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Autumn 2015 Tishrei 5776 Beth Torah Congregation

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Beth Torah Congregation What’s inside!

Yossi Sapirman Senior Rabbi

Hebrew’s Cool i President’s Message 3 Rabbi’s Message 4 Cantor’s Message 5 Reflections JWRP 6-7 Beth Torah Holiday Reminders 8 High Holiday Survival 9 Pizza in the Hut 10 About Sukkot 11 A High Holiday Wish 12 Donors and Sponsorship Opportunities 13 Beth Torah Calendar 2015/2016 14-15 Happy Birthday/Mazel Tov/ 16 Chumashim and Siddurim/Rabbi Special Fund/Tree of Life 16 Kiddush Fund/Magnificent Mitzvah in Appreciation 17 Condolences/Refuah Shlema/Kiddush/Memorial Plaques 18 Yizkor Yahrzeit 19 Bubby’s Honey Cake and Sunday Minyan 20 Mini Motek 21 Illuminations; The Arts of Samuel Bak 22 Elite Design Concrete inc.

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Samuel Frankel ob”m Cantor Emeritus Ephraim Fiksel President Candace Vogel 1st Vice President Michael Goldberg 2nd Vice President Andrew Weisberg Treasurer Mitchell Abbey Secretary Mark Krantzberg Gabbai Irving Mueller Gabbai Emeritus Allen Gerskup Immediate Past President Board of Trustees Jeremy Alter Deborah Anschell Peter Farkas Haley Field Gillian Glazer Stephen Klein David Lewis Toni Silberman Jean Sutkiewicz Jordan Turk Marvyn Turk Mark Tytel Jill Wagman

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Happy New Year

President’s Message When considering what I should write as this New Year’s greeting, I decided to do a little research into what is traditionally part of Rosh Hashanah writings. Naturally, the Internet provided a vast array of information. My personal favourites were stories from the Midrash, Chassidic stories, and fables and parables; fascinating reading that kept me rapt for a long time. After, I sat back and considered what ideas I had gleaned from my experience, and found that although the readings carried many important lessons, reminders, and values, filled of course with humour and wisdom, when considered as a whole, the Yiddishkiet that professed itself to me was really that when we participate in our traditions, through preparing and eating our meals, prayer, and by sharing ideas through sincere conversation, inevitably we come away with a greater depth of purpose in our lives.

Perhaps the reason I see this meaning in the readings is that this year I became President of our shul. Further, although I have sat on the Board and the Executive Committee of Beth Torah, it was not until I became President that I starting feeling a particularly different

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sense of fulfillment.

My deeper relationship with the shul began when I lost my beloved mother Esther 10 years ago. The warm embrace of the diligent membership and clergy allowed me to say Kaddish and cope with that horrible loss. Not ever knowing a grandparent because we are a family of Holocaust survivors, the loss of a parent was, to me, profound. However, through attending Beth Torah services and programmes, I have been taught to both mourn my losses and be deeply grateful for what I have. My very personal experience of participating in the traditions and institutions of my faith has provided succor and a depth of purpose that I had never found before and I never even knew I could feel before. Though I came to Beth Torah through sorrow, our synagogue has become a touchstone for all areas of my life.

Rosh Hashanah, for Jews, is a real beginning. Just as my life had a new beginning through Beth Torah, I encourage you to embrace the New Year with a revived sense of purpose, in good health, and to endeavor to recommit yourself to taking part in what our shul has to offer. I know taking time for programmes and services may not be high on your to-do list at this time of year. With the holidays coming so early in the Gregorian calendar, it makes it more challenging to find the energy for your household needs to be met, to deal with the business of the approaching fall, and, with meals to plan and prepare, that shul might seem of lesser importance. However, it might also follow that with more people attending services on the High Holidays than any other time of year, shul is also something distinctive for everyone. We approach Rosh Hashanah, in a unique way, for it is the time when the shofar is blown, calling us together, usually in our new finery, announcing special holiday greetings, followed with lots of celebratory meals. We undertake to make Rosh Hashanah new and fresh each year. Some of us even use this time of year to make our resolutions instead of waiting until December 31st.

When the shofar is sounded in this new year of 5776, I hope the momentum that commences with the work put into celebrating Rosh Hashanah will carry through to making Beth Torah a more integral part of your life.

Shana Tovah!

Ephraim Fiksel, President

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Rabbi’s Message Maybe Baby Welcome back! Summer is over as far as the calendar is concerned. The weather? Well, that’s a different opinion.

Regardless of the competing indicators, we actually follow a third guide, the Jewish calendar, whose holiday dates are often said to be late or early: a measure only diaspora Jews really understand. Israeli Jews have no sense of measurement other than their Israeli calendar, and in Israel holidays are always on time! Thanks to an incredibly hardworking professional staff and dedicated volunteers we are ready on time too.

I look forward to a great High Holidays at Beth Torah. As you may know there are changes, and I am optimistic that variation brings renewal and responsiveness to the challenges that trouble our Jewish community; it is an antidote to apathy and disenfranchisement. Nothing stays the same forever and as a community, learning to embrace change is a sign of health, preparing us to live beyond the comfortable and educate our families in a rapidly changing world that is constantly challenging our values and deepest ambitions.

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This year we welcome many new families who join us as Community members. They are part of our Beth Torah community: their children enrolled in Hebrew school or our Bar Mitzvah program, YLJ, or perhaps they simply want to be a part of Beth Torah, which Rabbi Steve Wernick, CEO the of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, referred to as “the synagogue that is definably way ahead of the curve”.

USCJ want to learn from us what can make their 500+ member synagogues better, more responsive, and more engaging. Rabbi Wernick joined us at our most recent Board meeting and it was particularly heartwarming for our Board and I to hear how highly regarded we are in the Synagogue and Jewish community throughout North America. We are for many a model of what is possible with a dedicated Rabbi, Executive, Board and membership, and I feel blessed to be part of an institution that has the courage to be great.

I am blessed to be the husband of an extraordinary woman, Mickey (Michol), and the father to a delightful child. It makes everything better and more important all at once. I want to be the man worthy of their love and affection, and also their respect. It is always hard to find the time I wish to spend at home, however Michol’s support affords me the time needed to devote countless hours to Beth Torah. Allegra on the other hand is less magnanimous, and my life has over the last few years become a series of “maybe baby” moments. I will often hold off commitments, answering the phone, or making appointments until I know what Allegra and Mickey need first.

I am not alone in this, all working parents must have this too. What is unique is that the pull away from my family takes me to my Beth Torah family, whom I love very much and thus am willing to always say “maybe” rather than “no”.

I hope that in the year to come, the “maybe” moments we share are for joy and happiness, for children who need love, for family obligations and many simchas. Let the “maybe” - the unknown and unsure - be only for good, and let the “for sure” be for good health, reconciliation, amends, forgiveness, peace and empathy, caring, kindness and fulfillment at every opportunity. “Maybe baby”, health, and a sweet year “for sure”. Amen.

Shana Tovah u’Metukah A sweet and good year!

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Rabbi Yossi Sapirman

Happy New Year

Cantor’s Message Among my fondest childhood memories was joining my Zayda and father (z”l) as they went out late on the Saturday night preceding Rosh Hashanah for Selichos services. The neighborhood in Montreal today known as Mile End had many synagogues in close proximity of one another, most of which hired “superstar” cantors for the High Holidays.

Selichos was the time to check them out, to preview and decide who was the best of those cantors; and so, we often went shul-hopping: From Ashrei at the Bnai Jacob shul, to Lishmoah El ha-Rinah ve-el ha-Tefilah (to hear the songs of joy and prayer) at the Chevra Kadisha shul just three blocks away, to Maran di-Bishamya (Master who Art in the Heavens) at the old Adath Israel. Throughout my childhood and adolescence I imbibed my affection for Hazzanut from my father, Joseph Yossel Nadler’s deep love for and profound understanding of cantorial music. Himself an accomplished cantor, who was tutored by one of the greatest cantors of all time, Dovid Roitman (z”l), my father humbly earned his yearly living as an insurance broker; but, for many years, he would officiate at High Holi

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day services at a variety of synagogues, from the sole Orthodox shul in Burlington,

Vermont to the parallel services at the Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal’s largest congregation, where I served as rabbi many decades later.

Aside from the inherent honour and responsibility I feel, having accepted the position as cantor of Beth Torah for the coming Holidays. On a deeply personal level, I feel as if I am continuing my dear father’s “tradition.” My full-time vocation for the past twenty-five years has been as an academic, a professor of Jewish Studies; for most of those years I also have served various congregations, including Beth Sholom right here in Toronto, as an “auxiliary” High Holiday rabbi. It is however in accepting Beth Torah’s invitation to lead the High Holiday services as a Cantor that I truly feel blessed to truly walk in the footsteps of my father. It is thus with a sense of gratitude, awe and humility that I look forward to representing the parishioners of Beth Torah in prayer on these Days of Awe. To the entire congregation I extend my warmest wishes for a Ketivah va-Hatimah Tovah !

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Reflections JWRP The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, or JWRP, seeks to inspire women to transform themselves, transform their families, their communities, and the world. Their flagship program is Momentum, an eight-day journey through Israel. Momentum is more than a tour of Israel; it is an opportunity to deeply explore ourselves. Thousands of women from 19 different countries have already experienced this life-changing trip, paying only their own airfare, and returning home with the best gift of all—a deep, eternal connection to Israel, a profound kinship with each other, and a heart filled with Jewish values.

In July 2015, ten Beth Torah women were chosen to experience our first ever trip with JWRP. Thank you to the following participants who we were proud to have represent our shul:

Mindy Alter Jacqui Goldberg Erica Greenspoon Shannon Harrison

Helen Lipson-Fox Linda Marquette-Kleiman Jean Sutkiewicz

Candace Vogel Andrea Waltman Esther Yermus

Our recent JWRP trip was a unique opportunity to share the extraordinary Israel experience with a group of women; some I’d never met, and some whose faces were familiar from shul on Shabbat but with whom I’d never had a conversation.

Several members of our group had never been to Israel and to relive those “firsts” with them (now that I’m a second-timer) was an amazing gift.

Not surprisingly, we were moved to tears on more than one occasion by the powerful words, lessons and stories that peppered our classes (and bus rides) and by the incredible power of communal experiences such as Shabbat at the Kotel, visiting an IDF base or the majesty of Masada.

But what stood out for me was the laughter. We laughed at ourselves and at each other; at the good fortune of being included in Beth Torah’s inaugural JWRP mission and the even better fortune of sharing it with such bright, inquisitive and sensitive women. I must admit, too, that we had more than a few laughs at the expense of our uber-enthusiastic American “sisters”.

Being in Israel seems to bring so many emotions to the surface but what I will remember most fondly about this trip was feeling -and sharing- joy in Jerusalem.

Testimonial - Candace Vogel

I feel so fortunate to have attended the most recent JWRP trip to Israel. The 10 of us from Beth Torah had the most wonderful opportunity to get to know one another; we were amazingly cohesive and like-minded, and we laughed and cried together more than any of us can remember.

Erev Shabbat at the Kotel was spectacular: among hundreds of others, the 600 JWRP participants gathered to usher in Shabbat. We were led in song by a remarkable woman, and our united voices attracted a small group of soldiers. As these beautiful, courageous young women joined us, most of us dissolved into tears. We were so moved by their strength, and so grateful for their sacrifice. Our visit to Yad Vashem was equally momentous, but it was made even more poignant for me on two counts: I had the extraordinary opportunity to point out the photograph of my father, my uncles, and my grandparents. And after Yad Vashem, we had the rare privilege of visiting an IDF base. It was humbling to be among these young defenders of Israel and the Jewish people, and a poignant reminder, on the heels of visiting the Holocaust Memorial, of their significance.

We heard many dynamic speakers, but it was Rachel Frenkel, the mother of one of the teens murdered last year, whose words I hope to honour: In expressing her gratitude to Jews from all over the world for their support, she coined the expression, “unity, not uniformity.” We are all Jews, regardless of our affiliation, and we must stand united.

Thank you, Rabbi Yossi, and thank you, Beth Torah for giving me this remarkable opportunity.

Testimonial - Esther Yermus

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Happy New Year

“It is 2:00am and I am sitting here in my hotel room overlooking beautiful Jerusalem, trying to contain my emotions long enough to write a few words about the experience of today.

How do I describe visiting the mikvah in Tzfat- the center of Jewish mysticism and one of the holiest cities in the holiest land?

As we descended the many flights of cobblestone steps, I could only imagine the hundreds of women who had descended these steps before me, every month, every year, with the breathtaking mountains and hills rolling out in front of us as far as the eye can see.

After a tour of the spa-like preparation and immersion rooms, we gathered our group together downstairs to hear the mikvah attendant explain to us the significance of the tradition, and the deep connection to God we can experience every time we accept the opportunity to fulfill this mitzvah. The energy in the room and the sense of sisterhood not only to our new friends present, but also to all Jewish women worldwide throughout millennia, was an indescribable experience that had most of us in tears. There are no words for how connected I felt to my femininity and faith in these moments, and I wish every woman the pleasure of this most meaningful experience.”

Testimonial - Shannon Harrison

“I felt so honoured to be invited for a Shabbat lunch with about 25 other women to a host family. We all had a chance to stand up and tell everyone why we wanted to go on this trip. The couple whose home we ate at were so hospitable and I wished that I could go back again next Shabbat.

We also went to a place called “Lifeline for the Old” or in Hebrew – Yad Lakashish. It is a place where hundreds of elderly needy people (most of them Russian and Ethiopian immigrants) go to everyday and make beautiful works of art. There are professional artists that work with them and teach them various crafts. I was not prepared for the absolutely beautiful work that they made. There was a gift shop where you could purchase the various items. Our group made a lot of purchases in the store and it made me feel good to be able to support this very worthwhile venture. It is so important for these people to feel as if they are still contributing to society.

Another highlight was being able to go to an IDF base and meet the soldiers. We had gifts for them and you could tell that they were so appreciative. We all sang Hatikvah together which was so inspirational. I looked at these young soldiers and many of them looked to be not much older than my son and they are out there fighting for their country. It puts things into perspective.” Exerpt from letter by Helen Lipson-Fox. Testimonial - Helen Lipson-Fox

Photography courtesy of Shannon Harrison

“Esther finds a photo of her relatives at Yad Vashem” “Mindy, Jacqui, Erica and Esther during our welcome dinner at Decks.”

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High Holiday Reminders

High Holiday Security A friendly reminder for your peace of mind: Improved SECURITY MEASURES are in place this Holiday Season. Only those persons with a HIGH HOLIDAY 2015-5776 ticket will admitted to services.

High Holiday Parking When the parking lot is full, security will provide you with an ``information sheet�. Before you leave your car, please remember to place the information sheet on the dashboard, in a visible spot, so that as long you are not parked illegally, the authorities will take that into consideration.

If the police receive a parking complaint, they will enforce the bylaws.

Please do not park illegally or in the LADY YORK Parking lot. You will likely be ticketed or towed.

High Holiday Seating The Executive Committee and Board wish to remind you that all our members must have fair and equal access to the seats located in the Main Sanctuary during the High Holidays

To ensure equality, we cannot allow the practice of saving seats by placing Tallitot, prayer books and other objects on the seats prior to the start of the service. Items left on the seats for that purpose will be respectfully removed by the ushers and placed in the coat check area for retrieval by their owner.

Please also note that persons sitting in the Main Sanctuary may not save extra seats for family members who will join them at a later time in the service. You may, however, save seats for your family and friends if you are sitting in the Chapel or the Social Hall until notified that it is no longer feasible to do so.

High Holiday Attire Appropriate Synagogue attire should be modest and reflect the importance of spending the High Holidays in a sacred place.

Dress style should be festive, modest or business (casual). Kippot and a limited number of ladies’ shawls are available at the entrance.

Parents please remind your teens that sleeveless, ultra-short or low-cut clothes, are not suitable for religious services.

Please avoid the use of strong smelling perfumes or colognes.

High Holiday Communication Please remember . . .

In respect of the sacred Holiday please refrain entirely from texting, tweeting, updating Facebook or any use of phones and communication devices in and around the Synagogue.

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Happy New Year

High Holiday Survival • It’s not always easy to pray.

• It is not always a simple matter to focus on those obscure Hebrew words or to listen to the intoning of ancient tomes amidst the fervour and hesitance that mark Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

• How can you make prayer become a relevant and meaningful experience?

• Think about some of these ideas before you step inside the synagogue. They may help: • Try not to expect too much! Don’t try to get everything out of every prayer or to follow along the whole service.

• Use a translation, preferably with explanations. There are some excellent bilingual festival prayer books on the market today.

• Select one or two prayers that are objectively more significant on these High Holy Days, or that seem to have special meaning for you.

• Read through them carefully. (Don’t worry if you are “falling behind” following the reader...) Think about what the prayers mean to you. Why did you select them? Of what wider significance could the prayer be to your community, someone you know, mankind?

• Close your eyes. Take in the atmosphere. Now look around and share a feeling of togetherness with others in the synagogue.

• Think about the fact that millions of Jews around the world are doing exactly what you are doing. What does that mean to you?

• Use the time to “time out” and reflect on yourself, your family, those you care for - and the rest of the world. Any special thoughts?

• Think that just by being in synagogue you have made a commitment as a Jew. • Do you want to strengthen that commitment somehow? If so, how? Think of three things you could do once the day is over.

• Join in with the prayers. Even if you don’t understand what you are saying, your thoughts and feelings are communicated. Your words join those of your fellow congregants in the synagogue: they combine together.

Your prayers, if sincere, will be heard and understood...

• And may you be inscribed for a Happy and Healthy year.

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The time is here...

Join us for a LEGO-BUILDING EXTRAVAGANZA! Help build our Sukkah, block by block and decorate its walls, inch by inch with crafts to make the Sukkah beautiful

Advanced RSVP $ 2 per person At the door $ 15 per family Hebrews’Cool students join free of charge!

Lulav and Etrog Lulav & Etrog sets are available for purchase for Sukkot contact the office

RSVP to Alley hebrewschool@bethtorah.ca

PIZZA

IN THE HUT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2015 10:30AM SUKKAH BUILDING AND DECORATING, 11:30AM PIZZA IN THE HUT

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Happy New Year

About Sukkot Sukkot is a seven-day harvest holiday that arrives during the Hebrew month of Tishrei. It starts four days after Yom Kippur and is followed by Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Sukkot is also known as the Festival of Booths and the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Origin of Sukkot Sukkot hearkens back to times in ancient Israel when Jews would build huts near the edges of their fields during the harvest season. One of these dwellings was called a “sukkah” and “sukkot” is the plural form of this Hebrew word. These dwellings not only provided shade but allowed the workers to maximize the amount of time they spent in the fields, harvesting their food more quickly as a result.

Traditions of Sukkot There are three major traditions associated with Sukkot:

Building a Sukkah • Eating in the Sukkah • Waving the lulav and etrog At the beginning of sukkot (often during the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot) Jews construct a sukkah. In ancient times people would live in the sukkot and eat every meal in them. In modern times people most often build a sukkah in their backyards or help their synagogue construct one for the community. In Jerusalem some neighborhoods will have friendly contests to see who can build the best sukkah.

Few people live in the sukkah today but it is popular to eat at least one meal in it.

At the beginning of the meal a special blessing is recited, which goes: “Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who has sanctified us with commandments, and commanded us to dwell in the sukkah.” If it is raining then the commandment to eat in the sukkah is postponed until the weather is more accommodating.

Since Sukkot celebrates the harvest in the land of Israel, another custom on Sukkot involves waving the lulav and etrog. Together the lulav and etrog represent the Four Species. The etrog is a kind of citron (related to a lemon), while the lulav is made of three myrtle twigs (hadassim), two willow twigs (aravot) and a palm frond (lulav). Because the palm frond is the largest of these plants, the myrtle and willow are wrapped around it. During Sukkot, the lulav and etrog are waved together while reciting special blessings. They are waved in each of the four directions - sometimes six if “up” and “down” are included in the ritual - representing God’s dominion over Creation.

The lulav and etrog are also part of the synagogue service. On each morning of Sukkot people will carry the lulav and etrog around the sanctuary while reciting prayers. On the seventh day of Sukkot, called Hoshana Rabba, the Torah is removed from the Ark and congregants march around the synagogue seven times while holding the lulav and etrog.

The eighth and last day of Sukkot is known as Shmeni Atzeret. On this day a prayer for rain is recited, demonstrating how the Jewish holidays are in tune with the seasons of Israel, which begins on this day.

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A High Holiday Wish Roselyn Keri

As those dreamy dog days, of summer, are beginning to recede; I am wondering, for Rosh Hashana, what our guests we will feed?

I think about the upcoming holidays, with mounting joy and glee, For I know I’ll have a grandchild (or more), scrambling at my knee.

We get caught up with all the preparations, tasks and such; And many of us find this a time, when we tend to think too much.

We think about those who have been in the center of our life; And we review the past year’s sweet victories, and, also, the strife.

We focus on our joys; and look to “dealing”, positively, with our woes; Doing what we can, in the most thoughtful ways, to dispel all of our “foes”.

Count your blessings if you’re healthy; and those you love are, too; Deal with people, and situations, with kindness; and that you’ll never rue.

As I invoke the sage “word” of my beloved father z’l, who very often said... “Moderation” in all you say, and do; and for the rest just use your head!

A Family Prayer Avinu Malkeinu, bless my family with peace. Teach us to appreciate the treasure of our lives. Help us always to find contentment in one another. Save us from dissension and jealousy; shield us from pettiness and rivalry.

May selfish pride not divide us; may pride in one another unite us. Help us to renew our love for one another continually. In the light of Your Torah grant us, the people Israel and all your creatures everywhere, health and fulfilment, harmony, peace, and Joy. Amen.

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Happy New Year

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Visit us at www.bethtorah.ca for more details or call 416 782-4495, Ext 24. or email rabbisoffice@bethtorah.ca

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Calendar 2015/2016 September 2015 12th 19th 20th

20th 27th

JWRP: High Holidays class (All are welcome!)

JWRP: Achieving Greatness (All are welcome!)

YLJ Orientation (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: Sukkot – Joy and Trust (All are welcome!)

Hebrew School: Pizza in the Hut

October 2015 1st 4th 4th 6th 11th 15th 18th 24th 24th

JWRP: Members of the Tribe: 12, 10, 2, 1 (All are welcome!)

YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: Sukkah Night with Ushpizin and Candle Lighting (RSVP Required) Hebrew School: Simchat Torah party Hebrew School: Closed JWRP: Israel and the Bible (All are welcome!)

YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: Taming the Inner Critic: Transforming Attitudes by Judging Favourably (All are welcome!)

Hebrew School: Birthday Party Shabbat

27th

Holocaust Education Week: Opening Night Concert

November 2015 5th 6th 8th 12th 15th 15th 17th 26th 26th 29th

Holocaust Education Week: Prisoner of her Past Hebrew School: Family Shabbat YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: The Makings of an Evil Society (All are welcome!)

Global Day of Learning Holocaust Education Week: Closing Concert Hebrew School: PA Day JWRP: Shabbat Around the World (Cooking Class: RSVP Required) Hebrew School Cooking Class YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program)

December 2015 6th JWRP: Latke Party (RSVP Required) 6th Hebrew School: Latke Party and Menorah Lighting (Sunday) 8th Hebrew School: Latke Party and Menorah Lighting (Tuesday) 12th Hebrew School: Chanukah Bash 12th JWRP: Family Shabbat (RSVP Required) 15th – Jan. 3rd Hebrew School: Winter Break 17th JWRP: Laying the Groundwork for Real Conversations about Israel (All are welcome!)

January 2016 9th 10th 17th 14th 24th 28th

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JWRP: Israel Inside (All are welcome!)

YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: Maintaining the Holiday Spirit (Volunteer initiative: All are welcome!)

JWRP: Devorah: Victory in the Hands of a Woman (All are welcome!)

YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: The Jewish View of Ecology and the Environment (All are welcome!)

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Stay tuned…much more to come February 2016 4th 4th 7th 13th 14th 18th 27th 28th

JWRP: Love Thy Neighbour (All are welcome!)

Hebrew School and PJ Library: How to Raise Kids that LOVE Being Jewish YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) JWRP: How Can I Achieve True Love? (All are welcome!)

Hebrew School: PA Day JWRP: The Jewish Concept of Love (All are welcome!)

Jazz Havdallah YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program)

March 2016 5th JWRP: The Hidden Story of Queen Esther (All are welcome!)

6th YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) 10th JWRP: Challah Baking Class (RSVP Required) 13th – 19th Hebrew School: March Break 17th JWRP: Introduction to Mussar (All are welcome!)

20th Hebrew School: Purim Carnival 27th YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program)

April 2016 1st Hebrew School: Family Shabbat 5th Hebrew School: PA Day 9th Tot Shabbat 9th Pre-Passover Sermon 10th Hebrew School: welcomes PJ Library to Mini Motek 17th Hebrew School: Classroom Seder (Sunday) 19th Hebrew School: Classroom Seder (Tuesday) 23rd – 30th Hebrew School: Pesach Break 30th

JWRP: Ethical Purchasing in Judaism (All are welcome!)

May 2016 5th 8th 8th 10th 12th 15th 29th

JWRP: Yom Hashoah Class (All are welcome!)

Hebrew School: Family Shabbat Hebrew School: Graduation (Sunday) Hebrew School: Graduation (Tuesday) JWRP: Yom HaAtzma’ut Class (All are welcome!)

YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program) YLJ (Year of Living Jewishly B’nai Mitzvah Program)

June 2016 4th 11th 25th 30th

JWRP: Yom Yerushalayim Class (All are welcome!)

JCC Overnight Shavuot Learning JWRP: Summer Solstice Havdallah (RSVP Required) JWRP: Q&A with the 2016 Participants

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Happy Birthday

Rabbi’s Special Fund David Goodbaum and Candace Vogel Jeff Koven Paul Gleitman Stephen Turk and Maura Levine

David Sieradzki to Peter Farkas Ralph and Judy Shiff to Thelma Young Sam and Helen Yermus to Arnold Cohen Shawn and Lori Goldenberg and family to Martin Baranek

Mazel Tov Bernice Douglas to Irwin and Phyllis Douglas David and Marcia Phillips to Saul and Annalea Libstug Ivan and Lydia Silver to Saul and Annalea Libstug Martin and Betty Baranek to Mark and Esther Goldenberg Mel and Arlene Schecter to Ray and Rosalie Moscoe Sam and Helen Yermus to Dr. Susan Rapoport Glick Sam and Helen Yermus to Dr. David Rapoport Sam and Helen Yermus to Jack and Susan Waserman Sam and Helen Yermus to Mark and Esther Goldenberg

Chumashim and Siddurim Barry and Carol Presement in memory of Brenda Caplan Ephraim and Penny Fiksel in honour of Martin Baranek John and Margie Levitt and family to Anne Weinbaum in memory of Jack Weinbaum Steven and Donna Goldenberg in memory of Florence Fenwick Susan Waserman in memory of Samuel Freidenrich

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Tree of Life Allan Swartz in memory of Peggy Swartz Heddy Blaug in memory of Sam Blaug Howard and Marilyn Walton in honour of Mark and Esther Goldenberg Joseph and Ann Rastin in honour of Tyler’s bar mitzvah JWRP 2015 participants in honour of Rabbi Yossi JWRP 2015 participants in honour of Jean Sutkiewicz Larry Goldenberg and Paula Gordon in honour of Mark and Esther Goldenberg Marty Schmerz in memory of Siggy Schmerz Marty Schmerz in memory of Jack Schmerz Marty Schmerz in memory of Phyllis and Ernie Lebovits Marty Schmerz in memory of Pepi and Berl Lebovits Phil Herman in memory of Max and Rose Herman Steven and Donna Goldenberg in honour of Mark and Esther Goldenberg Shawn and Lori Goldenberg in honour of Mark and Esther Goldenberg

Happy New Year

Kiddush Fund

Jody and Hilary Berkes in honour of Lauren’s Bat Mitzvah

Brian and Shelly Feldman in honour of the siyyum breakfast

Michael and Rochelle Gill in honour of Maleah’s Bat Mitzvah

Edward and Robin Mednick in memory of his mother’s yahrzeit

Robert Bauer and Donna Robinson in honour of Benjamin and Daniela’s B’nai Mitzvah

Ephraim and Penny Fiksel in memory of Rose Chikofsky and in honour of the new Board and Executive

Steven and Suzy Kauffman in honour of Josh’s Bar Mitzvah

Mark and Esther Goldenberg in honour of their 65th wedding anniversary Mark and Rochelle Stenzler in memory of Leo Klein Mark Turkienicz in honour of Eric and Michelle’s aufruf Peter and Jane Marrone in honour of the birth of Leonardo Sam and Helen Yermus in honour of his 90th birthday Sam and Susan Marr in honour of Joe Oliver

Magnificent Mitzvah Irving Kirsh and Jennifer Pulis in honour of Joshua’s Bar Mitzvah Jordan Golden and Beverly Brock in honour of Shane’s Bar Mitzvah Joseph and Ann Rastin in honour of Tyler’s Bar Mitzvah Sebastien Ribatto and Randi Davis-Ribatto in honour of Lauren’s Bat Mitzvah

Stephen and Yasmin Klein in memory of Leo Klein

In Appreciation

Corby and Roselyn Fine in honour of Ysabel’s Bat Mitzvah

John and Irene Lebovic to Jean Sutkiewicz Stephanie Shlagbaum to Robert Miller

David and Hilary Buxbaum in honour of Jaden and Alexa’s B’nai Mitzvah Elliot and Karen Feder in honour of Lauren’s Bat Mitzvah Gary Newton and Jean Wang in honour of Naomi’s Bat Mitzvah Ian and Wendy Gordon in honour of Carly’s Bat Mitzvah

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Condolences We extend our sincere condolences to the following families; may you know no more sorrow.

Refuah Shlema David Goodbaum and Candace Vogel to Helen Yermus David Goodbaum and Candace Vogel to Martin Baranek Ephraim and Penny Fiksel to Martin Baranek

Barry and Carol Presement to the family of Brenda Caplan Barry and Carol Presement in memory of Morris Lipton Betty Baranek to Peter Satok in memory of Melvin Satok

Martin and Betty Baranek to Helen Yermus Martin and Betty Baranek to Ephraim Fiksel Saul and Annalea Libstug to Martin Baranek

Ephraim and Penny Fiksel in memory of Karen Norwich

Kaddish

Hope Springman to the Lehmann and Polett families in memory of Irving Lehmann

Allan Weinbaum and Karen Eidinger in memory of Jack Weinbaum

Martin and Betty Baranek in memory of Melvin Satok

Faye Dorfman in memory of Jeff Dorfman

Marty Schmerz and Csibi Schmerz to Lenny and Rhoda Gelbard in memory of Adele Gelbard Marty Schmerz and Csibi Schmerz to Leo and Ruth Cammalleri in memory of Adele Gelbard

Memorial Plaques

Marty Schmerz and Csibi Schmerz to the family of Sharon Goldman

Adrian and Rhonda Feigelsohn in memory of Sewek (Sol) and Paula Feigelsohn

Marty Schmerz and Csibi Schmerz to the family of Sheldon Stein

Bernice Douglas in memory of Jack Douglas David Goodbaum and Candace Vogel in memory of Esther Goodbaum

Mollie Rothman to Paul Silverstein in memory of Michael Silverstein Steven and Donna Goldenberg in memory of Joseph Rothman

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Eddie and Susan Glick in memory of Morris Glick Harold and Shelley Wolkin in memory of Jacob Wolkin, Sally Wolkin, and Libbie Cowan

Happy New Year

Yahrzeit and Yizkor Adam and Robyn Polan in memory of Sydney Swartz Andrew and Fay Weisberg in memory of Rita Weisberg Andrew and Fay Weisberg in memory of Claretta Leinburd Barbara Gross in memory of Godfrey Larry Gross Barry and Carol Presement in memory of Marvin Lipton Billy Berger and Brucyne Sud in memory of David Berger Carl and Ruth Rosen in memory of Pauline Rosen Dean and Jodi Newman in memory of Sidney Newman Hayden and Robyn Solomons in memory of Carolyn Solomons Howard and Gloria Moscoe in memory of Hilda Green Howard and Lisa Adams in memory of Morris Adams Isaac and Linda Lallouz in memory of Sellam Lallouz Isaac and Linda Lallouz in memory of Benjamin Rich Jennie Cass in memory of Samuel Cass Jennie Cass in memory of Goldie Rotman Joel and Gail Fenwick in memory of Charlotte Gottlieb

Lawrence Federman and Lynne Feingold in memory of Al Feingold Lenny Baranek and Ita Kleiner in memory of Morry Baranek Lenny Baranek and Ita Kleiner in memory of Sam Kleiner Marla Lukofsky, Fern Lukofsky, and Elaine Goldenberg in memory of Lou Lukofsky Marla Lukofsky, Fern Lukofsky, and Elaine Goldenberg in memory of Morris Lukofsky Marla Lukofsky, Fern Lukofsky, and Elaine Goldenberg in memory of Sarah Lukofsky Marla Lukofsky, Fern Lukofsky, and Elaine Goldenberg in memory of Hersh Margulies Max and Sharron Elkouby in memory of Max Pereles Max and Sharron Elkouby in memory of Ruth Pereles Norman and Sandra Turk in memory of Morris Turk Norman and Sandra Turk in memory of Henech Turkienicz Randy and Anne Zalken in memory of Alex Zalken Ronald and Sandra Traub in memory of Simon Traub Shawn and Lori Goldenberg in memory of Carolyn Solomons Stanley and Barbara Tweyman in memory of Fay Tweyman Stanley and Barbara Tweyman in memory of David Tweyman Stephen and Celia Bobkin in memory of Lucy Picov Steven and Donna Goldenberg in memory of Irving Wolfman Contemporary. Traditional. Judaism

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Bubby’s Honey Cake Our Family Favourite

Submitted by: Fay Weisberg

Ingredients:

Beat eggs, sugar, and oil until blended

5 eggs

Add the juice and rind of the orange and

1 ½ cup sugar

lemon, rum, and honey

½ cup oil

Slowly add the flour, baking powder,

2 cups honey

and salt making sure they are combined well.

Rind and juice of one orange

Spray a large bundt pan with nonstick

Rind and juice of one lemon

spray and pour in the batter.

5 cups flour

Bake at 325F for 1 hour

1 tsp baking powder ¼ cup rum 1 tsp rum flavour ½ tsp salt

Sunday Minyan

All are welcome!

Sunday Morning Minyan takes place at 8:45 a.m. every week Tefillin wrap/schmoozing 9:00—9:20 a.m. services. breakfast following To sponsor a breakfast, please call David at 416.782.4495 ext 43 events@bethtorah.ca

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Happy New Year

What is it?

“Where kids love being Jewish!”

Mini-Motek is a new learning opportunity offered by Beth Torah’s Hebrews’Cool . It’s a once-a-week class designed as a first exposure to Hebrew School for children 3.5-5 years old. Using art, music, hands-on exploration and interactive story-telling, our students experience an engaging program that sets the foundation for years of future Jewish education.

We’re so excited to get your little ones learning Hebrew, learning Jewish values and most of all—taking their rightful place within our Hebrews’Cool community. Like all of our Jewish learning programs, Mini Motek is a fun experience where your children will learn about: Hebrew language, Torah stories, Israel, Jewish values and traditions and so much more.

When is it?

Choose to attend Tuesday or Sundays each week from September 2015-May 2016.

Where is it?

On site at the Beth Torah Congregation’s Hebrews’Cool located at 47 Glenbrook Avenue, Dufferin & Lawrence, North York

Who teaches it?

Our teachers are experienced, educated professionals who demonstrate expertise in arts-based programming and understand the Jewish values we teach. With a hands-on approach to education, our teachers foster community involvement, mutual respect and exhibit creativity on a daily basis.

How much is it? $800 for Beth Torah Congregation members $1,000 for non-members

How do I enroll?

Visit our website and fill out our online registration documents: www.BethTorah.ca click ‘online forms’ Alley Dezenhouse Kelner, ABS MA Counselling Psych.

416-782-4496 ext. 25 Director of Child/Youth Education HebrewSchool@Bethtorah.com

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llluminations: The Art of Samuel Bak October 27 - November 17, 2015 Beth Torah Congregation This exhibit of Samuel Bak’s paintings and drawings celebrates his art which is influenced by his experiences surviving the Holocaust as a child in Vilna, Lithuania.

Opening Event Concert and Art Talk with Bernie Pucker Tuesday, 27 October, 7:00 pm Closing Concert Sunday, 15 November, 5:00 pm

Exhibit hours

Thursday 29 October, 1–4pm

Sunday 1 November, 1–6pm

Tuesday 3 November, 11–3pm

Tuesday 10 November 11–3pm

Thursday 12 November, 1–4pm

Tuesday 17 November, 11–3pm.

Bernie Pucker is the founder, owner, and director of the Pucker Gallery in Boston. He has been president or chair of several organizations, including School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation.

Pianist Constanze Beckmann graduated from The Royal Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of John Perry in 2014. This season Constanze has given solo and chamber recitals in Europe. She recently performed Mozart piano concerto K. 482 with orchestra in Italy and has given several recitals in Toronto.

Violinist Atis Bankas has performed as a soloist in North America, Europe and Asia. Bankas leads the Ensemble CamerAtis and is the first violinist of the Gould String Quartet. He is the founder and artistic director of Music Niagara and teaches at the Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

Co-sponsored by This program is generously co-sponsored by Frieda & Larry Torkin, in memory of Frank & Jennie Krystal

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Happy New Year

Elite Designed Concrete Inc. wish Penny and Ephraim Fiksel, their family and friends, a happy and healthy New Year.

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CCCS Invites You To Get Ready for The Shabbat Project...

HOLLER FOR HALLAH! J.K. - Grade 5

You

CCCS

e! r e h T e b o t D A E KN

Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Adath Israel Congregation, 37 Southbourne Avenue

Make Your Own Hallah Kit Including: Hallah Covers, Hallah Boards and of course...

Hallah!!

$18 per child •Pizza lunch & snacks kosher & nut-free

•Craft activity with Ilana Mansharov Judaica craft specialist, I.M. Creative Learning

Don’t Forget to Dress for the Mess!

Access Your Application at: www.canadianccs.ca For further information contact: youth@canadianccs.ca Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Space is Limited.

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Adath Israel • Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Beth Sholom • Beth Tikvah • Beth Torah

Happy New Year

Adath Israel • Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Beth Sholom • Beth Tikvah • Beth Torah

CCCS PRESENTS

Movember Mitzvah Marathon (M ) 3

Grades 9-12

Saturday, November 21, 2015 Beth Sholom Synagogue 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. t

shir t e e Fr s Snack

mber Move swag

Com servi munity ce p roje cts D.J. Phot o bo oth

M3

Earn 4 Community Service Hours Raise Awareness for “Movember” $18 Minimum Donation to Movember Foundation is Encouraged https://ca.movember.com/donate Access your application at: www.canadianccs.ca For further information contact: youth@canadianccs.ca Registration deadline: Monday, November 16, 2015 Contemporary. Traditional. Judaism

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  

 

   Aluf Benn, Benn editor-in-chief of a leading Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, will speak to us about issues of religious pluralism in Israel. Marriage, conversion, non-Orthodox Judaism, and freedom of (and from) religion in the Jewish State are all topics that will be discussed. Opening remarks

by DJ Schneeweis, Counsel General of Israel in Toronto.

Cost: $10, Kashrut observed, RSVP to dspiegel@holyblossom.org.

Lunch will be served.

Sponsored by The New Israel Fund of Canada, ARZA Canada, MERCAZ Canada, Canadian Zionist Federation, Beth Tzedec Congregation and Holy Blossom Temple

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Happy New Year

Pursuing academic excellence, personal greatness and the development of multiple intelligences

Located in the Beth Torah Congregation 647-404-6349 or 647-985-7001 Www.MagnificentMinds.Ca

Classrooms: Pre-K to Grade 6

Child Development Services

Small Classes Holistic Development Hands-On Inquiry Special Education Program Academic, Social & Behavioural Focus

Tutoring, 1:1 Support Parent Coaching Child Development Workshops Autism Interventions (ABA/IBI) Occupational Therapy Children’s Therapy

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Wishing the Beth Torah Congregation a happy, healthy and joyful New Year

Wishing the Beth Torah Congregation a happy & healthy New Year!

Trying Harder to Serve you Better!

Commercial, Industrial, Institutional

Wishing the Beth Torah Congregation a happy and healthy New Year!

Wishing the Beth Torah Congregation a happy and healthy New Year!

DW & FC Cleaning Group Inc. Carpet Cleaning • Floor Waxing Window Washing • Janitorial Services For the best in quality and service call

Kevin Jardim at 416-568-8079 www.dwfc.com

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Happy New Year

Join us for a CELEBRATION of Chanukah melodies...

Bring a Toy for the Toy Donation Drive

Featuring

Resa’s Pieces Concert Band and Beth Torah’s own

Children Choir.

$5 per family with advance RSVP $15 per family at the door RSVP to hebrewschool@bethtorah.ca

SATURDAY DECEMBER 12, 2015 AT 5:30PM

Family

Mu

sic, Da n Game ce, Food, s, Fu n!

Chanukah Bash

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TAKE A STAND, LEND A HAND. Help us in making small gestures with big impact.

December Channukah Giving

October Fall Clean Up

Brand New Toys/books

Non-Perishable Food Items

February Winter Weather

September Back to School

New and Gently Used Winter Apparel

Brand New School Supplies

April

Pesach

Kosher for Passover NonPerishable Food

WHY GIVE? Giving tzedakah is just one way that we can fullfill our commitment to our community. By making a conscious effort to give back, we fulfill the mitzvah of giving, while recognizing that when a community comes together—no one’s needs will be forgotten.

IT PAYS TO GIVE! • Hebrews’Cool students can earn 1 Hebrews’Cool dollar every time they contribute!

• Congregants will be recognized during weekly Shabbat services.

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Happy Happy New New Year Year

SIMCHAT TORAH

CELEBRATION, LET’S REJOICE! MONDAY OCTOBER 5TH, 2015

SIMCHAT TORAH PARTY 5:30 Kids Celebration Services, Singing, Dancing, L’Chaim and Light Dinner.*

B R E A L E E C S THE WHOT L E

A

H O A PENS R O T SIMCHAT TORAH DAY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 2015

8:30 Special Pre-Shul Kiddish 8:45 Services and followed by luncheon

*No charge for dinner. RSVP to 416 782 4495, ext. 25 or hebrewschool@bethtorah.ca **No charge for luncheon. RSVP for the luncheon to 416 782 4495, ext. 27 or admin@bethtorah.ca

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To our Beth Torah Congregants and your families Let us all have peace, prosperity, and long life.

Shana Tovah!

Clergy Rabbi Yossi Sapirman

Executive Committee Ephraim Fiksel Peter Farkas Andrew Weisberg Candace Vogel Michael Goldberg Harold Wolkin Beth Torah Staff David Goodbaum Alley Dezenhouse-Kelner Natalya Vol Arlene Silver Shannon Harrison Walter Stansfield

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Board of Trustees Jeremy Alter Deborah Anschell Peter Farkas Haley Field Gillian Glazer Stephen Klein David Lewis Toni Silberman Jean Sutkiewicz Jordan Turk Marvyn Turk Mark Tytel Jill Wagman Past Presidents Allen Gerskup David Glick Lenny Baranek Jack Greenberg Jacques (Isaac) Lallouz Eva Zimmerman Mollie Rothman Shawn Goldenberg Stephen Turk William Castor Mark Goldenberg Sid Chapnick

Happy New Year

From our family to yours, Wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year To our family, friends, and Beth Torah Congregation The Gerskup Family Allen, Maida, Stuart, Alysa, and Gabbi Gillian and Michael Barsky

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Warmest wishes to our family, friends, clergy and the Beth Torah congregation for a “sweet� New Year... good health, happiness, prosperity and peace!

The Glick Family Marilyn and David, Leora, Maddy and Reuben, Jordan, Faye, Saul and Sasha Shira, Kyle, Pearl and Leo, Tamara and Corey

Wishing family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year.

Susan and Eddie Glick, Daniel, Danielle, Jaclyn, Izzy, Matthew, Nadia, and Lauren

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Happy New Year

Wishing everyone health and happiness in the New Year Harold, Shelley, David, Jay and Shae Wolkin

Wishing family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year Mark and Esther Goldenberg

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Best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year to all our family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation The Glick Family Shirley, Marty, Jonathan and Michael

Best wishes to all our family and friends. A happy and healthy New Year to all Stephen, Maura, Drew and Goldie Turk

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Happy New Year

Wishing family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year Penny and Ephraim Fiksel and Family

Wishing our family, friends and congregation a happy, healthy and sweet New Year!

A year blessed with good.

Shawn, Lori, Brooke, Stephanie and Jordana Goldenberg

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Shana Tova!

A happy & healthy New Year to family, friends and the Beth Torah Congregation Naomi, Michael Loren and Adam Cohen

Wishing everyone a healthy & happy New Year Helen and Steve Silverstein Mark, Shira and Liam Silverstein Sarah Silverstein and Ami Toubkin

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Best wishes for a year filled with laughter, good health & peace Mark and Marla, Danielle and Kevin, Aly, Zach and JJ Shoom

Wishing family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year The Farkas and Lewis Families

Happy New Year

Wishing family, friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year From Honey and Lou Mostyn

Best wishes for a Healthy & Happy New Year From Mollie Rothman & Family

With best wishes for a healthy & happy New Year David Goodbaum, Candace Vogel & Family

Wishing family, friends and the Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year Stephen, Celia, Matt and Ryan Bobkin

Wishing family and friends a happy New Year Jeremy, Mindy and Noah Alter

Shana Tovah to family and friends Robert Wasserman, Jackie Shinfield, Samantha, Cassie and Sabrina

Wishing our friends & family a happy, healthy and sweet New Year!

Caroline, Mike, Rachel and Jordan Devon

Happy, healthy and peaceful year. Shana Tovah!

Shawn, Lisa, Cayla and Lindsey Burk.

Wishing friends and Beth Torah Congregation a Happy New Year Jacob Family Jeffrey, Michelle, Gabi and Talia

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Wishing all of our family and friends a healthy and happy New Year

Best of fortune to all at Beth Torah and a Happy New Year

Adam, Robyn, Shane, Ryan, Sophie and Gracie Polan

Michael Goldberg, Daniela Tiger and family

Wishing peace, health and happiness to all our relatives, friends and Beth Torah family. Shana Tovah!

Wishing our family, dear friends and Beth Torah Congregation all the blessings of good health, prosperity and a Happy New Year.

Stephen, Yasmin and Talia Klein, Mark and Rochelle Stenzler

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The Marr Family Sam, Susan, Darren and Adam

Happy New Year

Beth Torah Staff Rabbi Yossi Sapirman

Arlene Silver

David Goodbaum

Shannon Harrison

Natalya Vol

Alley Dezenhouse-Kelner

Senior Rabbi Extension 42 rabbiyossi@bethtorah.ca

Event Coordinator & Building Management Extension 43 events@bethtorah.ca

Accounting Manager Extension 33 accounts@bethtorah.ca

Office Administrator Extension 27 admin@bethtorah.ca

Executive Assistant to Rabbi Yossi Sapirman Extension 42 rabbisoffice@bethtorah.ca

Director of Education Extension 25 hebrewschool@bethtorah.ca

Beth Torah Congregation 47 Glenbrook Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6B 3K4 Office 416.782.4495 Email admin@bethtorah.ca Contemporary. Traditional. Judaism

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L’Shanah Tovah MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS TO YOUR HOME.

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