Beit Knesset Moreshet Yisrael, Jerusalem בית כנסת מורשת ישראל, ירושלים

Visitors: Please inform the Gabbai if you are a Cohen or bat Cohen, Levi or bat Levi.

PARSHAT VAYECHI - פרשת ויחי

BAT MITZVAH ~ ELIORA HAVILAND

SHALOM AND WELCOME … to Jerusalem's premier egalitarian Masorti (Conservative) synagogue. Beit Knesset Moreshet

Yisrael is made up of English speaking olim and native Israelis. Locals and tourists attend our shul on

weekdays, shabbatot, and chagim. Our worldwide Friends Of Moreshet network gives the opportunity

for Jews in all countries to have membership in a captivating Israeli Beit Knesset.

Conservative Judaism is intended to be the nexus between Jewish tradition and the modern world…

Beit Knesset Moreshet Yisrael is that meeting place.

PARSHAT VAYECHI - פרשת ויחי The opening line of this week’s parasha, י י־יעקב שנ י ימ ה ויה נ ה ש ע עשר ים שב רץ מצר י יעקב בא ויח

ה׃ נ ת ש ים ומא ע ים וארב נ בע ש יו ש Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that --חי

the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty seven years (Genesis 47:28)

exemplifies the Scriptural technique that introduces the death of a righteous person by

speaking in the positive language of ‘life’ (חי)...[see also חיי שרה--The life of Sarah - as

another example]. In doing so, our tradition emphasizes that the departed righteous

person’s actions and creations remain alive for future generations. The inheritance they

leave behind becomes the treasure chest that influences our culture, it is the substance that

nurtures us and influences our future. In death, the righteous remain alive.

Rabbi Adam Frank

OUR SERVICE TIMES

DAILY SHACHARIT

SERVICES

Sunday – Friday

7:30 am

FRIDAY EVENING Kabbalat Shabbat

& Maariv

4:45 pm

SHABBAT

Shacharit ~ 8:30 am

Mincha ~ 4:15 pm

THIS WEEK’S

PARASHAH

can be found in the

Etz Hayim Chumash

on page 293

HAFTARAH

can be found

on page 312

29th December 2017 – 11th Tevet 5778

SHABBAT CANDLELIGHTING

4:09 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT

SERVICES LED BY: Rabbi Adam Frank

SHABBAT

MORNING

OFFICIATING RABBI:

Rabbi Adam Frank

TEFILAH LED BY:

Saralee Shrell-Fox

BA’ALEI KOREH:

Noam Kornsgold &

Eliora Haviland

HAFTORAH READER:

Rabbi Adam Frank

SHABBAT

KIDDUSH

SPONSORED

BY:

Haviland Family

HAVDALAH

Motzei Shabbat

5:24 pm

Mazal Tov to Rachael, Richard, Betty, Calev, Ellie, Ezra, Ellie and Eben

on the Bat Mitzvah of Eliora.

Thank you to Eliora's family for sponsoring the Kiddush this Shabbat in honor of her

Bat Mitzvah.

Welcome to Rabbi Rachel Isaacs and Beth Israel Congregation of Waterville ME,

who are here in celebration of the bat mitzvah of Eliora Haviland.

Thank you to Noam Kornsgold for being one of our Ba'alei Koreh this morning.

Noam is a student at the JTS Rabbinic Program.

מזל טוב

MAZAL TOV TO:

All our January Birthdays: Bobby Krasner (1st), Michael Eisenberg (8th), Sidney Jaffe

(8th), David Conley (16th), Miriam Jaffe (24th), Phyllis Levinson (26th), Robert Pokroy

(28th), Robert Raful (28th), Lana Zilberman Soloway (29th), Rochelle Saidel (30th), Dolly

Chinitz (31st), Helga Milhofer (31st).

Thank you to Ruth Richman for sponsoring the

Shabbat Flowers in memory of her daughter,

Vera Richman z"l.

YARTZEITS OBSERVED DURING THE WEEK ENDING 5TH JANUARY 2018

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet Constance Feinstein Mother of Rene Feinstein

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet 5745 *Esther Wiggins Mother of Shelley Wiggins

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet Harold Blum Husband of Tova Blum z"l

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet 5729 *Isadore Gorin

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet Jim Sossin Brother of Pearl Narrol

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet 5765 *Samuel Goldstein Husband of Judith Goldstein z"l

30-Dec-17 12th Tevet 5728 Vera Richman Daughter of Ruth Richman

31-Dec-17 13th Tevet 5758 *Ann Frank Ronberg Mother of Yaacov Rone

01-01-18 14th Tevet 5718 Saul Garelick Father-in-Law of Sharon Garelick

02-01-18 15th Tevet 5769 Ellen Meltz Mother of Mordechai Meltz

02-01-18 15th Tevet 5748 *Fan Gottschalk

02-01-18 15th Tevet Henrik Gorlen Husband of Celia Gorlen

02-01-18 15th Tevet 5691 Matityahu Becker Father of Jack Becker

03-01-18 16th Tevet Kenneth Kaplan

04-01-18 17th Tevet 5773 *Jane Mitnick Mother of David Mitnick-Matan

04-01-18 17th Tevet 5747 *Rabbi Max Routtenberg Father of Ruth Seldin

04-01-18 17th Tevet 5759 *Sydney Fishman Brother of Manuel Eizelman z"l

04-01-18 17th Tevet 5740 *Yitzchak Weiss Father of Ofra Weiss

04-01-18 17th Tevet Mae Schulman Mother of Janet Rejwan

05-01-18 18th Tevet 5746 *Egbert Polak Father of Estelle Leibowitz

* Indicates that the deceased has a plaque on the Memorial Board

HAPPY

4TH BIRTHDAY!

Our Meitar Choir is four years old!

Come join this fun-loving group.

Under the direction of Ido Marco, we sing in many

styles: Liturgical, Israeli, Baroque, Contemporary,

and more.

Practice is weekly - Sunday nights 7-9 pm at Beit Knesset Moreshet Yisrael.

For more information contact: Ellen Higgins 054-682-4418

JOIN NATIV FOR SHABBAT MINCHA

Nativ will have a weekly Mincha Service on Shabbat

at Moreshet Yisrael TIME - 4:15 PM

A SEASON OF TALMUD – RABBI ADAM FRANK

THURSDAY MORNINGS 9:00 A.M. Tractate B'rachot

All classes held at the Fuchsberg Center in English.

Level appropriate for Beginners/Intermediate.

Please contact the office to confirm attendance.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION We welcome everyone to our services and our beautiful sanctuary, to Jerusalem and to Israel… Come often…

LOCAL MEMBERSHIP – 5778 / 2017 – 2018 Single Membership (per year) $225 Family Membership (per year) $375

(NIS equivalent on the day – per each membership, per year)

OVERSEAS FRIEND – 5778 / 2017 – 2018

UNITED STATES

Honorary

$225 (per year)

*Patron

$395 (per year) *Benefactor

$795 (per year) *Trustee

$1,650 (per year)

*Life Member

$2,700

CANADA

The Canadian equivalent of the appropriare U.S. $ amount *Indicates these memberships entitle members to High Holy Day seats

BEIT KNESSET MORESHET YISRAEL 4 Rehov Agron

Jerusalem, Israel 94265

Rabbi Adam Frank adamfrank38@gmail.com

Rabbi Adam’s Blog: www.adamfrank.typepad.com

Phone Number: 02- 625 3539

From USA / Canada: 011-972-2-625-3539

Fax Number: 02-625 9913

President:

Michael Eisenberg roshvaad@moreshetyisrael.org

Office Administrator:

From USA / Canada: 011-972-2-625-9913

Eve Jacobs office@moreshetyisrael.org

OFFICE HOURS Sunday – Thursday

7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Closed Friday