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Some people think February isthe toughest month. Still cold. Stillsnowy. Still winter. Thank G-d it is
short, even when it is a leap year, like this year.
February is a transition month. It is a bridge toSpring. And yes, Spring is coming. And yes,there is much to celebrate.
February is a transition month at CKI as well. OnFebruary 1, the Board of Directors will host aspecial congregational meeting to elect a newpresident and vice president at 7:00 PM. Theexecutive team and the nominating committeehas worked very hard to ensure as smooth atransition as possible.
Please join them.
Transitions can be difficult. As the saying goes,nobody likes change. It gets us out of ourroutine. Out of our comfort zone. This is a
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February 2016 The Voice of Congregation Kneseth Israel
RABBI MARGARET FRISCH KLEIN EXECUTIVE [email protected] [email protected]
HEATHER BAUMANN TRATT, Director of Education CKI [email protected] [email protected]
S h e v a t – A d a r I 5 7 7 6
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MLK, Jr, Food Drive: An Great Success
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr said, “Life's
most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’”
CKI’s answer on Sunday, January 17, was to help replenish the food pantry and to help neighbors in need. Our members provided 140 bags of groceries. WOW!
Thank you to the students and parents who loaded the bags fortransportation on a cold Sunday morning. Andthanks, also, to Dr. Liz Bromet for having a carbig enough to help deliver them fordistribution.
From the Rabbi’s Study...
Winter of transitions for lotsof people. We extend oursympathies to the Allens, theKofkins, the Zemels, theRazowskys. Others have lostmore distant relatives. Theloss of a loved one can be apainful transition. Thesynagogue can be a place to mourn, a placeof support, a place to mark the stages of grief.It is a community. Each family, each personhandles grief differently. Allowing them a safe,non-judgmental space is part of being akehila kedosha, a holy community.
In addition, we have many friends in thecongregation who are isolated by illness.These transitions can be difficult, too. Help mereach out to them. Let me know when
CKI SAVE THE DATES
03.05 - PJY Fundraiser
03.13 - Daylight Savings Time begins
PJY Mitzvah Project
03.20 - Purim Carnival; Judaism Rocks!
03.23 - Book Club
In this IssueSisterhood 4Parashat 4PJ Youth 6Book Club 6Fundability 9Yahrzeits 10Birthdays 11Donations 11Marketplace 12Calendar BC
Replenishing the pantry was a mitzvah, butwe need to remember—one day is just that.Please continue to do for others throughoutthe year.
– Risa Cohen, MLK, Jr Food Drive Coordinator
Risa Cohen waits for another vehicle so the remaining donations can be loaded.
How to reach the Rabbi:I am in the office at least ten hours each weekfor people to drop in to see me. Come sit andhave coffee with me. Mondays are my days off. I am in the office Tuesday mornings from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Wednesday afternoons from1:30-3:30 PM, and Thursday afternoons from2:00-6:00 PM. Call first, just in case somethinghas come up. Can’t make any of those times?Call and set another time. I’ll meet you almostanywhere, anytime. I am accessible by cell phone, 978-590-8268 orby email, [email protected].
HaKol Information
HaKol is published monthly by Congregation KnesethIsrael of Elgin, Illinois. It is sent by email or mailed to CKImembers via first class postage. Non-members whowould like to receive a printed copy may do so by for-warding a yearly donation of $18 (chai) to cover cost ofproduction and mailing. Make checks payable toCongregation Kneseth Israel.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All material for the March issue is due NO LATER thanFebruary 15, PLEASE.All items should be emailed to: [email protected]
HaKol Editor: Jana McFarlaneAdvertising Manager: Ron Razowsky
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CKI BOARD MEMBERSPRESIDENT - (available)TREASURER - Rich Kruth
FINANCIAL SECRETARY - Dick JohnsonRECORDING SECRETARY - Gale JacobyCo-VPs/Education - Susan Johnson and
Barb RazowskyVP/Sisterhood - Suzy Zemel
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT - Rochelle Fosco
CKI COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONSADULT EDUCATION - Gale JacobyBIKUR CHOLIM - Anita Hornung
BYLAWS - (available)CEMETERY - Marc Zemel
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION - Heather Baumann TrattFUNDRAISING - Robin Seigle
HAKOL EDITOR - Jana McFarlaneHOUSE - Dan MarshallKERUV - Wanda Pitzele
MEMBERSHIP/PUBLICITY - Brad BurkerRITUAL - Paul Glaser
TIKKUN OLAM - (available)VISION - Gale Jacoby
YOUTH ACTIVITIES - (available)
To contact, call CKI at 847-741-5656
PLEASE...If there is an illness in the family or the loss of a loved one, please
call CKI at 847-741-5656 so that yourCKI family can contact you
and be of help.
From the Rabbi’s Study...(cont’d from page 2)
In our effort to offer more transparency and toencourage more participation, the CKI Board
now makes our upcoming meeting agendasavailable on our website as a downloadable PDF. Please go to:www.ckielgin.org/board-meeting-agenda.html
someone is in the hospital or recovering in arehab center or back at home. With the HIPAArules, hospitals no longer can call me directly.
As I sit by people’s bedsides I am continuallyamazed at the rabbis of the Talmud who had itright. Yes, our bodies are finely balancednetworks. When they work correctly, they areglorious things. When one part begins to fail, itcan jeopardize the rest.
In the case of some of these illnesses it maymean facing the decision to move fromindependent living to another level of care. Thisis a big transition as well.
Judaism provides structures to help getthrough transitions. Havdalah, the ceremony atthe end of Shabbat, is one such moment, whenwe separate Shabbat from the rest of the week,when we separate the sacred from the profane.It acknowledges that going back to the workweek is a bittersweet experience.
Adding a leap month is another way to marktransitions. This year is a leap year both on theAmerican calendar and on the Jewish calendar.The Jewish calendar adds a whole leap monthto keep the holidays in correct seasons. SoPassover comes in Spring, Rosh Hashanah inFall (it will be late this year but still Fall!) andChanukah in Winter. This “autocorrect” helps uswith the transitions from one season to thenext.
So yes, February is a tough month oftransitions, but Spring is coming. Really, it is.And there are lots of things to celebrate at CKI.
Jewish Vocational Services
One of the organizations we partner with isJewish Vocational Services. http://jvschicago.org
It helps with another big transition area. Jobsearching. So whether you are out of work,looking for a different job, changing careers,JVS is here to help. Each week they send me alist of jobs that are open throughoutChicagoland.
Their mission states: “JVS Chicago serves morethan 8,000 employees, employers andentrepreneurs annually with programs foradults, youth, seniors, and people withdisabilities, serving entry level to advancedcareer job seekers, at locations acrossMetropolitan Chicago. Services include careercounseling, job skills training and customizedjob training, job placement, credit building,small business development, access to capital,and more.”
If you are in a job transition, they can help. Callthem at 855-INFO-JVS (855-463-6587).
IF YOU ARE A JOBSEEKER, CAREER CHANGER, PROFESSIONAL, DOWNSIZED ORMATURE WORKER
JEN (Jewish Employment Network) under JVS Career Moves can help you:
• Plan a career path • Tune you up for that Important Interview• Revamp your Resume • Teach you how to Network succcesfully• Submit positions listed with JVS by our employer partners.
For information about our services, call JVS Career Moves at 1-855-463-6587
Check out our newoutdoor signage!
Photo by Robin Seigle
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The CKI Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its list of candidates for President and Executive Vice-President to fulfill the remainder of the vacant terms.
The nominees are:President: Dick Johnson
Executive Vice-President: Risa Cohen
A Special Congregation Meeting to hold this election will be held onFebruary 1, 2016, at 7:00 PM at Congregation Kneseth Israel.
A Board of Directors meeting will be held immediately after.
Recent CKI by-laws changes gave voting rights to all CKI adult family members.Specifically, the by-laws state: “Membership entitles each family, household, orindividual the right to participate in the activities, religious or secular, that theCongregation shall sponsor…Each adult member of that family permanentlyresiding in the household shall become an individual voting member of the
Congregation so long as they are members in good standing.”
Our thanks go out to the Nominating Committee for a job well done.
Please join us on February 1, 2016, as we continue to pursue our Vision as a sacred Jewish Community striving to meet the needs of our congregation
through meaningful observance, lifelong learning, embracing diversity, and building community.
Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy 2016 to all!
Respectfully,The CKI Executive Committee
“We are family. I got all mysisters with me!” That’saccording to the singing group,
Sister Sledge. For our Sisterhood, those wordsseem very applicable.
For me, personally, the last several months havebeen rather difficult. It is always tough to watcha loved one’s health declining. There are severalcongregants that recently and/or currentlyhave been in this position. Sue Johnsonreferred to us as the “Sisterhood of Daughters.”While it is true that this situation has also beenaffecting some of our guys, this phrase got methinking before and since the recent loss of mymother on December 25.
I appreciated the care and concern as Mom’shealth was declining, and there were so manydecisions that had to be made. When my mompassed away, I knew there would be supportand comfort from congregants of CKI. After all,for me, CKI is a family. I truly appreciated thosethat were in attendance at the service,attended the shivas, sent cards, and madedonations. As I am starting to come out of this“dark cloud” and fog that is all part of themourning process, I appreciate all of these evenmore.
Wherever we are in our stage of life, we are a“Sisterhood of Daughters.” All of us have severalcommon experiences, starting with the fact
Sisterhood News
Flying by the seat of your pants, is an oldaviation (idiom) that means you fly a plane
by instinct rather than with instruments.Typically, it involves improvising without anyadvance planning. The pilot doesn’t have aplan; he/she just figures things out as they goalong. In the beginning of modern day planes,there wasn’t much in the way of instruments tofly by. Pilots were told to fly straight and level,otherwise they would spin out of control, crashand burn. Modern day student pilots areconstantly reminded to keep their eye on theball using the coordination ball on the plane’sinstrument panel. This is one of the simplestand most useful devices in the cockpit of anaircraft.
Flying a plane straight and level is oftenunbalanced due to things like turbulence, piloterror, or total disregard to keeping an eye onthe ball. At CKI, we don’t fly planes or have pilottraining classes, but we do have a guide(instrument) to life, the Torah. Our Torah helpskeep us on the straight and level in flying life’s
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Parashat HaShavu’a: Weekly Torah Portions
Feb 6 Mishpatim – Exodus 23:20-24:1827 Shevat Haftarah: Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26
Feb 9 Rosh Chodesh 30 Shevat Numbers 28:1-15
Feb 10 Rosh Chodesh 1 Adar I Numbers 28:1-15
Feb 13 Terumah – Exodus 26:31-27:194 Adar I Haftarah: 1 Kings 5:26-6:13
Feb 20 Tetsavveh – Exodus 29:19-30:1011 Adar I Haftarah: Ezekiel 43:10-27
Feb 27 Ki tissa – Exodus 33:12-34:3518 Adar I Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39
course, and helps answer what is the purposeof our lives.
I believe that there is a growing sense ofbelonging to the Jewish people at CKI. Onlywith faith in God and his commandments canwe unite as a spiritual community, this is thecornerstone of the CKI mission statement.Unfortunately, there is no perfect harmony inany congregation., and there have beencongregants coming in and going out. Newcomers are welcome and those departing willbe missed.
Statistics state that an overwhelming majorityof Jews are born and die as Jews. For them todisrespect their origin and forget their identitybetrays their own selves. As a Jew, my wish isthat all Jews remain Jews, and hope that allwho come and go from our spiritualcommunity keep their eye on the ball andremain respectful to themselves and the Torah.
that we were/are daughters. Without gettinginto the social mores, being a daughter hascertain expectations and responsibilities. Thisstarts for us at a young age. As we continue togrow and mature, there are certain rites ofpassage that accompany being a daughter.Later, still, many of us will become married, andraise our own children. There is also the bigdecision as to how to observe religiously. Howwill we pass on the traditions that wereimportant to us as we were growing up? Whatdo we want to do differently from our parents?Along with our own decision making, there arenew expectations, as daughters, that are placedupon us within each of these roles.
Why do I encourage all women of CKI to belongto Sisterhood? Our congregants are allmembers with one specific commonality:Judaism. Whether you were born Jewish,converted, or are not Jewish, Sisterhood offerssomething here that you cannot get by being asoccer mom, a member of the PTA, or at yourhealth club. We are there for each other duringboth the good and difficult times. We have thebackground and traditions that guide us. Wehave a deep understanding of whatevercurveballs are thrown our way. We understandthe complex issues related to being a daughter.Age is not a factor in this regard. There arenatural issues and challenges as we go throughlife. We are a collective group of “Sisters” thatoffer a wide range of experiences and a
commonality that goes with this. We have awide range of history as women, Jews, andnon-Jews. Because we have a wide age range,(which I believe to be an asset), there is anunderstanding of what each of us is goingthrough in living day-to-day. Whether you aretrying to figure out where to send your child topreschool, have a child now off at college, andyou are feeling a little misplaced, trying tofigure out how to deal with your child’supcoming B’nai Mitzvah, spousal concerns,womanly concerns, parents. We are there foreach other. On top of that, we meet for socialevents, as well as work for the good of oursynagogue, congregants, as well as the outsidecommunity.
Speaking of social events, we have a fun activityplanned for the morning of Sunday, February21. This is open to post B’nai Mitzvah studentsthrough age 120. Do you like to play games?Then CKI is the place for you! Our ProgrammingCommittee has planned some fun games. Thereare some I have never heard of, but lookforward to playing. Please see the flyer withinthis bulletin, be sure to RSVP so we knowhow many games to plan.
Keeping Your Eye on the Ball – a personal observationby Rich Kruth
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Games February 21st 10-11:45 am
Games could include Mahjong, Bunco, Spot It, Ten Zi, and 5 Second Rule Light Breakfast
B’nai Mitzvah and up men and women
RSVP by February 17th to:
Marcy Cohen Tremmel 847-334-8301 [email protected] or Suzy Zemel 847-464-2959 [email protected]
Candle MakingJanuary 10
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CC KK II BB oo oo kk CC ll uu bbThe CKI Book Club is open to anyone; there are
no age or gender requirements. Join ourfriendly and interesting discussions even if youdon’t have time to read the book.
Although we try to stay with the yearly plan,occasionally the dates or locations change basedon other synagogue events. Watch for remindersand updates on the CKI calendar and in thenewsletter.
2015-2016 CKI Book Club ListDate Title Author Host Time
2/24/16 The Boston Girl: A Novel Anita Diamant CKI 7:00 PM
3/23/16 Mordecai: An Early American Family Emily Bingham Sue Johnson 7:00 PM
4/13/16 In the Courtyard of the Ruchana King Kabbalist: A Novel Feuerman Nancy Zimmerman 7:00 PM
5/25/16 Talmud: A Biography Harry Freedman Rabbi 7:00 PM
6/22/16 Collection of poetry: TBD TBD Gareth Sitz 7:00 PM
7/27/16 Pot-Luck planning session ? ?
If you would like to be on our email list, pleasecontact Karen Bender at [email protected] send directions to the host’s home just priorto the meeting.
We have selected the following books for theupcoming year, both fiction and non-fiction.
Eleven eager kids attended the CandleMaking program at CKI on January 10. Kids
came from Am Chai, CKI, TBI and MCJC. Inaddition to making some very cool,unconventional candles, we played Where theWind Blows, Catch Phrase, What is Yours Likeand had some yummy snacks.
Are you interested in having your kids meetother Jewish kids in the area? Now they can!!Check out the PrairieJewishYouth atwww.PrairieJewishYouth.weebly.com
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We are please to congratulate our
Education Director, Heather Baumann
Tratt, on her selection as a participant in the
Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership
Institute. Heather has added so much to the
education program at CKI and we are very
lucky to have her.
CKI Education Director Selected to Participate in Leadership Institute
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All CKI members should be receiving a weekly email announcement, known as the “weekly eblast” or “What’s happening this week.” It has come to our attention that not everyone receives this communication. If you are NOT receiving it, please email us at [email protected] so that we can add your name to the list.
Any submissions to the weekly email should be emailed to [email protected].
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Please read your weekly email “What's happening this week.”
Respectfully,The CKI Executive Committee
January 4, 2016כ"ג בטבת תשע"ו23 Tevet 5776
טוב! מזלMazal tov!
Congratulations!Dear Heather,
I am delighted to inform you of your acceptance as a participant inthe Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute – Chicago!
The Admissions Committee members were impressed by your applica-tion, your interview responses, and your commitment to the field. Webelieve that you will use what you learn in JECELI to benefit your pro-gram, your institution and your community. You also stood out as a candi-date because you demonstrated great potential to contribute to thedevelopment and culture of JECELI itself.Your supervisor will also be contacted shortly to be notified of youracceptance.
Again, congratulations on this recognition of your dedication to the fieldof Jewish early childhood education, and your eagerness to be a leader in our field and in your community. We thank the Crown Family for thegenerous grant that makes this program possible.
We very much look forward to learning with you and from you!
Lyndall Miller, DirectorJewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute3080 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027
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Yahrzeits
We recall with loving memory those whose yahrzeits are commemorated during the coming weeks, andthose whose names are read in the Synagogue at Friday evening and Saturday morning Shabbat servic-es during the month of February. It is appropriate for members of their families to be present whenthese names are read.
Actual Date Dates ofObserved Service Name
Actual Date Dates ofObserved Service Name
Actual Date Dates ofObserved Service Name
Feb 05 Feb 5 & 6 Morris Agins
Feb 05 Feb 5 & 6 Jean Ginsburg*
Feb 05 Feb 5 & 6 Sanford J. Zemel*
Feb 06 Feb 5 & 6 Benjamin Garland
Feb 06 Feb 5 & 6 Philip Sternfeld
Feb 06 Feb 5 & 6 Anna Sweet*
Feb 06 Feb 5 & 6 Beverly Kessler Wiener*
Feb 07 Feb 5 & 6 Suzanne Greenfield
Feb 07 Feb 5 & 6 Ella Schlossberg*
Feb 08 Feb 5 & 6 Millie Flowers*
Feb 08 Feb 5 & 6 Israel Hymovitz*
Feb 08 Feb 5 & 6 Faye Ginsberg Korn*
Feb 09 Feb 5 & 6 Joseph Fishman
Feb 09 Feb 5 & 6 Sheldon Franks*
Feb 10 Feb 5 & 6 Marion Bromberg
Feb 10 Feb 5 & 6 Jerome Roth
Feb 11 Feb 5 & 6 Lillian Nitzberg
Feb 11 Feb 5 & 6 Leonard Abraham Plotzker
Feb 11 Feb 5 & 6 Philip Turek*
Feb 11 Feb 5 & 6 Sylvia Zimmerman*
Feb 12 Feb 12 & 13 Edward Dato*
Feb 13 Feb 12 & 13 Abraham Kowitz*
Feb 13 Feb 12 & 13 Samuel David Lipofsky*
Feb 14 Feb 12 & 13 Sarah Burstein*
Feb 14 Feb 12 & 13 Abraham Levin*
Feb 14 Feb 12 & 13 Anna Rolnitzky
Feb 16 Feb 12 & 13 Bernadine Rifken*
Feb 16 Feb 12 & 13 Peter Rose
Feb 18 Feb 18 & 19 Ethel Bleicher*
Feb 18 Feb 18 & 19 Max Burstein*
Feb 18 Feb 18 & 19 Lorraine Silins*
Feb 19 Feb 19 & 20 Esther Goozh
Feb 19 Feb 19 & 20 Michael Levin
Feb 19 Feb 19 & 20 Ethel Rifken*
Feb 20 Feb 19 & 20 George S. Friedman*
Feb 20 Feb 19 & 20 Rachel Rifken*
Feb 21 Feb 19 & 20 Minnie Greenberg*
Feb 21 Feb 19 & 20 Michael E. Mell*
Feb 21 Feb 19 & 20 Paul Weisz*
Feb 23 Feb 19 & 20 Norman Schack*
Feb 24 Feb 19 & 20 Anna M. Goldman*
Feb 24 Feb 19 & 20 Dorothy Kruth
Feb 24 Feb 19 & 20 Ethel Thomas
Feb 27 Feb 26 & 27 Jennie Brown*
Feb 27 Feb 26 & 27 Isadore Smolensky*
Feb 28 Feb 26 & 27 Joseph Lamendola
Feb 28 Feb 26 & 27 Kate Vopner Leibovitz*
Feb 28 Feb 26 & 27 Albert Silins*
Feb 28 Feb 26 & 27 Esther Vopner*
Feb 28 Feb 26 & 27 Rev. Jacob Waterman*
Mar 01 Feb 26 & 27 Gertrude Brown*
Mar 01 Feb 26 & 27 Richard Harris*
Mar 01 Feb 26 & 27 Marvin Joseph*
Mar 01 Feb 26 & 27 Jeannette Razowsky
Mar 01 Feb 26 & 27 Sol Simon*
Mar 02 Feb 26 & 27 Alan Jacobson
Mar 02 Feb 26 & 27 Jacob Stern*
Mar 02 Feb 26 & 27 Joseph Vopner*
Mar 03 Feb 26 & 27 Morris Greenberg*
Mar 03 Feb 26 & 27 Ken Korn
Mar 03 Feb 26 & 27 Shirley Silberman*
There are two dates listed above on our yahrzeit list. The first is theactual date of the yahrzeit, and memorial candles should be lit onthe preceding evening. The second are the days of the services atwhich the name is read. An asterisk after a name indicates that a plaqueis affixed to the Memorial Tablet.
NOTE: Shabbat ends one (1) hour after
candlelighting time on Saturday night.
KINDLE THE SHABBAT ...and HAVDALAH CANDLES
Fri Feb 5 ..................4:55 PM Sat Feb 6.................6:26 PM
Fri Feb 12................5:04 PM Sat Feb 13 ..............6:35 PM
Fri Feb 19................5:12 PM Sat Feb 20 ..............6:44 PM
Fri Feb 26................5:21 PM Sat Feb 27 ..............6:52 PM
Did you know that this year, 5776 is a leapyear? In Judaism that means we add a full
month, Adar II. Because we have a modifiedlunar calendar, not a solar calendar, it helps uskeep the holidays in their correct seasons. SoPassover is Spring, Rosh Hashanah is Fall.
But what happens when someone dies in Adarand it is not a leap year? What happens in theyear that it is? Do you say Kaddish for a lovedone in Adar I, Adar II or both? Funny you shouldask. All three answers are correct!
For me this is the kind of interesting halachicpuzzle that fascinates me. But for people whomark yahrzeits of loved ones in Adar, it is reallyimportant to them to get it right.
So here is my best explanation:
In the Talmud there is an argument like this.Remember, we Jews, especially rabbis, are goodat arguing with each other. The question is howto date a document written in Adar during a
leap year. Rabbi Meir says that in Adar I wewrite Adar I but Adar II we just write Adar. Rabbi Judah says the exact opposite.
Maimonides uses this example to ruleaccording to Rabbi Meir’s view, that the mainAdar is Adar II and in fact that is when Purim iscelebrated in a leap year so we should markyahrzeits in a leap year in Adar II. However,there is a contradiction that says we shouldalways race to perform a mitzvah, so we shouldrecite Kaddish in Adar I. This argumentcontinues back and forth through the ShulchanAruch (568:7) which says Adar I and the Remasays Adar II. The Mishnah Berurah (568:42)writes the definitive opinion and says weshould say Kaddish and observe yahrzeit inboth.
And then we are counseled to consult yourlocal rabbi to find out what your community’scustom is.
The custom here has been to list the namestwice. So in this February and Marchcorresponding with Adar 1 and 2 you are likelyto see repeat names on the yahrzeit list. You arealso likely to get letters from the synagogueand letters from your funeral homes that don’tnecessarily match. That’s because there arethree systems, all of which are correct.
Ultimately, I think that the important thingabout a yahrzeit is that we remember theperson who died, on whichever day youchoose. It is in a portion just before Purim thatwe are told to remember not to forget. Hownice, that for some of us with Adar yahrzeits, wecan remember the good things twice!
If you have any questions about individualyahrzeits and their dates, call me or email meand I will try to answer.
– Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein
Leap Year and Yahrzeits
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February Birthdays
1 Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein
3 Rochelle Fosco
3 Richard Kruth
3 Sara Shankman
4 Helen Lindow
4 Lucy Marshall
4 Reinhold Mussar
4 Abram Wiesman
5 Brian Finn
6 Sarah Bender
6 Jason Garland
7 Evelyn Wiseman
8 Sarah Emily Klein (Rob & Amy’s daughter)
9 Carolyn Ginder
9 Ronald Razowsky
9 Liam Asher Spagui
10 Sarah Michelle Bernstein
10 Richard Johnson
14 Harrison Hillman
15 Jessica Shankman
16 Maxton Avery Bromet
18 Laura Wolf
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19 Adeline Kohlhagen
21 Gaelyn Marsala
21 Shari Lynn Sternfeld
22 Daniel Gonzales
22 Maxmillian Katz
22 Spencer Kravis
23 Rochelle Tremmel
26 Mindy Bear
26 Max Miller
26 Ken More
February Anniversaries
1 Jeffrey & Sandy Rifken
6 Michael & Rachel Bloomberg
28 Bernie & Sheila Miller
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The following funds are available for your generousdonations:
Clara Wechter Education Fund – Supports TorahSchool and Adult Education
General Fund – For multi-purpose use
Lee Miller Book Fund – New books for Library
Jerome & Lillian Roth Scholarship Fund – (See thePresident)
Memorial Plaques – $300
Prairie Jewish Youth – Support for programs for oursynagogue youth
Prayer Book Fund – Siddur is $36; Chumash is $60
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund – Needs decided by Rabbi
Seltzer Music & Cultural Arts Endowment Fund – Jewish cultural enrichment programs
Simon C. & Ruth L. Kaplan Torah Fund – Repair of Torah scrolls
Sisterhood – Support our women’s group to maintain the kitchen and other projects
Sisterhood Flower Fund – Pulpit flowers
Sisterhood Vision Fund – Large-type Siddur $50
Tree of Life – Leaf is $100; Rock is $1,000.
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RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn honor of my father Albert Smilgoff’syahrzeit,
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