Temple Talk. Mark s Remarks: Holy Rolling By: Mark Frydenberg. Volume 33 Issue 6. February - March 2018

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1 February - March 2018 Inside this issue: Mark s Remarks 1 Movie 2 Yahrzeits 3-4 Donations 4 Happenings 5 Calendar 6 Flier April 15th 7 FYI 8-9 Passover Information 10 Passover Seder 11 Make a Donation 12 Rabbi: David Finkelstein Cantor: Ellen Band President: Mark Frydenberg Vice President: Lester Macklin Secretary: Susan Baron Treasurer: George Isaac Membership Secretary: Ellen Macklin Office Manager: Andrea Baron Temple Talk Mark s Remarks: Holy Rolling By: Mark Frydenberg Volume 33 Issue 6 The new wooden rollers (etz chayim) for our large Torah had arrived. Rabbi Kevin Hale, who repaired one of our other Torah scrolls in the fall, referred us to tiferes.com, where we ordered the new rollers. We also purchased special thread known as giddin, made from the sinews of a cow, to attach the scroll to the roller. All I knew about replacing a Torah s etz chayim wooden roller I learned in one YouTube video, and quickly became the expert. Caroline Nudelman, Rabbi David, and Esther Keaney assisted as we rolled the Torah to one end, and I carefully removed the old knots attaching the parchment to its roller. One of the rollers had the name of Rabbi Weismon written on it; I remember asking Nessie Baron if she remembered Rabbi Weismon; she said he was the rabbi who performed her wedding. We've had this Torah for a long time! I am doing this with the intention of making הרני עושה לשם קדושת ספר תורה the Sefer Torah have holiness" is the intention recited before beginning the repair. Threading a long needle, I did most of the sewing, as we lined up the parchment with the holes predrilled in the new roller. Since the new etz chayim is three inches shorter than the original, the remaining holes on the parchment did not match up, so we had to poke new ones. I wrapped the gid (string) around the pole and through each hole about three or four times before tying a knot, as Esther and Caroline held the scroll tight. Rabbi David looked on and made sure the writing on the parchment was protected with a tallit to prevent it from becoming damaged as we attached it to the new etz chayim. A drop of crazy glue kept the knot and threads in place after it was tied. (That was in the video!) Temple Beth Israel 25 Harvard Street Waltham, MA (781) office@tbiwaltham.org Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm We repeated this process twice more for the other holes on this roller, then unrolled the Torah to the other side, detached the parchment, and started over again. Two hours later, our Torah is good as new. Many people are called up to the Torah, read from it, lift or tie it. It is a rare honor to repair a Torah scroll, and a great gift we were able to give to our community. We read from the "blonde Torah" (so nicknamed because of the light color of the wood on the new rollers) on Parashat Bo, in January, and sang a rousing Shehechiyanu upon lifting it for the first time.

2 Temple Beth Israel Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kosher Pizza Lunch from Café Eilat served at 1:30 pm Soft Drinks Provided Movie begins at 2 pm $5 food cost per person Reservations Required by Thursday, March 1 Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse. To reserve your place, send your check, payable to Temple Beth Israel, to: Ed Brown, 35 Lyme Road, West Newton, MA For more information, contact Temple Beth Israel (office) or (web). Temple Beth Israel is located at 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, just opposite Hannaford Supermarket. Parking available. Here are a few more pictures of changing of the etz chayim. Page 2

3 February - March 2018 February 16th - March Yahrzeits Abigail Decker Adar Feb Edward Baron Adar Feb Fannie Blackstone Adar Feb Robert Gordon Adar Feb Abraham Tatelman Adar Feb Benjamin Lebowitz Adar Feb Harry Freedman Adar Feb Goldie Rachel Webb Adar Feb Eva Kaitz Adar Feb Mildred Marion Adar Feb Jacob Krinsky Adar Feb Evelyn Myers Adar Feb Benson Griff Adar Feb Harry Canter Adar Feb Saul G. Ginsburg Adar Feb Vittal Crevoshay Adar Feb Ruth Gordon Adar Feb Philip Rosenfield Adar Feb Jacob Shay Adar Feb Maurice Katz Adar Feb Arthur Nochemsohn Adar Feb Marsha Goldstein Adar Feb Paul Keaney Adar Feb Sonia Smith Adar Feb Minnie Milesky Adar Feb Esther bat Avraham Avinu Adar Feb Gnesia Crevoshay Adar Feb Louis Michelson Adar Feb Samuel Margolis Adar Feb Yetta Blackstone Adar Feb Harold Katz Adar Feb David Beecher Adar Feb Rose Cohen Adar Feb Frieda Resnick Adar Feb Harold Seltzer Adar Feb Marcia Slarskey Adar Feb Neil Baker Adar Feb Joseph Harris Adar Feb Ann Wolf Adar Feb Ira David Seltzer Adar Mar Harris Griff Adar Mar Jane Siegel Adar Mar William Milesky Adar Mar Max Ritter Adar Mar Philip Shapiro Adar Mar Edward Gilman Adar Mar Dr. Samuel Messer Adar Mar Yetta Fischer Adar Mar Fannie Beecher Adar Mar Louis Freedman Adar Mar Gertrude Levison Adar Mar Alex Lietsky Adar Mar Bernard Sharfman Adar Mar Elizabeth Rosenberg Adar Mar Sal Araten Adar Mar Dora Milesky Adar Mar Jennie Goldberg Adar Mar David Goldstein Adar Mar Martha Mikelbank Adar Mar Rose Nussinow Adar Mar Rose Braverman Adar Mar Gerald Woolf Adar Mar Annie Alpert Adar Mar Judith Smith Adar Mar Leonard Kaufman Adar Mar Sandra Gustin Adar Mar Aaron Greenblott Adar Mar Rose Wolk Adar Mar Bessie Levison Adar Mar Harry Wolf Adar Mar Clara Wiggetman Adar Mar Abraham B. Feinsand Adar Mar Aaron Mordecai Smith Adar Mar Alice Wolf Cohen Adar Mar Lena Smith Adar Mar Patricia Wexler Adar Mar Ruth Etta Gans Nisan Mar Wilbert Mayrent Nisan Mar Ethel Griff Nisan Mar Barbara Leboff Nisan Mar A. H. Sheer Nisan Mar Dr. Rosa Kubin Nisan Mar Phillip Levine Nisan Mar John Jacobs Nisan Mar Lillian Mallick Nisan Mar Ina Moses Nisan Mar Louis Levine Nisan Mar Gedalia Chosed Nisan Mar William Cohen Nisan Mar Maurice Milesky Nisan Mar Page 3

4 February - March 2018 February 16th - March Yahrzeits Dr. Max Tauber Nisan Mar Morris Trachtenberg Nisan Mar Rose Israel Nisan Mar Sara Cohn Nisan Mar Madeline Sidell Nisan Mar Sophia Rosenfield Nisan Mar Morris Goldman Nisan Mar Shana Chosed Nisan Mar Ida Koocher Nisan Mar Ida Greenberg Nisan Mar Mary Kaplan Nisan Mar Gittle Edelman Nisan 16 1-Apr Charles Cumenes Nisan 17 2-Apr Myron Stroum Nisan 17 2-Apr Abraham Slatrow Nisan 18 3-Apr Frances Hoffman Nisan 18 3-Apr Lena Sheer Nisan 19 4-Apr Sonia Weiner Nisan 19 4-Apr Gertrude Wolk Nisan 20 5-Apr Samuel Goodman Nisan 21 6-Apr Eli Weiner Nisan 21 6-Apr Belle Freedman Nisan 22 7-Apr Samuel Seidman Nisan 23 8-Apr Nathan Sheer Nisan 23 8-Apr Ruth Seigler Nisan 23 8-Apr Goldie Gammerman Nisan 24 9-Apr Jeanne Bloom Nisan 24 9-Apr Ethel Stroum Nisan 24 9-Apr Anna Macklin Nisan Apr Moshe Ben Aaron Nisan Apr Anna Wolf Nisan Apr Francis Chorney Nisan Apr Max Eisenberg Nisan Apr Edith Canter Nisan Apr Goldie Ramler Nisan Apr If you would like to add a name to our yahrzeit list or purchase a plaque for the Memorial Wall, please contact the temple office by phone or office@tbiwaltham.org. General Fund Donations Lillian Etkind and Family, in memory of Irving Etkind. Yukie Kennen, in memory of his brother, Abe Kennen. Jill Carni, in memory of her father, Lawrence Carni and cousin, Ira Zinkerman. Nessie Baron, in memory of Jack Simensky. Please consider sponsoring a Kiddush lunch. The cost to provide Kiddush lunch for our usual attendance of 30 to 40 people is about $150. Please contact the Temple office to reserve the date you d like to sponsor in honor of your special occasion. From the Brotherhood By: Paul Smith "The TBI Brotherhood like all good Americans spent Sunday, the 4th, watching the Superbowl within the confines and blessings of The Temple. The fervor and fever pitch of the night stayed within civilized tempos but the excitement and the loyalty was still there. For those of The Brotherhood who could not make it you'll be given another opportunity at the next battle of the champions be it the Celtics, Bruins, or maybe even The Red Sox." Can You Hem? We re looking for a volunteer with a sewing machine and sewing skills who can hem one of our Torah covers. It is now too tall. Computer Monitor Wanted Do you have an old flat-screen monitor you re no longer using? We d like to move the old office computer to the library for general use, but need a monitor for it. Please contact the Temple Office if you re able to help with either of these. Page 4

5 PURIM IS COMING Join us on Wednesday February 28th at 6:30pm for our evening service and at 7:00pm for our megillah reading and slide show. We will also have a children s service that begins at 6:00pm along with food, face painting, shelach menot, a story, and a costume parade. Come in costume! Here is an outline of events: 6:00 p.m. Children's program with Aki Yonekawa 6:30 p.m. evening service 7:00 p.m. Megillah reading with slide show Hamentashen sponsored by Merrill Griff in honor of his father's yahrzeit. Chinese Cooking with Catherine Solomon Join us on Sunday, March 11th from 10 am 12:30 pm when Chef Catherine will teach us the basics of making vegetarian Spring Rolls and Chinese Noodles. Participants will be asked to share the cost of the food. Please RSVP to the Temple Office by phone: or office@tbiwaltham.org Mussar Group: Character & Jewish Values facilitated by Rabbi David Finkelstein MEETING TIMES: March 14 always 7:00-8:30 pm at Temple Beth Israel This monthly weekday evening study and practice group uses the Mussar curriculum developed by award-winning author and Boston area Mussar teacher Rabbi David Jaffe. As the title of the group indicates, Mussar is an approach to Jewish learning and being that focuses on the observation and development of our character and our study of Jewish values. Together we will study Torah, Talmud, Mussar masters from medieval times to the 21 st century and from the Old World to the New. The initial meetings in October and November were introductory. This December, we will begin our study of spiritual character traits (middot), which is a core aspect of Mussar. There will also be time for reflection, sharing in small groups, and trying on spiritual practices. Please bring a journal to write in. Participation is open to all. If you missed the introductory sessions but you want to try it out, please contact me at rabbidavid@tbiwaltham.org. I ll catch you up so that you can join us. Jewish Singing Circle a new initiative by Rabbi David Finkelstein MEETING TIMES: February 24, March 24 always 1:30-2:30 pm at Temple Beth Israel Inspired by Joey Weisenberg's book Building Singing Communities, this Jewish Singing Circle offers an hour of singing wordless tunes while sitting in a circle. The circle will meet monthly on the Shabbat afternoons listed above. In each session, we learn to sing and then explore one song or niggun (wordless Jewish melody), singing it approximately ten times in as many different ways. In October and November, we explored one Hasidic niggun from the Bobover sect and one part of a Morris Hollender melody for the Shabbat poem (K)El Adon. In the coming months, we will learn more of the Morris Hollender melody, and I hope to bring another Hasidic niggun, too. Participation is free and open to all. Page 5

6 11 Daylight Saving Erev Purim 1 Purim 2 Shushan Purim 30 Erev Pesach 3 Ben Maystrovsky 10 Parashat Vayakhel- 17 Parashat Vayikra 24 Parashat Tzav 31 Pesach I Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday :30 pm Movie: Norman Time starts 10:00 am Chinese cooking class Ta'anit Esther 6:00pm Childrens Program 7:00pm Evening Service and Megillah Reading 7:00am Morning Minyan and Megillah Reading :00 pm Rabbi's Class :00 pm Board Meeting March :18 pm Candle lighting 9 5:26 pm Candle lighting 16 6:00 pm Shabbat Service and Dinner at Brandeis 6:35 pm Candle lighting 23 6:43 pm Candle lighting 7:00 am Siyyum for First born 6:30 pm TBI Community Seder 6:51 pm Candle lighting Bar Mitzvah Parashat Ki Tisa 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 6:19 pm Havdalah (42 min) Pekudei Shabbat Parah 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 6:28 pm Havdalah (42 min) Rosh Chodesh Nisan Shabbat HaChodesh 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 10:45am Children s Services 7:36 pm Havdalah (42 min) Shabbat HaGadol 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 1:30 pm Jewish Singing Circle 7:44 pm Havdalah (42 min) 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 7:52 pm Candle lighting Page 6

7 Bernie Frydenberg: A Holocaust Story of Survival and Hope Bernie Frydenberg, a craftsman and resident of Meriden, CT, was 14 years old when the Germans invaded Poland in Like most of the Jewish population of his home-town, Demblin, Poland, Bernie was sent to a concentration camp. Unlike most of the Jews sent to concentration camps, he survived. He was imprisoned at Buchenwald, and liberated from Theresienstadt 73 years ago on May 8 th, You are invited to bear witness to his testimony of survival, how he learned a trade, and built a new life after the war. A brief Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) candle lighting ceremony will precede the presentation. When: Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2:00 3:00 PM Where: Temple Beth Israel, 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Free of charge. For more information, contact Temple Beth Israel at (office) or (web). Temple Beth Israel is located at 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, just opposite Hannaford Supermarket. Parking is available.

8 Shabbat Service and Dinner on Friday, March 16th at Brandeis Hillel February - March 2018 Services begin at 6:00 pm in Berlin Chapel Dinner begins after services, around 7:30 pm in the Sherman Function Hall. Future Shabbat Evening Services with Dinner: April 20 With Hankus Netsky Cost for dinner $15.25 per person. You must sign up and pay for dinner on the Brandeis- Sodexo website by end-of-day Tuesday, March If you do not have web access, please send your payment to the Temple office by noon on Tuesday March 13 and we will make the reservation for you. This service and dinner replaces the monthly Shabbat service and dinner at Temple Beth Israel. When you arrive at the Brandeis campus, follow signs for in H Lot, or the road near Berlin Chapel, where visitor parking is available. Then walk to Berlin Chapel for services. We will walk to the dining hall together after services. Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6:30 PM March 2 Come together to welcome Shabbat, to sing, to pray, and to hear a story or a brief D var Torah. A dinner does not follow these services. Thanks to those who read Torah, Haftarah, or gave a D'var Torah Rabbi David Finkelstein Rabbi Sara Meirowitz Susan Kane Caroline Nudelman Phyllis Werlin Mike Rosenberg Mark Frydenberg Yaron Shragai Merrill Griff Susan Holbert Please contact readtorah@tbiwaltham.org to volunteer to read from the Torah or chant a Haftarah, or contact susan@theindexpros.com if you would like to give a d'var torah in the coming months. New Temple Directory Available The new Temple Directory is now available. You can pick up a copy at the Temple or if you can not get out and would like it mailed to you, please let us know and we will get one to you. Page 8

9 February - March 2018 Save the Date Hankus Netsky will teach m e l o d i e s o f M o r r i s Hollender (z l) at a Tisch at dinner following services in this annual event remembering Morris and his music. Join us on Friday, April 20th at 6:30pm for services and the dinner afterward. Beth Israel Memorial Park The cost for an individual grave in Temple Beth Israel Memorial Park for members is $2,200. The cost for non-members is $2,775, which includes one year of membership ($575). Graves in the Kulanu interfaith section are sold in lots of two, at a total cost of $4,400 for members. The cost for non-members is $7,550 for a lot of two, which includes one year of family membership ($1,150). Please contact Jay Trilling of Menorah Cemetery Management Corporation, at (857) for further information. Jim Baron, Cemetery Committee Chair FROM THE CHESED / CARING COMMITTEE If you are saying kaddish and would like us to notify congregants to attend a Monday or Thursday minyan, p l e a s e c o n t a c t S u s a n H o l b e r t a t susan@theindexpros.com or call at least one week ahead of time. While we can't guarantee a minyan of ten will be present, we can work together to spread the word! Children s Services Led by Aki Yonekawa, our monthly children's service includes singing, storytelling and movement and provides an opportunity to meet other families in the greater Waltham area. Children join the main service for Adon Olam, and the congregation then enjoys kiddush, challah and a light lunch. The program is geared for children ages 2-7 but all ages are welcome. TBI services and events are open to the community and membership is not required to participate. Temple Beth Israel provides babysitting every Shabbat from We have a large, carpeted playroom downstairs with a variety of books, toys and games and sufficient space for both quiet and active play. Children are also joyfully welcome in the main service and often move between the playroom and services. For more information about children's programming, please contact the TBI office at (781) Future Dates: February 28 - Purim March 17 Page 9

10 Ta anit Bekhorot: Fast of the First Born Siyyum Following Morning Minyan Breakfast with Mayor Jeanette McCarthy Friday, March 30th 7:00 am On the night the first born of the Egyptians were slain, the first born of the Israelites were saved. To remember the loss of the life and in gratitude for salvation, firstborn children fast on the day preceding Pesach. The fast begins at dawn on Friday, March 30th and the common practice is to break the fast in the morning at a seudat mitzvah (a celebratory meal) following a siyyum, the celebration of the completion of study of a unit of Torah, Mishnah, or Talmud. The siyyum creates a joyful atmosphere that pushes aside the requirement to continue the fast. The siyyum will take place immediately following morning minyan, Friday, March 30th at 7am. This year s siyyum is sponsored by Merrill and Carol Griff. The latest time for eating hametz on Friday, March 30th is 10:25am. Visit to view the Rabbinical Assembly's Guide for preparing your home for Passover. POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MECHIRAT HAMETZ Note: If possible, all hametz should be eaten or removed before the holiday begins. Should this be financially difficult, the hametz may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday and its actual ownership is transferred to a non-jew until the holiday ends. Please complete this form, which must be received in the mail no later than Thursday March 29th, to make sure it gets to the Rabbi in time. You may deliver it to the Rabbi in person by 7:00 am, Friday March 30th. It is customary to use this as an opportunity to give tzedakah. I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi David Finkelstein to act in my behalf to sell all hametz possessed by me knowingly or unknowingly as defined by Torah and rabbinic law, and to lease all places wherein hametz owned may be found. Rabbi David Finkelstein has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the rabbi. This transaction will be in effect for the duration of Pesach, which this year begins with sundown of Friday, March 30th and runs through nightfall of Saturday, April 7th, And to this I hereby affix my signature on this day of, in the year Signed Name Printed Name Address

11 Temple Beth Israel Community Passover Seder on the First Night of Passover, Friday March 30, :30 pm Who's Coming? Name(s) Phone Contact for this Reservation Fees Adults at $32 per person Children (ages 10-18) at $20 Children under 10 (free) Total Amount Enclosed How can you help before the Seder? Go shopping Kasher the kitchen Cook or prepare food Dietary Concerns Vegetarian Meals Gluten Free Meals Other (please specify) How can you help on the day of the Seder? Portion or serve food Set tables Clean up, wash dishes, reset the hall How can you participate during the Seder? Lead a favorite song, prayer, or melody? (describe ) Read in English Hide or Find the Afikoman Sing! What can you bring to make your table festive? Candles and candlesticks Empty Seder Plate Cup of Elijah Miriam's cup Matzah cover Flowers Other: To reserve your space, please return this form before March 23, 2018 with your total payment to Temple Beth Israel, 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA You also may reserve your space online at (please contact us with additional information on this form or any special requests). Reservations made after March 23, 2018, must be confirmed with the Temple office, and will be honored based on availability. We regret that we cannot accept reservations or payments at the door. For more information, please contact Temple Beth Israel at (office) or (web). Temple Beth Israel is located at 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, just opposite Hannaford Supermarket. Parking is available.

12 Temple Talk The Newsletter of Temple Beth Israel of Waltham 25 Harvard Street Waltham, MA Phone: Website: Facebook: facebook.com/tbiwaltham Help us save on postage! Pick up your copy of Temple Talk at the synagogue or view it online at February - March 2018 General Fund High Holiday Donation Temple Beth Israel Donation Form For your convenience, please use this form to make your donations and send to: Temple Beth Israel, 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA Rabbi s Discretionary Fund Goldstein Prayerbook Fund Morris Hollender Torah Fund Children s Services and Programming Other, please specify: It is never too late to Donate! I have chosen the fund indicated at the left: (Please use a separate form for each fund. Minimum donation: $10) Attached is my check in the amount of: $ This donation is being made In Honor Of In Memory Of Other This donation is made by: Name: Address: City/State/Zip Please send acknowledgement to: Name: Address: City/State/Zip Page 12