The Shul E-Torah: Simchat Torah Live!
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Friday, Sep 28 |
7:02 pm |
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Sunday, Sep 30 |
6:59 pm |
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Monday, Oct 1 |
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This Shabbat At The Shul
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Kiddush Lunch is still available for sponsorship.
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Yizkor Memorial Services will take place on Shemini Atzeret - this Monday, October 1 at 11:00am |
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Family Message
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Did you know that there are soles in heaven? Nope, that was not a typo. Soles from shoes. You see, we are about to celebrate Simchat Torah, a day when we dance with the Torah scrolls. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov taught that on Simchat Torah morning the angel Michael and his
cadre of angels collect the torn soles and scuffed shoes from last night’s dancing, and they make them into a crown for G d.
On Simchat Torah it is not about who achieved more in his study, or even who devoted more time to learning Torah. It is a time to celebrate—celebrate the Torah and the special bond that it creates between us and G d. As the Kabbalists teach, there are three things that are tied one to another: Torah, Israel and G d.
So pull out your dancing shoes and celebrate with G d. He is waiting to have this dance with you! |
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Birthdays
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Mazal Tov to everyone who is having a Jewish birthday this week!
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Abramson, Kayla |
22 Tishrei |
10/1/18 |
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Adler, Ariel |
22 Tishrei |
10/1/18 |
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Avshalomov, Ruslan |
24 Tishrei |
10/3/18 |
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Berke, Matt |
24 Tishrei |
10/3/18 |
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Dines, Steven |
26 Tishrei |
10/5/18 |
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Drissman, Dalia Naomi |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Ellis (Penso), Davi |
20 Tishrei |
9/29/18 |
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Feig, Ian |
19 Tishrei |
9/28/18 |
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Fogel, David |
21 Tishrei |
9/30/18 |
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Fogel, Rebecca |
21 Tishrei |
9/30/18 |
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Golombek, Yaneev |
20 Tishrei |
9/29/18 |
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Hamer, Noa |
21 Tishrei |
9/30/18 |
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Honig, Dovid |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Horton, John |
24 Tishrei |
10/3/18 |
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Igvi, Chana Sara |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Ilsar, Itamar |
20 Tishrei |
9/29/18 |
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Kowalsky, Louie |
21 Tishrei |
9/30/18 |
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Krivichkin, Michael |
21 Tishrei |
9/30/18 |
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Lerman, Eve |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Marshman, Danya |
26 Tishrei |
10/5/18 |
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Pszenica, Yves |
19 Tishrei |
9/28/18 |
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Schwartz, Carly Reese |
20 Tishrei |
9/29/18 |
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Schwartz, Chloe |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Singer, Dovid |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Starobinsky, William |
24 Tishrei |
10/3/18 |
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Stiebel, Alan |
25 Tishrei |
10/4/18 |
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Wolfson, Neal |
22 Tishrei |
10/1/18 |
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Sukkot Schedule
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Bring Joy to Seniors on Sukkot
Sunday, September 30
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Lulav & Etrog Report
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Sukkah Mobiles Make the Holiday Accessible to Jews throughout Metro Detroit
(see pics below)
Because not every Jew has access to a Sukkah during the seven-day holiday that falls between Yom Kippur and Simchat Torah, Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan brought its Sukkah Mobiles to more than 2000 people at locations throughout metro Detroit and beyond. Pairs of volunteers from The Shul as well as four trucks and two bicycles, retrofitted with the traditional
foliage-covered huts, made the rounds between September 24-30 (on Yom Tov were only the volunteer walkers) to local neighborhoods, senior living facilities and shopping centers.
Volunteers from Chabad Lubavitch were on hand to help participants say the blessings while shaking the lulav (branch) and etrog (citrus fruit), a traditional mitzvah (good deed) performed during Sukkot, the holiday that celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the protection God provided the Jews when they escaped their lives of slavery in Egypt.
Over the course of three days, the mobile sukkahs went to stores such as Johnny Pomodoro’s, Trader Joes and Kroger; the Franklin Cider Mill, as well as senior residences including Fleischman and Hechtman Residences, Meer senior apartments, All Seasons of West Bloomfield, Knotting Hill of West Bloomfield, West Bloomfield Nursing Center and the Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital. The itinerary also included a trip to East Lansing, where Michigan State University students enjoyed the opportunity to take part in the holiday.
“The Sukkah Mobiles are a great way to get people involved in the holiday who might not otherwise have the chance to visit a sukkah and perform the mitzvah of the lulav and etrog,” said Laibel Shemtov of Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan. “This year was a great success, and we hope to reach out to even more people next year.”
For more information, or to reserve a Sukkah Mobile for next year, contact
[email protected].
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Save the Date!
Simchat Torah - October 1
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The Shul Hebrew School 2018-19
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Register Today!
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SHABBAT SERVICE SCHEDULE |
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Shabbat Services |
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Services - 6:00 pm
Shabbat Morning Services - 9:30 am
Shabbat Evening Services - 8:00pm
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Weekday Services |
Sunday & Legal Holidays - 8:30 am
Monday - Friday - 7:00 am |
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ONGOING CLASSES
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DAILY WISDOM
M-F after morning services | Rabbi Yishai
Living Torah Video Magazine
Sun after morning services
TORAH STUDIES
Wed, 7:30 PM | Rabbi Dov
WOMEN'S ROUND TABLE
Mon, 11 AM | Itty Shemtov
JEWISH MYSTICISM
Sat, 8:45 AM | Rabbi Dov
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PICTURES |
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Sharing the joy of Sukkot and the Mitzvah of Lulav & Etrog with others. Neighborhood Sukkah Party at the Joseph's. (See article above)
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KIDDUSH CALENDAR
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Shabbat, September 29, Tishrei 2.
Kiddish Lunch is still available for sponsorship.
Additional Sponsorship opportunities available.
More information...
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THE PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
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The Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret Torah readings are from Leviticus 22-23, Numbers 29, and Deuteronomy 14-16. These readings detail the laws of the moadim or "
appointed times" on the Jewish calendar for festive celebration of our bond with G-d; including the mitzvot of dwelling in the
sukkah (branch-covered hut) and taking the "
Four Kinds" on the festival of Sukkot; the
offerings brought in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem on Sukkot, and the obligation to journey to the Holy Temple to "to see and be seen before the face of G-d" on the three annual
pilgrimage festivals -- Passover, Shavuot and
Sukkot.
On
Simchat Torah ("Rejoicing of the Torah") we conclude, and begin anew, the
annual Torah-reading cycle. First we read the Torah section of Vezot Haberachah, which recounts the blessings that Moses gave to each of the twelve tribes of Israel before his death. Echoing
Jacob's blessings to his twelve sons five generations earlier, Moses assigns and empowers each tribe with its
individual role within the
community of Israel.
Vezot Haberachah then relates how Moses ascended Mount Nebo from whose summit he
saw the Promised Land. "And Moses the servant of G-d died there in the Land of Moab by the mouth of G-d... and no man knows his burial place to this day." The Torah concludes by attesting that "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like
Moses, whom G-d knew face to face... and in all the mighty hand and the great
awesome things which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel."
Immediately after concluding the Torah, we
begin it anew by reading the first chapter of Genesis (the beginning of next
Shabbat's Torah reading) describing G-d's creation of the world in
six days and His ceasing work on the seventh--which He sanctified and blessed as a day of
rest.
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BECOME A PARTNER
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Join in and become a partner in the work we do!
Supporters for the month of August, 2018:
Abramson, Jay & Joanna
Alkalay, Ada
Alkalay, Idan
Alkalay, Karen
Alon and Shari Friendship Foundation
Arkashevsky, Samira
Aronson, Mikhail & Raisa
Beresh, Elaine
Berkovich, Boris & Anna
Bernstein, Sheila
Bradley, Seve Montilewa
Bushman, Jerome & Clare
Cohen, Jerry & Rena
Cole, Verna
Cooper, Richard & Harriet
Druck, Mark & Deborah
Fey, Victor & Eugenia
Flaisher, David
Fradkin, Yakov & Anna
Glass, Gary & Doneen
Gross, Ronald & Esther
Israilov, Roman & Angela
Janer, Roman & Shoshana
Kuznitsov, Alexander & Helen
Meisler, Elly & Astrid
Mendelsohn, David
Minevich, Roman & Zoya
Montgomery, Itanya
Penso, Jack & Davi Cevitex Corp.
Rapoport, Daniil & Maria
Rosenzweig, Benji & Sarah
Schapira, Paul
Schoenberg, Gary
Shecter, Kenneth
Shemtov, Chaya Mushka
Strumban, Alec
Tarasevich, Alex & Maria
Tevlo, Marlene
Traylor, Emilia
Tukel, Joshua & Renae
Vered, Aviv & Dana
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