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TIKUNTemple Israel Kehilla U’Neshama Volume XIII Issue 3 December 2016 Kislev/Tevet 5777 Send Us Your Miracles! Page 2 The Religious School Chanukah Extravaganza Page 4 End of Year Giving Pages 8 & 10 Cleaning for a Cause, Cleaning with Care Page 11 Temple Israel Creating community Nurturing souls Repairing the world Rabbi Zinkow’s Message Send Us Your Miracles! The Talmud (Shabbat 21b) recounts the story of them, and pay closer attention to the unfolding of our lives and the Chanukah like this: world around us. What is Chanukah? ... When the royal Hasmonean So, let us celebrate our miracles! We are de”lighted” to announce family overpowered and was victorious over [the our second annual “Send us Your Miracles” Campaign. Send us a Greeks], they searched and found only a single cruse of digital picture, or pictures, of the miracles you notice in your pure oil... enough to light the menorah for a single lives. We will paste them on a GIANT CHANUKIAH that will day. A miracle occurred, and they lit the menorah reside in the Temple atrium as we approach Chanukah in with this oil for eight days. On the following year* December. Blind us with the light of innumerable photographs of Rabbi Misha Zinkow they established these [eight days] as days of festivity miracles that you send us. and praise and thanksgiving to God. * 165 B.C.E. And we hope our “miracles campaign” will inspire you to take note of, and better appreciate the little miracles of your lives. Let us The great one-time miracle of Chanukah occurred over 2000 years together build our own Miracle Menorah. Send your pictures of ago, when the Maccabees defeated the Greeks. After removing the miracles to [email protected]. foreign gods from the sanctuary and purifying it, a tiny amount of oil illuminated the Temple menorah for eight days. We re-enact the And we hope to see you at our special pre-Chanukah service and miracle annually during the darkest days of winter, when we kindle dinner on December 16. our own menorahs in our homes. I also view Chanukah as an opportunity to help us become more aware of the miracles, small and large, that occur every day -- if we but watch for them, listen for 13th Annual Chanukiah Making Challenge One of Rabbi Zinkow’s favorite Chanukah traditions! School age children are encouraged to come up with a crazy chanukiah design and then make it out of “raw” materials (no Legos, Tinker Toys, Kinnex, etc.) The chanukiah should be mostly functional. Entries should have the student’s name on it, and it must be submitted to Rabbi Zinkow’s office no later than Wednesday, December 14. The chanukiot will then be cleverly named and displayed by Rabbi Zinkow during services on Friday, December 16. All entries will receive an award and a small gift! So put your creative thinking cap on and start building! We can’t wait to see all of the wonderful creations you come up with. Temple Israel TIKUN (USPS 537600) is published 11 times per year, monthly except July by Temple Israel 5419 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43213-1499. Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Postmaster: Send address changes to Temple Israel Tikun, 5419 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43213-1499. 2 Temple Israel Shabbat December Service Schedule Annual Chanukah Dinner Friday, December 2 Erev Shabbat Service .......................................................... 6:30 PM Celebration Shabbat; December simchas recognized Friday, December 16 Hava Nashira (youth choir) participating Saturday, December 3 6:30 PM - Services Jewish Meditation ............................................................. 9:00 AM 7:30 PM - Dinner Neshama Minyan ............................................................ 10:00 AM Friday, December 9 Erev Shabbat Service .......................................................... 6:30 PM Sponsored by Temple Israel Brotherhood SHIRjoy Band participating; Human Rights Shabbat Join us for services and then stay for a delicious dinner Saturday, December 10 and fun Chanukah themed activities. Temple Israel Shabbat Service ............................................................... 10:00 AM Brotherhood will be serving Brisket, vegetable Tot Shabbat ..................................................................... 10:30 AM lasagna, and lots of latkes! Adult dinners are $12 and Friday, December 16 children 12 and under are $6. Guests are asked to bring Erev Shabbat Service & Pre-Chanukah Celebrataion ...... 6:30 PM a parve (not dairy) side dish to feed 10. Adult Choir participating Chanukah Dinner ............................................................. 7:30 PM Kindly RSVP by December 9. Dinner reservations can Saturday, December 17 be made online at www.templeisrael.org/form/ Shabbat Service ............................................................... 10:00 AM chanukah-dinner.html or you can call Bethany Friday, December 23 Fitzgerald at 614-866-0010 ext. 105. Erev Shabbat Service .......................................................... 6:30 PM Saturday, December 24 Shabbat Service ............................................................... 10:00 AM First night of Chanukah Friday, December 30 Erev Shabbat Service .......................................................... 6:30 PM SHIRjoy participating Friday, Jan. 13, at 7:15 PM Saturday, December 31 Shabbat Evening Service with Rabbi Weinberg. Rabbi Weinberg’s D’var will be entitled, “Israel: Living the Dream, Facing Tot Shabbat the Reality.” Lights, Latkes and Laughter! Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10:30 AM Saturday, December 10 Please join us for Torah Study and a light lunch afterwards. Rabbi Weinberg’s D’var 10:30 AM will be “What does it mean to be a religious Zionist from a Reform Persepctive?” RSVP We’re celebrating Chanukah! Join Cantor Moses and friends for a at http://tinyurl.com/zp9f5kv or by calling fun morning filled with songs, stories, a craft and a snack, and we the Beth Tikvah office at 614-885-6286. will learn about the Festival of Lights. For more information, contact Cantor Moses at [email protected]. Saturday, Jan. 14, at 6 PM (nosh at 5:45 PM) Join us for Havdalah and a Kumsitz (sing Don’t miss the dates of our Tot Shabbat programs along). We will explore Israel in song and in the New Year: story. The choirs from all three synagogues January 28 — Our Special Names will sing. Rabbi Weinberg will tell stories and February 11 — Tu B’Shevat sing too. Dessert reception will follow. March 25 — Getting Ready for Passover May 27 — 10 Commandments Temple Israel 3 Education Religious School Finding a way to create a Jewish space in your life isn't always easy. But as with most difficult things, Judaism doesn't expect you to do it alone. Jewish rituals require us to come together to pray, mourn, celebrate a new life or a holiday. Religious School can serve the very same purpose; it can encourage you to step outside of your home and into the greater Jewish community. It can be the conduit between your Temple and your family. Religious School can provide the opportunity to bring families together in the pursuit of Jewish learning as well as provide a community. We hope that we have been a part of helping you and your family create that Jewish space in your home! L’shalom, Beata Abraham Kindling the Festival Lights The Chanukah Blessings This year Chanukah begins at sundown on Friday, December 23. Candles are added to the chanukiah from right to left but are kindled from left to right. The newest candle is always lit first. First light the Shamash (the helper candles, set higher or lower than all the rest of the candles); then use it to kindle the rest of the Chanukah lights. Happy Chanukah! . Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, asher kidishanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu, lehadlik ner shel Chanukah. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who makes us holy with commandments and who has commanded us to kindle the lights of Chanukah. Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, she asa nisim l’avoteinu bayamim ha-heim bazman hazeh. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who performed miracles for our ancestors long ago at this time. On the first night of Chanukah we add this blessing: Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, shehechyanu, k’ki-imanu v’higi-yanu lazman hazeh. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who gave us life, keeps us alive and enabled us to reach this season. 4 Temple Israel Engagement TILMAD (Adult Education) Co-Presidents’ Message Interfaith Bible Study & Discussion Dear Temple Israel Family – Mondays, December 5 7:00—8:30 PM We are pleased to share with you an update on the progress of the at First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad Street Rabbinic Search Committee. Over the summer Roger Sugarman graciously agreed to Chair the effort, and together in partnership Judaism 101 we assembled the following committee members to assist in the Sundays, December 4, 11 process: 10:30 AM Jamie Allen, Dan Finkelman, Jenny Glick, Lisa Goldsand, Paul at JCC New Albany, 150 E. Dublin Granville Rd., New Albany Greenland, Harriette Hansell, Cheryl Lever Hooker, Artie Isaac, Bob Keidan, Ginna Rinkov, Jody Scheiman, Patti Shorr, Roger Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from the Chasidic Masters Sugarman, Fred Summer, Brian Tuckerman. Sunday, December 4 9:30 AM at Temple Israel This committee has been working hand-in-hand with the Central Conference of American Rabbis’ Placement Office. With their Mussar: Everyday Holiness — Faith guidance, our committee collaborated to create a job Sunday, December 11 announcement, develop a robust list of questions and amass more 9:30 AM at Temple Israel than a dozen impressive applications from all over the country and abroad. For questions or more information, contact Ruth Silverman at 614-866-0010 ext. 102 or [email protected]. After a thorough review we have completed our first round of interviews by telephone. We are planning in-person interviews for Reading Jewish Books our selected candidates in early December. We have an aggressive timetable, but as you can see, it is well underway.