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Volume 69, No. 4 CHANUKAH DECEMBER 2016

DECEMBER EVENTS Dec. 1, 8 & 22 Adult Ed classes with Rabbi Rami @7:30 PM

Dec. 6 Executive Committee meeting @7:30 PM

Dec. 11 Men’s Club

Dec. 12 Temple Board meeting @7:30 PM

Dec. 15 Sisterhood Ladies Night Out @6:15 PM

Dec. 18 JCAL Chanukah dinner at Beth El @5:15 PM

Dec. 20 Community Dinner at 1st Reform Church

Dec. 24-31 CHANUKAH (Chanukah party Dec. 26 @7:00 PM)

Schedule of Shabbat Services

Dec. 2 Shabbat Services - Religious school students to 7:30 PM lead services Weekend sponsors: Jerry Pomerantz, Nancy Greystone, Aaron & Ava in honor of Louise Pomerantz’s 95th B-day Dec. 3 Torah Reading:Toledot 9:45 AM Dec. 9 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM JOSH SILVERMAN’S BAR MITZVAH Weekend sponsors: Michele & Steven Silverman in honor of Josh’s Bar Mitzvah & in memory of Sidney Silverman Dec. 10 Torah Reading:Vayetze 9:45 AM Dec. 16 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsors: Numa & Dick Lavy in memory of Numa’s mother, Sadie Kolman Dec. 17 Torah Reading:Vayishlah 9:45 AM Dec. 23 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsors needed Dec. 24 Torah Reading:Vayeshev 9:45 AM Dec. 30 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsors needed Dec. 31 Torah Reading:Miketz 9:45 AM

Mission Statement

The mission of Temple Beth El is to pro-vide a house of Conservative Jewish worship which fosters spiritual fulfill-ment, Jewish theology, life-long Jewish education, and community support throughout the cycles of the seasons.

Board of Directors Pres. - David Ehrlich 1st VP - Gary Kogon 2nd VP - Vacant 3rd VP - Steve Gordon Secy - Harold Koplin Treasurer - Samantha Besnoff Financial Secy - Linda Hutt Lynn Brooks, Bob Brosbe, Abshalom Cooper, Randi Jacobs, Debbie Rubin, Sheila Cohen, Stacy McCormick & Marc Weiner, Sue Friedman, Bob Matlin, Arne Ostroff, Earl Stein, Chuck Paul Sisterhood Rep. - Joan Goldman Rabbi Daniela Szuster & Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky Principal - Larry Besnoff Men’s Club - Steve Kleinman USY/Kadima - Megan Hart & Alyssa Gottlieb Sisterhood - Sisterhood Board Membership - Sue Friedman

Inside this issue: Rabbi Rami’s Message 2 President’s Message 3 Principal’s Message 4 Sisterhood Event 6 Adult Ed 7

Candle Lighting Times

Dec. 2 4:21 PM Dec. 9 4:21 PM Dec. 16 4:23 PM Dec. 23 4:26 PM Dec. 30 4:31 PM

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The “Human Miracle” of Hanukkah By Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky

Hanukkah is known as a festival of miracles. As we read in the Talmud (Shabbat 21b), “What is Chanu-kah? ... When the royal Hasmonean family overpowered and was victo-rious over [the Greeks], they searched and found only a single cruse of pure oil... enough to light the menorah for a single day. On the following year, they established these [eight days] as days of festivi-ty and praise and thanksgiving to God.”

Yes, the miracle we remember dur-ing Hanukkah is that the special ko-sher oil that was found by the Mac-cabees in the Temple of Jerusalem, ready to light the Menorah and burn for a single day, ultimately lasted for eight days, enough time to prepare more of the necessary oil.

I invite you to think for a while about an interesting aspect of this famous miracle. The first day that the Menorah was lit was what I would call a “regular burning day.” There was oil for one day, so every-one understood that the Menorah would be lit for one day. Therefore, if we follow this fact, that first day that the lights of the Menorah were lit shouldn’t be considered as a mi-raculous day. After all, there was enough oil for one day!

If you agree with me about this, then we cannot consider as a mira-cle that the fire was lit during the

first day. If you think of it this way, the miracle of Hanukkah lasted just seven days, and not eight. So, the puz-zling question we can ask is, why do we celebrate Hanukkah for eight days, if the miracle lasted only for seven days? Should the Hanukkah Menorah have seven branches instead of eight? One interesting answer to this ques-tion was offered by the late Professor and Rabbi David Hartman (in the book, A Different Light, by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre, Dvora Publish-ing, 2000). He believed that on the first day a miracle indeed occurred, but not related to the lighting of the Menorah in the Temple of Jerusalem. The marvel was the miracle of human courage, which allows us to dare to undertake challenging tasks without knowing if they will be successful.

The Temple was impure, and before inaugurating it, the Maccabees had to make sure that everything was pure again. Many people must have thought, at that time of uncertainty, “Why should we light the lamp if we know that it is going to go out before all the works of purification have been concluded? Why not wait until there is enough oil for a longer period of time, while the work is being fin-ished?” Nevertheless, a group of brave and visionary people insisted that the Temple’s Menorah had to be lit right away; that was their golden opportunity. That is why, according to Hartman, we celebrate Hanukkah for eight days. On the first day we re-member the miracle of courage and human determination, while on the other seven days we commemorate the divine miracle.

Sometimes, because we wait until conditions are ideal, we lose our best opportunities. We want so much to have all of our plans prepared and our future predictable, that we waste the opportunities that life gives us. When we believe there are some doubts

about the success of our enterpris-es, we quickly renounce to them.

The lighting of the Menorah during the first day of the Temple’s rededi-cation tells us about the opposite attitude. It is about moving forward full of hope and belief, even when it is not certain that everything will be as we want.

An excellent example of this atti-tude is provided by the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel, in May of 1948. Back in those days, many people thought it was too early to declare independ-ence, that they should wait until they had a stronger army, that they should wait until the world more firmly recognized Israel, that they should wait until world Jewry be-came more Zionist oriented, etc. However, a brave minority of the Jewish people dared to proclaim the rebirth of the State of Israel, an act of courage and heroism (and chutz-pah too!) that resulted in a moment of incredible pride for all Jews around the world. That is why those outstanding Zionist leaders are often referred to as the “modern Maccabees.”

The miracle of Hanukkah is not just

about the candles that burned for

longer than expected, but also

about the human spirit, which seeks

for a better future even when it is

hard to see it in the horizon. The

festival of Hanukkah encourages us

to keep working and taking on new

projects, with strength and valor,

even though others may think that

we will not succeed. Let us keep

moving forward and lighting many

more lights!

MESSAGE FROM RABBI RAMI

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Dave Ehrlich Gary Kogon

Chanukah? Hanukkah? No matter how you spell it, the Festival of Lights arrives on Sunday, December 25 aka 25 Kislev, with the first candle being lit the night before. It is a joyous eight days of fun, games of dreidel, fried latkes, possible gallbladder attacks and gift giving. This column will not attempt to delve into a discussion of the mira-cle of the Festival and its history, or themes of the few overcoming the many, light vs. darkness, freedom vs. oppression, never giving up as opposed to quitting when things get tough, etc. Instead, these remarks will center on gift giving. As such, consider these suggestions for gift giving, both for others as well as yourself.

C Celebrate the joy of Chanukah

(this writer's preference) with fel-low congregants at the Temple Beth El Hanukkah Party, being held on December 26. Candle lighting, songs, enjoyment for all. Give your- self and/or your family the gift of fun and celebrating our herit-age. The party will be held here at the Temple.

H Have Fun at yet another Cha-

nukah party, this one being spon-sored by JCAL on December 18. And one can choose from either a brisket or vegetarian felafel din-ner, catered by Boscov's. Another gift of fun and celebration. And did I mention the catered meals?

A Annual Ladies' Night Out spon-

sored by Sisterhood is taking place on December 15 and will be held at Fiorentino's. A wonderful gift of an evening out, fine food and friendship!

N Nourish your mind (and your ap-

petite as well at Kiddush) with Shab-bat service attendance. Energy, inter-esting sermon/d'var topics and dis-cussion, enthusiastic singing with many new and enjoyable melodies introduced by the rabbis and, dare I write it, ruah! Give yourself the gift of some time off from the normal business of the week and weekend, immerse yourself in the prayers and songs, enjoy the wonderful food at Kiddush, schmooze with friends at Kiddush, and hopefully come away feeling recharged.

U Utilize the excellent resources in

the Temple Beth El library. It holds a very impressive collection of books on a multitude of subjects. Give yourself the gift of reading one or more excel-lent books this winter from the library and add to your knowledge of Jewish traditions, prayer, history, etc.

K Kapitalize (sorry, but I had no

choice) on the wide selection of gifts and Judaica on display at, and being sold by, the Gift Shop. Gifts and cards for all occasions, not just Chanu-kah. And a wide variety of Kosher wine as well! Give yourself the gift of convenience when gift shopping this Chanukah.

A Attend the Mishnah classes being

taught by the rabbis, starting this month. This should be a most in-formative series of classes. Give your-self the gift of expanding your knowledge of this topic. Additional Adult Ed. classes are being contem-plated as well.

Another A: Details on the events listed here can be found in the De-cember Bulletin as well as on the Temple web site (www.tbelancaster.org).

H Happy Chanukah to all of our

members from your Co-Presidents and the entire Temple Beth El Board of Directors! Chag Urim Same'ach! Happy New Year! Dave and Gary

Please return your 2017 Leagram list to Sue Wolf by December 14th! Send that special couple a bottle of wine from the Wine Cellar

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

BULLETIN DEADLINE

The deadline for January’s bulletin

is Thursday, December 15th

Light your 1st candle Saturday, December 24th

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As I reported in my November bulletin article, this past month had a lot of activities going on for our stu-dents. We had the following major

events, plus many other small events that make learning for the kids more fun. JCAL Sponsored a Field Trip for

grades 5 and up to National Museum of American Jewish History in Philly.

We had a great turnout for our

first Friday Night Student led Shabbat preceded by a Corned Beef dinner. Having a dinner before is a great way to get both the Religious School fami-lies and other congregants out on a Friday to socialize and sup-port the students in the school. The Education Committee will be working with the congrega-tional leaders to try to make this happen more often.

Thanks to all of you that sup-

ported the school by donating to our annual HaKaFoT-A-Thon. This year we didn’t raise as much as previous years, so if you haven’t made a donation to the school, you are still wel-comed to do that at ANY time. Nonetheless, the students had a great time.

We noticed that the students

appeared to be getting con-fused by the various food bless-ings we do before snack time on Sundays, so we developed a multi-week fun lesson for the students in which we ask our parent volunteers to bring in snacks related to a specific

different blessings each week and we give the kids games to help them learn the respective bless-ing. Then during our Hanukkah Party, we will have food items for each of these blessings and ask the kids to share which ones are needed to be said for each item.

The Rabbis have been a great help

within the school. They are teach-ing classes, substituting at times when needed, leading group snack activities, planning and sug-gesting congregational events that include the young families like the successful Sukkah Party we had a few weeks ago.

We held our first Jr. Congregation

service of the year the other week. Ralph and Lori Taber have volunteered to lead these services again. This is a great opportunity for the students to practice ser-vice leading skills leading up to their Bnai Mitzvot.

Some of our students attended

and participated in the JCAL Spon-sored Sam Glaser Concert for which we had been practicing a couple of songs they were going to sing with Mr. Glaser. Thanks to Sheila Cohen for leading these practice sessions.

December will be another fun filled month. Despite the time off for holi-days, we still have many activities for the students throughout the month. Larry Besnoff Religious School Principal principal@tbelancaster.org

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE CANCELLATION OF SERVICES OR

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DUE TO BAD WEATHER

Call the Temple number 581-

7891 and listen to the message left on the answering service

Check out the website at www.tbelancaster.org Check your email Watch WGAL-TV

The TV station will only list our cancellation on the air if there is a major snowstorm. Otherwise it will be on their website - WGAL.COM

*If there is a major snowstorm overnight and the office staff can-not make it into the office to make the necessary announcements, the services will probably be cancelled.

ONEG & KIDDUSH SPONSORS

DECEMBER

Monthly Sponsors Michele & Steven Silverman

In Honor of Josh’s Bar Mitzvah & In Memory of Sidney Silverman

Edna & Zvi Naveh In Honor of family

birthdays & anniversaries

Jerry Pomerantz, Nancy Greystone, Aaron & Ava In Honor of

Louise Pomerantz’s 95th B-day

Weekend Sponsors

December 16 & 17 Numa & Dick Lavy

In Memory of Numa’s mother Sadie Kolman

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JOSH SILVERMAN BAR MITZVAH

DECEMBER 10, 2016

My name is Joshua Silverman and my Bar Mitzvah will be on Saturday, December 10, 2016. I’m in 7th Grade and attend Commonwealth Charter Academy – Cyber School. I live in West York, PA. I enjoy sports very much and love being active. I’ve been playing baseball since I was 8 and am a catcher. We won the “B” division championship game this past spring. I’ve played football for almost five years and this year I am the center and also defensive tackle for the Yorktowne Patriots team. Last fall, we won the York County Championship! I plan on playing football with West York High School when I’m in 9th grade. My dad has also been teaching me to play racquetball at the gym. I enjoy playing computer games like Minecraft and Call of Duty with my friends. I enjoy riding my bike and swimming in the summer. I love watching comedies and action mov-ies. I also like funny television shows like American Dad, the Simp-sons, and Teen Titans. I love all mili-tary type weapons and gun history. I really enjoy going target shooting at the range with my Dad. I also play trumpet and have for four years. I take private lessons and also play with the middle school

band. One of our big events is playing on the field with the West York Bull-dog High School Marching Band. All seventh and eighth graders in the band get to play and march on the field with them and then sit in the stands and play the “bulldog” theme song whenever something great hap-pens on the field. My Bar Mitzvah project this year is to collect donations and goods for the Hoffman Home in Littlestown, PA. We will be going out to the facility to take a tour and see how they help kids in need. We’ve donated gently used clothing to them for a few years now and I hope to collect more donations from the congregation for the kids. I know what it is like to have issues with anger and aggression. My par-ents were involved in helping me learn to control myself and as I ma-tured, I had less and less issues with my anger. I can relate to what these kids are going through and it’s nice for them to have a place to go for help. I hope our donations and contributions can help make their lives a little happi-er and easier. *The following is a list of items Josh is collecting. Please put your items in the bins located outside the office area. Thank you☺

New Clothing for girls and boys, all sizes (children, teen & adult)

Undergarments (no wire bras)

Socks Shirts Pants

Pajamas Sweatpants (no drawstrings) Sweatshirts (no drawstrings)

Winter jackets ***OR gift cards to local stores, so

our children can pick out their clothes…This is especially nice for our

kids in care!***

Cleaning Products Lysol wipes

Paper towels

Hygiene Items Suave shampoo and conditioner

Suave and Right Guard deodorant Toothbrushes and Pepsodent

toothpaste Dove and Lever 2000 soap

Toilet paper Hairbrushes and combs

JCAL PROGRAMS 2017

LAST YR DISBURSED >28 K FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING, IN-CLUDING $2500. TO EACH SYN-AGOGUE FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION

PJ LIBRARY NEW -CAJE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP FEB

2017 PEARLSTONE RETREAT IN MAR-

YLAND SPRING 2017 JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL –

LECTURER TBA SAM GLASER CONCERT YESTER-

DAY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMER-

ICAN JEWISH HX PAST MONTH REGIONAL YOUTH GRP OVER-

NIGHT EVENT FULLY FUND AND SUBSEQUENT EVENT AT 50%. ($5000.)

CAMPERSHIPS /SUMMER JEW-ISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS BOTH IMPACT AND INCENTIVE. UP TO $10K (DEADLINE 1/1/17)

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Temple Beth El Sisterhood invites you to our annual

LADIES NIGHT OUT

Thursday, December 15

6:30 pm- FIORENTINO’S 500 Airport Road, Lititz

Choose a delicious Italian dinner from the menu (only exceptions are meat and shell fish). Remember to bring a wrapped gift worth up to $10 for our

Chanukah gift exchange.

Please RSVP to the temple office by December 5 by calling 581-7891,

or send an email to office@tbelancaster.org

or to Lydia Pease at lydia@lydiapease.com

Jewish Family Service thanks YOU for your generous donations to the Sunday, October 30

Clothing Drive

Thank you to Congregations Shaarai Shomayim and Degel Israel

and Temple Beth El for each synagogue organizing and trans-

porting the several hundreds of clothing items to Matthew 25

Thrift Shop. So many people in our community will stay warm

and be well clothed for the seasons because of all of you.

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Temple Beth El BETH POMERANTZ EDUCATION SERIES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH @ 9:45 AM • BRUNCH AND SPEAKER JUDAISM, JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND THE INTERNET: THE CHAL-LENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE INFORMATION AGE Presenter: Dr. Andrea Lieber, Ph.D., Sophia Ava Asbell Chair of Judaic Studies, Professor of Religion, Dickinson College Thanks to the technologies that gave rise to the World Wide Web, GPS and Facebook, Jewish communities are more connected than ever before--to each other, and to the broader world. How has access to all this technology challenged some aspects of Jewish life, and at the same time opened doors to new opportunities for the Jewish community? We will explore traditional Juda-ism's strategies to limit access to web-based media, alongside some applications like blogging that

have extended traditional voices into the public sphere in new ways. What are the politics of a "cyber-minyan," and who bene-fits from participating in services that are streamed online? How can tools like GPS and online archives be used to document, preserve and provide access to vital information about small Jewish communities into the future? We will discuss the specific example of Pennsylvania communities that have digitized their cemeteries in ways that will facilitate genealogical research for generations to come. These topics and more will be the starting point for lively and interactive conversation! Program will be preceded by breakfast. This program is free and open to the public. Additional support provided by the Temple Beth El Men’s Club Barney Epstein Programming Fund. Reservations are required if you plan to attend the breakfast. Please RSVP to the synagogue office by email or phone by January 2 if you would like to join us for the free breakfast. In addition, walk -ins are welcome to come for coffee/tea and the presentation.

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OUR TEMPLE FAMILY

Condolences Temple Beth El notes with sorrow the death of Bob Weinstock, father of Robin Adler. Temple Beth El notes with sorrow the death of Dr. Irwin Hirsch.

We send our prayers of consolation and strength to the bereaved family members.

Congregational Thanks Thanks to our friends at Temple Beth El for the Leagram we received re-cently in honor of our 59th wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe that ten years have passed since we be-came exclusively Florida residents! Our out-of-town membership keeps us up to date on all the Temple hap-penings. Eve & Walter Kamlot Thank you very much to everyone who sent cards and made donations wishing me a speedy recovery from my recent surgery. I truly appreciate your thinking of me. Thank you again. Linda Kogon Thank you very much to our Temple friends for sending us good wishes on our anniversary. We had a lovely anniversary and the Leagram was a nice addition to our celebration. Thank you again. Linda & Gary Kogon Thank you so much to everyone who sent me cards, made donations and called after my Dad passed away. It is really nice to know that there are so many people in the Beth El commu-nity who are supportive and care. Robin Adler

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES December

Birthdays 1st Joanne Goldfarb 4th Suzanne Hutt 5th Ronan Frank 6th Lisa Krantz 6th Eileen Lewis 6th Michael Sherman 7th Louise Pomerantz 19th Lewis Bennett 19th Mark Naudain 23rd Alyson Gleiberman 27th Edna Naveh 28th Cindy Pavlica Anniversaries 26th Edna & Zvi Naveh 28th Lloyd & Joanne Goldfarb 29th Randi & Steve Jacobs

Landmark 9th Arlene & Berel Arrow (55 yrs)

MONTHLY YAHRZEIT LISTING

Yahrzeit begins the evening before the day listed. The names of departed loved ones are memorialized at Shab-bat services the week prior to the yahrzeit observance.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Harry Weisman Father Gwen Weisman Father-In-Law Sunday, Dec. 4 Gary Kogon Mother Wednesday, Dec. 7 Diane Wilikofsky Father Deena Hertz Mother Deena Hertz Brother Thursday, Dec. 8 Carol Gleiberman Mother Ira Grushow Sister Herb Shiroff Mother

Friday, Dec. 9 Walter Kamlot Step-Mother Sunday, Dec. 11 Elliot & Jon Adler Grandfather Monday, Dec. 12 Evy Epstein Sister-In-Law Tuesday, Dec. 13 Edna Naveh Mother Dolly Shuster Father Thursday, Dec. 15 Deanna Cohen Mother Saturday, Dec. 17 Bob Brosbe Grandmother Michele Matlin Father Dave Ehrlich Sister Sunday, Dec. 18 Numa Lavy Mother Monday, Dec. 19 Steve Kadushin Aunt Bob Matlin Mother Friday, Dec. 23 Evy Epstein Brother-In-Law Elizabeth Hausner Mother Marilyn Reichenthal Mother Bob Zuckerman Father Steven Zuckerman Father Saturday, Dec. 24 Arnold Harris Father Boris Palchuk Father Boris Palchuk Mother Sunday, Dec. 25 Michael Gleiberman Sister Tuesday, Dec. 27 Jay Reichenthal Father Thursday, Dec. 29 Beryl Sherman Mother Marilyn Reichenthal Grandmother

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Friday, Dec. 30 Tana Dardik Father Jodie Frisch Mother Saturday, Dec. 31 Bob Ruder Aunt Sunday, Jan. 1 Miriam Triman Mother Beverly Rubin Father Monday, Jan. 2 Lloyd Goldfarb Mother Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sandy Frisch Father Faye Friedman Step-Mother

Wednesday, Jan. 4 Evy Epstein Uncle Gwen Weisman Father Eileen Harris Father Thursday, Jan. 5 Steven Eisner Mother Friday, Jan. 6 Bob Matlin Father Ralph Taber Grandfather

SISTERHOOD FUND

*Sisterhood Fund cards are now $3.50

If your last name begins with A-M, please contact DEENA HERTZ at Sis-

terhoodFundA-M@tbelancaster.org

If your last name begins with N-Z, please contact BEV RUBIN at SisterhoodFundN-Z@tbelancaster.org IN HONOR OF Donna & Bob Brosbe - new grand-son Sue & Rich Friedman

(Continued from page 8) Edna & Zvi - birth of twin grandsons Sue & Rich Friedman Francine & Hal Koplin - birth of granddaughter Sue & Rich Friedman Pam & Ken Lessans Robin Adler - son Jon’s engagement Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Sue & Rich Friedman Ralph Taber - 25 years at F&M and 25 years with Hillel Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe GET WELL Carol Snyder Sherry & Arne Ostroff Hal Koplin Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Sherry & Arne Ostroff Marjorie & Bob Ruder Linda Kogon Marjorie & Bob Ruder IN MEMORY OF Sanford Rose - father of Stephanie Zuckerman Bob & Tobi Sherman Beryl & Joan Sherman Dolly Shuster & Jeff Edelson Beverly Rubin & family Marcie & Eli Natan Lori & Ralph Taber Sue & John Wolf Helene & Len Kallman Carol & Michael Gleiberman Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Pam & Ken Lessans Sue & Rich Friedman Randi & Steve Jacobs Joan & Gary Goldman The Gottlieb family

Irving Mall - father of Murray Mall Beverly Rubin Sue & John Wolf Marcie & Eli Natan Joan & Beryl Sherman Marjorie & Bob Ruder Andi & Herb Shiroff Tobi & Bob Sherman Michele & Bob Matlin Sheila Cohen Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Bob Weinstock - father of Robin Adler The Gottlieb family Joan & Gary Goldman Deena & Alan Hertz Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Beverly Rubin & family Joan & Beryl Sherman Sandy & Greg Weekes Lori & Ralph Taber Marjorie & Bob Ruder John & Ilene Schenkel Andi & Herb Shiroff Marcie & Eli Natan Sue & John Wolf Rabbi Morris Kosman - father of Buci Sackett Beverly Rubin & family

Lonnie Borck - husband of Ronit & Son in law of Toni & Gary Levinson Beverly Rubin & family

Rosyne Gardenswartz - sister of Evy Epstein Marjorie & Bob Ruder Michele & Bob Matlin

Geraldine Sabsowitz Marjorie & Bob Ruder

Carl Mann Beverly Rubin

Rita Firestone Michele & Bob Matlin Sue & Rich Friedman

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Bernice Bittner - grandmother of Sa-mantha Besnoff Sue & Rich Friedman Sherry & Arne Ostroff Pam & Ken Lessans Dr. Irwin Hirsch - father of Loren Hirsch Marcie & Eli Natan Tobi & Bob Sherman Marjorie & Bob Ruder Andi & Herb Shiroff Beverly Rubin

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Contact Shellie Gordon

RelSchoolFund@tbelancaster.org

IN HONOR OF Francine & Hal Koplin - birth of granddaughter Lynn & Chris Brooks Margaret & Steve Parker– birth of grandson Parker Vuong Shellie & Steve Gordon IN MEMORY OF Sanford Rose - father of Stephanie Zuckerman Shellie & Steve Gordon Michele & Bob Matlin

Bob Weinstock - father of Robin Ad-ler Shellie & Steve Gordon Michele & Bob Matlin Lynn & Chris Brooks Esther Weiner - grandmother of Isaac & Steve Weiner Shellie & Steve Gordon Dr. Irwin Hirsch Shellie & Steve Gordon Michele & Bob Matlin

PRAYER BOOK FUND

office@tbelancaster.org

IN MEMORY OF Sanford Rose - father of Stephanie Zuckerman Tana Dardik

(Continued from page 9) BETH POMERANTZ EDUCATION SERIES

office@tbelancaster.org IN MEMORY OF Irving Mall, Bob Weinstock, & Sanford Rose Diane Penchansky

LIBRARY FUND Librarian, Nina Stein

library@tbelancaster.org IN MEMORY OF Bob Weinstock - father of Robin Adler Beverly Sideman

CHESED COMMITTEE

office@tbelancaster.org GET WELL Hyman Jacobs Alan Glazer IN HONOR OF Francine & Hal Koplin - birth of grand-daughter Alan Glazer IN MEMORY OF Bob Weinstock - father of Robin Adler Alan Glazer

RABBI’S DISC. FUND office@tbelancaster.org

IN HONOR OF Francine & Hal Koplin - birth of grand-daughter Judy Anthony THANK YOU to Mark Weiner Judy Anthony

IN MEMORY OF Sanford Rose, Bob Weinstock, Irving Mall & Rita Firestone Judy Anthony Sanford Rose - father of Stephanie Zuckerman Alyson & Rodney Gleiberman Abraham Eisner Steven Eisner

GENERAL FUND office@tbelancaster.org

IN MEMORY OF Irving Mall Deanna & Alan Cohen Miriam Triman Francine & Hal Koplin Abraham Eisner Steven Eisner Rosyne Gardenswartz Francine & Hal Koplin Marion & David Davidson Sanford Rose Francine & Hal Koplin Bob Weinstock Scott Fix Elliott Rubin Dr. Irwin Hirsch Kay A. Nolt

YAHRZEIT FUND office@tbelancaster.org

IN MEMORY OF Robert Verbin - Pam & Ken Lessans

Abe & Edith Ziff - Sandy & Greg Weekes

Nathaniel S. Edelman - Marcie & Eli Natan

Susan Morris - Marilyn & Jay Reichenthal

Howard Adler - Robin Adler

Samuel Cohen - Deanna & Alan Co-hen

Loretta Ackerhalt - MRK

Moti Palchuk & Maria Roshal - Paya & Boris Palchuk in memory of Boris’ parents