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~ Senior rabbi Howard Morrison ~ Cantor david Guber ~ rabbi LesLie Lipson ~ ritual DireCtor rabbi david GrundLand ~~ exeCutive DireCtor CandaCe voGeL ~ PreSiDent MaLCoLM weinstein ~ Ba’al Koreh sHLoMo wanounou ~

WEEKLY SHABBAT BULLETINFOR THE WEEK OF FEB 15-21

Friday Candle Lighting: 5:28 pmShabbat Day: February 15, 2020 | 20 Shevat 5780

Weekly Services: Feb 16-21Please note the time changes for Family Day

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~ We extend our CondolenCes to ~ Noreen Shorser and family on the loss of her mother, Rita Pastor l”z

ShacharitSunday 8:00 amMonday 8:30 am Tuesday-Friday 7:15 & 8:15 am

Mincha/MaarivSunday-Friday 5:40 pm

~ tHe HasHkaMa Minyan is sponsored ~• Harold & Judith Bricks in honour of the yahrzeit of Harold’s mother,

Celia Bricks l”z and Judith’s mother, Faye Friedman l”z• Steven & Judy Holland in commemoration of the Yahrzeit

of Judy’s father, Leslie Hartman l”z

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS

Club Sameach Conversation Cafe“Love is in the Air”

Lunch and Musical Entertainment. Tuesday, February 18 12:30 pm. SOLD OUT!

OUT OF THE COLD 2020Mondays Evenings until Feb 24

Please bring the clothing donations in clear plastic bags and drop them off with our security personnel. If you’d like to volunteer, please send an email to [email protected]. For financial donations, please contact the shul office at 416-633-3838.

~ The Congregational Kiddush will be held in the Fichstein Hall following services ~

In loving memory of our parents Morris & Celia Bricks l”z and our brother

Mannie Bricks l”z. From Irving Bricks, Harold Bricks and families.

SHABBAT TIMES AND SERVICESFriday Mincha/Maariv: 5:30 pm - ChapelHashkama Minyan: 7:30 am - ChapelMain Service: 8:45 am - SanctuaryMindfulness Minyan: 10:00 am - ChapelGan Shabbat Nursery: 10:00 am - BEBY Babies RoomMini Minyan (Jr Cong): 10:00 am - Inwentash CentreTish and Torah: 10:00 am - BoardroomStudy Group: 4:45 pm - BoardroomShabbat Mincha: 5:20 pm - ChapelSeudah Shlisheet: 5:40 pm - Tessler LoungeHavdalah/Shabbat Ends: 6:30 pm

YITROHertz Chumash Parsha: 288-301Haftarah: 302-305

Etz Hayim Parsha: 432-450 Haftarah: 452-455

Shabbat Across North America Traditional Shabbat Dinner

and welcoming Beth Emeth’s new Executive Director, Candace Vogel Friday, February 28

Services 5:55 pm | Dinner 7:00 pm Members: $36 Adults, $20 Children

Non-Members: $40 Adults, $24 ChildrenDeadline to register: Monday, February 24

Register at beby.org or call the office

PLEASE NOTE: THE OFFICE IS CLOSED ON MONDAY

FYI: Please be aware that in the event of a medical emergency, our Security Personnel are CPR trained. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to seek out their services.

SUNDAY • Aleph Beit Chadash School at Beth Emeth: NO CLASS THIS

WEEK• Library: Drop in to borrow books from 9:30 am-12:30 pm• Hebrew Circles Conversational Hebrew classes: 10:00 am.

Contact Yam Shmueli at [email protected] or 647-573-1480 for info.

• Hebrew Reading Classes: Led by Michael Kinrys, Reading Level 2 - For those who can slowly read Hebrew but want to practice saying and singing Shabbat prayers. BEGINS MARCH 8. Register with office.

• The Kadima Centre: CLOSED THIS WEEK Contact Program Director, Margie Arosh at 416-841-7585 for more information

• Tanach Study Group: February 23 at 7:30 pm RSVP to Avrom at [email protected] for the location Topic will be Exodus, Ch. 21, v. 26

MONDAY - OFFICE IS CLOSED• Chesed Knitters/Crochet and Chat Group: 10 am | Library:

CANCELLED• Mah Jongg: 12:30 - 3:30 pm: CANCELLED• Rabbi’s Study Class: 7:15 - Boardroom 7:15 - Boardroom

“The Best From The Vault” - What did Rabbi Morrison study at progressive yeshivas last year? This week’s topic: “Thinking about change – a parable from the Talmud.”

TUESDAY• Sisterhood Study Group: 10 - 11:30 am | Fischtein Hall• Gentle Exercise Group: 11 am - 12 pm: POSTPONED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE• Conversation Cafe: 12:30 pm | Tessler Lounge:

“Love is in the Air” Lunch and Musical Entertainment. $12. Registration in advance is mandatory WEDNESDAY

• Mah Jongg: 12:30 - 3:30 pm: All welcome. $4. Refreshments served.

• Beit Midrash - Adult Education Classes: 10 am - Kosher Kops: The Jewish Ethics of Police Work. Feb 5-25 Call 416.783.6960 or visit torontotorah.com/police to register

• Israeli Folk Dancing with Shoshana Frank: Sponsored by Sisterhood: Beginners 6:30 pm. Intermediate/Advanced 7:30 pm. $10 per class. Call Shoshana Frank at 905.889.9419 for info.

• Hebrew Circles Conversational Hebrew classes: 6:30 pm. Contact Yam Shmueli at [email protected] or 647-573-1480 for info.

THURSDAY• Gentle Exercise Group: POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE• Thursday Creative Drop-In: 1:30 - 3:30pm:

For All Ages - Want to meet with others who share your love of being creative? Join us for our BEBY & Pomegranate Creative Drop. Info: [email protected]

• Baby Steps: A Mom and Baby Art and Craft Adventure: 11 am - 1 pm: For Newborns to 1 year. 7 weeks, Jan 16 - Feb 28

WEEKLY PROGRAMS UPCOMING EVENTSBEBY Boomers Trivia NightSaturday, February 22 8 pm. $25/person or $200 for table of 10. Register online.

BEBY Next-Gen: Jewish and Israel Rights Activist Rudy RochmanLecture on Jewish Advocacy. Partnered with Jews Against Antisemitism Canada. Tuesday, February 25 VIP Meet and Greet at 7:15 pm, Event 8 pm. $15, $10 for students. Register online. Sponsorships available.

ShinShinim Movie NightWednesday, February 26 7:30 pm.

Purim Shpiel: Megillah Mia!Dance and sing along to the tunes of ABBA as the BEBY Players take you back to Persia in a new, original Purim ShpielSunday, March 8 12 pm AND Monday, March 9 after the Megillah Reading. General Admission: $5, Reserved Seats: $10.Purchase online, at the office or at the door.

Growing Up Jewish In JamaicaLecture by Willy Lindo about the Jews of Jamaica. Sunday, March 15 10 am. $5. Register online.

Reel and SpielWednesday, March 18 7 pm. $5

How To Calm the Anxious Adolescent MindA Specialized Wellness Workshop for Parents with Terri Klein (Author, Speaker, Coach). Wednesday March 25 7:30 pm. $5. Register online.

Club Sameach Schedule (Tuesdays)

February 25 – Rosalie Shadlyn’s series“Solitude vs Loneliness”. 1:30 pm. $5.

March 3 – Movie with Rabbi Lipson. 1:30 pm. $5.March 10 – Lecture/Talk TBA. 1:30 pm. $5.

March 17 – “Come to the Cabaret” Lunch with Music and Dance. 12 pm. $12.

YIZKOR BOOKTo honour your loved ones in our annual Yizkor Book,

please call Freda at 416-633-3838 x233.

• Frumba - Women’s Cardio Dance Fitness: 7:30pm: POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

When attending services, please be considerate of those who are sensitive to fragrances and other products by refraining from the use of all scented products including perfumes, fabric softeners, etc. HALACHA (JEWISH LAW) prohibits the use of all electronics on Shabbat and Yom Tov other than pikuach nefesh. Thank you for preserving the sanctity of Shabbat.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND NEWS

& YOUTH TO YOUNG FAMILIESNEWS AND INFORMATION

SHABBAT PROGRAMMING Sam Kotzer Shabbat & Festival Gan Program

10 am - end of Services | BEBY Babies Room (lower level). Weekly for kids SK and younger. Tefilot, songs, games, and healthy snacks. Mini Minyan (Jr. Congregation) 10 am - End of Services. Inwentash

Centre. Weekly for Grades 1+. Tefilot, snack, and fun!

Rosen Judaica Gift Shop: Wednesdays - 10am-12:30 pm Call Sonia Hendler at 416 633.3838 x224 for after-hours appointments. Going to Israel Soon?Bring hats for soldiers made by our Chesed Knitters! Please contact the office for more information.Haftarah Readers Wanted: Haftarah reading is open to qualified men and women of our shul. Please contact [email protected] Needed• For our ShinShinim from February-June.

email [email protected]• Israeli Heroes for Beit Halochem. Call 905-695-0611

or beithalochem.ca

Ralph AklerDaniel Baker

Esther Ben EzraNeysa BerallBelle Berman

Beatrice BrandesCelia Bricks

Sara ChanochSylvia Cohen

Harry CoopermanEsther CymbalistaSamuel Donenfeld

Zvi EizenmanPhilip EstrinEdna Etzion

Hyman (Laizer) FleisherWilliam FrischDon Gardner

Joseph GertnerMary Goldwater

Allan Marvin GouldRonda Green

Peretz GruschepsSolomon Heller

Morris HerskovitsMurray Hoffman

Toba HorenSala JakubowiczBen Zion Kachuck

Moses KannerMoishe Kantorowitz

Dora KapusSusan Katzman

Morris KlegermanDoris Klein

Florence KornYetta Kwasny

Leon LangSara Laufer

Samuel Lazarof

Isadore LevittRuth Martin

Sylvia MichaelSamuel Richmond

Abe RosenthalPhilip RutmanArie SchwartzDolly Sherman

Chaya Devora ShiffBrenda SilversteinAlbert SolsbergChaim Spitzen

Abraham SrebrolowLenny SuttonHarry Temins

Victor WaxmanSydney WinickShirley WitchelIsadore Wornov

Sylvia Zakon

We hold in our hearts the memory of our community’s loved ones whose Yahrzeits are being observed this week from Feb 15-21

Please notify the office for any errors or omissions

ONLINE REGISTRATION for all programs under“Upcoming Next-Gen/Youth to Young Family Programs” at beby.org

Please contact Rabbi David Grundland at [email protected]

- In unanimity with Tu B’Shevat traditions, the Earth Day Network advocates that we plant trees- They also want to harness the power of art to increase everyday awareness of environment’s relevance- They want to mobilize action and illuminate the path forward- Participate by having your creative art pieces of nature displayed- Register as an artist: action.everyday.org

Hilda Swirsky, RN, BScN, MEd, Chair, [email protected]

GREENING COMMITTEE TIPSIn celebration of Judaism’s Environmental Connection:

TODAY - Mindfulness Minyan. 10am - Chapel

BEBY THEATRE TOURS 2020 TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE - CALL 416-633-3838

STRATFORD FESTIVAL

MUSICAL: CHICAGOMONDAY, MAY 11

MEMBERS: $130 NON MEMBERS: $145

SHAW FESTIVAL

MUSICAL: GYPSYTUESDAY, AUGUST 25

MEMBERS: $120 NON MEMBERS: $135

PRIORITY REGISTRATION FOR MEMBERS UNTIL FEBRUARY 18

First come, first served. 2pm matinée includes seats, transportation. Bus departs from synagogue at 9am sharp.

No refunds or exchanges.

THREAT AWARENESS TRAININGwith UJA Federation’s Director of Security,

Ryan Clow

Sunday, Feburary 23 at 1pm

ALL MEMBERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

Inflatables Carnival Games Disco Dancing

FoodFun gamesAnd more!

March 7: Family Shabbat. Chapel. 10 amMarch 14: Teen Shabbat. Chapel. 10 am

March 21: Mindfulness Minyan. Chapel. 10 am

The BEBY Disco Purim Party!

Sunday March 8 at 1:00 pm$8pp/$26 family of 4. $10 at the door

Register online!

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YITRO by Rav Yitz

Still I Know I Lead The Way, They Tell Me Where I Go(John Barlow & Bob Weir - Estimated Prophet)

Our son just returned from participating in a Model U.N. program sponsored by Yeshiva University involving approximately

20 Jewish Day schools from across North and South America. He and his team had spent the past two months preparing position papers on a variety of issues including the cannibalization of Africa’s natural resources, concerns over water shortages, drought and immigration. The two-day convention was an exercise in the hard work of becoming a community. The process of becoming a community occurs on the micro-level - each school/each country, and on a macro level - building consensus among the delegates for the numerous position papers that need to be voted upon and ratified. Whether in the micro or macro sense, individuals have to come together for a common cause and purpose-based upon their own volition and desire.

In this week’s Parsha, Yitro, we read two distinct narratives. In the first half of the Parsha, Moshe brings B’nai Yisroel to Midian. While there, Moshe spends a little time with his wife, his two sons and his father-in-law Yitro. Yitro acknowledges that G-d has been protective of B’nai Yisroel and that the Lord is greater than all other gods. The next day, Yitro sees Moshe sitting from morning to night mediating all problems that arise between individuals within the community. Yitro sees that his son-in-law is overextended and the current method of governing is neither good for him or Amchah. Being both a Priest of Midian as well as his father-in-law, Yitro offers advice as a father as well as a community leader. The second part of the Parshah, from chapters 19 through 20, tells of B’nai Yisroel’s revelation at Sinai. The Parshah concludes with God’s declaration of the Aseret Dibrot, the Ten Commandments.

As Moshe’s father-in-law, as a leader of his community; Yitro makes an awe-inspiring suggestion. Because the revelation at Sinai

occurs later, the suggestion often gets overlooked yet the message goes to the fabric of the type of community Moshe and God aspire to build. Yitro suggests to Moshe “You be a representative of God, and you convey the matters to God…you shall make known to them the path in which they should go and deeds they should do. You shall discern from among the entire people, men of accomplishment, men of truth, men who despise money. You shall appoint them as leaders of thousands…they shall judge the people at all times, and they shall bring every major matter to you, and every minor matter they shall judge, and it will be eased for you, and they shall bear with you. If you do this thing and God shall command you, then you will be able to endure, and this entire people, as well, should arrive at its destination in peace.” (Ex. 18:19-23) Yitro explains to Moshe that a community must have a shared vision. To some degree, people need to know how to seek G-d on their own, and how to behave within a community. Others need to know G-d’s ways in order to inform those who need advice and adjudication. Everyone must have access to G-d and G-d’s teaching. Only then will Moshe’s load be lightened enough to bear. Only then will Amchah have a stake in the relationship with G-d and enter into a partnership with God. Only then, when confronted with the revelation at Sinai, amid the smoke and the fire and the thunder and lightning will the nation accept God’s covenant “the entire people responded together and said, ‘everything that God has spoken we will do!’”(Ex 19:8). Only then will Moshe and B’nai Yisroel arrive at its destination, in peace as a unified community. Only then can this community uphold their role as a “priest to the nations”.

Yitro understood and explained to his son in law, Moshe, that nature of true leadership. True leadership, based upon the sacred, the good, and for the public welfare is not the leadership of the

despot and the dictator. True leadership, based upon the sacred, the good and the public welfare does not lead the people to the leader but rather towards something greater, more important and sacred. From Yitro’s perspective, Moshe’s purpose, his mission, was to create a legal system whereby he could lead his people towards adherence to God, God’s laws, and covenant. That system was based upon transmitting and teaching the law, choosing judges with integrity and could not be corrupted, and creating an environment where the law, God’s covenant was relevant to the entire community and not to only certain members of the community. For our son and his Model U.N. peers, they learned how and why a community with so many divergent opinions and interests is able to come together. They are able to come together when they recognize common needs for themselves and their children. Those common needs have nothing to do with the leader but rather something far greater and far more sacred

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