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Dear Friends,
I wish to take this opportunity to express my thanks and
appreciation to the Board of Directors of Sharei Chesed
and to all the members and friends who joined together on
Saturday February 6th to celebrate my birthday. I was
truly touched by the attendance, the cards, gifts and
donations to the synagogue in my honor.
As I mentioned in my brief talk, being honored on one’s
birthday is all one-sided. It is not like someone who graduated from a
program of study, reached significant achievements, etc. who worked hard
to earn that honor. The birthday boy or girl did not do a thing to reach
that milestone age. The years just kept coming on their own.
The outpouring of love and friendship by so many is truly appreciated and I
thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.
We have just entered the month of Adar I. The Talmud commands us to
increase the opportunities for joy, because Adar was a good month for the
Jewish people of Persia during the days of Mordechai and Esther. It leads
to the celebration of Purim and the liberation from slavery a month later,
when we celebrate Pesah. This year, because of the Jewish Leap Year, we
have 2 months of Adar—a Double Simcha!!
Be Happy. Because of all the suffering, threats and tumult in our world, in
the Jewish world, in our community and even in our own individual lives,
we might find it difficult to be happy. But consider it a Mitzvah. Look for
the things that can help you realize that there is much to be grateful and
thankful for, which could be the source of satisfaction and happiness.
Mishenichnas Adar Marbin Besimha—Adar is here, be happy!
Avram
Spring 2016
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-Presidents Bernie Miller
Terry Schwartz z’l Vice-President Dr. David Feldshon Treasurer Gregory Gittsovich Secretary Jacob Mars Immediate Past
President Sol Awend Board Members
Berek Awend Judge Jerry Berkowitz Madalyn Braufman Miriam Clark Bruce Cohen Dr. Martha Cohen Aaron Geller Boris Gerber Dmitry Gringauz Judith Ingber Gail Kenton Julia Kravchenko Francelyne Lurie Jack Moskowitz Art Nettis Rabbi Gail Nord Dr. Sheldon Pinsky Ronald Scholder Irving Smith Corrine Toretsky Richard Woldorsky Shelly Zien
Leo & Helen Wolk Rabbinic Chair Rabbi Avraham
Ettedgui
Office Manager Lee Reinharz
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Shalom Aleichem, everyone!!
It’s been a little while since I’ve written to you all. Being in the midst of a Jewish leap year with an extra month, it makes the winter seem to drag on longer than we would like. By the
time you read this, however, we will have (hopefully) gotten thru the coldest part of the
season, looking forward to the holidays of Purim and Pesach, as well as the arrival of spring!!
It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends come out to celebrate Rabbi
Ettedgui’s 80th birthday on Saturday February 6th. Rabbi Ettedgui has done so much for our
community, and for our shul. He truly belongs to the entire Twin Cities, although I like to
think he belongs to Sharei Chesed just a little bit more. And for that, we can all be very, very
grateful.
Hoping to see all of you at our annual Purim party on Sunday March 20th, and for the reading of the Megillah on Wednesday evening March 23rd. Our Sunday party will, once again, have
the pleasure of hosting members of our community who are supported by the Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities. And, as a special treat this year, Judith Eisner and her ‘Eisner’s Klezmorim’ will be playing for us that day as well. Don’t
miss it!!
It’s been almost 6 months since the passing of our dear friend and Co-President Terry
Schwartz, and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on that fact. It is the nature of life that each of us must leave this world at some point, but if we have lived our life well, hopefully we
will live on in the memories of those we leave behind, and have a positive impact on others’ lives. Terry lived his life well, and I continue to think of him often and fondly. As you prepare
your ‘Mishloach Manot’ portions for Purim, or when you make your donation to our annual ‘Maot Hittim’ fund drive for Pesach, do so in the way Terry would have – with generosity of
spirit, along with the sense of ‘solidity’ that comes from being grounded in and embracing
one’s Jewish identity.
Wishing you all a festive Purim, and a happy and Kosher Pesach!!
B’Shalom,
Bernie
NOW AVAILABLE! Rabbi Ettedgui writes a weekly D’var Torah that is sent to over 170 members and
friends. Would you like to be added to our list? If yes, please go to
www.shareichesed.org/sermons and click on the link at the bottom of the page.
Page 3 Spring 2016
By Joy Gordon “The Zohar says that the intention of the Creator when He created man was to give His
beneficence to all of humanity,” according to Karen Berg of the Kabbalah Center.
“Therefore, everything that is negative in this world is because of the human Desire to
Receive for the Self Alone, which means that it is within the power of every single one of
us to temper that desire and to bring about the end of destruction and misery. How many
of us in the name of spirituality can put the world back together again?”
As I learned from my friend and teacher, Reb Leon Olenick, the players in the Purim
story represent various dimensions of these energies and can be understood through the
Four Worlds of Kabbalah. Each one offers an insight into our own psyche that is often
hidden behind the mask of our persona and invites us to explore where we are in relation
to each one on our own personal journey.
Ahashveros represents the world of doing. He ruled over 127 provinces from India to
Africa. That took some doing. He put his energy into action and control. But his
conquests were for his own aggrandizement and pleasure. In contrast, the actions of
Mordechai and Esther are in service to the Holy One.
Haman represents the world of feeling run amok. His dominant emotions were hatred,
resentment and ambition. His goal was control. We, on the other hand, like to think that
we come from a heart place, but we may be harboring anger, resentment or other
negative thoughts to some degree. We often hide them behind a mask both to ourselves
and to those around us. We know on some level that these negative emotions hurt us
more than the persons to whom they are directed. How do we tip the balance of our
feelings to the side of caring and compassion?
Mordechai represents the level of thinking. He observed, considered and listened before
making decisions or taking action. He observed the details and was able to put them into
a larger context. As he did that, he learned of a plot to kill the king and of the plans of
Haman to kill the Jewish people. As we walk our path, how do we use our intellect to
notice and process what is going on around us and take action to serve the greater good?
Esther represents the world of being. She connected her role with a higher purpose and
saw herself in service to Hashem. She brought to that world of spiritual connection her
emotions, her intellect and her actions to be an agent of Hashem to save (cont’d)
KABBALAH AND PURIM: UNMASKING THE HIDDEN
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KABBALAH AND PURIM: UNMASKING THE HIDDEN (cont’d)
DAILY MINYAN Join us Monday through Thursday at 5:45 PM for Mincha and Maariv and help make the
Minyan.
the Jewish people.
When we are able to look behind the masks we wear, how do we bring to light the
darkness that is part of our humanness with awareness but without judgment? By
unmasking our inner thoughts and feelings, we can bring our self into greater alignment
with our divine purpose. We recognize that we are here to share our G-d-given gifts to
bring ourselves and the world to greater wholeness.
On Purim we are instructed to give - to send Shalach Manot, gifts of food and coins, to
our neighbors, and to give tzedakah. According to the Kabbalists, G-d created the world
to bestow G-d’s goodness on us. We are then the recipients of that bounty. For us to
be more like G-d, we then have to give back. In the giving, we bring ourselves closer to
the Creator and become partners in creation.
Hamentashen means” Haman’s pockets.” This
symbolizes the desire to receive for the self alone.
The Kabbalists taught us that in giving back, we
release the holy sparks that are hidden in the
material reality. This brings tikkun, or healing to our
world.
Purim also bids us to be joyous all month. This
positive energy connects us to the divine energy.
Negative energy disconnects us. The holiday of Purim is an invitation to be aware as we
go through each day to allow the positive energy of Hashem to flow through our lives.
As we navigate this dance of receiving and giving, we complete the circuit of energy
from the material to the spiritual world.
Be Happy. It’s Purim. And enjoy the pleasure of sharing of yourself with others to bring
about a more caring, joyful and peaceful world.
By Sol Awend
”Honor thy father and thy mother” - כבד את אביך ואת אמך The 5th commandment says to honor one’s parents, so your days will be long. Easy to do, if you know
and remember your loved ones.
But what if you can’t remember your father? And he’s buried half a world away? And you’ve been to
his gravesite only 3 or 4 times in your lifetime?
You say the Memorial Prayer. You remember his Yahrzeit and recite the Kaddish on the proper Jewish
Holidays. You try and be a good person by giving charity and performing mitzvot whenever you can.
But aside from that, what else can you do to honor one’s long lost parent whom you can’t remember,
nor whose grave you cannot visit?
Such has been my dilemma for most of my 69 years. My father Berek Awend, a Holocaust survivor
from Auschwitz, met my mom Dina Aport, also a Holocaust survivor, in a DP camp in Feldafing, Germany. They were married in 1945. I was born 2 years later, and I was only 2 years old when my
father died, following a long illness due to the terrible suffering he experienced in Auschwitz. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Feldafing. The thought occurred to me to bring him closer to me so I
could visit him more often. Over the course of three months, rabbis in Munich near where he is buried, rabbis in Miami where I wanted him brought to lie near my mother, and rabbis here in the Twin
Cities where I was looking for support—all emphatically told me, “No way!” Only if I wanted him moved to Israel, or if the cemetery in which he was buried was
in bad shape could his gravesite be disturbed.
Even though his grave is far away, my duty is to acknowledge him and make him known to those around me. And what holier
place for that to happen but my synagogue. With the help of Rabbi Ettedgui, we created a thoughtful plaque that will be
mounted at the back of the sanctuary, complete with a picture and paragraph explaining who my father was and what became of
him. Every time I have the honor of leading the congregation in
prayer, I can look and be reminded of him.
I hope that he, too, will be happy to know that he is being remembered by his family and our congregation as a survivor and
a hero of our people.
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HONORING THE 5TH COMMANDMENT—THE MEMORIAL PRAYER
Page 6 Spring 2016
ALL ABOUT PESAH The Festival of Freedom is by far the most popular Jewish holiday and is probably observed more
scrupulously than the Holy Days. One of the reasons for Passover's universal interest is it’s home character. Members of the family travel great distances to be together at the Seder table with
their kin. The desire to participate in a Seder, no matter where a person may be, indicates that the
childhood impressions of the holiday have a fast hold upon the Jewish heart. Pesah has several names, alluding to the various aspects of this holiday, so that each one of us can
identify with and celebrate whole heartedly, the message that is closest to our hearts.
Passover emphasizes the miracle of Jewish homes being spared from the last plague on that night
of the Exodus and the annual celebration that followed.
Festival of Matza stresses that when the time of deliverance arrived nothing could stop it -
people chose freedom over staying behind to prepare provisions for the trip.
Festival of Spring is the time of rebirth and renewal and also the
Season of our Freedom— The Seder is a family experience that provides unique and wonderful
opportunities to tell our children the national history of the Jewish people and the story of our individual family. The stories, the songs, the bitter, salty and sweet food items and the many
symbols on the Seder plate are all there to provide a virtual reality and powerful illustration of the
lessons we want to pass on to our children.
Pesah is a demanding holiday - the cleaning, the special diet for a whole week and the extra expense, but it is worth it. Think of where we are today 3500 years after the Exodus. We talk
about it as if it just happened and we try our best to re-live the experience of the Exodus. It is a powerful tool by which we pass our heritage to our children. Shep nachas from your children as
they ask “Mah Nishatana” and enjoy your family.
Counting of the Omer Starting with the second night of Pesah, we begin the Counting the Omer until Shavuot. We count the days and the weeks for a total of seven weeks. The fiftieth day is Shavuot, when we observe
the Revelation at Mount Sinai, Matan Torah.
We wish you and your family a Happy and Kosher Pesah !
MECHIRAT HAMETZ AND MAOT HITTIM FUND To participate in our annual Maot Hittim fund to provide Passover food packages for those in
need, or to sell your hametz thru ‘Mechirat Hametz’, please contact the synagogue office for
details.
Page 7 Spring 2016
Ethan and Betsy Fricklas and their children Anna and Boris Gusovsky and their
Joshua, Elise, Andrew and Claire children Michelle and Michael
We also welcome Amy Lilienfeld and Olga & Michael Margulis.
PICTURES FROM OUR HANUKKAH PARTY
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES
Page 8 Spring 2016
BLOSSOMING SHAREI CHESED RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
By Julia Kravchenko
The Sharei Chesed Religious School is growing, thriving, and gaining a reputation as a welcoming
place in the community. “The majority of our Religious School families are newcomers – to the
Twin Cities, to Jewish traditions or to religious education,” said Rabbi Avraham Ettedgui. “For
example, I recently met with a young mother who does not belong to a synagogue, and she
wants to join Sharei Chesed so her children may learn about Judaism and study for their Bar
Mitzvahs.”
In recent years, Sharei Chesed offered private tutoring for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, but did not offer a Religious School program for younger children
until Fall 2014. The new Religious School is a big draw for young families when they consider joining Sharei Chesed.
The continuously growing Religious School program has 14 students today, split into first and second year classes, ranging from second to fifth graders. Many of these young families are new
members to Sharei Chesed and found the community through word-of-mouth from friends and family.
“We are so fortunate to have Rabbi Ettedgui at the helm – with 50 years of experience as a
Talmud Torah of Minneapolis teacher and Executive Director,” said Bernie Miller, Sharei Chesed President. “He is so beloved by our community, and sets the welcoming and warm tone that
attracts families of all backgrounds to our Shul.”
The students enjoy a rich curriculum studying with multiple experienced and talented faculty including Sheryl Sue Warren, Carmella Chazin, Avi Reinharz and Uri Koppel. The curriculum
includes Hebrew language, Jewish traditions and holidays, Jewish culture and music, Torah studies and history of the Jewish people, including Israel. Past Bar/Bat Mitzvah students also volunteer as
student teachers, tutoring younger kids during class time. One of the founding Religious School students, Ariella Kravchenko (third grader), said, “I love
learning new languages [Hebrew], so I can speak to many different people and know what they're like.” Ariella added, “We learn Jewish songs, dances and all about Jewish holidays. Hebrew school
is awesome!”
Anyone looking for a Religious School may contact Rabbi Ettedgui to learn more.
Page 9 Spring 2016
PURIM AT SHAREI CHESED—FEATURING “EISNER’S KLEZMORIM”!!
You’ve seen them like this: BUT NEVER LIKE THIS!!
Yes, it’s “Eisner’s Klezmorim” as you’ve never seen
them before. And they’ll be playing at Sharei
Chesed’s Annual Purim Party. Don't miss the fun!!
Bring the entire family. Come in costume (you
never know who you're going to meet). We'll be
serving a delicious hot dog and spaghetti dinner
(vegetarian option available), plus Hamentashen
and other goodies. Also, a talent show, games and
prizes for everyone who comes in costume.
In addition, we'll be joined once again by members
of our community who are supported by the
Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities. This program works
to support Jews with disabilities and their families, and also coordinates community-wide efforts to
raise awareness, provide consultation and help Jewish organizations understand how to overcome
barriers to facilitate meaningful participation and involvement for all people. Sharei Chesed is thrilled
to be able to welcome them to this annual event.
Sunday Evening March 20th Annual Purim Party 5:30 P.M.
Wednesday Evening March 23rd Reading of the Megillah 5:45 P.M.
Thursday Morning March 24th Shaharit and Reading of 7:30 A.M.
the Megillah
SCHEDULE FOR PURIM
Page 10 Spring 2016
ASHLEY JEWISH HOMESTEADERS CEMETERY NAMED TO
NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER
**EDITOR’S NOTE** Not only did our neighbors in North Dakota have the experiences described below, but also Jews in Northern Minnesota. Rebecca Bender (researcher for the
nomination) and her sister Nancy Bender (married to Barry Kelner), who were in attendance
with their families at our High Holy Days services last year, are descendants of these pioneers.
Ashley, North Dakota (February 2016) - The National Parks Service of the US Department of the Interior recently named the Ashley Jewish Homesteaders Cemetery (“AJHC”) to the National Register of Historic Places, following the vote of North Dakota’s Historic Preservation Board.
This site is the only one on the National Register to specifically honor the Jewish homesteader. The AJHC (a/k/a Beth Itzchock Cemetery) is the only permanent physical reminder of the
McIntosh County Jewish farming community, North Dakota’s largest Jewish agricultural settle-ment. North Dakota had the fourth largest number of Jewish homesteaders in any state in the
United States from 1906 - 1915. 1200 Jewish farmers farmed on 250 homesteads in over 50
North Dakota settlements from the 1870s.
Over 400 Jewish individuals lived on about 85 homesteads near Ashley. The McIntosh County Jewish homesteader community was made up of Russian and Romanian immigrants escaping per-
secution, including the Russian prohibition against Jews owning land for farming. They came to America after pogroms, with a migration of 1.25 million Jews between 1880 and 1920. Unlike
most of their Jewish brethren who remained on or near the east coast, they headed to “The Great Northwest” to become farmers – boarding trains from New York, then climbing into horse drawn buggies or walking to Ashley in ruts of ox-cart trails from the train depot at
Eureka, South Dakota, “Odessa of the North.”
Though McIntosh County was opened for homesteading in 1884, most of the Jewish homestead-
ers near Ashley did not arrive until 1905. The best land in the County had been claimed by that time, and most settled in the stony, hilly area later called “Judenberg” (Jewish hills) by their Ger-
man-Russian neighbors. Along with inexperience, the Jewish farmers faced drought, insects,
<- Candelabra on
monument of
Mrs. Reuben
Star of David on
monument of
Isador Smilowitz ->
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early frosts, severe winters, prairie fires, the Spanish flu pandemic, and an economic depression.
Nevertheless, through hard work and determination, these homesteaders generally made a success in growing wheat and flax, raising cattle and chickens, and selling cream from their sod houses. Most
owned their land after the requisite five years under the Homestead Act, or sooner. With the
money received from selling their land, many settled in towns as business owners.
Despite their distance from the larger population centers and their mingling successfully with neighbors of different faiths and backgrounds, these Jewish farmers maintained their religious
identities, as evidenced by this traditional cemetery. The McIntosh County homesteader family names represented in the Cemetery (on the homestead parcel originally farmed by Sarah
Schlasinger, nee Bendersky), include Auerbach, Becker, Bender, Berman, Bloom, Dorfman, Ewart, Filler, Friedman, Goldstone, Grossman, Jampolsky, Ourach, Parkansky, Raich, Reuben, Silverleib,
Smilowitz and Weil.
The Ashley Jewish Cemetery Corporation would appreciate donations to maintain the monuments and site, as well as to install an explanatory memorial honoring Jewish homesteaders. Donations
may be made on line at https://www.everribbon.com/ribbon/view/32867 or by mail, payable to The Ashley Jewish Cemetery Corporation, c/o its President, Stuart Kaufman at 6343 52nd Avenue South,
Seattle, WA 98118.
Portion of monument at homesteader Kiva
Bender’s gravesite. He was the founder of the Sulzberger Jewish Farmers Association and lay
leader of the Ashley Congregation until Rabbi Hess was sent by the Jewish Chautauqua
Society.
Open prayerbook on
Yitzchak Grossman’s
monument
ASHLEY JEWISH HOMESTEADERS CEMETERY (cont’d)
CONTACTS:
Stuart Kaufman, President of Association,
Rebecca Bender, Researcher for Nomination,
www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/15000807.htm
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LANDSCAPING DAY—MAY 22ND, 2016
By Richard Woldorsky
Landscaping Day has become an annual tradition at Sharei Chesed. Every spring, hardy volunteers roll up thier sleeves, schvitz and get a
little dirty as they perform the mitzvah of making our shul more beau-
tiful.
Last year, the volunteers planted new perennials, added flowers, trimmed shrubs and put down mulch. Our religious school students and their parents provided a burst of energy to the volunteer effort.
This year, we plan to add vigorous and colorful plants near our new sign at County Road 73. We also plan to dedicate 2 new trees on our
property in memory of 2 very special friends and devoted members of Sharei Chesed—Mort Leder and Terry Schwartz. Terry, our late co-
president, was dedicated to our shul in many ways, one of which was to maintain our lawn and grounds all summer. Mort was always looking for ways to improve the
landscape around the shul, and was especially intrigued by the idea of planting an orchard.
Please keep the date of May 22nd in mind, and join in if you
can for the planting and the dedication. If you can come by 8:30 A.M. for Shachrit services and help us make a minyan,
that would be wonderful. We’ll then enjoy a light breakfast
and get to work around 9:30 A.M.
Please contact Richard Woldorsky if you have any ques-
tions—612-861-7774, or ‘[email protected]’.
BAR MITZVAH OF SAM GELLER—SATURDAY APRIL 9TH
We hope you will join us on Saturday April 9th as
Sam Geller is called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.
Sam is the son of Mark and Mary Geller, and
brother of Julia. The entire congregation is invited.
The Kiddush luncheon will be sponsored by the
Geller family.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016
GENERAL DONATIONS Aaron, Sybille
Ablyzalova, Esfir Altmark, Liya Arshanskaya, Elka
Awend, Sue & Sol Badzin Foundation, Bernard and
Fern Brody, Linda
Brown, Carl & sons Burton, Arnold
Dahl, Randy DeLoya, Victor
Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui, Roz & Moshe Fricklas, Olga & Ethan
Fursetzer, Nancy & David Gerbuz, Ella & Michael
Goldberg, Rivia & Red Goldstein, Richard Grinberg, Anna and Grigori
Gross, Eva Kigelman, Irina
Larson,Rosalee Hulse and Swede
Lazar, Ray Mazelev, Galina & Edward
Melnik, Zhana & Dennis Miller, Julie
Miller, Morris Morales, Donna & Schwartz,
Matthew Moskowitz, Jack
Odessky, Annalee & Arnold Przeticky, Klaudia & Lejzor
Pyatigorskiy, Leo Romantsov, Anna & Vlad Rubenstein, Regina
Scarr, Marcia Slobodskiy, Alexander
Vaynberg, Sofiya
Yaskin, Igor Zhuravel, Sofia & Moisey
IN HONOR & APPRECIATION In Honor Of Rabbi
Ettedgui
Patricia Kenton
Art Nettis
In Honor of Amir’s
Wedding
Robin and Yefet Zadaka
In Honor of Daughter
Michelle’s Marriage to
Aaron Wasserman
Minda & Jeffery
Salberg-Schecter
In Honor of Katie
Sandler’s Bat Mitzvah
Helen and Boris Sandler
Galina and Leonid
Shteyman
In Honor of their
Grandchildren
Judith and Jerome Ingber
In Honor of Miriam
Shteyman’s Bat Mitzvah
Ida and Samuel
Shkolnick
CAPITAL FUND Fern Badzin Marcy and Bruce Barrick
Archelle and David Feldshon
Myrna Orensten Rita and Steve Paper
Fran and Bill Skolnik
Aileen and Sonny Snyder
EDUCATIONAL FUND In Memory Of Her Son Stanislav Tamakhin
Yuliya Portnova In Honor of Uri Koppel
Ella and Michael Gerbuz Mark and Sue Wasserman
BREAK THE FAST SPONSORS 2015 Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham and Linda Elena and Boris Gerber
Lyudmila and Gregory Gittsovich
HIGH HOLY DAYS 2015 Aaron, Sybille Altman, Lee & Jerry
Belyavin, Inina & Zinoviy Berkowitz, Sharon & Jerry
Bernstein, Rosalyn Braufman, Maddy
DeLoya, Victor Ettedgui, Henni & Danny Ettedgui, Roz & Moshe
Farb, Bonnie & Harry Feder, Sally & Joel
Feldman, David Feldshon, Archelle & David
Fishman, Stella & Simon Geller, Mary & Mark
Gezunterman, Matvey Granot, Louise & Boaz
Grinberg, Rita Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar
Gross, Eva Kenton, Patricia
Kipnis, Berta & Naum
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016
HIGH HOLY DAYS 2015 (CONT.) Kirschner, Barbara & Howard Kontorovoich, Marina &
Sitko, Vitaly Kowitz, Cantor Mitch & Susan
Kravchenko, Natalie & Igor Larson, Rosie & Swede
Margolis, Karin & Laurence Mazelev, Galina & Edward Melamud, Mariya
Melamud, Natalya & Leonid Mendyuk, Lyudmila & Banchik,
Vladimir Miller, Bernie and Sonja
Mogelson, Cathy & Richard Naiman, Rose
Nettis, Art Perelman, Alex
Pogorelsky, Emiliya & Dmitry Reininger, Sara & Russell
Richman, Phyllis & Berla Rivas, Aida
Rozhanskiy, Alla & Lev Semanduyev, Iosif
Shacter, Bev & Burt Shapiro, Emma Shapiro, Gary
Shapiro, Liya Sheridan, Susan
Shtulman, Anastasiya & Dmitri Shtulman, Lou Jane & Vitaly
Simanduyev, Galina & Nakhamya
Snyder, Aileen & Sonny Teplitski, Alexandra &
Alexander Teyvel, Ita & Shmil
Toretsky, Corrine & Morris Tsukerman, Nesya & Aron
Vayntrub, Greg Wong, Ruth
Zevelev, Luba
Zhuravel, Rita & Alex Zien, Shelly & Steve
Zilberman, Rakhil
THE LEO AND HELEN WOLK RABBINIC CHAIR Kittay, Steve Paulson, Marilynn & Duane
Wolk, Leo
SPONSOR KIDDUSH
Awend, Sue & Sol
Baldinger, Christy & David Baldinger, Robert
Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham & Linda
Feder, Sally & Joel Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar
Koppel, Carolyn & Uri Miller, Julie & Scholder, Ron
Miller, Sonja & Bernie Reininger, Sara & Russell
Sandler, Helen & Boris Strauss, Jane & Bryant, Rex
Toretsky, Corrine & Morris Wasserman, Sue & Mark
Zolotov, Yana & Roman
YEAR-END DONATIONS 2015 Aaron, Sybille Awend, Sue & Sol
Baldinger, Christy & David Baldinger, Estelle & Robert
Baldinger, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bearmon, Sue & Ron
Brody, Linda Burton, Arnold
Chazin, Myra Cooper, Kathy & David
Davydov, Maria & Boris
Ettedgui, Rabbi Avram & Linda Farb, Bonnie & Harry
Fink, Ernest Agency Fishman, Rene
Geller, Mary & Mrk Gerbuz, Ella & Michael
Goldber, Rivia & Red Goldstein, Maurice Gringauz, Jane & Dmitry
Guterman, Marina & Mark Kaye, Fay & Mitchell
Kipnis, Berta & Naum Klugman, Kathy & Terry
Kogan, Rachel & Marat Kowitz, Cantor Mitch & Susan
Kravchenko, Natalie & Igor Leder, Mark & Susan
Leder, Sally Lipnik, Ryva & Tony
Margolis, Karin & Laurence Margolis, Lynn Ron
Mazelev, Galina & Edward Miller, Julie & Scholder, Ron
Moskowitz, Jack Nettis, Art Paper, Rita & Steve
Perelman, Alex Plitman, Charlene & Michael
Pyatigorskiy, Leo Reininger, Sara & Russell
Scherling, Eileen & Harold Simanduyev, Galina &
Nakhamya Sumetsky, Olga & Alex
Truskinovsky, Takako & Sasha Willensky Family Foundation
Winter Wheat Foundation (with the help of Nancy
Bender)
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016
YEAR-END DONATIONS 2015 (CONT): Yaskin, Igor Zabezhinsky, Lauren & Leo Zien, Shelly & Steve
BIRTHDAY WISHES
Momy Benzaquen
Carolyn and Uri Koppel
Rabbi Ettedgui’s 80th
Birthday
Jerome Ingber
Micki and Mort Naiman
Uri Koppel
Leona and Jerry Altman
Julie Miller
Janice and Jeff Schachtman
Sophie Teener’s 100th
Birthday
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF:
Marvin Aaron
Rene Fishman
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
Yelizaveta Darevskaya
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Carolyn and Uri Koppel
Sara Eydelman
Lev Eydelman
Andrew Fruit
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
Rube Ganetsky
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Mike Geller
Esther Geller
Jerome Ingber’s Father
Judith and Jerome Ingber
Louise Brisson Rusoff Irving
Donna Roth
Mort Leder
Joanne Rogin Abrams
Sue and Sol Awend
Amy Baratz
Myra Chazin
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Joy Gordon
Rivel and Phil Greenberg
Gail and Greg Kenton
Carolyn and Uri Koppel
Art Nettis
Aileen and Sonny Snyder
Adrienne and Paul Tanick
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
Toots and Ruben Vodovoz
Norma Wilensky
Terri Wilensky
Richard Woldorsky and
Diane Aronson
Jeanne Wyszynski
Shelly and Steve Zien
Mitch Kowitz’s Mother
Gail and Greg Kenton
Robert Levine
Annalee & Arnold Odessky
Clara and Irving Margolis
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Karin and Larry Margolis
Lynn and Ron Margolis
Daniel Neff
Nancy and David Fursetzer
Gail and Greg Kenton
Patricia Kenton
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
Joyce Prohofsky
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Joe Rickun
Corrine and Morris Toretsky
Lillian Rogers
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui
Terry Schwartz Dawn Larson Dewitt
Rabbi Avraham and Linda Ettedgui Joyce Ettedgui
Hood Packaging Laurie Jankowski
Gail & Greg Kenton Patricia Kenton
Randee & Larry Melander Rabbi Gail Nord
Annalee & Arnold Odessky Marilyn & Dean Renstrom
We are grateful to all who
donated in honor of Rabbi
Ettedgui’s 80th birthday!!
Special thanks to Linda Brody
Ettedgui for organizing and
sponsoring the event.
A full list of those who made
contributions will appear in
the next newsletter.
Page 16 Spring 2016
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016
DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF (CONT.):
Terry Schwartz (cont.) Cynthia Schwartz
Sue & Mark Wasserman
Michael Simand
Galina and Nakhamya
Simanduyev
Lillian Weitz
Julie Miller
Yelizaveta Zeveleva
Luba Zevelev
Moisey Zilberman—
Unveiling of Headstone
Simona & Leo Kudishevich
Sarah Zilberman
The Lakhter Family YAHRZEIT DONATIONS Aaron, Renee
Aaron, Sybille Aleynikov, Rimma & Semon Arshanskaya, Elka
Awend, Sue & Sol Babayan, Edward
Bearmon, Barbara & Lee Bearmon, Jeanne
Bekker, Mariya Bershadsky, Marina & Boris
Bigelow, Olene & Larry Blicker, Zola
Brody, Linda Budilovskiy, Shura & Yefim
Budilovsky, Elena & Edward Burnstein, Sylvia
Burnstein, Vera Burton, Arnold
Cass, Marion Cohen, Mary & Shep Cutts, Bonnie
Dain, Nina
Dashevsky, Bella & Leon Edelstein, Jan
Estrina, Tatyana Farb, Bonnie & Harry
Feldman, Mariya Feldman, Sima & Mark
Feygin, Roza & Marat Fields, Cheryl Fishman, Rene
Fridland, Lyubov & Sol Fruen, Maida & James
Furman, Alla Furman, Nina
Galant, Evelyn Galbinsky, Anatoly
Galeyev, Vladimir Galperina, Anna
Geller, Aaron Geller, Esther
Geller, Inna & Cary Geller, Mary & Mark
Gerber, Elena & Boris Giffis, Marilyn
Gitelman, Galina & Shulim Gittsovich, Lyudmila & Gregory Glynn, Irene
Goldberg, Rivia & Red Goldis, Nella
Gordon, Joy Grichener, Marianna & Leo
Grinberg, Mina & Chezar Grinberg, Rita
Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar Gross, Eva
Haykinson, Lucy & Anatoly Hershkovitz, Irwin
Ilyevskiy, Liza & Abram Johnson, Heidi & Charles
Johnson, Sandra & Jerry Josefowitz, AJ
Kagan, Nataliya & Michael
Kaganovich, Nadia & David Kamenir, Lilly
Kamenir, Nickolay Kaswen, Morris
Kats, Angelika & Leonard Kazaniuk, Adela & Constantin
Kenton, Gail & Greg Kerbel, Marina & Sasha Khodurskiy, Boris
Khokhlovich, Samuil Kigelman, Irina
Kipnis, Berta & Naum Kirzon, Era & Rubakh, Rafail
Klugman, Kathleen & Terry Kotlyar, Inna
Krampf, Izya Kudishevich, Simona & Leo
Kulinsky, Lois Larson, Rosalee Hulse &
Swede Lerner, Elaine
Libson, Bruce Libson, Kim & Barry
Lipnik, Ryva & Anatoly Liss, Lois
Malamudman, Alex Malamudman, Maya Margolis, Karin & Larry
Margolis, Lynn & Ron Mayzel, Lilya & Lenard
Mazelev, Galina & Edward Melamud, Mariya
Miller, Morris Miller, Sonja & Bernie
Muller, Roberta Neydelman, Rakhil &
Arkadiy Palant, Larisa
Paper, Rita & Steve
Page 17 Spring 2016
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS (CONT.)
Perelman, Alexander
Perelman, Galina Peskin, Maya & Yefim
Peysman, Avrum Pinkus, Marcia & Aaron
Pinsky, Sheldon
Pisarenko, Sofia & Oleg
Pogorelsky, Emiliya &
Dmitry Portnova, Yuliya
Pyatigorsky, Leo
Renstrom, Marilyn & Dean
Rhodes, Fran
Richman, Phyllis & Berle Richter, Grace
Roytburg, Roza & Sika Rubinstein, Esther
Rubinstein, Maureen & Eddy Ryaboy, Ellen & Eugene
Saks, Harold
Schwartz, Darlene Sektor, Vicky Shafranskaya, Mariya
Shapiro, Emma Shapiro, Liya
Shulman, Faina
Shuster, Svetlana Simanduyev, Galina &
Nakhamya Slobodskiy, Alexander
Smith, Nancy & Irving Snyder, Daniel Strauss, Jane
Strimling, Rosalyn & Bert
Tamarkin, Genya & Ilya
Tanick, Adrienne & Paul Tenner, Sondra Teplitski, Alexandra & Alexander
Teyvel, Ita & Shmel
Tillinger, Steven
Toretsky, Corrine & Morris
Tsukerman, Nesya & Aron Tsukerman, Sofiya Vaynberg, Sahra & Abram
Vodovoz, Toots & Ruben Wasserman, Susan & Mark
Wilensky, Carolyn & Marvin Wilensky, Norma
Wohl, Kathy & David Zadov, Lev
Zelikman, Nekha & David Zevelev, Luba & Alex
Zeveleva, Yelizaveta Zhuravel, Sofia & Moisey
Zien, Shelly & Steve Zieve, Stan
Zilberman, Rakhil
REFUAH SHELEMAH TO
Sybille Aaron
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
Carmella Chazin
Rabbi Avraham and
Linda Ettedgui
Henni Ettedgui
Lee Reinharz
Dr. Keith Kaye
Carolyn and Uri Koppel
Bronya Lipnik
Nadezhda Gelbukh
Rachelle Marcus
Corrine and Morris
Toretsky
MEMORIAL PLAQUES
Sue and Sol Awend in
memory of Berek Awend
Rabbi Avraham and Linda
Ettedgui in memory of
Terry Schwartz
Kathy and Terry Klugman
in memory of Irene
Klugman
Galina and Nakhamya
Simanduyev in memory of
Michael Simand
Nesya and Aryeh
Tsukerman in memory of
- Chasia Tsukerman
- Eyzer Tsukerman
- Leah Tsukerman
- Sorerele Tsukerman
In Memory of Anton
Nemechenitzer
MAZEL TOV TO:
Carmella and Alan
Chazin on becoming
new grandparents
Rabbi Avraham and
Linda Ettedgui
Carolyn and Uri Koppel
CONTRIBUTE TO SHAREI CHESED ONLINE! Did you know that you can make online contributions? How?
Go to www.shareichesed.org/donate
Page 18 Spring 2016
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS AT SHAREI CHESED
Please join us also for these special observances in our sanctuary.
Saturday April 9 Bar Mitzvah of Sam Geller 9:30 am
- Son of Mark and Mary Geller
Friday Evening April 22 Pesah (See ‘Pesah Services Calendar’ for schedule details)
Wednesday, May 4 Yom HaShoah Evening Service 5:45 pm
Yom HaShoah Community 7:00 pm
Commemoration
Beth Jacob Congregation
Saturday, May 7 Shaharit – 9:30 am
Israel Independence Day Speaker Idan Cohen
Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow
from University of Minnesota Hillel
Tuesday, May 10 Yom HaZikaron Evening Service 5:45 pm
Yom HaZikaron Community 7:00 pm
Observance
Sabes JCC—Minneapolis
Sunday, May 15 Shaharit 8:30 am
Yom HaAtzmaut Community 4:00—6:00 pm
Celebration-Israel’s 68th Independence Day
Sabes JCC—Minneapolis
Saturday, May 21 Shaharit 9:30 am
Honoring High School Seniors and out Religious School
Students
Sunday, May 22 Shaharit 8:30 am
‘Landscaping Day’ immediately following services
Saturday, April 16 Shabbat Hagadol 9:30 am
Sunday, April 17 Shaharit (morning service) 8:30 am
Assemble Maot Hittim Packages 9:30 am
Friday, April 22 Fast of First Born – Come to services 7:30 am
and participate in Seudat Mitzvah
Shaharit (morning service)
** LAST MORNING TO SELL YOUR HAMETZ THRU
‘MECHIRAT HAMETZ’ **
Friday, April 22 First Seder (no service)
Saturday, April 23 Shabbat Yom Tov-1st Day Shaharit 9:30 am
Saturday, April 23 Second Seder (no service)
Sunday, April 24 Yom Tov-2nd Day Shaharit 9:30 am
Monday, April 25 Hol Hamoed Shaahrit 7:30 am
Minha-Maariv 5:45 pm
Tuesday, April 26 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am
Minha-Maariv 5:45 pm
Wednesday, April 27 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am
Minha-Maariv 5:45 pm
Thursday, April 28 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am
Minha-Maariv 5:45 pm
Friday, April 29 Yom Tov-7th Day Shaharit 9:30 am
Saturday, April 30 Shabbat Yom Tov-YIZKOR Shaharit 9:30 am
Kiddush Lunch follows all Shabbat and Yom Tov services
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