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SHABBAT 2-3 MAY 2014 / 3 IYAR 5774
The President, Robert Hershan, on behalf of the Board and staff of Temple Beth Israel welcomes you to our community.
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SHABBAT MORNING
Board members: Robert Hershan and Rob Sward Shammash: Rhonda Nirens Music: Josh Nezon Special Event: TBI Community Dinner, Slome Hall 7.30pm after the service
Board members: Robert Hershan, Rob Sward, Roger Mendelson, Rhys Roberts and Joanne Loewy Irons Shammashim: John Hillel, Chris and Graeme Smith Music: Cantor Michel Laloum accompanied by Joe Stupel Torah readers: Josh Nezon, Rena Langberg and Adam Freedman Bar Mitzvah: Adam Freedman Kiddush: Kindly sponsored by the Freedman family
MAIN SANCTUARY 6.15pm Shabbat B’Yachad
MAIN SANCTUARY 10am Shabbat Shacharit
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FRIEDLANDER SYNAGOGUE 6.15pm Shabbat Shira Board members: Robert Hershan and Rob Sward Shammash: Rhonda Nirens Music: Sarah Edelstein Guest Speaker: Nadav Shachmon
SHABBAT PARASHAT K’DOSHIM Parashah: Haftarah:
SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2.30pm
Leviticus 22:1-14 (page 914) Leviticus 24:10-23 (page 937) Ezekiel 44:15-31 (page 1001)
Sacred Music Concert AN IN T ERFAI T H CELEBR AT ION
Tickets 03 9510 1488 and tbi.org.au 76-82 Alma Rd, St Kilda Supported by the Progressive Jewish Cultural Fund
DRASH ON PARASHAT EMOR
by Rabbi Fred Morgan, Emeritus Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel, Melbourne
At the heart of our religion is a sacred calendar. The 20th century theologian AJ Heschel wrote in his wondrous little book The Sabbath, “Judaism is a religion of time aiming at the sanctification of time.” So central is the calendar to Jewish experience that the Torah devotes four lengthy passages to it. One such passage occurs in this week’s portion, Emor. At first glance it seems that there are three strata to the creation of the Jewish calendar as we have it today. The first stratum is found in the Torah. It prescribes the great holidays of the Jewish year: the days of the sounding of the shofar and of atonement, and the three harvest festivals of Sukkot, Pesach and Shavuot. The second stratum is the period of the second Temple and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism, when Purim, Chanukah, Tisha B’Av and Tu Bish’vat, the “new year for trees”, come into being. The third stratum comprises the days associated with the pivotal events of the 20th century: the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel. It is striking that the portion Emor this year falls right in the midst of these modern commemorative days; we have just commemorated Yom HaShoah, and Yom HaZikaron and Yom
Ha’Atzmaut are on the immediate horizon. Though this chronological construct gives the appearance of three distinct strata, in reality the calendar represents a continuum in Jewish thought, the creative response of the Jewish people to circumstances that have impacted on our experience throughout history. The events surrounding the Roman destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE and the failure of the Bar Kochba rebellion 65 years later led the sages to reinterpret and transform all of the Torahbased holy days as well as introduce new ones, so that they could be continued among the Jewish people even in the absence of a central sacred shrine. All of the major festivals have deliberately been given new meanings as our history has developed. So, today, we hold a tikkun or learning program to mark the evening of Shavuot, an idea originally introduced by the 16-17th century mystics of Safed. At Pesach oranges have sprouted on seder plates around the world, originally signifying the absent place of women from Jewish public life and now also reminding us of the need to bring oppressed or overlooked minorities into the Haggadah.
This brings us to our modern commemorative days: Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut. The question has been raised in certain branches of the Jewish community whether we can introduce new holy days into our sacred calendar at all. If that is accepted, then the issue arises about how these days should be marked, whether we can incorporate elements from our existing tradition to mark them or should invent new words and rituals. How we decide these questions depends on what meaning or value we give to the events being sanctified or memorialised. There is, I believe, a line that connects the calendric mitzvot in Emor with our modern attempts to mark the three new “Yamim”. They are both concerned to tell our story, the story of the Jewish experience at different moments in history, in ways that will live on into the future. By casting our communal memory into the future we leave our impression on generations yet to come. We tell them what has mattered to our ancestors and to us, and in the same manner we teach them how to value their own stories by passing them on to their progeny, reimagining our time-honoured rituals in every age.
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WHAT’S ON SUNDAY LIMMUD SUNDAY 4 AND 11 MAY, 10.30AM YOM HAZIKARON SUNDAY 4 MAY, 10.30AM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE IDF AND THE ISRAELI IDENTITY From the moment Israel was established in 1948 until today the IDF have always been a significant part of the Israeli identity. We will explore the way the demographic and geographic changes in Israel influence the IDF and the Israeli identity. YOM HA’ATZMAUT SUNDAY 11 MAY, 10.30AM FROM A SHELTER TO A “SECOND HOME” When Israel was established in 1948 the need for a Jewish state was updatable. Jews around the world needed a physical shelter and the bond between Israel and the diaspora was strong. Throughout the years this bond had changed: Is Israel still representing the Jews around the world? What makes Israel a Jewish state? How can Jews around the world identify with Israel today? How can you love a country that you disagree with?
ROSH CHODESH WOMEN’S GROUP SUNDAY 4 MAY, 7.30PM (PRIVATE HOME)
Walking with Life led by guest Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper. This time of the Jewish calendar is filled with joyous emotional highs, such as Yom Ha’atzmaut and deep spiritual communal lows such as Yom Hashoa and Yom Hazikaron, whilst we continue to walk through our lives. Come explore and discuss how the Talmud navigates and responds to continuing to live our lives as we confront its joys and tragedies.
STAN MARKS’ SHMOOZE TBI TUESDAY 6 MAY, 12.30PM
Join journalist and author Stan Marks, for a discussion session about local, national, and international news on a diversity of topics.
FRIENDSHIP CLUB WEDNESDAY 7 MAY, 11AM
Join us to celebrate the Friendship Club’s 15th Birthday. Come for a catch up, lunch and our musical entertainment featuring Tim Lynk.
LIVING WITH DEMENTIA MONDAY 12 MAY, 7.30PM
A Jewish support group for families and carers of a people with dementia. The topic is Advanced Care Planning a discussion about making difficult end of life decisions.
Please see WHAT’S ON for related listings below
Sunday 4 May 10.30am Limmud on Sunday 5pm Kol Simcha Rehearsal (offsite) 7.30pm Rosh Chodesh (offsite)
Monday 5 May 10am Holocaust Survivors - Jewish Care
Tuesday 6 May 10am TBI Archive Group 12.30pm Stan’s Shmooze 4pm TBI Tamid 7.30pm Introduction to Judaism 7.30pm Parashat Ha’shavua Wednesday 7 May 11am Friendship Club 7.30pm Aleph isn’t Tough 7.30pm Trope class
Thursday 8 May 10am Holocaust Survivors Russian Speaking - Jewish Care 8pm TBI Choir rehearsal Friday 9 May NEXT SHABBAT 10 lyar 5774 6.15pm Kabbalat Shabbat in main sanctuary Saturday 10 May 9am Shabbat Mishpacha 9.45am Gesher Service Friedlander Synagogue 10am Shabbat Shacharit Behar Bat mitzvah Ella Freeman
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REMEMBRANCE SHLOSHIM • Boris Beilin • Myer Brott • Jill Cantor • Sylvia Finch • Zara Halprin • Dora Kayman • Lisl Kindler • Glen Morley • Grete Pearce • Ben Zaks
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CALENDAR
Presented by Nadav Shachmon PJV Shaliach
YAHRZEITS OBSERVED THIS SHABBAT Husband of Maria Father of Karen, Katarina and Trevor Mother of David and Peter Mother and mother in law of Max and Pat Fink Mother of David, Hannah, Michael and Susan Wife of Norm, mother of Adrian, and Selina Joseph Mother of Howard, Theresa Epshtein, sister of Sylvia Simon Son of Geoff and Marilyn, father of Damon and Kurt Mother of Gerald Husband of Sue, father of Adam
• Helen Berkouvits • George Coleman • Ronald Condie • Ken Dean • Louis Eisfelder • Steven Feldheim • Susan Feldman • Margarete Fleischer • Phineas Franks • Berta Frey • Chaim Frey • Daniel Frey • Basya Gatovsky • Woulf Gitlits • Basia Szpigelsztein Grabman • Albert Grossbard • Felix Halpern • Avner Kanatopsky • Leo Kay • Stella Korabielnik • Michael Korabielnik • Katie Klooger • Chaim Lewin • Sabina Lewin • Felicia Lewin • Nathan Lewin • Kate Lustig • Toni Opat • Ruth Opat • Felix Rosenbloom • Betty Roth • Raffaella Ruscigno • Shmul Rybolov • Simon Serejski • Anna Serejski • Miriam Sward • Jakob Szpigelsztein • Sewek Szpigelsztein • Julia Szpigelsztein • Feliks Szpigelsztein • Vera Visbord • Jacob Wajcman • Eva Weisl • Hinda Yoffa • Sarah Zylbering • Maurice Zylbering
In the event of a bereavement please do not hesitate to contact Rhonda Nirens on 9883 6237 or 0438 464 909 This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MISSION: Temple Beth Israel is a kehilla kedosha (spiritual community) bringing innovation and creativity to Jewish traditions. We provide multiple pathways for our members and friends to enjoy an engagement with Progressive Judaism that enhances their lives through spiritual enrichment, learning and community. We are guided by principles of egalitarianism and respect for others. We are inspired to continually develop and grow and to provide a spiritual home for all who wish to embrace our values. Temple Beth Israel acknowledges that we are assembled on land whose traditional custodians are the people of the Kulin Nation.
Contact TBI Ph: 613 9510 1488 Fax: 613 9521 1229 PO Box 128 / 76-82 Alma Rd, St Kilda Vic 3182
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