Shabbat MishpatimFriday, February 1 6:15 pm Family Shabbat WorshipSaturday, February 2 10:30 am Morning Worship

Shabbat TerumahFriday, February 8 6:00 pm Munchkin Minyan 8:00 pm Shabbat UnpluggedSaturday, February 9 10:30 am Morning Worship and Torah Discussion

Shabbat TetzavehFriday, February 15 8:00 pm Shabbat Worship Oneg in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Ethan DulitzSaturday, February 16 10:00 am Morning Worship (Please Note Time Change For Service) including the Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Dulitz, son of Kristen & David Dulitz

Shabbat Ki TisaFriday, February 22 6:15 pm Early Shabbat WorshipSaturday, February 23 9:30 am Morning Worship led by Student Rabbi Lexi Erdheim and members of NFTY-Southern (Please Note Time Change For Service)

The Gates’ Way February 2019

Shabbat UnpluggedFriday, February 8

8:00 pm

A Musical Shabbat service with visual t’filah, choir and various instruments.

Come for an evening of Shabbat celebration!

“Digging the Past”Wednesdays

February 6, 13 and 20

7:30 pm

We will look at the most significant archeological findings on Jewish history. This class will make use

of technology, including virtual reality, to see our history up close!

During the second Shabbat of February we will read one of my favorite Torah portions. It is among my favorites not only because it was my Bar Mitzvah portion, but because the lesson I learned in preparation for my speech has remained a central tenant of my Jewish life. The portion, called Terumah, contains a verse so important that you can find it on the walls of most synagogues (including ours). The verse reads:

V’asu li mikdash v’shachanti b’tocham.” They shall build me a sanctuary and I will dwell among them.

God commands the Jews to bring gifts. The gifts they are commanded to bring range from highly precious metals to extremely common household items. Everyone was commanded to bring an offering based on what they had. No one had to stretch beyond their means or find an object that was elusive in any way. The point of the portion is to teach us that in order to have a sacred community, everyone must bring something to the table. Like the Mishkan (sanctuary) in Terumah, everyone has something to offer to the community. We all have different skills, talents, and abilities. One person might contribute by singing in the choir, another might volunteer on a committee. The important thing to remember no matter where we fit in to our community, every single person is as valuable as the next. Without every one of us, it would not be the same sacred community. One of the great draws to Congregation Gates of Prayer that has proven to be true is that every member of our congregation understands what it takes to create a congregation where God dwells. I am so thankful for everyone who brings their gifts to Gates of Prayer for the sake of our community and the Jewish people. \

Kul Tov,

Rabbi David Gerber

February 1-2*Stella Cohn, Samuel B. Katz, Branah Nemeth, *Harold Rubin, Sidney Stabinsky, Mathilde Heineman Weil, Edith Zakem, Jacob Goldman, Alvin R. Leopold, Florence Jacobus Milner, *Earl E. Polmer, Stephen Preston, Rudolph Jacobs, *Louis Shapiro, *Sol Strauss, *Max Myrum Greenberg, Martin Kugler, Sharyn Robbins Silverstein, Doris Simon, Abe Cohen, David Rabin, Lillian Feitel Roseman, *Kurt S. Schwartz, *Jerry Z. Aronowitz, Daniel Furman, *Ina Miller, Myron Moshkowsky, Leah Rosenstock, Blanche Sitron, *Eva Simon Welsch, *Gita Anshelevitz, Helen Anshelevitz, Emil L Greenwald, Sara Greenwald, Ida Newstadt.February 8-9*Abbe Baum, *Arthur M. Felix, Annie Goldberg Lennie, Max M. Levy, *Tilden A. Levy, Thirba Green Margolis, *Albert Ashley Pesses, *Jennie A Rosenzweig, *Linda Bassham Webb, Vivienne Freeman, Jennie Caplan Grodsky, Mollie K. Bernstein, Joseph Webster Jacob, Yetta Kapelow, *Sophie Teles Munch, Beryl Sloan, Philip P. Spencer, Albert Berry, *Ruth Phillips Furst, Leon Myer, Abraham Richmond, Wihlma Potash Wood, *Bella Dryzer, Herbert Evensky, Tobie Levitan, Mayer Mayer, *Felix Henry Welsch, John Ellis Crossland, Constance Durieu Felix, Bertha Hartman, Ann Cohen Horton, Norman Alterman, *Carl Abram Fisher, Bruce Neil Yaffee, *Sophie Latter Zerlin.February 15-16Helen Straus Schwartz, Louis Singer, Doris Steinberg, *Harry Congress, Pearl Gureasko, *Nathan Hartman, Eva Loeb, *Abraham G. Manheim, *Leslie Seidman, William Leopold Weil, *Sophie K. Winstein, Judah Feldman, *I. M. Goldberg, Mildred Block Klein, Caroline Heymann, Dora Katz, Gladys G. Koch, *Steven Edward Latter, *Bernard Irving Zoller, *Yudice Starr Blitz, Naomi Zichichi, *Raymon Goldstein, Caroline Weil Heinemann, Pauline Weiner, Leonard Weiner, Jacob A. Burr, Louis Friedman, *Grace L. Klinger, Esther Koniarsky, *Lila Gradsten Philipson, Lottie Lubritz Stabinsky.February 22-23Edith Baldenhofer, *Abraham Copeland, *Faye W. Finger, Beverly Hyman, *Steven Edward Latter, Blanche Hayem Levy, Max Roth, *Manuel Berry, Jeanette Moses Connolly, *Harry Flaumhauf, Sippie Berlock Smith, Susan Zane, Dora Besser, Rose Silvers, Leopold Weil, *David Lester Zerlin, Martha Braunstein, Jerome H. Foreman, Carl Rosenthal, Jesse Stone, Samuel Finger, Marilyn R. Gaethe, *Janice Himmler Hyman, *Freda S. Aronowitz, Dean Wood Johnson, Molly Gansar Kessler, Isaac Lichtentag, Nathan Raffie, Martin Weiner, *Fanny Wilk Zoller, *Tobias Zoller.

The General FundIn Memory of:Louis Gureasko Jackie MarxJanice & Sidney Antin Judy AntinIgor Vizelberg David & Judy FriedHarry Balfour Myra Balfour & FamilyAlfonso Orrego Marilyn & Marvin BernsteinRoselyn Gross Jack GrossEsther Rosenberg Leslie KobernaEnid TrotinerDot Kancher Shellie & Terry JacobsonManuel Denn Cindy & Avrom DennRose Hudson Jack HudsonDot Kancher Michael & Rae Sara MayerIn Honor of:Chip & Diana Mann David & Judy FriedThe Prayerbook FundIn Memory of:Joshua Loewy Rabbi Bob & Lynn LoewyIn Honor of:Sidney & Ellen Raye Miller Rick Levin Linda & Bobby BrandtRabbi’s Discretionary FundIn Memory of:Vivian Goldstein Marilyn & Joseph KlineJoan, Anna & Alfred Magaziner Bob BoggioSidney RudmanJudith Bookman Larry RudmanIn Appreciation of:Rabbi Gerber Aaron Middleberg & Family Jillian & Wes Peskin Betty & Harry LazarusThe Cemetery FundIn Memory of:Edith Oppenheimer Michele, Vadim, Hannah & Kaitlin Gelman Marion & Harry MohreJeri KleinMarge Skretny Marion & Harry MohrePaul & Helen Goldberg Steve & Amelia GoldbergThe Rabbinic Endowment FundIn Memory of:Dot Kancher Lazelle, Amy, & Becky Alexander

Tikun Olam for The New Orleans Women & Children’s ShelterIn Memory of:Igor Vizelberg Julie Isaacson & Michael WolszonThe Fund for the Louise Hayem Manheim Nursery SchoolIn Memory of:Leonard David StoneSaralyn Plantowsky Bronfin Leah StoneErnst PreisFannie Klumok Sue & Fred PreisBertha Levin Pailet Darlene & Dean YellinDorothy Kancher Susan & Elliot ShushanEnid TrotinerRichard Gordon JoAnn & Larry KatzThe Simon L. & Flo C. Streiffer Leadership Development FundIn Memory of:Harold David Yuspeh Rick & Ann StreifferThe Music FundIn Honor of:Ellen Raye & Sidney Miller Elene & Joe BlotnerThe Cecile Washofsky Memorial Jacobs Campership FundIn Memory Of:Harris WarrenEarl Washofsky Leonard & Vickie WashofskyThe Samuel O. Kancher Memorial Fundfor the Lake Library & Media CenterIn Memory of:Dorothy Kancher Marion & Harry Mohre Scott & Geri Kisner Marty & Emily GlicksteinThe Louis Leopold Gertler/Plotkin Israel Action FundIn Memory of:Dot Kancher Lynn & Steven PlotkinThe Rabbi Nathaniel Share Religious School FundIn Memory of:Julian MattesSusan ShareNancy L. Prieur Jonnie & Diane ShareThe Louise Hayem Kitchen FundIn Memory Of:Ethel Mazur PolunskyJack FryDottie Polunsky Fry Dee Dee and Dr. Lester DulitzThe Joan Magaziner Endowment FundIn Memory of:Joan Magaziner Bob Boggio

CGoP Sisterhood presentsRosh Chodesh ShevatTuesday, February 5.

7:00 pmShevat in Retrospect:

Women, Torah, and TreesA Tu B’Shevat Fragrance Seder

Dinner at Taqueria Corona 3535 Severn Ave.

RSVP to Susan Levin at (504) 352-9698 or

naturespirit18@gmail.com by Thursday, January 31.

Sisterhood Book Club February 25th, 7:00 pm @ the

home of JoAnn KatzThe Girl in Berlin

by Ronald H. Balson

Children’s Tree of Life welcomes new additions of

Jackson Becker and Robbie Becker.

Condolences

In MemoriumDorothy “Dot” Kancher

To Alison Gordon on the death of her mother, Enid Trotiner.

To Doug Gordon on the death of his father, Richard Gordon.

Welcome to Our New Members

Cassi & Heidi Breaux 1617 Neyrey Drive Metairie, LA 70001

Child: Sullivan

Cynthia & Leon Rittenberg500 Rue Saint Ann

Apt. #223Metairie, LA 70005

February Yahrzeits

N’davot ~ Contributions

Monday, February 412:00 Noon

Guest Speaker: Dr. Louis Glade“Heart Health and Cardiac Care”

Please RSVP to the Temple office.Open to the first 70 RSVP’s.

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February 2 - Havdallah

February 3 - Super Bowl Party

February 23 - Leading services w

ith NFTY-Southern

Sisterhood:February 5 - Rosh C

hodeshFebruary 8 - Spaghetti SupperFebruary 12 - Board M

eetingFebruary 25 - Book C

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Brotherhood:February 8 - Spaghetti SupperFebruary 26 - Board M

eeting

Young Families:

February 8 - Munchkin M

inyanFebruary 8 - Spaghetti Supper

Senior Outreach:

February 4 - Lunch and Speaker

TRIBE:

February 15 - TRIBE Shabbat

Continuing Ed:

February 6February 13February 20