DECEMBER 2012 - KISLEV / TEVET 5773 SPRINGFIELD,OH

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POTLUCK DINNER AND MENORAH LIGHTING . SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

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'~: .BRING' A DISH TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE ~ t ... 0' .

, DONT FORGET YOUR FAMILY MENORAH FOR A COMMUNITY CANDLE LIGHTING

RSVP TO OFFICE BY WEDNESDAY, DEC 5

- Y AHRZEIT LIST -DEC 7: Harry Berman, Jean Block, Pearl E. Friedman, Emil Gross, Erie Maybruck, Dorothy Bandman, Ben Farber, Minnie Ginsberg, Meyer Goldstein (father of Alan), Leonard Kurland, Abe Margolis (father of Maxine Leventhal), Albert Viton

DEC 14: Ben Endelman, James Herron, Corinne Pommer Schiff, Anna Farber, Benjamin Grodner (father of Jack), George Leventhal (brother of Fred), Nathan Miller (father of Michael), Harold Pesselman (father of Laurie), Sidney Russack, Mary M. Schultz, Pearl Stein (mother of Leslie Buerki), A:rthur Turyn (father of Larry), Ben Zoldan (father of Gail Russack)

DEC 21: Martin Ebner (father of Dick), Hyman D. Kaminsky, Harold S. Pollens, Jack M. Rubin, Izidore Weiser, Sarah Fish (mother of Larry), Ben Newman (father of Rik) .

DEC 28: Lena Gross, Ellen l. Helfgott, Rose H. Holzberg, Augusta.Kaufman, Simon Sanders, Isidor Schiff, Mo Weixelbaum, Minnie Ebner, Josef Meyer Inslight, Nathan Leventhal (brother of Fred), Ruth Mazur, Freda Silverstein (mother of Marvin and Michael), Eugene Unger (father of Shirley Leventhal)

JAN 4: Morris M. Gold, Toby Katz, Anne Reich Krauss (mother of Gerald), Clara Mendelson, Syl~ia Rubinoff, Harry Sachs, Siegfried Sander; Sam Schechter, Emma Shoenthal, Manuel L. Soble, Oscar -Werber, Jack Leventhal (father of Aaron, brother of Fred), Lillian l:e'~entlial (stepmother dfFred), ,Lester Lind (father -of Bobbi Mugford), Milton Samuel Lord, Lillian Nedelman (mother of Sian), 'Mary Schoemer

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SERVICE LEADERS FOR DECEMBER Dec 7: Steve Broidy Dec 14: Rabbi Sofian Parshat: Dec 21 : Skip Becker Vayishlach

Dec 28: Rachel Beannan

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TODAH RABBAH - We offer our thanks to ...

• Derek Inslight-Alvarado, Annette Becker, and Lake Miller for being part of the Religious School teaching staff

• Brower Insurance Agency for the donation of six comfortable chairs for the library/meeting room. Stop by and take a look at them.

• Steve Broidy, Annette Becker, Larry Tllryn, and Itzca Zohar for Shabbat service leadership during November

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NEW IN THE CHILDREN'S LI~RARY ...

• A Horsefor Hanukkah by.·Myriam . Halberstam from the PJ Library

- SPAGHETTI DINNER A SUCCESS! -Congregants and their families enjoyed a delicious spaghetti dinner complete with music after the Shabbat services on November 2. The food was great, the company super, and Dean Martin's fabulous cf00ning was the icin.g 0.11 the Gake. A big, big thank You to Barb Willens ~d Sabrina Jewett for all of their work in making this a very fun occasion. An additional thank you to Jodi Chaiten for donating homemade pizzelle cookies, and to Kathleen and Jim Leonard for their kitchen support.

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As we near year-end, many of us take stock of times past and think of the promise of better times in the future. It is a time to ' think of what each of us could do to help make the next year a better one. It is also our communal responsibility to provide for the continuation of Temple Sholom All donations made from now until the end of the year are tax deductible for the year 2012. Please consider Temple Sholom when making your year-end charitable donations.

Plan ahead for the rest of this year's Jewish holidays and mark your calendar

for the following dates. Each holiday begins at sundown on the date listed.

December 8 Chanukah January 24 Tu B'Shvat February 23 Purim March 25 Passover April 6 Yom Hashoah April 14 Yom Hazikaron April 15 ' Yom Haatzrria-ut

'April27 'Maf 14 .

. LaKBa'Qmer . ~ . Shavuot

July 15 TishaB'Av.

- CONTRIBUTIONS -We grateftilly- acknowledge these additional contributions to the Roof Repair Fund from

• Marjorie Fishbain • Rick and Anna Krauss • Fred and Maxine Leventhal • Bill and Elizabeth Zitsman

GOLD • In honor of the yahrzeit for Arthur

Nedelman from Stan and Phyllis Nedelman

SILVER • In memory of my parents, Ed and

Irene Klaben, from Amy Klaben • In honor of Maxine Leventhal's

special birthday from Marjorie Fishbain

JEFFREY D EBNER YOUTH FUND • In memory of the yahrzeit for Jeffrey

Ebner from his mother Lyla and Harvey Bailin

• In memory of Bernice Berman from Lyla, Harvey and Ann Bailin

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Blessing for Chanukkah

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Barukh a/ah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'o/am Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

(lQI$) :iT:riT y. lQT~ Dij" D"Q~~ ~).,tlU~{ D"~~ ntg'J" she'asah nisim la'avOleinu bayamim haheim baziman hazeh. (A mein) Who perfonned miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time

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Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

(lQ~) :iTJiJ lQl{ Ul?"~n, 'l~~in 'l~tPJ~ shehecheyanu v'kiyimanu v'higi'anu laz'man hazeh. (Amein)

who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season (Amen)

After reciting the blessings, use the shammus to light the Chanukkah candles from left to right (newest to oldest). See animation at top.

Candles should be left burning until they go out on their own. They must burn for more than halfan hour. Standard Chanukkah candles burn for about an hour.

I BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Derek Alvarado Skip Becker Jay Friedman

Kitty Friedman Adam Leventhal Barb Willens

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Cemetery .. . . .. .. . . .. ........ . Larry Schneider Community Involvement.. Sabrina Jewett Contributions ... .. ... . .. .... . Temple Office House . ... .. . .. .... . . .... . .. .. . Adam Leventhal Legal.. . . ..... . .. . ............ . Sanford Flack Worshipffransition . .... . . . . Kitty Friedman

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CONTACTTEMPLESHOLOM

Executive Secretary . . . . . ... . Diane Smith Phone ... . .. ... . . . . .. . ... ... . . .. (937) 399-1231 Fax . .... .... ....... . . . .. . . . . .. .. (937) 399-1297 e-mail. . .. . . .. .templesholom@sbcglobal.net website .. . . . .. ... . .. . . . templesholomoh.com