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Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot – Day 4 October 19, 2019 20 Tishrei 5780
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Torah: Page 362 Ch 33, V 12 Maftir: Page 698, Ch 29, V 26 Haftorah: Page 979
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Today’s congregational kiddush will take place in the Belzberg Weisberg Social Hall on the lower level.
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Did you miss the Beth Radom High Holiday Pledge Drive?
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Call the office or visit www.bethradom.com
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CANDLE LIGHTING & SERVICE TIMES: Friday, October 18 Light Candles at 6:12pm Saturday, October 19 Shabbat ends at 7:18pm Sunday, October 20 Morning Service begins at 9:00am Erev Yom Tov: Light Candles at 6:08pm Monday, October 21 Light Candles at 7:07pm Tuesday, October 22 Yom Tov ends at 7:13pm
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If you are a member of Beth Radom in need of a Minyan to say Kaddish
please contact the Shul office at least a week or two in advance so we can make arrangements. Support Beth Radom and show your appreciation to fellow members with a breakfast sponsorships donation!
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CHECK OUT BETH RADOM’S MUSEUM AND GALLERY Have you seen our new video display? It’s on our website! Does your family have things to add to this museum? We appreciate donations of plaques, photos, paperwork, hand written letters, booklets, flyers, old landing papers – anything related to the once thriving, Jewish, City of Radom. And of course we are looking for funding streams to expand the presentation space. Contact Allan [email protected] for more information.
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OLUNTEERING at BINGO is FUN! If you are age 18 or older and interested in
volunteering, please contact the shul office. [email protected] or 416-636-3451x24
Our Fall schedule can be viewed at www.bethradom.com/bingo.html#
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Prayer For Healing
Mi she berach avoteinu ,ינו רך׃ אבות מי שב
M'kor hab'racha l'imoteinu ינו מקור הברכה לאמות
May the source of strength, who blessed the ones before us;
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing.
and let us say: Amen.
Mi she berach imoteinu, ינו רך׃ אמות מי שב
M'kor hab'racha l'avoteinu ינו מקור הברכה לאבות
Bless those in need of healing with refuah sh’lema
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say: Amen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RABBI: Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey Haber [email protected] CANTOR: Jeremy Burko [email protected] PRESIDENT: Ronald Lindsay [email protected] GABBAI: Mark Vernon [email protected] DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: Cindy Kozierok [email protected] ADMINISTRATOR: Miriam Sharpe [email protected]
We wish Refuah Sh’lema to: Noam Haber Joe Levitan Bela Davidson Howie Meyer Anice Stark Allan Fryman Joel Zeger Phillip Shadlesky Rose Rosenbaum Gerald Robinson Abe Swimmer Rosa Weisberg Ruth Leichner Morton Allen Cohen
If you know Beth Radom members who would benefit from Clergy outreach or should be part of our Refuah Sh’lema list, please
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With Reverence, We Honour The Yahrzeits Of: Ita Leah Dyson Late Mother of Dasha Vinsky Lily Mendelson Late Aunt of Ann Sharpe Donna Steinberg Late Mother of Susan Caplan Harry Ellison Late Brother-In-Law of Ruth Alexon Ethel Wasserman Late Mother of Arlene Nisker Irving Feldberg Late Brother of Barbara Feldberg Lily Sylvia Barak Late Mother of Esther Icyk George Swimmer Late Brother of Abe Swimmer Isaac Zucker Late Father of Sidney Zucker and Symon Zucker
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Happy Birthday Wishes To: Joel Weintraub Isaac Zucker Eyal Ravas Ferne Kantor Jordan Lavi Hilda Rosenthal Cara Marantz Nina Van Bergh Gary Melnik Isaac Zeesman Aaron Osiel Marilyn Mark
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Happy Anniversary Wishes To: Murray & Frieda Himelfarb 70th Anniversary
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Global Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, Educators and Friends Toronto marks the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust at the end of the Second World War, and host Liberation75 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre - May 31 through June 2, 2020. For information about Liberation75, its sponsors and participating organizations, visit www.liberation75.org
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THE BLESSING FOR STUDY: Barukh attah Adonai ברוך אתה ה Eloheinu melekh ha-olam ינו מלך-העולם אלהasher qidshanu b'mitzvotav אשר קדשנו במצותיו v'tzivanu la-asoq b'divrei Torah. י-תורה וצונו לעסק בדבר
Praised are you Adonai, our God, eternal Sovereign of the Universe, Who sanctified us with [God's] commandments
and enjoined upon us to study Torah.
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RABBINIC REFLECTIONS—“CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT” Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey Haber, MA, DMin, DD (hon.)
The prayer, Hashkivenu, which we say on Friday night, contains the phrase sukkat shelomecha (“Your canopy of peace”) three times. It concludes with the blessing, Ufros alenu Sukat shlomecha – “spread over us the Sukkah of Your peace.” As we celebrate this Shabbat Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, this Intermediate Sabbath of Sukkot, Rabbi Marc Rudolph asks: “what does a Sukkah have to do with peace? Why does our prayer compare peace to a Sukkah?”
One suggestion is that like a Sukkah, peace is fragile and temporary. Indeed! Currently, in 2019 there are 10 active armed conflicts in the world. Forget about peace being fragile and temporary. It seems like world peace is completely unattainable, far from our reach. I hate to be a pessimist, but the most we can hope for, it would seem, is some respite from war and conflict in this troubled world of ours. One worldwide organization puts together what it calls the Global Peace Index, a ranking of the amount of peace enjoyed by each country in the world. Iceland is rated the most peaceful country in the world, followed by New Zealand and Portugal. Seventeen of the top twenty countries are Western or Central European states. The Scandinavian countries all rank in the top 20. The United States was ranked 128th most peaceful country while Canada came in at number 6.
The Sukkah, easily blown down by the wind, open to the elements, here for a short duration and then gone, reminds us of how difficult it is to bring lasting peace into the world. Here is another thought about the association of a Sukkah with peace. A Sukkah is a place of hospitality. Hospitality is synonymous with care and protection and peace. In former times, it was customary for a family that was eating in the Sukkah to invite at least one poor person to the dinner table. Then there is the kabbalistic custom of Ushpizin. On each night of the holiday, traditional Jews invite one of the seven exalted men and women of Israel to take up residence in the Sukkah – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David; Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Deborah, Ruth and Esther. Each of these exalted people also reminds us of our obligation to protect the vulnerable and the uprooted.
Hospitality is still a sacred obligation in parts of our world. Marcus Luttrell, a US Navy SEAL, was the sole survivor of a battle in Afghanistan. He and three other SEAL commandos were on a mission to hunt down an al-Qaeda terrorist leader hiding in a Taliban stronghold. Injured and bleeding, he eluded six al-Qaeda assassins who were trying to finish him off. He made his way to a
Pashtun village. The tribe took him in and risked everything to protect him. He came under the law of hospitality, he wrote, considered “strictly non-negotiable.” “They were committed to defend me against the Taliban until there was not one left alive.” This same law of hospitality prompted Abraham to offer food and shelter to three strangers who happened by his home. It is the same law of hospitality that prompted Lot to protect the angels who visited him in Sodom from the angry crowd who wanted to harm them. We shudder at the price he was willing to pay – to hand over his daughters as a substitute – but the point is the same. The Law of Hospitality says that we protect those who come under our roofs even at the expense of our loved ones.
Rabbi Marc Rudolph offers a final thought about the association of a Sukkah with peace. Sukkot is the only holiday on our calendar that we publically celebrate outdoors. In fact, although we may be tempted to build a Sukkah in our family room, and thereby avoid the cold or inclement weather of our area, it is not valid to build a Sukkah indoors. It has to be outdoors, for all to see. It makes perfect sense, then, that the Sukkah is such a humble dwelling. Since they are such humble dwellings, and others will see it, they are unlikely to stir up envy — and envy is a threat to peace.
Rabbi Rudolph reminds us that when Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to seek provisions for the famine, he cautioned them not to make themselves conspicuous. Rashi, Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac (Provence, 11th century) explains that Jacob was warning them not to show that they still had provisions to eat and they were not yet going hungry. Jacob was concerned this would stir up envy among the pagan tribes living in the area. In a commentary to this, the Stone Chumash notes that this has been the theme of many leaders who exhorted their fellow Jews not to flaunt their wealth to their neighbors, as that can stir up envy. “Whatever food Jacob’s family had was honestly acquired,” writes the Stone Chumash, “but even honest resources should be displayed judiciously.”
“Spread over us the Sukkah of Your peace” asks our prayer. We are reminded in using this language that peace is fragile like a Sukkah, and impermanent. The words “Spread over us the Sukkah of Your peace” ask God to be with us and protect us, at least as well as human beings protect and care for the guests that dwells within their homes. “Spread over us the shelter of Your peace” teaches us that we should be modest and judicious in our possessions, for we do not wish to incur envy, which is a threat to peace.
Shabbat Shalom!
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