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MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD 19 Nisan 5773 Shabbat Pesah March 29-30, 2013 MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD 19 Nisan 5773 Shabbat Pesah March 29-30, 2013 SHABBAT SERVICES ANNOUNCEMENTS ThisWe wish Shabbat, all of Shabbat our friends Noah, a happy Saturday, and meaningfulOctober 20, Passover.2012, we will Hag welcome Sameah! back to Candle Lighting Friday Night 7:04 PM KKMI Prof. James Kaddurie (Kugel). Prof. Kaddurie will deliver a lecture, "I Just PARASHA Friday Evening Services 7:00 PM Got a Calendar from My Synagogue-and It's Wrong!" Please join us for what In the reading for Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah, after the people worshipped the golden should be a very interesting discussion! Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 A.M calf, Moses goes back up to Mount Sinai in order to receive the new set of tablets. Moses pleads for God’s assurance of support. and insists that G-d Himself accompany Shabbat Afternoon : His people to the promised land. Torah Class 5:30 P.M. Moses asks G-d to let him see His Presence. G-d agrees but explains that no human Service 6:30 P.M. can see G-d's face and live. G-d instructs Moses to station himself on a rock, where Shabbat Ends: 8:04 P.M. Moses can see G-d's back. G-d then directs Moses to carve two stone tablets like the ones that Moses shattered, so that G-d might inscribe upon them the words that were on the first tablets, which Moses does. G-d comes down in a cloud and proclaims the BIRTHDAY WISHES: 13 attributes of mercy. G‑d seals a covenant with Moses. G‑d tells Moses that He will drive the Canaanites from before the Israelites. G-d instructs them to destroy all vestiges of idolatry from Ms. Josephine Cohen the land, and to refrain from making any covenants with its current inhabitants. The Mrs. Gail Ehrlich Israelites are then commanded not to make molten gods, to observe Passover, not to Ms. Carol Dedov eat hametz on Passover, to sanctify male firstborn humans and cattle, and not to cook Mr. Billy Vessal meat together with milk. Mr. Spencer Zahn Mr. Mark Appel The maftir discusses the various offerings to be made on Passover. Parashat Pessah has 38 verses Mr. Mark Wolfson Jared Dorfman Haftarah Pessah has 14 verses This week's Haftarah is from Ezekiel and will be read by Dr. GeorgesBuzaglo. If we have missed your special date, please call the office. FROM THE RABBI REFUAH SHELEMAH TO: By Rabbi Albert E. Gabbai There is a Jewish custom that on the night of the 7th Day of Pessah we stay up Dr. George Ehrlich all night studying Torah in appreciation of the miracle of the crossing of the Mr. Maurice Sady Sea of Reeds that occurred on the 7th Day of after the Exodus. This is also the Mrs. Sonia Schwartz reason why we read the Shirat Hayam (the Song of the Sea) on that day. Mrs. Gilda Silver The miracle was not only that we walked on dry land in the sea bed, but also Ms. Victoria Rosin that the water engulfed our enemies, the Egyptians, who were pursuing us. Mrs. Nancy Shomer We were therefore saved. Phone calls and cards to wish You may have noticed that during the first and second days of Pessah, we someone a Refuah Shelemah are recited the "full" Hallel, yet during the remaining six days, we recited the "half" appreciated. Hallel as if to indicate a diminishing of our joy. There is a Midrash that says that when the Egyptians were drowned, the ministering angels around G-d sang praises to Him. The Midrash relates that the Almighty turned to them THANK YOU and said, "My creatures are drowning and you are singing?" The message is To Ellen and Sharon Geller for that every human being is dear to G-d, including the wicked ones. G-d prefers dedicating dinner on Friday evening in that they turn away from the evil deeds and become good people rather than memory of their father, Mr. Jack forfeit their lives. Even when our enemies who wanted to exterminate us die, Geller, and their uncle, Mr. William we should not rejoice. We should only rejoice for the end of the wickedness, Potler. persecution and suffering. The Torah commands us not to rejoice in the fall of To Mr. Israel Roizman for the beautiful the enemy. floral arrangement at the Hekhal. For us Jews who have known persecution for so long, having to uphold that Mitzvah has been a great challenge. Let us celebrate the miracles that G-d wrought for us while maintaining a sober outlook to life. Mikveh Israel Record 1 Dr. D. Walter Cohen on the Bar Mitzvah of his grandson, Benjamin Cohen Katz, on Shabbat, March 16th in Allentown, MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD BOOK SIGNING On Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013 at 7:00 P.M., Mikveh Israel will present a special program featuring Mr. Jerry Verlin and Mr. Lee Bender who have written a book entitled, Pressing Israel: Media Bias Exposed from A to Z, about their defense of Israel against media slander. After their talk, there will be a question and answer period followed by a book signing. Everyone is welcome; attendance is free. ADULT LEARNING Join Congregation Mikveh Israel for a special CLASSES: program/lecture given by Rabbi Albert Gabbai is teaching alternative classes on the women prophets on the Midrash. Ms. Sarah Linn Students will read the Parasha first and then look at the Midrash for that Parasha. Classes Ms. Linn is currently working on her Ph.D at the will be held on Monday evenings. Please University of Pennsylvania in the Art and Archaeology of contact the office or Ms. Carol Marchand for the Mediterranean World program. Her focus is the more information or to enroll in this 12-week session. archaeology of the Prehistoic Aegean with a special interest in objects of personal adornment and social MORE ADULT LEARNING CLASSES: identity. She worked at Petras Cemetery and is currently Come and explore the world of The Talmud. the registrar for the Mount Lykaion Excavaion and Rabbi Gabbai is starting a Monday evening Survey Project in Arkadia, Greece. class at 7:00 P.M. with a course in Gemera. This class will open new horizons in the world of our The Lod Mosaic Sages and Jewish law. This course is free to all The Roman mosaic from Lod, Israel was discovered in but you must register. Please call the office, 215-922-5446. 1996 during highway construction. A series of mosaic CONTRIBUTION CARDS floors measuring approximately 50 feet by 27 feet. Call the office to send out a contribution card Sunday, April 7, 2013, 11:00 A.M. for a Simha, such as a birthday, birth, anniversary, graduation, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, Tickets: $18 Berit Milah, for condolence or for any other event or occasion. The cost is $10 for a Please call the Office at 215-922-5446 to purchase personalized message. tickets. MARK WOLFSON’S MIKVEH Your ticket includes Museum entrance and the ISRAEL BLOG private lecture. Mr. Mark Wolfson has started an interesting University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology blog called Mikveh Israel History. In it he Kress Entrance explores the people and events in the history of 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA Congregation Mikveh Israel. You can see it at (Across from the parking garage) www.mikvehisraelhistory.com. Mikveh Israel Record 2 MIKVEH ISRAEL RECORD 19 Nisan 5773 Shabbat Pesah March 29-30, 2013 SELECTED QUOTE OF THE WEEK EVENTS/ACTIVITIES January/February/March have been busy months at KKMI From The Essential Pele Yoetz by Rabbi Eliezer Papo, edited by Rabbi Marc D. Angel JANUARY Jr. Congregation- 1/5 1/19 1/26 CUSTOM (MINHAG) Elisheva Baumgarten Lecture-1/12 Berry's Honeymoon Lecture-1/20 Our Rabbis taught that you should follow the custom of the town in Dr. Mordechai Kedar Lecture-1/22 which you find yourself. Tu Bi Shebat Celebratory Meals-1/25 1/26 Torah Study classes with Rabbi-1/14 1/21 1/28 (evening classes) However, if a custom clearly violates a prohibition, it should be Ethics Study classes with Rabbi- 1/14 1/21 1/28 (morning classes) Beg. Hebrew classes with Rabbi- 1/23 1/30 revoked. Do not maintain an incorrect custom out of reverence for Jewish Texts Study Grp. with Daniel Cohen, Esq-1/28 tradition. People may object though and say, "Who are these new people who think they are so wise that they teach us things which our FEBRUARY Jr. Congregation-2/02 2/16 ancestors and Sages did not teach us?" But the Rabbis stated, "Our Asso. Trip to Curtis Concert-2/17 ancestors left room for each individual to strengthen the Torah; Asso. Purim Party-2/23 therefore, if a Sage tells you something new, do not ridicule him" Purim Banquet-2/24 Torah Study classes with Rabbi-2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 (Hulin 7a). Ethics Study classes with Rabbi-2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 We should therefore have confidence that the Sage who uproots a Beg. Hebrew classes with Rabbi-2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 Jewish Texts Study Grp. with Daniel Cohen, Esq.-2/11 2/25 custom has thought the matter through carefully. If he is wrong, he will be responsible. Just as the Sage is heeded as to what is permitted MARCH Jr. Congregation- 3/3 3/16 3/30 and what is forbidden, so should he be heeded in this regard.
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