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Mikveh Israel Record MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD 20 Ab 5773 Shabbat Ekeb July 26-27 2013 Shabbat Koran /Rosh Hodesh SHABBAT SERVICES ANNOUNCEMENTSPARASHA ThisIn this Shabbat, week's parashah, Shabbat Moses Noah, told Saturday, the people thatOctober if they 20, obeyed 2012, G -wed's willrules, welcome G-d would back bless to Candle Lighting Friday Night 8:03 PM KKMIthem in Prof. a number James of waysKaddurie including (Kugel). delivering Prof. the Kaddurie nations who will lived deliver in the a land lecture, to them. "I Just Moses Friday Evening Services 7:15 PM Gottold thea Calendar people that from G-d My made Synagogue them travel-and the longIt's Wrong!"way in the Pleasewilderness join for us 40 for years what to test Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 A.M shouldthem with be hardships a very interesting to see if they discussion! would keep G-d's commandments. G-d subjected them to Shabbat Afternoon : hunger and then gave them manna to teach them that man does not live on bread alone, but by Torah Class 6:30 P.M. what G-d decrees. Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell for 40 years. G-d disciplined them as a man disciplines his son. Service 7:30 P.M. Shabbat Ends: 9:03 P.M. Moses told them that G-d was bringing them into a good land. When they had eaten their fill, they were to give thanks to G-d for the good land that G-d had given them. (Birkat Hamazon). Moses warned them not to believe that their own power had won their wealth, nor to believe BIRTHDAY WISHES: that G-d had allowed them to possess the land because of their virtue, for G-d was dispossessing the land's current inhabitants because of those nations' wickedness and to fulfill the oath that G- d had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses reminded them of how they had provoked G-d with the incident of the golden calf and Mr. Gary Polikoff recounted what had happened. G-d agreed not to destroy his people and commanded him to carve two new tablets upon which G-d engraved the Ten Commandments, to replace the first Mrs. Elissa Vessal set of tablets. Mr. Stephen Keller Moses recalled Aaron's death, how Aaron's son Eleazar became priest in his stead and how G-d Mrs. Michaela Perez set apart the Levites to carry the ark of the covenant and to stand in attendance upon the If we have missed your special date, Tabernacle. Moses urged the people to serve G-d with all their heart and soul, and to keep G-d's please call the office. commandments. Moses asked them to remember that they themselves witnessed the signs that G-d performed in Egypt against Pharaoh, what G-d did to Egypt's army, how G-d rolled REFUAH SHELEMAH TO: upon them the waters of the Sea of Reeds, what G-d did for them in the wilderness, and what G-d did to Dathan and Abiram when the earth swallowed them. Mrs. Louise Cohen Moses praised the land. If the people obeyed the commandments, serving G-d with heart and Mr. Alan (Johnny) Fralin soul, G-d would grant the rain in season and they would gather their grain, wine, and oil. G-d Dr. George Ehrlich would provide grass for their cattle and the people would eat their fill. If they served other gods, Mrs. Sonia Schwartz G-d's anger would flare up against them, G-d would suspend the rain, and they would soon perish. The commandments regarding prayer, tefillin, mezuzah, and teaching Torah to children Mrs. Gilda Silver are given. Moses informs them that if they follow G-d's ways and cleave to Him, they will easily Ms. Victoria Rosin occupy the land of Israel, and no man will stand up against them. Mrs. Nancy Shomer Parashat Ekeb has 111 verses Mrs. Sarah Fullstone, ne Leibo Haftarah Ekeb has 27 verses Phone calls and cards to wish someone a Sefer HaHinukh: Parashat Ekeb contains 8 Mitzvot. Refuah Shelemah are appreciated. This week's Haftarah is from Isaiah and will be read by Raphael Menko. FROM THE RABBI THANK YOU By Rabbi Albert E. Gabbai The reason we recite the Selihot during the whole month of Elul and the 10 To Mr. Israel Roizman for the beautiful days of repentance before daylight is because the Talmud tells us that the floral arrangement at the Hekhal. Divine presence is closer to this world in the last three hours of the night, and therefore it is more propitious to the people of Israel to pour their soul to entreat the Master of the World for forgiveness. In the Spanish & Portuguese HIGH HOLIDAY tradition we have the added Minhag of reciting an abridged version in the INFORMATIONTHANK YOU evening also. It seems that this Minhag developed because many congregants could not make it to the synagogue early in the morning since they had to go ToLook Mr. for Israel your Roizman High Holiday for the packetbeautiful floral arrangement at the Hekhal. to work afterward. So the evening Selihot service was instituted so that people which will be in the mail soon. There would not neglect entirely this Minhag. In the Ashkenazi tradition, the Selihot is a lot of important information for are recited at midnight of Motsa'e Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah (with you, including the sign-up for holiday variances according to the weekday on which Rosh Hashanah falls). Again, the meals, purchase of Lulab and Etrog, same question and answer apply here also. and Succah decoration dates. During the recitation of the Selihot we do not wear our Talet or Tefillin Mikveh Israel Record 1 because it is not yet daylight. It is only when comes the time to recite Shahrit that we wear the Talet & Tefillin. Continued on p. 2 The reason we say Amonai Melekh twice in the early part of Shahrit is because MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD FROM THE RABBI (cont.) TOURS OF THE CEMETERY AT 8TH & SPRUCE STS. that we wear the Talet & Tefillin. The reason we say Amonai Melekh twice in the early part of Mr. Jordan Peiper is now conducting tours at the cemetery at 8th & Spruce Streets. Shahrit is because we are told that the Ministering Angels say it He is on-site and will be available Tuesday every morning. We, on earth, imitate the angels and therefore we through Friday and Sundays from 10:00 recite it twice. As for Amonai Hu Haelokim which is also recited A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The last day will be twice, it is because the people in the time of Elijah the prophet also Thursday, August 8th. Please spread the said it twice at the Mountain of Carmel. word --this is a wonderful opportunity for people to visit. ADULT LEARNING CLASSES: _____________________________________ Rabbi Albert Gabbai's Adult Education Rabbi's class has adjourned WEEKDAY SERVICES for the summer. Please watch for information on our fall semester. Daily morning services: (M-F) 7:15 A.M. SUNSHINE PROGRAM (BIKUR HOLIM) Sundays and Holiday: 8:15 A.M We are forming a support program for the ill and/or infirm. If you Please check your schedule and fit into it are willing to provide any services for them such as taking them to one morning a week, one week a month, medical appointments or tests, doing food shopping, preparing twice a month, whatever you can, to meals, running an errand, making a phone call or home visit, attend morning minyan. Go online to our please contact Loretta Tretina at 215-925-2226. A list will be website and sign up. We need you! compiled. When someone is ill or infirm and in need of any assistance, he/she can call Loretta and she will put him/her in MATCHING GIFTS contact with some of the volunteers. Your assistance is appreciated. Did you know that you can double or even triple your donations to Congregation GOOD WISHES Mikveh Israel?! Many employers sponsor matching gift programs that match Our good wishes for continued good health to our dear friend, Mrs. charitable contributions made by their Lillian Tonkin. If you would like to call Mrs. Tonkin, she can be employees. Some companies may even reached at 215-564-0859. She would love to hear from you. match gifts made by retirees, spouses, and board members. Speak with a MARK WOLFSON’S MIKVEH ISRAEL BLOG representative at your company and see if Mr. Mark Wolfson has started an interesting blog called Mikveh religious organizations are eligible to Israel History. In it he explores the people and events in the history receive matching gift funds. If your gift is of Congregation Mikveh Israel. You can see it at: eligible, simply request a matching gift www.mikvehisraelhistory.com. form from your employer, and send it, completed and signed, along with your LEGACY donation to Congregation Mikveh Israel. Keep the sacred legacy for the future: Remember Congregation Thank you Parnas Emeritus Leon L. Levy for Mikveh Israel in your will. participating in a Matching Gift program. Mikveh Israel Record 2 MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD 20 Ab 5773 Shabbat Ekeb July 26-27 2013 FYI SELECTED QUOTE OF THE WEEK Adornment Hiddur EVERYONE IS WELCOME - COME By adorning a mitzvah, you demonstrate your love for G-d. ON OUT AND JOIN OUR MANY Serving G-d from fear merely fulfills a minimal obligation. In ACTIVITIES serving Him with love, you become concerned with carefully observing every detail of the mitzvot and adding beauty to BE A KKMI DOCENT! them.
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