President’s Message
The Brighton Food Cupboard (BFC) as-sists individuals and families facing hun-ger and food insecurity. For some, BFC helps weather an emergency; for others, it provides supplemental food to make ends meet without sacrificing a family’s health and well-being. Non-perishable Items may be dropped
off on the table by the back door at the Brookside School located at 220 Idlewood Road (7:30 a.m. - noon on school days).
Temple Beth Am Newsletter
DECEMBER 2020 VOLUME 60 NUMBER 4
Friday, December 4 6:30 pm Online via TBA Zoom
Saturday, December 5 Parashat Vayishlach
Saturday, December 12 Shabbat Chanukah (includes Hallel)
Parashat Vayeishev 9:30 am Online via TBA Zoom
Saturday, December 12 5:30 pm Havdalah and Candle Lighting via BHBI Zoom
Friday, December 18 6:30 pm Online via TBA Zoom
Saturday, December 19 Parashat Miketz
Saturday, December 26 Parashat Vayigash
Friday, January 1 6:30 pm Online via TBA Zoom
Saturday, January 2 Parashat Vayechi
Saturday, January 9 Parashat Shemot
Services during Coronavirus Situation Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, all in-
door services and other meetings have been cancelled at all synagogues, except for outdoor services at BHBI when weather permits. See http://bhbirochester.org for updates.
Temple Beth Am services will be online at: https://zoom.us/j/6337493851
BHBI 9 am Sunday services will be online at:
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/6859325669
Temple Beth David Havdalah services as announced on Saturday evenings will be online at:
https://zoom.us/j/368588008
To download prayerbooks see: https://tinyurl.com/dl-siddur
Schedule of Services
Due to the ever-changing situation, times and/or Zoom IDs are subject to change. We will do our
best to send emails and to update our website and Facebook pages when changes are announced.
Shalom everyone,
This past month we witnessed democracy at its finest. The sheer number of people who turned out to vote, and a big “thank you” if you were one of them, was phenom-enal. America was like a bear awakening from hibernation in the Spring. The ability to elect our governing bodies at all levels, starting from the city/town/village, to the county, to the state, all the way to the feder-al government has been a long held cher-ished right. A privilege that was one of our country’s founding principles and by infer-ence can be said to be representative of be-ing a “free” nation. As we each kindle the lights of Hanukkah this year and celebrate the rededication of the 2nd Temple, let us remember both the freedoms that democra-cy affords us and the brave Maccabees who fought for the right to practice Judaism. May the dancing flames warm our spirits and fill our hearts with hope that someday everyone will be free.
Please join Congregation Beth Hame-dresh-Beth Israel (BHBI) and Temple Beth Am for a joint VIRTUAL Havdalah Service by Zoom on Saturday, December 12th at 5:30 pm, and to light our Menorahs simultane-ously.
We appreciate volunteers, I would like to remind anyone wishing to lead or assist with leading services, to please coordinate their effort a Full WEEK Beforehand with Ronna Marsh, our Acting Ritual Committee Chair. You can reach Ronna Marsh at (585) 473-4317, between the hours of 10 am and 8 pm, Sunday through Thursday. No calls on Shabbat whatsoever!!!
We are still in need of someone to collect names and payments for Mah Jongg cards. Please let me know ASAP if you can help with this important fund-raiser.
Wishing everyone and those you cherish, a very Happy Hanukkah 5781!
Ruth Kei Steinberg, President
By-Laws Revision Committee Our congregation has gone through
many changes over the past few years. We no longer have a building. We changed our dues structure. The committee struc-ture defined in our by-laws no longer fills our needs. A committee has been formed to revise
our constitution and by-laws. Meetings will, of course be held virtually and will begin within a few weeks. Members, including out-of-town mem-
bers, who are interested in helping in sharing ideas regarding revisions are asked to contact Ronna Marsh at [email protected] or call her at 585-473-4317 between 10 am and 8 pm, Sunday through Thursday.
Happy Birthday to: Robin Uebelacker, Ruth Steinberg Barnhart,
Giulia Paris, Hannah Rena Metlay, Mitchell Ehrenberg
December Birthdays Chanukah ON-LINE Celebration December 12, 5:30 pm On BHBI ZOOM
PAGE 2 TEMPLE BETH AM NEWSLETTER
REMEMBERED AT SERVICES DEC 4 - DEC 5
Kislev 19 (Dec 05) Joseph Astrove, Grandfather of Debbie Kummer
Kislev 21 (Dec 07) Jerome Kaufman, Uncle of Debbie Kummer
● Kislev 25 (Dec 11) Samuel Lapidus Kislev 25 (Dec 11) Rabbi Laurence Skopitz
REMEMBERED AT SERVICES NOV 11 - NOV 12
Kislev 26 (Dec 12) Teresa Marchioni, Great-Grandmother of Giulia Paris
● Kislev 26 (Dec 12) Samuel Osband, Father of Joan Schwartz
Kislev 27 (Dec 13) Esther J Kaplan, Mother of Darlene Yaravitz, and Gerald Kaplan
● Kislev 28 (Dec 14) Emma Aronow ● Kislev 29 (Dec 15) Irving Birken ● Kislev 29 (Dec 15) Alan S. Tulin, Husband of Dotty Tulin ● Tevet 2 (Dec 17) Clara Jacobs ● Tevet 3 (Dec 18) Frank Broutman ● Tevet 3 (Dec 18) Leon Janchill Tevet 3 (Dec 18) Joseph Weiner, Uncle of Ronna Marsh
REMEMBERED AT SERVICES DEC 18 - DEC 19
Tevet 4 (Dec 19) Fannie Horiwitz, Grandmother of Dotty Tulin
● Tevet 7 (Dec 22) Al Lichtenstein Tevet 10 (Dec 25) Shirley Greenhouse Cohen, Mother of
Ann Cohen Tevet 10 (Dec 25) Edith Rubin, Mother of Estelle Morris
REMEMBERED AT SERVICES DEC 25 - DEC 26
Tevet 12 (Dec 27) Vera Steinberg, Mother of Ruth Steinberg-Barnhart
Tevet 12 (Dec 27) Muriel Wagman, Mother-in-law of Fayanne Wagman
● Tevet 13 (Dec 28) Anna Fenster, Grandmother of Candi Nelson
Tevet 13 (Dec 28) Susan Schrader, Daughter of Anne Kosoff
● Tevet 13 (Dec 28) Rebecca Sultar Tevet 14 (Dec 29) Minna Fiske, Mother of Marilyn Stamm ● Tevet 14 (Dec 29) Saul Garelick, Father-in-law of Sharon
Garelick, Grandfather of Laurel Schneiderman and Paul Breese-Garilick
● Tevet 14 (Dec 29) Morris Navis, Father of Sar Strassman ● Tevet 15 (Dec 30) Nathan Goldstein
REMEMBERED AT SERVICES DEC 29 - DEC 30
● Tevet 17 (Jan 1) Jeanne Horiwitz, Mother of Dotty Tulin ● Tevet 17 (Jan 1) Fajwus Ufner Tevet 19 (Jan 3) Basha Michlin, Grandmother of Dotty
Tulin ● Tevet 19 (Jan 3) Rhoda Sapon ● Tevet 20 (Jan 4) Allan Lippman, Husband of Susan
Lippman
● denotes a plaque on the memorial board.
November Yahrzeits
Daniel E. Phillips, D.D.S.
4001 East Henrietta Road
Henrietta, NY 14467
Telephone: 585-334-5544
Torah Study Group The Small Conservative Shul Collaborative
Torah study session will be held at 7:30 pm on Wednesday December 16th. See the website BHBIRochester.org for the Zoom link.
Saturday Friday Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Monday Sunday
29 30 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Kislev 27 C.L. 4:18 pm
S.E. 5:28 pm C.L. 4:22 pm
Kislev-Tevet 5781– December 2020
Tevet 5
S.E. 5:34 pm C.L 4:27 pm Tevet 12
7:00 pm Small Shul Torah Study
on Zoom
Rosh Chodesh Tevet
S.E. 5:24 pm
Temple Beth Am 2131 Elmwood Ave Room 103 Rochester, NY 14618-1021 (585)334-4855 http://bethamrochester.org
Facebook: betham.rochester.ny
Temple Beth Am Newsletter published monthly by Temple Beth Am
Typesetting by Cobblestone Computer Service, 120 Cobblestone Dr., Rochester, NY 14623, 334-5513
President: Ruth Steinberg-Barnhart (585) ) 392-3125 [email protected] 1st Vice President: Martin Schneiderman (585) 334-7774 [email protected] 2nd Vice President: Paul Breese-Garelick (585) 738-1028` Treasurer: Ami Schmerl 334-1950 [email protected] Secretary: Jackie Ellis (585) 270-9180 [email protected] Membership: [email protected] Ritual: [email protected] Rental & Calendar: [email protected] Social: Ami Schmerl (585) 334-1950 [email protected] Judaica Shop: [email protected]
Tevet 19 C.L 4:34 pm S.E. 5:40 pm
7:00 pm Temple Board
6:30 pm Beth Am Online
Services
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
10:00 am Beth Am Online
Services
S.E. 5:22 pm C.L 4:17 pm Kislev 13
Kislev 20 C.L 4:16 pm S.E. 5:22 pm
Dec
7:00 pm Temple Board
Nightfall during
Chanukah is 5:08 pm
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
9:00 am BHBI Online Services
10:00 am Beth Am Online Services
5:30 pm Havdalah and Candle
Lighting in BHBU Zoom Light Chanukah candles before Shabbat candles
Light Chanukah candles after 5:22 pm
Jan
New Years Day
Legal Holiday
6:30 pm Beth Am Online
Services
Fast of 10th of Tevet. Begins
6:05 am; Ends 508 pm
Happy Anniversary to: Sam and Shelli Asher
Decemeber Anniversary