CONGREGATION Ha’Shofar · A monthly tour through the Siddur: the meaning, significance, customs, laws, history and choreography of prayer Gevurot, the second blessing of the Amidah

Ha’ShofarVOLUME XI, ISSUE 4

CONGREGATION

BETH ISRAEL

April 2019

InsidePrayer Corner

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Ongoing Events

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Friday Noon

Study Group .......

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Gift Shop

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Donations .... p. 21

April

Calendar .... p. 23

Passover is a holiday which has seemingly

always captured our hearts and imaginations. It

has long been the most observed Jewish holiday,

and in the United States it is the most common

Jewish holiday experienced by people who prac-

tice other faith traditions. The challenge has

always been to keep the holiday true to its origi-

nal expression while also making it relevant in

each generation. This is, according to many

scholars, how the Haggadah got to be a lengthier

text, whereas in its original form it was actually

quite short. People added to the anthology in

order to make it relevant for them.

Passover is a celebration of symbols, and there is

no more integral collection of symbols for the

festival than the seder plate. There are 6 (or 5 for

many Ashkenazi families) symbols which have

long been included on the seder plate – A bitter

herb (or horseradish for most Ashkenazi fami-

lies), lettuce (for Sephardim and Mizrahim, and

is now included by many Ashkenazi families),

haroset, a shank bone (or chicken wing, or some

vegetarian alternatives), a roasted egg, and karpas

(a spring vegetable, often parsley or celery).

Beginning in the 1980s, some people began

including an orange as a symbol of inclusion for

LGBTQ members of our communities. Over the

years, more and more additional symbols have

been added – potatoes in solidarity with

Ethiopian Jews hoping to make Aliyah (those

who made Aliyah as part of Operation Solomon

were fed potatoes as their first meal in Israel),

chocolate as an expression of support of fair trade

practices, a banana in support of refugees, a

pinecone as a reminder of mass incarceration in

the US, cashews in support of soldiers fighting

overseas, and many more. While these innova-

tions are clever and creative and certainly have a

role in helping keep Passover relevant for some,

there is a way in which these additional symbols

actually distract from the core essence of what

Passover celebrates.

In the 20th and 21st century, some have adopted

the practice of making Passover about a reflection

on the place where cruelty exists in the world as

a way of using the holiday to raise awareness

about various global conflicts (for as many addi-

tional symbols as have been innovated, there are

ten times as many Haggadah supplements bring-

ing various global conflicts and struggles to

light). But the purpose of the Passover Seder to

remind us of the cruelty of the Egyptians in the

story of the Exodus in the Torah?

Rather, the purpose of Passover is to reflect on

the positive despite the challenges. This is the

connecting thread in the original symbols on the

seder plate – the bitter herb, while often described

as a remembrance of the bitterness of servitude,

however the original bitter herb was probably a

chicory root and was a symbol of perseverance;

the lettuce is a symbol of hope and positivity, the

word in Hebrew is hazeret, meaning returning;

the shank bone is a symbol of survival, connect-

ing us to the Temple but also acknowledging that

we have survived even after the building was

destroyed; the egg is a symbol of celebration,

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Remembering the Purpose of Passover By: Rabbi Justin Goldstein

First Seder

April 19th

A monthly tour through the Siddur:

the meaning, significance, customs, laws,

history and choreography of prayer

Gevurot, the second blessing of the Amidah (pg. 160 of Lev Shalem) – Tradition associates each of the opening three para-

graphs of the Amidah to the three Patriarchs, and so just as the first blessing is associated with Avraham, the second blessing

is associated with Yitzhak. The primary theme of the Gevurot blessing is resurrection of the dead. Once a mainstream and

fundamental aspect of Jewish belief, many contemporary Jews are surprised to learn that Judaism teaches of physical resur-

rection. There were many midrashim which taught that Yitzhak was actually sacrificed by his father and was resurrected,

hence the connection between the second blessing and Yitzhak. The name of the blessing, which literally translates to

strengths, or mighty acts, is derived from the description of God as ba’al gevurot – the Master of Strengths. While lifting the

fallen, healing the sick, and releasing the bound are mentioned, the most miraculous strength of all is reviving the dead and

restoring life. While later generations interpreted this as referring to the changing seasons – due in part to the inclusion in

this paragraph of a prayer for rain in the fall and winter – the generation which composed this prayer likely understood the

hope of resurrection to be a primary component of their religious belief.

Next month … Kedusha – the third blessing of the Amidah

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Mazel Tov !To Gerard & Thelma Uhler on the birth of their great-grandson, Jasper Arthur Benjamin

Uhler-Smith.

To Neil & Cindy Garroway who are pleased to announce the birth of their seventh grandchild and

first granddaughter, Natalie Corinne Garroway.

To Jay & Marlene Jacoby on their grandsons Elliot and Sam Persell becoming Bnei Mitzvah.

Refuah ShleimahTo Carol Deutsch, Ezra Landau, Neil McCollum, Bill Golson

continued from previous page

festivity, and the cycle of life; the karpas is a symbol of

rebirth and regrowth.

Passover is a festival in which we celebrate life and libera-

tion, we actually are supposed to move away from the ways

in which we are bound. In a world in which we are

constantly inundated with division and tragedy, let us keep

Passover relevant by restoring it to its original celebration

of human perseverance and its role in ensuring life and

liberty.

Remembering the Purpose of Passovercontinued from page 1

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Social Action Volunteer Opportunities

Help serving dinner at the Western Carolina Rescue Mission on the third Tuesday of the month from 4:00 pm to

5:30 pm. The Rescue Mission is located at 225 Patton Avenue, Asheville. Contact Alan Escovitz [email protected]

or Gail Gordon [email protected].

Help with our involvement with Room In the Inn. Contact Jan Zollars [email protected] or Gail Gordon

[email protected].

Ongoing CBI Events

Torah on Tap – A Lively Group Discussion

Led by Rabbi Goldstein

The last Sunday of the month 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. We will be meeting at Habitat Tavern & Commons,

174 Broadway, Asheville 28801. You are welcome to bring a snack or meal as Habitat does not serve

food. Dog-friendly with non-alcoholic options.

Meet the Midrash

Out of the texts of the Torah, the Rabbis created teachings bringing deeper meanings to the wisdom of the Jewish

people known as Midrash. Each week we will explore some of these teachings based on the weekly Torah portion.

We will gain not only an understanding of what the Rabbis were teaching, but how and why they were able to offer

these teachings. While there are many compilations of Midrash from different periods in Jewish history, we will

focus our studies on Midrash Rabbah. Wednesdays 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Hasidishe Kiddushled by Rabbi Goldstein

Fill your heart and soul with Torah (and schnapps...) and join together to learn Hasidic thought and wisdom on parashat

ha'shavu’a, the weekly Torah portion. Last Shabbat of each month at 12:30 pm.

Hazak

Hazak is a group of empty nesters who meet monthly for good food and conversation at local restaurants. The group

usually meets the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm, barring holiday conflicts. Anyone who is interested can

be added to the email list. Contact Sue Lerner.

Torah on Tap will not meet in March. We are seeking an

alternative venue to replace Habitat Tavern, which will be

closing. Our thanks to Habitat for their gracious

hospitality.We’ll announce a new venue as soon as we have

one.

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CBI’s Friday Noon Study Group will be exploring

Amos Oz’s

Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided

Land

About two months ago, the world lost Amos Oz, one of Israel’s greatest writers and intellectuals. Starting on March 1, we will be reading and discussing his last work of non-fiction, a collection of three essays on 1) the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, 2) the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride in Israel, and 3) the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East and internationally. Our informal discussion group meets every Friday from 12-1 in the CBI Library. All are welcome to join us, regardless of their level of expertise or attendance at previous noon study group discussions. Oz’s book is available on a variety of internet outlets. If you have questions, please contact Jay Jacoby at [email protected].

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The Mishna has no tractate dealing with the synagogue.

Regulations with regard to location, orientation and architec-

ture have been gleaned from splinters of texts from the

Tosephta and later additions to the Mishna. The sources to

draw from are scarce.

Rabbinic regulation for synagogue location fixes the highest

point of the city. This may have been based on the past loca-

tion of the Jerusalem Temple that was located on an elevated

part of the city. Most Galilean synagogues were located on

high commanding points.

Many of the synagogues were located near water. Was this

based on ancient Jewish habits of reciting prayers near a body

of water or the practicality of being close to water for the

practice of tevilah or immersion in a natural pool of water

rather than in a mikveh pool?

The physical orientation of the synagogue was determined

by the principle of the orientation of the worshiper during

prayer: Those outside of Israel should turn their heart [mind]

toward Israel; those in Israel toward Jerusalem; etc. Follow-

ing this schema, those in the North of Jerusalem turn south;

those East of Jerusalem turn West, and so on.

Practically all excavated ancient synagogues both in Israel

and in the diaspora have the shape of a Roman basilica, i.e.,

a rectangular shape. The roof of the building was supported

by stone pillars whose cross section was either round or heart-

shaped. The row of these pillars divided the interior laterally

into three parts: a central relatively large empty area and two

side areas along whose two walls there was seating on one

or two rows of stone benches. Most early Galilean syna-

gogues featured a monumental facade with three entrance

doors.

Some scholars suggest that the tendency to emulate within

the synagogue features of the destroyed Jerusalem Temple

caused some rabbinic sources to protest. Hence the talmudic

ruling, One shall not make a house after the pattern of the

temple, nor a porch after the temple porch, nor a courtyard

like that of the temple, nor a table like the temple table, nor

a menorah like that of the temple. (Tb Menahoth 28b).

The Torah scrolls, the indispensable religious as well as phys-

ical center of any synagogue, were housed in the tevah (ark)

or Torah shrine. It seems that the term aron hakodesh (holy

shrine) was introduced at a later time and that there was

controversy regarding this innovation. Many scholars believe

that until the 4th century the Torah scrolls were housed in an

adjoining room and brought into the main synagogue hall at

the time of worship only and then temporarily placed into a

niche of the wall. Interesting in this connection might be a

part of a frieze at the excavated beautiful synagogue at

Capernaum (k'far nahum) on the northern end of the Sea of

Galilee. It is a four wheeled small wagon holding Torah

scrolls. I wonder whether such a wagon may have been used

to wheel-in the Torah scrolls from a synagogue annex to the

main hall where the worshipers had assembled to hear the

Torah reading. It is reasonable to assume, as the synagogue

system of worship developed, that a wooden cupboard hold-

ing Torah scrolls was eventually permanently installed in the

main hall where Torah was read in formal worship.

Next to the Torah shrine there was the bima, an elevated

podium from where translation into Aramaic (targum), inter-

pretations, and blessings were given (Neh. 4:3-5).

The Early synagogues in Palestine as well as in the Diaspora

had ornamentation. Second and third century sources suggest

that menorahs were favorite gifts given to synagogues.

Names of donors were often chiseled into stone pillars or

expressed in mosaics in floors. The menorah which is the

earliest specifically Jewish symbol was also incorporated in

the walls of synagogues and burial sites.

While geometric, flora and fauna ornamental representations

predominated in ancient synagogue floor mosaics, surpris-

ingly, also human representations are found there. The motifs

are often pagan as, for instance, zodiacs. To my amazement,

in the mosaic floor of the Beth Alpha synagogue, in its

bottom register representing the akedah (the binding of

Isaac), the artist incorporated not only the humans involved

in the biblical story, but also a hand reaching down from

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The Ancient Synagogue:A Mini-Introduction - Essay #3

By: Walter Ziffer

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above, next to which we read the word Avraham, representing

either the hand of an angel or the hand of God stopping

Abraham from killing his son Yitzchak (see below). How to

explain this seeming transgression of the second of the Ten

Commandments which explicitly forbids such representa-

tions?

The Ancient Synagogue:By: Walter Ziffer

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Congregation Beth Israel229 Murdock AvenueAsheville, NC 28804

828-252-8660

Business / Professional Name (Please print exactly as it should appear in listing)

———————————————————————————————————————ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________CITY___________________________________STATE_____________ZIP_________PHONE_______________________________FAX_____________________________CONTACT PERSON_____________________________________________________AD SIZE_________________________COST_________________________________BUSINESS / PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY DIRECTORY LISTING______________________________________________________________________

Please make check payable to CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL. !"If you would like to use last year’s ad, please check the box.If you are using new ad copy email us an electronic copy (jpeg or pdf preferred). Email ad to: [email protected] ADDRESS FOR PROOF:___________________________________________

DATE AMT CHECK # BY PRINTER PROOF FINALRECEIVED_________ RECEIVED__________ __________________________________________________

Advertisement Size of Ad Rate

Back Cover 5” x 8” $1100

Inside Cover 5” x 8” $800

Divider Page 5” x 8” $600

Full Page 5” x 8” $450

1/2 Page 5” x 4” $350

1/4 Page 5” x 2” or 2.5” x 4” $200

It’s that time of year again!Our committee is hard at work selling ads for the 4th Annual Calendar/Directory.

Each of you will receive your personal copy at the conclusion of High Holiday Services. The directories will be on a table

in alphabetical boxes labeled with your name. Please take only your personal copy.

If you are a Business Owner please consider supporting our project by placing a business ad in the directory. A submission

forms is below and from the synagogue office. Thank you in advance for your support.

Calling all congregation members! Please support our 4th Annual Calendar/Directory by placing a personal L’Shana Tova

Greeting by using the form below or by contacting the synagogue office.

Beth Appel and the Hard Working Committee

CBI Committee News

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Our Gift ShopGift Shop Hours

Fridays 11:30 am to 3:00 pm

Sundays* 9:45 am to 12:15 pm *when Sunday School is in session

Please call Carol Samsky at (828) 676-0765 to arrange for opening the shop at other

times and for special orders.

Are you ready for Passover? The Gift Shop has a wide variety of items to help you celebrate –

from seder plates to Afikomen bags to washing cups.You'll find designs that will fit all tastes,

from a modern aesthetic to the more traditional. We have numerous items to decorate and delight

your table, as well as novelty items for the children to keep the seder lively and meaningful.

Please visit us! Our prices are not only the best in town – they beat the internet! Since we have

no overhead, and we have the most wonderful volunteers manning our shop, we can keep our

prices low for you. You will find that our shelves contain works of Judaica from many local

artists, some of whom are juried members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and some of

whom aremembers of our own congregation. We will be featuring these artists in Ha Shofar in

the coming months, telling you a little about them and their works.

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Have You Tried Out Our

Web Check Payment System?CBI’s Web Check Payment system is being used by quite a few congregants. Try it out, if you haven’t already. It’s an

easy-to-use, NO FEE way to make any of your payments to CBI – Dues, Bet Sefer, Ingles Gift Cards, or Donations. This

is a direct debit from your checking account. You just need your routing number and account number. There is also a

place for a memo entry so that you can indicate the purpose of your donation (in memory of, a particular fund, etc.).

Please make sure to fill in the memo box so that we can allocate your payment correctly.

We have contracted with a third party web check provider for this service. They have all of the necessary security issues

in place to handle sensitive account information data. Beth Israel Web Check Payments Online

Click on the donate button at the left to pay your dues,

make a contribution, pay your Annual Appeal Pledge or

pay for your Ingles cards. This simple Web Check system

is a direct debit to your checking account and allows you

to send a message to the CBI office along with your pay-

ment. No need to write checks or make special trips to the

office.

Ingles cards are a no-cost fundraiser for Beth Israel. Each month

CBI members and friends buy $8,000 worth of Ingles gift cards to

help raise $400 for Beth Israel – over $4,800 annually. Ingles gift

cards can be used at any Ingles store for groceries, pharmacy items

and gasoline. Sign up now to receive your Ingles cards automati-

cally each month. The office also keeps an inventory of Ingles

cards for immediate purchase. Contact the CBI office to get more

information and/or to participate at 252-8660 or admin@bethis-

raelnc.org.

For Information about Burial Plots

at Lou Pollock Memorial Park

Contact:

Josh Tager [email protected]

or Fred Lashley

Current rates: $1,000 CBI members;

$1,250 non-members

Interested In Hosting Additonal Guests at Your Seder?

Interested in hosting additional guests at your Seder? Interested in being hosted? Please contact the CBI office at

[email protected], and we'll try to get you together!





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Carolina Jews for Justice By: Frank Goldmith

Defiant Requiem coming to Asheville

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín is a multimedia concert-

drama that commemorates the remarkable story of courageous

Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp

(Terezín) during World War II, who performed the ambitious

Verdi Requiem while enduring the depths of human

degradation. The Asheville premiere of this powerful work will

take place on Saturday, June 1st at 7:30 pm at Thomas Wolfe

Auditorium and will feature the Asheville Symphony and

Voices of Terezín Remembrance – a chorus comprised of

singers from the Asheville Symphony Chorus, Asheville

Choral Society, and other community members – along with

an internationally renowned quartet of vocal soloists. Defiant

Requiem features a full performance of the Verdi Requiem and

will be led by Maestro Murry Sidlin.

The June 1st performance will be part of local educational

programming to provide a historic context to the current

incidents of hatred in our nation and to create conversations,

for young people especially, on how all oppressions are

intricately linked. By sharing experiences of the Holocaust and

the story of Defiant Requiem, the goal is to encourage the

wider community to participate in shaping a more just future

for all.

Defiant Requiem is the story of how, in the depths of the

Holocaust, within the Terezín concentration camp, one man’s

dream gave birth to an unparalleled act of defiance. The

multimedia production brings to life the tale of Rafael

Schächter, a young conductor who was deported to Terezín

from Prague, and who from a single smuggled score of Verdi’s

Requiem led his fellow prisoners to sing this Latin Requiem

as their defiance and resistance to the Nazis. Schächter told his

choir, We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them.

Verdi’s Requiem was performed 16 times at Terezín. Through

the Latin of the Requiem – a warning of God’s coming wrath

against their captors – the unspoken message to the Nazis was

a proclamation of the prisoners’ unbroken spirit. Defiant

Requiem includes video testimony from survivors of the

original chorus, and footage of a 1944 Nazi propaganda film

made at Terezín, along with two actors who will speak the

words of conductor Rafael Schächter and others.

Kym Verhovshek, a Weaverville resident, has been working

with The Defiant Requiem Foundation and Carolina Jews for

Justice to bring this amazing program to Asheville. During

World War II, 15,000 children were imprisoned in Terezín.

Kym’s father, George Baum, now a retired journalist, was one

of the less than 150 children who miraculously survived. To

honor her father’s legacy Kym has been working with CJJ and

other local groups and individuals to raise the funds needed

for this program.

Last year, in a study on holocaust awareness, it was reported

that 22% of millennials in the US had not heard of, or weren’t

sure if they had heard of, the Holocaust. And 58% of

Americans believe that something like the Holocaust could

happen again.

Kym shared, The story of Defiant Requiem is universal. As the

daughter of a holocaust survivor and the mother of a 5-year-

old boy, I am the bridge between my father’s legacy and my

son’s future. It is through music and conversation that I am

driven to make a difference. At Terezín music was an oasis for

solidarity…allowing prisoners the opportunity to retain a

sense of identity. I want to make my son’s future one where

hearts and minds can come together in peace, and a world with

more love, and less hate. Music has the power to break down

barriers.

Tickets for the June 1st performance go on sale later this month

via Ticketmaster. Please consider becoming a sponsor now by

visiting https://www.defiantrequiem.org/Asheville.

This will be a once in a lifetime experience!

Stay tuned for upcoming community programs related to the

performance.

The views expressed are those of Carolina Jews for Justice and

do not necessarily represent the views of CBI.

********************************

As always, we encourage you to tell your friends about

Carolina Jews for Justice. Ask them to go to our website and

sign up for mailings at www.carolinajewsforjustice.org. If in

the WNC area, have them contact Judy Leavitt at

[email protected] or Frank Goldsmith at

[email protected].

Follow us on Facebook: Carolina Jews for Justice/West

https://www.facebook.com/CJJWest/



http://carolinajewsforjustice.org

https://www.defiantrequiem.org/Asheville

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Become a CBI Café Israel Sponsor!

This Year Café Israel Returns to CBI.

Sunday, May 19th 2019, 11:00 am – 2:00pm

In celebration of Israel’s 71st birthday

In addition to participating in this fun, family-friendly event, all are invited to become a Café Israel sponsor to help

CBI raise funds for our youth education programming. Your $50 sponsorship gift will be acknowledged in our event

program, as well as in our April, May and June HaShofar.

If you are interested in taking advantage of this sponsorship opportunity, please send your check or credit card infor-

mation to the CBI office before May 10th to be included in the event program.

Your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support Beth Israel

Your Amazon purchases can help support Beth Israel. Amazon Smile donates 1% of your purchases to CBI at no cost

to you. Just visit https://smile.amazon.com and select Congregation Beth Israel, then shop as you regularly would. If

you are a regular Amazon shopper, you can bookmark this website so as to find it easily every time you shop.

https://smile.amazon.com

May Ha’Shofar Deadline –

April 10thI welcome your newsletter contributions, but

please, please respect the deadline of the

10th of the month

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Sale of Chametz to Rabbi Goldstein

Appointment of Agent for the Sale of Chametz Passover 2019/5779

I, ____________________________________, do hereby authorize Congregation Beth Israel’s Rabbi, Justin Goldstein, to

sell any chametz that may be in my possession wherever it may be: at my home, place of business, car, vacation home or

elsewhere, in accordance with Jewish law.

Name ______________________________________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________________________________

Signature__________________________________________ Date _____________________________

In order for Rabbi Justin Goldstein to sell your chametz, this form must be at the CBI office by Monday, April 15,

2019. Deadline for disposing of chametz is Friday morning, April 19, 2019 at 9:00 am.

Since it is prohibited to possess chametz on Passover, any

chametz left undisposed must be sold to a non-Jew. All such

chametz, as well as all chametz utensils that were not thor-

oughly cleaned, should be stored away. The storage area

should be locked or taped shut for the duration of the

holiday.

Since there are many legal intricacies involved in this sale,

Rabbi Goldstein will be acting as an agent both to sell the

chametz to a non-Jew on the morning before Passover and

also to buy it back the evening after Passover ends. Below is

the necessary form to authorize Rabbi to sell your chametz.

CBI Has Joined the CARS™ Program –Any Easy Way to Donate Your Vehicle As a Tax Deductible Contribution

HA’SHOFAR PAGE 19

Boray Perie HagafenBy: Ira Naiman

Riesling is everybody’s Charlie Brown, a lovable loser possessed

of abundant charm and talent waiting to be tapped… – Terry Theise

(author, Reading between the Wines).

There are times when I think that any sip of wine that isn’t Riesling

is wasted. – Hans Altman (vintner, Jamek Estate, Wachau).

It’s time to reach into Value Man’s mailbag and pull out a letter: “

Dear Value Man,

I was in a wine store and I heard some people talking about a grape

they called the Rodney Dangerfield of white grapes, it gets no re-

spect. Can you tell me which one it is? I would like to go to Pack

Square and protest in favor of giving this grape a voice.

Love to Wine

Dear L to W,

Value Man would be happy to help you pour your heart out. The

grape, is the often-overlooked Riesling. It’s grown in Alsace (east-

ern France), Slovenia, Austria, Canada and many parts of the U.S.

However, the pinnacle of Riesling expression is found in the

cool/cold areas of Germany, along the Rhine river areas. Riesling

from top vineyards in Germany can be very expensive, but once

you taste a really good one, you’ll never forget it. A good wine store

will have many reasonably priced choices. Some critics feel that

Riesling is the King of the white grapes due to its flavor profile

(melons, apricots, peaches, a smooth freshness, an acidity that

makes it taste bright) and its spectrum of types – dry to incredibly

sweet.

First you’ll need a quick primer on reading German Riesling labels

(and those who follow the leader). Grape ripeness: due to the cooler

temperatures at various vineyards, grapes ripen slowly, so in a given

year there may be up to six ripeness levels, often fewer. The first

level is kabinett, which is the normal harvest. It’s light bodied, dry

(trocken) or off dry (halbtrocken), relatively low in alcohol, an easy

to drink, casual wine. The second level is spatlese, where grapes

are harvested later. They are fully ripe, have more fruit flavor, fuller

body, and may be dry or slightly sweet.

The third level is auslese, which are very ripe grape bunches,

picked selectively, only in the warmer years. The flavor is rich,

mouth feel is lush, tends to be fairly sweet and expensive. Level

four is beerenauslese or BA. Each grape is harvested individually

when very ripe, or starting to shrivel from the Botrytis fungus,

which pulls out water from the grape leaving a very concentrated

flavor and sweetness. Trockenbeerenauslese or TBA is level five.

It’s very rich, very sweet, very rare and expensive. It’s made from

individual grapes that are shrunken into raisins by the Botrytis fun-

gus. The last ripeness level is eiswein or ice wine, made from very

ripe, frozen grapes. The frozen grapes are squeezed and the juice

is separated from the ice. The juice is sweet, has a high acid content,

and is concentrated. It is a pleasure to drink, especially with cheese

or dessert. Eiswein is made also in Austria, Canada, and upstate

N.Y., so it is more readily available.

Remember, generally speaking, the lower the alcohol content, the

sweeter it will be. Thus a Riesling with 6, 7, or 8% alcohol will be

sweeter than one with 10, 11 or 12% alcohol. So, in the name of

grape diversity, go to a wine store, see what is stocked, and pick

out a bottle or two. You will be hooked on one of the best wines

you never heard of.

Until next time.

PAGE 20HA’SHOFAR

Ribbon Cutting and Building RededicationSunday, April 7th, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Café IsraelSunday, May 19th, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Support Your Shul and Its Congregants!

Active Donor Directed FundsFor those members of

CBI who would like to

direct their financial

support toward a spe-

cific area within CBI,

these are the active

donor directed funds.

You are encouraged to

support the General

Fund with your dona-

tions, allowing the Board of Directors the

discretion to direct this support toward

areas of the most need.

** These funds are very active and in the

most need of regular contributions.

� ** Spiritual Life Fund – Support of

spiritual life programs and needs

� **Social Action Fund – Funds CBI’s

social action projects

� ** Chesed/Tzedakah Fund –

Supports the Bereavement Committee

and other Chesed related activities

� ** Ted Liebowitz Children’s Fund –

Provides scholarships for Bet Sefer

students and supports Bet Sefer

expenses

� ** Toby Cohen Minyan Katan and

Junior Congregation Fund

� ** Family Education Fund –

Supports family education program-

ming

� Shorashim Teen Program Fund –

Supports CBI teen programs

� **Adult Ed Fund

� Website/Computer/Tech Fund

� Cemetery Committee Fund –

Supports maintenance of CBI’s

Lou Pollock Cemetery

� Chevra Kadisha Fund – Supports

efforts toward preparing the body of

the departed for Jewish burial.

� **Rabbi Discretionary Fund –

Supports needs or causes the Rabbi

chooses to support

General Fund

Charlie & Lara Hume: in apprecia-

tion of Josefa Briant

Yossi Knight: Purim donation


tion of Della Simon & Mike

Weizman

Lee Avishai: wishing happy birth-

day to Walter Ziffer


tion of Bob Deutsch

Gerard & Thelma Uhler: in honor

of Morris & Sherry Uhler’s

anniversary


tion of Frank Goldsmith

Lee Avishai: Mazel tov to Jay &

Marlene Jacoby on their grand-

sons becoming Bnei Mitzvah.


tion of Eva Blinder


of Victoria Uhler’s birthday

Don & Debra Wooton: in honor of

Jay & Marlene Jacoby’s grand-

sons becoming Bnei Mitzvah.


tion of Perry Dror


of Jonathan Uhler’s birthday


tion of Eva Blinder

Yahrzeit Fund

Lee Berkwits & Barb Hall: in mem-

ory of Barb’s mother, Helen Hall

Rick & Ellen Sanders: in memory

of Rick’s mother, Ann Lowenberg

Sanders

Sharon & David Boas: in memory

of Sharon’s father, Jerome Ehrlich

Richard & Barbara Laibson: in

memory of Rich’s father, Irving

Laibson

William & Barbara Lewin: in

memory of William’s father,

George Lewin

Gerard & Thelma Uhler: in mem-

ory of Thelma’s aunt, Rose Cohen

Adult Education Fund

Anon. (Friday Noon Study Group)

Anon. (Friday Noon Study Group)

Ted Liebowitz Children’s

Education Fund

Gerard & Thelma Uhler

Lee Avishai: in honor of Talia

Weizman becoming Bat Mitzvah

Gerard & Thelma Uhler

Kiddush Fund

Lee Berkwits & Barb Hall

February to March

Mazel Tov !April Birthdays01 Suzanne Escovitz

02 Jeffrey Goldstein

03 Ellen Sanders

04 Mark Goldstein

06 Heidi Scheffer

Beth Israel Blinder

07 Eileen Elkin

08 Jennifer Lapidus

10 Susan Levine

11 Norman Winkelman

12 Steve Rogers

Lou Lieb

13 Barbara Laibson

16 David Kayne

Tamar Katzwer

Doris Gordon

18 Connie Glaser

Sage West

19 Jonas Goldstein

22 Dee Cash

Frank Gilreath

Barbara Boyd

23 Paul Weichselbaum

25 Gerald Uhler

26 Hanan Weizman

27 David Boas

28 Jeremy Goldstein

29 David Hurand

30 Esther Burstein

Jillian Krupp

Ilene Broome

April Anniversaries04 Irvin & Vivien Saron

05 George Ackerman & Stanlee

Stahl

19 Paul & Barbara Michalove

HA’SHOFAR PAGE 22

Our Sympathy

To the McConnell family on the passing of Kathleen McConnell.

A Local Jewish Dialogue Group –Would You Like to Join Us?

We are a small, diverse group of local Jews who have been meeting informally once a month for the last several months

to discuss issues of concern to us as Jews. We come from different backgrounds, experiences, and have different views

on a wide range of topics from Jewish identity to Israel. We are committed to creating a safe environment to express

our own views and listen respectfully to each others’ views. Our goal is to widen our perspectives while respecting our

differences.

If you are interested in finding out more about our group, please call one of our founding members:

Carol (828) 255-7700; Chuck (828) 242-5527; Florence (828) 675-0974

The group meets the second Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm at Congregation Beth HaTephila

1 2

5:00 pm Exec-

utive Commit-

tee Meeting

3

12:00 pm Meet

the Midrash

4 5

12:00 pm

Noon Study Group

7:37 pm Candles

6

9:30 am Shabbat

morning services

Judi and Patti

Haskell Welcome

Shabbat

8:26 pm Havdalah

710:00 am CBI

Beit Midrash

3:00 pm CBI

Ribbon Cutting

and Rededica-

tion

8 9

6:30 pm

Board

Meeting

10

12:00 pm Meet

the Midrash

11 12

12:00 pm

Noon Study Group

6:00 pm Kabbalat

Shabbat7:43 pm Candles

13

9:30 am Shabbat

morning services

8:32 pm Havdalah

14 15 16 17

12:00 pm Meet

the Midrash

18 19First Seder

No Noon Study

Group

7:49 pm Candles

20First Day Passover

9:30 am Shabbat

morning services

10:00 am Milk and

Honey Hour

10:45 am Youth

Shabbat

8:38 pm Havdalah

21

2nd Day

Passover

9:30 morning

service

1:00 pm Jewish

Meditation

22 23 24

12:00 pm Meet

the Midrash

25 26

7th Day Passover

9:30 am morning

services

no Noon Study

Group

6:00 pm Kabbalat

Shabbat

7:54 pm Candles

27

8th Day Passover

9:30 am

Shabbat morning

services

12:30 pm

Hasidishe Kiddush

8:43 pm

Havdalah

2810:00 am CBI

Beit Midrash

10:00 am YEP

Multi Genera-

tional Program

4:00 pm Torah

on Tap

29 30

5:00 pm Exec-

utive Commit-

tee Meeting

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April 2019SUN FRI SATTHUWEDTUEMON

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April Yahrzeits

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Announced during services on:

March 30

01 (25 Adar II) Gerard Uhler for his father, Morris Uhler

02 (26 Adar II) Barbara Miller for her grandfather, Samuel Slosman

05 (29 Adar II) Suzanne Escovitz for her mother, Marguerite Kopp

05 (29 Adar II) Larry Schantz for his brother, Norman Schantz

April 6

06 (01 Nisan) Caren Kessler for her grandfather, Harry Robkoff

07 (02 Nisan) Alison B. Gilreath for her father, Andrew Gross

08 (03 Nisan) Alan Silverman for his grandfather, Benjamin Lewitt

09 (04 Nisan) Rick Chess for his grandfather, Edward Scharf

10 (05 Nisan) Norman Winkelman for his mother-in-law, Nettie Samuels

12 (07 Nisan) Neal Appel for his father, Sidney Appel

April 12 & 13

13 (08 Nisan) Judi & Patti Haskell for their grandfather, Louis Zirinsky

17 (12 Nisan) Elie Aharon for his father, Robert Pollard

17 (12 Nisan) Eliot Renick for his mother, Annette Renick

18 (13 Nisan) Julie Sherman for her father, Saul Sherman

April 20

20 (15 Nisan) Julie Sherman for her grandmother, Fanny Meyerson

21 (16 Nisan) Jimi Moore for her brother, Fredric Elliot Bornstein

21 (16 Nisan) Leonard Koenick for his mother, Adeline Meyers Koenick

21 (16 Nisan) Marc Rudow for his uncle, Joe Rotowitz

April 26 & 27

29 (24 Nisan) Janice Brock for her father, Julian Bederman

30 (25 Nisan) Sheldon Neuringer for his mother, Anna Neuringer

May their memories be for a blessing.

To all of our great volunteers who helped with the Lou Pollock Cemetery spring cleanup on

March 3rd: Josh Tager, Charles Grigg, Nanci & Bruce Soderlund, Shirley Sandler,

Ira & Sheila Naiman, Lee Avishai, Norm Winkelman, Shirley Kayne, Regi Weile, and

Ilene & Steve Broome.

To those who contributed to our Kiddush lunches this month: Lee Berkwits & Barb Hall,

Ira & Sheila Naiman, Lee Avishai.

Thank You and Yasher Koah!

Beth Israel Synagogue

Rabbi Justin Goldstein

Congregation Beth Israel

229 Murdock Avenue

Asheville, NC 28804

Office Phone (828) 252-8660

Rabbi’s Phone (828) 252-9024

Fax (828) 252-8431

email: [email protected]

Synagogue Office Hours:

Monday to Friday

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

For updated information visit our website at

www.bethisraelnc.org

April

Candle-lighting & Havdalah

Friday 4/5/2019 7:37 pm

Saturday 4/6/2019 8:26 pm

Friday 4/12/2019 7:43 pm

Saturday 4/13/2019 8:32 pm

Friday 4/19/2019 7:49pm

Saturday 4/20/2019 8:38 pm

Friday 4/26/2019 7:54 pm

Saturday 4/27/2019 8:43 pm

RabbiRabbi Justin Goldstein [email protected]

Office AdministratorLee Avishai [email protected]

Executive CommitteeAli Climo, President [email protected]

Danielle Tocaben, Vice Pres. [email protected]

Julie Sherman, Secretary [email protected]

Norman Katzwer, Treasurer [email protected]

Della Simon, Past President [email protected]

Board Committee Chairs/Members

Alan Silverman, Membership [email protected]

Mike Weizman, Development [email protected]

Eva Blinder, Spiritual/Ritual [email protected]

Gail Gordon, Social Action [email protected]

Elie Aharon, Adult Education [email protected]

Board Members-at-LargeHannah Limov [email protected]

Kevin Boyd [email protected]

Ellen Sanders [email protected]

Alan Escovitz [email protected]

Patti Frankel [email protected]

Non-Board Committee ChairsMike Weizman, Capital Campaign [email protected]

Caren Kessler, Chesed [email protected]

Bruce Brown, HaShofar [email protected]

Ken Vallario, Youth Education [email protected]

Kitchen [email protected]

For everything else, contact [email protected]

Chesed: CBI’s Support NetworkIn the last 18 months, Chesed has assisted approximately 42 different individuals

and families in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s as simple as making a call or

writing a card. Sometimes it’s preparing a meal, making a visit or a providing a

ride. Sometimes it’s helping with a life cycle event: a Bat or Bar Mitzvah, the birth

of a baby, the loss of a loved one. Chesed is a caring team of CBI members who

are here to help out the CBI community during both challenging as well as joyous

times.

We need YOUR help to continue our work effectively. We can’t offer to do any-

thing unless we know who needs and wants some support. If we can help you with

something or if you are aware of someone who needs assistance, please tell Lee or

the Rabbi. They will pass along that information to the Chesed committee. Many

people at CBI are happy to help out.

We need YOUR help to respond to the requests. If you want to be involved, please

tell Lee or the Rabbi. You can also contact the Chesed committee directly at

[email protected]. Let us know what you would like to do. We’re grateful

to have you volunteer to do one or all of the following (it’s really up to you):

• Visit those who are sick

• Check in with those who are homebound

• Be part of a minyan for shiva

• Prepare meals

• Provide transportation

• Run errands

• Assist with set up for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah party

Jewish communities have a rich history of taking care of each other. The Babylon-

ian Talmud teaches us that All Jews are responsible one for another (Shevuot 39a).

The Chesed Committee invites you to be a part of that meaningful tradition.

























http://[email protected]


Documents

CONGREGATION Ha’Shofar · A monthly tour through the Siddur: the meaning, significance, customs, laws, history and choreography of prayer Gevurot, the second blessing of the Amidah