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Shabbat Shalom and Welcome! We welcome you to Anshe Emet Synagogue and hope that you enjoy our worship service. If you are a visitor, please introduce yourself so we may welcome you and wish you Shabbat Shalom. Everyone is invited to join our community for Kiddush lunch following services. Mission Statement Anshe Emet Synagogue seeks to encourage involvement and create a special sense of belonging. We are committed to meeting the religious, educational, social, and cultural needs of our members within the framework of the Conservative Movement. In keeping with the teachings of Judaism and the spirit of Klal Yisrael, we recognize our responsibility to serve the Jewish community, the wider community and the state of Israel. Michael S. Siegel • Senior Rabbi, Norman Asher Rabbinic Chair Alberto Mizrahi • Hazzan, Arnold H. Kaplan M.D. Cantorial Chair David Russo • Rabbi D’ror Chankin–Gould • Rabbi Elizabeth Berke • Hazzan Sheini Naomi Weiss-Weil • Ritual Director Art Friedson • President Boni Fine • Executive Director Established 1873 Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3751 North Broadway • Chicago, Illinois 60613-4104 AnsheEmet.org • 773.281.1423 April 25, 2020 • 1 Iyar 5780 Tazria-Metzora Please proceed to WWW.ANSHEEMET.ORG/LIVESTREAM to view our Shabbat morning service. Transliteration of the Prayer for the State of Israel: Avinu sheh-bashamayim, tsur Yisrael v’goalo, bareikh et m’dinat Yisrael reishit ts’michat g’ulateinu. Hagein aleha b’evrat chasdekha ufros aleha sukat sh’lomekha, ushlach or’kha va’amit’kha l’rasheha sareha v’yoatseha, v’tak’neim b’eitsa tovah mil’fanekha. Chazeik et y’dei m’ginei eretz kodsheinu, v’hanchileim Eloheinu y’shua, va’ateret nitsachon t’at’reim. V’natata shalom ba’arets v’simchat olam l’yosh’veha, v’nomar: Amen. April 25, 2020 • 1 Iyar 5780 Tazria-Metzora Though we are apart, we are together at heart!
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Shabbat Shalom and Welcome!We welcome you to Anshe Emet Synagogue and hope that you enjoy our worship service. If you are a visitor, please introduce yourself so we may welcome you and wish you Shabbat Shalom. Everyone is invited to join our community for Kiddush lunch following services.
Mission Statement Anshe Emet Synagogue seeks to encourage involvement and create a special sense of belonging. We are committed to meeting the religious, educational, social, and cultural needs of our members within the framework of the Conservative Movement. In keeping with the teachings of Judaism and the spirit of Klal Yisrael, we recognize our responsibility to serve the Jewish community, the wider community and the state of Israel.
Michael S. Siegel • Senior Rabbi, Norman Asher Rabbinic Chair
Alberto Mizrahi • Hazzan, Arnold H. Kaplan M.D. Cantorial Chair
David Russo • Rabbi
D’ror Chankin–Gould • Rabbi
Elizabeth Berke • Hazzan Sheini
Naomi Weiss-Weil • Ritual Director
Art Friedson • President
Boni Fine • Executive Director
Established 1873Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
3751 North Broadway • Chicago, Illinois 60613-4104AnsheEmet.org • 773.281.1423
April 25, 2020 • 1 Iyar 5780
Tazria-Metzora
Please proceed to WWW.ANSHEEMET.ORG/LIVESTREAM to view our Shabbat morning service.
Transliteration of the Prayer for the State of Israel:Avinu sheh-bashamayim, tsur Yisrael v’goalo, bareikh et m’dinat Yisrael reishit ts’michat g’ulateinu. Hagein aleha b’evrat chasdekha ufros aleha sukat sh’lomekha, ushlach or’kha va’amit’kha l’rasheha sareha v’yoatseha, v’tak’neim b’eitsa tovah mil’fanekha. Chazeik et y’dei m’ginei eretz kodsheinu, v’hanchileim Eloheinu y’shua, va’ateret nitsachon t’at’reim. V’natata shalom ba’arets v’simchat olam l’yosh’veha, v’nomar: Amen.
April 25, 2020 • 1 Iyar 5780
Tazria-Metzora
Though we are apart, we are together at heart!
ParshaTAZRIA-METZORA • Delivery-The Leper Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33
The next two parashiyot detail issues of tumah (ritual impurity) and tohorah (ritual purity).
A woman who bears a son is tamei for seven days, and fourteen days for a daughter. The boy is to be ritually circumcised on the eighth day. There is a subsequent period of tumah for either boy or girl, and then the mother brings a sacrifice to restore her tohorah.
Tzara’at is an eruption that affects human skin (and has often been confused with lep-rosy). It also affects fabrics, leather, and plastered building stones. The Torah speaks of four different categories regarding tzara’at: (1) in humans, (2) in fabrics and leather, (3) a ritual to restore the purity of a person healed of tzara’at, and (4) tzara’at in plastered or mud-covered building stones. The role of the kohen is strikingly non-magical: He doesn’t “cure” anyone of the illness; he merely diagnoses it and, when already cured, restores the person’s ritual wholeness. In cases of acute tzara’at, the sufferer was banished from the camp for the duration of the illness, often for life.
Metzora continues the discussion of the ritual response to tzara’at, and is often read together with the preceding parashah during synagogue Torah-readings.
The parashah opens with the rites for restoring the tohorah of a person who suffered from acute tzara’at. These elaborate rituals were similar to those for a person who comes into contact with a corpse. Like the ordination of the priests, this ritual takes a full seven days plus one (marking a new creation or rebirth of the individual). Also like the ordination of priests, the person has sacrificial blood smeared on his right earlobe, right thumb, and right big toe.
Within Eretz Yisrael, this plague also affects homes. The home is then cleared prior to the priestly inspection. If it is indeed infected, the home is shut up for seven days. At the end of this period, the priest inspects again, and the affected stones are removed from the home (and from the town). The plaster inside the home is scraped off, and the new plaster is applied. If tzara’at breaks out again, the home is demolished. The ritual for purging a “healed” home is almost the same as for a healed individual.
The parahshah now moves to consider discharges from sexual organs, male or female. These discharges result from illness or infection, not from menstruation or normal seminal emissions. As with much of Leviticus, illness is subsumed under the category of tumah (ritual impurity), making illness a religious concern and equating healing with tohorah (ritual purity). Abnormal male and female discharges are both referred to by the same term: zav. The philosophy underlying this religious attention is expressed at the end of the parashah: “You shall put the Israelites on guard against their uncleanness, lest they die through their uncleanness by defiling My Tabernacle, which is among them.”
YahrzeitsWe remember those of our Anshe Emet family who are no longer
with us and whose Yahrzeits we observe this week.May their memory be for a blessing.
Sadie D. AtzDeborah Becker
David BeckerLouis Block
Bunny CohenLizzie CohonBen Colker
Erwin CoyneNathan Einhorn
Sidney EskozCharles Finkelstein
Sophie FisherMaurice J. Forschirm
Evelyn Hattis FoxJulius A. FranklinBernard FriedsonPhoebe Gallanter
Morris GatesMichael Glazier
Louis GoldBarney GoldbergLeon I. GoldbergIrving Goodgold
Leonard GraffLeon GreeneCyril Halevy
Charles HarrisJames Hemphill
Paul Alan HorowitzCarole V. JacobsBeverly Kabak
Anne KadinEmanuel Kahn
Miriam KaneMeyer Krom
Hyman V. LevensonBernard LevinElsie A. Levin
Shulamith LevinWilliam Levin
Martha F. LevineAnna LilienthalCyril Mendelson
Ruth MeyerLeo Mueller
Celia NatenbergLarry Ian NelsonMarjorie Pierson
Shirlee PilchHerbert Popolow
Bernard RiceRobert Richterman
Alan RieseBertha Read RissmanGerardo Rosenkranz
Rose RosenstoneMary Ross
Sylvia Miller SaltzmanJacob Schatz
David SchwartzLt. Avery Segall
Devorah SiegmanCantor Moses Silverman
Edith SimonMyron Sosna
Harry A. StoneAnn Toby Kaplan
Oscar WeinerSol Weiner
Louis A. WeissGlen L. WesenJoel Yonover
Abraham ZemachJacob ZweibackPearl ZweibackThe Bedside Torah: Wisdom, Visions, and Dream
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Life Cycle • Support HaZaK • Torah Readings
Help Us Be There For YouSynagogue is a place where you want to feel at home, nourished, nurtured and spiritually fulfilled; a place where your soul, heart and head are touched. It is a place where you and your children feel a sense of relevance. It is a place where you are safe, where you are stimulated, and where you will find a welcoming community.
As part of this commitment, the clergy at Anshe Emet are here to help with Simchas and crises in your or your family’s life. If you know someone who needs to speak with a member of our clergy, or if you want to add a name to the Mi Sheberach list, please contact Antoinette (Toni) Nuñez at 773-868-5120 or [email protected]. Names will be kept on the Mi Sheberach list for two weeks only unless otherwise specified.
HaZaK • Mondays at 1pmHaZaK is an Anshe Emet daytime program for mature adults with active minds. Co-taught by our clergy and other community educators, this year HaZaK is focusing on Jewish Ethics with the Melton curriculum “Ethics of Jewish Living.” Generously funded by Beatrice Mayer, z”l.
MONDAY, APRIL 27 - CANTOR ELIZABETH BERKE
Visit ansheemet.org/zoom to learn how to joinMeeting ID: 663 098 957
Contact Cantor Liz Berke for Zoom password and more information at [email protected]
TORAH READING PAGE NUMBERS IN ETZ HAYIM
LEVITICUS Chapters 12-13
1st Aliyah: p. 649, 12:1-12:42nd Aliyah: p. 650, 12:5-12:83rd Aliyah: p. 651, 13:1-13:5
4th Aliyah: p. 653, 13:6-13:175th Aliyah: p. 654, 13:18-13:236th Aliyah: p. 655, 13:24-13:287th Aliyah: p. 655, 13:29-13:39
Maftir: p. 930, Numbers 28:9-28:15Haftarah: p. 1220, Isaiah 66:1-66:24
Please join us online for our monthly support group for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one within the past two years. Meeting ID: 170 885 666 | Contact Tamar Brooks for Zoom Password: [email protected]
On-Line Bereavement Group Supporting our community in times of loss.Every fourth Monday of the month April 27 • 6:30pm • Anshe Emet
CondolencesIt is with deep regret to inform you of these recent passings:
Bernice Simon Katz, age 88, in Sylvania, OH. Bernice was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cal Katz and sister, Shirley Yaffe. Surviving are her children, Randy Katz (Lauri Levi-son), Susan and Steve Kaufman; grandchildren, Ian and Christina Katz, Lindsay and Andrew Arndt, Eli Kaufman (Emily Waife), Max Kaufman and great grandchildren, Cobin Katz and Ellen Katz.
Isak V. Gerson of Chicago, Illinois, a designer of a welding systems, some used in the Apollo Mission, and a great supporter of the arts in Chicago and New York City, at age 90. Isak is sur-vived by his daughter, Susan, and son-in-law, Steven Doloff of Manhattan; his sister, Vicky Pilo, and brother-in-law, Albert Pilo and extended family.
Rose "Shoshana" Bank. She is survived by her daughters, Dr. Estelle “Shelli” Bank (Michael Rosenzweig) and Naomi Bank (Steven Hunter) of Chicago, IL and grandchildren Zachary Rosenzweig, Nathaniel Rosenzweig and Sarah Hunter as well as her nephews, Drs. Manuel (Jackie) Porth and Eli (Ina) Porth and their families.
The Anshe Emet community extends its deepest condolences to these families during this difficult time. May they be comforted among the mourners in Zion and Jerusalem. Amen.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT ANSHE EMET?
ON-LINE BOOK REVIEWFABULOUS SMALL JEWS: STORIES OF JOSEPH EPSTEINSUNDAY, APRIL 26 • 10AM
Joseph Epstein produced 18 charming, magical and finely detailed stories. They are populated by lawyers, professors, scrap-iron dealers, dry cleaners, all men of a certain age who feel themselves adrift in the radically changed values of the day. The second Zoom session will focus on the last 9 stories. Led by members, Ron Hirsen & Susan Weininger.
Join via Zoom here | Meeting ID: 531 538 1996
Learn more at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/JOSEPHEPSTEIN
Contact Amy Karp for Zoom Password: [email protected]
STUDY SESSIONS: A RAINBOW THREADWITH RABBI D'ROR CHANKIN-GOULDTUESDAYS, MAY 5, 12 & 19 • 8:30PM
Join Rabbi Chankin-Gould for an in-depth discussion on Noam Sienna’s book, A Raindow Thread. Our group will meet for three Tuesdays.
Join via Zoom here | Meeting ID: 985 8206 3543
Learn more at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/ARAINBOWTHREAD
Contact Tamar Brooks for Zoom Password: [email protected]
OMER & HAVDALLAH WITH RABBI D'ROR CHANKIN-GOULD & CANTOR ELIZABETH BERKESATURDAY, APRIL 25 • 9PM
This service is open to the community and can be accessed at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/ZOOMMeeting ID: 160 211 603
Contact Tamar Brooks for Zoom Password: [email protected]
THE PEN & THE YAD PODCASTFEATURING RABBI MICHAEL SIEGEL & JONATHAN EIG
Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Caring for the Ill in a Time of Fear
Listen at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/THEPENANDTHEYAD
THE JEWISH KALEIDOSCOPE PODCASTCONVERSATIONS & PERSPECTIVES WITH RABBI MICHAEL SIEGEL
Special guest, Ricardo Rosenkranz, M.D. Medical Ethics in an Age of Pandemic
Listen at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/THE-JEWISH-KALEIDOSCOPE
DEALING WITH CONTEMPORARY ANTI-SEMITISM IN SCHOOL WITH DR. LARA TRUBOWITZTUESDAYS, MAY 5, 12 & 19 • 8:30PM
Dr. Lara Trubowitz, Ph.D, of the Anti-Defamation League, will help us learn, via Zoom, about contemporary Anti-Semitism, how it impacts children, and how we can provide our children with an empowering and caring framework for responding to Anti-Semitism.
Join via Zoom here | Meeting ID: 821 159 245Learn more at: ANSHEEMET.ORG/DRLARATRUBOWITZContact Emily Schoerning for Zoom Password: [email protected]
ONLINE EVENTS HONORING YOM HAZIKARON & YOM HA'ATZMAUT
Monday, April 27 • 7:30pm | The Music of Memory: Songs for Yom Hazikaron with Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi, Cantor Elizabeth Berke & Naomi Weiss-Weil
Tuesday, April 28 • 3PM | Virtual Tour of Israel in Honor of Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut with Rabbi Russo & His Brother, Josh Hartuv!
Wednesday, April 29 • 1PM | Yom Ha’atzmaut 2020: A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Rabbi Michael Siegel
Wednesday, April 29 • 7:30PM | Yom Ha’atzmaut Cooking Demonstration with Yossi Alhadif
Thursday, April 30 • 1PM | Women in Israeli Art & Architecture with Rabbi Chankin-Gould and Dr. Avi Rose
Please contact Amy Karp for more information, and for the Zoom password for these event: [email protected]
