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ScholarInResidenceWeekend

LewisGroner&Dr.LawrenceSchiffman

andBethIsraelYouthGroup(BIYG)SeePage4-5formoreinformation

Saturday,November14Shacharit ............................................................................. 9:00 a.m.

Shabbat Morning Sermon-TheBlessingsofBeingFromOmahaShabbat Morning Class Schedule (page 7)

Monthly Simcha Kiddush ........................................... 12:00 p.m. Insights on the Weekly Parsha ................................... 4:00 p.m. Mincha & Seudah Shlishit ............................................. 4:30 p.m. Havdalah .............................................................................. 5:50 p.m. Lewis Groner in the home of Joel Alperson .......... 7:00 p.m.

BigCityv.SmallCityJudaism—IsOneBetterfortheSoul?

BIYG (5th Grade & Older) Youth Lounge ............... 7:00 p.m.

Sunday,November15Shacharit ............................................................................. 9:00 a.m. Bagels & Beit Medrash ................................................... 9:45 a.m. Scholar In Residence: Dr. Lawrence Schiffman ............................................. 10:00 a.m.

WhoWrotetheBible:AnOrthodoxResponsetoBiblicalCriticism

BIYG (Youth of All Ages) Youth Lounge ............... 10:00 a.m. Shavua Tov Israel ............................................................. 1:00 p.m.

Monday,November16Shacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m.

Tuesday,November17Shacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m.

Wednesday,November18Shacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m.

Thursday,November19-DayofLearningShacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Women’s Class .................................................................. 9:30 a.m. Scholar’s Club for 6th Grade ........................................ 3:30 p.m. Bible Quiz Review ............................................................ 6:00 p.m. Avot U Banim ..................................................................... 7:00 p.m. Talmud Learning .............................................................. 8:00 p.m.

Friday,November20Shacharit ............................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv & Kabbalat Shabbat ........................ 4:44 p.m. Candle Lighting ................................................................. 4:44 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

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Jr.FallConvention/Grades6-8

St.Louis,Missouri/November20-22

Join kids from the Midwest for an

unforgettable Shabbat experience. Speak with

Rabbi Weiss for more information.

...Simcha Kiddush Sponsors:

Beth Israel in honor of the visit of Lew Groner,

Rabbi Raphael Groner, Glady Groner, Aviva

Guttman and Matti Shicker; Eliad Eliyahu & Sara

Ben Shushan in honor of Ittiel’s 1st birthday; Jake

& Susan Besser in honor of Jake’s birthday; Eyal & Ruti Margalit’s

anniversary & in honor of Tal & Noam’s birthdays; Jack & Bette

Kozlen in honor of Bette’s birthday, Jeff & Sharon Kirshenbaum

in honor of Sharon’s birthday; Toba Cohen-Dunning & Eric

Dunning in honor of Toba’s birthday

GlobalDayofJewishLearning

Sunday,November15/1-5pmJewish Community Center

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Ron Wolfson

Breakout sessions with Joanie Latchow, Dr. Halla Kim, Dr.

Moshe Gershovich, Dr. Curtis Hutt, Eliad Eliyahu Ben Shushan,

and Marty Shukert. Rabbinic Panel @ 4:15pm with Rabbi Steven

Abraham and Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. Presented by the Center for

Jewish Life.

Shirley and David Goodman are delighted to announce the birth of their great grandson - Tzur Noam, son of Ya'el and Avi Margolin and the engagement of their grandson Avi Gluck to Oriya Tu rge mon . A l l t hese blessings took place in Israel

just a little over a week ago.

Thank you to David & Shirley for sponsoring and making the Shabbat Cake and the Day of Learning this week in honor of these two beautiful events.

November13-14-LewisGroner

ARabbi’sSonReturnstoOmaha

After nearly 50 years since last celebrating Shabbat

at Beth Israel, Lew Groner, the son of Rabbi

Benjamin and Rebbetzin Frances Groner, of blessed

memory, returns to our shul as a scholar-in-

residence November 13-14. He will share uplifting insights and entertaining anecdotes during a Shabbat entitled, ARabbi’sSonReturnsHome. Rabbi Groner led Beth Israel in the 1950s and 60s when it had the largest membership of any synagogue in the city, and he was the first rabbi of the newly constructed shul on 52nd Street. Lew will reflect on growing up as the son of a distinguished Orthodox rabbi and what being from Omaha has meant to him, his parents, and his siblings.

Friday,November13|6p.m.|ShabbatDinner

FollowedbyReflectionsonLifeasaRabbi’sSonThere will be a kids program and babysitting during the presentation.

$12 adults, $6 children ages 4-12, free for children 3 and under. Dinner will include soup, chicken, vegetables, and dessert

Reservations can be made on the website, calling the synagogue office, or using Shabbos cards.

Saturday,November14|ShabbatMorning

Sermon-TheBlessingsofBeingFromOmaha

Saturday,November14|7p.m.|Reception&Presentation

BigCityv.SmallCityJudaism—IsOneBetterfortheSoul?

at the home of Joel Alperson, 17051 Pasadena Ct

Many thanks to Marty&IrisRicksfor sponsoring the Scholar-in-Residence weekend.

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Nov15.10a.m.-Dr.LawrenceSchiffman

WhoWrotetheBible:

AnOrthodoxResponsetoBiblicalCriticism

Lawrence H. Schiffman is the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and Director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies. He has served as the Chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Between 2011 and 2014, he served as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Judaic Studies at Yeshiva University.

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Saturday,

November 14th

at 7:00 p.m.

5th Grade and Older Youth

Youth will meet downstairs

with Yaakov & Shimmy

for Movie Night & Pizza

Youth of All Ages

Sunday, November. 15th

at 10:00 a.m.

Youth will meet downstairs

with Yaakov & Shimmy for

Football, Foosball, & Fun

Get your game face on for the Annual Thanksgiving Football & Learning!

Thursday, November 26th 9:00 a.m. Shacharit

10:00 a.m. Football & Learning

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The Rose Blumkin Jewish

Home is in need of

volunteers to lead

Shabbat and holiday

services. Please consider

being a part of this

program, providing this

wonderful service for the

residents. Contact the

synagogue office for

more info.

Beth Israel Sisterhood Gift Shop

The gift shop has games, toys, and other items for weddings, babies,

graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, or just for yourself.

Visit the Gift Shop anytime during

synagogue office hours Monday - Thursday,

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

MikvahNewsFor mikvah access, please contact Dani Shrago

at (402) 333-6108. The community Mikvah is

located in the Blumkin Home on the JCC

campus. Everyone is asked to please give as

much notice as possible.

A total of 37 Omaha teens will be traveling to Israel

as part of the Omaha Teen Trip joining the

Partnership2GETHER Teen Mega Mission!

December 20, 2015 - January 1, 2016

All participating teens must attend study sessions

with Eliad which will also include dinner.

Study sessions dates and locations are as follows:

November 18, 6-8pm at Beth El

December 2, 6-8pm at JCC

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The Youth of Beth Israel Part I AlephBeit-Allages10:00-10:30 in the Chapel

ParshaandMidot-Ages3-610:15-10:30 in the Social Hall

TopicsinJewishLife-Boys,Ages11andolder

10:00-11:00 in the Social Hall

NEW JuniorCongregationChildreningrades6andyounger 10:30-10:50

(Haftorah—sermon) in the Chapel NEW During Haftorah and sermon, children sixth grade and younger

will join Eliad and Rabbi Weiss for Junior Congregation in the

beautiful new Youth Lounge.

TePillah&Parsha-Girls,Ages5-12

10:50-11:25 in the Teen Lounge

ParshaandLifeLessons-Ages6andolder

11:00-11:25 in the Chapel

TotShabbat-Ages3-610:50-11:20 in the playroom

AdvancedParsha-Boys,Ages13andolder

11:00-11:30 in the Social Hall

The Youth of Beth Israel Part II 12:00pm MishnaL’Neshamah-Allages(children under age 5 must

attend with a parent) in the Sanctuary

TeenClass-Grades6andupin the Social Hall

MINYANUPDATETo assure the scheduling of mincha/

maariv minyan times in advance, please

contacttheof)icebytheWednesdayofthe

week before the date. This allows the synagogue to include those

times in the weekly schedule and also allowminyan attendees to

adjusttheirschedulesaccordingly.

In order to ensure the Shabbos Sheet is compiled, edited and printed on Friday mornings of each week all submissions are due by 10:00 a.m., Wednesday.

ShopAmazonandHelpBethIsrael!

Buy ANYTHING on Amazon - including Kindle

books - and earn cash for Beth Israel Synagogue.

Every purchase you make on Amazon that begins on the Beth Israel website

will return a percentage of your purchase to the synagogue. The link is found

on the Beth Israel website at www.orthodoxomaha.org.

Register online for all Beth Israel events directly

from the website. You can also pay for events

now via credit card or bill your account directly.

If you have any questions or need help please

contact the synagogue ofKice.

www.orthodoxomaha.org

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theupcoming

ScholarinResidence

January8-10

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Get An Afterlife

Sponsored by David & Shirley Goodman

NovemberCalendarataGlance:

November 20-22, Jr NCSY Shabbaton @ St. Louis November 26, Annual Thanksgiving Football Game

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CaffeIvritwith Eliad Eliyahu Shaliach

Do you have basic skills in Hebrew and want to improve upon them?

We have just the class for you!

Join this class every Sunday at 2:30 pm at Beth Israel.

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November

15th

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November

29th

QuestionsfortheTorahReading

AnsweredbeforetheHaftorahReading

1. Why did Yitzchak love Eisav?

2. Besides the famous lentil soup, what else did Yaakov give to

Eisav?

3. What was the name of the Kirst well that was dug that was not

a point of contention with the locals?

4. What was the name of Eisav’s wives?

5. Did Yaakov steal the birthright?

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1st Aliya: Yitzchak is 40 years old

(2088) when he marries Rivkah. After 20

years, Esav and Yakov are born. The

Parsha jumps from their birth to Yakov's

purchase of the 1st born rights from

Esav at the age of 15. (2123 - the day Avraham died)

2nd Aliya: The Parsha returns to the story of Yitzchak and Rivkah and the famine which forces them to settle among the Plishtim. Yitzchak, like his father before him, has a moral confrontation with Avimelech, after which his Kields are uniquely proliKic and Kinancially successful.

3rdAliya: Yitzchak's Kinancial success leads to jealousy with his Plishtim neighbors. He re-digs Avraham's wells, resulting in a confrontation with the Plishtim over water rights. He moves back to Beer Sheva.

4thAliya: Hashem (G-d), in a dream, conKirms for Yitzchak the future of his children. Avimelech, the King of the Plishtim, and his General, Phicol, approach Yitzchak to make a peace treaty.

5th Aliya: The treaty between Yitzchak and the Plishtim is celebrated. The Parsha returns to the story of Yakov and Esav. Esav's marriage to two Canaanite women at the age of 40 (2148)

brings disappointment to Yitzchak and Rivkah. In 2171, when Yakov and Esav are 63 and Yitzchak is 123, Yitzchak blesses Yakov and Esav. The Parsha details the duplicity of Yakov and Rivkah in fooling Yitzchak.

6th Aliya: Yitzchak blesses Yakov with spiritual and material gain, after which Esav returns to discover Yakov's plot. He receives his own blessing for material gain, and is determined to kill Yakov. Rivkah, fearful for Yakov's life, convinces Yitzchak to send Yakov to her brother Lavan in search of a shiduch - a wife. Yitzchak conKirms on Yakov the future of the Jewish nation before his departure to Lavan.

7thAliya: Yakov departs for Padan Aram, and Esav marries the

daughter of Yishmael. (his 1/2 1st cousin) Source:(torah.org)

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WELCOMETOBETHISRAELSYNAGOGUEWearedelightedtowelcomeyoutoBethIsraelSynagogue.ApassagefromDeuteronomy30:11-14inspiredtheartwork inthesanctuary.“ForthiscommandmentthatIcommandyoutoday-itisnothiddenfrom you and it is not distant. It is not in heaven, [for you] to say,‘Whocanascendtotheheavenforusandtakeitforussothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?Norisitacrosstheseas,[foryou]tosay,‘Whocancrosstotheothersideoftheseaforusandtakeitforus,sothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?’Rather,thematterisveryneartoyou-inyourmouthandyourheart-toperformit.”♦ The focal point of the sanctuary is theMenorahWindow,which

frames the Ark and is shaped in the form of the six branchedcandelabrum.To the right,brilliantly coloredwindowhas formsthatreKlecttheheavens,whiletheleftsidedepictstheseas.

♦ The message is completed in a frieze, the horizontal paintingon wood mounted on the wall. The background of the friezesymbolically andabstractly represents the relationshipbetweenG-dandthepeopleofIsraelthroughtheCovenant.Theperochet,orcurtainovertheArk,completesthesymboliccomposition,withanexpressionthatintertwinestheTorahandtheletterAleph,theKirst letter of the Hebrew alphabet, of the Ten Commandments,andofG-d’snameinHebrew.

♦ Asistraditional,thesanctuaryhas12windows,representingthe12tribesofIsrael.Thesewindowscontainthenameofeachtribein Klowing, organic letters. The windows are located above thecontinued frieze, which includes two central texts of therevelationatSinai - “If youwillkeepmyCovenant, youshallbeprecioustome,”and“Youshallbeakingdomofpriestsandaholynation.” This composition expresses the unity of Israel as thepeoplestoodtogetheratSinaiandacceptedtheTorah.

BethIsraelSynagoguestrivestoperpetuatethelegacyofTorahJudaism

inthemodernworld.BethIsraelwelcomesallpersonsoftheJewishfaith

tojoinandacceptsthediversityofpracticeandthoughtamongitsmembers.

TobaCohen-Dunning,President

RabbiAriDembitzer,SeniorRabbi

RabbiYaakovWeiss,AssistantRabbi

JeannieNickels,OfKiceManager�LeoFettman,CantorEmeritus

12604PaciKicStreet,Omaha,Nebraska68154

(402)556-6288/www.orthodoxomaha.org