Lawrence Jewish Community News Lawrence Jewish Community News Lawrence Jewish Community News Lawrence Jewish Community News Lawrence Jewish Lawrence Jewish Lawrence Jewish Lawrence Jewish Community Community Community Community Congregation Congregation Congregation Congregation www.LawrenceJCC.org www.LawrenceJCC.org www.LawrenceJCC.org www.LawrenceJCC.org 917 Highland Drive Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 841-7636 [email protected]Office Hours: Office Hours: Office Hours: Office Hours: 10am-4pm M-F Board President Board President Board President Board President Jordan Yochim Office Manager Office Manager Office Manager Office Manager Marty Stemmerman Outreach Coordinator Outreach Coordinator Outreach Coordinator Outreach Coordinator Steve Hurst NOVEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 LAWRENCE JEWISH COMM LAWRENCE JEWISH COMM LAWRENCE JEWISH COMM LAWRENCE JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS UNITY NEWS UNITY NEWS UNITY NEWS “an inclusive and thriving center of Jewish spiritual, cultural and social life for the Lawrence area.” Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Service Times Service Times Service Times Service Times Friday, Nov. 2 Friday, Nov. 2 Friday, Nov. 2 Friday, Nov. 2 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm Community Shabbat Dinner at Oriental Bistro Saturday, Nov. 10 Saturday, Nov. 10 Saturday, Nov. 10 Saturday, Nov. 10 10:30am 10:30am 10:30am 10:30am Shabbat Torah Service Friday, Nov. 16 Friday, Nov. 16 Friday, Nov. 16 Friday, Nov. 16 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm With Herb Friedson & Martha Taylor Friday, Nov. 23 Friday, Nov. 23 Friday, Nov. 23 Friday, Nov. 23 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm With Susan Elkins & Jack Winerock Friday, Nov. 30 Friday, Nov. 30 Friday, Nov. 30 Friday, Nov. 30 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm With Bridey Stangler All are Welcome! LJCC 55 LJCC 55 LJCC 55 LJCC 55 th th th th Annual Blintz Brunch Annual Blintz Brunch Annual Blintz Brunch Annual Blintz Brunch Sunday, November 4 Sunday, November 4 Sunday, November 4 Sunday, November 4 th th th th , 2018 , 2018 , 2018 , 2018 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Inside this issue: Inside this issue: Inside this issue: Inside this issue: Adult Education ……..………….4 Board Update……………………...7 Calendar…….….…..…..…...…....2 Comics Corner……………..…….6 Contributions.….……..........…..4 Der Yiddisher Vinkel…………..5 Events & Activities……..1, 4, 6 Grocery Certificates…….…..4 Outreach report…………….…..1 Religious School News……...3 Mark your Calendars for the up coming 55 th Annual Blintz Brunch! A Fantasc Time will be had by ALL! Remember to set your Clocks back one Hour on Saturday night before bed for the start of Daylight Savings Time! ♦ Bake Sale & Brunch! Not only are we serving delicious Blintzes with orange slices, sour cream, & your choice of Strawberry topping or cinnamon & sugar, and Gourmet Coffee, BUT the Bake Sale will have a selecon of Home Baked cakes and pastries, Babkas from Brooklyn, and chopped liver, Kosher Salamis and other delicacies such as Bagel & Lox shmears to eat here! ♦ Herb’s Fantasc Gi Shop will be open with an assortment of Judaica, such as Chanukkiah’s, Jewish Books, Art, jewelry, fancy knitwear and other irresisble goodies. ♦ Silent Aucon: Last but not least we will have our Silent Aucon Upstairs, with a wide variety of unique items including Original signed Art from well known Arsts, autographed Books by LJCC member & alumni authors, gently used tools for the handymen & women, jewelry, exoc Fragrance perfumes from NY, like new Bicycles & Helmets, and for the very first me, a “GIFT BASKET RAFFLE”! Several extremely nice Gi7 Baskets have been donated with various themes: Wine Basket; Bird Lovers Basket; Judaic Cooking Baskets; Jewelry Baskets, some with unique anque jewelry. Come Join the Fun! Visit our 55 th Annual LJCC Blintz Brunch! Steve Hurst LJCC Blintz Brunch Coordinator
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Adult Education Adult Education Adult Education Adult Education with with with with
Rabbi Mark LevinRabbi Mark LevinRabbi Mark LevinRabbi Mark Levin
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Der Yiddisher Vinkel Der Yiddisher Vinkel Der Yiddisher Vinkel Der Yiddisher Vinkel Do you have Do you have Do you have Do you have mazel tovmazel tovmazel tovmazel tov? (Or ? (Or ? (Or ? (Or vos iz ayer tsaykhnvos iz ayer tsaykhnvos iz ayer tsaykhnvos iz ayer tsaykhn?)?)?)?)
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As I write this month's column, my birthday is fast approaching. I was born on October 27, which makes me
a Scorpio. And that awareness got me thinking about astrology and signs from the heavens.
Our ancient ancestors lived in a world at best dimly lit at night, with no electric or gas lights. One can try to
imagine how bright the heavenly bodies must have shone in the dry night air! There was great mystery as to
what those overhead lights, seemingly arranged in designs, could be, and why certain designs appeared at
certain �mes of the year. Equally mysterious were the wandering stars—the planets—and the bright sun of
the day and the luminous moon of the night. All of those wanderers traveled within the confines of twelve
specific pictures, or constella�ons, seen in the arrangement of the "fixed" stars. Surely the mo�ons of all
these things had significance for us.
We are accustomed to saying mazl tov as a message of congratula�ons. The word mazl, which is derived
from Hebrew and has come to mean "luck," originally referred to the stars and constella�ons, and the signs
of the Zodiac are mazoles. As language evolved, the word came to refer to a fiLng or a suitable �me be-
cause the constella�ons are in certain posi�ons on certain days and at certain �mes. Mazl tov thus meant
"a good star" or an "auspicious omen." We recall Shakespeare's Parolles, who was "born under a charitable
star." Over �me, "a good star" evolved to mean "good luck" and then a congratulatory recogni�on of some
happy event. The Germanic word shtern is less ambiguous: it means a star, with less of the metaphorical
meaning that mazl has.
Jewish tradi�on, much like gen�le tradi�on, a@ached great significance to astrology. For example, in the
Talmud, Rav Papa said, "A Jew should avoid li�ga�on with gen�les in the month of Av, because his mazl is
bad; he should move the court case to Adar, when his mazl is good." (I wonder why we weren’t taught this
in law school. Professor Go@lieb? Professor Shapiro? Professor Levy? Professor Lovitch?)
In this month's column we look at the sun and the moon, which appear to
move through the "houses" of the Zodiac.
Di zun is the sun. Di zun shaynt glaykh, oyf orem un raykh. The sun shines
the same on both the poor and the rich. Di eygene zun makht layvnt vays,
un dem tsigayner shwarts. The same sun makes lined white and a gypsy
black.
Di levone is the moon. Men muz di levone mekhadesh zayn, azoy lang zi sht-
eyt. One should bless the new moon as long as possible. What is meant is
that one should take advantage of an opportunity when it arises.
Next month we will address what to call the sun signs if we translate their
names from Hebrew or La�n into Yiddish. In the mean�me...
The LJCC Board met on Sunday, October 21 at 9:30am.
Items discussed included:
♦ The Sukkot celebration went well, with 40 people in attendance.
♦ The new Family Shabbat programming for Religious School has had a successful start.
♦ The Cemetery Committee has received a request from another congregation to join with LJCC in using B’nai Israel cemetery.
♦ Maintenance costs for cemetery approved.
♦ Discussion of Blintz Brunch plans, including pre-brunch expenses.
♦ Volunteers have stepped up to help with the Silent Auction.
♦ Concern of the feasibility of continuing Adult Education due to low turn-out.
♦ Concern over low numbers of volunteers at LINK.
♦ Plans for Chanukah celebration discussed.
♦ Discussion of the use of the building on Shabbat mornings. Review of LJCC policies.
Questions about board activity may be addressed to any board member.
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