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Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, November 25, 2011 Welcome to our Kita Vav and Kita Zayin (grades 6 & 7) students from our Beit Rayim Hebrew School. We thank the following families for donating to the refreshments: Arbour, Brotman, Handler, Klein, Garber, Garfinkle, Jacobs, Minden and Osiel
November 26, 2011 ~ 29 Heshvan 5772 Birkat HaChodesh Shabbat Toldot
פרשת תולדות
The congregational Kiddush will be held in Main Street following services.
שבת שלום
Kabbalat Shabbat December 2, 2011 Co-Sponsored with The PJ Library Snack & Schmooze: 6 - 6:30 PM Interactive & Participatory Service with story time: 6:30 - 7:15 PM
Annual Torah reading: Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 (Etz Hayim, p. 146, Hertz, p. 93) Beit Rayim Triennial Reading: Genesis 26:23 – 27:27 (Etz Hayim, p. 152, Hertz, p. 96) Haftarah: I Samuel 20:18 - 42 (Etz Hayim, p. 1216, Hertz, p. 948)
ANNOUNCEMENTS/הודעות
The Congregation extends it’s sympathies to Ravit Lechter, on the passing of her grandfather, Tuly Covrigaru, z”l. The congregation thanks the following members for co-sponsoring our Shabbat morning Kiddush: Lawrence Fox in memory of his father Marvin Fox, z”l, and Larry Miller in memory of his grandfather, Sam Sherkin, z”l. 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 November 26, 2011– December 2, 2011 we remember Marvin Fox, z”l, father of Lawrence Fox Sydney Goldford, z”l, father of Caryn Friedman Philip Grief, z”l, father of Sharon Shore Flora Kollins, grandmother of Suzi Clements Sam Sherkin, z”l, grandfather of Lawrence Miller Lea Wulf, mother of Marian Simon and mother of Louis Wulf May their souls be bound up in the bonds of eternal life, Amen.
Please join us on Friday, December 16, 2011 Kabbalat Shabbat- 6:30 PM Saturday, December 17, 2011 Shabbat Services at 9 AM when Michael Jay, our USCJ Alim Rabbinic Fellow, will again return to Beit Rayim for the weekend. Back by Popular Demand! Israeli Movie Club Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Thank you to Isabel and Irv Siegel for generously opening their home to us again. Space is limited and preference will be given to synagogue members. You must RSVP to Udi at: ehude.avi@gmail.com (Please note the title will be announced two weeks before the screening). 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 Toldot - Prepared by Rabbi Joseph Prouser Isaac prays with compassion for his wife, Rebekah, who is childless. She conceives twins, whose rivalry begins in utero. The expectant matriarch is informed by God that the sons she is carrying are two separate peoples, and the older will serve the younger. The firstborn, Esau, is born ruddy and hairy; his twin brother, Jacob, emerges from the womb with a firm grip on his brother's heel. The names Esau and Jacob are linked to the words for hair heel, respectively. Esau is favored by his father, while Jacob enjoys a special bond with Rebekah. Years later, Esau, now an accomplished hunter, returns from a day's work famished. His more sedentary and mild-mannered brother, Jacob, sells him some stew in exchange for his birthright. A famine impels Isaac to move to Gerar, where God appears to him and renews the covenantal blessings first granted to Abraham. Repeating an unseemly experience of Abraham's, Isaac conceals his wife's identity, claiming she is his sister. Rebekah is taken by Abimelech, who returns her to her husband once their true relationship is revealed. Isaac is blessed with a hundredfold harvest (from which the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood Meah She'arim takes its name). Abimelech urges the now prosperous Isaac to leave Gerar. Isaac reclaims wells that were dug by Abraham and stopped up by Philistines. Continued conflict causes Isaac to leave for Beersheba, where God renews His blessing and Isaac makes a covenant with Abimelech. Esau marries two Hittite women, to the consternation of his parents. An aging Isaac, whose vision is failing, instructs Esau to bring him some meat in preparation for the patriarch's formal blessing of his firstborn. Rebekah, however, contrives to secure the blessing for Jacob, instructing her beloved son to disguise himself in pelts and Esau's clothing, and to bring his father food that she prepares. The conspiracy succeeds. Jacob bestows his blessing and status as patriarch and rightful heir to God's covenant on Jacob, whom he ostensibly has mistaken for Esau. When Esau returns, expecting his father's blessing, he learns of the deception and is disconsolate. His father, at first resistant, grants Esau a secondary blessing, which reinforces Jacob's superior if ill-gotten stature. Esau vows revenge on his brother, though, we learn only later, he never carries out his very understandable threat. Rebekah conspires to protect her favorite son by sending him to Paddan-Aram to find a wife, explaining to Isaac her disgust for Hittite women, such as Esau's wives. Isaac blesses Jacob again - calling into question the extent of his anger at the deception earlier perpetrated against him - and dispatches his son in accordance with Rebekah's plan. The parshah concludes with Esau, always the well-meaning and dutiful (if at times pathetic) son, attempting to please his parents by marrying Ishmael's daughter, Mahalath. His new wife is, of course, a granddaughter of Abraham, but like Esau she is from outside the chosen line.
Please circle your calendars:
Friday, December 2 – Kabbalat Shabbat with the PJ Library at CHAT. Friday, December 16 – Michael Jay, our USCJ Alim Rabbinic Fellow returns for Shabbat. Sunday, December 18 - Hanukkah Party at Ross Doan Public School. 10:30-12:30 AM. Thursday, December 22 - Last session of Beit Rayim Hebrew School before the winter break. Tuesday, December 27 – Israeli Movie Club. Friday, January 6 – Kabbalat Shabbat with the PJ Library. Thursday, January 12 – First session of Beit Rayim Hebrew School after the winter break. Saturday, January 21 – Havdallah at the Wave Pool. Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Casino Night at Pride of Israel. February12 – Tel Aviv Café.
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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. Chairman of the Board of Directors Shelley Isenberg President Larry Miller Immediate Past President Irv Siegel Founding Rabbi Rabbi Sol Tanenzapf, z”l Rabbi in Residence Moshe Edelman Cantor Eli Bard
Assistant Cantor Jaclyn Cepler-Klimitz USCJ Alim Rabbinic Fellow Michael Jay
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