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Cheshvan – Kislev 5781 November 2020 Come Grow with YERS! SEE PAGES 10 AND 11 FOR MORE DETAILS november 2020 Shabbat Services FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Parashat Toldot In This Issue 20 Cheshvan Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 6:00 p.m. Pre-neg Malachi 1:1-2:7 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Services Shabbat Services 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020 12 Kislev Beyond the Curve 3 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 6:00 p.m. Pre-neg 10:30 a.m. Morning Minyan 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Services From Strength to Strength 4 10:30 a.m. B’nai Mitzvah of Aidan and Ethan Epelbaum SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Clergy Corner 5 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Parashat Vayeira 10:30 a.m. Morning Minyan President’s Message 6 Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 10:30 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Mason Josefsberg Auction 7 Haftarah II Kings 4:1-37 Parashat Vayetzei Membership 8/9 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 27 Cheshvan Rosh Chodesh Hosea 12:13-14:10 Youth Engagement Religious 6:00 p.m. Pre-neg 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Services School 10/11 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2020 B’nai Mitzvah 12 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Morning Minyan Day School 13 10:30 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Noah Gomberg Programming 14-16 5:30 p.m. Bat Mitzvah of Aubrey Sanko Youth Choir 17 Parashat Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1 – 25:18 Tikkun Olam 18 I Kings 1:1-31 Voting 19 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 5 Kislev Recovery 20 5:30 p.m. How ‘bout Shabbat 6:00 p.m. Pre-neg PB & J 20 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Services Give Miami Day 21 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 Sisterhood 22/23 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Mazer – Our Jewish Heritage 24 Chapel 10:30 a.m. Morning Minyan Sister Congregation 25 Committee of 100/Tzedakah 26/27 our advertisers In Loving Memory 28/29 Roberta Mandel ........................................... 29 Paradise Properties, Realtor ..................... 39 Mazel Tov 29 Rita Diaz, Estate Sales ................................ 33 Williamson Cadillac ................................... 40 Chef Aaron Dreilinger, Catering ............ 31 Accessible Home Health Care ................. 40 We Give 30/31 Israel Bonds .................................................. 32 Kitanim, Florist/Events .............................. 41 Professional Directory Listings ............... 33 Rebecca Lenard, Pediatric Dentist .......... 41 Current of Life 32 Jewish Community Services .................... 34 Bea Citron, Realtor ..................................... 41 Dr. Greg Ross, Orthodontist ..................... 35 Camp Coleman ............................................ 42 Professional Directory 33 Ilene Efthimiou, Realtor ............................ 35 Buchwald Jewelers ..................................... 42 Goldman Residential, Realtor .................. 36 Smile Miami ................................................. 42 New Members 34 Tracey Spiegelman, Realtor ...................... 37 Bregman, Event Planners .......................... 43 Medicare Matt .............................................. 37 The Palace ..................................................... 44 Friendship Circle ......................................... 38 TLC Family Care ......................................... 38 We enter the second phase of our capital campaign with pride of what has been accomplished and with excitement about what’s to come. 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Recently I heard a thoughtful Jew respond wisely to the of the fourth son of our matriarch Leah. It was Leah’s prophetic question, “What type of Jew are you?” Instead of answering understanding that of Jacob’s four wives, each one would have Reform, Conservative, Orthodox or Reconstructionist, he said, “I three sons who would become the namesakes of the twelve am a Yisrael, I struggle with G-d.” His answer was a reference tribes. Leah’s first three sons were Reuben, Simon and Levi, and to the scene in Genesis Chapter 32 when Jacob finds himself after Levi was born, she assumed that she was finished birthing in a wrestling match with an angel. Jacob gains control of the sons. However, when she became pregnant with her fourth angel, and when the angel demands that Jacob release him, son, she realized that she had received an additional blessing he demands the angel bestow a blessing on him before Jacob for which she was abundantly thankful. She was so thankful releases him. The angel complies and offers the following, that she named her fourth son Judah, meaning “thanks to G-d.” “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have Several centuries later, when the Northern Kingdom of Israel striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.” was destroyed and ten of the tribes of Israel assimilated and The medieval French sage Chizkuni believed that the angel was were lost in the Assyrian world, the largest and most prominent conveying to Jacob that he had achieved the same powers as tribe of Israel remaining was Judah. Those who came from the ministering angels, but not the same rank as them. This Judah were known as Jews, hence the primary term that refers may mean that though Jacob had achieved a level of spiritually to the Children of Israel today. unrivaled in this world, he still had to contend with worldly issues that the angels did not. Most notably he was still being As we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this month, we should sought by his brother Esau and his soldiers, and his life was remember that we descend from a people who were born out still in mortal danger. Nevertheless, with the difficulties and of thanksgiving. We are Jews, the ones who give thanks to G-d struggles he had faced in his life, he remained loyal to G-d and for the blessings in our lives, even as we continue to strive with observant of His demands. The wrestling match with the angel G-d in our understanding of how exactly such divine blessings indicates to us that such an achievement was not easy and was manifest in our lives. the cause of great internal struggle within the father of the Jewish people. When the thoughtful Jew gave his response that L’shalom, he was a Yisrael, I think he was really saying that like most Jews, I struggle with my Judaism while at the same time I seek ways to make it relevant and meaningful in my life. Rabbi Jeremy Barras Despite the Jewish people being known as the descendants of Jacob (B’nei Yisrael), Yisrael does not means Jew – it means Israelite. The term “Jew” comes from a different name, the name LIVE from Beth Am! Hosted by Senior Rabbi Jeremy Barras Weekdays 12:00-1:00 p.m. Join our Senior Rabbi at noon every day on Facebook and live streaming for the latest in current events, Jewish learning, and a host of special guest interviews. Stay connected with your Temple Beth Am community while being entertained at the same time. You’re not going to want to miss this! “The surprise hit of the year!” – TV GUIDE clergy corner Cantor Rachelle Nelson [email protected] What I Have Learned During Covid-19 abduction of Sarah, war, circumcision in his later years, the Akeida (binding of Isaac) and so much more. I want to share with you my personal journey during this very frightening time in all of our lives. I hope that my story and I understand that not everyone is meant to be an Abraham what I have learned from it will bring you some comfort and and that many of us are wired differently, but within each of insight. Never did I think that I would have to spend so many us is a little bit of him. Within each of us lies the tools and the hours with myself, rediscovering and discovering who I am, strength to walk the journey of life, even when we feel broken what brings me the most fulfillment and what brings me the and bruised by life’s circumstances. We can overcome obstacles most fear. Here is my journey. that often look like giant monsters, such as the description given by the spies who returned from Canaan to report to Moses that When we were first told that a pandemic had taken over the they had seen giants in a land overflowing with milk and honey. world, I, like many others, was in disbelief. Living 64 years in the United States of America, always feeling privileged to feel We need to constantly remind ourselves that our thoughts are free and protected by the greatest country in the world, made just thoughts, and they are not real. We have lived in fear of this me question how something so horrific could possibly have pandemic for good reasons, and yes, many of us have gotten ill happened. How did things get so completely out of control? and some have even died, but is there anything positive that we Who was going to protect us now? can glean from this horrible time in our history? I think there are things for which we can feel gratitude and I want to share I remember calling my sister in California in early March and them with you.