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2 2 In the Week Ahead Thursday, Oct 12 - Shemini Atzeret Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Sermon, followed by Yizkor... 10:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv... 6:15 p.m. Dancing & Dining - It s Simchat Torah! Hakafot... 6:45 p.m. Hakafot 1 - "Leaving Egypt" Hakafot 2 - "Marching Through the Desert" Hakafot 3 - "Dancing & Loving Torah" Hakafot 4 - "If I Can't Live in Omaha, the Second Best is Israel" Hakafot 5 - "Taking to the Streets" Hakafot 6 - "Next Year in Jerusalem" Hakafot 7 - "JYE BI Hakafot" Earliest Candle Lighting... 7:31 p.m. Simchat Torah Dinner... Approx 8:00 p.m. Friday, Oct 13 - Simchat Torah Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Hakafot... 10:00 a.m. Women s Class with Rabbi Ari... 10:30 a.m. The Mitzvot of Learning Torah for Women JYE BI Class for 6-11 yrs with Faige... 10:30 a.m. The Joy of Learning Mincha/Maariv/Candle Lighting... 6:29 p.m. Saturday, Oct 14 - Shabbat Mevarchim/Bereshit Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Insights into the Weekly Torah... 5:25 p.m. Mincha/Seudah Shlishit... 6:10 p.m. Havdalah... 7:27 p.m. Sunday, Oct 15 Shacharit... 9:00 a.m. Bagels and Beit Medrash... 9:45 a.m. Monday, Oct 16 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Talmudic Tales w/ Rabbi Beth Israel... 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 17 & Wednesday, Oct 18 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Thursday, Oct 19 Shacharit... 7:00 a.m. Women s Class... 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct 20 - Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Shacharit... 6:45 a.m. Candle Lighting... 6:18 p.m.

3 Mazel Tov to Those Celebrating Next Week Birthdays Aaron Smith Oct 14 Assaf Barnoy Oct 14 Yehoshua Rich Oct 14 Jean Cahan Oct 14 Adam Stein Oct 15 Yonatan Rich Oct 15 Yehuda Simcha Shyken Oct 18 Carol Goldberg Oct 19 Jack Kozlen Oct 19 Laura Dembitzer Oct 20 Celebrating a special simcha next month? The next Simcha Kiddush will be October 21st. The cost is just $25. Call the office or speak to Bette Kozlen to be included....to Evan Varkony on the engagement of his daughter, Tammy, to Vadim Matveyev. Their wedding will be in January in Austin, Texas....to Yoni & Liora Herskovitz and to Rabbi Ari and Laura for hosting the JYE BI K-6th grade Sukkot Hop on Sunday....to Rabbi Ari and Laura for hosting the JYE BI 7th-12th grade Chill and Grill on Monday evening....to Jordana Kurtzman and Lisa Lassiter for baking this week and to Dani Shrago for preparing salads for this week s multiple kiddushes. Thanks to Linda Potash and other volunteers for helping set-up and clean up. The Jewish Way to Death and Mourning Mondays, November 14 & 21, 7-8:15pm How does Judaism view death? What are proper mourning practices? Rabbi Ari will answer these questions while teaching about all aspects related to death and mourning including the spiritual side of death and the full array of ritual practices including preparation, burial, shiva, and year of mourning as well as yahrzeits. 3

4 Shabbat & Holidays 9 a.m. through end of morning services Baby-sitting for ages 6 months - 6 years Simchat Torah - Fri, Oct :30 a.m years with Faige Jeidel The Joy of Learning Shabbat Programming 10:30-11:15 a.m. Class times may vary slightly - please confirm with the teacher. All classes may not be held each week 3-6 years - Middot Class with Dr. Gendelman 7-11 years - Parsha Pearls with Mr. Gerber years - Shmooz n Torah with Faige Jeidel years - Matmidim with Mr. Shrago Approx 12pm, Teen Class with Rabbi Ari Tot Shabbat 10:40-11 a.m. - For 3-6 year olds Oct 21, Nov 25, Dec 16, Jan 20 Led by teens with Faige Jeidel Sunday Programming 10-11:30 a.m. - For K-6th Grades Oct 15 - Saying Thank You - Gratitude & Making Brachot Oct 22 - Tzedakah & Giving Oct 29 - Kashut & Zehirut - Healthy Food, Holy Food Nov 5 - Shabbat & Humility Nov 12 - Being Happy with What You Have Nov 19 - Honoring Parents & Respect JYE BI/P.J. Library 10:30-11:30a.m. - Infants - 6 years Oct 29, Dec 3, Jan 7 Baby-sitting for ages 6 months - 6 years Monday Programming 5-6:30 p.m. - 7th-12th Grades Oct 23 - Latte & Learning, Starbucks, 114th Nov 6 - JYE BI at Sky Zone Nov 20 - Chill & Learn, Red Mango Questions on JYE BI? See Faige, Rabbi Shlomo, Rabbi Ari or Yaakov 4

5 Jewish Federation of Omaha Annual Campaign Community Event Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt The New Anti-Semitism: How New? How Bad? Wednesday, October 18, 6 p.m Dinner & Lecture, $36 per person, Regency Marriott Details & registration at PLUS - Free showing of Denial Sunday, October 15, 7 p.m., JCC Theater 5

6 Have you made your commitment to securing Jewish tomorrows for Beth Israel and the Omaha Jewish community? The Life & Legacy program provides a wonderful avenue to do so. Contact Donald Gerber, Bonnie Bloch, or Mary Sue Grossman for details. the passing of his wife. Menashe now at Film Streams Menashe, is currently showing at Film Streets and continues through October 19. It tells the story of a father in a New York Hasidic community struggling to maintain custody of his son after Since they live in a tradition-bound culture that requires a mother present in every home, Rieven is supposed to be adopted by the boy s strict, married uncle, but Menashe s rabbi decides to grant him one week to spend with Rieven prior to Lea s memorial. Their time together creates an emotional moment of father/son bonding as well as offering Menashe a final chance to prove to his skeptical community that he can be a capable parent. Tickets are $10.00 for general admission, $5.00 for members, and $7.50 for seniors, teachers, students, military (active, retired, veterans), and those riding a bike to the theater. For show times and more information, visit filmstreams.org. Parsha Questions 1. What was the difference in Hashem s reaction to the creation between the sixth day and all the others? 2. What was God's first commandment to man? 3. After eating of the fruit what was the serpent's punishment? 4. What was Adam and Eve's punishment? 5. Who were Noach's three sons? 6

7 Source: Rabbi Aron Tendler In the beginning G-d created separate and different creations. Each of these separate and different creations has its own assigned purpose in being created, and it is the universal responsibility of all creations to protect each others divinely ordained right to accomplish their individualized missions. If a creation hinders or interferes with another creation s purpose for being created, the interfering creation is opposing the established order of the Creator and His purpose in creating that specific creation. The Creator provides all the necessary qualities and tools for each separate and different creation to exist and attain its reason for being created. Individual talents, rights, and ownership are the tools for accomplishing the Creator s purpose in creating separate and different creations. The need to protect these individual rights and qualities is as evident in the proper functioning of the complex ecosystem of our world as it is in the proper functioning of any human society. We must therefore conserve the natural resources of our world and cherish the right of all people to have what is theirs and be who they can be. This mandate of Intentionally Created Speciation is a universal truth as stated throughout Parshas Breishis. It began with the six days during which Hashem created all things as separate and different, and concluded with the creation of man, woman, and Shabbos as the most different and the most glorious of all creation. It is our responsibility to embrace the reality of Speciation and acknowledge through our actions the Creator and His purpose for creation. 1st Aliya: The creation of the universe is detailed day by day concluding with the creation of Shabbos. Note the emphasis on Speciation throughout the six day account. 2nd and 3rd Aliya: The creation of Adam and Chava and the story of Gan Eden is detailed. 4th Aliya: Adam and Chava are expelled from Gan Eden and the story of Kayin and Hevel is related. 5th, 6th, and 7th Aliyot: Chronologically, the time covered in Parshas Breishis is from year 1 (the creation of humankind) through the birth of Noach s three sons in The final three Aliyot list the 10 generations from Adam through Noach that lived during that time, as well as the degeneration of man s relationship with Hashem. It is important to note that Noach s generation was the first generation not to have personally known Adam. 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 go to the heaven 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. Mitzvot are obtainable. 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 reflect 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 G-d 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 first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, of the Ten Commandments, and of G-d 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 flowing, 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. Rabbi Ari Dembitzer, Senior Rabbi Toba Cohen-Dunning, President Mary Sue Grossman, Executive Director Rabbi Shlomo Abramovich, Visiting Scholar Leo Fettman, Cantor Emeritus Pacific Street, Omaha, Nebraska (402) /