REFU’AH SHELEIMAH YAHRTZEITS

May 23—29 Iyar Mr. Joseph Smulevitz Yosfe Yehuda ben Ephraim Fishel Father of Pearl Schaikewitz Mr. Herbert Kallman Herschel ben Arthur Father of Cory Shaw May 25—2 Sivan Mrs. Silvia Ofer Shulamit Chaya bas Krenza Mother of Sam Ofer May 26—3 Sivan Mr. Israel Falkoff Grandfather of Sheila Cranman Mrs. Millie Schaikewitz Malyah bas Shmuel Mother of Steve Schaikewitz Mr. Milton Fleishman Michel Zev ben Chaim Father of Cheryl Isaacs Mr. Moshe Siegler Moshe ben Asher Father of Amira Nachman May 28—5 Sivan Mr. Leonid Resenson Aryeh ben Baruch Husband of Vita Resenson, Father of Dimitry Resenson Mrs. Lila Eve Isakow Liba Chava bas Yechezkel Sister of Myrna Videlefsky

Chana Rachel bas Leah Naomi Niece of Susan Krohn Gabrielle Chava bat Perel Cousin of Linda Czuper Rella bas Dena Mother of Saul Sloman David ben Shayna Hindy Father of Gary Lips Golda bas SRifka Mother of Eric Medwed, Sister of Elaine Brasch Tuvia Shabsai ben Faiga Terry Tenenbaum Porat Yosef ben Shira Rachel, Relative of Amanda Bunder Margalit bas Sarah Margalit Abramson Reuven ben Rochel Great grandson of Arlene and Arnold Coleman & nephew of Elayne and Ronen Gabbai Chana bas Frada Bunnie Taratoot Zhenya bas Basya Mother of Ella Pinkhasov and Alex Pindrik Avush ben Dena Rus Brother of Susan Krohn David Michael ben Rachel David Tillem, son of Arthur and Roni Tillem, grandson of Loretta Love

Zeev ben Larisa Friend of Raya and Artur Pinkhasov David Shlomo ben Itka, Father of Sheila Cranman Sima bat Chana Mother of Araksi Resenson Inna bas Leah Inna Turney, aunt of Amira Nachman Freyda Bayla bas Shayna Shula Mother of Sheila Cranman Reuven Zander ben Rachel Cousin of Bruce Barron Menachem Mendel ben Leah Mel Drukman Aria bat Reut Infant daughter of Reut and Tom Avisar Avraham ben Gerti Relative of Linda Czuper Leibe Hershel ben Itka Uncle of Sheila Cranman Naomi Matilda bas Rachel Daughter of Avi and Rachel Gallen Hadassah bat Osnat Mother of Raya Pinkhasov

Rabbi Binyomin Friedman, Rabbi David Karsh, President Rabbi Mordy Birnbaum, Youth Director Debbie Kalwerisky, Executive Director

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PARSHAS

BAMIDBAR FINAL INSTALLMENT THIS SUNDAY

MARCHING TO SINAI

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All previous Marching to

Sinai recordings available at above website

GENERAL FUND Neal, Sydne and Sol Cooper In honor of Amanda Bunder - Thank you for all you do. Jay and Susan Rosenheck In honor of David Karsh Lora and Harold Schroeder In honor of Yakov Freitag becoming a bar mitzvah Neal, Sydne and Sol Cooper In memory of Mr. Mutsuji Ishigami, beloved father of Junko Horvath Lora and Harold Schroeder In memory of John Bente, beloved father of Michla Irby Michael and Lisa Banov In appreciation of Rabbi Binyomin Friedman's recorded Talmud classes. Robyn and Allan Regenbaum In memory of Max Bogner z”l, beloved father of Shoshana Stiefel. Eric Young In memory of Max Bogner z”l, beloved father of Shoshana Stiefel. Lora and Harold Schroeder In memory of Max Bogner z”l, beloved father of Shoshana Stiefel. Aaron and Beth Valenta In memory of Max Bogner z”l, beloved father of Shoshana Stiefel. Rabbi Binyomin and Dena Friedman In memory of Riva bas Yehuda z"l, beloved mother of Lora Fruchtman her first yahrzeit Charlotte and Elliott Rich In memory of Riva bas Yehuda z"l, beloved mother of Lora Fruchtman her first yahrzeit Lora and Harold Schroeder In memory of Riva bas Yehuda z"l, beloved mother of Lora Fruchtman her first yahrzeit Rabbi Binyomin and Dena Friedman In memory of Simcha bas Yosef HaLevi z"l, beloved mother of Debbie Kalwerisky on her first yahrzeit Charlotte and Elliott Rich In memory of Simcha bas Yosef HaLevi z"l, beloved mother of Debbie Kalwerisky on her first yahrzeit Lora and Harold Schroeder In memory of Simcha bas Yosef HaLevi z"l, beloved mother of Debbie Kalwerisky on her first yahrzeit Bruce and Diane Barron In memory of Pam Naturman z"l, beloved mother of Anthony Naturman Lora and Harold Schroeder In memory of Ralph Nathan z"l, beloved father of Renee Zweigel Roni and Arthur Tillem In appreciation of the Ariel Community's support following the passing of Roni's mother Mordechai and Golda Guterman In honor of Congregation Ariel Roni and Arthur Tillem, and William Pomper In honor of kaddish for Judy Pomper z"l, beloved mother of Roni Tillem Rabbi Binyomin and Dena Friedman In honor of Yizkor for our loved ones on Pesach RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Danny and Melanie Frank In appreciation of Ephraim Kerzhner from The Frank family Neal, Sydne and Sol Cooper In honor of Rabbi Binyomin Friedman - in appreciation of your support and guidance now and always. Stella and Eran Azulay In the merit of a refuah shlema for Haddassa bat Osnat, aunt of Stella Azulay.

SIDDUR FUND Asya and Ephraim Kerzhner In memory of Rachel bat Ephraim z"l, beloved mother of Ephraim Kerzhner

IN MEMORY OF MIRIAM BAS YECHEZKEL Z”L, BELOVED MOTHER OF MIKE CHEN Michael & Lisa Banov | Beth & Aaron Valenta | Bruce & Diane Barron | Jay & Susan Rosenheck | Robyn & Allan Regenbaum | David & Miriam Karsh

SHABBOS SERVICE TIMES

May 21st - Erev Shabbos (Friday) Mincha 7:00pm Earliest Candle Lighting 7:10pm Latest Candle Lighting 8:19pm May 22nd- Shabbos Day Mincha 8:00pm Shabbos Ends 9:20pm

WEEKDAY SERVICE TIMES

Sundays—Fridays

Shacharis Via Zoom: 6:30am

Sunday–Thursday

Mincha/Maariv 8:30pm

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LEARNING AND DAVENING OPPORTUNITIES

Daily Shacharis Link | Monday-Friday | 6:30am | Followed by Halacha at 7:00am and Mishna at 7:15am https://zoom.us/j/608294226

Amud of Talmud| Sunday-Friday | 7:30am https://zoom.us/j/109916086

Pikrei Avos | Tuesday | 7:30pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88440681616

Nightly Daf Yomi | 9:30 - 10:00pm | Sunday 9:00-10:00am with Rabbi Avrohom Horovitz https://bit.ly/rabbihorovitzsdafhayomi

Middos Class | Sunday | 9:30am shorturl.at/jxCPZ

What's Bothering Rashi?| Tuesday | 7:30pm https://zoom.us/j/930292992

Women's Tehillim | Sunday | 9:00am shorturl.at/bhoH9

Morah Amanda’s Shabbat Party Group | Friday | 3:30pm https://zoom.us/j/699087521 Meeting ID: 699 087 521 Password: 020604

For FULL LIST of learning opportunities and links go to www.congariel.org/virtual-ariel.html

PUSHKE POWER! Yaakov and Deborah Goldman

MAZELTOV!

To Pace Kaplan on becoming a bar mitzvah and to his parents Leanne and Jason Kaplan. We look forward to celebrating with the Kaplan family later in the year.

PLASMA AND BLOOD DRIVE AT ARIEL

Plasma transfusions have been successfully used to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients. But there is a shortage of qualified plasma as well as a severe shortage of blood. As a

response, the Atlanta Jewish community has put together a number of blood drives. The next one will be at Ariel on Tuesday, June 2nd from 12 noon to 7 PM. One blood donation can save three lives and one plasma donation can be used for two COVID patients. By participating in this initiative, you can save a lot of lives! Pre-registration required. For more info and to register go to www.gaplasma.org

SPECIAL MESSAGE ABOUT KASHRUT HECHSHERS FROM RABBI FRIEDMAN The pandemic is impacting all areas of our lives. One area is the disruption of the supply chain. This disruption not only has consumers searching for the products they want, it has sent producers scrambling to find the ingredients to produce those products. The OU has issued an advisory that they are removing their hechsher from some products because the producers are switching to either non-kosher or unsupervised suppliers. Of course it is hoped these disruptions will be temporary, but in the meantime don’t assume the hechsher that was on a product previously is still there. If there is already a hechsher on a product, there is no reason to doubt the kashrut of the item. As always if you have any questions feel free to give me a call.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mia Schaikewitz, Ari Solomon, Ovadiah Heinselman, Ella Pindrik, Talia Bakhshi, Anita Nemeth, Menashe Sirota, Aron Pitocchelli, David Weissmann, Ora Bendicoff

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Harvey & Gail Linder, Gabe & Alyson Lembeck

FASCINATING FACTS IN JEWISH HISTORY

On Iyar 29 in the secular year 1815, a number of allied countries defeated Napoleon at Water-loo. The defeat at Waterloo marked the end for Napoleon and the French dreams of world domi-nation. All of this is well known. What is not as well known is that Waterloo marks the ascenden-cy of the Rothschild family to world domination in International finance. Mayer Amschel Rothschild had made a good bit of money as a pawnbroker/moneylender in Ger-many. He had sons whom he dispatched to various European capitals to set up Rotshchild bank-ing houses. Son Nathan was sent to London. While in London Nathen came up with a plan to centralize the wool textile industry. Although it caused huge social upheaval in England, Nathan made a small fortune off of it. The Rothschilds became known as shrewd investors. They always seemed to be one step ahead of the news. What most did not know was that the Rothschilds operated a sophisticated intelli-gence network with offices across Europe sharing information. As Napoleon amassed a huge army, the other nations of Europe did the same. The Rothschilds became financiers for both sides as they would continue to do in all conflicts for the next 100 years. In June 1815 Napoleon invaded Belgium and things came to ahead. On June 16 Napoleon defeat-ed the Prussians under general Blucher at Ligny. On the 18th he engaged the British at Waterloo. The previous evening the area had been saturated by heavy rain. Napoleon waited until noon before ordering the attack to give the battlefield time to dry. War colleges have dedicated count-less hours in the analysis of this decision. It seems that the delay gave Blucher’s defeated troops time to reorganize and rush to help the Duke of Wellington and his British forces. The battle raged and all of Europe waited to find out their fate. The Rothschilds didn’t wait. Their army of agents was deployed and their communications appa-ratus was in place - carrier pigeons. Pigeons were dispatched to bring the news in what was the closest thing to real-time that existed in 1815. Of course, others knew what they were up to and tried to capture the birds. The Rothschilds protected themselves by encoding all of their messag-es in Hebrew. As the battle turned against Napoleon, the pigeons brought the word to Nathan in London. Na-than immediately headed to the stock exchange. The exchange was packed with investors waiting for a shred of news. All eyes were upon him as he entered. Everyone knew Nathan had advance information. Nathan began selling his portfolio of British companies. Everyone followed suit. The British stock market crashed, wiping out huge fortunes. When Nathan determined that the market had reached bottom, he drew upon Rothschild family resources and issued buy orders. When it was all done Nathan Rothschild had purchased nearly the entire London stock exchange at bargain-basement prices. The Rothschilds increased their fortune many times over and the name Rothschild became syn-onymous with international finance. On the 29th of Iyar Napoleon and the Rothschilds, both met their Waterloo. Nathan Rothschild said Shalom Aleichem, Happy to meet you.

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GRADUATE GRADUATING FROM YEAR/DEGREE PARENTS Sarah Bari Chaya Mushka Children's House Middle School Eliyahu and Veronika Bari

Noa Binstock Weinstein School Pre-K Avi and Rachel Binstock

Elchonon Birnbaum Torah Day School of Atlanta 8th grade Rabbi Mordy and Nechoma

Ellie Decker Dunwoody High School High School Tzali and Gila Decker

Avi Ellenoff Torah Day School of Atlanta Middle School Steve and Bonnie Ellenoff

Rotem Rachel Kadosh Atlanta Jewish Academy High School Nehemia and Liat Kadosh

Eli Kamenear Weinstein School Pre-K Jon and Heather Kamenear

Rachel Ruth Karsh Morah Carol's Place Pre-K David and Miriam Karsh

Benyomin Freund Yeshiva University B.A. Degree/Rhine Aware for

Excellence in Talmud Grandparents Len and Marcia Katz

Alyssa Roseman Epstein School 8th grade Grandparents Len and Marcia Katz

Eve Katz Sharon, MA 8th grade Grandparents Len and Marcia Katz

Keren Katz Sharon, MA Elementary School Grandparents Len and Marcia Katz

Namir Krakow EdOptions Academy/ High School/College Certification Yaakov and Melissa Krakow

Shalom Larimer Yeshiva of Virginia High School Avrohom and Sorah Larimer

Yael Mainzer Atlanta Jewish Academy Middle School Hugh and Jill Mainzer

Zach Mainzer Atlanta Jewish Academy High School/Valedictorian Hugh and Jill Mainzer

Naama Norman Kingsley Elementary School Pre-K Jeremy and Tova Norman

Anna Sara Pinkhasov Chaya Mushka Children's House Middle School Artur and Raya Pinkhasov

Bension Pinkhasov Chaya Mushka Children's House Elementary School Artur and Raya Pinkhasov

Kelli Regenbaum Barry University Graduate School/ Allan and Robyn Regenbaum

Menashe Sirota Atlanta Jewish Academy 8th grade Yaakov and Julia Sirota

Rachel Urbach Peachtree Charter Middle School 8th grade Kim Urbach

Micah Ziskind Weinstein School Pre-K David and Miriam Ziskind