Shabbat Times Erev Pesach First Seder Friday April 22 ...
Pesach, Day 1 April 23, 2016 (Nisan 15, 5776)
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Shabbat Times
April 29: Friday, Pesach Day 7 - Jerry Katz in honor of Sandy's birthday.
Erev Pesach First Seder Friday April 22 7:00 am - Shacharit & Siyum for Ta'anit Bechorot at BSBI Chapel 10:40 am - Latest time for eating chometz 11:00 am - Garbage pickup & burning of chometz 11:59 am - Latest time for burning chometz 7:35 pm - Mincha 7:37 pm - Candle Lighting Begin Seder no earlier than 8:34 pm
Saturday April 23, Pesach Day 1 Second Seder **9:30 am - Shacharit - **Note later start time (9:59 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 10:00 am -Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:30 am - Youth Tefilla Begins 10:30 am - Shimon Says for 5th - 8th grade 7:30 pm - Mincha Candle Lighting after 8:35 pm
April 30: Shabbat Pesach Day 8 - Johanna and Stuart Feldman in honor of the birth their grandson, Connor Brand Eskildsen, יהושע חיים May 7: Saul Adelman in honor of his first grandson, Eli Benjamin Adelman, son of David and Katherin Adelman. Please consider marking a special event in your life by sponsoring a Kiddush. To schedule a Kiddush, contact Lenny Zucker. The cost of sponsoring a Kiddush is $125.00 (Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch sponsorship is $250). Effective May 1, the cost of sponsoring a Kiddush will be $150.00 and Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch will be $275.00. Visit the www.dortikvah.org to pay online or download a form, print it out and mail it in. (Be sure to select “Kiddush” for the donation type.)
Haftorah List
Kiddush Sponsor: Friday, Pesach Day 1: Judy and Eddie Kramer in memory of Eddie's parents, Helen Kramer (9th of Nisan) and Otto Kramer (20th of Nisan)
Sunday April 24, Pesach Day 2 **9:30 am - Shacharit - **Note later start time (9:58 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 7:35 pm - Mincha 8:36 pm - Havdalah
Kiddush Sponsor: Ruth and Barry Warren in honor of their grandchildren and their grandchildren's parents.
April 23: April 24: April 29: April 30:
Pesach Day 1 - Michael Kirshtein Pesach Day 2 - Jon Sigman Pesach Day 7 - Sammy Rosenberg Pesach Day 8 - Stuart Feldman
*This list is subject to change at any time.
Weekday Services Mincha/Maariv services next Monday and Wednesday at 6:10 pm.
Dor Tikvah Classes (All classes except the Taste of Judaism series at the Dor Tikvah House. Please park in the JCC parking lot, not at the house.) All weekly classes are off this week and next due to Pesach. 1. 2. 3.
Lunchtime Talmud - Thursdays at 12:00 pm Thursday evening Chaburah at 8:00 pm Torah Study - Sundays at 7:30 pm
Congregation Dor Tikvah is grateful for your generous support We acknowledge contributions given: In Honor of: Rabbi and Ora Davies, and Marci and David Rosenberg, by Yisrael Feldman
Congregation Dor Tikvah appreciates all contributions - those of $10 or more will be acknowledged here unless otherwise indicated when giving. To support Congregation Dor Tikvah, please make contributions on our website, www.DorTikvah.org or send checks payable to Congregation Dor Tikvah | PO Box 80301 | Charleston, SC 29416-0301
Life Cycles
Youth Group Notes There will be Youth Groups over Pesach, although the program will be somewhat lighter than the usual Shabbat programming.
New Additions to our Website 1. Take Home Shabbat Archive - Listen to past recordings of Rabbi Davies' weekly Take Home Shabbat emails. You can access the archive at www.dortikvah.org/takehomeshabbat# or by going to the Rabbi tab on the drop-down menu and clicking on Take Home Shabbat. 2. Youth Section - Shimon has set up a youth section for our website. Please bear with us as we are in the process of uploading it, but feel free to check in for regular updates on our exciting and engaging youth programming. You can access the section at www.dortikvah.org/youth# or by clicking on the Youth tab on the drop down menu.
Dor Tikvah Events
Sandra Katz (April 23)
April 22-30 - Pesach!! Anyone looking to be a host or guest for Pesach Seder, please be in touch with Rabbi Davies.
Nadav Goldkin (April 25)
May 6 - Carlebach Service
Charles Steinert (April 30)
Birthdays:
May 14 - Shabbat Shebang
Yahrzeits:
Otto Kramer, father of Edward Kramer (April 28)
Julius Moses Katzen, father of Marvin Katzen (April 29)
Isaac Solomon Oberman, grandfather of Marvin Katzen (April 30)
May 15 - Family Columbia Zo Trip 9:00 am -4:30 pm. Stay tuned for more details. May 21 - Shabbat Academy
Community Events
**If you would like a life cycle event to be added, please update your profile at www.DorTikvah.org
Refuah Shlemah Kathleen Kalin Tobakas (Yehudit Elisheva bat Miriam Leah) Pam Rosen Shimon ben Shoshana (Sy Stricker) Yechil Yeshiahu ben Fradel Hakohen Mary Butler Shaina bat Nellie
Hodel bas Raozel (Linda Kirshstein) Rabbi David Wilfond (HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Breena) Ruthie Kaplan (Rivka bas Yehudit) Yocheved bat Chaya Raizel Ian Ramsey Christina Screen Dovid Leib ben Rachel Marian Roslyn (Rivka Lea Bat Sarah)
Would you like to have Friends and Family added to the Dor Tikvah Mishaberach List? Please contact Charles Steinert at [email protected] with both their English and Hebrew Names. (All names will be published in the weekly announcements unless otherwise requested.)
Kosher Food Pantry Please help the Jewish community fight hunger and provide fresh produce for those in need. To learn about the pantry, gleaning, and ways to fight hunger in the Charleston community, for more information, please email Sara Sharnoff at [email protected]
Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 pm-REMEMBER Program: Yom Hashoah 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Program at KKBE, 90 Hasell Street. 6:30 pm - Reading of the Names of those who perished with familial connections to Charleston. 7:00 pm - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger. Dr. Wollschlaeger will describe growing up in the shadow of his father, a highly decorated World War II tank commander, and Nazi officer. He was 14 when he first discovered the truth about his father and describes his journey to learn about the Jewish people and his eventual conversion to Judaism. 7:45 pm - Yom Hashoah Ceremony. The ceremony will include the honoring of Charleston residents who survived the Holocaust. They will be asked to light a candle, accompanied by other leaders of faith. During the candle lighting, some of the winning poems from this year's Holocaust Arts and Literature Competition will be read by the contributing middle and high school students. After the candle-lighting, el maleh rachamim, Kaddish, and Hatikvah will be recited. 8:15 pm - A dessert reception will follow, featuring an opportunity for Q & A with Dr. Wollshlaeger. Sunday, May 8 at 6:00 pm - Join Addlestone Hebrew Academy for their annual Spring Gala--Carnivale d'AHAat the Charleston Marriott's Crystal Ballroom (170 Lockwood Blvd.) at 6:00 pm. The evening will feature food, drinks, silent and live auctions, and a mesmerizing performance by Circus Building Entertainment! Tickets are $100 per person and sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. For more information about sponsorships and to purchase tickets, visit our website at http://addlestone.org/supportaddlestone or contact Jessica Belger, Director of Outreach at (843) 571-1105.
The Answer By Rabbi Sender Haber Sometimes we need to explain things that have no explanation. It might be a joke, a feeling of satisfaction, or intense anger. Explaining takes away a piece. Once you put it into words you lose the essence. You limit your experience to that which you can ariculate. The Piasetzner tells us not to share our most inspirational moments. Once we try to explain them they become finite and lose their luster. At the Seder we don’t have that luxury. Our children are asking questions. They want to know more, they want to know why we bother, or they are just confused. Even if our child does not ask, we need to answer him anyway. Even if there is no child we need to articulate our feelings. The Bnei Yissoschar explains based on the Arizal that Hashem does this for us as well. It is difficult to come close to G-d because it is impossible to comprehend him. V’chi Efshar Lidavek B’eish?! Is it possible to attach to oneself to fire?! On Pesach we are given to understand and come close to Hashem. He takes us out in a way that we can truly comprehend. We are all Kabbalists for just a moment. People work their entire lives to be like ‘huge tzadikim’. On Pesach we are there. We all have a Pharaoh inside of us. There is something in us that has the ability to see on miracle after another and to remain uninspired and uninterested. I knew a fellow who was a heretic. He would learn and go to shul but he didn’t believe. This went on for years. One day a torah scholar that he knew suffered a tragedy. This fellow attended the Shiva and for the first time ever started to daven. Why? It didn’t make sense, he didn’t understand G-d better but he was so overcome by his lack of control and by the fact that the torah scholar was so confident in Hashem’s control that he began to believe. That is our gift at the Seder. We recognize, finally, that it is all Hashem. We articulate to our children on their level and Heaven articulates it to us in a way that we can comprehend. We need to savor, enjoy, live, and grow with every moment of the Seder. When it is over we need to use the forty-nine days of counting the omer to take that newly articulated holiness and allow it to become a part of our daily lives so that we can be fully prepared to receive the Torah as elevated human beings.
www.facebook.com/DorTikvah
@DorTikvah
Upcoming Kiddush Sponsors
Shabbat Times
April 29: Friday, Pesach Day 7 - Jerry Katz in honor of Sandy's birthday.
Erev Pesach First Seder Friday April 22 7:00 am - Shacharit & Siyum for Ta'anit Bechorot at BSBI Chapel 10:40 am - Latest time for eating chometz 11:00 am - Garbage pickup & burning of chometz 11:59 am - Latest time for burning chometz 7:35 pm - Mincha 7:37 pm - Candle Lighting Begin Seder no earlier than 8:34 pm
Saturday April 23, Pesach Day 1 Second Seder **9:30 am - Shacharit - **Note later start time (9:59 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 10:00 am -Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 10:30 am - Youth Tefilla Begins 10:30 am - Shimon Says for 5th - 8th grade 7:30 pm - Mincha Candle Lighting after 8:35 pm
April 30: Shabbat Pesach Day 8 - Johanna and Stuart Feldman in honor of the birth their grandson, Connor Brand Eskildsen, יהושע חיים May 7: Saul Adelman in honor of his first grandson, Eli Benjamin Adelman, son of David and Katherin Adelman. Please consider marking a special event in your life by sponsoring a Kiddush. To schedule a Kiddush, contact Lenny Zucker. The cost of sponsoring a Kiddush is $125.00 (Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch sponsorship is $250). Effective May 1, the cost of sponsoring a Kiddush will be $150.00 and Shabbat Academy Kiddush Lunch will be $275.00. Visit the www.dortikvah.org to pay online or download a form, print it out and mail it in. (Be sure to select “Kiddush” for the donation type.)
Haftorah List
Kiddush Sponsor: Friday, Pesach Day 1: Judy and Eddie Kramer in memory of Eddie's parents, Helen Kramer (9th of Nisan) and Otto Kramer (20th of Nisan)
Sunday April 24, Pesach Day 2 **9:30 am - Shacharit - **Note later start time (9:58 am - Latest preferable time to say the shema) 7:35 pm - Mincha 8:36 pm - Havdalah
Kiddush Sponsor: Ruth and Barry Warren in honor of their grandchildren and their grandchildren's parents.
April 23: April 24: April 29: April 30:
Pesach Day 1 - Michael Kirshtein Pesach Day 2 - Jon Sigman Pesach Day 7 - Sammy Rosenberg Pesach Day 8 - Stuart Feldman
*This list is subject to change at any time.
Weekday Services Mincha/Maariv services next Monday and Wednesday at 6:10 pm.
Dor Tikvah Classes (All classes except the Taste of Judaism series at the Dor Tikvah House. Please park in the JCC parking lot, not at the house.) All weekly classes are off this week and next due to Pesach. 1. 2. 3.
Lunchtime Talmud - Thursdays at 12:00 pm Thursday evening Chaburah at 8:00 pm Torah Study - Sundays at 7:30 pm
Congregation Dor Tikvah is grateful for your generous support We acknowledge contributions given: In Honor of: Rabbi and Ora Davies, and Marci and David Rosenberg, by Yisrael Feldman
Congregation Dor Tikvah appreciates all contributions - those of $10 or more will be acknowledged here unless otherwise indicated when giving. To support Congregation Dor Tikvah, please make contributions on our website, www.DorTikvah.org or send checks payable to Congregation Dor Tikvah | PO Box 80301 | Charleston, SC 29416-0301
Life Cycles
Youth Group Notes There will be Youth Groups over Pesach, although the program will be somewhat lighter than the usual Shabbat programming.
New Additions to our Website 1. Take Home Shabbat Archive - Listen to past recordings of Rabbi Davies' weekly Take Home Shabbat emails. You can access the archive at www.dortikvah.org/takehomeshabbat# or by going to the Rabbi tab on the drop-down menu and clicking on Take Home Shabbat. 2. Youth Section - Shimon has set up a youth section for our website. Please bear with us as we are in the process of uploading it, but feel free to check in for regular updates on our exciting and engaging youth programming. You can access the section at www.dortikvah.org/youth# or by clicking on the Youth tab on the drop down menu.
Dor Tikvah Events
Sandra Katz (April 23)
April 22-30 - Pesach!! Anyone looking to be a host or guest for Pesach Seder, please be in touch with Rabbi Davies.
Nadav Goldkin (April 25)
May 6 - Carlebach Service
Charles Steinert (April 30)
Birthdays:
May 14 - Shabbat Shebang
Yahrzeits:
Otto Kramer, father of Edward Kramer (April 28)
Julius Moses Katzen, father of Marvin Katzen (April 29)
Isaac Solomon Oberman, grandfather of Marvin Katzen (April 30)
May 15 - Family Columbia Zo Trip 9:00 am -4:30 pm. Stay tuned for more details. May 21 - Shabbat Academy
Community Events
**If you would like a life cycle event to be added, please update your profile at www.DorTikvah.org
Refuah Shlemah Kathleen Kalin Tobakas (Yehudit Elisheva bat Miriam Leah) Pam Rosen Shimon ben Shoshana (Sy Stricker) Yechil Yeshiahu ben Fradel Hakohen Mary Butler Shaina bat Nellie
Hodel bas Raozel (Linda Kirshstein) Rabbi David Wilfond (HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Breena) Ruthie Kaplan (Rivka bas Yehudit) Yocheved bat Chaya Raizel Ian Ramsey Christina Screen Dovid Leib ben Rachel Marian Roslyn (Rivka Lea Bat Sarah)
Would you like to have Friends and Family added to the Dor Tikvah Mishaberach List? Please contact Charles Steinert at [email protected] with both their English and Hebrew Names. (All names will be published in the weekly announcements unless otherwise requested.)
Kosher Food Pantry Please help the Jewish community fight hunger and provide fresh produce for those in need. To learn about the pantry, gleaning, and ways to fight hunger in the Charleston community, for more information, please email Sara Sharnoff at [email protected]
Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 pm-REMEMBER Program: Yom Hashoah 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Program at KKBE, 90 Hasell Street. 6:30 pm - Reading of the Names of those who perished with familial connections to Charleston. 7:00 pm - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger. Dr. Wollschlaeger will describe growing up in the shadow of his father, a highly decorated World War II tank commander, and Nazi officer. He was 14 when he first discovered the truth about his father and describes his journey to learn about the Jewish people and his eventual conversion to Judaism. 7:45 pm - Yom Hashoah Ceremony. The ceremony will include the honoring of Charleston residents who survived the Holocaust. They will be asked to light a candle, accompanied by other leaders of faith. During the candle lighting, some of the winning poems from this year's Holocaust Arts and Literature Competition will be read by the contributing middle and high school students. After the candle-lighting, el maleh rachamim, Kaddish, and Hatikvah will be recited. 8:15 pm - A dessert reception will follow, featuring an opportunity for Q & A with Dr. Wollshlaeger. Sunday, May 8 at 6:00 pm - Join Addlestone Hebrew Academy for their annual Spring Gala--Carnivale d'AHAat the Charleston Marriott's Crystal Ballroom (170 Lockwood Blvd.) at 6:00 pm. The evening will feature food, drinks, silent and live auctions, and a mesmerizing performance by Circus Building Entertainment! Tickets are $100 per person and sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. For more information about sponsorships and to purchase tickets, visit our website at http://addlestone.org/supportaddlestone or contact Jessica Belger, Director of Outreach at (843) 571-1105.
The Answer By Rabbi Sender Haber Sometimes we need to explain things that have no explanation. It might be a joke, a feeling of satisfaction, or intense anger. Explaining takes away a piece. Once you put it into words you lose the essence. You limit your experience to that which you can ariculate. The Piasetzner tells us not to share our most inspirational moments. Once we try to explain them they become finite and lose their luster. At the Seder we don’t have that luxury. Our children are asking questions. They want to know more, they want to know why we bother, or they are just confused. Even if our child does not ask, we need to answer him anyway. Even if there is no child we need to articulate our feelings. The Bnei Yissoschar explains based on the Arizal that Hashem does this for us as well. It is difficult to come close to G-d because it is impossible to comprehend him. V’chi Efshar Lidavek B’eish?! Is it possible to attach to oneself to fire?! On Pesach we are given to understand and come close to Hashem. He takes us out in a way that we can truly comprehend. We are all Kabbalists for just a moment. People work their entire lives to be like ‘huge tzadikim’. On Pesach we are there. We all have a Pharaoh inside of us. There is something in us that has the ability to see on miracle after another and to remain uninspired and uninterested. I knew a fellow who was a heretic. He would learn and go to shul but he didn’t believe. This went on for years. One day a torah scholar that he knew suffered a tragedy. This fellow attended the Shiva and for the first time ever started to daven. Why? It didn’t make sense, he didn’t understand G-d better but he was so overcome by his lack of control and by the fact that the torah scholar was so confident in Hashem’s control that he began to believe. That is our gift at the Seder. We recognize, finally, that it is all Hashem. We articulate to our children on their level and Heaven articulates it to us in a way that we can comprehend. We need to savor, enjoy, live, and grow with every moment of the Seder. When it is over we need to use the forty-nine days of counting the omer to take that newly articulated holiness and allow it to become a part of our daily lives so that we can be fully prepared to receive the Torah as elevated human beings.
