Temple B nai Abraham

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1 Temple B nai Abraham Temple President Rabbi Sarah Siedel Sisterhood President Brian Epstein Julie Pfau Robin Affrime September, 2017 Temple Officers Temple President Brian Epstein Executive Vice President Charlie Weiss VP, Finance & Treasurer Michael Rosen VP, Religious Committee Marcia Rosen VP, Membership Devlp. Kim Aubry Chair, Religious School Liz Mitchell Chair, Adult Education Chair, Building Neil Nissim Chair, PR & Social Media Kim Ehrlich Recording Secretary Important Dates Shabbat 7:30pm 9/1 Hebrew School Orientation & Family Orientation 5:30pm Tot Shabbat 6:00pm Shabbat Services 7:30pm 9/7 9/8 Game Night 6:30pm 9/14 Selichot Service 7:30pm 9/16 Rosh Hashana 7:30pm 9/20 Rosh Hashana 10am 9/21 Tashlich 1pm 9/21 Rosh Hashana 10am 9/22 Lunch 11:30am 9/22 Build the Sukkah 10am 9/24 Tashlich 6pm 9/28 Kol Nidre 6:15pm 9/29 Yom Kippur 10am 9/30 Ne ilah 5:45pm 9/30 Rabbi s Message The month in the Hebrew calendar that precedes the High Holidays is the month of Elul (which begins this year on the evening of August 22nd). Elul is a time of deep self-reflection, a time of listening for God. During Elul, we lay the groundwork for the transformations we hope to experience during the Days of Awe. In communities that hold daily services, the shofar is blown throughout the month. The blasts of the shofar begin to pierce through the fog in which we often find ourselves as we go about our routines. During Elul, the shofar calls us to begin the work of teshuvah, of turning from harmful behaviors, insensitive habits, caustic attitudes. The spiritual preparation of Elul culminates with the saying of seliḥot prayers for forgiveness that are added to the cycle of daily prayers. Seliḥot literally means forgiveness and refers to the prayers themselves, but it can also refer to a particular service that takes place on a Saturday night leading up to Rosh Hashanah, usually the Saturday immediately prior Rosh Hashanah. The Seliḥot service includes many of the greatest hits from High Holidays first and foremost, chanting the 13 Attributes; but also Avinu Malkeynu; the confessional prayers, Ashamnu and Al Ḥet; and a variety of other options such as Shema Koleynu and HaNeshamah Lakh. The service ends with the blowing of the shofar. The central prayer of the service is the 13 Attributes: adonai adonai el raḥum v ḥanun, erekh apayim, v rav ḥesed v emet notzer ḥesed la alafim, nosei avon va fesha v ḥata ah v naqeh The 13 Attributes prayer has been beautifully rendered into English, in a way that it can be sung to the same melody as the Hebrew, by Rabbi Burt Jacobson: Shechina, Shechina, Compassion and Tenderness Patience, Forbearance, Kindness, Awareness Bearing love from age to age, Lifting guilt and mistakes, and making us free. The 13 Attributes is a powerful mantra to hold in the days leading into Rosh Hashanah. It is reassuring to imagine ourselves worthy of patience despite our persistent flaws; to imagine ourselves deserving of kindness, tenderness, compassion; to imagine that we can be free. Small wonder that this prayer is a central focus of Seliḥot! In some ways, the Seliḥot service serves as a refresher course reminding everyone in advance some key melodies for the holidays so that it will be easier to join in once Rosh Hashanah arrives. But, of course, the function of the service is much more profound than just that. It is a refresher course in teshuvah, in the concepts of repentance, forgiveness, and transformation concepts that can all too easily get lost from our consciousness over the course of the year. Toward that end, some congregations incorporate guided meditation, ritual, or other activities into the Seliḥot service in order to assist individuals in attendance to deeply and personally begin to engage in the process teshuvah. Temple B nai Abraham will be holding a Seliḥot service this year on Saturday, September 16th at 7:30pm, and I encourage you to attend! We will, of course, touch on some of the greatest hits of High Holidays as we communally orient ourselves toward the High Holidays, and we will also engage in a ritual that will facilitate your own personal spiritual shift into the Days of Awe all with the kavanah of embracing and deeply internalizing the message of the 13 Attributes. Shalom, Rabbi Pfau

2 Page 2 Temple B nai Abraham President s Message Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity. Welcome back for an exciting year at Temple B'nai Abraham. I'm honored to serve our thriving community during our 100th year anniversary. Our Anniversary Committee has been hard at work planning the October 29, 2017 fundraiser and celebration. All are welcome, so please encourage past, present and potential members, leaders and friends of Temple B'nai Abraham to attend! I'm also overjoyed to celebrate Rabbi Julie Pfau in her 10th year as Rabbi at Temple B'nai Abraham. Rabbi Julie has lead the way in fostering the culture of our synagogue and helping us build the community that we enjoy today. Make sure to congratulate her on this awesome achievement. So in addition to celebrating two milestones in our history, I am excited that Moreh Jill Ratzan will be leading our Hebrew curriculum again this year. Jill had a successful revamp of our program last year and continues to make huge improvements. If you have a child in Sunday school or Hebrew school this year, I know you are in for a treat! We are working on many renovations around the synagogue, including the apartment, air conditioners and the front steps. As always, these things are expensive, so please keep us in mind when making your donations for the year. Lastly, I'd like to thank our volunteers. From the board to the school, onegs, community outreach, supermarket cards, delivering meals and more, our volunteers really help our community thrive. I encourage everyone to pitch in and help out, it is what makes Temple B'nai Abraham Great! Thanks, Brian Epstein Temple Donations -Maimonides Arlene Speiser - Yahrtzeit of Berny Speiser Rhoda and Henry Kessler - Yahrtzeit of Trudy Urken Brian & Maribeth Epstein - Yahrtzeits of Estelle Epstein and Harry Brewis Marcy & Richard Schwartz-Shain - Yahrtzeits of Julie Kwait, Joan Sandusky, Sam Shain, Celia Schwartz Brian & Maribeth Epstein - Yahrtzeits of Yettie Epstein and Ethel Shipe Patricia Light-Tolomeo - Yahrtzeit of Max Light In memory of Rosemarie Gentry from Diane and Harvey Epstein In memory of Newton Parks from The Kamer Family In memory of Dr. Sid Lavine from The Kamer Family; The Trackman Family; and Irene Harrison In memory of Sol Schaffer from Rhoda & Henry Kessler Eileen Gale - Yahrtzeit of Robert Gale Bonnie Goldman - Yahrtzeit of Norman Goldman Marcia & Michael Rosen - Yahrtzeit of Louis Rosen Renee Harrison - Yahrtzeit of Anna Harrison Randye & Michael Scolaro Bloom - Yahrtzeits of Selma Bloom and Elaine Zeitz Phyllis Kamer - Yahrzeit of Iz Kamer Betsy Ramos - Yahrtzeit of Bernard Shain and Harriet Liebman Brian & Maribeth Epstein - Yahrtzeit Benjamin Epstein John Wehrman - Yahrtzeits of Louis Rosenberg, Ellen Rosenberg, Ellen Wehrman Also: Thanks to Sandy Schwartzbird for the donation towards a new air conditioner system!

3 Page 3 Sisterhood News & Announcements Shalom Friends, I look forward to seeing you at meetings this year and at other functions throughout the year. On Sunday October 29 th from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Temple B nai Abraham will be hosting a 100 th Anniversary Party at the Old York Country Club in Chesterfield, NJ. If you need a ride to the event, let me know and I will do my best to arrange one for you. And, I wanted to assure you that even if you are not a member of the temple you are definitely invited to the celebration. It will be great to get together with both old and new friends. We will have a band, dancing and anyone interested will have an opportunity to get up and speak about their memories or a great story sharing something they experienced through sisterhood or temple. Information is scheduled to go out at the beginning of September. I hope you will choose to be there and to bring pictures and stories to share. Our first Sarah Seidel Sisterhood meeting will be on Wednesday October 11 th at 7:30. Phyllis Chudoff will be bringing materials and will show us how to make our own personalized gift cards. We had great fun last year making gift bags. I hope you ll join us for this fun and interesting event. As of this printing the dates for sisterhood meetings and hostesses are as follows: Wednesday October 11 th Gift Cards; Hostesses Eileen Gale and Robin Affrime Sisterhood Donations Monday November 20 th Flower arranging with Karen Nissim; Hostesses Linda Osman and Elaine Trackman Wednesday January 10 th Hanukah Revisited; Hostesses Nina Glanz and Susan Roth Wednesday March 14 th Sisterhood Book Club: Hostesses Susan Zaveloff and Marsha Caldwell Monday April 16 th topic to be announced; Hostesses Phyllis Chudoff and Sharon Coleman Thursday May (tbd) Discussion led by Rabbi Julie Pfau; Hostesses Rhea Goldman and Bonnie Goldman Monday June 11 th Covered Dish; Hostesses Randye Bloom and Marsha Dowshen If for some reason you are unable to be hostess at this scheduled event please call and make arrangements to switch with someone so that the meeting will have refreshments. Thanks. This year Temple could use your help with Break the Fast. If anyone is interested in helping, please get in touch with Robin at raffrime@gmail.com or Best wishes to Noah Osman from Rita Nissim and Elaine Trackman Sisterhood Note Our condolences to long time Sisterhood member Marlene Lavine and her family on the loss of Dr. Sid Lavine. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. SARAH SEIDEL SISTERHOOD Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world. -Avot Derabbi Nathan Sisterhood Officers Sisterhood President Robin Affrime Vice President Linda Osman Treasurer/Financial Scty Marcy Schwartz Recording Secretary Marsha Caldwell Corresponding Secretary Patricia Light-Tolomeo Trustees Eileen Gale Susan Giachetti

4 Page 4 Temple B nai Abraham Hebrew & Sunday School Registration Registration is now open for Hebrew school and Sunday school for the school year! Please visit to register. Sunday school is for students in grades K-2 and meets Sunday mornings from 9:00-9:55am. Hebrew school is for students in grades 3-7 and meets Sunday mornings from -12:00pm and Thursday afternoons from 4:00-6:00pm. The Hebrew school, Sunday school, and Tot Shabbat calendar can be found incorporated into the full Temple calendar at page_id=27. Paper copies of the calendar are also available on the front entrance table, or by ing Jill (mailto:jratzan@bnai-abraham.org). Example isn t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach. -Albert Einstein Our theme this year is Jewish Social Justice (see accompanying article for details). Tuition remains the same as last year. Full information about tuition can be found in your membership packet. Please join us for a wonderful year of learning! Hebrew School & Tot Shabbat According to a Kabbalistic legend, God created the world in part by putting Divine energy into a collection of jars... which, unable to hold infinite power in finite space, proceeded to shatter into countless tiny shards. People who find and "raise up" these shards of light through acts of tikkun olam (repairing the world) can be thought of as working toward rebuilding these broken jars, gradually improving the world and completing God's incomplete creation. Our school theme this year is Jewish Social Justice. For our Sunday school students, this will mean reading stories about kindness, friendship, and mitzvot in addition to our regular curriculum of holiday activities and aleph-bet reading readiness. Our Hebrew school students will explore traditional and modern Jewish social justice topics including notein lechem la'rih'eivim (feeding the hungry), bal tashchit (caring for the earth), kibud av v'em (honoring the elderly), and rodef shalom (pursuing peace) through text study, hands-on activities, and field trips. Students will also continue to study Hebrew decoding and meanings of prayers, celebrate holidays, and participate in weekly student-led Shabbat services. B'shalom, Jill Ratzan Education Director

5 Temple Cookbook Yahrzeits for Fall th Anniversary Cookbook: They really make great gifts for the new grad, bride or groom, first apartments, or hostess gifts- really, everyone loves a cookbook. Know any college kids moving into their first apartment? And there is a free e-book copy that you can get by following the directions on the cover page. Cookbooks are $15.00 each. The checks are payable to Temple B'nai Abraham. To reserve your copies, contact Randye at or mikerandye@gmail.com or send a check to 514 Reeder Avenue, Bordentown, NJ You can pick up your books at Randye's house or they can be left at the Temple for pick-up at your convenience. Thank you for your support of this Temple fundraiser. Tikkun Olam / Social Action Social Action -- Hunger Relief Please make a donation of food for the food pantry or our interfaith hunger relief efforts this month! TBA doesn't meet regularly in the summer, but food insecurity knows no seasons. Our neighbors need our support throughout the year. Items we need: granola/cereal/breakfast bars canned tuna/chicken other non-perishable food items and toiletries are also welcome. We continue to deliver a hot meal to the residents of the Pine Motel during the summer, the first Thurs. of the month. Many thanks to Robin and Steve Affrime, Phyllis Chudoff, and Judy Schimmel for their on-going commitment to this important service. If you would like to join us (about an hour of your time, only once a month), please call Marcy: Gratefully yours, Marcy Schwartz Page 5 Memorial Plaques Plaques are available for $250. To order a plaque, send the following to TBA: Marcia Rosen, Plaque Chairman PO Box 245 Bordentown, NJ or: mjanrosen@comcast.net. English name of loved one, Hebrew name of loved one and date of death in the English calendar. Once the plaque has been installed, you will be billed. Plaques will not Building be moved from a one board to the other. Jewish home means not only caring for those Old Prayer Books & Kippot who live in that home but Old prayer books, Tallesim, kippot, or other religious anyone items that who are no longer needed should be buried. enters Please place it. these items into the box (by the sanctuary stairs). Items will be brought to the local Chabad House -Anon for burial. $5 donations are appreciated. Siddur & Tallit Donations A new siddur (prayer book) can be purchased in honor of or in memory of someone for $35. A tallis (prayer shawl) can be purchased for $60. Please contact Marcia Rosen at: mjanrosen@comcast.net

6 Page 6 Yahrzeits for Fall 2013 Memorial Plaques It is always the season for sharing and giving. Please share with the Temple by Plaques are available for purchasing your gift cards from Acme or ShopRite for your New Year s $250. To order a plaque, Sept. 6 th celebration. Elinore Roth, mother of Elaine Trackman send the following to Frank Schwartz, uncle of Phyllis Chudoff TBA: Marcia Rosen, Plaque Chairman Please make checks payable to Temple B nai Abraham and send to: Marsha PO Box 245 Dowshen Herman / Sternfeld, 502 Farnsworth father of Mildred Ave., Josephson Bordentown, NJ / (609) Bordentown, 298- NJ Ida Kushner, mother of Sol Kushner or: Sept. 13 th Bea Your Schwartz, cards aunt will of Phillis be sent Chudoff to you the same day. mjanrosen@comcast.net. Fred Gutstein, husband of Lillian Gutstein Sept. 20 th Molly Schaffer, mother of Rhoda Kessler Nissim Nissim, father of Marty Nissim English name of loved one, Hebrew name of loved one and date of death in the English calendar. Sept. 27 th Once the plaque Joy Mervin and Groveman, Sorrow husband Cards of Seena Groveman has been installed, you will be billed. Plaques will not be moved from Oct. 4 th Elsie Sternfeld, mother of Mildred Josephson one board to the other. Howard Sacks, father of Faith Hupfl For Paul a Goldfarb, donation stepfather of $3.50, of Charyl we can Morginstin send a card on your behalf for a birth or birthday, anniversary, mitzvah or get well or sorrow. Please contact Rita Nissim for details in words, be (609) Oct. 11 th Myrna Morris, wife of Ron Morris Old Prayer Books & Kippot Oct. 18 th Gertrude Herzog, mother of Madge Rosen, grandmother of Mike Rosen Walter Harrison, husband of Renee Harrison Old prayer books, Tallesim, kippot, or other reli- Prayerbook Fundraising Drive Selma Densky, mother of Sharon Coleman gious items that are no longer needed should be Oct. 25 th I Abraham recently Zackler, took an father inventory of Marsha of Dowshen the Shabbat prayerbooks that we have been using for Helen Roseman, mother of Renee Harrison buried. Please place some time. I found that one-third of them show a level of damage and wear to Lillian Brewis, great-grandmother of Brian Epstein these items into the box warrant replacement. For a donation of $40 per book, you can purchase (by the sanctuary a new stairs). Shabbat prayerbook for Temple B nai Abraham, and if you want to, Items you will can be have brought a to the local Chabad House dedication label displayed in it to honor or remember someone. for burial. $5 donations are appreciated. The High Holiday prayerbooks are fairly new and don t need replacement yet. They were purchased with a donation that allowed us to buy the whole set at once without any fundraising activity. Now, for a donation of $20 per book, you can have a dedication label placed into one of the High Holiday prayerbooks. Some of the October 12 th money raised from the March labels 22 nd will be put aside for future book purchases Siddur as they & Tallit November 16 th become necessary. April 26 th Donations Do not be wise wise in deeds. -Jewish Proverb Morning Services Supermarket Gift Card Program December 14 th January18 th February 15 st To participate in this May fundraiser, 31 st please send a check made out to Temple B nai Abraham to P.O. Box Brendon 245, Bordentown Weiskott Bar NJ Mitzvah Please specify if the donation is for a new Shabbat prayerbook or for a label in a High Holiday prayerbook. If you would like a dedication label, please provide the details for the dedication. June 7 th Rubin Carlis Bar Mitzvah June 28 st Matthew Kunkler Bar Mitzvah If there are any questions, please call me at If you me (mjanrosen@comcast.net) it will probably take me longer to reply. Shalom. Marcia Rosen Religious Committee Vice President A new siddur (prayer book) can be purchased in honor of or in memory of someone for $35. A tallis (prayer shawl) can be purchased for $60. Please contact Marcia Rosen at: mjanrosen@comcast.net

7 Page 7 Upcoming Yahrzeits 2017 Yahrzeits for Fall 2013 Week of August 25 th Week Sept. 6 of th Bonnie Ross, Mother of Jack Ross Sept. 1 st Sept. 13 th Week of Sept. 8 th Morning Services October 12 th October 14 th November Joseph 16 Pollard s th Bar Mitzvah December November 14 th 4 th January18 November th 18 th Hayley Schwartz s Bat Mitzvah February 15 st December 9th Elinore Roth, mother of Elaine Trackman Frank Schwartz, uncle of Phyllis Chudoff Sept. 20 th Nissim Nissim, father of Marty Nissim Sept. 27 th Mervin Groveman, husband of Seena Groveman Week of Sept. Oct. 4 th 15 th Oct. 11 th Myrna Morris, wife of Ron Morris Oct. 18 th Oct. 25 th Norman Goldman, Father of Bonnie Goldman, Father of Jeff Goldman Julius Lederman, Father of Steven Lederman Arthur Herman Coleman, Sternfeld, father Father of of Mildred Lenny Josephson Coleman Jerome Ida Kushner, Epstein, mother Grandfather of Sol Kushner of Brian Epstein Jack Bea Bagan, Schwartz, Father aunt of of Phillis Elaine Chudoff Zeitz Fred Gutstein, husband of Lillian Gutstein Anette Brewis, Great-Aunt of Brian Epstein Molly Schaffer, mother of Rhoda Kessler Erwin Mann, Father of Steven Mann Pearl Fishman, Mother of Arlene Speiser Samuel Densky, Father of Sharon Coleman Zelda Goldman, Mother of Norman Goldman Deanne Klein, Sister of Arlene Speiser Ida Elsie Goldman, Sternfeld, Wife mother of of Hyman Mildred Goldman Josephson Rose Howard King, Sacks, Friend father of of Sandy Faith Hupfl Schwartzbird Paul Goldfarb, stepfather of Charyl Morginstin Harry Roseman, Father of Renee Harrison Elinore Roth, Mother of Elaine Trackman Week of Frank Schwartz, Uncle of Phyllis Chudoff Sept. 22 nd Herman Sternfeld, Father of Mildred Josephson Week of Sept. 29 th Gertrude Herzog, mother of Madge Rosen, grandmother of Mike Rosen Walter Harrison, husband of Renee Harrison Ida Kushner, Mother of Sol Kushner Bea Schwartz, Aunt of Phyllis Chudoff Fred Gutstein, Husband of Lillian Gutstein Molly Schaffer, Mother of Rhoda Kessler Selma Densky, mother of Sharon Coleman Abraham Zackler, father of Marsha Dowshen Helen Roseman, mother of Renee Harrison Lillian Brewis, great-grandmother of Brian Epstein Week of Oct. 6 th Nissim Nissim, Father of Marty Nissim Morning Services January 20 th March 22 nd February 24 th April 26 Jadon th Baer s Bar Mitzvah May 31 March st 24 th Brendon Weiskott Bar Mitzvah June 7 th April 21 st June 28May st 26 th Matthew E. Gale Kunkler & R. Bar Affrime Mitzvah B not Mitzvah June 2 nd Brandon & Gavin Rosenblatt B nei Mitzvah Memorial Plaques Old Prayer Books Plaques & are Kippot available for $250. To order a plaque, send Old prayer the following books, Tallesim, kippot, Marcia or Rosen, other reli- to TBA: Plaque gious items Chairman that are no PO longer Box needed 245 should be Bordentown, buried. Please NJ place or: these items into the box mjanrosen@comcast.net. (by the sanctuary stairs). Items will be brought to English the local name Chabad of loved House one, for burial. Hebrew $5 name donations of loved are appreciated. one and date of death in the English calendar. Once the plaque has been installed, you will be billed. Plaques Siddur & Tallit will not be moved from one board Donations to the other. A new siddur (prayer book) can be purchased in honor of or in memory of someone for $35. A tallis (prayer shawl) can Old Prayer Books be purchased for $60. Please & contact Kippot Marcia Rosen at: Old mjanrosen@comcast.net prayer books, Tallesim, kippot, or other religious items that are no longer needed should be buried. Please place these items into the box Memorial Plaques (by the sanctuary stairs). Items will be brought to the Plaques local are Chabad available House for for $250. burial. To order $5 donations a plaque, are send appreciated. the following to TBA: Marcia Rosen, Plaque Chairman PO Box 245 Bordentown, NJ or: mjanrosen@comcast.net. Siddur & Tallit English Donations name of loved one, Hebrew name of A loved new one siddur and (prayer date of book) death can in the be English purchased calendar. honor Once of or the in memory plaque in of has someone been installed, for $35. you A tallis will be (prayer billed. shawl) Plaques can be will purchased not be moved for $60. from Please one board contact to the Marcia other. Rosen at: mjanrosen@comcast.net

8 Page 8 Yom Kippur Community Booklet Yahrzeits for Fall 2013 Memorial Plaques If you would like to have your family and friends included in the community booklet for Yom Kippur, please complete the form that is in this newsletter and send it with your check payable to Temple Plaques B'nai are available for Abraham, to Randye Bloom, 514 Reeder Avenue, Bordentown, NJ The cost is a $250. minimum To order of a plaque, send the following to $2.00 per name. ALL proceeds go to the Temple, so please be as generous as you can. The TBA: fundraising Marcia Rosen, goal is at least $2000. If there is no change in your list, just send your check to Randye with a Plaque note Chairman that there is PO Box 245 no change. Call Randye if you have any questions at or her at mikerandye@gmail.com. Bordentown, NJ or: mjanrosen@comcast.net. An example of what a listing looks like: Randye E. Bloom & Michael Scolaro, Jr. honor: remember: Jef, Emily, & Kori Bloom Palma Harwick Selma & Julius Bloom Mary & Michael Scolaro Pauline & William Hodes Minnie & Joseph Bloom Rita Hodes & Charles Stein Michael D. Burns Elaine B. Zeitz English name of loved one, Hebrew name of loved one and date of death in the English calendar. Once the plaque has been installed, you will be billed. Plaques will not be moved from one board to the other. Old Prayer Books & Kippot This example would cost a minimum of $ Old prayer books, Tallesim, kippot, or other religious items that are no longer needed should be Please include the following names in the community booklet: buried. Please place these items into the box HONOR REMEMBER (by the sanctuary stairs). Items will be brought to the local Chabad House for burial. $5 donations are appreciated. Siddur & Tallit Donations A new siddur (prayer book) can be purchased in honor of or in memory Name(s) of donor(s) as it is (they are) to appear in booklet: of someone for $35. A tallis (prayer shawl) can be purchased for $60. Please contact Marcia Rosen at: mjanrosen@comcast.net Check enclosed $

9 Page 9 New Year s Card This fall Sarah Seidel Sisterhood will be hosting a fundraiser. We have a beautiful New Year s card designed by Elaine Trackman and Judy Schimmel that we want to offer to temple and sisterhood members. The card, attached, is a lovely depiction of our stained glass windows. Packages of 10 cards can be purchased for $15. If you are interested, please contact Judy Schimmel at timeout4two@gmail.com to place your order. The deadline for orders is September 19 th. This will give us time to produce the cards and get them to you for the holiday. Then, send a check payable to Sarah Seidel Sisterhood to treasurer, Marcy Schwartz, at 110 Prince Street. On the memo line write New Years card so Marcy will know why she has received your check. There will be two versions of the card produced. One will be the New Years card and will say L Shanna Tovah, another will simply say Shalom and can be used as a general greeting card. The art is beautiful and I m sure you will enjoy using these cards. Both kinds of cards will be available in packs of 10 for $15. We hope you will enjoy these cards and support this fundraiser. Interfaith Community Donations Dear Friends, Last month, one of the folks dropping off groceries asked about where they go from the bins. I realized I haven't done a "State of the Union" message in a while, so here goes. The groceries are gathered from the bins and at the church, and we count up what we have for the month. We need 105 cans, and 35 of everything else to make up the 35 bags. After we inventory what we have, we shop to make up the difference. Over the years, we have had many people and organizations donate monies so that we can do the shopping. We can always use donations - subject of another . And while we cook our monthly meal at First Baptist, some of us assemble the grocery bags. We add hygiene products when available. This group began the grocery bag ministry in March of 2006, by my calculations, that is 4,830 grocery bags!! And with each bag containing about $15 to $20 worth of groceries, our donations together add up to about $90,000. And in the worst economy since the Great Depression, we have not missed a delivery! This group has done together more than we could even think of doing separately!! And, more importantly, together we make a difference in the lives of the folks we serve. All the best, Anne Healing List Healing ListThe Healing List is a part of all of our services. Names are read aloud for Healing and Well Being. Please send any names for the list to Eileen Gale at egale10@verizon.net. If you want to add a name during services, they can be still be said aloud when these are read.

10 Page 10 Temple B nai Abraham Rosh Hashanna / Yom Kippur The Religious Committee is requesting volunteers for the aliyahot at the High Holiday services. We re trying to streamline some of the other things that we used to need volunteers for, and won t be giving out as many index cards as in prior years. Many of the readings are in English. The second morning Rosh Hashanah service will be replaced with a Lunch and Learn at 11 am on Friday, September 22nd. Please let us know if you are attending so food can be prepared or ordered please contact Marcia: or mjanrosen@comcast.net. Please consider attending even if you ve not had a chance to reply. לשנה טובה -Maria Rosen L Shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim! Tashlich Service May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. A Tashlich service will be held directly following the service on Rosh Hashanah Day One. For those who are not able to attend that day, or who are physically unable to wait on an ambiguous start-time, an additional Tashlich service will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday 9/28, which will insure involvement for Hebrew School children and families. (All of this assumes weather permitting of course...!) Break the Fast Temple B nai Abraham and Sarah Seidel Sisterhood invite your family and you to join us for Break the Fast on Saturday, September 30 th (around 7:45 p.m.). Each family attending is asked to bring a prepared covered dish, which you can sign up for with your reservation. You must also volunteer to help set up or clean up. Cost is $12.00 adults, children 6-12 $6.00, and children 5 and under are free. Please contact Karen Nissim at karennissim@aol.com or Robin Affrime (609) with your reservations by September 20th. Please make your checks payable to Sarah Seidel Sisterhood. Additionally, we could use some help in setting up. Please volunteer! Thank you and L'Shanah Tovah

11 Page 11 Temple B nai Abraham and Sarah Seidel Sisterhood Host List for Shabbat Services and Sisterhood Meetings If you are unable to host on your date, please switch with someone and let Robin know. You are responsible for finding a replacement. Contact me with any other concerns you might have. address: raffrime@gmail.com Home Phone Number: Date Event Host Families 9/8/17 Friday Night Oneg Randy Bloom & Steve and Robin Affrime 9/21/17 Rosh Hashannah: honey cake and wine Ehrlich-Cook Family 9/30/17 Break the Fast 10/11/17 Sisterhood Meeting Eileen Gale & Robin Affrime 10/13-10/14/17 Joseph Pollard Bar Mitzvah Schwartz-Pollard Family 11/4/17 Shabbat Morning Luncheon Brotman-Harris & Judy Schimmel 11/17-11/18/17 Hayley Schwartz Bat Mitzvah Schwartz Family 11/20/17 Sisterhood Meeting Linda Osman & Elaine Trackman 12/9/17 Shabbat Morning Luncheon Caroline Ehrlich & Betsy Ramos 12/10/17 Latke Brunch Josh Affrime & Family 12/15/17 Friday Night Oneg Schecter & Barman Families 1/10/18 Sisterhood Meeting Nina Glantz & Susan Roth 1/20/18 Shabbat Morning Luncheon Mann & Kunkler Families 2/09/18 Friday Night Oneg Josh and Colleen Affrime & Kranger Family 2/23-2/24/18 Jadon Baer Bar Mitzvah The Baer Family 3/02/18 Friday Night Oneg: Purim Mindy Fink & Weiskott Family 3/14/18 Sisterhood Meeting Susan Zaveloff & Marsha Caldwell 3/24/18 Shabbat Morning Luncheon Giachetti & Rosen Families 3/31/18 2 nd Seder at TBA all purpose room Kim Aubry 4/16/18 Sisterhood Meeting Phyllis Chudoff & Sharon Coleman 4/21/18 Shabbat Morning Luncheon Epstein & Bakacs/Kopsco Families 4/27/18 Friday Night Oneg Carlis & Cohen Families May TBD Sisterhood Meeting Rhea Goldman & Bonnie Goldman 5/25-5/26/18 Adult B nai Mitzvah Eileen Gale & Robin Affrime 6/11/18 Sisterhood Annual Covered Dish Randye Bloom & Marsha Dowshen 6/29/18 Friday Night Oneg: Member of the Year Schwartz-Shain & Weiss Families

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13 September 2017 Elul 5777 Tisrei 5778 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT :30pm Shabbat Services TEMPLE B NAI ABRAHAM 58 Crosswicks PO Box 245 Bordentown, NJ No School 9:00am Sunday School Hebrew :30pm Hebrew School Family Education 6:00pm Tot Shabbat 7:30pm Shabbat Services :30pm Hebrew School No Shabbat Eve Service 7:30pm Selichot Service :00am Sunday School Hebrew School 7:30pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service No School Rosh Hashana Service 1:00pm Tashlich No Shabbat Eve Service Rosh Hashana Service 11:30am Lunch & Learn :00am Sunday School Hebrew School Sukkah Build 4:30pm Hebrew School 6:00pm Tashlich 6:15pm Kol Nidre Yom Kippur 5:45pm Yom Kippur & Ne ilah 7:30pm Break the Fast