SHABBAT

MATTERS

6 Tishrei 5779 September 15, 2018

SHABBAT SHUVAH

Vayelech

S ER VIC E T IM ES

Morning Service Evening Services

Shabbat 8:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:45 a.m. 6:30 p.m.

Weekdays 7:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m.

Please check your tickets for service times

during Yom Kippur.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Congregational Kiddush will be held downstairs

in the Brotherhood Room.

UNVEILING

Sunday, September 16

11:30 a.m.

Lynda Weinberg

Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Pride of Israel Section

Rabbi Sean Gorman

Cantor Charles Weinberg

Ritual Director, Larry Spring

Carl Zeliger, Synagogue Chairman

Steven Bloom, Society President

Eric Sunshine, Ritual Chairman

Carol Arshoff, Sisterhood President

WELCOME

S H A B B A T S H A L O M and good

morning. Welcome to our synagogue, and we

hope you have a meaningful and enjoyable

experience. If you have any questions, please

ask any of the clergy, shul officials, or

members – we’d be pleased to help. At

certain times during the service please try

to avoid talking or moving around: when

the ark is open, when the congregation is

standing, and particularly during the private

Amidah and the Kedushah at the beginning of

the repetition of the Amidah.

PLEASE turn off cell phones, pagers, and all

similar devices. Use of electronic equipment

is prohibited on synagogue property on the

Sabbath.

GABBAIM Barry Barnes, Marty Risen,

Jeffrey Sherman, Jack Steinmetz

CONTACT US

59 Lissom Crescent, North York, ON M2R 2P2, (416) 226-0111 Fax: (416) 226-0128

Office hours Monday to Thursday 9-5, Friday 9-1.

Closed Jewish and statutory holidays.

Website: www.prideofisraelshul.org

1ST SHABBAT MONTHLY

SHABBAT YELADIM

Ages 3-8

Brotherhood Room

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Next program: TBA ***

3RD SHABBAT MONTHLY

TORAH & TANGENTS

Join Rav Jennifer Gorman for a

lively and open discussion on the

weekly parashah.

All ages 9:45 a.m.

Next Program: TBA

***

4TH SHABBAT MONTHLY

ASK THE RABBI

Lively discussion on current topics.

Bring your questions.

Next program: September 22

Friday, September 14 7:12 p.m.

Friday, September 21 6:59 p.m.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we will be attending Roselawn Cemetery at 10:15 a.m. and at

Mt. Sinai Cemetery at 11 a.m. for memorial prayers. We require a minyan. Please

make a point of attending to ensure that proper respect can be shown.

Carl Zeliger

Did you know...?

Now you know!

Rav Sean Gorman

Vayelech

Torah reading Page 887

Haftarah Page 891

And now, you all write for yourselves this song, and teach it to the Children of Israel; put it in

their mouths… (D’varim 31:19)

In 1973 a series appeared on American

television. Created by David McCall, one

half of a Madison Avenue advertising firm,

after he noticed one of his children had

trouble memorizing multiplication tables,

but knew the lyrics to multiple rock songs.

The original “Schoolhouse Rock” series ran

twelve years, then reappeared for six more

years in the 1990’s. A new series followed

in 2009. All of these are available on video.

As a child of the 1970’s and 1980’s, I

watched these shorts, and I can still sing my

multiplication tables to “Three is a Magic

Number” and “Four Legged Zoo.” We have

the series on DVD; Jesse, Gavi, and Keren

learned math, science, American history,

and grammar from “Schoolhouse Rock.”

While David McCall and his team take the

credit for linking learning to music in the

modern age, God and Moshe knew this

about 3500 years ago. At the end of Moshe’s

life, God commands us all to write “this

song.” It must be taught to our children. It

must be forever in our mouths and on the

tips of our tongues. Like a good jingle, it

should stick in our minds, but also be

beloved in our hearts.

Throughout our history this verse has been

interpreted to say that each of us should

write a Sefer Torah. This is a wonderful

mitzvah, and can be fulfilled by

participating in the writing of a scroll. But

even more significant to physical writing is

to write these words on our hearts and in our

minds, to create from them the mind worm

that stays repeating in our minds and on our

lips. Like the songs from “Schoolhouse

Rock” that I can never forget, so too the

words of Shema, the melodies of Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the words of the

Hagaddah, and more are placed in our

minds, sealed in our hearts, and forever on

our lips, needing just a little nudge, maybe a

few notes, a word, or even just the sliver of a

memory to have us singing them together

again.

Rav Sean, Jesse, Gavi, Keren, and I look

forward to singing with you in 5779. May it

be a year of joyous songs of shared love for

Judaism, of community, and of peace.

The final commandment of the Torah is in this week’s parashah.

The name of this Shabbat comes from the first word of the haftarah.

The connection with my necktie is in the 5th aliyah.

Shabbat shalom.

Rabbi Jennifer Gorman

Executive Director, MERCAZ-Canada & Canadian Foundation for Masorti Judaism

Shabbat Shalom to everyone and thank you for joining us today for services. Whether you have been coming to us for quite a while for High Holy Days, attending our daily minyan, or just enjoy spending Shabbat with the Pride of Israel family, we`re so happy you`re here! Don’t be shy! Learn more about our membership incentives. Make our synagogue your synagogue. We’d be pleased to take your call, or you could send an email to membership@prideofisraelshul.org to learn more. Shabbat Shalom

Membership Committee

YAHRTZEITS FOR THE WEEK OF September 15-21 Louis Aronson

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Sharon Katz

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Please call the office.

Directory Extension E-mail

Accountant 202 accounts@prideofisraelshul.org

Booking events 203 bookings@prideofisraelshul.org

Cantor Charles Weinberg 201 cantor@prideofisraelshul.org

Chairman Carl Zeliger 209 chairman@prideofisraelshul.org

Donations 201 admin@prideofisraelshul.org

House chairman 201 house@prideofisraelshul.org

Membership 201 membership@prideofisraelshul.org

President, SBS Steven Bloom 208 sbs.president@prideofisraelshul.org

Rabbi Sean Gorman 205 rabbi@prideofisraelshul.org

Reception and general queries 201 admin@prideofisraelshul.org

Ritual Director Larry Spring 204 ritualdirector@prideofisraelshul.org

Service times 207 www.prideofisraelshul.org

Shabbat Matters: Jeff Rosen jelijo@sympatico.ca

Sisterhood President 201 sisterhood@prideofisraelshul.org