Congregation P'nai Tikvah's Kol Kiruv - August 2014 - Av / Elul 5774 by Congregation Pnai.Tikvah

CONGREGATION P’NAI TIKVAH

Kol Kiruv August 2014

Tamuz-Av

Happenings

Rabbi's Message

2-4

Cantor’s Notes

5-6

President’s Message

7-10

Brunch with Brilliants

Tikkun Olam

Jewish, Alive and American

Kol Zimra 7-Naftala studies with Rabbi Shefa Gold

14-15

Chai Mitzvah

Haiku Competition

Talmud with Training Wheels

HiHo High Holiday Workshop

Challah Bake-a-thon

Laurie Lytel’s Educational Trip to Israel

19-21

Vol. 21—No. 2

On’gai Shabbat, Anniversaries, Birth- 22 days and Mazel Tov Women’s Rosh Chodesh Hosting

Names for Book of Remembrance

Rosh Hashanah Honey Order Info

Kidz Korner

MiShebeirach

Yahrzeits

Community Rewards Programs

Nid’vei Leiv—From the Heart

Contribution Form

Calendar at a Glance

Clergy and Staff Rabbi: Yocheved Mintz Cantor: Marla Goldberg Accompanist: Timothy Cooper Newsletter: Nancey Eason Educator: Rabbi Mintz www.facebook.com/pnaitikvahlv www.twitter.com/pnaitikvahlv

This month, as we meet again, share with each other what you have been doing for the last month. Whether you had trials and tribulations, stayed home, visited family, took a vacation, went on an educational retreat, a mission, aliyah or participated in Shabbat Across the Valley bring the stories and photos to the others of the community so we can share in each others adventures and blessings.

Looking ahead we have many opportunities to share, learn and grow together in this holy community.

It’s good to see you! Congregation P’nai Tikvah will worship on Shabbat, August 1st & 15th at Kraft-Sussman Chapel, in the Bank of Nevada Business Park at 3975 S. Durango, Suite 104, in Las Vegas. Tot Shabbat will be held on August 1st at 6:30 PM. Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv services will begin at 7:30 PM. Torah Study will take place at 10:00 AM on August 2nd & 16th at Rabbi Mintz’s home. A bagels and lox brunch is served. Please RSVP by emailing gkmintz@aol.com.

Message from the Rabbi Dear Chevreh: As most of you know, I recently returned from Israel, and I will be sharing my observations and thoughts with the congregation and community. Today, I’d like to try to help us begin understand what is happening in Israel and in Gaza, and how we can help. Just being a Jew would be enough reason for my concern, but this is personal, as well. Much of my family lives there, throughout Israel; my father (may his memory be for a blessing) was born in Jerusalem, my grandfather, Rabbi Israel Porath (z”l) had been the ambassador to Turkey when Rav Kook (z”l) had been Chief Rabbi, and I have one remaining uncle, two aunts, and umpteen cousins living there. So, needless to say, this hits home for me. But I do not hate the Arabs, Muslims, or Palestinians of whatever faith. They are cousins, too. We share a common lineage. There is a slogan being heard in Israel: “Gam b’Aza u-v’Sderot, rotzim kulam rak li-ch’yot” (In Gaza and in Sderot, people just want to live). I believe that. And in a perfect world, Israel could live in peace side-by-side, with a Palestinian state. Undoubtedly there would be challenges of borders, but, with a will to make it happen, it could happen. It is a basic tenet of Judaism to choose life (u-v’chartem ba-chayim) and Israel desperately wants peace. I believe that we are not alone in wanting peace. What currently makes that impossible is that Hamas is dedicated to the eradication of Israel. (Just check out their charter: http:// Avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp). This horrific aspiration is shared by Iran. Iran was one of the major funders for Hamas, but that dubious position is now being shared between Qatar and Turkey, with the bottom line being that Hamas has been well-supplied with the rockets and missiles---armaments whose launchers have been embedded in homes, apartments, schools, and hospitals, and which they have been successfully lobbing into Israel for months. The rockets and missiles are, for the most part, being intercepted by the miraculous “Iron Dome” (or Kippat Barzell---Iron Kippah, as it is affectionately referred to in Israel), which the United States helped Israel develop and implement. But the Iron Dome is not 100% successful…and when it doesn’t work, there is damage, injuries, and death. Last week, the home of my cousins, Ayalah and Aaron Porath, in

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Kibbutz Saad, was heavily damaged by one of the missiles that was not intercepted by the Iron Dome. (They were not injured, thank G-d, and have moved to Kibbutz Sasa to live with their son, until things get better and they can repair their house. Israel has acted with great restraint, in the face of the ongoing barrage of missiles. But with Operation Protective Edge, an additional threat has been discovered. At least 31 attack terror tunnels, have been exposed, each an average of 700 tons of concrete, each at a depth of 65 feet underground. Evidently the tunnels were to have been used in a massive sneak attack on Israel, with the plan being to sedate and kidnap civilians and either take them as hostages, or worse. As of this writing (Friday, July 25th), approximately half have been destroyed. Hamas has used rockets, missiles, and tunnels as tactics of this war to eradicate our people. They have also used the press as a tactic of war, and that may be doing damage we cannot begin to evaluate. Every horrifying picture is aimed to hit our hearts….and they do. My heart breaks at the thought that children are suffering. But what the pictures don’t do is let us know that those children, men, and women could have been protected had Hamas built bomb shelters to protect its people, rather than terror tunnels to attack our families. If we don’t explain what those photos don’t show, the media tactic will be successful. When we read the articles about how Gaza is suffering from an economic blockade, and we feel sorry for the suffering people; does it occur to us to ask how it is how Gaza has been able to afford to build those tunnels, how Gaza has been able to get all the rockets, missiles, and armaments it has? If we stop at feeling sorry for the Gazan people and don’t ask those questions of Hamas, then the media tactic will be successful. Hamas is using human shields to launch its missiles. Israel is using the Iron Dome to protect its people. Gaza must be demilitarized; Hamas must be disarmed. Israel must be allowed to defend itself. The world may continue to try to delegitimize Israel. We are at risk of more of these tunneling campaigns from Hezbollah. Every time we hear of the escalating civilian casualties in Gaza, do we ask why Hamas uses its population as human shields, why it places the launching devices in their hospitals, schools, and homes, why it targets Israeli civilians? If we don’t ask these questions, the media attack will be successful. If the world remains uninformed, Israel becomes delegitimized. Every time Hamas is successful in its media campaign, it portrays its civilians as martyrs, and, as Rabbi Mordecai Finley pointed out in a recent op Ed, (Times of Israel, July 18, continued on page 4 3

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2014), “the martyring of civilians in war is not that uncommon…Thousands of Japanese committed suicide instead of surrendering to the Americans [in WW II]. Civilians are often proud to die for their country. Gazans, however, are not given the opportunity to choose. By hiding rocket launchers in civilian neighborhoods, by declaring war on Israel without building bomb shelters for their people, means only one thing: Hamas wants to martyr their civilians.” An uninformed world will blame Israel. The media tactic of war that Hamas is using may prove successful, but we must do whatever we can to counter this tactic. That means that each and every one of us is a foot-soldier for the Israeli Defense Force, and our armament is reasoning and facts. Our hearts break for the suffering of the people of Gaza. Although it seems less and less possible, I still hope for a time when the Palestinian people have a state of its own…and that it can live in peace side-by-side with Israel. But my heart is breaking for the suffering of the people of Israel, as well. We can help by standing in solidarity for Israel and by contributing to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Israel Emergency Fund “Stop the Sirens,” 100% of whose contributions will go to help with the amazing work of the Federation collaborative agencies in Israel, the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee (go to https:// secure.ujcfederations.org/ft2/form.html?__id=29440) or call Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, at 702-732-7720. Hold these words in your heart: “Gam b’Aza uv’Sderot, rotzim kulam rak li-ch’yot” /In Gaza and in Sderot, people just want to live. L’Shalom…bi-m’heira b’yameinu

Rabbi Yocheved Mintz

Cantor’s Notes

A Note From the Cantor. Considering the events that are occurring now in Israel, my mind and heart have given great thought and feelings to a song that I have loved from my childhood. That song is Hatikvah. I don’t know why Israel’s National Anthem has always resonated with me, but from the time I first heard it in my Sunday School kindergarten class, I have loved the words and the melody. Today, it feels even more poignant. Hatikvah comes from a poem written in the 1880’s by Naftali Herz Imber who came from what is now Zolochiv, Ukraine not long after he immigrated to Palestine. His poem, Tikvatenu [Our Hope] was nine stanzas and gives thoughts and feelings about the establishment of Petah Tikva, one of the first Jewish settlements in Ottoman Palestine. It was first published in 1886, and it was adopted as an anthem by the Zionist movement in 1897. The melody for Hatikvah comes from La Mantovana, a 16th-century Italian song, composed by Giuseppe Cenci. The melody was very popular during the Renaissance. It can be found in many folk songs from that period, and was also used by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana in his symphonic poem celebrating Bohemia, Má vlast, as Vltava (Die Moldau). In 1888 Samuel Cohen adapted the music for Hatikvah from a melody of song he had heard in Romania, Carul cu boi [The Ox Driven Cart]. It is unusual for a national anthem as it begins in minor key, making it start very hauntingly. But as the music comes to the lines about hope, the melody becomes major, a more hopeful, positive sound. Other interesting facts about Hatikvah are; in 1919 public performance of this poem was banned by the British Mandate government in Palestine. It was sung by Czech Jews in the entryway to the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chamber in 1944. And although we think of Hatikvah as Israel’s national anthem from the time of Israel’s inception in 1948, it was not officially sanctioned by the K’nesset until November 2004. The ‘official’ anthem for Israel takes the first stanza of Imber’s original poem. It speaks of the hope for our people. continued on page 6

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Hebrew

Transliteration

‫כ ֹּל עֹוד ַּב ֵּלבָב ְּפנִימָה‬

Kol ‘od balevav penimah

‫נֶפֶׁש יְּהּודִ י הֹו ִמיָה‬

Nefesh yehudi homiyah,

,‫ קָדִ ימָה‬,‫ּו ְּלפַּאֲ תֵּ י ִמז ְָּרח‬ ,‫ַּעיִן ְּלצִיֹון צֹו ִפיָה‬

,‫עֹוד ֹלא ָאבְּדָ ה תִ ְּקוָתֵּ נּו‬

Ul(e)fa’atei mizrach kadimah,

And onward, towards the ends of the east,

‘Ayin letziyon tzofiyah;

An eye still gazes toward Zion;

‘Od lo avdah tikvateinu,

Our hope is not yet lost,

‫הַּתִ ְּקוָה בַּת ׁשְּ נֹות ַא ְּל ַּפיִם‬

Hatikvah bat sh(e)not ’alpayim,

,‫ְַּארצֵּנּו‬ ְּ ‫ִלהְּיֹות עַּם ָחפְּׁשִ י ב‬

Lihyot ‘am chofshi b(e)’artzeinu,

.‫אֶ ֶרץ צִיֹון וִירּוׁשָ ַּליִם‬

English translation As long as in the heart, within, A Jewish soul still yearns,

’Eretz-Tziyon viy(e)rushalayim.

The hope of two thousand years, To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

As the song says, “Our hope is not lost”. I still hope and pray for peace to come to the land. May it be soon, and may it be lasting. L’Shalom, Cantor Marla Goldberg

Message from the President: Your board of directors, your committee chairs and our wonderful volunteer committee members are “off and running” to provide an exciting, educational, social and spiritual new year! We are committed and “psyched-up”. Meetings and more meetings- behind the scenes! From the planning of our High Holidays (just around the corner), to Brunch with Brilliants (affectionately now known as BwB) along with Torah and Talmud study to our ending , pièce de résistance , our Gala…just to name a few. Our dynamic duo, Rabbi Mintz and Cantor Goldberg will continue to nourish our Jewish souls. Put this all together and what do you get?- one jammed packed program for You, our members. “Run to do a Mitzvah”. Your continued support of our Shul is a vital part of making this year, the very best. Send in your renewal membership and financial pledge, attend our Shabbat and holiday services , give of your time to help our board and its members achieve our 2014-2015 goals. Following my message is the list of committees and their basic tasks, along with a committee sign-up sheet. Be a player! Whether you can commit to serve on a committee for the year or only commit to assist us with specific events and functions, please see what interest you and send in your committee sign-up sheet to the office, or email me at bholland@hlrealty.com. Together, we can continue to build a very special and unique community. L’Shalom.

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CONGREGATION P'NAI TIKVAH COMMITTEES The following is a list of our various committees and their purposes. If you have an interest in serving on any of these committees, PLEASE CHECK THE BOX TO THE LEFT OF THE COMMITTEE NAME(S). COMMITTEE

PURPOSE

___ Membership

Increase membership and retention.

___ Fund Raising

Raise funds for operating and other expenses.

___ Holidays

Plan logistics of Holiday events.

___ Social

Plan monthly social events and Oneg Shabbats.

___ Marketing/PR

Market and publicize our congregation, events and programs.

___ Education

Enhance our educational programs.

___ Ritual

Plan logistics of High Holiday services; maintain and purchase ritual objects.

___ Administrative

Maintain our calendar and oversee other administrative functions.

___ Newsletter

Compile and edit our monthly newsletter.

Name________________________________Email______________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________ 10

Elder Abuse Nevadans for the Common Good is moving forward with helping to meet the needs of the Elders in our community. There has been a fantastic strategy meeting on June 18 at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary. That was followed up with research actions with Nevada Senior Services, Emeritus Senior Living and other organizations. We also met with the Bureau of Healthcare Quality and Compliance on the issue of unlicensed group homes, which was one of our follow up steps from the May 13th convention. They agreed to work with us on this problem and thanked us for our involvement. We look forward to this partnership! On July 1, Meera Kamegai went to a meeting at the Adult Day Care facility on Washington at Jones. Jeff Klein is the CEO of the facility. He spoke to the group for an hour and a half about the services they provide and the problems of the elderly. The next Nevadans for the Common Good meeting iwill be on Thursday, August 7 at 7 PM. The meeting location is Las Ventanas Retirement Community, 10401 W Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89135. Contact Nancey Eason at naftala2006@hotmail.com to become involved. Reporting Concerns about Residential Care Facilities We also discussed a process for reporting concerns about residential care facilities. We need to find more examples of problematic facilities and test out the State of Nevada's reporting system. If you have a specific concern about a residential care facility, please let us know. We are looking to document what people in our community find their experiences to be. This information is gathered and taken to the public officials in Nevada as a snapshot composite of what people at the grass roots level are experiencing. This is critical to the effectiveness of NCG. Often times the public leadership is unaware of the concern this causes their constituents. These meeting with public officials also gives NCG the opportunity to find out where we can focus our attention to be of assistance in resolving the problems. Consider becoming involved. If you can volunteer to participate in meeting, please do so. If you can participate in being a person who will stand up and be counted, we have need of that as well. Whatever level of participation you can push yourself to do, let us know and we can find a spot for you. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mitzvah. Contact Nancey Eason at naftala2006@hotmail.com to become involved.

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New Class Offering: Jewish, Alive & American 30 sessions, beginning in September Beginning in September and continuing for 30 sessions, Rabbi Mintz will teach a series on Jewish, Alive & American. JAA is an intensive survey course covering all things Jewish that is designed to meet the needs of adult learners who have never been exposed to this material, were exposed but would like a refresher, or who are not Jewish and want to learn what Judaism is all about. This very interactive, experiential class will explore the hows and whys of the complete Jewish holiday cycle, take a look at the Reconstructionist view of God and prayer, compare the four main branches of Judaism today, take a quick tour of Jewish Great Books, and pay close attention to what we do and why in all life cycle rituals. We will also look at â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Judaism Saysâ&#x20AC;? about current topics of the day. If you are interested in conversion and you are interested in taking this course, call the office at 702.436.4900 and schedule an appointment to meet with Rabbi Mintz. 13

CPT Congregant Goes to Kol Zimra to Learn from Rabbi Shefa Gold Naftala Eason, along with the all the other women and men pictured above are the faces of Kol Zimra 7. This group of people met at a Carmelite Monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico to study Hebrew Chant with Rabbi Shefa Gold. Chanting, the melodic and rhythmic repetition of a sacred phrase, is a way of transforming the words of liturgy and Torah into doorways to expanded states of consciousness. 1 Each morning, the group had the opportunity to rise at dawn and begin chanting the first blessing of the morning, Modah Ani. One by one, their voices collected, as people made their way to the courtyard to add to the splendor. They spent 4560 minutes, enraptured with the words, as the birds sang and trilled, joining them with their blessed voices. Each morning, they ate in silence. Ingesting the words that had been chanted to All That Is, Watching the sky, feeling the sun on their backs, eating the most incredible life-sustaining food. Then they all joined in the recitation of Birkhat HaMazon, thanking Hashem for the reciprocal nature of eating and blessing. continued on page 15 14

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Then they learned. They learned how to pay attention to each other’s energy, voices and intentions. They learned through story telling where we participants was on their incredible life journeys. They chanted for the rest of the morning, until lunch was provided. After another incredible, mouth-watering meal, they returned to the practice room to talk about the practical aspect of what was being done and how to integrate into their lives. In the afternoon an opportunity was provided to participate in KZ Dance, with Yaffah Schnitzer. The dance was one of the creative outlets for the attendees to release the energy raised during the chant sessions. The other expressive outlet was KZ Art with Judith Dack. During this first of four sessions, the art project was to make Sh’vitim. Over the next two sessions the group will have the opportunity to create personal story books about their journeys. When dinner came, each person shared their stories of who they were, where they came from and what brought them to this point in their spiritual path. Following dinner, Rabbi Shefa Gold, along with Yaffa and Judith led the Kol Zimra participants in an evening ritual. To put words to them would be to discredit them. There were rituals with taste, volume and effervescent tangibility, the experience not a passive. When Shabbat came, they delved into the Parsha Massei, the telling of the journeys. A most appropriate portion to start with the two year training. They chanted within the walls of the Carmelite Monastery, singing the words of their ancient tradition in our modern character. For the Shabbos nap, the group took a group rest, while Rabbi Shefa Gold chanted through the seven forms of Shabbos rest. Kol Zimra 7, and our own Naftala Eason, will meet three more times over the course of two years. Each time, they will be more experienced and steeped in the experience of Hebrew chant. One of Naftala’s assignments is to start a Hebrew Chant group. If you are interested, please contact her at naftala2006@hotmail.com.

Chai Mitzvah is a nationally administered adult education program that offers adults a flexible learning opportunity at a very affordable price. Enrollees pay a one-time fee of $18 when they sign up for this 10-month course. Students set their own goals in three categories â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Learning, Ritual and Social Action - and do most of their work online. To compliment the individualized, computer-based learning, the program also includes a monthly 90 minute session where students come together to discuss a theme. The program starts in October and ends in June. The topics are: October: Adult Rites of Passage November: Tzedakah and Philanthropy December: Interpersonal Relationships: The Individual and the Community January: Interpersonal Relationships: Family and Friends February: Mindfulness and Conscious Living March: Adding New Insights and Personal Meaning to the Passover Seder/Israel April: Days of Remembrance May: Gratitude June: Judaism and the Environment:

CHAI MITZVAH PROGRAM Program cost: $18.00 Meet with leaders in our CPT community once a month to discuss to discuss your chosen Judaic pathway Contact 702.436.4900 to RSVP For more detailed information about the program visit: www.chaimitzvah.org

High Holiday Haiku Contest From the Reconstructionist Press A haiku contest; You could win a free mahzor from the Reconstructionist Press! Details are below. Give us your best High Holiday haiku, and the Reconstructionist Press will reward you. We’re sponsoring two contests—one for youth (ages 8-16) and one for adults. The winner in each group will receive a free mahzor. To enter: 1. Like the Reconstructionist Press page on Facebook— www.facebook.com/ ReconstructionistPress. 2. Post your haiku on our Facebook page The entry deadline is August 22. The Reconstructionist Press will post the winning haikus on their page. No purchase necessary. Good luck!

Talmud With Training-Wheels: Intro to Talmud 10 week course RSVP: 702-436-4900 TALMUD WITH TRAINING WHEELS-INTRO TO TALMUD Can the side of an elephant be used as a wall of a sukkah? The discussion and multitudes of opinion which respond to this question can be found in the Talmud. Be it the Babylonian Talmud or the Jerusalem Talmud, these curious and in depth, sometimes practical and sometimes mystical conversations are recorded within and without the text. Interested in taking it for a spin? Sign up for “Talmud with Training Wheels :Intro to Talmud” as the second cohort gathers around the Rabbi’s tisch (table) to delve into the Talmud. Course Cost: $165.00 for members, $215.00 for non-members due August 15, 2014 Start Date: September 8, 2014 RSVP: 702.436.4900 17

High Holiday Workshop For One and All, On

September 7th From 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Learn the structure of the services for the Days of Awe—the why’s and wherefore’s of the liturgy. A great way to enter into the upcoming holy days WHERE: At the home of Rabbi Yocheved Mintz WHEN: September 7th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM $10.00 for members $18.00 for non-members

To SIGN UP for one program or both programs call 702.436.4900 and let us know which events you will be attending or email congregtion.pnai.tikvah@aol.com and tell us you will be attending either the High Holiday Workshop (Sept. 7th) or the Challah Bake-a-thon (Sept. 14th) or be attending both days!

Challah Bake-a-thon Come to the home of Rabbi Mintz to participate in the "Challah Bake-a-thon". These creative challot will be served at our Rosh HaShana Services and Yom Kippur Break-the -Fast.

September 14, 2014 1:00 PM—3:00 PM

Israel in June Laurie Lytel : A few pictures from my trip to Israel, June, 2013. Laurie was attending classes at Hebrew University.

Mini-Jerusalem city model

Masada â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I was inside a lookout on top of Masada, so this is the view looking out.

View of the City (from my dorm room

Ahava sculpture in front of Israel Museum in Jerusalem

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3 views of Sderot, in southern Israel, right next to the Gaza Strip. These displays are collected remains of rocket fire from various terrorist groups into Israel. Also in Sderot: a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play shelter which doubles as a bomb shelter Also a picture of Graffiti wall in Sderot

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Sunrise hiking up to Masada, overlooking the Dead Sea 3 pics of ancient Petra, Jordan: (third one is me visiting a camel!) Tel Aviv, sunset over the Med. Sea

On’gai Shabbat— Time to Sign up! Sign up for the 5775 On’gai Shabbat Season. Celebrate your simcha, honor your family, do it because it is fun. For you foodies who want to get your Bobby Flay or Gordon Ramsey on, there’s still time! Check the schedule below; an opening is your opportunity: 

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Sponsored by: MayLee, Mason and Meyer DeLee In honor of their new sister, Maple Jing, Cater: Judy Mirisch

Sponsor-Roz Tessler and Hariet Bernstein

Pick a date to sponsor or cater an oneg in the upcoming year. Call the office at (702) 436-4900 or email congregation.pnai.tikvah@aol.com to book your date now! Ellen & Ron Royer Jennie & Jerry Cohen Sondra & Stanley Rose

August 5 August 26 August 28

Happy Anniversary Gary Ullman Mason DeLee Meera Kamegai Gary Paykel Joanne Goodwin Piya Adler-Swanberg David Aris Aaron Nussbaum Sandy Rich Rachel Piekarsky

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If we missed your birthday or an anniversary... Please call the synagogue office at (702) 436-4900 so we can update and correct our records.

Todah Rabah to Rabbi Yocheved Mintz for opening up her home to the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rosh Chodesh Group for the month of Sivan. The investigation delved into what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century, how our past, both immediate and tribal has shaped our choices and outlooks. The food was delicious and the conversation scintillating. Sign up to host in the 5775 Rosh Chodesh Series. Look at the dates below and pick one. Open your doors to sacred space. Rosh Chodesh Dates Meeting Dates for 5775 Elul

August 24th

Host : Annie Wolff

Tishrei

There will be no meeting for the month of Tishrei.

Cheshvan

November 2nd

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Kislev

November 23rd

Host: Lynn Pisetzner

Tevet

December 14th

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Adar

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Nisan

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Iyyar

April 19th

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Sivan

May 17h

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It’s That Time of Year

NAMES FOR THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – 5775 To honor the memory of loved ones who have passed away, please fill out this form and send to: Congregation P’nai Tikvah ATTN: Administrative Offices, 2045 Grouse Street, Las Vegas, NV 89134 by August 15, 2014. It is traditional to make a donation ($18) to the congregation for each of your loved ones. Remembered by ______________________________________________________ Phone no. _________________ I am contributing $ _________ in memory of each of my loved ones, for a total of $_______ for the Book of Remembrance 5775. Name ________________________________________

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Please remit names and donations to Congregation P’nai Tikvah ATTN: Administrative Office 2045 Grouse Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 or email to congregation.pnai.tikvah@aol.com Call the office at 702.436.4900 for more information.

Rosh Hashanah is on September 24, 2014 ORDER TODAY It is a Rosh Hashanah tradition to dip apples in honey to usher in the New Year. Bring some sweetness to friends and family, and help community at the same time. Send the gift of honey. Each gift jar contains eight ounces of delicious golden certified pure Kosher honey and your personalized gift card. The package is an exceptional value at $10.00 and all proceeds will benefit the on-going exceptional programming Congregation Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nai Tikvah provides for itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members and the community like the Community Seder, Brunch with Brilliants and the Introduction to Talmud classes. NEW ORDERING METHOD: Visit us online at https://fundraisingzoo.com and order today! Be sure to use our account code 10062 to make sure all proceeds are credited to our account. Contact the office at 702.436.4900 if you have additional questions.

Easy Apple Crisp with Honey "This delicious crisp is so easy to make, and everyone will love it! Cinnamon, honey, and a crisp crumb topping make a dessert you'll want to prepare again and again. Serve with vanilla ice cream." INGREDIENTS: 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 1/2 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons water 3/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup honey 4 tablespoons butter DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium casserole dish. 2. Evenly spread the apple slices in the prepared dish. In a small bowl, mix the lemon juice and water, and pour over the apples. Drizzle apples with honey, and sprinkle with cinnamon. 3. In a bowl, mix the brown sugar, flour, oats, and butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over the apples. 4. Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until apples are tender and topping is lightly browned.

KIDZ KORNER for August

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Marie Ackerman Marjorie Lieberman Edith Rome Elliot Bender Wendy Linker Maya Granat Richard, Eric & Wilma Wulff Phyllis Zuckerman Ron Gries Rosemarie Chapman Connie Rivchum Scott & Jane Dykstra Richard Feder Anne Altman Barry Goodwin Arlene Cohen Paul Goldstein Seth Horowitz Arleen Gibson Richard Steinberg Brazyl Monique Ward Matt Cohen Shayna & Randi Fried Howard Fox Sylvia Fox April Besman Cantor Micha’el Esformes Ann Ehrenzweig Edith Schor Harriet Herman Sheila Leviri Alyssa Bernstein Olga Klinghar Arthur Hyman Ian Waters Arthur Kunis David Pisetzner Kenneth Charpentier

Mi SheBeirach List

Pinky Garcia Susan Margolin Joyce Schneider Paul Bodner Helene Bernstein Arthur Kunis Esther Schwartz Seth Axelrod Sonny Mayron Barbara Grossman Kathleen Broener “a” Carl Cowan Fran Silverman Marylou Lowther Brenda Gomez Barbara Brookes Lucy Muller Robert Miller Norman Fried Henry & Helene Glowa Norman & Andy Anderson Joan Ameri Jean Sampson Sol Rubin Micheal Gesser Doris and Gene Berns Zock Van Cleve Ansel Slome Marlene Marcus Gracie Herman Henry Wortzel Rabbi Jonathan Omerman Jon Axelrod Tiffany Freud

Remembering Friends and Family:

Shloshim: Rabbi Zalman Schachter– Shalomi (ztz”l)

If you know of someone who can use a little cheer in their life because of illness or a death in their family-or a simcha -mazel tov celebration; the "Sunshine Lady” Phyllis Zuckerman would like to send a card. Please contact her at: 702.617.0585 or phyllistan@cox.net

Sam Bender -Remembered by Elliot Bender Sidney Benstock -Remembered by Edward Benstock Barry Corchnoy -Remembered by Anne & Gary Ullman Patricia Elliot -Remembered by Rachel Elliot Piekarsky Naftali Fraenkel -Remembered by Kol Israel Herbert Hirsch -Remembered by Eileen & Cort Ancman Hilton Judd -Remembered by Marlene Marcus Shirley Kamanitz -Remembered by Barbara Holland Davida Lewin-Schermer -Remembered by CPT Congregation

Memorial plaques are available; to honor the departed, to inspire the living. to be remembered in the hearts of those we leave behind is, in a sense, to live forever. For further information, call the Synagogue office at 702-436-4900

Harold Sussman -Remembered by Laura Sussman Samuel Weiman -Remembered by Barbara Holland Eyal Yifrach -Remembered by CPT Congregation

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You’ll start earning rewards for Congregation P’Nai Tikvah right away on qualifying purchases made using your Smith’s and Vons rewards Card! Smith's and Von's are committed to helping our communities grow and prosper. Year after year, local schools, churches and other nonprofit organizations will earn millions of dollars through these kinds of programs. There is no cost to enroll, and enrollment will not affect your fuel points or coupon discounts. Here are the instructions for getting started. We will also have a place for your to sign up at the Community Passover Seder at the Blasco Event Wing of UNLV Foundation Bldg. Bring your Smith's and Von's card numbers and we will do the signing up for you. OUR SMITH"S NPO NUMBER IS 61229.

TO USE THE SMITH’S COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM: Register online at www.smithscommunityrewards.com · Customers must have a registered Smith’s rewards card account to link to your organization. · If you does not yet have a Smith’s rewards card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Smith’s. · Click on 'Create and Account' box · Sign up for a Smith’s Rewards Account entering your email address and creating a password, by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, agreeing to the terms and conditions. · A message will show up for you to check your email inbox and then click on the link within the body of the email. · Click on “My Account” and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step. · Click on Edit Smith’s Community Rewards information and input your Smith’s rewards card number. · Update or confirm your information. · Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm. · To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page. · Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377, select option 4 to get your Smith’s rewards card number. · Members must swipe their registered Smith’s rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Smith’s rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.

TO USE THE VON'S ESCRIP PROGRAM Click on this link: https://secure.escrip.com/supporter/ registration/index.jsp Fill out the questionnaire. If you do not know your Von's Reward Card Number call: 1.877.723.3929 and they can assist you in retrieving that information.

Nid’vei Leiv Donations from the Heart

In blessed memory In memory of Doris Turrentine and Ken Elgart by Eileen Ancman In memory of Max Mintz and Anna Rosin by Maxine Blechman

General Fund Barbara Holland Philip and Jo Ellen Knapp Benjamin Wilreker In honor of Danica Lockett by Annie Wolff In honor of Emma Deal by Annie Wolff In honor of Frank Rush by Annie Wolff In celebration of Robert Blechman's 45 birthday by Maxine Blechman In honor of Torah Study by David Aris In honor of Torah Study by Ann Castro In honor of Torah Study by Annie Wolff

Refuah Shleimah MiSheBeriach for Fran Bolhuis by Maxine Blechman Annie Wolff *** On one occasion prior to Passover, a man came to Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, the rabbi of Brisk, with an unusual halachic question. “Rabbi”, he asked, “is it permissible for me to drink milk for the ‘Four Cups,’ instead of wine?” “Why do you want to do that?” asked the rabbi. “Is wine bad for your health?” “It’s just that wine is too expensive for me,” the man replied. Whereupon, the rabbi took out some twenty rubles – a large sum of money – and gave it to the man to purchase wine. After the man had left, someone present asked the rabbi why he had given the man such a large sum of money. After all, three or four rubles would have sufficed to buy the necessary wine. Rabbi Soloveitchik smiled and said, “Think carefully. Obviously, the man is unable to purchase any meat or fowl for the Passover Seder either. Otherwise, how could he even think of using milk for the ‘Four Cups’? I therefore gave him enough to provide for his family’s needs for the entire holiday.” (Rabbi Zechariah Fendel, The Torah Ethic, p. 278) 30

Shabbat

High Holidays

CALENDAR AT A GLANCE: August 1 August 1 August 2 August 5 August 8-10 August 15 August 16 August 24 September 2 September 5 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 September 8 September 14 September 15 September 15 September 19 September 20 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 22 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 29 September 29 September 30

6:30 PM Tot Shabbat at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Service at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 10:00 AM Torah Study, Par’shat Devarim, at the home of Rabbi Mintz 7:00 PM CPT Board Meeting at Acacia Springs CPT Annual Women’s Retreat , Cedar Breaks, Utah 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Service at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 10:00 AM Torah Study, Par’shat Ekev, at the home of Rabbi Mintz 11:30 AM Brunch with Brilliants “Looted Art: A Portrait of Wally” featuring Naomi Arin 7:00 PM CPT Board Meeting at Acacia Springs 6:30 PM Tot Shabbat at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Service at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 10:00 AM Torah Study, Par’shat Ki Teze at the home of Rabbi Mintz 1:00 PM “HiHo HiHo: High Holiday Workshop” at the home of Rabbi Mintz 4:15 PM Jewlicious Learning 7:00 PM Talmud with Training Wheels-Intro to Talmud 1:00 PM “Challah Bake-a-thon” at the home of Rabbi Mintz 4:15 PM Jewlicious Learning 7:00 PM Talmud with Training Wheels-Intro to Talmud 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Service at Kraft-Sussman Chapel 10:00 AM Torah Study, Par’shat Nitzavim-VaYelekh, at the home of Rabbi Mintz

S’Lichot 11:30 AM Brunch with Brilliants “Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas” featuring Matt O’Brien 4:15 PM Jewlicious Learning 7:00 PM Talmud with Training Wheels-Intro to Talmud 7:00 PM Erev Rosh HaShanah Service at the Center 401 S. Maryland Pkwy 10:00 AM Rosh HaShanah Service at the Center 401 S. Maryland Pkwy 5:00 PM Tashlich, Picnic & Kabbalat Shabbat in the Park - Sunset Park 4:15 PM Jewlicious Learning 7:00 PM Talmud with Training Wheels-Intro to Talmud 7:00 PM Jewish, Alive & American

Blessing for the month of Av: The current unrest reflects the mood and history of Av. As we continue to pray for peace in Israel, let us take this time to reflect on our personal commitments . Let us reflect on our personal losses and work to harmonize our inner and outer life.