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September 1 to November 30 2020

12 Elul 5780 to 14 Kislev 5781

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September 1 to November 30 2020

Bulletin Adath Shalom Congregation 31 Nadolny Sachs Drive Private, Ottawa, ON, K2A 1R9

www.adath-shalom.ca

September 1 to November 30 2020

12 Elul 5780 to 14 Kislev 5781

14 Tammuz – 11 Elul 5778

HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE 2020 All Services are on the Zoom Platform Unless Otherwise Indicated

Zoom link will be sent a few days before each service.

Sunday Sep. 13 Kever Avot and Unveiling for Morris Schnitzer 10:30am Congregational visit to the New Jewish Cemetery, Herbert’s Corners. 11:30am Unveiling of headstone for Morris Schnitzer

Please confirm each event with Fenja Brodo at fbrodo@sympatico.ca; (See page 5 for more details)

Friday Sep. 18 Erev Rosh Hashanah 5:30pm Rabbi Hamerman (Searching for the Garden of Eden - see page 7 for more

details)

6:35pm Pause to light candles at home (Do not logoff.)

6:50pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

Saturday Sep. 19 Rosh Hashanah Day 1 10:00am to 12:30pm Morning Service

Sunday Sep. 20. Rosh Hashanah Day 2 9:30am to 12:00pm Service from Congregation Tifereth Israel led by Rabbi Gadi Capella (See page 4

for more details)

3:15pm Community Shofar Blowing – Experimental Farm – Stephen Acker 4:00pm Community Shofar Blowing – Barrhaven – Harvey Goldberg (See poster on

page 12)

Wednesday Sep. 23 7:30pm Rabbi Hamerman (Changing of the Guard –See page 7 for more details)

Saturday Sep. 26 Shabbat Shuvah 9:45am Service

Sunday Sep. 27 Erev Yom Kippur 5:37pm Rabbi Hamerman (Repentance or Relationship Building – What do you do on

Yom Kippur? See page 7 for more details) 6:22pm Light candles at home (Do not logoff). 6:32pm Kol Nidre (sharp)

Monday Sep. 28 Yom Kippur 10:00am -12:30pm Morning Service (Yizkor at around 11:30 AM) 6:40pm Mincha

7:32pm Shofar Blowing

Friday Oct. 2 Erev Sukkot I 4:00pm Service

Sunday Oct. 4 Sukkot II 10:00am Service with Hallel and Lulav and Etrog. (See page 5 for more details)

Saturday Oct. 10 Shemini Atzeret 10:00am Service with Hallel and Yizkor (See page 5 for more details)

Sunday Oct. 10 Simchat Torah evening Service details TBD (See page 5 for more details)

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September 1 to November 30 2020

CO-PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

It’s strange to be wearing a mask on public transit and at retail locations. How odd to be standing outside a small

store when the few shoppers inside render it “at capacity,” or telephoning to let merchants know that you are there

to pick up your order! I won’t use the term “new normal” because I don’t like buzz words and I hope this way of

being has a short half-life.

I would say that Adath Shalom is doing okay. When the school

closed in mid-March, Zoom services were quickly organized.

First, it was Kabbalat Shabbat only and then we alternated

Friday services one week and Saturday the next. The Social

Action Committee identified members who live alone, and a

telephone list was prepared. The Adult Education Committee

converted some of its sessions to on-line ones and a new

feature, Ask The Rabbi, was introduced. During the three

sessions with Rabbi Bulka and Popky, members had the chance

to ask anything. In short, members stepped up and mustered

their flexibility.

Let us look ahead. It was a difficult decision to have virtual

High Holiday services, but most congregations are going in this

direction. Services will be shorter and Rabbi Hamerman will

deliver his lectures from Montreal. Find detailed information

about Adah Shalom’s plans in this fall issue of the Bulletin.

Of all the changes and uncertainties COVID-19 has brought,

one constant remains for all closed synagogues large and small.

To greater and lesser degrees, with Adath Shalom clearly in the

latter category, financial obligations remain, and your

membership fees are vital to our shul’s ongoing financial well-

being as we look forward to the day our doors reopen.

Accordingly, I strongly encourage everyone to once again

commit to our congregation. You will need to have renewed

your membership to borrow the Machzor Lev Shalom and also

to receive Zoom invitations for our virtual services.

Attendance was strong at the June 28 annual general meeting

(AGM), even though it was via Zoom. I couldn’t resist reading

an apt poem entitled Contagion, by the late P.K. Page. The

motion to elect Jason Moscovitz and Stephen Acker to two-year

Board terms was quickly approved by the many attendees. The

Jewish education discount has been clarified and strengthened.

Now the discount will be calculated as 75 per cent of the total

tuition paid for all children, up to a maximum of 75 per cent of the total membership fee. As well, the discount will

be valid for any Jewish school, program, activity, or group that includes a significant educational component.

A new membership policy was incorporated in the Constitution and By-Laws that were accepted at the AGM. To

quote David Brooks’ Ritual Committee co-chair, “the new membership policy, which actually reflects how we have

been operating for the past few years, permits both members of a couple to be members of Adath Shalom, provided

that one is Jewish. In addition, should the pair no longer remain a couple for whatever reason, the non-Jewish

person can remain a member if he or she so wishes.”

Let’s continue to be strong and look to the future. I wish all members a hearty Shanah Tovah!

Elaine Vininsky

UPCOMING EVENTS All events will occur on the Zoom platform

Zoom link will be sent a few days before each

event

September 6: Adath Shalom Poetry Group

7:00pm <see page 15 for details>

October 18: Suzanna Heschel

11:00am Racism and Tikun

Olum: <see page 13 for details>

November 1: Rabbi Ari Goldberg

10:30am Re-envisioning the

Israeli-Diaspora Relationship <see page 14 for details>

November 15: Rabbi Ari Goldberg

10:30am Sing to H-shem a

New Song (Inspirational

Music) <see page 14 for details>

November 22: Rabbi Bulka

2pm. Ask the Rabbi # 3

November 29: Rabbi Hamerman

Time TBD. The Book of

Judges -featuring Deborah <see page 6 for details>

UPCOMING BOARD

MEETING October 25, 2020

(3:00 to 5:00pm)

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September 1 to November 30 2020

HIGH HOLIDAYS 2020

The High Holidays at Adath Shalom will certainly be different this year. But with the hard work of the Board and the High Holiday Committee, we hope that it will be as spiritually rewarding as past services.

For the most part, services will be live broadcast from our Adath Shalom home, the school chapel. A professional webcasting company, Baseline Communication, has been hired to ensure high quality sound and video. We will be using the Zoom Webinar platform instead of the regular Zoom we have been using for our regular Shabbat services. With Zoom Webinar the congregation will be able to see and hear everything but cannot view or hear others in the congregation. (Yes, there will be no group view.) This will allow us to provide high quality broadcasts without inadvertent interruptions from congregants.

You will be sent links to the webinars a few days prior to the services. Please do not share the link with non-members. While we welcome anyone who wants to join us for High Holiday services, they should first contact Elaine Hauptman, our Membership Committee chair at hauptman@rogers.com. We are not charging non-members to attend but are suggesting that they make a $50 donation to the shul to help defray costs.

As you will see from the schedule in this Bulletin, services will be considerably shorter than usual. However, the order of service that has been devised will cover most of the main elements of the High Holiday liturgy that we are so familiar with.

We are very grateful to David Kriger for agreeing to take on the major part of the davening. Even with shortened services, this is a major undertaking that would, in normal circumstances, be shared among several of our service leaders. David will be broadcasting from the chapel. Other services leaders will be broadcasting from their homes.

Rabbi Shimshon Hamerman will provide spiritual insights in online sessions preceding services on Erev Rosh Hashanah and just before Kol Nidre. There will also be a learning session with Shimshon on the Wednesday evening between the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.

For the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we have made arrangements for congregants to join a webcast for Congregation Tifereth Israel on Long Island. This congregation is led by Rabbi Gadi Capela, who led High Holy Day services at Adath Shalom for several years when he was a rabbinic student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. (See Leslie Ram’s article for additional information).

On behalf of the High Holiday Committee, I want to thank our long-term chair, Ira Greenblatt, for leading us in planning this year’s services in very unusual circumstances. Ira was, unfortunately, sidelined from his chair duties by a health crisis, from which he is now making a steady recovery. Ira, we thank you for all your work this year, and for many years past, and wish you a complete and speedy refuah shlema.

Harvey Goldberg

Interim Chair, High Holiday Committee

ROSH HASHANAH, DAY 2

As Adath Shalom is not holding services on Rosh Hashanah Day 2, we wanted to be able to offer an option to our members that would allow everyone to participate in a service that will be meaningful, albeit, not at Adath Shalom. We found that solution at Congregation Tifereth Israel in Greenport, Long Island, New York, where Rabbi Gadi Capela has served for the last nine years.

Some will remember Rabbi Capela from the two years he spent with us as a student from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in 2010 and 2011. He was ordained in 2012. Rabbi Capela was born and raised in Israel and moved to New York in 1995 after completing a four-year military service as a lieutenant in a rescue unit. In 2001 he graduated from Yeshiva University, where he studied Business Management as well as Jewish Studies. For eight years he worked as a business analyst and project manager in the banking and consulting industries, while also completing a master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy, also from Yeshiva University. In 2006 he created Project Genesis, Jewish-Christian adult education programs. He was ordained from the JTS in 2012.

One of the things that Rabbi Gadi is most passionate about is leading annual interfaith pilgrimages to Israel. He recently returned from a tour with Abrahamic Reunion – a group of spiritual leaders—Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze—working together for promoting inter-religious harmony in the Holy Land.

On their website, Tifereth Israel says the following: “At Congregation Tifereth Israel, we strive to embody the best of what it means to practice an age-old religion in the contemporary world.” Their mission is “to promote spirituality in an inclusive Jewish community and build friendship with people of all faiths.”

Rabbi Capela and his congregation are very welcoming of our participation. It will be via a Zoom link that will be sent out to all members. They do use a different Machzor than we do – “Machzor Hadash” which will be shown on screen and also, I believe, as a PDF file that we can download.

Service times:

9:30-10:00am - Shachrit 10:00-11:00am - Torah service and sermon 11:00-noon - Mussaf (they will have a professional Hazzan for Mussaf) I encourage you to visit the website at

https://tiferethisraelgreenport.org/ to find out more about

the congregation

Leslie Ram for the High Holiday Committee

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September 1 to November 30 2020

MORRIS SCHNITZER UNVEILING

AND ADATH SHALOM

CEMETERY VISIT

This year we are combining the unveiling for Morris Schnitzer with our annual cemetery visit scheduled for Sunday September 13th. The times are 10:30 am for our usual shul visit and 11:30 am for the unveiling.

Eve Schnitzer, Morris’s daughter, extends a special invitation to Adath Shalom members to attend this ceremony to honour and share memories of Morris at the graveside.

Because of Covid-19 restrictions we are required to compile a list of attendees beforehand (no more than 40) with their addresses, phone numbers and email. This is for contact tracing if necessary. All participants are required to wear masks and must respect the rules for physically distancing themselves. This is an outdoor event; all facilities are closed including washrooms and access to water.

Please email or call Fenja Brodo at fbrodo@sympatico.ca if you would like to come to either or both events.

We shall meet at the entrance to the New Jewish Cemetery in Osgoode at 10:30 am and at 11:30 am for the unveiling.

Fenja Brodo

SUKKOT

Sukkot is a very joyous holiday, perhaps the most joyous festival of the Jewish yearly cycle. The key rituals are building and dwelling in a sukkah and praying with the lulav and etrog. Sukkot begins this year on Friday evening October 2 and lasts until Shemini Atzeret on Saturday October 10. The whole fall festival season goes out with a big celebration on Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah begins after sundown on Saturday evening October 20. But how should we celebrate Sukkot and Simchat Torah in this time of pandemic when the rules of physical distancing and hand sanitizing are so important to our health?

We will be holding three zoom services and programs for Sukkot/ Shemini Atzeret. We hold zoom services as follows:

1) On Friday October 2 there will be a Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 4:00pm

2) On Sunday October 4 at 10am where the leaders will bench lulav and etrog and use them for Hallel and for the Hoshannot service.

3) On Saturday October 10 at 10am with Hallel and Yizkor

Because of the extended service with Hallel on Shabbat morning, we normally do not have a Dvar Torah on these holidays.

We also encourage interested members to acquire their own lulav and etrog if they can so they can perform the mitzvah of benching lulav every day during Sukkot. They can be purchased through the KBI office (728-3501) at a cost of $65.

Some of our Gabbais will be acquiring and sharing their lulav and etrog with other members. Their names and details will be emailed to the members before Sukkot. Members will be asked to wear gloves and masks when they come to bench lulav outside at the homes of these gabbais. For convenience, each lulav host can announce a specific time when people are welcome to come and bench lulav at their home. For example, members will be welcome at the Yans' backyard between 4 and 5 pm on Sunday October 4.

Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah falls on Saturday evening October 10th and Sunday .October 11th. The central feature here is holding the Torah scrolls and dancing together for seven Hakafot with the Torahs while singing. Clearly, this will be very difficult in times of COVID.

Question: How can we capture the flavour and the joy of the Torah this Simchat Torah Simchat without being together and dancing together?

Proposal:

We have not decided what to do for Simchat Torah this year. We are proposing to hold a zoom service on Saturday evening October 10. For this service, instead of seven hakafot with group Torah dancing, we are thinking to ask seven households to present a mini-dvar or teaching from the Torah that is relevant to the message of Simchat Torah. David and Joel agreed to this. Mark October 10 evening on your calendar for a Simchat Torah celebration.

Joel Yan

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September 1 to November 30 2020

“RABBI SHIMSHON HAMERMAN TO PROVIDE SPRITUAL INSIGHTS

FOR HIGH HOLIDAYS 2020

Rabbi Shimshon Hamerman is joining Adath Shalom Congregation once again as our spiritual leader for this year’s

High Holiday services.

Since retiring from his position as the Director of Education at the Bronfman Jewish Education Centre, Rabbi

Hamerman has been working at various projects, which have added to his diverse teaching experiences. He has

been preparing pedagogical methodology for Ecole Maimonides in Montreal, writing an Israel Education

Curriculum for Bialik High School, and perhaps most interestingly, has been helping to prepare educational

materials for the Chassidic Community of Montreal.

Dr. Hamerman prepared two teams from Bialik High School to participate in the Prizmah International Jewish

Moot Beit Din. Both teams placed first in their divisions competing against teams from the U.S., Canada, Mexico,

and Israel. He also prepared a team for the Montreal Moot Court. This team won the only team prize in the

competition. Shimshon was also involved in the Canadian National Bible Contest and one of his students competed

in the World Bible Contest on Yom Haatzmaut in Jerusalem.

Shimshon was the Principal and Head of School at Solomon Schechter Academy, for 20 years until his retirement.

He also held the position of Chazzan at Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem (TBDJ) for 21 years. With an eclectic

background, including a B.Sc. in Mathematics (Yeshiva University), a Masters of Operations Research (NYU) and

a PhD in Theology/Bible from Université de Montreal, and smicha from the former Chief Rabbi of Montreal, Rabbi

Hirschprung, Rabbi Hamerman brings an abundance of energy, enthusiasm and serious credentials in pedagogy and

Torah scholarship to his audiences.

Rabbi Hamerman recently led services at Adath Shalom, where he taught new melodies for Shabbat Services and

did an analysis of Naomi Shemer’s classic song, Jerusalem of Gold.

He will also return to Adath Shalom in late November to give a Zoom presentation on the Book of Judges –

featuring Deborah.

Rabbi Shimshon Hamerman

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Shimshon is the consummate educator. His knowledge of Jewish ethics and values is firmly based in an in-depth

knowledge of biblical and Talmudic texts, yet he is able to relate at both a cultural and spiritual level with both

practising and secular Jews. His down-to-earth presentation style, peppered with a vast store of practical examples

and humour, will inspire everyone.

LEARNING WITH RABBI HAMERMAN

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Searching for the Garden of Eden

How do the Torah Reading and Liturgy for Rosh Hashanah inspire us to continue to search for the Garden of Eden? Wednesday, September 23, at 7:30PM

Changing of the Guard

The Haftorah of Channah and her prayer model for us the Changing of the Guard as we move forward. What change do we need to make? Can we change and not forsake? Erev Yom Kippur

Repentance or Relationship Building. What do you do on Yom Kippur?

The Torah does not mention Teshuva until chapter 30 of Deuternomy. Rambam, Rav Kook, and Rav Sololveitchik see Teshuva as a Legal (Halachic) Obligation. Could restoring relationships be a more palatable and a more durable idea? How does Moses model Teshuva for us?

Rosalie Fox and Lawrence Wolofsky

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September 1 to November 30 2020

THE MEANING OF TASHLICH

Tashlich is a common ritual for all branches of Judaism though it is close to either a mystical or even pagan

ceremony. There are very few rules about its celebration. I know of only two: 1) It is performed on Rosh Hashanah

day one, but if that is Saturday, on day two. 2) it must be performed at a body of water that has current and that has

fish or other creatures to eat the bread scraps that are tossed into the water, an act that symbolizes the casting away

of our sins. In fact, "casting off" is what Tashlich means.

This custom goes back close to Talmudic times and originally it was opposed by most rabbinic authorities, but

eventually they came to accept it. There are lots of different prayers that can be said as a group is standing by the

water, and here is what My Jewish Learning said was the most traditional of them.

mee ehl kamochah

Who is almighty like You

no-say ah-vone

Forbearer of iniquity,

vih-ovaire ahl peh-shah

and forgiver of transgression

lish-ay-reet nah-cha-lah-toe

for the remnant of His heritage?

loh heh-cheh-zeek lah-ahd ah-

poe

He does not maintain His wrath

forever,

kee chah-faitz cheh-sed hoo

for He desires to do kindness.

yah-shoov y’rachamaynoo

He will again show us

compassion,

yich-boshe ah-voe-no-tay-noo

He will suppress our iniquities

vih-tash-leech bim’tzoolote yahm

and You will cast into the depths

of the sea

kole chah-toe-tahm

all their sins.

tee-tain ehmet l’yah-kove

You will grant truth to Yaakov,

cheh-sed l’ahvraham

kindness to Avraham,

ah-share nish-bah-tah

la’avotaynoo

as You swore to our fathers

mee-may keh-dem

from the days of old.

min ha-may-tzahr

From the narrowness [of distress]

kah-rah-tee yah

I called [to] God;

ah-nah-nee

He answered me

bah-mare-chahv yah

with the breadth of Divine relief.

ah-do-nay lee loh eeh-rah

Adonoy is with me, I will not

fear,

mah ya’ah-seh lee ah-dahm

what can man do to me?

ah-doe-nay lee b’oze-ray

Adonoy is with me, to help me,

vah-ah-nee ehr-eh b’sone-eye

and I will see my enemies’

[defeat].

tove lah-chah-sote bah-doe-nay

It is better to take refuge in

Adonoy

meeb’toe-ach bah-ah-dahm

than to trust in man.

tove lah-chah-sote bah-doe-nay

It is better to take refuge in

Adonoy

meeb’toe-ach bin’dee-veem

than to trust in nobles.

rah-nih-noo

Joyfully exult

tzah-dee-keem bah-doe-nay

in Adonoy, [you] righteous ones,

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lah-y’shah-reem nah-vah t’hee-

lah

for the upright, praise is fitting.

hoe-doo lah-doe-nay bih-chee-

nore

Thank Adonoy with the harp,

bah-neh-vell ah-sore zahm-roo

loh

with the ten-stringed lyre sing to

Him.

shee-roo loh sheer chah-dahsh

Sing Him a new song,

hay-tee-voo nah-gain bih-t’roo-

ah

play skillfully with jubilation

kee yah-shahr d’vahr ah-doe-nay

For upright is the word of

Adonoy,

vih-chole mah-ah-say-hoo beh-

eh-moo-nah

and all His deeds [are done] with

faithfulness.

oh-hayve tzih-dah-kah ooh-mish-

paht

He loves righteousness and

justice,

cheh-said ah-doe-nay mahl-ah

ha’ah-retz

the kindliness of Adonoy fills the

earth.

bid’vahr ah-doe-nay shah-mah-

yim nah-ah-soo

By the word of God, the heavens

were made,

oov’roo-ach peeve

and by the breath of His mouth,

kole tz’vah-ahm

all their hosts.

koe-naiss kah-naiss may hah-

yahm

He gathers like a mound the

waters of the sea,

noe-tayn b’otzarote t’hoe-mote

He places in vaults the deep

waters.

yeer-ooh may-ah-doe-nay kole

ha’ah-retz

Fear Adonoy, all the earth,

mee-meh-noo yah-goo-roo

of Him, be frightened

kole yoshe-vay tay-vell

all dwellers of the inhabited

world.

kee hoo ah-mahr vah-yih-hee

For He spoke and it became.

hoo tzee-vah vah-yah-ah-mode

He commanded and it stood.

ah-doe-nay hay-feer ah-tzaht go-

yeem

Adonoy annuls the counsel of

nations,

hay-nee mahch-shi-vote ah-

meem

He disrupts the intention of

peoples.

ah-tzaht ah-doe-nay lah-oh-lahm

tah-ah-mode

The counsel of Adonoy will

stand forever,

mach-shih-vote lee-bow

the thoughts of His heart

lih-dore vah-dore

throughout all generations.

ash-ray hah-goy

Fortunate is the nation

ah-share ah-doe-nay eh-loh-hahv

for whom Adonoy is their God,

hah-ahm bah-chahr lih-nah-

chah-lah-toe lo

the people He chose as His

heritage.

mee-shah-mah-yeem hay-beet

ah-doe-nay

From the heavens, Adonoy looks

[down],

rah-ah eht kole bih-nay hah-ah-

dahm

He sees all mankind.

meem-chone sheeve-toe

From His dwelling place,

heese-gee-ach

He watches intently

ehl kole yoshe-vay hah-ah-retz

all the inhabitants of the earth.

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hah-yoe-tzare yah-chahd lee-

bahm

He forms their hearts all

together.

hah-may-veen ehl kole mah-ah-

say-hem

He perceives all their doings.

ayn hah-meh-lech no-sah bih-

rahv chah-yeel

A king is not saved by a great

army;

gee-bore loh yee-nah-tzail

a mighty man is not rescued

bih-rahv koe-ach

with [his] great strength.

sheh-kehr hah-soose

A horse is deceptive [assurance]

lih-t’shoo-ah

for deliverance,

ooh-vih-rahv chay-lo

and with its great strength

lo yee-mah-late

it provides no escape.

hee-nay ayn ah-doe-nay

Behold, the eye of Adonoy

ehl yih-ray-ahv

is on those who fear Him,

lahm-yah-chah-leem lih-chahss-

doe

on those who wait for His

kindliness.

lih-hah-tzeel mee-mah-vett nahf-

shahm

To rescue their soul from death,

ooh-lih-chah-yoe-tahm big-rah-

ahv

and to keep them alive during

famine.

nahf-shay-noo cheek’tah lah-ah-

doe-nay

Our soul yearned for Adonoy,

ezz-ray-noo ooh-mah-gee-nay-

noo hoo

our help and our shield is He.

kee voh yiss-mahch lee-bay-noo

For in Him our heart will rejoice,

kee vih-shame kahd-show bah-

tahch-noo

for in His Holy Name we trust.

yih-hee chahss-doe ah-doe-nay

ah-lay-noo

May your kindliness, Adonoy, be

upon us,

kah-ah-share yee-chahl-noo

lahch

as we have waited for You.

vee-hee rah-tzone meel-fah-neh-

chah

May it be Your will

ah-doe-nay eh-loh-hi veh-loh-

hay ah-voh-tie

Adonoy, our God, and God of

our fathers,

ell ehl-yone

most High Almighty

mooch-tahr

Who is crowned

bit-lay-sahr mih-chee-leen dih-

rah-chah-may

with thirteen attributes of mercy,

shet-hay shah-ah zoe ate rah-

tzone lih-fah-neh-chah

that this be a time of favor before

You,

vit-hay voh-lah lih-fah-neh-chah

and may it ascend before You

k’ree-aht sh’loshe ess-ray mee-

dote

our recitation of the Thirteen

Attributes

shel rah-chah-meem she-biff-

soo-keem

of mercy, [which are contained

in the verses:

mee ell kah-moe-chah

“Who is an Almighty like You”

hah-mih-choo-vah-neem

which correspond

ell shih-loshe ess-ray mee-dote

to the Thirteen Attributes,

ell rah-choom vih-chah-noon

“Almighty, Merciful, Gracious

etc.,”

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ah-share kah-ree-noo lih-fah-

neh-chah

that we have recited before You.

kih-ee-loo hee-sahg-noo

Consider it as if we had

comprehended

kole hah-soe-dote

all the esoteric meanings

vih-tzay-roo-fay shay-mote hah-

kih-doe-sheem

and the combinations of the Holy

Names

hah-yoe-tzeem may-hem

that are formed from them.

vih-zoo-gay mee-doe-tay-hem

And the joining of their

attributes,

ah-share eh-chahd bih-eh-chahd

yee-sah-goo

which, one by one, shall

approach [You]

lih-homm-teek hah-dee-neem

tah-kee-feem

to sweeten the severe judgments.

vih-tahsh-leech bim-tzoo-lote

yahm

And so, cast into the depths of

the sea

kole chah-toe-tay-noo

all our sins.

vih-ah-tah bih-toove-chah

And You, with Your goodness,

tih-oh-rare rah-chah-meh-chah

arouse Your mercy,

vih-nee-yeh nih-kee-yeem

that we may be cleansed

mee-kole toom-ah vih-chell-ah

vih-zoo-hah-mah

from all forms of impurity.

vih-yah-ah-loo

And may there ascend [before

You]

kole-nee-tzoo-tzay hah-kih-doo-

shah

all the sparks of holiness

ah-share nitt-pah-z’roo

which have been scattered.

vih-yeet-bah-r’roo vih-yeet-lob-

noo

And may we be refined and

purified

bih-mee-daht toov-chah

through Your goodness.

ah-tah ell yih-sho-ah-tay-noo

You Almighty, are our

deliverance,

no-tzair cheh-sed

the Keeper of kindness

lah-ah-lah-feem

for thousands [of generations.]

ooh-vih-rove rah-chah-meh-chah

And with Your abundant

compassion

tee-tain lah-noo chah-yeem ah-

roo-cheem

grant us long life,

chah-yeem shel shah-lome

a life of peace,

chah-yeem shel toe-vah

a life of goodness,

chah-yeem shel brah-chah

a life of blessing,

chah-yeem shel pahr-nah-sah

toe-vah

a life of good sustenance,

chah-yeem shel chee-lootz ah-

tzah-mote

a life of bodily vigor,

chah-yeem sheh-yaysh bah-hem

a life in which there is

yeer-aht shah-mah-yeem vih-

yeer-aht chayt

fear of Heaven and fear of sin,

chah-yeem sheh-ain bah-hem

a life in which there is no

boo-shah ooh-ch’leemah

shame or disgrace,

chah-yeem shel oh-share vih-

chah-vode

a life of prosperity and honor,

lah-ah-voe-dah-teh-chah

in order that we may serve You,

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chah-yeem sheh-t’hay bah-noo

a life in which there will be

within us

ah-hah-vaht toe-rah vih-yeer-aht

shah-mah-yeem

love of Torah and fear of

Heaven,

chah-yeem

a life [in which]

sheh-tih-mah-lay kole mish-ah-

lote lee-bay-noo

You will fulfill the wishes of our

hearts

lih-toe-vah

for goodness.

vih-zahch-ray-noo lih-chah-yeem

And remember us for life

meh-lech chah-faitz

O King, Who desires life,

vih-kott-vay-noo bih-say-fair

and inscribe us in the Book of

Life,

lih-mah-ahn-chah eh-loh-heem

chah-yeem

for Your sake, Living God.

ooh-kih-rah roe-ah gih-zahr dee-

nay-noo

And tear up the evil [parts] of our

sentence,

vih-yee-kah-ray-noo lih-fah-neh-

chah zah-chee-yoe-tay-noo

and may our merits be stated

before You.

David Brooks

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ADATH SHALOM ZOOM SESSION WITH PROFESSOR SUSANNAH

HESCHEL Is Racism a Jewish Issue?

Oct. 18, 2020 11:00am-12:00pm

That Jews are a race was a proud declaration of many German Jews, while other German Jews found the very idea

of race outrageous. Racism was intrinsic to European colonialism and culminated in the Shoah. Today Jews are

concerned about rising antisemitism and wonder if it is a species of racism (“hate”) or a separate phenomenon: can

Jews fight antisemitism and ignore racism toward African Americans? What is the impact of antisemitism and

racism of Black Jews? Facing accusations that Zionism is a form of colonialism and that Israeli treatment of

Palestinians and of Jews of colour, Jews today feel at times overwhelmed by the political nuances of discussions of

racism. Some turn with pride to the active participation of Jews in the Civil Rights Movement, while others hide

behind charges that antisemitism in the African American community brought an end to the Black-Jewish alliance.

Given that racism has now become a central issue on the American agenda - and around the world - what sort of

discussion of racism should we be having as Jews?

Susannah Heschel is the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and chair of the Jewish Studies Program at

Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the history of Jewish and Protestant religious thought in Germany

during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and she has brought post-colonial theory and feminist theory to her

analyses. She is the author of Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus and The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians

and the Bible in Nazi Germany as well as edited volumes, including Insider/Outsider: American Jews and

Multiculturalism and Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust. She is the author of over one hundred articles,

and she has also edited two volumes of her father’s writings, including Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity:

Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel. Her current research focuses on the history of European Jewish scholarship

on Islam, and she just published her first book on that topic, in German, Jüdischer Islam: Islam und jüdisch-

deutsche Selbstbestimmung. She has also just published a co-edited volume with Umar Ryad, The Muslim

Reception of European Orientalism.

Paul Adler

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Ariel Goldberg is an Open-Orthodox rabbi, spiritual educator, board certified chaplain and clinical social worker,

based in Washington DC. He cherishes the years he spent living and growing in Israel and maintains a deep

connection to the country. Ariel is proud to have grown up in Adath Shalom and is happy to be learning with the

community, again.

RE-ENVISIONING THE ISRAELI-DIASPORA RELATIONSHIP

RABBI ARI GOLDBERG Sunday, November 1 – 10:30 am (90 minutes)

Do Diaspora Jews need Israel to live full Jewish lives? Do Israelis need Diaspora Jews? These are questions many

Jews around the world are grappling with today. One thing is clear: the Israeli-Diaspora relationship has undergone

seismic shifts in the past 25 years as Israel has become the global Jewish center and North American Jewry has

faced the challenge of Jewish continuity. The relationship’s future wellbeing calls for a re-envisioning. Together,

we will explore some of the history of Canadian Zionism, the current tensions in the Israeli-Diaspora relationship,

share our personal reflections and do some re-envisioning.

SHIRU LA-SHEM, SHIR HADASH/SING TO H-SHEM A NEW SONG

RABBI ARI GOLDBERG Sunday, November 15 – 10:30 am (90 minutes)

Wherever they live on the religious spectrum, Jewish-Israelis agree that Torah and music matter to their lives. We

will listen to six beautiful Hebrew songs (with translation) that are bold and creative midrashim (interpretations) of

familiar passages from the Torah. Through reflecting on these songs, we will explore how the Torah informs

Israelis’ search for meaning and how it can inform ours.

Paul Adler

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ADATH SHALOM ZOOM POETRY

GROUP

1Poetry Zoom Participants August 2020

The Adath Shalom Zoom Poetry gathering has become a regular, monthly event, helping us maintain important social contacts while distancing at home, and giving us the excuse (if one is needed), to read poetry.

Our next Zoom poetry get together is scheduled for Sunday evening, September 6th, from 7:00 to 830 pm.

Details of how to log on will be sent out in the week before the event.

Everyone is invited to bring one or two poems by a Jewish poet to read aloud to the group, along with a short biography of the poet.

Although it is not essential, if you send me a copy of the poem(s) you will be reading (a scan, photo, or Word document are all good) by September 3rd, I will send these out to all who will be

attending, so that they can follow along from the print copy. e

Ellen Caplan

KOSHER FOOD DRIVE

Every year, Adath Shalom organizes a drive to benefit the Kosher Food Bank in Ottawa. This year, as we are not meeting in person, we are encouraging you to continue our tradition by making a monetary donation to the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank, c/o Kehillat Beth Israel, 1400 Coldrey Avenue, Ottawa Ontario, K1Z 7P9.

Shana Tovah!

Toby Yan, on behalf of the Social

Action Committee

BIKKUR CHOLIM COMMITTEE-

COMFORTING THE SICK

Among the acts of caring that are obligatory and meritorious in ethics and Jewish law, Bikkur Cholim, visiting the sick, is especially significant. Its importance is underscored by its appearance in our daily prayer book‘s top three texts for the Torah study blessing (“These are the things”), that familiar Mishnaic list of the good deeds that yield dividends to the doer in this world, while the capital is stored for the world to come. A classic midrash portrays God as modeling this mitzvah when God appears to in Abraham Genesis 18, a narrative that comes just after the story of Abraham’s circumcision: God is visiting the recovering patient.

While we may not be able to visit people right now because of the pandemic, we can still maintain contact.

Members of the Bikkur Cholim Committee at Adath Shalom are Anna Bilsky, Danielle Dugas, Susan Landau-Chark, David Steinberg and me. However, it is wonderful to see how many other members of Adath Shalom provide support to members through phone calls, and other acts of kindness. These actions make a huge difference.

For the Committee to fulfill its role, it must become aware if members of the congregation are ill are undergoing treatments or procedures. Please let me know, with the individual's permission of course, if the Bikkur Cholim Committee can help.

The Committee can:

1) Put the individual's name on the Mishaberach list, so that the name can be called out during healing prayers.

2) Communicate with the individual by phone or emaill

Please let me know if you or a family member would like to be contacted by the Bikkur Cholim Committee.

Toby Yan

Chair, Bikkur Cholim Committee

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THE MEANING OF OPENING

ONE’S HEART

Dear fellow congregants,

This spring, due to the pandemic we live in, the Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI) had to go virtual in its yearly fundraising effort. The response of its faith communities was phenomenal and the lofty goal set at $50 000 was exceeded beyond expectations to reach almost $68 000.

Sherill Besser who is an MHI board member, Harvey Goldberg who is a Residents Relations Committee member and I reached out to you and you have responded in an unprecedented manner, with a generosity that surpassed anything we had achieved before.

Elul is the month that announces the New Year and asks of us to visit our hearts, explore who we are, what we do, dig deep to establish what may need fixing; it demands that we repent for what was not done or done poorly. Prophets Isaiah and Micah ask that we look after those in our community who need looking after, that we act justly.

Adath Shalom, you have done that. It gives us much joy to celebrate what we do well as a kehillah and much hope for the future. If we must resolve something this Rosh Hashana, may it be to keep our hearts open to the needs of others and to respond generously when help is being sought.

I believe in the work of MHI, I also believe that I belong to a congregation that is deeply good. For all Adath Shalom offers and gives, I am deeply grateful: toda raba.

Shana Tova.

Danielle Dugas

https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-

kurrents/4476/shaimos-guidelines/

For more information, contact

Tammy Torontow at

executivedirector@jewishmemorialgardens.org

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ADATH SHALOM GOOD NEWS

Editor’s Note: This column is for sharing good news of our members. If you have a special occasion that you are celebrating with your loved ones, a graduation, special birthday, anniversary, and recovery from illness or anything else you would like to announce, please send it to the bulletin editor, Peter Wolfe.

Congratulations to Toby and David Brooks • They are about to celebrate their 65th wedding

anniversary

Congratulations to Susan and David Kriger • They are excited to announce that their

daughter, Debra and her fiancée, Ashleigh Schafer will be getting officially married on September 12th in Toronto (in their apartment, considering COVID 19 restrictions). A celebratory event is planned for August 2021.

Congratulations to Rosalie Fox and Lawrence

Wolofsky • Rosalie and Lawrence are thrilled to

announce the engagement of their son Gabriel to Tammi Hawa. Tammi just completed her Master's of Engineering from U of Toronto.

• Tamar, their daughter also just completed her Master's of Social Work from McGill University. Mazal tov all around.

ADATH SHALOM WEDDING

ANNIVERSARIES1

Ira Greenblatt and Danielle

Dugas

September 6, 1981

Toby and David Brooks

September 11, 1955

Alysse Weinberg and

Michael Davidson

October 16, 1982

Susan and David Kriger

October 17, 1982

Carol and David Steinberg

October 23, 1977

1 We would be happy to publish your anniversary dates. Please

email them to member-info@adath-shalom.ca.