Shabbat Times. Haftorah List. Weekday Services. Shabbat Academy

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1 Toldot November 2, 2013 (Cheshvan 29, 5774) Shabbat Times Toldot Cheshvan 29 Friday November 1 6:12pm Candle Lighting 6:10 pm Mincha Saturday November 2 9:00 am Shacharit 10:30 am Tot Shabbat 5:00 pm Weekly Shiur 5:45 pm Mincha 7:14 pm Havdalah Kiddush Sponsor: Amber and Jason Daniels in memory of Jason s mother, Barbara Daniels (Bryna Golda bas Yakov) on her yahrzeit. Upcoming Kiddush Sponsors November 9 Samantha and Jason Goldberg in celebration of their anniversary. November 30 Jody and Jeffrey Cohen in honor of Linda and David Cohen s 50 th wedding anniversary. Please consider marking a special event in your life by sponsoring a Kiddush. To schedule a Kiddush, contact Lenny Zucker. The cost of sponsoring a Kiddush is $ Visit the to pay online or download a form, print it out and mail it in. (Be sure to select Kiddush for the donation type.) Haftorah List Nov. 2: Toldot-Erev Rosh Chodesh haftorah Levi Shanes Nov. 9: Vayetzei Stuart Feldman Nov. 16: Vayshlach Nathan Kirshstein Nov. 23: Vayeshev Michael Stricker Nov. 30: Miketz-Shabbos Chanukah haftorah Barry Warren (Bar Mitzvah haftorah) *This list is subject to change at any time. Weekday Services Maariv services only next Monday and Wednesday at 7:30 pm. This will be the weekday schedule through the winter months. Shabbat Academy What is Shabbat Academy? Choose from a number of concurrent classes after a Kiddush meal, covering a diverse array of subjects and catering to different levels of Jewish study background. Usually classes include an introductory level session, a more advanced learning option, and youth programming. Shabbat Academy classes are followed by an early Shabbat Mincha service (with Maariv scheduled for 15 minutes after Shabbat ends). Dates and Time: Shabbat (Saturday) once a month, starting November 9, after a Kiddush meal - 12:20 pm. Other upcoming Dates: Dec. 7, Jan. 4, and Feb 8. Location- Charleston JCC, 1645 Wallenberg Blvd. The first Shabbat Academy class with guest lecturer Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl, Dean Margolin Hebrew Academy, Finestone Yeshiva of the South, Memphis, TN. Class Topic: Morality and Mitzvot, When Torah and Ethics Collide. Special Note If you would like to support Lenny Gregg during his recovery, please make a donation to the Rabbi s Discretionary Fund earmarked for Lenny and we will make sure that he gets it.

2 Congregation Dor Tikvah is grateful for your generous support We acknowledge contributions given: In Honor of: The Zucker Family for all they do for the community, by Marty Perlmutter The Zucker Family, by Fran and Colby Grossman Congregation Dor Tikvah appreciates all contributions - those of $10 or more will be acknowledged here unless otherwise indicated when giving. Birthdays: To support Congregation Dor Tikvah, please make contributions on our website, or send checks payable to Congregation Dor Tikvah PO Box Charleston, SC Anniversaries: Yahrzeits: Life Cycles Samantha Kirshtein November 5 Ben Chase November 7 Gerald Katz November 21 Mara Warren November 24 Rafael Goldkin November 26 Laura Zucker November 30 Judy and Edward Kramer November 4 Samantha and Jason Goldberg November 9 Barbara Daniels, Mother of Jason Daniels (November 1) Herbert Steinert, Father of Charles Steinert (November 9) Catherine Fox, Mother of Ken Fox (November 14) **If you would like a life cycle event to be added, please update your information at Kosher Food Pantry Please help the Jewish community fight hunger and provide fresh produce for those in need. To learn about the pantry, gleaning, and ways to fight hunger in the Charleston community, for more information, please Sara Sharnoff at saras@jewishcharleston.org Community Events Join our on-line community by "liking" our Facebook page at and "follow" us on Ora Davies will be giving a series of classes for women on Prayer beginning on November 5, 2013 at 7:30 pm, at the home of Tammy Weintraub, 1699 Southport Drive. The Charleston JCC Jewish Bookfest is back!! A series of fabulous author Presentations -- something for everyone! All events take place at the JCC and include book signings and refreshments: o Nov. 2, 2013 at 8:00 pm Jeremy Dauber, The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Aftermath of the Man who Created Tevye Sholem Aleichem s life story is as compelling as his characters fictional lives in this Kirkus-starred biography. $10 JCC members/$14 non-members (includes wine and dessert) o Nov. 6, 2013 at 7:00 pm Charleston JCC, Third annual, KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATION, featuring Martin Fletcher, author of JACOB S OATH: A NOVEL. Respected NBC television news correspondent Martin Fletcher is rapidly gaining an impressive reputation as a writer. Fletcher commemorates the November 9, 1938 pogroms that would culminate in the Holocaust. We will gain insight into his new novel, Jacob s Oath, a story of love and revenge set in Germany at war s end, May Refreshments will be served. FREE ADMISSION For more information, contact Sandra Brett at sandrab@jewishcharleston.org, TURKEY BOWL - Thanksgiving morning football game, Thursday, November 28 at 11:00 am. Where: Charleston JCC

3 It s Only Beans! By Rabbi Yaacov Haber Yaacov saw the big picture. Esav saw a bowl of beans. Yaacov saw the big picture; he saw the unfolding of Jewish history. Esav saw a bowl of beans. This is both the story and the message of this week's Parsha. Its not that Esav didn't appreciate his birthright. Our sages teach us that Yaacov had been trying to buy the birthright from Esav since they were conceived but Esav didn't want to part with it. Later, when Yaacov took Esav's blessing away, Esav screamed such a shrilling scream that the earth shook. Never again until the persecution of the Jews in the time of Mordechai and Haman was there such a great and bitter scream. He screamed over the fact that his brother took his birthright and now his bracho. Esav loved and valued his birthright. He understood that being the bechor would make him the progenitor of a great people. He understood that his birthright meant chosenness and eternity. So why did he sell it? Because he was hungry. He understood and believed in theory but in practice there was the bowl of beans. It looked delicious and its fragrance filled the room. In order to satisfy his immediate urge he sold the farm. He couldn't see past his appetite. The second he swallowed he immediately regretted the entire sale. He realized that he had traded eternity for a moment of immediate gratification. Yaacov saw the big picture. Esav saw a bowl of beans. In this weeks Parsha we have more to learn from Esav than we have to learn from Yaacov. We've all seen marriages, businesses, Yeshivos, and individuals fall apart because they couldn't get past the bowl of beans. I have personally sat at meetings where spectacular ideas have been brought to the table. Ideas that I was sure would positively change the direction of our people. A month, a year and a decade goes by and nothing happens. I inquire, what happened to that great idea? It's always the same story, when it began to move and to happen there was a political struggle, a power struggle, a bowl of beans. The idea never saw the light of day. Sometimes even beautiful families break apart and suffer over small stuff. What a shame. Kamtza and Bar Kamtza destroyed Yerushalayim. They couldn't get past the bowl of beans and there went Jerusalem! Hillel and Shamai saw the big picture, they saw the future. They put aside their differences and as partners were able to restore the Jewish people, and here we are! I'm reminded of the famous Talmudic story. Yeravam ben Nevat was an evil king. He corrupted the Jewish people. The Talmud tells us that G-d grabbed Yeravam ben Nevat by the collar and shook him. Yeravam, said G-d, Repent! If you do Teshuvah Me you and King David will walk together in Gan Eden! Pay attention to the order in G-d's promise G-d first, Yeravam second and then King David last. But Yeravam was insecure; he wanted to hear again that he came before King David in this holy procession. His demanding two-word question to G-d has echoed through history. Mi B'Rosh? Who's going first; me or David? He sold the farm. He was willing to do the hard part; he was willing to do Teshuva. His mind and his heart were directed properly but he couldn't get past the bowl of beans. The message is clear. Choose your battles. Distinguish between things that get on our nerves and things that get in the way. Put things that annoy us into perspective. Choose eternity over momentary pleasure. Don't get stuck.

4 Refuah Shlemah Lenny Gregg Margie Ruben, Tova bat Label Moshe Abba ben Motelle Yehudit Elisheva bat David Micha Simcha Ha Levi ben Sarah Fradel bat Rachel Leah Evelyn Sarasohn Menachem Maier ben Fayga Shmuel ben Galiah Yechil Yeshiahu ben Fradel Cecelia Richman Chava Gilad ben Avivah Yitzhak Benyamin ben Leah Miriam Mayta bat Nesha Sira bat Hannah Emery Schaffer Warren Weinstein Ze ev ben Addi (Dr. Gerald Caplan) Naomi Rus Bas Shoshana Devorah Chaya Ruchel bas Sura Rivkah (Ida Fisher) Talia bat Pesha Chaya Tuvia ben Chana Adina Rifka bat Chaya Sprintza Ester Devorah bat Faygala Yechevet Koplowitz Judit Ruth bas Edit (Janet Kolender) Jennifer Phillips James Chisholm Kalman Mair ben Dina Brenda Snipes Shulamit Chana bat Rachel Razel (Sally Fischbein) Baruch ben Moshe Sura bat Oudis Would you like to have Friends and Family added to the Dor Tikvah Mishaberach List? Please contact Charles Steinert at with both their English and Hebrew Names. (All names will be published in the weekly announcements unless otherwise requested.)

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