Bulletin SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER

2016 ELUL | TISHRI 5776-5777

IN THIS ISSUE

Service Schedule Starting September 1st

Kabbalat Shabbat Friday: 6:30pm

Shabbat Service Saturday: 9:30am

Please return your prayerbook and tallis to Founder’s Hall at

the end of the service. Thank you!

Morning Minyan Sunday: 9:00am @ Temple Sinai

Monday: 7:30am @ Temple Sinai

Tuesday - Friday: 7:30am @ CSH

Evening Minyan

Sunday: 7:00pm @ Temple Sinai

Monday: 7:00pm @ Temple Sinai

Tuesday - Thursday: 7:00pm @ CSH

Weekly Torah Class

Monday Following Minyan

*Dates listed above from December to May are still available!

Please let us know at the Temple Office if you are interested in hosting a Chavurah Shabbat Service!

High Holy Days Schedule

Rosh Hashanah

Monday, October 3rd - Tuesday, October 4th

Kol Nidre

Tuesday, October 11th

Yom Kippur

Wednesday, October 12th

Sukkot

Monday, October 17th - Tuesday, October 18th

Simchat Torah

Monday, October 24th *

Tuesday, October 25th

*Yizkor / Shemini Atzeret

Sukkah Hop Request...

If you are planning on putting up a Sukkah this year and can host the morning of October 23rd, please contact Susan at the Temple office to be part of the stop on the Sukkah Hop.

781.631.2763 (ext. 201) / susan.templesinai@gmail.com

“Whenever a man is able to offer his prayers in the synagogue he should do so since there proper concentration of the heart can be achieved. The Rabbis laid

down a great rule: Communal prayer has a special value and whenever ten pray in the synagogue the Shekhinah [the divine indwelling] is present.” [Menahem Meiri

a 13th century Talmudist from Provence]

We welcome you to participate in the warmth and comfort of our Ritual Prayer Service as you recall the meaning of the life of your loved one at their time of yahrzeit. We encourage you to contact your family and friends in helping to fulfill this Mitzvah. If you would like to have a Minyan to say Kaddish and need help in obtaining the necessary number needed please contact the office 1 week before the observance date. We will be happy to assist you by sending out a notice for the requested yahrzeit.

Reminder… When the following holidays fall on a day where there is morning Minyan starting times will be at 9:00am

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving

4th of July Christmas Day

Shabbat on the Beach

Starting in September we will again be having our Tot Shabbat Services with the JCC.

This is the fourth year that we have been doing this highly successful program and we invite you to attend with your child(ren) or grandchild(dren).

The Lappin Foundation/PJ Library will again be joining us this year with special stories from their collection.

Rabbi David and Cantor David lead a fun filled and ruach (spirit) service for children up to 4 years of age followed by kiddush and dinner.

Please mark your calendar for these special days...

@The JCC | 5:00 – 6:30pm

@ The JCC | 5:00 – 6:30pm

@ Temple Sinai | 6:00 – 7:30pm With Musical Havdalah with the temple Sinai band, Arts and Crafts for children of all ages!

@ The Temple Sinai | 5:00 – 6:30pm With drumming!

@ The JCC | 5:00 – 6:30pm

@ The Temple Sinai | 5:00 – 6:30pm With drumming!

SHABBAT CLUB!

November 19th

December 17th

January 21st

February 11th

March 18th

April 8th

May 13th

Since our last newsletter, we have had two very special Sisterhood

events.

Our annual Sisterhood Shabbat was held on March 19th. Almost 30 Sisterhood women participated in leading prayers and 100 people were in attendance!

Everyone enjoyed a very delicious Kiddush after the service, which was prepared by Sisterhood members.

Our annual donor dinner was held on June 7th. 60 women enjoyed boutiques, scrumptious appetizers, dinner and dessert prepared by Bruce Silverlieb, the

Party Specialist and a wonderful performance of “Meet Julia Child” by the Delvena Theatre Company.

The next Sisterhood book group meeting will be held on August 30 when The Fortune Teller’s Kiss, by Brenda Serotte will be discussed. Following date and

book is:

September 27: Sins of Our Fathers, by Lawrence Otto

We are currently planning our annual Paid Up Supper which will be held on Tuesday November 1st. If you would like to help us plan, or have some ideas to

share, please join us at our next meeting on August 25th at 7:30 at Temple Sinai.

Please e-mail sinaisisterhood@yahoo.com with any questions or comments, and stay tuned to your e-mail for further details on the

above programs and events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's time to send in your payment for your New Year's Greetings, Memoriams and

Sisterhood Dues. Please make your check out to Temple Sinai Sisterhood and

mail it to Judy Locke at 15 Dennison Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907.

If you have any questions, please call Judy at 781-581-1447. Your timely

help in this matter will make sure your listings are not missing from the Temple

Sinai New Year's Booklet.

2016-2017

Temple Sinai Book Club Reading List

We will try to keep the dates at the second Tuesday of the month, but not always possible.

Please let us know if you can host it or lead it.

TEMPLE SINAI BOOK LIST

2016 - 2017

1 8/30 - The Fortune Teller’s Kiss by Brenda Serrate

2 9/27 - Arlene’s house, Sins of Our Fathers by Shawn Lawrence Otto, Rosa’s house

3 11/01 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

4 11/22 – My Name is Malala by Malala Yousaffzai

5 12/20 – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

6 1/24 – The Muralist by B.A.Shapiro

7 2/21 – My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

8 3/21 – Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman

9 4/18 – Between the World and Me By Ta-Mehisa Coates

Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters The Book of Departure and Caring for People at the End of Life

Translated and Annotated by Rabbi Joel H Baron and Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow

Death is a time of life that holds meaning for the dying, their family and friends, their community—and us.

“Most of Torah’s teaching is about how to live. But there is a special section within its wisdom that also speaks to us about how to die. Since we are all mortals, our lives fashioned somehow around the awareness that death is inevitably to come, this is one of the important lessons…. There is something profound to be learned about the way of dying, and it is best learned from the wisdom and stories of those who have gone before us.”

—from the Foreword

Students of the Hasidic masters wrote down the stories of the last months, days, hours and moments of the lives of their rebbes. A compilation of their experiences, called The Book of Departure (Sefer haHistalkut), first published in Hebrew in 1930, brings together the rich end-of-life stories of forty-two holy men who died between 1760 and 1904, as well as their philosophical forebearer, Isaac Luria. Featuring new pastoral commentary in a unique facing-page format, this English presentation of heart-touching deathbed tales sheds light on Jewish traditions about death, the afterlife and how to care for people in their final days.

Rabbi Joel H Baron is a hospice chaplain at Hebrew Senior Life (HSL) Hospice Care in Boston

Join the Jewish Family Table with sorting, packing and delivering food donations to local families in need.

Children are always welcome to volunteer when accompanied by an adult.

Temple Sinai’s Family Table responsibility is 30 boxes of

whole wheat crackers and 30 jars/cans of a tomato product.

Please consider purchasing one of these products next time you go shopping and make sure to

bring them by the Temple.

GOLF TOURNAMENT REPORT 2016 We are pleased to report that Temple Sinai's 18th Annual Golf Tournament was a GREAT success. The event was held on Monday, July 18, 2016 at the Thomson Country Club in North Reading. Everyone attending had a FUN time. We would like to thank members of the Temple, and members of our surrounding community for all their support. We received 85 sponsorship donations, and had a field of 52 players. We have been very fortunate that our players return year after year to play from Eastern Bank, Sav-Mor Liquors in Somerville, Andler Bottling & Packaging Group, Stanetsky Hymanson Chapel, Donahue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Jewish Family & Children's Service, B12 Consulting and Valtech. We also had over 10 new players this year from the community. Special thanks go to Brotherhood Credit Union for sponsoring our $5,000 Putting Contest, to Dr. Leon Remis for supplying all the golf balls for our players, and to Brenda and Michael Silverman, Diane Kotz & Bill Olszewski, and to Marc Andler from Andler Packaging Group for being our Gold Sponsors. We had many other sponsors and we are grateful to each and every one of them for their generosity with this major fund raiser for the Temple. We would also like to thank the staff at Thomson Country Club for their

help and at Teresa's Function Facilities in North Reading for making our Award's Dinner so delicious and fun. Each year a successful tournament requires much energy and coordination of activity. We are fortunate to have a very fine group of volunteers who worked hard to make sure everything went smoothly. We extend special thanks and appreciation to the following volunteers who helped to make this year's event a terrific success: Course Registration: Rayna Aronson, Elana Aronson, Annette Callum, Roberta Mendelsohn and Arlene Silverlieb. Sponsorship Solicitations: Ira Dinnes, Jon Leamon, Ben Locke, Howie Nellhaus, and Julian Rich. Mailings: Judy Locke Gift Bags: Meryl & Julian Rich Putting Contest Marshall: Bob Myra Office Assistance: Carl Bradshaw, Meg Gatterman, Bob Myra and Susan Weiner Thanks again to everyone who helped! We are most grateful. We are very pleased to report that this event generated a net profit of $13,135 for the Temple. This amount is very close to last year's total of $13,840. Over the 18 year period that we have run the tournament we have raised $262,976 for Temple Sinai. We appreciate the efforts of everyone involved, and are very grateful for the support of our players and sponsors who made this event successful. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of the summer. Thank you all again for your support ! Ben Locke and Julian Rich Golf Tournament Chairmen

Temple Sinai’s

Special 18.18.18

Golf Tournament!

The Landscape Committee is happy to report that the Rabbi's garden has yielded a bumper crop of vegetables

and herbs this summer. Squash, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes,

cucumbers, eggplant, kale, beets, etc. have been harvested so far, with

more on the way. Please visit the garden, located in front of the

temple building.

Please contact me if you can help out and "make our garden grow..."

Bob Gromelski | 781.367.4645

Historically, establishing a cemetery is one of the first priorities when a Jewish community is established and settled. Another priority, of course, is the starting of a school. Temple Sinai proudly maintains a Jewish cemetery for its members. Our cemetery is on Route 114 in Danvers, MA. John Ross and Sons, Inc. is the company we have engaged to maintain our grounds and provide the services necessary for burials and installation of monuments. Our cemetery is bounded on two sides by trees and a low stone wall on one of those sides. There are many other cemeteries in the same location. We work continually to keep the grounds in good order. Owning cemetery property can give a family peace of mind knowing that there is one less detail to focus on at the time of the death of a loved one.

If you have questions about our cemetery or would like to discuss purchasing, contact Ellen Lodgen at 781-639-2003 or pelzo125@gmail.com.

Memorial Plaques are a wonderful way to remember beloved relatives, friends, or anyone who has touched your life. Preserve the memory of a loved one, so that they will always be a part of our temple life. Multi-line Nameplates are inscribed with the name of the departed in English and Hebrew along with the English date of death and the Hebrew Yahrzeit month and day. Single name plaques, are inscribed with the name of the departed in English only, and are placed on the Chapel wall, rotated weekly.

If you are interested in ordering a Yahrzeit Memorial Plaque for both the Chapel and Main Sanctuary the cost

is $350. Please contact Rick Rosenblatt at: 978-744-

5736 or rick.rosenblatt@hotmail.com for more information.

Dedicated in December 1996, the

Tribute Wall theme is to designate

in the Temple a special place

where members, extended family,

friends and well wishers may

choose to honor others, be they a

spouse, child, grandchild,

grandparent, special friend or

whomever as well as singular life

cycle event which should not pass

without special celebration.

Located in Founder's Hall, the Wall

of Tribute stems from the

generosity and thoughtfulness of

Temple members Mildred and

Irwin Zeramby who wished to

commemorate their 50th Wedding

Anniversary and sought to include

and benefit our Temple at this

special time in their lives.

The design of the Wall is the

creation of Temple Sinai member

Leslie Fahn Rosenberg. Its central

theme is a Menorah surrounded

by donor plates

of various sizes and affords many

choices and opportunities for

giving.

Prices range from $180 - $3,000.

We welcome your interest and

look forward to your participation

in our Special Tribute Wall.

For more information please

contact:

Jessie Lipson at 781.581.3810

Temple Sinai Wall of Tribute

We’re a committee that helps our

congregants going through the tough

& good times.

We deliver comforts and raise spirits!

Please let us know if someone is not doing

well or has had a loss.

We can only help if we know.

Thank you,

to those who have volunteered their time shopping and making

deliveries to our fellow congregants through Yad

B’ Yad.

Celebrating a Special Occasion? Sponsor a Kiddush!

Sponsoring a Kiddush is a great way to enjoy a wonderful meal

with the people you love most.

Honor a special someone, an anniversary, birthday,

B’nei Mitzvot, just for fun or to remember a loved one.

Contact the Temple Office for more information

781-631-2763

Thank you to the following kiddush sponsors!

June The Rubtchinsky Family Ben & Marjorie Wittner

July The Children of Sam Shoer

August Jim Sherman

Brenda Miller & Rhoda Morse Laurie & Jonathan Mulsman

Jack Schlusselberg for his kiddush sponsorship

throughout the year.

To Rhoda Morse becoming a great-great grandmother!

To Sam Shoer on his 90

th Birthday!

To Bill Needleman on his 101

st Birthday!

To Jim Sherman on the birth of his new granddaughter!

Ben & Marjorie Wittner on their daughter Allie's graduation from Emerson College, and son Michael receiving a

Masters in Teaching from NYU!

To Julian & Meryl Rich on the new (four-legged) addition to their family, Max!

To Lauren Goldman on her graduation from Me'ah!

To Phyllis Gotlib on her new grandson!

To Sonia & Alan Kalikow on their new granddaughter!

To Emilie Kutash on the marriage of her grandson Jordan in Israel!

Robert Rothbard

Edward Shapiro

Ira Dinnes

Jill Garfinkle

Irene Leamon

Marjorie Cantor

Steven Keenholtz

Tammy Rosenblatt

Andrew White

Diane Shoer

Terry Garfinkle

Esther Schlusselberg

Alison Roth

Daniel Berg

Norman Goldman

Asher Greenstein

Judy Dunn

Jody Saxe

Michael Harsip

Robin Low

Susan Patoski

Helaine Berg

Bonnie Levine

Michael Nestor

Diane Kotz

Susan Lloyd

David Samost

Doris Hirsch

Rosalinda Jacobson

Max Freedman

Selma Shoer

Rita Fagan

George Gammel

Roberta Keenholtz

Diane Kotz & Bill Olszewski

Harry & Betty Schrater

William & Susan Stibel

Myer & Phyllis Kravetz

David & Flori Schwartz

Todd & Rosalie Miller

Merrill & Eleanor Cohen

Jerold & Randy Kummins

David & Anna Samost

Condolences to…

Ellen and Larry Lodgen on the loss of

Ellen’s mother, Rosalie Morgan

The Family of Lorayne Sharff

Anthony Zietman and Alison Brookes on the loss

of Anthony’s sister, Kim

Merrill and Eleanor Cohen on the loss

of Merrill’s sister, Phyllis Bernstein

The families of former members…

Herb Margoshes

Benjamin (Ben) Greenbaum

Rosalie Morgan by Ben & Judy Locke

Arthur Zolot by the Zolot Family

Judith Frances Matloff by Lynne Zolot

Yvette Dreisenstock by Harvey & Carol Brand

Esther Dreller by Roz Weinstein

Lorayne Sharff by Jack & Carol Skowronski

Bea Schneider by Michael & Brenda Silverman

Rosalie Morgan by Michael & Brenda

Silverman

Judy Weinstein by Harvey & Carol Brand

Morris Epstein by Joan Epstein Bragen

Kenneth Brown by Esther Brown

Sonia & Alan Kalikow’s new granddaughter

by Debbie & Alan Titelbaum

Sam Shoer’s 90th

Birthday

The birth of Hadley Jordan Sherman

by Claire & Larry Sandler

Jean Fishman by Lynne Zolot

Eva Hurst by Ron & Sandy Lappin

Arthur Miller by Todd & Rosalie Miller

William Abramowitz by Ava Abramowitz

Rhoda Berman by Sheila & Alan Simons

Frances Sachar by Paul Sachar

Louis Goralnick by

Rhoda Morse

Marlene Goldstein

Eli Cooper

Nathan Cooper by Herb & Ruth Cooper

Ida Rosenfeld

Max Barash

Celia Rosenfeld

Sally Rosenfeld

by Arleen Silverlieb

Rose Harris by Barbara Ingber

William Abramowitz by Susan Abramowitz

Esther Brookes by Annette Callum

Rosalie Morgan by David & Linda Greenseid

Lorayne Sharff

Herb Margoshes

Ben Geenbaum

Mona Samuels Kravitz

by Joel & Marion Kaplan

Janet Mazer becoming a member of the

Temple Board by Marshall Levy & Liz Garon

Adam & Jayme Sherman on the birth of their

new baby girl by Joel & Marion Kaplan

Bill Needleman on his 101st

Birthday

by Bernie & Evelyn Handis

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Levine on their 60th

Wedding

Anniversary by Alan & Sheila Simons

Sam Shoer’s 90th

Birthday by

Ida Freedman

Irma Rubin

Sandy Myerow

Barbara Greenberg

Emily Andreano

Saul Axelrod

Beverly Baum

Herbert & Mildred Greenbaum

The Needlemans & Kovners

Jim Sherman’s new granddaughter by

Emily Andreano

Sheyda Saponar

Our Temple Sinai Friends

by Rhoda Morse & Brenda Miller

The birth of her new great-great grand

daughter, Johanna

by Rhoda Morse

Phyllis Bernstein by Emily Andreano

Eddie Cohen’s 90th

Birthday by

Deborah (Leamon) Titelbaum

Julie (Leamon) Rosen & Ted Rosen

Jerome Cantor by Jed & Margie Cantor

Rosalie Morgan by Carol & Jack

Skowronski

The birth of Rabbi David & Cynthia’s new

son by

Debbie & Alan Titelbaum

Jim Sherman

Carol & Harvey Brand’s 51st

Wedding

Anniversary by Alex Brand

Loeb Katz by Joel & Marion Kaplan

Rosalie Morgan by Joel & Marion Kaplan

Rosalie Morgan by Evelyn Rothbard

Edith Blackman by Howard Nellhaus

Clara Goldstein by Eleanor Cohen

Goldie Cohen by Merrill Cohen

Ruth Low

Murray Schneider

by Jim & Robin Low

Elaine Locke by Ben & Judy Locke

Morris Epstein by Joan Bragen

Louis Froman

Ann Cutler

Bessie Cutler

by Sandra Cutler – Cohen

Did you know that most of the email communication we do from the office goes through a

program called Constant Contact? Did you know that we send out a weekly communique via Constant Contact? Did you know

that it comes out anytime between Wednesday and Friday?

If you haven’t been receiving these important emails there could be something amiss. The most common issue is accidentally clicking on the “unsubscribe” link. Once that happens

you will no longer get any emails from Temple Sinai.

Please contact the office so we can get you back on track to receive all the essential information about what is happening here at Temple Sinai.

We want to keep you connected!

Office hours

Monday – Friday | 9:00am – 1:00pm

Extensions

Susan Weiner, Executive Director x201 Meg Gatterman, Administrative Assistant x200 Carl Bradshaw, Bookkeeper x302 Bob Myra, Facilities Manager x300

The Office is closed on these following dates:

September 5th – Labor Day

October 3rd & 4th – Rosh Hashanah 10th – Columbus Day 12th – Yom Kippur 17th & 18th – Sukkot 24th – Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor 25th – Simchat Torah

NOVEMBER

Tuesday November 1st

| Sisterhood Paid Up Supper

Friday November 4th

| Chavurah Shabbat ~ 6:30pm

@ the home of: Cantor David & Rayna’s house

8 Peter Circle | Marblehead

Sunday November 13t | Family Table Distribution

Friday November 18th

| Tot Shabbat ~ 5:00-6:30 @ the JCC

Saturday November 19th

| Shabbat Club

Sunday November 20th

| Food & Thought with Rabbi Joel Baron

Brotherhood Breakfast ~ 9:00am

Wednesday November 30th

| Madagascar Program ~ 7:30pm

in collaboration with CSH, Temple Emanu-El,

Chabad of the North Shore and JCC. @ Cong. Shirat Hayam

DECEMBER

Friday December 2nd

| Special Kabbalat Shabbat

Friday December 9th

| Chavurah Shabbat

TBA ~ 6:30pm

Sunday December 11th

| Family Table Distribution

Saturday December 17th

| Shabbat Club

Sunday December 18th

| Food & Thought with Rabbi

David & Breakfast ~ 9:00am

SAVE THE DATE

TS – Temple Sinai CSH – Congregation Shirat Hayam

TS – Temple Sinai CSH – Congregation Shirat Hayam

Temple Sinai

1 Community Road

Marblehead, MA 01945

An Office Thank You!

To Jim Sherman:

For being our Bulletin Editor!