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THE SHOFAR SAVE THE DATES

Shabbat Across America

Deli Dinner

Friday Mar 9

Community Seder

Friday March 30

Yom Hashoah Event

“The Number on

Great-Grandpa’s Arm”

Sunday April 8

Bernice & Jerry Acard

Ro Kerchner & Ed Altchek

Dr. Stanley Antonoff

Diane & Alan Apfelbaum

Bunny Benstock

Sherry & Manny Bloch

Carol & Bill Cohen

Miriam Fagan

Lou & Alan Katz

Leslie R. Leavitt

Betty McGivern

Lucille Poch

Irene & Harvey Roberts

Ilene & Ed Simnowitz

Marcie & Chuck Tuegel

Sherry Wilson

CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM MARCH 2018 ADAR/NISAN5778

It is with great sadness that we said

good-bye to our Betty Passman (here

with her 90th birthday balloon).

From the President

Congregation Beth Sholom Family,

I am sure that most of you know by now, that we were un-

successful in hiring Rabbi George Hirschfeld as our Spiritual

Leader. Your Board of Directors and I are very disappointed

that we were unable to complete our task. We thought that we

had finally found the right fit for our very special congregation,

but in the end Rabbi Hirschfeld decided that he would not able to

join our community. As a result, I immediately called an emergency board meeting for Friday,

February 9th to put the Search Committee back in place and we have begun again. I was told by

a very wise individual that, “the third time around is a charm.” I sincerely hope that this wise indi-

vidual knows something that none of us know. We are again going to attack this head on with full

force. Has anyone ever heard this quote before, “whenever a door is closed, G-d opens a win-

dow”. Giving us the opportunity to begin again. We will certainly keep everyone posted as our

search progresses for the ideal candidate.

I know that the last few months have been very hectic and frustrating, but we will get the job

done. We sincerely believe that. We will have leadership coverage for Shabbat. I have contacted

Rabbi Polirer, and he is willing to come to lead Saturday services twice per month. I have worked

out a temporary schedule for March and April, to start with, and we will continue to arrange two-

month schedules until we find the right fit for our very special congregation.

I have also contacted Jonathan Cohen and scheduled him for our high holiday services. He also

suggested that, schedule permitting, he could come up once a month to also do services for us.

Now, with that said, I think we have a very good plan to keep us going in the right direction until

the right candidate comes along.

We are going along as scheduled and trying not to have to cancel any events or activities. We

are also scheduling a Ritual Committee Meeting to discuss Friday evening services. With the help

of our Gabbais who do an excellent job and who we couldn’t do without, we will get the job done.

Please feel free to speak up and voice your opinions, concerns, or if you have any suggestions,

please don’t hesitate to call myself or one of the other board members. Always remember this,

YOU ARE ALL A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS SYNAGOGUE, WE NEED AND WANT

YOUR INPUT. We can’t do this without YOU!!!

We will send out updates as

often as we can to keep you all

in the loop.

Thank you everyone for your

continued patience and sup-

port,

Sharon R. Weber

And entire Board of Directors

1968 - 2018

Think about something YOU could do and let Sharon Weber

know! She and all of Congregation Beth Sholom will be most

Candle Lighting Times

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Light Candles 6;12 PM

Saturday Mar 3

Shabbat Ends 7:06 PM


Light Candles 6:16 PM

Saturday, Mar 10




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Shabbat /Erev Passover

Friday, Mar 30


Erev 2nd Day Passover

Saturday, Mar 31


Sunday, Apr 1

JOIN US for Shabbat Across America

Please join us for Shabbat Across America on Friday, March 9!

Kosher Dei!

Cost is $18, $10 child..

Please respond to Joelle Dinerstein by March 5

at 352-513-5851 or [email protected]

Hope to see you all there

Send a check to Marcie Tuegel 1210 Skyview Landing, Hernando, FL 34442

Don't know how to read Hebrew at all or just

need a refresher?

A Hebrew class will be held following kiddush on Saturdays.

This informal yet interesting education session will be held at no

charge.

Join us!

March is a month filled with spe-

cial days that have special reli-

gious or Jewish significance. Here

is a brief exploration of the many

such days. Each day includes any

readings and reference pages in

our Etz Hayim Chumash.

Purim

The 14th of Adar falls on Thurs-

day, March 1st; Reading: Megillah

Esther

Reading of the Megillah — Me-

gillah is Hebrew for scroll and this

Megillah contains the well-known

story of how Esther became

queen of Persia and foiled

Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews.

The Megillah can be read the

evening before, during morning

services or in the afternoon. At

CBS we will read the Megillah

during our S'udah on Wednesday

evening February 28th.

Shushan Purim

The 15th of Adar falls on Friday

March 2nd.

Shushan Purim — Both the 14th

and 15th of Adar, depending on

your location can be Shushan

Purim. Typically un-walled cities

have celebrated on the 14th and

walled cities, including Jerusalem,

celebrate on the 15th. The 14th is

the date of choice for Purim

throughout the US.

Shabbat

16th of Adar falls on Saturday

March 3rd. Shabbat Reading:

Parsha Ki Tissa (Exodos 31:18

– 33:11; Etz Hayim pages 529

– 538)

Shabbat Para

The 23rd of Adar falls on Sat-

urday March 10th with a dou-

ble Parsha reading: Parsha

Vayakhel and Parsha Pekudai

(Exodos 37:17 – 38:20; Etz

Hayim pages 560 – 563

[Vayakhel], Exodos 38:21 –

39:21; Etz Hayim pages 564 –

567 [Pekudei}, and Maftir

which is read from Numbers

19:1 – 19:22, Parsha Hukkat,

Etz Hayim pages 880 - 883)

Shabbat Para — We recog-

nize four special Shabbatot in

preparation for Passover. Dis-

tinct readings for Maftir are

selected for each of these four

Shabbatot, necessitating read-

ing from two separate Torah

scrolls. In February, we experi-

enced Shabbat Shekalim on

the 10th and Shabbat Zachor

on the 24th which is always on

the Shabbat preceding Purim.

The other two are Shabbat

Para and Shabbat HaCho-

desh. Shabbat Para occurs on

the Shabbat following Purim

and marks the beginning of

formal preparations for Passo-

ver. The special Maftir reading

(Numbers 19:1 – 22) is a dis-

cussion of the ritual purification

concerning the red heifer.

Shabbat HaChodesh

The 1st of Nisan falls on Satur-

day March 17th for Rosh Cho-

desh Nisan; Readings: Parsha

Va-Yikra (Leviticus 3:1 – 4:26;

Etz Hayim pages 592 – 599,

seventh Aliyah is Numbers

28:9 – 28:15, Parsha Pinchas,

Etz Hayim pages 930 - 931

and Maftir which is read from

Exodus 12:1 -12:20, Parsha

Bo, Etz Hayim pages 380-

385)

Shabbat HaChodesh —The

fourth of the four Parshiyot is

read on the last Shabbat be-

fore Nisan or, as is the situa-

tion this year, on Rosh Cho-

desh Nisan. It recognizes the

significance of the month of

Nisan to the Jewish people. It

is written in the Parsha that

“This month shall be the begin-

ning of the months,” and goes

on to explain the preparations

for Passover. As it is Rosh

Chodesh in addition to being

one of the four Parshiyot, we

read from three Torahs.

Shabbat HaGadol

The 8th of Nisan falls on

March 24th . Reading: Parsha

Tzav (Leviticus 7:11 – 7:38;

Etz Hayim pages 617– 621)

A DIFFERENT KIND OF MARCH MADNESS!

Shabbat HaGadol — The

Shabbat before Passover is

Shabbat HaGadol. Typically

there is a detailed sermon

about preparations for Passo-

ver.

Search for Leaven

The 13th of Nisan falls on

Thursday March 29th.

Leaven — About one hour

after sunset Jewish house-

holds initiate a search for any

hametz (leavened bread) that

may have escaped scrutiny.

This is to ensure that we can

comply with the Torah law that

forbids us to have any leaven

or leaving agent in our posses-

sion during Passover. The

hametz is searched for with a

candle and scooped up with a

feather and spoon. The

hametz found during the

search, together with all other

chametz is burned the next

morning (erev Pesach) before

a set time. In our community

and for this year (2018) the

hametz should be burned be-

fore 12:30 PM on Friday March

30.

After the burning we recite this

declaration: “All leaven or any-

thing leavened which is in my

possession, whether I have

seen it or not, whether I have

observed it or not, whether I

have removed it or not, shall

be considered nullified and

ownerless as the dust of the

earth.” Remember that the lat-

est hour in our area for 2018

for consuming any hametz is

11:28 AM on that day.

Siyum

The 14th of Nisan falls on Fri-

day March 30th; the morning

service includes a Siyum fol-

lowed by a festive meal

(schnapps and nosh) related to

the Fast of the first-born.

Siyum – This refers to the

completion of any Torah study.

Typically first born Jews stay

after the regular morning

(Shacharit) services and listen

to a Siyum and then share a

festive meal which relieves

their obligation to fast that day.

Jewish law treats that obliga-

tion to fast very leniently to the

extent that having heard the

Siyum and participated in the

meal they then may continue

to eat for the rest of the day. At

CBS we will have a brief morn-

ing service, Siyum and nosh

starting at 9:30 AM. This is a

chance to wear your Tefillin.

Passover

The 15th of Nisan falls on Sat-

urday March 31st with the First

day of Passover. The first Se-

der is held the night before

(Friday March 30th) and the

Second Seder is in the even-

ing of the first full day; the To-

rah reading during the morning

services is Exodus 12:21 –

12:51, Parsha Bo, Etz Hayim

pages 385 – 390 and Maftir is

Numbers 28:19 – 28:25, Par-

sha Pinchas, Etz Hayim page

932)

A Lexicon of Jewish Practice by Bill Cohen

Our Guest Clergy This Month

Returning March 3 & 17

Rabbi Richard Polirer

On 2 Shabbat services in March , our

services will be led by Rabbi Richard

Polirer of Boynton Beach. See his

website http://www.rabbipolirer.com/

biography/

SUNSHINE & TRIBUTE CARDS

When you buy a birthday, anniversary or get well card you can also support our synagogue by pur-

chasing a Tribute Card. Call Tribute Card Maven Les Leavitt (352-527-0698) or email

[email protected] and he will send your Tribute Card for just $5. Put “Tribute Card” in the sub-

ject line of your email.

R’FUAH SH’LEIMAH

Please let President Sharon Weber know if you or a loved one is ill and would like to be added to the

Mi Shebeirach list for Shabbat services. It is best to call or send the message in the form of an

email.

Celebrate!!

2018 is the

50th anniversary of

Congregation Beth Sholom!

Watch for special events throughout

this special year!

http://www.rabbipolirer.com/biography/

http://www.rabbipolirer.com/biography/

CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM Of Citrus County

102 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills

Passover Seder In Kellner Auditorium

Friday evening, March 30, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Join us for a traditional kosher Passover Seder with lively participation and singing.

Dinner Menu:

Wine/Juice & Matzah * Home-made Haroset Gefilte Fish

Matzah Ball Soup Roast Chicken (or vegetarian option) Baby Spinach with Mushroom Salad

Potato Kugel, Sweet Potatoes and Glazed Carrots Dessert and Beverages

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Please detach this form and send it along with your payment to: Barbara Hamerling, 1557 W. Caroline Path, Lecanto, FL 34461

Name____________________________________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________________________________

Town__________________________ State_____ Zip__________ Tel #______________________

E-mail___________________________________________________________________________

Names of all persons attending _____________________________________________________________________________________________

# of persons___________ @ $30. # of children____________@ $15.

Total enclosed: $_____________ # of vegetarian meals__________

Make checks payable to Congregation Beth Sholom. DEADLINE: March 21, 2018

Contact Barbara Hamerling, 352-513-5169 or [email protected] for additional information or questions.

March 2/3 16-22 Adar

16 - Irving Gish

16 - Anna Kohler

16 - Leo Hamerling

17 - Irving Poch

17 - Tillie Oksenhorn

19 - Pauline Cohen

19 - Pearl Helen Martin

19 - Harry Lipsky

19 - Samuel Karpoff

20 - Jack Zaenchik

20 - Edith Chordock

20 - George Kaufer

20 - Carol Mitrani

21 - Abraham Moskowitz

21 - Murray Kellner

21 - Samuel Simnowitz

21 - Joseph Simnowitz

21 - Gloria Galehoff

22 - Jennie Cohen

22 - Cheryl Burke

March 9/10 23-29 Adar

23 - Louis Fox

23 - Samuel Abramowitz

23 - Danny Wein

23 - Dorothy Rabinoff

24 - Bettie Fishman

25 - Esther Abramowitz

25 - Ida Rogers

25 - Ray Black

25 - William Blatt

26 - Lila Brezinsky

26 - Michael Klein

26 - Yetta Moskowitz

26 - David Selig

27 - Isadore Lobenberg

Yahrzeits

27 - Samuel Levinsky

27 - Sidney Edelstein

27 - Jack Walker

27 - Irving Topol

28 - Israel Stern

29 - Israel Moskowitz

29 - Jerry Charkes

March 16/17 1-7 Nisan

01 - Esther N. Tomkiel

01 - Jess Janoff

01 - Rona Lee Kohler

01 - Minnie Dinerstein

02 - Diane Silver

02 - Nathan Janoff

02 - Ann Polak

02 - Edward J. White

02 - Philip Cohen

03 - Solomon Schlesinger

03 - Joseph Seewald

04 - Oscar Krebs

04 - Aaron Scher

05 - Marvin Weissman

06 - Isidore Madoff

07 - Harris Heim

07 - Hedwig Loeb Goldenberg

07 - Herman Passman

07 - Evelyn Ager


08 - Lester Rushefsky

08 - Lorraine Jeanette

09 - Leah Neilbloom

10 - David Schlesinger

10 - Hinda Schlesinger

11 - Ruth Brooks

13 - Max Friedman

13 - Danny Levine


16 - Regina Gutterman

17 - Benjamin J. Gordon

17 - Alfons Himmelreich

18 - Jay J. Ossen

20 - Herman Goldenberg

20 - Henry Helkin

20 - Esther Rushefsky

20 - Gordon Govatos

20 - Herbert Solkoff

April 6/7 22-28 Nisan

22 - Faye Wein

23 - Fanny Neff

24 - George Zimmerman

25 - George Taylor

26 - William Cubert

26 - Helen Gelsky

26 - Miriam Lamus Smooha

27 - Jean Morse

28 - May Fagan Miller

April 13/14 29 Nisan-5 Iyar

29 - Ida Katz

29 - Anna Passman

29 - Abraham Cohen

30 - Melvin Tobias

01 - Moses Miller

02 - Ann Saslow

05 - Alfred Morgenthau

Birthdays

3/1 Neil Bachrow

3/3 Lou Harmin

3/9 Ed Altchek

3/12 Dr. Stanley Antonoff

3/17 Gilbert Hartenstein

3/21 Diane Rothstein

3/29 Mindala Mott

3/31 Sandra Schlosberg

Anniversaries

3/14 George & Karen Kaufer

3/31 Murray & Elyse Topol

Honor birthdays and anniversaries of friends and family with a

small donation to Congregation Beth Sholom.

A gift of $18 (Chai — to life!) goes a long way!

Send your donation with a notation about your gift to:

Congregation Beth Sholom PO Box 640024 Beverly Hills Florida, 34464

Checks should be made payable to Congregation Beth Sholom

Come join us for YOM HASHOAH REMEMBRANCE DAY,

Sunday, April 8th at 2:00 PM in Kellner Auditorium. We will watch The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm

According to The Forward: “A Holocaust Film appropriate for the Whole Family.”

I t is a simple conversation between a

90-year-old camp survivor, Srulek

Feldman, and his adoring 10-year-

old great-grandson, Elliott Saiontz,

about experiences Srulek had before and

during the war. It is heartwarming, intelli-

gent, and told in a way that evokes the

suffering without frightening its intended

family audience.

Feldman was born in Sosnowiec, Poland,

in what appears to be a financially comfortable, Shabbos-observant family. His father was a milliner who had his own store, and life

was good — until it wasn’t.

He was 14 years old when he and a group of friends were grabbed up and (although it’s not entirely clear) sent to a series of work

camps. He never saw his family again. Eventually he ended up in Auschwitz. After a forced march alongside fleeing German troops

on a Jewish Trail of Tears, he was liberated by Russian soldiers.

He returned to Sosnowiec after the war, but knew no one there; all friends and acquaintances were gone. He ended up in a Ger-

man DP camp, where he met his wife; the two ultimately emigrated to the United States, and Feldman, who now called himself

Jack, started a successful fish market.

The film has a number of really glorious elements. First, there is the obvious love that young Elliott has for Jack (and vice versa, of

course), which is especially noteworthy in a time when older people often are disrespected.

A second is the fascinating way the story is told. It’s not a lecture, but Jack answering Elliott’s intelligent questions. The youngster is

a real find, smart, inquisitive, and as much as a 10-year-old can be, a real history buff.

Another important and fortunate takeaway is how willingly Jack responds to Elliott’s questions. Many survivors buried memories

and were forever changed by them. Not Jack. He remembers all. He “knows what it means to be hungry,” says an African American

man in Feldman’s fish store. “If you’re hungry he will feed [you] whether you’ve got money or not.”

COME JOIN US FOR YOM HASHOAH REMEMBRANCE DAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 8TH AT 2:00 PM IN KELLNER AUDITORIUM.

We will have our exhibition “GI’s Remember”—it describes and includes photographs of the liberation of camps by Jewish soldiers.

There will also be some Holocaust literature to examine

We will again be selling yellow candles. In exchange for a donation of $5, we ask all attendees to take this special yellow yahrzeit

candle home and light it in memory of the Six Million. Proceeds will be donated to Yad Vashem.

From Hadassah

Dear Members and Friends of Hadassah,

T his Hadassah letter begins on two very sad notes.

David Bergman, husband of our Hadassah member Sharon Bergman, passed away. David was an au-thor, inventor, a holocaust survivor, a corny joke teller and my dear friend. Hadassah of Beverly

Hills sends our heartfelt condolences to Sharon and her family.

The second sad note is the passing of Betty Passman . When Betty celebrated her 90th birthday with Con-gregation Beth Sholom and her family last April I believed she would always be with us. Betty was the most dedicated Hadassah member and was very active in ensuring we had enough members. She donated gener-ously to Hadassah. In our preparation for the Card and Game party she insisted that delicious vegetarian meal be served and she made a generous donation for the food. Hadassah of Beverly Hills dedicated this year’s Game and Card party to Betty Passman. Betty did not have and easy life, losing both a son and her hus-band. She never complained about her lot in life. She was always happy with what she got, and loved to go to restaurants on Sunday with her neighbor. After her neighbor died, Betty was not bashful to ask Carole Delizia and me to take her out. She knew what was going on in Citrus County and the world reading The Jeru-salem Post and the Chronicle daily. Israel was especially precious to her. Betty and Leo lived in Israel for four years. Her great dream was to go there one last time. Before she married Leo, Betty was working as a secre-tary in the American delegation when the UN was situated in Lake Success, New York.

In 1947 she was present when the UN voted to establish a small country in the Middle East named Israel. Most of us at least the Jews living in Israel and the world were attached to the radios (NO TV on Shabbat) counting how many votes we received. Her devoted son Stephen and her grandchildren will miss her as will I.

Betty’s wish was to stay in her house to the end and she got her wish.

In her memory donations were made to Hadassah and many trees will be planted in Israel in her honor.

Stephen Passman Sherry and Manny Block Lucille Poch Sandy Schlosberg Sherry Wilson Gloria Boross Miriam Fagan And many more.

Our next meeting is Monday March 12, 2018 at 1pm. Our speaker is Julia Feske from Fero Memorial Gardens. She will bring a dairy lunch. All are invited.

Have a kosher Passover

Shalom

Miriam Fagan

The Hugely Successful Hadassah Game & Card Party

Thank You For Your Heartfelt Donations

General Fund

In memory of our beloved Betty Passman From Miriam Fagan

From Ro Kerchner & Ed Altchek From Bunny Benstock

From Sherry & Manny Bloch From Ed & Ilene Simnowitz

From Leslie Leavitt

In honor of the 85th birthday of Dr. Stanley Antonoff From Bunny Benstock

From Miriam Fagan From Marilyn Winograd

From Ed & Ilene Simnowitz From Sherry & Manny Bloch

In memory of Holocaust Survivor & American Veteran David Bergman

From Miriam Fagan

In memory of Alexander Benstock From Bunny Benstock

In honor of Lucille Poch’s 80th Birthday From Sherry & Manny Bloch

NOTICE:

If you see an error or omission in this

list, please contact either the Presi-

dent Sharon Weber or

Shofar Editor Carol

Cohen ([email protected]) .

In honor of Congregation Beth Sholom From Sherry & Manny Bloch

In memory of Rose Weiner From Louise Weiner

In memory of Carol Zaglin From David Zaglin

In memory of Abraham Winograd from Marilyn Winograd

In memory of Dr. David Miller From Caron Miller

Honoring a birthday or a special event

Remembering a loved one

Make a donation to Congregation Beth Sholom

To facilitate the proper acknowledgement and recording of your donations, please provide the fol-

lowing information with your check.

A donation made by: __________________________________________

In Honor of/ Memory of: ________________________________________

Other notes: _________________________________________________

Send to: Congregation Beth Sholom, PO Box 640024. Beverly Hills, FL 34464-0024

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M’KHIRAT HAMETZ – SELLING OF HAMETZ

The Torah commands us to not possess any leavened products (hametz) during the entire week of Pesah. In or-

der to alleviate any financial hardship, our sages instituted a procedure whereby a person may sell his/her hametz

to a non-Jew prior to the beginning of the holiday and then purchase it back from that person when the holiday is

over (or receive the actual compensation for the hametz).

To streamline process, The Ritual Committee will act as your agent and sell all of our hametz together prior to the

holiday. For more information contact Harvey Hamerling or Les Leavitt.

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M’KHIRAT HAMETZ – SELLING OF HAMETZ

Please return this form to the synagogue by Monday, February 26.

NAME____________________________________________

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Checks payable to: Congregation Beth Sholom P.O. Box 640024 Beverly Hills, FL 34464-0024

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