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October 29, 2011 ~ 1 Heshvan 5772 Rosh Chodesh Hesvan Shabbat Noach
פרשת נח The congregational Kiddush will be held in Main Street following services.
שבת שלום Please join us on November 4 & 5 when Michael Jay, our USCJ Alim Rabbinic Fellow, returns to Beit Rayim for the weekend. Friday, November 4, 2011 6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat, co-sponsored by the PJ Library Saturday, November 5, 2011 Shabbat Services at 9 AM
Our Annual Kiddush Club Shabbat will be on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 9 AM Parashat Chaye Sarah If you would like to have a table of friends, then why not become a “Table Captain.” Collect the cheques from your friends at the reduced table of 10 rate ($32 each) and send them in to the synagogue office. We will reserve a table for you. (you must send all funds together prior to the event and list the names of all participants).
We are looking for volunteers to take part by leading parts of the service or acting as Gabbai.
Please contact Chuck Ticker at cticker@rogers.com
Annual Torah reading: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 (Etz Hayim, p., Hertz, p. ) Beit Rayim Triennial Reading: Genesis 8:15 – 9:29 (Etz Hayim, p. 48, Hertz, p.) Maftir: Numbers 28:9 – 15 (Etz Hayim, p. 930, Hertz, p.) Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24, 66:23 (Etz Hayim, p. 1220, Hertz, p. 21)
ANNOUNCEMENTS/הודעות If you are receiving an Honour/Aliyah, please make sure to arrive at the beginning of the service and introduce yourself to the Gabbai at the door. This week October 29, 2011– November 4, 2011 we remember
Anna Ekstein, z”l, grandmother of Ruth Ekstein and of Richard Ekstein Esther Feldman, z”l, aunt of Myrtle Stone Clara Kraus, z”l, mother of Sandy Stern Jeanette Lindsay, z”l, mother of Josephine Cole Martin Munster, z”l, father of Peter Munster Estelle Postol, z”l, mother of Steffi Goodfield Philip Rosenblum, z”l, brother of Lee Sheffer Lisa Shore, z”l, daughter of Sharon and William Shore and sister of Devon and Aron Shore Sarah Gold Tumarkin, z”l, aunt of Sandra Gold Millstein May their souls be bound up in the bonds of eternal life, Amen.
Please circle your calendars Friday, November 4 – Kabbalat Shabbat with Michael Jay and PJ Library at CHAT Sunday, November 6 – Beit Rayim’s Holocaust Education Week Program at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Saturday, November 19 – Kiddush Club Shabbat Sunday, November 20 – Youth Group Program Saturday, November 26 - Trivia Night at Bayview Hill Community Centre Sunday, December 18 - Hanukkah Party at Ross Doan Public School Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Casino Night at Pride of Israel
Looking for a few good “Shabbat Buddies” We are looking to create a roster of drivers who would be willing to pick up and take home some of our members who can no longer drive to services. If you would be willing to “Buddy” up with a member, please contact Fran at the synagogue office: admin@beitrayim.org / t.905-889-0276 x31
PARASHAT Noach - Prepared by Rabbi Joseph Prouser Parashat Noah represents a watershed(!) moment in humanity’s moral evolution. Individual human beings and society as a whole are subject to moral standards that represent God’s will and expectations for the world. Loyalty to these standards determines whom God will favor and what nations God will choose to carry out the divine plan. In the Torah, human society has grown so corrupt that God decrees its utter destruction by means of a flood. Noah, who is considered to be remarkable for his moral stature, his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law are to be saved. They board the ark, which Noah has constructed at God’s behest, together with representatives of the various animal species, to facilitate postdiluvian repopulation. Humanity and animal life are destroyed by the flood. The rain stops, in time the waters subside, and the ark’s passengers disembark. God imposes basic moral obligations on humanity, reflecting a revised, more restrained divine estimation of human potential. Noah offers sacrifices to God, who vows never again to unleash such a universal destructive force with the rainbow sign. Subsequently, Noah plants a vineyard, cultivates its produce, and becomes intoxicated. Noah curses his son Ham, but blesses Shem and Japeth for their respective responses to his drunken and vulnerable state. It should be noted that the Israelite nation descends from Shem. That is, we are Shemites, or more familiarly Semites. More specifically, we descend from Shem’s great-grandson Eber - perhaps the origin of the term Ivrit -- Hebrew.
An initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), with the support of the Government of Israel, Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce - Project HEART — aims to provide the tools, strategy, and information to enable the Government of Israel, the project, and its partners to bring about a small measure of justice to eligible heirs of Jewish victims, the victims themselves, and the Jewish people. Please go to www.heartwebsite.org for more information. Deadline to apply is December 1, 2011 Celebrate your birthday, anniversary or other simcha with your Beit Rayim Family. Receive a special blessing at Shabbat services. “Sponsor” a Congregational Kiddush for $360. or “Co-Sponsor” the Kiddush for $180. (This rate does not apply to the added cost for guests who you invite to attend that week and does not apply to Bar or Bat Mitzvah Kiddushim). “Donate” to the Kiddush is still at a variable rate of your choice. Donations are tax receiptable. Call: 905.889.0276 ext. 31or admin@beitrayim.org
We want to stay in touch with you. Please make sure we have a current email address on file. Donate a Chumash or Siddur in honour or memory of a person or a special event. Contact the office for details: shalom@beitrayim.org or 905-889-0276 x31 Founding Rabbi Rabbi Sol Tanenzapf, z”l Clergy Cantor Eli Bard President Larry Miller Immediate Past President Irv Siegel Chairman of the Board of Directors Shelley Isenberg
UJA of Greater Toronto’s Victims of Terror Fund supports southern Israel Funds raised for victims of terror in Israel are allocated to United Israel Appeal Canada Inc. (UIA) on whose behalf the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) delivers services. To donate contact ujadonations.com/victims or call 416-361-5705
With more than 11 million people across East Africa devastated by drought and famine, United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto has established the African Famine Relief Fund to help relieve their suffering. Fund donations will be sent to IsraAid, the Israelibased Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, which has already deployed…” In addition, the Government of Canada will match an equivalent amount to drought relief. The United Jewish Appeal African Famine Relief Fund is not part of the annual UJA Federation campaign. 100% of proceeds raised will be designated for IsraAID. ujadonations.com/AfricanFamine or by calling 416-631-5705. The PRIDE OF ISRAEL KOSHER FOOD BANK helps 100 Jewish Welfare families per week. They desperately need non-perishables such as canned goods, pasta, peanut butter and powdered milk. These items should be marked kosher. Or send a cheque to: KOSHER FOOD BANK OF PRIDE OF ISRAEL, 59 Lissom Crescent, Toronto, ON M2R 2P2 209 - 1118 Centre Street, Thornhill, ON L4J 7R9 t. (905) 889-0276 x31 shalom@beitrayim.org www.beitrayim.org www.facebook.com/beitrayimshul