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This month we complete the Jewish cal-endar and then start all over again. But I hear you asking, don't we do that in the fall with Rosh Hashana? Yes we do, but the month of Tishrei is the New Year according to the rabbis, whereas Nissan, the month of our redemption from Mitz-rayim (Egypt), is the New Year accord-ing to the Torah. That is why the Torah refers to Tishrei as the seventh month, alluding to its extra holiness by dint of its association with the number seven, the number most associated with holiness. Now the Hebrew month corresponding to March is Adar, not Nissan. So why are we even discussing this now? Because they are intimately connected, couplets in a circular chain, the beginning and the end. Adar contains the holiday of Purim, while Nissan contains Passover. Not only do they each begin with the letter pey, but they each represent the idea of P'dut or Purkana, two words which each mean "deliverance," in Hebrew and in Aramaic respectively. But the rabbis most often use the word geula, or redemption, when discussing these two months, the months of Adar and Nissan. The idea is that the year should both begin and end with the con-cept of redemption! This idea is even more relevant in a sh'nat m'uberet, or leap year. Why, when we add an extra month of Adar to the calendar in a leap year, is Purim always celebrated in Adar 2 but never in Adar 1? Because of the need to have back to back geula! The year must end with the idea of redemp-tion just as it begins with redemption.

Temple Israel of the Poconos Newsletter

BACK TO BACK by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman

Drawing by Marilyn Margolies

Inside this Issue

Rabbi’s Message

Norman Gelber 4

Hebrew School 8

Donations 12

Hessed 14

Birthdays/ 15 Anniversaries

Yahrzeit Lists 16/17

Kitchen Volunteers are desperately needed for every Shabbat. Please contact Lois LaBarca at 421-6103 to offer your time in the kitchen.

Edition 569 March 2012 Adar/Nisan 5772 A monthly publication of Temple Israel of the Poconos

This month our Hebrew School is hosting both our Gala Purim Celebration featuring the Megillah reading, to which the whole community is invited, as well as our annual Chocolate Seder, to which all our Temple Israel fami-lies are invited, as a prelude to Passover which will be here before you know it! Both Purim and Passover feature wine as a central element. We drink wine at our Pu-rim Sudah (Purim Feast) and we drink wine at the Passover Seder. Some follow the cus-tom of drinking so much wine on Purim that we should be at the level where we mix up "blessed Mordechai" with "cursed Haman." My students learned of the gematria (numerology) equivalence between yayin (wine) and sod (secret). The letters of each word each add up to the number seventy, thus they necessarily share a mystical link-age. When wine goes in, all secrets come out! Seventy was the number of souls who went down to Egypt. What secret did they learn? That there will be two great redemp-tions for Israel. An imminent redemption from Egypt and an ultimate eschatological redemption at the end of days. May Israel today be soon redeemed as we eliminate the modern day Haman of Persia who wishes to eradicate us, just as the Haman of old attempted history's first genocide against the Jewish people. Amen. A freiliche Purim to all!

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Temple office: (570) 421-8781 Rabbi Baruch Melman [email protected] (570) 730-4799 www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org [email protected]

660 WALLACE STREET, STROUDSBURG, PA 18360

3 yr Trustee: Art Glantz 424-7876 [email protected]

2 yr Trustee: Bernie Driller Esther Graves Sandra Alfonsi

421-6103 426-7020

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1 yr Trustee: Elisheva Kosmerl Sam Newman

Past President Trustee:

Chuck Feinstein 421-4423 [email protected]

Cemetery: 209 Eliezer Gardens

Charlie Cahn

424-7955

[email protected]

Hebrew School Debbie Smith 610-751-7692 [email protected]

Ritual Bernie Driller 421-6103 [email protected]

Finance Herb Rosen 424-1161 [email protected]

Membership Sandy Magnes 476-6832 [email protected]

Kitchen Yafit Entenberg Lois LaBarca

424-5479 421-6103

[email protected] [email protected]

House Bernie Driller [email protected]

Chesed & Wishograms Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 [email protected]

Newsletter Barbara Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Gift Shop Debbie Smith 610-751-7692 [email protected]

Programming Barry Tremper Barbara Rosenberg

588-6148 894-4537

[email protected] [email protected]

Rabbi Melman’s Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

10:30 — 12:00 noon To talk in person please call me to set up an appointment.

Please do not drop by for a meeting

Please provide Barbara with any information that is missing for you in the above grid. Thank you.

President Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 [email protected]

1st Vice President Mitchell Marcus 588-0991 [email protected]

2nd Vice President Lois LaBarca 421-6103 [email protected]

Secretary Barbara Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Treasurer Dave Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Asst. Treasurer OPEN

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ……

Dear Temple Family, I have been putting this off for some time as I was not sure what I was going to write. First of all, I would like to thank the Board of Directors for having the confidence in, and elected me to, finish the term as President of Temple Israel. I hope I can meet their expectations. For that, I am calling on the entire Congregation for their assistance. A great big Todah (thank you) and Mazel Tov to our past president, Chuck Feinstein. He has left Temple Israel and moved to Edmonton, Alberta Canada taking on the position as Executive Director at a Temple there. We know he will do a great job. I have been sitting here for the past few days looking through old newsletters from when Barry was President. I realized that I could not use his President’s Messages as a guide for my own.. There were many activities going on and many volunteers then. We need volunteers and fresh ideas for programs. I need our Hebrew School families to help me with ideas of what their children may like to do. Please call me or send me e-mails with your suggestions. As I am writing this, it is the middle of February and we just had a dusting of snow – a very rare sight this winter. We are planning for Purim and beyond. We will not be having Second Seder for Passover this year - it is a Saturday evening and we are unable to prepare food that day. But we did not want anyone to miss the great cooking from our kitchen. We will have a Community Passover dinner on Sunday, April 8th. Lastly, I must thank my husband for not calling me ‘crazy’ when I volunteered for this position. He surely knows what is involved. Shalom Suzanne Tremper, President

Rabbi's Weekly Class Schedule:

Mondays 5:15 - 6:15 PM Understanding the Parsha of the week with commentary and discussion.

Wednesdays 10:15 - 11:00 AM Understanding the Siddur. Study the meanings of the words we pray.

Thursdays 5:15 - 6:15 PM Understanding the Talmud, chapter by chapter, tractate by tractate.


In a previous article, I pointed out that Judaism rested on three pillars: study, worship, and righteous behavior. I also underscored the primary importance of study as leading the way because it provided the religious knowledge and the inspiration. According to the historian Solomon Grayzel, "Scholarship must rest in the hands of the scholar...To study the Torah, which meant all of Jewish learning, became one the foremost of Jewish ideals." (History Of The Jews, p.286). As the Jews learned more and more about their religion, they realized the importance of sharing and preserving this precious heritage. The period of exile in Babylonia and the Roman conquest and occupation of the Holy Land imperiled this religious heritage by dispersing the Jewish people. Worship was their response to this dire predicament. For example, during the exile in Babylonia, the Jews expressed their devotion to Judaism by meeting in the house of a leading Jew for religious services. Attendance at the humble house of worship increased to such an extent that roomier structures were needed, resulting in the development of synagogues. The service of these early synagogues was led at first by the most pious and scholarly Jews in the community, and later–through the establishment of academies for advanced studies in Judaism – by the rabbis. We presume that the service consisted of sung and recited prayers. The reading of portions of the Torah, and most likely, an inspirational sermon to sustain the spirit of the homesick exiles. Collective worship therefore served and continues to serve Judaism in many ways: it preserved the Jewish religion during the period of exile and dispersion; it reminded the scattered Jews of their oneness as a chosen people; and it seeded the idea of giving worship a home. Righteous living, the third of the sustaining pillars of Judaism, represents the culmination. With righteous behavior, we reach the fulfillment of the process begun by study and worship. At this point, we have learned the principal moral precepts of Judaism. Some of us have memorized the Ten Commandments and many other moral imperatives of the Torah. We now have an abundance of guidelines to direct us to our goal. For all Jews, however, including those unable to memorize the enormous amount of material studied, there is the simple formula for defining the word "mensch," which contains many of the important moral concepts of what constitutes righteous behavior.

–Norman Gelber

THE PILLARS OF JUDAISM By Norman Gelber


It’s Purim !!! Come hear the reading of the Megillah !!

March 7th @ 6:00 p.m.

Don’t forget to wear your best costume…. (and it’s not just for the kids)

(what will Rabbi Melman be wearing this year?) There will be prizes !!

By the way…. attendance is mandatory for

Temple Israel Hebrew School students. It’s fun. Bring your family...bring your friends!!

If your mailing address has been changed due to the 911 re-addressing process….

DON’T FORGET to send an e-mail to the Temple office at

[email protected]

In the subject line of your e-mail put “Change of Address”



PASSOVER 5772 April 8, 2012

Temple Israel of the Poconos Community Family Dinner

Due to the constraints of preparing a Passover Seder on a Saturday evening,

this year our Temple Family will instead gather on

Sunday, April 8th for a Family Dinner to begin at 5:00 p.m.

Our Temple kitchen volunteers are hard at work planning the menu and getting all

the details in place for a fabulous holiday meal.

Plan to be there !!! The cost is as follows: Adults — $25 5-13 yrs. old — $15 Under 5 — free

All reservations must be made and paid in full by March 25th. Please send your check to the Temple office marked

“Passover Dinner” in the memo section.


FORM FOR SELLING YOUR CHAMETZ

I (your name)___ ___________________, do hereby appoint Rabbi Baruch Melman or his designated appointee, to sell all leftover Chametz (leaven) that is in my possession to a gentile, who will assume all legal right to my chametz, and who may access it if he so chooses. Not that he would...

In consideration of sale, I am enclosing $_________ for the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund. Please make check payable to Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund. SIGNATURE: _________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________

“Still Life” an exhibit of paintings by Phyllis Vogel

Temple Israel member Phyllis Vogel will have featured art works

on display at the Delaware Water Gap Castle Inn Gallery. The exhibit will run from February 11 through April 11, 2012.

Phyllis, having studied at some of the best art schools in New

York City, has been represented in numerous invitational shows and exhibits and is included in many private collections. She

has taught art classes to both adults and children.

Mazel Tov to Mark Brown, son of Bill and Hilda Brown.

Mark won a seat on the Town Commission of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida in the January 31 election. Before retiring to

Florida, Mark served two former Congressmen as their Chief of Staff. Mark’s term is for four years.

Please submit to Temple Office by Monday, April 2.


From Debbie Smith

Saturday, March 3 Havdalah Service/ Kadimah Event

Students and parents attend. Time to be announced.

Wednesday, March 7 Purim Megillah Reading and Costume Contest

Hebrew School Attends 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13 Hebrew School 4:45 to 6:45

Saturday, March 17 Saturday Morning Services

Students and parents attend. 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, March 20 Hebrew School 4:45 to 6:45

Tuesday, March 6—NO HEBREW SCHOOL

Tuesday, March 27 Chocolate Seder 4:45 to 6:45

Friday, March 30 Friday Night Service

Students and parents attend. 7:00 p.m.

Friday, March 2 Shabbat Across America

R.S.V.P. required to Debbie Smith


Purim word search A R S O R E U S A H A A R C H M N A H S U H S T U M F E R E

I J E W K L V I C T O R Y A N R A D H T I A F L V C M O D E

U R A E S T H E R A I G L A M P E R S I A N S S S M I L G Y

G T E U M F T S I H Y F O A R R H U M E I A N K T O T R L I

O G Q N G M A Y A I R S C L A G U S A I H T S E M U T S O C G A A M L A V I N R A C A W E

E L M A L O Z E R E S H G S D R S S H A L A C H M O N E S R

S T O L F O T S A E F A L J O C E L E B R A T I O N Y S I M

ADAR, AHASUEROS, ALHANISM, ARCHENEMY, CARNIVAL, CELEBRATION, COSTUMES, ESTHER, FAITH, FEAST OF

LOTS, GALLOWS, GIFTS, GROGGERS, HAMAN, HAMANTASHEN, MASQUERADE, MASSACRE. MEGILLA,

MORDECAI, PERSIANS, PURIM, SHALACHMONES, SCROLL, SHUSHAN, SLAUGHTER, VASHTI, VICTORY, ZERESH


YOM HASHOAH CANDLES

It's been almost seventy years since the last Nazi concentration camp was liberated, and the Holocaust that claimed six million Jewish lives came to an end. To ensure that the six million did not die in vain and that the Holocaust never happens again, Temple Israel of the Poconos will join Jews throughout North America by participating in the Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program sponsored by the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs in cooperation with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. As the years past, the memories of those who fell victim to the ultimate hate crime must not diminish. That's why we are encouraging your family and every family in Temple Israel of the Poconos, in Stroudsburg, in Pennsylvania, and in North America to light at least one Yellow Candle on the night of Wednesday, April 18, 2012. When each family lights a Yellow Candle it will increase the awareness of the Holocaust, and perpetuate our commit-ment to our people. The memory is important because the number of Holocaust survivors is dimin-ishing with each passing day. As we lose this precious link, those who deny the Holocaust gain strength. Sadly, a portion of the children of this generation lack any knowledge of the Holocaust. Yom Hashoah candles are a highly visible symbol for keeping the flame alive. Their color recalls the badges Jews were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied Europe, but their flame inspires hope that we can yet make our world a toler-ant place to live.

In the spirit of remembrance, we encourage all of you to give Tzedakah (Charity) as a form of respect to those who did not survive the Holocaust. With your donation we will continue to teach the genera-tions to come. Through your generosity we will continue to purchase and supply candles each and every year and pledge our collective support to organizations dedicated to keeping the memory alive. ************************************************************************************************** Yes I would like to pre-order _____ Yom Hashoah Yellow Candles. I pledge a minimum donation of $5 for each candle ordered. Name___________________________________________

Address_________________________________________

City, State, Zip Code____________________________

Telephone Number ( ) _________________ E-Mail Address____________________@_____________

I would like to make an additional donation in the amount of $________.

Total amount enclosed $_____________

Please submit your order by April 1, 2012 to: Temple Israel of the Poconos 660 Wallace Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360 A portion of the proceeds will benefit Yad Vashem Holocaust Education Center in Israel.

Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is April 19, 2012. Candles should be lit on the evening of Wednesday, April 18, 2012.


ASK THE RABBI Dear Rabbi,

My life was a mess, and so recently I went to my local Rebbetzin. I was telling her how upsetting everything was, and she said, "I want you to go home and start lighting on Shabbos."

Six years ago, my husband and I were losing our house, and with the money we made on the house, I promised myself I was going to buy myself a really nice pair of shabbos candle-sticks. So in between the moves, two storage units, an art studio, and moving into mom's house, I couldn't find them. This whole time I didn't know what happened to them.

Today, I opened a box out of all of my boxes, thinking I was going to find maybe my challah mixer, and instead of my mixer, I found my Candle sticks, erev Shabbos!!! Do you think it's a sign?

Sincerely,

Betty

Dear Betty,

Yes, it's a sign! A sign from Heaven! A sign from all your bubbes stretching back in time all the way back to Sarah Imenu, that they are watching over you and encouraging you to take on this awesome mitzvah! Lighting candles will bring so much blessing into your life!

I bless you with much hatzlacha rabba (great success) as you chart your new spiritual course. So many blessings are opening up for you now as you take on this foundational mitzvah of Judaism. I am so proud of you!

~Rabbi Melman

PS. I see that you said your Rebbetzin said you should light candles on Shabbos. It is for-bidden to light once Shabbos has begun. I think she meant you should light before Shabbos! We light 18 minutes before sunset, as a precaution, lest we mistakenly light once Shabbos has begun.


THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS

GENERAL DONATIONS Aloysius Murgatroyd Stewart Rosenblum

Jeff Cohen Leigh Stelzer

Howard Farber

Samuel and Maryjane Newman (in memory of Millicent May)

Nicholas Fredericks (in honor of the Waite’s new

granddaughter, Sophia)

DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF DAVID NEWMAN

Jesse and Esther Popkin Howard Popkin Alex Bensinger

Hugh and Karen Emory Herb and Sylvia Rosen

Pat and Jean Ross Fred and Beth Ross

Dieter Kirschner Vincent DeFranco

RJ Groner Nicholas Fredericks

SPONSORED ONEG/KIDDUSH

Merle Turitz/Michelle Star/ Adrienne Spadola (in honor of their

birthdays)

Paul Solomon (in honor of Mindy’s birthday)

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Howard Farber Deborah Costanza

Sandy Magnes Leigh Stelzer

PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION

In memory of David Newman:

Irving and Eda Effross Jeffrey Bair

MEMORIAL PLAQUE

Leigh Stelzer

HIGH HOLIDAY APPEAL David Andelman


Edith Jacobson In memory of Greta Phillippsberg

Edith Giblin In memory of Abraham Nesson In memory of the Grandmother Nesson In memory of Esther Nason In memory of Aurum Nesson

Eugene Glantz In memory of Adolph Glantz

Jack Bernbaum In memory of Rita Merkin Bernbaum

Lester Abeloff In memory of Pearl Ruth Abeloff

Murray Abeloff In memory of Pearl Ruth Abeloff

Lea Katz In memory of Esther Zubow

Ivan Margolies In memory of Jacob Brodowsky

Stanley Rothman In memory of parents Rose & Ben Hayden

Aileen Goodman In memory of Frank Frankel

Bea Allam In memory of Oscar Feld

Myra Kyle In memory of Birdie Steir

Sandy Magnes In memory of Harry Magnes

John Puckhaber In memory of Gertrude Bodenstein

Bernard Forster In memory of Rachel Forster

Rose Reader In memory of Minnie Ehrlichman

Jack Shevrin In memory of Bella Hymowitz

Paul Schuchman In memory of Marion Bornstein In memory of Rhoda Schuchman

Beatrice Greenberg In memory of Benjamin & Gertrude Kimmel

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS


HESSED FUND Hessed is a Hebrew word meaning kindness and a reaching out to other people.

It is the way you can express sympathy, warm wishes or celebrate simchas for any one within or outside the Jewish community. If you would like something included here:

Call Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148. Please leave all the information on the machine so Suzanne doesn’t need to call you back.

OR

Better than telephone, is contacting Suzanne by e-mail at [email protected]. That's the best!

If you would like us to send a card to a person who is not a Temple Israel person, you must include the recipient’s address when giving Suzanne the information. Cards are usually sent within three days of the request.

To Art Jolley Wishes for a r’fua sh’leima

from Sandy Magnes

Irv & Eda Effross

To Mindy Solomon Mazel Tov on your 90th Birthday

from Irv & Eda Effross

To Sam & Maryjane Newman & Family in loving memory of your son David

from Albert & Elizabeth Koster

To Mr. & Mrs. S. Scott Greenberg in honor of your daughter Allison’s wedding

from Irv & Eda Effross

mailto:[email protected].


Note: Hessed Fund wishes are $10 each.

If you are celebrating a milestone year, whether it be birthday or anniversary, please let me know so others may celebrate with you. Contact: Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 or [email protected]

March Birthdays

March 15 Lois LaBarca

March 16 Lindsay Mann

March 18 Hannah Shevrin Bruce Stein

March 19 Jordan Blake

March 21 Judith Pichler

March 22 Sam Newman

March 23 Jose Rodriguez

March 24 Aaron Herschlag Ruth Popkin

March 28 Charles Herman

March Anniversaries

March 01 Charles & Louise August Barry & Janet Cohen

March 21 Maxwell & Dolores Cohen March 26 Bernie & Lois Driller March 27 Barry & Suzanne Tremper March 29 Herb & Sylvia Rosen



March 1 Adar 07 Solomon Gabin Irving Jacobs Rose Dwoskin

March 2 Adar 08 Jack Goliger Samuel Libfield Rose Summers Benjamin Wilkins Richard Moskovitz

March 3 Adar 09 Rose Berger Harold Levin Morris Cantor Emil Hertz Milton Miller

March 4 Adar 10 Nathan Garfinkel Lisbeth Breslauer Ruth Rosenthal Pearl Yark Hannah Miller

March 5 Adar 11 Mae Block

March 6 Adar 12 Harry Kleinfeld

March 7 Adar 13 Dora Chamrock Frances Tremper

March 8 Adar 14 Rachel Solomon

March 9 Adar 15 Melisse Rosen Shifrin

March 10 Adar 16 Henry Reader Alfred Berkhof Frances Isaac Ida Rood

March 11 Adar 17 Morris Friedman Frederick Berkowitz Harry Hymowitz

March 12 Adar 18 Benjamin Gelber Marshall Feinsilber

March 15 Adar 21 Louis Beckenstein Mordecai Levy

March 16 Adar 22 Alexandra Starr Jill Schulman Elsie Greenberg

March 17 Adar 23 Jeffrey Greenfield Sidney Wolfe Louis Nadelman Isidore Diamond Max Effross Charles Steinberg

March 20 Adar 26 Nettie Oloff

March 21 Adar 27 Ceila Soloman Solomon Silverman

March 23 Adar 29 Charles Schuchman Erna Eisemann

March 24 Nisan 01 Joseph Cedar

March 27 Nisan 04 Benjamin Silverman

March 28 Nisan 05 Wolfe Newman Theodore Getz Marvin Steinberg Edna Kosar

March 29 Nisan 06 Rachel Waterman Thelma Konowitz Samuel Fuerman

March 31 Nisan 08 William Silverman

March Yahrzeit List

Yahrzeit candles are lit the night before the stated date. If the Yahrzeit occurs on the Sabbath, be sure to light the candle before sundown and before lighting Shabbat candles.

If you are in need of Yahrzeit candles, please contact the Temple office.


April Yahrzeit List

April 1 Nisan 09 Rachel Zdoresky Mollie Silverman Mitchel Postol

April 4 Nisan 12 Daniel Pehr Jean Schwartz

April 6 Nisan 14 Theodore Steinberg Samuel Balick Alexander August Florence Parnes

April 8 Nisan 16 Louis M. Block

April 9 Nisan 17 Rachel Bair

April 10 Nisan 18 Sam Ehrlichman Lillian Dorfman

April 11 Nisan 19 Leila May Parkhurst Dan Pollack

April 12 Nisan 20 Marion Feinsilber Samuel Lax

April 13 Nisan 21 Blanche Bernstein Nathan Rosen

April 14 Nisan 22 Dr. Kurt Philippsberg

April 15 Nisan 23 Harriet Zdoresky Deborah Singman

April 17 Nisan 25 Sarah Wimer David Bernbaum

April 19 Nisan 27 Rose Burros Sarah Leiser Abraham Berkman

April 20 Nisan 28 William Odzer

April 21 Nisan 29 Herman Brown

April 22 Nisan 30 Maynard Abeloff Benjamin Sadagursky

April 25 Iyar 03 William Westheimer

April 27 Iyar 05 Barbara Gross Max Berman Simon Goldberg Helen Driller

April 28 Iyar 06 Israel Malbin Neil Kevin Finkel Caroline Rosenzweig

April 30 Iyar 08 Myron Ehrlich Anna Rabinowitz


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NOW IT’S EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE TO SPONSOR AN ONEG OR A KIDDUSH

YOU CAN CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, LIFE CYCLE EVENT OR JUST BECAUSE.....

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS KOSHER KITCHEN ANNOUNCES

SHABBAT ONEG AND KIDDUSH PACKAGES

Friday Night Oneg: $75 Package includes cakes, cookies, fresh fruit in season, hot coffee, milk, sweeteners, seltzer, paper goods, cutlery, setup and cleanup. Shabbat Kiddush: $125 Package includes 4 different salads, veggie platter, fresh fruits of the season, assorted cakes and/or cookies, hot coffee, milk, sweeteners, seltzer/cold beverage, paper goods, cutlery, setup and cleanup.

Each package is priced for 25 people.

Other special request items (including lox) are available upon request and for an additional fee; please contact us to design your own special event. For scheduling, availability and more

information contact: Lois LaBarca at 421-6103


WE ALL HAVE SIMCHAS AND NACHES IN OUR LIFE CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...

SEND WARM THOUGHTS Give Suzanne Tremper a call at 588-6148 or e-mail her at [email protected] and let someone know you’re thinking of them. For a small contribution to the Hessed Fund, Suzanne will

send a card wishing a Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Mazel Tov, Get Well or Condolences. A notice will appear in this bulletin, as well. When you call, please leave all the information

needed.

TREE OF LIFE AND MEMORIALS Add a leaf to the Tree of Life to celebrate births, birthdays, marriages, bar and bat mitzvahs, or

any other special event for a minimum contribution of $150. Remember loved ones with a Memorial Plaque at a minimum contribution of $600 for members, $850 for non-members.

Contact Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148.

ENDOWMENT FUND Hey, it’s always a great time to make a contribution. Make your check out to “Temple Israel.”

Another thought to consider, remember Temple Israel in your will. Call Herb Rosen at 424-1161 with any questions.

Honor or Remember Someone Special with a Bookplate

A bookplate can be placed in a Siddur, the weekly prayer book we use every Friday evening and Shabbat morning, or in a machzor, the prayer book which is used on the High Holidays. Remember a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, bnei mitzvah or any other occasion you want to note for a relative or friend. You can also place a dedication in someone’s memory. A nameplate with the donor, recipient, and occasion will be inserted. The minimum donation is $50.

Contact Herb Rosen, 424-1161, or at [email protected].

Do you need a Mi Sheberach Recited?

When you can’t make services, but would like a prayer said on behalf of someone important to you, please don’t hesitate to call the synagogue and leave a message

on the Temple answering machine for Rabbi Melman so that your prayers will be included in our services.


mailto:[email protected].


FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE…..

we offer you a challenge!

We need everyone to help with this. Surely you know individuals and families who have no affiliation with a Synagogue.

Encourage them to become members of our Temple Israel Family!

If every family brings in one individual or family,

think of the possibilities!

At Temple events, be they regular Shabbat Services or a social occasion, introduce yourself to anyone you don’t recognize. You’ll make new friends

and assist us in enlarging our family.

YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS!!

For information please contact:

Sandy Magnes at 570-476-6832

or [email protected]

or Temple Israel 421-8781

Please leave a phone number so that we may return your call.


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Temple Israel Newsletter, Edition 569/March 2012, published monthly at Temple Israel of the Poconos, 660 Wallace Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. (570) 421-8781/[email protected]. For information concerning this publication contact Barbara Rosenberg, Editor, (570) 894-4537/[email protected]. Now on the web at: www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org


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