Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Announcements: Sukkot / Shabbat September 21, 2013



Erev Sukkot
September 18, 2013 / 14 Tishrei, 5774
Family Sukkah Event: 4:30pm
Candle Lighting: 6:43pm

Sukkot - First Day
September 19, 2013 / 15 Tishrei, 5774
Services: 10:00am
Parnassim: Audrey Berner, Doreen Saibil

Torah: Deuteronomy 8:1-18; 10:12-22 (Etz P.1039)
Maftir: Leviticus 23:39-44 (Etz P.729)
Haftarah: Zechariah 14:7-9; 16-21 (Etz P. 1254)

Torah Reader: Chava Dienar
Haftorah Reader: Paul Horowitz

Rabbi Ron will be speaking about 
"The Jewish Dimension to the March of Washington of August 1963 
and a Jewish Response to Quebec's Bill 14"
Rabbi Ron  and Carmela invite you to share their Kiddush on the occasion of Carmela's birthday and in 
celebration of Sukkot.


Shabbat Hol-Ha-Mo'ed Sukkot
September 21, 2013 / 21 Tishrei, 5774
Parnassim: Mark Medicoff, Roger Antebi, Sima Brockstein
Services: 10:00 AM

Torah: Exodus 22:24-23:17 (Etz P.469)
Maftir: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 (Etz P.1084)
Haftorah: Ezekiel 38:18-39:7 (Etz P.1260)
Torah Reader: Sheila Caplan
Haftorah Reader: Beth Blackmore
  
This week's Kiddush is sponsored by Mitzi & Hillel Becker and Barry & Donnie Frank in memory of Lavy Becker z"l and Adrian Shulimson z"l.

Candle Lighting: 6:39 PM
Havdalah: 7:46 PM  


The office will be closed on Thursday and Friday for Sukkot.
SYNAGOGUE NEWS 

FRIENDS & FAMILY SUKKOT TONIGHT
Shake Your Lulav-Family Sukkah Decorating, dinner and service.
Erev Sukkot, Wednesday, September 18 at 4:30-7:00 PM
4:30pm-6:00pm: Decoration-making and learning
6:00pm Candle-lighting, Kiddush, and pizza dinner in the sukkah
6:30pm Musical family service to welcome the holiday
Please join us.

The Great Sukkah Building Challenge
Sunday, September 22 at 11:00am-2:00pm
Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park and Agricultural Farm, Pierrefonds. 
Bring your family and your imagination for this outdoor adventure.
Meeting Point:  Farm picnic area adjacent to last parking lot.  
In case of uncertain weather, please contact Cynthia Weinstein at 514-487-9030 by 10 am to check if the event is still happening.

SIMHAT TORAH COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND DANCING WITH THE TORAH
Thursday, September 26, 2013
5:30 PM : Snacks in the lobby for children
6:00 PM: Torah service and hakkafot (Torah parade)
Come celebrate our finishing the yearly cycle of the Torah reading and starting it anew! Everyone is invited to see the Torah up close and dance with the Torah around the synagogue. Children are especially invited to participate in the Torah parade. Bring rattles, bells, cymbals, and other percussion instruments for a rollicking good time. We will also invite up our Hattan Torah Brahm Shiller and our Kallat Bereishit Yolande Martel for special aliyot of the very last and very first verses of the Torah.

SIMHAT TORAH DINNER - SE'UDAT SIYYUM
Thursday, September 26, 2013 -Hakkafot 6:00pm / Dinner 7:30pm
Please join us as we celebrate this year's honourees are Brahm Shiller, Hatan Torah and Yolande Martel, Kallat Bereishit, in recognition of their years of devoted service to our synagogue. The  dinner  is being chaired by Peggi Cohen and Donnie Frank. We look forward to celebrating with you. Tickets are $36.00 per person and reservations are required. (514) 486-9400. Deadline extended to September 23 at noon.

Introducing Rabbi Ron's new blog featuring his sermons:


To read Rabbi Julia's sermons:
  
DORSHEI EMET'S LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
Our Little Free Library has outgrown the shelf at the shul entrance, so we've moved it to the lounge. We appreciate all of the donations everyone brought in, especially the books for children and youth.  There has been more giving than borrowing lately, so the Kehilla Committee invites you to please help yourself to a book or two! 


ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AT DORSHEI EMET
THE JOY OF ISRAEL LITERATURE
Wednesdays at noon, October 16, 39, November 13
This class will explore the eclectic landscape of Israeli literature. The series opens with a general overview of the historical and biographical background of the four authors and their short stories that will be examined in subsequent classes. 
The course will be lead by eminent Montreal educator, Dr. Rotstein, who has taught Hebrew literature at the Boston Hebrew College and at Concordia for four decades.
Registration fee for the Fall Session is $18. Please call the synagogue office, 514-486-9400, to register.
    

TOUCHSTONES OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION
Mondays 7:00-8:30pm, beginning October 21.
Exploring Judaism for Cultural Jews and their Significant Others 
This 18-week course is designed for Jews hoping to deepen their own understanding of their heritage as well as for interfaith couples exploring options for creating a Jewish family
.

For more information contact Rabbi Ron Aigen at rabbiron@dorshei-emet.org 
Please contact the office to register (514-486-9400)

SHABBAT MORNING STUDY GROUP

Teacher: Carmela Aigen
Beginning October 12 at 9-10am
"THE EVOLVING PERSONALITY OF ELIJAH, FROM ZEALOT TO HARBINGER OF HOPE"  

MEMBER NEWS
MAZEL TOV
To Debby and Matt Newpol on the engagement of their daughter Alix to Richie Scheim, son of Marcie and Martin Scheim.

REFUAH SHLAIMA
Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber) 
Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)  
Yasmin bat Galila (Jasmin Peleg)
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Aaron ben David v'Esther (Henry Ades)
Haim Zvi ben Vitel (Haim Kotler)
Hava bat Antonina v'Zygmunt (Helena Kisilevsky)
Deena bat Raizel v'Shalom (Deena Eliosoff)
*If someone needs an extra blessing for someone who is sick, please email   
barbi@dorshei-emet.org with their hebrew name, parents hebrew name, their english name. If a member who is ill is in hospital, kindly give us the name of the hospital and room number as well.

YAHRTZEITEN FOR THIS WEEK
September 21-27, 2013/ 17-23 Tishrei 5774   
Irwin Miller , father of John Miller
Harry Mitchell , father of Herschel Mitchell
Mauricio Presser , father of Baldomero Presser
David Tinkoff , brother of Heather Prout
Goldie Adelman , mother of Seymour Adelman
Gerald Long , husband of Freida Long
Abe Al Patnoi , father of Rita Schulman
*Anna Marks Rill , mother of Saretta Levitan
Ida Grossman Shapiro , mother of Ernest Shapiro
Peppy Wasserman , mother of Norma Wasserman
Max Wolofsky , father of Merle Wolofsky
*William Koenig , father of Annie Koenig
Arthur Grover , father of Ada Gertrude Tannenbaum
Charles Cohen , father of Norman Cohen
Hilda Karp , sister of Abe Katz
Anne Litwin Schreiber , mother of Joyce Rosen
Raymond Chonchol , brother of Ernest Chonchol
Gertrud Neisser , mother of Eva Echenberg
Heinz Ahronheim , father of Gerald Ahronheim
Nathan Stein , father of Naomi Ahronheim
Leslie Hirsch , father of Abigail Hirsch  
David Usheroff , father of Jeff Usheroff 
Yentl Rubin Fishman , mother of Anna Gonshor and Raizel Candib
*Names with an asterisk (*) indicate a memorial plaque in our sanctuary. We encourage you to add your late loved one's name to our memorial board for an everlasting tribute. To do so, please call Barbi at 514-486-9400.
If you would like an Aliyah for a yahrtzeit on a Shabbat morning, please identify yourself to a Parnass when you come into the sanctuary.

COMMUNITY NEWS 

BUILD A SUKKAH AND PLANT YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL SEEDS
Monday September 23, 5:30 
Join a group of awesome individuals as they build a traditional Jewish hut (sukkah) and then hear about what environmental programs are going on in our city. Help plan what other Jewish programs you would like to see in the community.
Santropol Roulant: 111 Rue Roy Est, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1M1
FREE DINNER!
  
WANTED: YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS! 
Sunday, September 29th, starting 3:30pm at Mackenzie King Park
We are looking for young soccer players 16 to 22 years old to participate in a friendly soccer match against the best young Sikh players of Montreal!
Come with your family and with your friends and bring vegetarian food for a picnic afterwards.To register: Contact the office 514-486-9400 info@dorshei-emet.org or Dorshei Emet member Milton Mihalcioiu at 514-246-0229 mihalcioiu@gmail.com
  
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT ATARA'S JOURNEY
Monday, Sept.30, 2013 at the Summit School. 
Dorshei Emet member, Atara Stolovitsky, daughter of Erika Tencer and Jonathan Silver, is a 17 year old girl with Down's Syndrome.  She has been chosen to be the next participant in an amazing, intensive 2-week program at the Curacao Dolphin Therapy Center this coming November. Dolphin Aid Canada Film Fundraiser Event is featuring the award winning film, "Dolphin Boy". Tickets on sale through the link:https://dolphinaidtherapy.eventbrite.com/ 

MORNING MINYAN
Minyan takes place every Monday and Wednesday morning at 7:30 am, followed by breakfast. Monday is a traditional davening and Torah reading. Wednesday is a Mindfulness Meditation minyan.

If you are saying Kaddish, observing a yahrzeit, or marking a special occasion, please join us.  It is a wonderful way to start the week or the day in a warm and inspiring ambiance among friends. Contact Roger Antebi: 514-483-6952  antebi@videotron.ca