TEMPLE EMANU-EL Providence, Rhode Island | 2018–5779

Etz Hayim, Page 157

1st Aliyah Genesis Chapter 27 verses 28–30

2nd Aliyah verses 31–33

3rd Aliyah verses 34–37

4th Aliyah verses 38– 40

5th Aliyah verses 41–46

6th Aliyah Genesis Chapter 28 verses 1–4

7th Aliyah verses 5–9

Maftir Genesis 28:7– 28:9 Page 161

Haftarah Malachi 1:1–2:7 Page 163

Minhah/Ma’ariv – 4:25 PM Havdalah – 5:10 PM

November 10, 2018 | 2 Kislev 5779

Parashat Tol’dot

Headsets are available in the Main Sanctuary for people who need audio assistance. If you would like a headset, please ask a greeter or a gabbai and he or she will bring it to you.

Services this Shabbat

Sanctuary ServiceMain Sanctuary ............... Rabbi Wayne Franklin

Rabbi Rachel Zerin

Cantor Brian Mayer

Minyan HadashFishbein Chapel

Tot ShabbatSisterhood Lounge ............ Rabbi Rachel Zerin

Mazal Tov!Mazal Tov to Tessa Gamm on becoming a Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat! Thank you to Daniel Gamm and Marisa Garber for sponsoring Kiddush in honor of Tessa.

Mazal Tov to Marilyn Kagan, Neil Brafman, and Mark Bram on celebrating their birthdays this Shabbat! Thank you to Marilyn Kagan, Neil Brafman & Judith Bender, and Mark Bram & Yekaterina Ginsburg Bram for their donations to the Kiddush fund in honor of their birthdays.

Announcements

A Message from Tara Watkins, LICSW

The horrific tragedy in Pittsburgh has impacted us all. Those strug-gling to work through the difficult feelings and thoughts triggered by this traumatic event, please know that I am available. You do not need to go through this alone! Please either call 401-527-7772 or email tara@jfsri.org.

Swan Point Cemetery Plots Available for Purchase

We are pleased to announce that plots in our new burial section at Swan Point will be available to Temple Emanu-El members beginning Monday, August 27. All purchases will now be made directly through Swan Point. For information, please contact Bill Caldwell or Linda Xavier at 401.272.1314. A special discounted rate is available through December 31, 2018, so act soon! If you have any questions, feel free to contact Paul Stouber in the Temple office.

Upcoming Simhahs:November 17: Bar Mitzvah – Micah Santow

Like Us on Facebook!

Be sure to like on our new Facebook page to see updates and re-minders on events and programs in your newsfeed! Just go to: www.facebook.com/TEProvidence

At Temple Emanu-El, we seek to fashion an atmosphere of peace and tranquility on the Sabbath. To help create this environment throughout the Temple, we refrain from writing, taking photographs, texting, and using cell phones. Please join us in observing these traditions as we make Shabbat a sacred experience for us all.

ARGUING  WITH  G OD: THE  THEOLOGY  OF  ELIE  WIESELR O M N E Y W E G N E R L E C T U R E W I T H G U E S T S P E A K E R D R . C L A I R E E . S U F R I N

                 Join us as we welcome                    Dr. Claire E. Sufrin,                   Assistant Director of Jewish                 Studies at NorthwesternUniversity, who will deliver this year'sannual Judaic Studies Lectureendowed by Peter and Judith RomneyWegner, z"l. Dr. Sufrin will speak aboutArguing With God: The Theology of ElieWiesel, a subject that was dear to PeterWegner, himself a Holocaust survivorwho grappled with belief in a God whocould let such atrocities occur.

Please  use the  Taft  Ave  entrance. For  accessibil ity  concerns,  please   contact  the  Temple:  401.331.1616

Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Avenue Providence, RI 02906

Dr. Sufrin will discuss the literary worksof Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), a youngsurvivor of Auschwitz who dedicated hislife to making sure the world knewabout the horrors of the Holocaust. Byconsidering both the form and contentof Wiesel's literary works, we will drawout his ways of thinking about God. All are welcome to join us in theSanctuary Service for Dr. Sufrin's d'varTorah, a special kiddush lunch, and herpost-lunch lecture.

Saturday, November 17, 2018 11:30 AM - Main Sanctuary 12:45 PM - Bohnen Vestry

RSVPs appreciated at: teprov.org/form/wiesellecture

NEW PARENT SUPPORT GROUP & HANGOUTCalling all new, first time parents!  Join us for a drop in New Parent Group! 

family shabbatonNOVEMBER 16 & 17

Join us for the Temple Emanu-El

FRIDAY NIGHT

5:30-7:00 PM

7:00-8:00 PM

Service, Dinner & Program

Separate Parent & Child Programs

SATURDAY - ALL DAY

10:15 AM

10:45 AM

Light Breakfast

Family Service - follwed by Kiddush1:00 PM1:45 PM

Sing-DownFamily Relay Race

3:00-5:00 PM JCC Swim & Game Time

5:15-7:00 PM Dinner, Musical Havdalah & Trivia Night

FAMILY FRIDAY CAMP SHABBAT

TEMPLE EMANU-EL SHABBATON

NOVEMBER 16 - 5:30 PM 99 TAFT AVE - PROVIDENCE, RI

Check out Jewish Overnight & Day Camps in our area! If you're already a camper, wear your camp t-shirt and represent!

5:30 - Camp Fair & Preneg 5:45 - Kabbalat Shabbat  (led by campers & alumni)

6:30 - Dinner 7:15 - Special Programs for Tots, Kids, & Adults

RSVP Today! teprov.org/form/campshabbat

Emanu-Lights ProgramLighting the Way for New Members

Help welcome new members to our community by becoming an Emanu-Light!

Why have an Emanu-Light Program?

The purpose of the Emanu-Light program is to help welcome new mem-bers into the Temple. It provides a single point of contact for questions and synagogue information. This program also provides a hospitable welcoming process.

What would I have to do to be a part of this program?

You would be a warm and welcoming contact for a specific new mem-ber. We will pair you up by shared demographics or interests. You will act as an informational resource about Temple programs and events, and help connect the new member by making introductions. You are NOT expected to be a best friend.

Emanu-Light Guidelines:

» Initial phone call

» If possible, deliver the Temple Welcome Bag (within 2 weeks of the new member joining)

» Attend at least 2 Temple events together (services, special program, etc.)

» Have at least 1 meet-up outside of the Temple (playdate, coffee, lunch, shabbat dinner)

» Introduce the new member to other members of the community

» Have a 6 month check-in

You are:

Friendly, outgoing, kind, committed, sensible, helpful, and a good listener

Sign Me Up!

For more information or to become a part of the Emanu-Lights program please contact Sharon Sock at (401) 331-1616 or sharon@teprov.org.

We are thrilled to be bringing back our popular Religious School “Candles Fundraiser”! Our school fundraisers help supplement the general school budget and especially help support our special programs. Through this fundraiser, we also provide our own community with beautiful products which enhance our celebrations of Hanukkah. These candles sell themselves! Please spread the word and sell to friends, relatives, grandparents, neighbors. They also make great gifts.

NEW this Year! We have candles available at the office to purchase and take with you. No pre-ordering is necessary!

Orders with payment (checks made out to Temple Emanu-El) are due back to the Temple no later than Sunday, November 18th. THIS DEADLINE IS FINAL. We need to place our order for additional candles with the company that afternoon.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact any of us. Thanks!

Ronni Saltzman Guttin: 401-331-1616; ronni@teprov.org

Bethany Sutton: bl_sutton@yahoo.com

Nancy Wordell: nwordell@teprov.org

Brought to you by

THE JUDGE MARJORIE YASHAR and DR. JAMES YASHAR FUND at the Jewish Federation Foundation

Saturday, November 17 7:00pm | Dwares JCC 401 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence | No cost to attend

Join us for a night of diverse learning opportunities, discussions, workshops, and interactive experiences that will expose you to the many facets of Jewish life and culture. This year’s impressive list of presenters include the former NBC News Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv, an award-winning science journalist, a prison chaplain, an Israeli fashion designer, a pioneer in the field of children’s environments, a travel photographer, the Deputy Washington Editor of The New York Times, a professor of religion, our Community Shaliach (Israeli Emissary) and multiple Jewish Book Council authors... A not-to-be-missed event!

Visit jewishallianceri.org for more information including registration, the schedule of the evening, child care options, a pop-up book store, Hanukkah merchandise and more.

Pre-register by November 15 and receive a $5 credit towards the purchase of a book.

Questions? Contact Larry Katz at 401.421.4111 ext. 179 or lkatz@jewishallianceri.org.

Join us (a day early!) to celebrate Hanukkah with a latke bar, gift exchange, and a special Hanukkah themed movie!

Please bring awrapped hanukkahpresent costing nomore than $10 toparticipate in thegift exchange. If you do not wantto participate in thegift exchange pleasebring a canned foodto donate to thefood pantry.

Homemade dinner and a live square dance caller?What’s not to like?!

More information coming soon!

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Birthday Bash Concert

ARTS EMANU-EL PRESENTS:

A Celebration in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Leonard Bernsteins’s birth, featuring KOL AREV,

the Chamber Choir of Hebrew College

SAVE THE DATEDecember 16, 2018

Upcoming Kesher Programs

How Can Aging Be A Good Thing?

All too often as we think about growing older we think of drifting down-hill to a place we don’t want to go. But each year new doors open with opportunities, even while others close with loss. We have the power to prepare, to become stronger, more resilient, and navigate these challenges. Will we turn toward opportunities, and find new joy and meaning in life? How can we make the most of this time in our lives, and develop into deeper wiser people?

During group meetings we will reflect on these and other complex ques-tions. We will delve deeper into chapter content focused on topics such as: relationships with adult children, living with loss, cultivating well-be-ing, and shaping our legacy.

Grief Support Group

For those living with grief who perhaps might find comfort and sup-port meeting with others who are also on individual grief journeys, this might be for you. The group is anticipated to meet either once or twice a month for a given period of time. Focus of each group session will be the presenting concerns of the members as they relate to their personal grief experience with supplemental material provided by the facilitator.

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding Discussion Group

While many people may find it easy to manage their possessions, some find it extremely difficult. If you have a problem resisting the urge to ac-quire and find your home filling with “stuff,” (perhaps items that others might find useless and unnecessary). You may suffer from a condition known as hoarding disorder.

Hoarding is a behavior problem consisting of clutter, difficulty discard-ing items, and excessive buying or acquiring. Hoarding is often associat-ed with significant reduction in quality of life, and in extreme cases, can pose serious health risks. If you or a loved one has a hoarding disorder this group might be useful.

Are you interested in participating in any of these programs, or would you like more information? Please call or email Tara Watkins:

E-mail: tara@jfsri.org | Phone: 401.527.7772

HELP MAKEMINYAN

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: 7:00AM AND 5:45PM SATURDAY EVENING: TIMES VARY; SEE THE TEMPLE CALENDAR,                               WEBSITE, OR WEEKLY E-MAIL  SUNDAYS: 8:00AM AND 5:45PM

Having a Minyan twice every day is one of the ways we supporteach other as a community. These daily services offer those inmourning or observing a Yahrzeit an opportunity to reciteKaddish, and they provide all of us a space for us to cometogether in communal prayer.

It is occasionally difficult to find ten people who can attend andmake Minyan possible. We are turning to you to ask you toconsider attending Minyan. Please consider joining us at thefollowing times. We could especially use your help on theweekends! Thank you for supporting this important aspect ofour community!

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OCTOBER 2018 DONATIONS

thank you for your generous support of temple emanu-el !

adult institute

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Rabbi Alvan Kaunfer by Nathan & Karen Beraha

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Ruth Samdperil by Rhonda Lax & family

arts emanu-el

d o n a t i o n b y Kathryn Blessing

cantor mayer’s discretionary fund

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Cantor Brian Mayer & Cantor Lynn Torgove by Marlene Spiegel, Steven &

Donna Goliger, Abe & Larisa Shapiro

and Anatoly & Bela Miller

Ezra Kiskak Brown by Lynn Kislak & Ben Kuehne

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Varda Lev by Anatoly & Bela Miller

chapel fund

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Sruel Oelbaum by Alan & Evelyn Brier, Robert & Margie

Pelcovits and Nancy Wordell

Marilyn Katz by Henri Flikier & Ann Miller

Sam Miller by Kenneth Hersh & Leah

Ehrenhaus-Hersh and Marlene Spiegel

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Loved ones by Abe & Larisa Shapiro

George Halsband by Alan & Harriet Halsband

Sadye Flink by Alan & Renee Flink

Ita Friedman by Alex & Mira Eides

Genia Gamza & Khaya Miller by Anatoly & Bela Miller

Thomas Cohen by Arthur Fixler

Victor Hittner & Allen Greenberg by Barbara Greenberg

Charles Lappin by Barbara Lappin

Max Riter by Barbara Riter

Gertrude L. Jacobson by Beryl Jacobson Feinberg

Riva Serebrinsky by Boris & Rachel Bronshvayg

Frederick Broomfield & Joseph Berman

by Carol Horvitz

Milton Levin by Cynthia Levin

Helen Zuckerman by Debra Zuckerman

Howard M. Oskern by Dorothy Koenig

George Pullman by Edward & Barbara Feldstein

Marty Rosenzweig & Sadie Rosenzweig by Fred & Marcia Rosenzweig

Henry & Rose Berger by Gloria Golden

Rachel Dondis by Harriet Grunberg

Mildred Waldman Gurwitz by Herbert & Deborah Katz

Israel Leshinsky by Herbert Leshinsky

Joshua Rubin by Hilarie Rubin

Florence Schiffman by Holly & David Rothemich

Dave Penn by Irving & Ruth Weinreich

Eli & Sarah Shapiro by Janice Ziegler

Paul Gershman by Joel Cohen & Pamela Gershman Cohen

Erwin Juda by Joyce Juda

William Blessing & Mary Strachen by Kathryn Blessing

Jeff Marvin by Keith Greenbaum

Emily Seltzer by Larry & Joyce Wacks

Joseph Bram by Leon Bram

Ruth Samdperil by Leonard & Ruth Rotenberg

Samuel Wintman by Lewis & Dorinda Wintman

Hasin Ruvin by Leyba & Ennya Mezhberg

Max Berman by Marilyn Myrow

Daniel Wachtenheim Abrams by Marion Wachtenheim

Arthur K. Smith by Marshall & Elizabeth Goldberg

Russell Chiron by Martin & Dianne Newman

Ruth Samdperil by Mayer & Judith Levitt

Sarah Resnick by Moshe & Toby Liebowitz

Abraham Gordon by Murray & Rosalyn Gereboff

Ruth Samdperil by Dianne Isenberg,

Martha Sherman and Ken & Carol Kaplan

Nathan Katz by Donald Katz

Meyer S. Miller by Donald & Deborah Miller

Shepley Shapiro by Richard & Rhoda Shapiro

Ruth Oster by Sandra Oster

Ida Wolpert & Blossom Roodin by Shirley Wolpert

Ruth Samdperil, Clara & Henry Oelbaum, Claire Greenstein Smith and Maurice Greenstein by Sruel & Phyllis Oelbaum

Neal White by Steven White & Donna Summer White

Elise Weisman by Uri & Ellen Bar-Zemer

Ruth Samdperil by Zita Brier

david & brenda korn fund

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David & Brenda Korn by Steven & Carolyn Flammey

general fund

d o n a t i o n s b y

Arkadiy Yegutkin & Stephen Allen

i n h o n o r o f

Marilyn Katz, Donna Stouber and Samuel Miller by David & Toby London,

Sruel & Phyllis Oelbaum and your family

at JCDSRI

Rabbi Wayne Franklin by Morton & Jane Perel and Nancy Wordell

Rabbi Franklin, Cantor Brian Mayer, Bernice Kumins and all who helped by Robert & Sally Brown

Marilyn Katz by Robin Sper

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Murray Penn by Donna Penn & Susan Krause

Ruth Samdperil by the Reiser Family,

Melissa Gershon, and Andrew Meister

Leslie Hamilton Penn by Richard & Bernice Kumins

gloria levitt fund

i n m e m o r y o f

Gloria Levitt by Linda Levitt

jerrold & barbara lavine torah tutor fund

i n m e m o r y o f

Florence Schiffman

by Jerry & Barbara Lavine

kiddush fund

d o n a t i o n s b y

Mark Bram & Yekaterina Ginsburg-Bram,

Neil Brafman & Judith Bender, Moses

Mordecai Twersky and Marilyn Kagan

i n h o n o r o f

Rabbi Franklin, Brian Mayer and Lynn Torgrove, Marilyn Katz, Sam Miller and Donna Stouber by Holly & David Rothemich

Marilyn Katz by Lawrence Katz

Alice Eichenbaum by Lawrence & Marilyn Katz

Marilyn Katz, Donna Stouber and Samuel Miller by Martin & Dianne Newman and

Nathan & Karen Beraha

library fund

i n h o n o r o f

Rabbi Wayne Franklin by Daniel & Ivy Marwil

Judy Bergel by Frances Magner

i n m e m o r y o f

Sylvia Sterling & Larry Frankel by Lawrence & Marilyn Katz

museum fund

i n m e m o r y o f

Harry Krepon by Carol Ingall

paul & deana litwin fund

i n h o n o r o f

Rabbi Wayne Franklin

by Alan & Marianne Litwin

prayerbook fund

a s p e e d y r e c o v e r y t o

Joyce Wacks by Lester & Esther Katz

d o n a t i o n b y

Elana Snow by Sam & Lillian Mendelowitz

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Elana Snow by Cheryl Teverow

Ann Gerstein Taubmann, Bernice & Richard Weiner, Arthur Gerstein and Ellen Joy from Marcia Gerstein

i n m e m o r y o f

Fanny & Emanuel Schuh

by Judy Rosenberg

Danny Savitzky & Varda Lev by Nathan & Karen Beraha

purim spiel fund

i n m e m o r y o f

Leslie Hamilton Penn by Henri Flikier & Ann Miller

rabbi franklin’s discretionary fund

d o n a t i o n s b y David Kadmon

i n h o n o r o f

Rabbi Wayne Franklin by David & Toby London, Karen Drucker-

Stern, Navah Levine, Lynn Kislak & Ben

Kuehne, Nancy & Kenneth Kirsch, Marlene

Wolpert, Robert Friedman and Carrie &

Marc Levine

Cantor Brian Mayer & Cantor Lynn Torgove and Bill Troberman by Sam & Lillian Mendelowitz

i n m e m o r y o f

Bella H and Jennie W

by Marlene Spiegel

Ruth Samdperil by Carrie & Marc Levine

Samuel Rosen and Ethel Yale by Harris & Myrna Rosen

Elaine Levy by Robert Padilla & Sara Levy

Lillian Weinberg and Jane Lefohn by Lillian and Sam Mendelowitz

rabbi zerin’s discretionary fund

d o n a t i o n s b y David Kadmon

religious school fund

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Marilyn Katz by David Kadmon

ritual director’s discretionary fund

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Donna Stouber by Marlene Spiegel

ruth & charles samdperil fund

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Ruth Samdperil by David & Nancy Mills and Michael &

Jill Thaler and Kent & Jen Thaler

shabbat chai fund

d o n a t i o n s b y

Reva Subar-Isserlis and Sam & Lillian

Mendelowitz

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Cantor Brian Mayer & Cantor Lynn Torgove by Arthur & Judy Robbins, Daniel

& Ivy Marwil, David Kadmon & Robin Sper,

Ian Jacobson, Nathan & Karen Beraha,

Robert & Margie Pelcovits, and Sruel &

Phyllis Oelbaum

Audrey Kupchan by Frederic Reamer & Deborah Siegel

Sruel Oelbaum by Holly & David Rothemich

Marilyn Katz, Donna Stouber, Sam Miller and Cantor Brian Mayer and Cantor Lynn Torgove by Mayer & Judith Levitt

Marilyn Katz, Donna Stouber, Sam Miller, Sruel Oelbaum, Elana Snow &

Michael Miller, Susan Landau & Danny Moss by Richard & Bernice Kumins

Brian Mayer & Lynn Torgove and Elana Snow & Michael Miller

by Steven & Wileen Snow

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Florence Schiffman

by Carl Freedman & Beverly Ehrich

Mom, Dad and Grandparents by Leonard Klehr

Larry Frankel by Nathan & Karen Beraha

sylvia zimet hazamir memorial fund

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Cantor Brian Mayer & Cantor Lynn Torgove and Rabbi Susan Landau by Martin & Dianne Newman

youth activities fund

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Ezra Kislak Brown by Karen Drucker-Stern

and Martin & Dianne Newman

i n m e m o r y o f

Joshua Rubin and Claudia Yellin

by Martin & Dianne Newman

Robert Pelcovits President Rabbi Wayne M. Franklin

Rabbi Rachel Zerin

Cantor Brian J. Mayer

Rabbi Alvan H. Kaunfer Rabbi Emeritus Paul Stouber Executive Director Ronni Guttin

Interim Director of Education Shoshana Jacob Interim Director of Youth and Family Programs

Sharon Sock Advancement & Membership Coordinator

Temple Emanu-El