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Passover 5777 Schedule

Sunday, April 9th Search for Chametz ............................................ After 8:09 pm

Monday, April 10th

Erev Pesach

Fast of the First Born (Fast Begins 5:22 am)

Shacharit ........................................................................ 6:30 am

FOLLOWED BY SIYUM/BREAKFAST

FOR THE FIRST BORN

Latest Time to Eat Chametz ................... 10:27 am

Latest Time to Own Chometz .................. 11:43 am

Candle Lighting ............................................................. 7:10 pm

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:15 pm

Home Seder Begins ..................... AFTER 8:10 pm

First Day Pesach

Tuesday, April 11th Shacharit ........................................................................ 9:00 am

Hallel ............................................................................... 9:45 am

Prayer for Dew .......................................................... 11:00 am

Mincha ........................................................................... 7:15 pm

Candle Lighting AFTER .............................................. 8:11 pm

Home Seder Begins ...................... AFTER 8:11pm

Second Day Pesach

Wednesday, April 12th Shacharit ........................................................................ 9:00 am

Hallel ............................................................................... 9:45 am

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:15 pm

Havdallah........................................................................ 8:12 pm

Chol Hamoed

Thursday, April 13th Shacharit ........................................................................ 6:30 am

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:00 pm

Chol Hamoed/Erev Shabbat

Friday, April 14th

Shacharit ........................................................................ 6:30 am

Candle Lighting ........................................................... 7:13 pm

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:00 pm

Shabbat Chol Hamoed

Shabbat, April 15th

Shacharit ........................................................................ 8:30 am

Shir Hashirim .............................................................. 10:00 am

DMBTC ........................................................................ 6:05 pm

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:05 pm

Havdallah........................................................................ 8:14 pm

Chol Hamoed Erev Pesach

Sunday, April 16th Shacharit ........................................................................ 8:00 am

Candle Lighting ........................................................... 7:15 pm Mincha ............................................................................ 7:20 pm

Seventh Day of Pesach

Monday , April 17th Shacharit ........................................................................ 8:45 am

Mincha ........................................................................... 7:20 pm

CANDLE LIGHTING AFTER ................................... 8:16 pm

Last Day of Pesach

Tuesday, April 18th Shacharit ........................................................................ 8:45 am

YIZKOR .................................................... 10:45 am

Mincha ............................................................................ 7:20 pm

Havdallah........................................................................ 8:16 pm

EARLIEST TIME TO EAT CHAMETZ ...................... 9:16 pm

Pesach is over at 8:16 pm. At that time you may purchase chametz

from a gentile. Before eating the chametz which you had possessed,

but was sold to a gentile, please allow one hour for the rabbi to re-

purchase it.

Passover 5777 April 2017 Volume XXXXIV No. 2 Affiliated with the Orthodox Union

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Erev Pesach, Monday morning, April 10th

In conjunction with Rabbi Finkelstein’s Siyum for the Fast of First Born

Y es, we went down to Egypt and were slaves for 400 years. But whose fault was it? Was it Avraham’s fault, as Ramban said, for going to Egypt as soon as he came to Israel? Was it Joseph’s brothers’ fault since they were the ones who sold Joseph down there to Egypt?

Was it the fault of the Jews in Egypt who worshipped idols as it says in the book of Ezekiel? Or was slavery just a way to purify ourselves, to be worthy of the Land of Israel? Maybe it wasn’t our fault as much as it was our destiny.

Were Israelites the villains in the slavery story or were we the mere victims in a saga designed to help us grow? These two versions play out in the Haggadah. One story we tell in the Haggadah is that we were slaves and then G-d took us out. This implies that we were just passive victims. But we also tell another story that we used to be idol worshippers and later G-d took us out of Egypt and brought us closer to His worship. This implies that we were villains. It was our sinning which required purification in Egypt.

This issue is not just about our ancestors in Egypt. Every challenge we face in life can be put through the same prism; Am I in this mess because of my own sins and failings or is it a test, part of our growing pains, to help make me better?

This question hinges on how we interpret the words of the mishnah in Pesachim. Do we begin the story of Exodus with our national disgrace, how we worshipped idols or with our national humiliation, that we were slaves? There is a difference. Idolatry is something we were guilty of, it is shameful that we engaged in it. Slavery was something we were subjected to. It was humiliating, but not disgraceful. There is no shame in having been a slave. It was not our fault.

Some people grow up in great poverty or as victims of abuse. There is no shame in being a victim. But sometimes we conflate the two. Sometimes children are ashamed that they lack what other children have. Sometimes adults suffer from the same misconception. Some feel ashamed that they suffer from depression or because of some family situation. But there is no need to feel shame for things beyond our control.

As American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said in his famous prayer, God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. We should feel shame over our lapses in mitzvoth

but we should accept the situations we are placed in as our destiny, understanding that some things we cannot change, some problems are not of our making and there is little we can do to change them.

Let’s try to understand the parts of life in which we are the villains and the parts in which we are the victim. And let us hope we have the wisdom to know the difference. But in some way we relate to both stories of victimhood and villainy in the same way; We pray that G-d make the situation better, help us stop being our worst enemies, and help save us from difficult

circumstances and external enemies.

If it was needless hatred of Joseph that brought us down to Egypt, G-d, help us love each other more. If it was Laban and Pharaoh who got us into this mess, help us get out of it as you always have. We are not helpless victims of our fate and we are not hopeless victims of our bad decisions. G-d can save us from others and he can save us from our own mistakes as well. We wish everyone a Chag Kasher Vesameach, a happy and kosher Pesach and this be the month and the Pesach when G-d again redeems us from our troubles, those we brought on ourselves, and those that others have wrought.

Do What You Can Do Rabbi Joel M. Finkelstein

As we go through Pesach once again, we may ask ourselves, “Again? Another schlepping out of the dishes, another long Seder? What for? We did it last year!”

“To catch the reader's

attention, place an interesting

sentence or quote from the

story here.”

And as to our

relationship with G-d,

is G-d going to come

to me, or am I going

to have to make the

first move?

Am I in this mess

because of my own

sins and failings or is

it a test, part of our

growing pains, to

help make me better?

Fast Begins 5:22 am

Shacharit at 6:30 am

Followed by the Pidyon Haben & Breakfast at 7:30 am The siyum will follow breakfast

Yom Haatzmaut

Israel Independence Day

Israel's 69th Birthday

Monday Evening, May 1st

7:00 pm Mincha

Followed by a Special Service

Joint Program with Baron Hirsch Congregation & Young Israel

Here At

Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Synagogue

• A memorial for fallen soldiers and terror victims

• Children’s choir and choreography

• Prayers for Israel

• Inspirational talks on Israel

• Music and dancing to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday!

This program is being coordinated by the Kollel Torah Mitzion and the Bat Ami girls. Don’t miss it.

Come and show your support. Invite a friend to join us.

Shabbos Hagadol Drasha

Shabbat, April 8th

5:55 pm

Traditional Pre-Pesach Talk by Rabbi Finkelstein

The Changing Role of the Parent

In Education

To what extent is the role of the teacher,

and the Rabbi or Rebbe to teach?

To what extent is it the parent's

role to teach?

Bedikat Chametz Search for Chametz

An integral part of the Pesach obligations is to search one's home the night before Pesach.

All rooms of the house should be thoroughly searched (this is in addition to the preliminary cleaning). If there is a room that one literally never goes into, then it is exempt from being searched. Immediately prior to the search, one recites, "Baruch Ata Hashem E-lokeinu melech ha-olam, asher kidishanu be-mitzvotav, ve-tzivanu al biur chametz."

Following the search one says "All chametz or chametz products which I have in my possession, which I have seen and which I have not seen, which I have removed and which I have not removed, should be null and considered like the dust of the earth."

On the morning, of Erev Pesach, after burning the chametz or after removing it all from one's possession, one should say, before the time listed on the front of this publication, "All chametz or chametz products which I have in my possession, which I have seen and which I have not seen, which I have removed, and which I have not removed, should be null and considered like the dust of the earth."

What If I'm Going on a Trip? When Do I Search For Chametz?

One who goes on a trip within 30 days before Pesach must search for chametz the night before leaving, with a candle and all. However, no blessing is recited. You should also sell your chametz before leaving. One should then remember, on your vacation to

annul the chametz the morning of erev Pesach before “the latest time to own chametz” listed on the front.

What Do We Eat on Erev Pesach?

One cannot eat matzah because before Pesach one refrains from matzah for at least 2 weeks, if not a month, depending upon your custom. Refer to the front page for this year’s times after which chametz cannot be consumed and owned. After 1:00 pm one should not eat a big meal. Some even restrict the eating of matzah meal products on the eve of Pesach. In a case of necessity, one may eat matzah meal products before Pesach. What's left to eat is fish, salad, fruit, and potato starch products. The idea is to maintain a healthy appetite for the seder.

What Is Considered a Legume and Is Hence Forbidden?

Rice, corn, peas, mustard seed, beans (kidney, lima, garbanzo, bean sprouts, etc.), green beans, sesame seeds, peanuts, soybeans, millet, sunflower seeds, alfalfa sprouts, tofu. All these may be used as pet food or medicine.

What Can One Do on the Intermediate Days of Pesach (in Between the First Two Days and the Last Two Days)?

This period is called Chol Hamoed. Well, of course the prohibition of chametz still applies, and some say that the more Shemura Matzah you eat, the more

mitzvot you get. Beyond that, it is permissible to go to work only if absolutely necessary, and all work may be done which is for the holiday, for the community, for a mitzvah, and any work which requires no skill, such as flicking a switch, and the like. In the end, just about any work can be justified on Chol Hamoed, but the idea is to focus on holy matters during this time and to make it a part of the holiday.

What's the Recipe for Charoset?

Charoset, the dip for the maror, was viewed by Maimonides and others as the quintessential Pesach dip, fit for dipping matzah, celery, and almost anything at the Seder. It consists of cinnamon, apples, wine, and nuts, all chopped together. Some Sephardic Jews use fried dates, raisins,

vinegar, and cinnamon. (Try it. It's tasty.)

What Is Shemura Matzah?

Most matzah is guarded and protected from chametz since the

time of grinding the grains. Many authorities say that the matzah for the first two nights must be guarded from the time of harvesting. This is what is called Shemura Matzah. Take note that not all matzah in the store is marked as Kosher for Passover. Egg matzah on Pesach should only be used by children and the infirmed.

Laws of Pesach

All pill medication — with or without chametz — that one swallows is permitted. Vitamins and food supplements do not necessarily fall into this category, and each person should consult with their Rabbi.

Liquid and chewable medications that may contain chametz should only be used under the direction of a Doctor and Rabbi, who will judge the severity of the illness, the likelihood that the medicine contains chametz, and the possibility of substituting a swallowable pill. Important: Do not discontinue use of liquid, chewable or any other medicine without consulting with your Doctor and Rabbi.

Liquid and chewable medications that contain kitniyos may be consumed by someone who is ill. An otherwise healthy person, who would like to consume a liquid or chewable medicine to relieve a minor discomfort, should only do so if the product is known to be free of kitniyos.

COSMETICS & TOILETRIES

All varieties of blush, body soap, creams, eye shadow, eyeliner, face powder, foot powder, ink. lotions, mascara, nail polish, ointments, paint, shampoo, and stick deodorant are permitted for use on Pesach — regardless of the ingredients contained within them.

Many liquid deodorants, hairsprays, perfumes, colognes, and shaving lotions contain denatured alcohol, and therefore should not be used on Pesach unless they are listed as chometz-free on a reliable list of Pesach products.

MEDICINES COSMETICS & TOILETRIES FOR PESACH

Acceptable Without Passover Certification According To The CRC: Aluminum Foil, Pans Ammonia Baby food; Gerber 2nd Foods, 4.oz Glass Jars ONLY, Carrots and Squash with year round Kosher symbol Baby Oil, Ointment, Powder Baking Soda Bleach Blush Carrots, if additive free Charcoal Cocoa Powder, if 100% pure, including Hershey’s Coffee (Chock Full O Nuts reg. unflav ground, Folgers Reg Unflavored instant, Sanka (KPF symbol required), Taster’s Choice, reg unflavored instant Coffee Beans which are whole, unflavored and not decaf Coffee Filters Contact Lens Solution Creams, Cosmetics Dentures Detergent Dishwashing Soap and Powder Eye Drops Eye Liner, Shadow Frozen or raw fish with no additives bearing a kosher cer-tification. Furniture Polish Glue Hair Gel Ice In A Bag Juice-JUICES, FROZEN, Any 100% pure White Grapefruit or Orange frozen juices without sweeteners, additives, preservatives or enrichments (e.g. calcium) added, may be used. All other frozen juice products require reliable KFP certification. Isopropyl Alcohol Laundry Detergent Lemon Juice, ReaLemon Juice, liquid

Liquid Dish Detergent Lotions Mascara Meat and poultry- raw, fresh or frozen- as long as it is ko-sher, all Empire poultry is acceptable except turkey burg-ers, all Vaad Hakehilot of Memphis meats at Kroger’s are acceptable. Outside processed meats could be non Pass-over approved. Does not require OUP: Rubashkin, 999, International Glatt Kosher. Abeles and Heymann, Teva, Meal Mart Milk, Eggs, purchase prior to Pesach Mineral Oil Mousse (For Hair) Nail Polish And Remover Napkins Olive Oil, Extra Virgin Unflavored Oven Cleaner Paper, Including Bags, Napkins, Plates, Wax Paper (Paper Plates Only With Cold Food Unless Certified For Pesach) Plastic Wrap Polish Hand Sanitizers (Eg. Purell) Salads, all fresh packaged salads bearing the plain Star-K Salt All brands of non-iodized salt that do not contain dex-trose or polysorbates may be used. (If it contains sodium silicate it is not a problem). Scouring Pads Shampoo Silver Polish Stick Deodorant Tea, Nestea instant both reg and decaf unflavored Vaseline Wax Paper Wood Chips

Items Which Don't Require Specific Supervision For Passover

Kitniyot

Kitniyot are products which although containing no grain may not be used on Pesach due to their similarity to grain.

• Anise

• Cumin

• Nutra Sweet

• Ascorbic Acid

• Dextrose

• Peanuts

• Aspartame

• Emulsifiers

• Peas

• Beans

• Fennel

• Poppy Seeds

• Bean Sprouts

• Fenugreek

• Rice

• BHA (in corn oil)

• Flavors (may be chometz)

• Sesame Seeds

• Glucose

• Sodium Erythorbate1

• Buckwheat

• Green Beans

• Sorbitan

• Calcium Ascorbate

• Guar Gum

• Sorbitol

• Canola Oil (Rapeseed)

• H.V.P. (possibly chometz)

• Soy Beans

• Caraway Seeds

• Isolated Soy Protein

• Stabilizers

• Chickpeas

• Isomerized Syrup

• Starch (possibly chometz)

• Citric Acid (according to some authorities)

• Kasha (Buckwheat)

• Sunflower Seeds

• Confectioners Sugar (possibly chometz)

• Lecithin

• Tofu

• Malto-Dextrin

• Vitamin C (according to some authorities. In case of need it may be swallowed as a pill)

• Millet

• Coriander

• MSG

• Corn

• Mustard Flour

Questions for the Seder

What are some questions that are not asked in the mah nishtana questions?

There are three models for a successful seder; A. Questions and answers; This seder thrives on pure discussion. B. Story telling; This seder is energized by the power of the story tellers. and C. Acting out. This seder model is based on group involvement in the telling process. Parts can be given out and people can be asked to act in character. One can be the wise son, one Rabbi Akiva, etc. I have a few plays on hand for those who wish to use them. Below are some questions to get discussion going.

1. Are we free today? What does it mean to be free?

2. G-d did most of the action during the exodus, while the Jews did very little. Is it possible to save yourself? Why is it hard?

3. What makes people be a rasha, the wicked son?

4. What sort of answer is the wise son looking for?

5. Is the bentching part of the hagadah? How is that?

6. What is the point of recounting the woes of the Jews in Egypt and through the ages?

7. Why did G-d send us to Egypt only to come out 210 years later?

Kiddush; How is the Kiddush part of the Haggadah? Or isn't it?

Ha lachma anya; Why is this invitation to all to join, the only one paragraph in Aramaic?

How is matza a "bread of affliction"?

Where is the bracha over the Hagadah? Where is the Shehechiyanu for the Matza and the Hagadah? Where is the She-asa nissim that we make on Hanukah and Purim?

Before the meal, we say "asher ge-alanu, who redeemed Israel.. and helped us reach this day (ve-higiyanu) to eat matza and maror..." This may be seen as all of the above, the beracha of the Hagadah, the shehecheyanu, and the blessing of miracles.

The kiddush is the bracha of the Hagadah.

The phrase: Baruch Hamakom, blessed is the Omnipresent, before the 4 sons- is the beracha.

We don't make berachot on things that have no limit or which depend on another person such as charity and Hagadah telling.

We don't make berachot on things which are themselves words of thanksgiving and praise.

Find 5 places in the Hagadah that Israel or the Land (referring just to Israel) is mentioned.

1. In the section known as "at the beginning, our ancestors were idol worshippers- Metechilah.

2. In the dayenu several times.

3. Toward the end of the Magid, after "in every generation..." before Hallel.

4. In bentching, several times.

5. It is not overemphasized since the entry to Israel was not on the night of Pesach.

How many times is the story of the Exodus told in some form in the Hagadah? (find 3)

1. Avadim hayinu, we were slaves

2. Metichilah, at first we were idol worshippers and now we are close to You...

3. In Baruch shomer havtachato... Blessed is the One who keeps his promises to Israel..

4. In the Aramean section Tze Ulmad... Arami oved avi...

5. In the Rabban Gamliel section re. Pesach, matza, and maror.

(6. It is alluded to in the story of the rabbis who told the story all night. see A2.)

It is repeated so many times because the more you tell, the better.

When is Moshe mentioned in the Hagadah?

1. Generally, we don't wish to emphasize Moshe in the Hagadah since it takes away from the central theme of G-d's exodus, but Maimonides does mention Moses. Rabbi Soloveitchik says that Moses comes into the Hagadah as the master teacher, not the redeemer.

2. He is mentioned in some optional parts of the Hagadah, after the ten plagues, in the section known as Rabbi Yossi Hagelili.

I. The Four Stories

Story A. Avadim Hayinu, We Were Slaves and Then We Were Redeemed

1. If He had not taken us out we would still be slaves

Is this really true? Can’t we take

ourselves out of Egypt? Can’t we cure ourselves?

Without a miracle, can the meshiach come in our time?

Can't we take ourselves out of Egypt? Can't we cure ourselves?

R. Yisrael Tchortchotov: Only we can save ourselves but the Exodus opened the door for us to help ourselves. On the one hand we say, everything is in Heaven's hands except for the fear of Heaven, meaning that moral decisions are made by us. However, in our morning prayers we ask that G-d save us from the evil inclination, as if He were in charge of that aspect of life. The Talmud in Shabbat 53b states that Reuben prayed to avoid sinning and was heard. Joseph conjured up images of his father and avoided sin. He was able to master sin on his own.

Similar issues have been raised visa- vis the redemption of the Jewish people. Can we redeem ourselves or must G-d do so for us? There is a dispute as to whether the Temple of the future will be built by Messiah (Rambam) or by G-d who will send a fiery image of the Temple from heaven (Rashi).

2. We Need To Tell the Story Even if We Are Wise

What is the point of telling the story if you know it already?

What is the role of the wise man? Is he to find new meanings or to repeat what others say?

One of the Ponovich Yeshiva Rabbis writes that there is an obligation to tell the story even if there is nothing new. Is that the message? One school of Yeshivahs emphasizes the attainment of new ideas. Others support the study of what is. What did the rabbis discuss all night, old stuff or new? The fact that each of the stories of the Hagadah must be accompanied by either a way of personalizing it or by interpretation could be seen to mean that new ideas and views must be expressed.

3. The More We Tell the Better

4. A Story of Rabbi Akiva and Friends

Why is this so significant?

a) It is an allusion to an out of body experience by these mystics. That's why they didn't know what time it was.

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Your Handy Guide to a Meaningful Seder Juicy Questions for the Seder

by Rabbi Joel M. Finkelstein

b) Just as we read passages of Mishna on a daily basis in order to be as if we had brought all the actual sacriifices, so do we hope that by telling the story of those great scholars who had lengthy discussions of the Seder that it would be as if we did as well.

c) Sefas Emes: It is possible they actually did nothing else, forgot to eat the matzo and maror. Nowadays the most important thing is the story. The words were in place of the actions.

d) Symbolically, says Reb Yehoshua of Belz, it means that the time has come for the Torah of these hidden Rabbis to come forth like the morning to allow all to hear of the Torah and of redemption.

5. Rabbi Elazar Ben Azaryah is Prematurely Gray Why is this mentioned? Is the question of how old he looks really pertinent?

6. The Four Sons

In what way do we all have a little of each in us?

What is it better to be, wise and questioning or simple and accepting?

The reader of the Hagadah first reacts by saying, "I'm too smart to reread the same old stories." The Hagadah informed him that no one is too smart to engage in Hagadah. The evil inclination then says, "fine, if I'm not too smart for the Hagadah then I must be too simple. I can't keep up with Rabbi Akiva and friends all night. Besides, I don't have any learned questions. My questions are more along the lines of, "What? Are you kidding? I am not worthy of being part of the Hagadah process." To answer these concerns, the Hagadah tells of the four sons.

What do they represent?

a) They represent four levels of Exodus. Exodus means to be removed from the physicality of Egypt. One son is totally immersed in spirituality. One son makes the Torah the center of his life with some engagement with the world as most should. One makes work the center, but thinks about G-d occasionally. One is still in Egypt.

b) They represent four questions (Sefas Emes). The righteous wants to know what the response to evil is (mitzvot). The wicked wants to know what he gets out of it. He is locked in physicality, so he cannot get out. The simple son wants to know what benefit anyone gets from it. The simple son thinks evil can be eradicated but it

(Continued from previous page ) cannot in this exile, so he has nothing to say.

Knock Out

The Hagadah’s response to the wicked son seems very harsh and futile. It tells us to “weaken his teeth,” or perhaps to “blunt his teeth,” or to “set his teeth on edge” or rebuke him. Isn’t that a little harsh? How can we explain this?

Story B. We Used to Be Idol Worshipers and Now We Worship G-d

”Then G-d brought us close to His worship.“ Who makes us close to G-d? Can I thank G-d for making me close with him?

We start the story from slavery, from Terach, father of Abraham, and from Laban, oppressor of Jacob. Which start makes more sense and why?

1) This is the Hagadah of the wicked, but the Rasha, the wicked, can also spell Shaar, a gate to repentance, to go from idolatry to G-d as our ancestors did.

2) "Then G-d brought us close to His worship." Again, is it G-d who changes our spiritual state, or is that solely in our hands? Shmuel, who advocated telling the story only of slavery, says that we can only thank G-d for the physical exodus. Our spiritual strides were of our own making. Rav says that we can thank G-d even for our spiritual exploits. The Talmud says that G-d forced us to accept the Torah at Sinai. Accepting the Torah is just accepting the responsibility. The actual performance is up to us. We call G-d the Giver of the Torah. We are the ones who choose to perform it or not. Perhaps that's why Rav says, G-d brought us close to His worship. He brought us close. It is our job to do something about our closeness.

Story C. 400 Years of Slavery and Then the Great Spoils

Why was it all worth it? To remove the souls who were locked into captivity (the converts).

1. Vehee She-amdah, in every generation they try to destroy us

It has stood for us all these years, for not one has stood up against us, rather in every generation they try to destroy us. What has stood for us? What has sustained us for so many centuries?

Sefas Emes: It has stood for us all these years. What has? The exile and the redemption. The trials of Egypt prepared us for later exiles, and the redemption gave us hope for a future redemption.

Story D. Laban and the Wandering Aramean

Part of the Hagadah is the midrash on a passage from the book of Devarim, Deuteronomy. “My father was a wandering Aramean” Why can't we just

read the passage? Why do we have to interpret it? Why must we interpret every word of this passage as the Mishnah mandates?

Sefas Emes: we need to look beneath the surface in all of our sufferings to interpret it for the good, to find G-d in times of sorrow. We must find the anti-Semite beneath the calm exterior, as with Laban, and we must find in the "hand of G-d" not one miracle or ten but 250 or more.

You Shouldn’t Know From Such Things

Rabbi Akiva said, how do we know that every single plague that the Egyptians had was really five plagues?… Why did Rabbi Akiva attempt to find extra plagues? Weren’t the 10 plagues enough?

II. Another way to tell the story

A. Rabban Gamliel: One Needs to Explain These Three Things, Pesach, Matzah, and Maror

Rabban Gamliel says you have to tell the story through the Pesach, Matzah and Maror. Why?

1) Exodus means to remove words from exile, from obscurity and hiddenness. At the Seder, by answering questions, we redeem ideas from latency and murkiness.

2) Why is Pesach the name of this holiday and why does that aspect of the holiday overshadow other miracles? (Sefas Emes) Because Pesach means to skip over, meaning that redemption may not be linear. It can take leaps and make skips. We can elevate ourselves at a breakneck speed.

Hallel is the praise of G-d after we tell the story. Is this part of the story? Explain.

The last cup; Shefoch Hamoscha: Pour out Your wrath on the gentiles who know you not. Isn’t this a little harsh?

Chad Gadya

R. Nasan Adler, Frankfort: The cat is wrong, so the dog is right, so the stick is wrong, G-d turns out to be wrong?! What is going on? People have argued that Israel is engaged in a cycle of violence. What is our response to that?

Acting out

How would it feel to be an old person going out? A young person? An Egyptian convert to Judaism? What would the bones of Joseph, which Moses carried out, say if they could talk?

We were slaves to Paro, Avadim hayinu lefaro be’mitzraim. Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Rav, pointed out that it does not say that we were slaves of Paro but that we were slaves to Paro, and there is a difference. Paro’s slaves implies that we were existentially, fundamentally, internally, intrinsically simply his slaves. Slaves to Paro connotes that we were indeed slaves, but only extrinsically, externally, by trade and legally we were slaves, but inside we remained true to ourselves, free to serve G-d. When Moshe was shown the burning bush, says the Rav, G-d was telling him that the Israelites may seem consumed by the fire of slavery, but inside they are not consumed. The human soul burns bright. Human freedom is always there, if even buried deep inside each person’s façade of servitude. This is why, says the Rav, we say at the end of the haggadah, that one day we will thank G-d for our redemption, geulateinu, and for pedut nafsheinu, the redemption of our souls, because he not only do we look forward to getting out of exile physically, but we hope to save our souls, to show that we had not lost our souls, to find our inner selves again! The goal of Pesach, indeed of all of the Torah, is to find our souls under the clutter of foreign cultural, and outside noise.

The Four Sons, the one who cannot ask, you open for him Our job, said the Kotzker Rebbe, is not to solve all the problems but to open others to the Torah. That is why, he says, that the Torah tells us to put the Torah on our hearts and not in our hearts. We can’t always put the Torah in our hearts because our hearts are not always open. What we can do is put the Torah close to our hearts so that on the occasion that the heart opens up, it will be there for the taking. So too with the son who cannot ask, we can’t necessarily put the Torah in his or her heart, but what we can do is open her up to the torah, and hopefully the Torah will come in. Our job on Pesach is to be open to the torah, to put ourselves in the proximity of Torah and hopefully the Torah will fall into the open the door, the open mind.

It was for this (the Matzah) that we went out of Egypt Rav Velvel Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav wrote that while most people read the sentence one way, it is actually the opposite. It does not mean, because of our eating matza in Egypt, G-d took us out of Egypt then, but rather that because of this now, that we are eating matzah, G-d took us out of Egypt. As Rav Jonathan Saks points out, the Brisker Rav was saying that we don’t act today because of history. History was there to bring us to this day, to actuate the halacha, the Jewish practices of today. We are not driven by history. History is driven by its anticipation of the glorious present and future.

Baruch Hamakom, Blessed be is the Omnipresent (the Place) Why does the Seder use this expression to describe G-d, as the Place, the Makom? The Rav explains that in our daily Kedusha, we say two main lines; Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh, Hashem tzvakot.. That G-d is holy, holy, holy… all the earth is filled with His glory. And we also say Blessed is Hashem from His place, makom. What is the difference? Isaiah who lived in the days of the Holy Temple said that G-d was here on earth, all over. But Ezekiel who experienced exile saw G-d as distant and yet present. At the Seder, as we describe the exodus but also the exile in Egypt, we speak of G-d who was distant and yet present. For this reason, at a Shiva, G-d forbid, we say to the mourners, Hamakom, The Place, the Omnipresent, may He comfort you. Why this expression on this occasion too? Because when we feel that G-d is distant, be it at a time of personal or communal tragedy, we are reminded that although He may not be imminent, and He may feel more distant, He is always with us from His place. Pesach is all about G-d being with us in redemption, but in Egypt as well.

Once our ancestors were worshippers of idols, Metechilah ovdei avodah zarah… The Rav said that a Jew must remember that we were not chosen because we were special, because we were so smart or so good. Our ancestor, Terach, worshipped the idols like the rest of them. In fact, he sold the idols to everyone else. Our relationship with G-d is a gift, a present, a grace from G-d for which we need to be grateful that He gave us the chance to find Him. Pesach is about being thankful for the gift of Torah, of being shown the way.

Arami oved avi, My father was a wandering Aramean It also translates as, An Aramean tried to destroy my ancestor, and then it goes on to say, and he (Jacob) went down to Egypt. What is the connection between Laban the Aramean and Jacob going to Egypt? Rav Zalman Sorotzkin, of early 20th cent. Jerusalem said, because we made a pact with Laban never to come back to Aram, Jacob was forced to go to Egypt and not Mesopotamia to get food. Our roots are in the Fertile Crescent. When a Jew goes to Egypt he is going the wrong way. It was Laban who forced us to go in the wrong direction! Pesach is about finding our way back to our roots!

We could not linger We all know the bread had no time to rise. What was the rush? Well, say the rabbis, if we stayed in Egypt even for another moment, we would have been so assimilated, so lost that we would never be able to get out of Egypt. Rav Sorotzkin asked, why were we so close to total assimilation? What happened? Well, says the Midrash, in

Comments on the Hagadah, From the Desk of the Rabbi

Egpyt we didn’t change our language, our clothing or our names. Sounds good, right? No, that was all we did. Our whole Judaism was cultural. We had our own language and style of dress and unique Jewish names. Says Rav Sorotzkin, common culture can preserve us, but not for long. Had the Jews been in Egypt more than their 210 years, we would have been completely lost, but in the last 2,000 years, with not just culture, but with Torah, we have been able to survive not 210 years, but 2000 years because Torah preserves us more than simply a Jewish culture could ever do.

Dayeinu, Enough! Rabbi Norman Lamm of Yeshiva University said that we emphasize the idea of Dayeinu, that if we just had this or that we would have been thankful and appreciative because in the desert, the Jews had the opposite attitude. We got mann from heaven but we complained we didn’t have meat. G-d protected us but we longed for the good old days in Egypt. To counter this attitude of old, we try to be extra thankful for every step of the way on Pesach. Pesach is about being thankful for what we have, even if it is not until next year that we will be in Jerusalem!

We are so particularistic, so parochial, so tribal! Well, yes, says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, we do our own thing. Our story is ours. But this story of Exodus and freedom has inspired everyone since the American Revolution to Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King. Our job is not to be Universalists. Our job is to be the best Jews we can be. This will in turn inspire other nations to follow our path. Seems unlikely? Well, the last 3,000 years have proven it to be true. Our tribal culture has changed the whole world.

Opening the door, Shefoch Chamatcha al hagoyim, pour out Your wrath against the nations that know you not What are these verses of wrath doing in the midst of Hallel, Psalms of praise? Rather, since we are talking about the Exodus whose purpose it was to make G-d known in this world, and today we live in a world in which there are still pagans in the world, and it was the pagans, the Romans who destroyed the Temple, so we pray for the wrath to be poured on those uncouth nations that do not acknowledge the story we have told tonight. But, said Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi, we do not refer to the Christians and Muslims among whom we live, since they accept the story of the Torah.

Question: We say “next year in Jerusalem.” Does this refer simply to our location or does this mean something else?

“Blessed is the One Who Keeps His Promise to Israel, Blessed is He. For the Holy One Blessed be He figured the end (of our exile) as He told Avraham our forefather in the Covenant of the Parts, For your children will be slaves in a land which is not theirs, four hundred years….”

How could G-d say we would be slaves for 400 years when it was actually 210?

1. That’s what it means that He ‘figured out the end.’ He gave us a discount, based on a different calculation. What is that? To count from the birth of Isaac who was a stranger in his land, though not a slave.

2. According to Pirkei D’Rabbi Eliezer, Ephraim and Menashe were born in Egypt 5 years before Jacob arrived so they were in Egypt for 215 years, and since Jews worked day and night, it totals 430 as the verse says in Exodus 12, 40.

3. The Tzlach says that the servitude was so hard that it counts as 400.

4. The Chidah says that since we multiplied so surprisingly, we were able to do the work of 400 years in 210.

5. The Chatam Sofer writes that once we became G-d’s ‘property’ and slaves, our sanctification removes us from our bondage and we went out early.

6. G-d said 400 years but he also said we would be there only 4 generations. He generously granted us to be there only according to the latter formulation.

7. The Steipler Rav wrote that He was forced to redeem us sooner so that we would not be completely assimilated.

It was a matter of 400 years worth of humiliation. But due to the lowered morality of Egypt, it was so degrading to work for such a degenerate society, that it counted as the degradation of 400 years.

“Kosherizing” Your Kitchen for Pesach

• Countertops of artificial materials such as formica should be koshered; boil water in a pot which has not been used for 24 hours and pour it on the counter. Then cover the counter.

• Countertops of natural stone, smooth wood, metal should be koshered and need not be covered.

• Stovetops should not be used for 24 hours, then turned on high and the areas between burners should be cov-ered.

• Self cleaning ovens should be left unused for 24 hours, then set on self clean.

• Regular ovens should be thoroughly cleaned, left for 24 hours and then turned on high for one hour. Best to con-tinue to cover racks afterwards or kasher those racks in the self cleaning oven.

• Microwave ovens must be cleaned thoroughly, and not be used for 24 hours. Then boil a cup of water in it for over 5 minutes. Remove the glass tray. It cannot be used. Cover all foods prepared during Pesach in the oven.

The Sale of Chametz 5777

No Jew should own any chametz after April 10th, 2017 11:40 a.m.

Rabbi Finkelstein is authorized to sell to a gentile, the chametz belonging to all those who fill out the enclosed form. It would be preferable to appoint Rabbi Finkelstein in person as your agent. After services in the morning and evening is a good time to do so. The Rabbi is available at any other time in the office as well. If you cannot come in person, please mail this form to Rabbi Finkelstein by April 7th, appointing him as your agent “with complete faith.” If it does not arrive in his hands by the correct time, he cannot sell the chametz for you. If you'd like, you may include in the form the value and exact location of the sold Chametz.

Detach and Mail

Delegation of Power of Attorney

For Sale of Chometz

Know ye, that I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi Finkelstein to act in my place and stead, and in my behalf to sell all CHOMETZ possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) as defined by the Torah and Rabbinic Law (eg. Chometz, doubt of Chometz, and all kinds of Chometz mixtures). Also Chometz that tends to harden and adhere to a surface of pans, pots, or cooking and usable utensils, and all kinds of live animals that have been eating Chometz or mixtures thereof. And to lease all places wherein the Chometz owned by me may be found, especially in the premises located at the location indicated below and elsewhere, including

______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Rabbi Finkelstein has the full right to sell and to lease by transactions, as he deems fit and proper and for such time which he believes necessary in accordance with all detailed terms and detailed forms as explained in the general authorization contract. This general authorization is made a part of this agreement. Also do I hereby give the said Rabbi Finkelstein full power and authority to appoint a substitute in his stead with full power to sell and to lease as provided herein. The above given power is in conformity with all Torah, Rabbinical regulations and laws and also in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee and of the United States. And to this I hereby affix my signature on this ____ day of the month of _______ in the Jewish year of 5777, corresponding to the year 2017 CE.

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Don’t Make a Faux Pas With Your Quinoa

In 2007 Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, the Head of the Beis Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, issued a ruling that quinoa is not considered kitniyos and therefore may be used on Pesach. Most of the quinoa comes from Peru and Bolivia and has been grown in areas where other (problematic for Pesach) grains were generally not grown. However, as the popularity of quinoa has risen, this is no longer the absolute case. This was confirmed this year by a Star-K mashgiach who visited Bolivia and found that barley does indeed grow in those areas. It was also recently discovered that some farmers cover their quinoa with barley and/or oats to keep the birds from eating the quinoa while it dries. Finally, there is a concern that the sacks used to transfer the quinoa may have been previously used to hold barley or oats.

We have, therefore, determined that the only way to allow quinoa for use on Pesach is to track the quinoa from certain farms that are free from the above concerns. The Star-K spearheaded this endeavor and sent a mashgiach to find such a farm. While they were successful in their search, it proved to be challenging from a practical point of view, as the company visited generally sells their products in large quantities. The Star-K has now worked with other companies to pack the usable quinoa into smaller packages, and the following option has been approved for Pesach quinoa consumption: The following products are approved for Passover use when bearing the STAR-K symbol and a “Best By” date of 2/01/19 through 2/28/19. A Kosher for Passover statement on label is not necessary. Ancient Harvest White Grains Traditional Quinoa, Organic (12 oz. box, 27 oz. pouch) Inca Red Grains Quinoa, Organic (12 oz. box) Tricolor Grains Harmony Blend Quinoa, Organic (12 oz. box)

Spring Shabbat Afternoon

Lecture Series

One Hour Before Mincha

May 13th, 6:25 pm

The Role of Mothers in Judaism

Fathers seem to play a more central role in Judaism.

How is the mother seen in Biblical and Talmudic eyes?

What does this mean for us today?

May 20th, 6:30 pm

The Role of Jerusalem in Judaism

What role did Jerusalem play when Jews could go and when

they couldn't go to Jerusalem?

May 27th, 6:35 pm

The Role of Leisure in Judaism

In pre-modern times, there was little time for leisure, and

yet today leisure is so central to our lives. Is there a Torah

view on leisure?

Singing

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Mr. & Mrs. Sam Weinreich BENJAMIN KORNBERG

Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Kornberg JOHANNA SILBERSTEIN MELVIN SILBERSTEIN

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Wolf & Family Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Denaberg & Family Mr. Maynard Evensky Mr. & Mrs. Bubba Silberstein & Family

ALBERT BERNSTEIN Mrs. Louise Morris

ROSE BUSSEL Ms. Fay Marker & Family

MORRIS KATZ Mr. Jerome Katz

MADELEINE BLUESTEIN Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Notowich

DR. JERRY KAPLAN Mrs. Esther Lubin

ISADORE MALKIN Mr. Alvin Malkin

JACK HERMAN GOLD Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gold

DAVID ENGELMAN Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cohen & Family

ROSE D. RIESENBERG Mr. Gene Riesenberg Mr. Bruce Riesenberg

LAVERNE BERNATSKY STRUMINGER Mr. & Mrs. Steve Shankman Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Ballin Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Elster Mrs. Evelyn Simkin Mr. David Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kirich Mr. & Mrs. Mannie Scheinberg Mr. & Mrs. Joe Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Michael Greenberg Dr. & Mrs. Marc Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Levy

MORRIS RAYFIELD Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Schoenfeld

SAMUEL WOLFF Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wolff

NINA ALTMON KATZ Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Katz

JENNIE SILVERSTEIN Mr. Ronnie O’Mell

REUBEN FRIENER Mr. Barry Friener

SIMON WAKSBERG Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Weatherly

DOROTHY GOLDSTEIN Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fox

BEDE YAFFE Dr. Sherwin Yaffe

DORA LIEBERMAN Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Lieberman

S. EARL LEVINE Mrs. Fay LeVine

IRVIN SMITH Mr. & Mrs. Martin Newman

MADELYNNE BITTNER CANTOR Mr. Murray Cantor

EDNA CANTOR CARB Ms. Francine Brown

LEON GERSTEN Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Levy

RECOVERY OF BOB TAYLOR

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Back MARK WENDER

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wagerman Stacy & Blake Wagerman

DR. MARTEN LAZAR Mrs. Diana Lazar, Laura & Jennifer

DR. IRA WEINSTEIN Mrs. Shirley Kaplan Mrs. Paula Kaplan & David Kaplan Dr. Marten Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Joe Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. David Attias Mrs. Bess Lubin Mrs. Fay LeVine Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan

MOTHER OF DIANNE COOPERMAN Mr. & Mrs. Joe Goldstein

DR. SHERWIN YAFFE Mr. & Mrs. David Attias Mrs. Fay LeVine Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan

IRIS HARKAVY Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan

MARILYN LEE Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cohen & Family Mrs. Shirley Kaplan

LARRY SHANTZ Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan

STUART ZALOWITZ Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan

BRANDON KWATNEZ, GRANDSON Mr. & Mrs. Herman Goldberger

IN HONOR OF TRACY BAER ON HER GRADUATION

Mrs. Rose Silverman TISHA B’AV

Ms. Susan Myers SAM & FRIEDA WEINREICH ON THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND ON THE 97TH BIRTHDAY OF SAM WEINREICH

Dr. & Mrs. Ira Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Biller Dr. & Mrs. Maury Bronstein Mr. & Mrs. L. Allen Exelbierd Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Shankman Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Lebovits Mr. & Mrs. David Attias Mr. David Kaplan Mrs. Paula Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Lipsey Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bilsky

IRIS HARKAVY ON RECEIVING A LE BONHEUR HONOR

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Weinstein ESTALINE KATZ ON HER BIRTHDAY OUR OUTSTANDING RABBI JOEL FINKELSTEIN AND HIS FAMILY

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Goldstein IN HONOR OF JULIE LEVY

Dr. Nancy L. Adler BROOKE & RYAN LUBIN’S NEW HOME

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lit BOBBIE & HERMAN GOLDBERGER RECEIVING THE LEGACY PEARL AWARD

Mr. & Mrs. Stan Elster

BAR MITZVAH OF A. L. KLEIN, SON OF RIVKY & RABBI KLEIN

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cohen & Family MARTHA WAGERMAN FOR HER DEDICATION TO ASBEE

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kaplan ANNA & JACK COHEN ON THEIR 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Ms. Carol Lipman Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beck Mrs. Shirley Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Stuart LaVene

JULIE & MARSHALL LEVY ON THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY JENNIFER & JOE ROBERTS DR. MICHAEL & ELAINE FOX

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Lebovits MAYER EISMAN ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY

Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Caraway Mrs. Shirley Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Alan Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beck Mrs. Betty Green

AUDREY JOFFRE ON HER BIRTHDAY Mr. & Mrs. David Attias

BEST WISHES ASBEE Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Klein

DOVID MENACHEM BROWN TALMUD SHIUR FUND IN MEMORY OF LORRAINE E. BROWN

Mrs. Julie B. Roll LEON GERSTEN DOVID MENACHEM BROWN

Mr. Larry Brown

BROWN-ENGELBERG JEWISH MUSIC FUND IN MEMORY OF INA EISEMAN MANUEL BROWN MERIAM COOPER MIKE BROWN LAVERNE B. STRUMINGER

Mr. Larry Brown

CHAYA ROSENBRG LEIB ROSENBERG ERWIN LAMENSDORF

Mrs. Sonia R. Lamensdorf RECOVERY OF DR. IRA WEINSTEIN

Mr. Larry Brown

NORMA LIT TORAH & TZEDAKAH FUND IN MEMORY OF ABRAM MAKOWSKY BEN MAKOWSKY DR. ROBERT BUCHALTER ELLIOT ABEL HERB NOTOWICH DR. HOWARD MARKER LAVERNE B. STRUMINGER

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lit NORMA LIT IRVIN LIT

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Lit

RECOVERY OF IRIS HARKAVY DR. IRA WEINSTEIN IN HONOR OF TESHA MAKOWSKY

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lit

HARRY COOPER HUMANITARIAN FUND IN MEMORY OF BELLE COOPER WEISS AARON WEISS

Mrs. Madolyn W. Frockt HARRY COOPER

Mr. Stephen Cooper HARRY COOPER GILBERT COOPER BELLE COOPER WEISS AARON WEISS

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Cooper RACHEL COOPER PLATKIN

Mrs. Myrna Platkin & Family RACHEL COOPER PLATKIN LOUIS COOPER JOCELYN LEIBOVICH

Mrs. Meriam Cooper JOCELYN LEIBOVICH JOSEPH LEIBOVICH

Dr. L. L. Spindler Mr. & Mrs. Louis Leibovich

JOSEPH LEIBOVICH Mr. & Mrs. Louis Leibovich

MERIAM COOPER Mr. & Mrs. Vance Shappley Mrs. Esther K. Lubin Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Levy Mr. & Mrs. L. Allen Exelbierd Mrs. Rosa Lee Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mendelson Mr. Daniel Frockt Mrs. Shirley Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Makowsky Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lit Mr. & Mrs. Max Ostrow Ms. Francine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Harold Brooks Dr. L. L. Spindler Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lit Mr. Sam Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Irving Weiss Ms. Goldie Richman & Lee Richman Gordon Charanan & Sherri Richman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wender Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beck Mr. & Mrs. Morris Kriger Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Notowich Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Perl Mrs. Selene Gorel

MINDEL WEISS Mrs. Madolyn W. Frockt

RECOVERY OF IRIS HARKAVY

Mr. & Mrs. Morris Kriger

IN HONOR OF BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER, JOCELYN BELLE ABIS

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Cooper MADOLYN FROCKT

Mr. & Mrs. Irving Weiss LAWRENCE COOPER

The Cooper Family

JOFFRE-GLASS FUND IN MEMORY OF SIDNEY JOFFRE

RECOVERY OF DR. IRA WEINSTEIN

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Joffre

ROSE K. LAPIDES MHA/YOS SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF DAVID KATZMAN HOWARD BROWN IZZY KATZMAN JOSEPH KATZMAN

RECOVERY OF DR. IRA WEINSTEIN IN HONOR OF SAM & FRIEDA WEINREICH ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Kaplan

ANN SLUTSKY FUND IN MEMORY OF SANDRA YOUNG

Dr. & Mrs. Avron Slutsky

MIRIAM WEBER FRIEDMAN RABBINICAL LIBRARY IN MEMORY OF ABE FRIEDMAN

Dr. & Mrs. Harry Friedman MARY BRONSTEIN INA EISEMAN PAUL LAZAROV

Dr. & Mrs. Sergio Musicante GEORGE LAPIDES

Mrs. Robin Friedman-Musicante ABE FRIEDMAN MIRIAM FRIEDMAN

Mr. & Mrs. Irving Friedman

RECOVERY OF MOLLY SASHKIN

Dr. Robin Friedman-Musicante

ANDREW AND ERIKA SIGEL ENDOWMENT FUND RECOVERY OF DR. IRA WEINSTEIN DONATION

Mrs. Erika Sigel

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND IN MEMORY OF LAVERNE B. STRUMINGER

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wurtzburger

ZALOWITZ BETH EL EMETH CEMETERY FUND IN MEMORY OF HYMAN ZALOWITZ MOLLY ZALOWITZ ISADORE LASKY PAUL LAZAROV

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Zalowitz

PERSONALIA MAZAL TOV MIREL NECHAMA SAMUELS ON MAKING ALIYAH TO ISRAEL.

MYRNA PLATKIN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IN PHOENIX, AZ.

LARRY BROWN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER IN ISRAEL.

HAROLD KATZ ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

FRIEDA & SAM WEINREICH ON THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

SAM WEINREICH ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

WARREN KRAMER ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IN NJ.

PINCHAS COOPERMAN ON BECOMING A BAR MITZVAH.

Make This Year Count

Don't forget, we'll be counting the omer starting

Wednesday night, April 12th.

The blessing for the omer is: Baruch...asher kidishanu

bemitzvotav vetzivanu al sefirat ha-omer. Today is ___ days in

the omer which are __ weeks and ___ days to the omer.

Don’t Miss the

Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group

Led by Bluma Zuckerbrot–Finkelstein

Each Month on a

Sunday morning around Rosh Chodesh

LINDA & MICHAEL JOFFRE ON THE BIRTH OF A GRANDDAUGHTER AND TO GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, AUDREY & JACK JOFFRE.

AUDREY & JACK JOFFRE ON THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR GRANDSON.

ESTHER LUBIN ON THE FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE OF HER GRANDSON IN ISRAEL.

ASBEE ON THEIR KOSHER BBQ COMPETITION & FESTIVAL IN SEPT.

ASBEE’S NEW MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, DR. JOE WEINSTEIN AND PHILIP EVANS.

ROSE SILVERMAN ON HER GREAT-GRANDSON IN ISRAEL BECOMING A BAR MITZVAH.

LARRY BROWN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER IN ISRAEL.

MARCIA & BOB WOLFF ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.

HERB & ELLEN LEBOVITS ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.

EXTRAORDINARY DEBBY WEINSTEIN ON HER ORDINARY BIRTHDAY.

GABY ATTIAS ON HER SPECIAL BIRTHDAY.

FRANCINE BROWN ON HER TWIN GRANDDAUGHTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BECOMING B’NOT MITZVOH.

JACK COOPERMAN FOR ALL THAT HE DOES FOR ASBEE.

MIRIAM LOTERSTEIN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IN PHOENIX, AZ.

WARREN KRAMER ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IN NEW YORK.

ANNA & JACK COHEN ON THEIR 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

JACK COHEN ON HIS IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. 60 YEARS AGO.

JOSEPH COHEN ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

LARRY BROWN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT-GRANDSON .

TANI FINKELSTEIN ON BEING ACCEPTED INTO THE HONORS PROGRAM AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY.

JULIE & MARSHALL LEVY ON THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

ELAINE & DR. MICHAEL FOX ON THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

JENNIFER & JOE ROBERTS ON THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

MIRIAM LOTERSTEIN ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF HER GRANDSON.

MARCI PLATKIN & CINDI WEINSTEIN ON COMPLETING THEIR PRESIDENCY OF ASBEE SISTERHOOD WITH FLYING COLORS.

MARCIA & ROBERT WOLFF ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF THEIR GRANDSON IN BROOKLYN, NY.

MAYER EISEMAN ON HIS SPECIAL BIRTHDAY.

EMILY ROBERTS ON HER ENGAGEMENT TO ADAM SASLAWSKY. MAZEL TOV TO PARENTS, JEFF ROBERTS & ROZ ROBERTS ALSO TO GRANDPARENTS, REVA & PAUL ROBERTS.

JACK COOPERMAN BEING AWARDED KROGER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

MAZEL TOV TO ERIC MOGY, NEW PRESIDENT OF ASBEE.

MARSHALL LEVY ON BEING AWARDED THE KOLMAN KATZ MEMBER OF THE YEAR.

DEBBIE & HUGH FREIDEN ON THE BIRTH OF A GRANDSON.

WARREN KRAMER & MIRIAM LOTERSTEIN ON THE BIRTH OF A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER IN CHICAGO.

MAZEL TOV TO GRANDPARENTS, ADINA & ARYEH SAMBERG.

MARY ANNA KAPLAN ON HER BIRTHDAY.

DR. MARTEN LAZAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

DEBBIE & DR. STUART LAZAROV ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF THEIR DAUGHTER, LINDSEY TO LEOR REEF.

ALSO TO GRANDPARENTS, IRIS & RONALD HARKAVY.

REFUAH SHELEIMA

HAROLD KATZ

ROSALIE MOGY

NEIL HARKAVY

MAXINE ANDERSON

FRANK LANSKY

MARILYN LEE

HERMAN GOLDBERGER

ISRAEL KATZ

ROBERT TAYLOR

CONDOLENCES

MARLENE MERVES ON THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER, MARY MERVES

DONALD LEVINE ON THE PASSING OF HIS SISTER, LINDA L. HOROWITZ

KITIYA MORRIS ON THE PASSING OF HER FATHER, DR. ARCOM BURANA

ROSS PEISER ON THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER

DIANNE COOPERMAN ON THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER, ARIE JEAN SMITH

TO DR. STUART LAZAROV AND HIS FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF THEIR FATHER, PAUL LAZAROV

TO THE FAMILY OF RUTH LEVENSON.

TO THE FAMILY OF DR. HOWARD MARKER

SANDRA ABEL & FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF HER HUSBAND, ELLIOT ABEL

TO THE FAMILY OF HERBERT NOTOWICH

TO MARVIN STRUMINGER & FAMILY ON THE PASSING OFHIS WIFE, LAVERNE BERNATSKY STRUMINGER

Shavuos Dinner

& Torah Study

Tuesday Evening, May 30th

Mincha 7:50 pm

Dinner 9:00 pm

Followed by

Shavuot Night Torah Study For Teens With Cantor Samberg Every Shabbat Afternoon.

JEM–Jewish Educational Morning

Fun, interactive, age-appropriate groups

Elementary & High School Classes

Sunday mornings

With Rabbi Finkelstein & Cantor Samberg

Did you know that we have a …..

JEWISH MEDITATION CIRCLE Every Monday Evening, 7:30 pm

Led by Michael Burnham at ASBEE

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