. If over two thirds of the people Last month, we initiated a modified form their sensitivity, and wisdom in putting are doing something that is working for of the triennial Torah reading cycle, the needs of our community first to them, we need to take a look at that and which we will evaluate at the end of the enhance our Shabbat morning study and see if it is something that might benefit Jewish year, before the High Holidays.
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