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5781 SEPTEMBER 2020
ELUL 5780 - TISHREI 5781
Congregation Shaaray Tefila 68 Bay Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801 518.792.4945 (Office) 518.792.5966 (Fax)
On the first day of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, I came across a song written in quarantine by my friend Adah Hetko:
My world is my block my apartment's my country my state is my bedroom my bed is my body My country's full of frying butter of frying butter, my country's full
Hearing Adah’s song was a revelation. In our current moment, I have struggled to maintain grounded hope. I have found myself bouncing between baseless optimism (everything is going to be ok soon!) and despair (all is lost). In Adah’s song, I found a way in between these poles, a reminder to focus on the tiny palpable sparks that emerge in the small worlds of quarantined lives. In friend’s organizing for justice, in my tomato plant giving forth fruit, in a thunderstorm breaking a heat wave, I am finding hope. As a practice in this month of reflection leading to the holidays, I invite you to recall and collect small moments of delight. What tiny surprises and little joys are finding you? When are you able to smell the rightness of frying butter?
Joey Glick
Student Rabbi
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Our Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat services led by
Joey Glick has developed a loyal following of
mutually supportive participants who enjoy sharing
Torah, prayer and conversation. Beginning with the
first Friday of September, we will be moving these
earlier to 6PM to adjust with the seasonal time
changes.
Thanks to Lucrecia Kleinmann for
orchestrating fun Zoom social events during the
month of August. I know that all who attended
enjoyed the games and the companionship during
our summer of relative social isolation.
Due to the uncertainties related to the
pandemic, it has been difficult to plan for high
holidays this year. Our current strategy is to have
live, in person Rosh Hashana services on September
19 and September 20 at 9AM led by congregants.
We will follow social distancing rules comparable
to what we have been doing for shabbat.
Attendance will be limited to 30 congregants for
each service. Please call Betsey in the office (518-
792-4945) to reserve a spot for one of these
services. We will also have Tashlich at Crandall
Park Sunday September 20 at 4 PM, with no
reservations required. I anticipate that between the 2
services, everyone who wants to participate in a live
service will have the opportunity. In addition, Joey
Glick will lead a pre-Rosh Hashana Zoom teaching
session in the week leading up to Rosh Hashana.
Please join Joey for live in-person Shabbat
services August 28 at 7pm and August 29 at 9:30
am; and again for Shabbat Shuvah on September 26
at 9:30am, Kol Nidre on September 27 at 6pm and
Yom Kippur on September 28 at 9am. The
September 25 Friday evening services will coincide
with Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat joint family service at
6:15pm.
Please keep in mind that we have worked
hard to continue our religious, spiritual and
communal functions during the pandemic. Our
financial obligations continue, including both
personnel and building costs. Shaaray Tefila deeply
appreciates payment of your annual dues. We
recognize that some of you may be under increased
financial stress related to Covid. For those of you
We no longer solicit donations during our service and would like the opportunity to read the donations received in memory of or in honor of friends and family prior to Yiskor.
We have lost many long time members. Some have passed away; some have moved out of the area. Our dues have not gone up. We depend on dues, fundraising and donations to provide you with the services you have come to expect.
This is your Synagogue and now we are asking everyone to make a meaningful donation to keep our programming going and our building open. We have been fortunate to have had very successful Yom Kippur Appeals each and every year. Any donation, of any size, is important as long as everyone participates.
Please fill it out the Pledge form on the last page of the bulletin and send it in so we can prepare the list for reading on Yom Kippur. Financial survival of Congregation Shaaray Tefila depends on all of us.
CEMETERY UPDATES
Following the May storm damage to our cemetery, Loiselle Memorials repaired three headstones. They were very responsive to our needs and have long been a trusted monument company providing grave markers for our cemetery. We thank them for all they do for us. The tree damage has been taken care of and the fence repairs will be done shortly.
HAFTARAH I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10 …………………………………………..…………
Parashat Ha'Azinu Sept 26, Candlelighting 7:26 pm
TORAH Deuteronomy 32:1 - 32:52
HAFTARAH Hosea 14:2-10; Micah
7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 ……………………………………………………..
If you have an upcoming yahrzeit and need a minyan,
please let us know.
SYNAGOGUE NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS &
IMPORTANT DATES
We welcome member articles and news to our
monthly Bulletin. We reserve the right to edit submissions for content and length. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse to publish or remove any content we deem inappropriate.
The monthly due date is usually the third Thursday of each month. Please submit items to: [email protected]. Thanks!
The fall festival of Sukkot will begin Friday, October 2, 2020.
Succoth Shacharit Services will be on Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 at 9:30 a.m. We will take the Etrog and Lulav at services on Sunday, October 4. We encourage everyone to purchase their own Etrog and Lulav set for $50 by contacting the office by
September 16th. Shul Office: 518-792-4945.
GUEST ESSAY written by 11-year
old Elizabeth Fram
On September 18, 2017, a young member of the
congregation, Elias Steven LaRock age 5, was
taken away due to illness leaving a large void in
his family and our community. Countless tears
were shed and heartache felt by his family,
friends, and extended community in the three
years since he passed, and we continue to
mourn the loss and celebrate his life.
A book collection and distribution project in
memory of Elias has been set up and run in the
community. At the Warren County Cooperative
Extension building on Schroon River Road in
Warrensburg there is a bookcase that is
continuously restocked for children dedicated in
memory of Elias. Over five-thousand books have
been re-homed in the memory of Elias; they
have been given to teachers, after school
programs, social workers, nursing homes, senior
centers, little free libraries, and placed at public
and Anil Nathan, and Stacey Mandelbaum and Alex Frank, on the birth of their first son/grandson!
Ariel and Anil had a baby boy born on August
10, 2020. His name is Dev Philip Nathan,
named for Alex's father, Philip J. Frank. He
weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19.75 inches
long. Blessings to Mom and Dad, Bubbe and
Avo, and the whole family!
CONGRATULATIONS! to Elizabeth Fram who achieved High Honors at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth’s Talent Search for her exceptional test scores in math and verbal (New Jersey)! Elizabeth is the daughter of Andrew and Laura Fram.
On behalf of Sisterhood, best wishes for a healthy, safe New Year which will begin on Friday, September 18th. Have a safe Sukkot and Simchat Torah also during these different times. Healing thoughts and prayers to several Members, Friends and their Families.
We extend deepest sympathy to the families and friends of our Sisterhood and Synagogue Members: Dr. Joseph Mandelbaum (apology-left out last year), Roselyn (Roz) Zweibelson Seaman, Jeremy Kudan, Muriel Shapiro Condell, Scott Sheerer and Brody Swartz.
Also to our synagogue members’ and/or friends’ families: Annabel Lapper, Renee and Allen Wadler and Hillary Rovinsky.
Thank you to everyone who made donations and/or sponsored Onegs and/or Kiddushes. Thanks to those who volunteered their time and energy with shopping, preparations and clean-ups for Onegs, Kiddushes, Mourner’s meals, unveilings, holidays and social events for Sisterhood and the Synagogue prior to March 2020.
Sisterhood warmly welcomes new Synagogue Members: Mary Kuntz, Lana and Jonathan Studley and daughter, Seth Harris, and Mike Pletman.
Best Wishes for a good, safe year to Rebecca Charhon, Director of the Combined Temple-Synagogue Religious School and to the teachers, students and assistants.
Thank you to Lucrecia Kleinmann and Family for planning some fun activities with ZOOM this summer.
A warm Sisterhood welcome to our new Student Rabbi Joey Glick who will be at the Shul Friday and Saturday, August 28th and 29th. Joey will be with us for Yom Kippur Services September 25-28th. Many of us have met Joey on ZOOM from Boston for Friday evening services. We wish him safe, good holidays this fall.
Sisterhood misses our previous Student Rabbi Rachel Talia Kaplan and wishes her well and safe for 5781.
Please attend or use ZOOM for the Congregational meeting on Sunday, August 30th.
We miss many of our past members who have moved to other states and some of our Snowbirds who chose to stay South this summer. Stay safe and healthy everyone in those different locations during challenging times.
Best wishes to our May, June and July high school and college graduates. Stay safe with your continued studies and/or the work force.
Mazel Tov to the Nathan, Frank and Mandelbaum Families on the birth of Dev Philip Nathan, son of Ariel Frank and Anil Nathan and grandson of Stacey Mandelbaum and Alex Frank.
Congratulations and kudos to Elizabeth Fram for her continued special book project in memory of Elias (Eli) Cohen.
Please continue to support our gift shop for your Shabbat, gift-giving (especially Bar/Bat Mitzvah) and/or holiday needs although celebrated differently since March. Contact Nancy Goldstein with any gift shop questions.
Many thanks to Nancy, Francine, and Cher for your volunteer hours and work for the many weekly Onegs and Kiddushes prior to March and to all who helped with set-up and clean-up.
Sisterhood News and Dues letters will be mailed soon. Thank you for your continued membership and support.
Dr. Dolly Chary Morrissey, our immediate Sisterhood Past Co-President sent a message from FL. “Greetings Everyone, I miss you. Have a Safe, Healthy New Year!”
Dolly, I already miss your years of input for Sisterhood and the NEWS and many Sisterhood members and friends miss you, wish you well and L’Shana Tovah.
Everyone, on behalf of Sisterhood continue to be safe and healthy this fall.
Shana Tovah!
Bonnie Yanklowitz Sisterhood
President
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SEPTEMBER ONEGS & KIDDUSHES No word yet when we will be able to resume preparing food for our gatherings, as we comply with state guidelines. We look forward to resuming our fellowship – how much more meaningful our meetings and refreshments together will be having been apart for so long!
Sponsoring an Oneg or Kiddush
When activities resume, consider sponsoring an Oneg or Kiddush to honor or remember your loved ones for their birthdays, wedding or bar/bat mitzvah, anniversaries and yahrzeits. Call the office at 518-792-4945 if you’d like to sponsor. Thanks for supporting Sisterhood, as we support you!
**KOSHER DELIVERY FOR SEPTEMBER**
KOSHER ORDERS FOR SEPTEMBER ARE
DUE BY AUGUST 28TH. Call 1-800-727-5674 to
place an order. DELIVERY SEPTEMBER 1ST.
PICK UP at 677 Upper Glen St Price Chopper.
Congregation Shaaray
Tefila & Sisterhood Send Their Very Best Birthday Wishes to the Following
Members & Friends:
Daniel Korot 9/2/2020
Scott Gottesman 9/3/2020
Kevin Goldstein 9/5/2020
Lucrecia Kleinmann 9/9/2020
Arnold Alkes 9/12/2020
Stacey Mandelbaum 9/14/2020
Steven Levine 9/17/2020
Harrie Bobbin 9/18/2020
Elaine Charhon 9/18/2020
Ruth Goldman 9/18/2020
Cooper Nadler 9/21/2020
Adam Joseph Gersten 9/27/2020
Dr. William Brender 9/29/2020
Barry & Barbara Ziff September 1
57th Anniversary
Gerald & Beth Brezner
September 4 65th Anniversary
Rabbi Elliott & Ilana Marmon
September 9 51st Anniversary
Martin & Ava Ashendorff September 24
42nd Anniversary
David & Karen Wurzberger
September 25 15th Anniversary
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE
FOLLOWING THOUGHTFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS – Thank You!
GENERAL FUND
In Memory of her mother Helen Straus From Leone Straus
YAHRZEIT RECORD FOR
SEPTEMBER 2020
Lorch, Irma Tuesday, 9/1/2020 Elul 12, 5780
Novitsky, Harold Zweibelson, Yetta
Wednesday, 9/2/2020 Elul 13, 5780 Kudan, Mary
Thursday, 9/3/2020 Elul 14, 5780 Diehl, Sharon
Witepsky, Thelma Friday, 9/4/2020 Elul 15, 5780
Diskin, Rebecca Elliott, Eleanor Raych, Annette
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Saturday, 9/5/2020 Elul 16, 5780 Bein, William
Chesler, Libbie Monday, 9/7/2020 Elul 18, 5780
Rosenthal, Sarah Tuesday, 9/8/2020 Elul 19, 5780
Buchman, Samuel Mandelbaum, Dr. Joseph
Suckman, Harold Wednesday, 9/9/2020 Elul 20, 5780
Bein, Corrine Fram, James Fram, Tabitha
Gersten, Joseph Stern, Selma
Friday, 9/11/2020 Elul 22, 5780 Grunberger, Arthur
Sunday, 9/13/2020 Elul 24, 5780 Blomberg, Rose Rothstein, Harry
In order to properly follow social distancing guidelines for High Holiday services this year, we are requesting participants to preregister for one Rosh Hashanah service
and/or one Yom Kippur service by contacting the office by phone or email. We anticipate that everyone will have an opportunity to participate in at least one service
for each holiday.
Reservations are free and will be done on a first come – first serve basis. If additional openings are available prior to the service, congregants will be notified in case they wish to attend more than one service. The Covid-related restrictions will be
maintained as they have been for Shabbat morning services. Click for Shaaray Tefila’s Covid protocols.
[ ZOOM Pre- Rosh Hashana Teaching with Joey Glick – September 15 6:00pm, see announcements]
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 September 19 9am - noon
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 September 20 9am - noon
Tashlich at Crandall Park, September 20 4pm - open to all without reservations.
Shofar blowing, September 20 end of Musaf, outside of the synagogue, open to all.
Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur September 27 6pm
Yom Kippur Morning (Yizkor) September 28 9am - noon
Yom Kippur Mincha/Neila September 28 6pm - 7:30pm
A supplemental Yizkor service will be arranged if needed to accommodate demand.
A ZOOM Yizkor Service will take place at a time and date to be announced.