Va etchanan Shabbat Nachamu

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1 S S July 31 August 1, Av 5775 Va etchanan Shabbat Nachamu Torah Reading - Page 958 Haftorah - Page 1196

2 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Saturday, August 1 Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Mishna L Neshamah mins after Kiddush Insights into the Weekly Torah Portion... 7:30 p.m. Mincha / Seudah Shlishit... 8:10 p.m. Maariv / Havdalah... 9:29 p.m. Sunday, August 2 Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Bagels and Beit Medrash... 9:45 a.m. Mincha/Maariv... 8:30 p.m. Monday, August 3 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Multiplicity of the Stars Class... 4:30 p.m. Teen Class... 7:00 p.m. Mincha/Maariv... 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, August 4 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv... 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 5 Please RSVP for Friday night dinner by today Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Mincha... 7:45 p.m. Talmud Learning... 8:00 p.m. Maariv... 8:45 p.m. Thursday, August 6 Day of Learning & Co-Op Deadline Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. UNMC - Med Center Chabura... 1:00 p.m. Avot U-Banim... 7:00 p.m. Mincha/Maariv... 7:45 p.m. Jews and Brews... 8:30 p.m. Friday, August 7 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv... 7:30 p.m. Candle Lighting... 8:15 p.m. 2

3 ...to Meira Gitt & Taliah Shrago on your Bat Mitzvot! Mazel Tov to entire family and Todah Rabbah to grand parents Leon & Dani Shrago and for sponsoring the Kiddush Lunch and Seudah Shlishit in honor of the simcha....to the sponsors of Beth Israel s Day of Learning July 30 - Ruth & Harold Edelman in honor of those who called or visited Harold while he was in the hospital August 6 - Anonymous in honor of the children of Beth Israel B: I;<: S::= P<>< Thank you to the group from project SEED that have joined Beth Israel over the past week. Chaim, Yocheved, and Sara Sender will return home on Sunday. Moshe, Meir, Yehuda, Binyomin and Yehudah will be staying through next Sunday. They have led classes, learned with community members, run programs, and helped with minyan and Torah reading. Please contact Rabbi Weiss if you would like to set up a time to learn with our guests over the coming week. Monday, August 3, 4:30 p.m. Class with Reb Chaim Sender Baruch Dayan Ha-Emet We regret to inform you of the passing of Jean Duitch, mother of David (Susan), Deborah (Avi), and Jonathan (Laurie). Beth Israel wishes the family comfort in their loss. Rabbi Ari will return to Omaha on August 27. 3

4 It s a Carlebach Style Kabbalat Shabbat with lively singing and dancing Friday, August 7th Mincha is at 7:30 pm followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner This special monthly Friday night service is held on the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh. Adult - $12; children, ages $6, Ages 3 and under - no charge Challah, soup, chicken, potatoes, vegetables, and dessert Please RSVP to the synagogue office by August 5th In October, Beth Israel will transition to a digital version of the bulletin, sent out via and available online. Please contact the of"ice if you would like to receive the digital version instead of the print copy. Oscar Bland is retiring and moving to be with his daughter at the end of August. Please contact the office if you would like to donate funds towards a farewell and thank you gift for Oscar s many years of serving Beth Israel. Beth Israel is pleased to announce that we are launching its new website and membership database on August 1, With this new launch you will have synagogue information at your fingertips and the ability to login into your own account, update addresses, manage yahrzeits, RSVP for events, view billing, and much more. Please watch your s for login instructions and other information regarding the website and membership database. 4

5 Beth Israel Walking Group The group has been cancelled until the weather is cooler. Watch the Shabbos Sheet and s for details of when the group will resume. For mikvah access, please contact Dani Shrago at (402) Everyone is asked to please give as much notice as possible. To assure the scheduling of minyan times in advance, please contact the ofcice by the Wednesday of the week before the date. This allows the synagogue to include those times in the weekly schedule and also allow minyan attendees to adjust their schedules accordingly. Beth Israel Sisterhood Gift Shop Weddings, babies, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries or just for yourself Visit the Gift Shop anytime during synagogue office hours Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Shop Amazon and Help Beth Israel! Buy ANYTHING on Amazon - including Kindle books - and earn cash for Beth Israel Synagogue. Every purchase you make on Amazon that begins on the Beth Israel website will return a percentage of your purchase to the synagogue. The link is found on the website at 5

6 Exploring Judaism Originally designed to provide basic information about Judaism to those considering conversion, the course has been enhance to provide a great opportunity for anyone in the Jewish community to revisit the principles of their faith and the richness of the practices of Jewish living. The class will be taught by Scott Littky, a seasoned Jewish educator. The 20 session course begins Monday, October 12, 2015, meeting from 7 8:30 pm in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. The class, provided through the Center for Jewish Life, is free for donors to the Annual Campaign of the Jewish Federation of Omaha and $180 for all others. Call (402) or mkirchhoff@jewishomaha.org for more info or to register. KC Kosher Co-Op Holiday Order! Order Deadline: Thursday, August 6th Delivery Date: Wednesday, September 2nd Visit KC Kosher Co-Op's website at to browse through the thousands of items available for purchase, to learn more about how the co-op works, to split items with other members and place an order. Items sold through the co-op are on average 33% less expensive than Cinding them in stores and provide a way to obtain kosher foods that are otherwise unavailable in Omaha. (Go on the site - it's fun to do comparison shopping!) If you have any questions, please contact KC Kosher Co-Op at admin@kckoshercoop.com or locally Ilana Weiss at weiss.ilana@yahoo.com or Exercise your mind on Wednesday evenings Talmud Learning 8:00 p.m. / Beth Israel 6

7 Sefer Devarim is called "Mishneh Torah - The Review of the Torah" because it repeats over 100 mitzvos already mandated in the previous 4 Books. Rav S.R. Hirsch explains that of the 199 Mitzvos commanded in this book, more than 70 are new. The repeated mitzvos focus on areas that will be of greater immediate concern as they encounter the 7 Nations. For example, the prohibition against idol worship. Although already taught, it needed to be reiterated as the Jews would confront the inhabitants of Canaan, who were idolatrous. Those mitzvos whose application was the same, whether in the desert or in the Land, are not reviewed. In Parshas Vaeschanan Moshe continues his Cinal instructions to the Bnai Yisroel. 1st & 2nd Aliyot: Moshe beseeched Hashem to enter the Land. However, he seemingly blamed the nation when his request was turned down. Moshe explained the foundation of our divine mission, which will be recognized by the other nations. Moshe stressed allegiance to Hashem and the consequences to ourselves and our children if we do not keep the law. 3rd & 4th Aliyot: Moshe designated the Cities of Refuge, and reviewed the entire experience of Revelation. 4th, 5th & 6th Aliyot: Moshe stressed the reaction of the nation after te giving of the Torah, and forewarned them not deviate from the Torah, either to the right or the to the left. The Cirst paragraph of Shema is recorded. (6:10-15) Moshe warned the people about the dangers of prosperity, and directed them to keep the commandments and remember the Exodus. Moshe forewarned them about the dangers of assimilation and told them to always remember that they are the Chosen People. Source: (torah.org) Questions for the Torah Reading Answered after the Haftorah Reading 1. Why can t you add to the commandments of Hashem? 2. How many cities did Moshe set aside as cities of refuge? 3. What is the third of the Aseret ha-dibrot? 4. To what extent are we told to love G-d? 5. What answer do we give to our children when they ask, What are testimonies and the decrees and the ordinances that Hashem, our G-d commanded you? 7

8 WELCOME TO BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE We are delighted to welcome you to Beth Israel Synagogue. A passage from Deuteronomy 30:11-14 inspired the art work in the sanctuary. For this commandment that I command you today - it is not hidden from you and it is not distant. It is not in heaven, [for you] to say, Who can ascend to the heaven for us and take it for us so that we can listen to it and perform it? Nor is it across the seas, [for you] to say, Who can cross to the other side of the sea for us and take it for us, so that we can listen to it and perform it? Rather, the matter is very near to you - in your mouth and your heart - to perform it. The focal point of the sanctuary is the Menorah Window, which frames the Ark and is shaped in the form of the six branched candelabrum. To the right, brilliantly colored window has forms that reclect the heavens, while the left side depicts the seas. The message is completed in a frieze, the horizontal painting on wood mounted on the wall. The background of the frieze symbolically and abstractly represents the relationship between God and the people of Israel through the Covenant. The perochet, or curtain over the Ark, completes the symbolic composition, with an expression that intertwines the Torah and the letter Aleph, the Cirst letter of the Hebrew alphabet, of the Ten Commandments, and of God s name in Hebrew. As is traditional, the sanctuary has 12 windows, representing the 12 tribes of Israel. These windows contain the name of each tribe in Clowing, organic letters. The windows are located above the continued frieze, which includes two central texts of the revelation at Sinai - If you will keep my Covenant, you shall be precious to me, and You shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. This composition expresses the unity of Israel as the people stood together at Sinai and accepted the Torah. Beth Israel Synagogue strives to perpetuate the legacy of Torah Judaism in the modern world. Beth Israel welcomes all persons of the Jewish faith to join and accepts the diversity of practice and thought among its members. Toba Cohen-Dunning, President Rabbi Ari Dembitzer, Senior Rabbi Rabbi Yaakov Weiss, Mashgiach Ruchani Jeannie Nickels, OfCice Manager Leo Fettman, Cantor Emeritus PaciCic Street, Omaha, Nebraska (402) /