Colton Graub

SHABBAT VA-YHI
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December 26, 2015 14 Tevet, 5776
Shabbat Shalom!
We are glad you are with us today!

CLERGY
Rabbi Aaron Starr
Hazzan David Propis, D.M.
Assistant Cantor Leonard S. Gutman
Cantor Emeritus Chaim Najman, D.M.

TORAH & HAFTORAH READINGS

Triennial:
Genesis 49:27-50:26, page 305
Maftir:
Genesis 50:23-26, page 310
Haftorah:
Kings I 2:1-12, page 313
Guest Torah Readers:
Steven Parzen, Ruthe Goldstein, Frank Simtob
Haftorah Chanter:
Frank Simtob
Y.E.S.! YOUTH EXPERIENCES ON SHABBAT
CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES - Tikvah Chapel
10:00 a.m.-end of services, for children ages 2 to 7
A lively Shabbat babysitting experience
for children whose parents wish to attend services.

MINCHAH/MAARIV
4:45 p.m. Followed by Sudah Shlishit
Shabbat ends 5:53 p.m.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Sunday, January 31, 2016
10:30 a.m.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

WITH THE RABBINIC SEARCH COMMITTEE
Sunday, February 7, 2016
10:30 a.m.

HEAL US NOW
A prayer for healing, composed by Cantor Leon Sher

Rfa-ei-nu Adonai vnei-ra-fei,

Ho-shi-ei-nu vni-va-shei-ah.
Mi she-bei-rach a-vo-tey-nu,
Mi she-bei-rach i-mo-tey-nu,
Ana Adonai ho-shi-ah na.
We pray for healing of the body.
We pray for healing of the soul.
For strength of flesh and mind and spirit.
We pray to once again be whole.
Eil na rfa na
Oh, please, heal us now!
Rfu-at ha-ne-fesh,
U-r fu-at ha-guf.
Rfu-ah shlei-mah
Eil na rfa na
Oh, please, heal us now!
Rfu-at ha-ne-fesh,
U-r fu-at ha-guf.
Rfu-ah shlei-mah
Heal us now.
Heal us now.
Heal us now.

Congregational Kiddush is sponsored by

Harriet Siden and Irwin and Helgard Field
in memory of their beloved parents Lea and Walter Field.
Congregational Lunch is sponsored by
Donors to the
Sisterhood Shabbat Lunch Fund.

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
There are two options for Bimah adornments. You may sponsor the
Bimah flowers for $118, and/or you may sponsor a beautiful Yad Ezra
basket for a donation of $118.
To sponsor BIMAH FLOWERS or a YAD EZRA BASKET, please contact
Lori Silverstein at RLDJS@aol.com or 248.229.0825.
To sponsor a CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH and/or SHABBAT LUNCH,
please contact Ruthe Goldstein at rishaleah@comcast.net or
248.624.0739.
Bnai Mitzvah families should contact Ruthe Goldstein for ALL
sponsorships at rishaleah@comcast.net or 248.624.0739.
BE A FRIEND OF THE SISTERHOOD SHABBAT LUNCH FUND
With an automatic monthly credit card deduction of $18/month for
60 months, you help sustain the Shabbat Lunch program, and are
honored with a nameplate on the Shabbat Lunch Plaque! Contact
Janice Stoneman at 248.770.3454 for details.
To sponsor a MORNING MINYAN BREAKFAST AND/OR SUDAH
SHLISHIT, please contact Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman at lgutman@
shaareyzedek.org. or 248.357.5544.

DAILY MINYAN TIMES

December 27, 2015-January 1, 2016

Morning Evening

Sunday
8:30
Monday
7:30
Tuesday
7:30
Wednesday 7:30
Thursday
7:30
8:30
Friday NEW YEARS DAY

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5:00
5:30
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4:45
SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING 4:52

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YOUTH, FAMILY AND TEEN EVENTS

THRILLING THURSDAYS

January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2016 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Come play! For children ages 0-5 and their favorite adults.
Free and open to the community. For information, please contact Allison Gutman
at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

TOT SHABBAT: TU BSHEVAT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE TREES

Friday, January 15, 2016 5:30 p.m.

An informal Shabbat for children ages 0-5, with singing, blessings, a special
Tu BShevat project, and dinner. Cost: $20 per family (adults and their children)
by January 10, 2016, or $25 per family after January 10. Additional adults $10 each.
RSVP to Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

MCUSY SKATING IN THE D

Saturday, January 9, 2016 7:00 p.m.-12:00 Midnight

Transportation will be provided from the JCC West Bloomfield for teens to skate
at Campus Martius and enjoy hot cocoa at Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue.
Cost: $15 per person plus skate rental. RSVP by Tuesday, January 5, 2016 to
Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

MCKABBALAT SHABBAT

Friday, January 15, 2016 5:00 -8:00 p.m.

Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills
High School students and their families are invited to this Kabbalat Shabbat service
led by MCUSY members. Dinner follows. Cost: $15 per person. RSVP by Thursday,
January 14, 2016 to Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

CSZ IN ACTION

Sunday, January 17, 2016 9:30 a.m.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and our commitment to Tikkun Olam, all CSZ
members are invited to engage in a day of service. Projects will take place at CSZ
and offsite. Contact Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

ADULT EVENTS
AVENUE Q THE MUSICAL

Thursday, February 4, 2016 8:00 p.m.

See Avenue Q The Musical with the Empty Nesters at the historic Baldwin Theater
in Royal Oak. Tickets are $20 each, and must be purchased by December 31, 2015..
Contact Mel Chinitz at mchinitz@mi.rr.com or 248.737.4280.

MAMBO MARCIS LATIN DANCE ADVENTURE

Tuesdays, January 12-February 16, 2016 7:00 p.m.

Learn the basics of salsa, cha-cha-cha, and more! No partner needed.
Cost: CSZ Members $80, Non-Members $92. Register with Wren Beaulieu-Hack
by December 30, 2015 at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

INSIDE KAREN TINTORIS MIND: WHAT SHE DOES AND HOW SHE DOES IT

Sunday, January 17, 2016 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sisterhood member and bestselling author Karen Tintori will demostrate how
easily you can uncover the hidden novelist in you. Coffee and highbrow nibbles.
No charge. Karens bestselling books will be available for purchase.
RSVP by Thursday, January 14, 2016 to sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

CSZ CONCERT IN THE SUN

Sunday, February 14, 2016 3:00 p.m.

Congregation Bnai Torah, 6261 SW 18th Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33433
Dont miss this special afternoon when Rabbi Aaron Starr and Hazzan David Propis
come to Florida for a musical performance. Reception follows. No charge.
RSVP to Tobye Bello at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BERMAN CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION AT CSZ

THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG US

The surprising people who saved Jews during the war

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1:30-3:00 p.m.
A Holocaust Center program at the Berman Center for Jewish Education at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, facilitated by Ruthe Goldstein. No charge.
RSVP by Tuesday, December 29, 2015 to Wren Beaulieu-Hack
at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING

Thursdays, January 7 & 14, 2016 7:00 p.m.

with Rabbi Tzvi Muller
Come to CSZ to indulge in sips, sweets, schoozing and inspirational learning from
different perspectives. No charge. For information, contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack
at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BRIDGING A DIVIDE: DSO MUSICIANS COLLABORATION

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:00 p.m.

Refreshments and conversation with American composer Mohammed Fairouz and
Israeli-born cellist Maya Beiser about Desert Sorrows, the new concerto that
bridges a cultural divide through the musicians partnership and passion for their
craft. At the Berman Center for Jewish Education. For information and RSVP,
please contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

DSO NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERTS AT CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK

Thursday, January 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Mozarts Prague Symphony, works by Dvorak, Elgar and featuring the
world premiere of Desert Sorrows, a concerto by American composer
Mohammed Fairouz, featuring Israeli-born cellist Maya Beiser.
For tickets, call 313.576.5111 or go online to www.dso.org.

May God bring comfort to our families, together

with all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Janice Altshuler
Lola Taubman

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SHLOSHIM PERIOD OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Albert Ferleger
Roger Hazan
Evelyn Paxton
Gary Stewart
Ruth Cohen Siegel

The road of righteousness leads to life.

By way of its path there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28

DECEMBER 19-DECEMBER 25, 2015

December 26, 2015
14 Tevet , 5776
Herman Benstein
Renee Marcia Glanz
Sonia Jacobs
Ethel Lakind
Bettye Levy
Silvie Epstein Pergament
Eli Robinson
Harry Sosnick
Leo Straus
Stuart Winkelman
December 27, 2015
15 Tevet , 5776
Walter L. Field
Karl Gutman
Moses Remer
Mabel Schmalberg
Lena Shapiro
Dorothy Sherman
Bernard N. Tucker
Sam Tukel

December 28, 2015

16 Tevet , 5776
Morris D. Baker
Anna Berman
George Brody
Casper Brown
Mollie Cherrin
Albert Green
Ephrain F. Lyons
Harry Mendelson
Irwin Weingarten
December 29, 2015
17 Tevet , 5776
Nathan Elkus
Ida Epstein
Howard Geller
Rabbi Irwin Groner
Samuel Kersch
Craina Naomi Knoll
Lucille C. Larky
Helen Lepofsky
Fredrick Mann
Lillian Libbie Rubenstein
Gerald Steinberg
Ilsa Straus

14 TEVET-20 TEVET, 5776

December 30, 2015
18 Tevet , 5776
Ethel A. Chicorel
Irving Rollinger
William Rosman
C. Hertzel Silber
Robert C. Smith
Sophie Spiwak
Selden Tachna
Sherwin Tukel
December 31, 2015
19 Tevet , 5776
Jeffrey Daniel Adelman
Deborah Altman
Darwin Canvasser
Belden Bill Carroll
Benjamin Flanders
Bessie Lillian Krell
Norman B. Lepofsky
Irvin Meckler
Allan Joel Pearlman
Sandra Pearlman
Phillip Pont
Jenny Roby
Maurice Sell

January 1, 2016
20 Tevet , 5776
Kathy Jo Babcock
Marilou Berman
Rex B. Dickerson
Irving Dubrinsky
Arthur Greenfield
Jinks Jervey-Page
Agnes Klein
Morris Kuper
Emma Levitan
Benjamin Paxton
Edith Rosberg
Ann Rosenberg
Carl Singer
Anna K. Talcowsky
Samuel Wagner

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & STAFF

Larry Nemer................................................................................................ President
Jeri Fishman...................................................................................... Vice-President
Janice Stoneman............................................................................. Vice-President
Rick Cohen. . .................................... At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Kenneth Gold................................ At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Robert Goodman ........................ At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Shira Shapiro ........................................................................... Executive Director
Wren Beaulieu-Hack
. . ..................................... Director of the Berman Center for Jewish Education
Tobye Bello................................................................................ Program Director
Leah Silverman Gawel .. ... Assistant Director of Youth and Family Learning
Shelley Golsky . . ............................................................................ Office Manager
Allison Gutman.................................. Director of Youth and Family Learning
Janet Pont.............................................. Director of Member Support Services
Leonard P. Baruch. . ................................................ Executive Director, Emeritus

SYNAGOGUE OFFICE
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, Michigan 48034-2079
248.357.5544 Fax 248.357.0227
www.shaareyzedek.org

CLOVER HILL PARK CEMETERY

Ralph Zuckman, Executive Director
2425 East Fourteen Mile Road
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
248.723.8884 Fax 248.723.8886
www.cloverhillpark.org

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK MISSION

Congregation Shaarey Zedek is a warm, welcoming, inclusive and
egalitarian Conservative Jewish community. We provide to all generations
innovative, stimulating and diverse spiritual, educational, leadership
and social opportunities that nurture our love and commitment to
Jewish life, our Synagogue, our country and the State of Israel.
Our spiritual direction is led by committed, knowledgeable and caring
clergy available to all.
Together, all participate in celebrating our history, enriching our
community and planning our future.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK HISTORY

In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of
Traditional Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found
the Shaarey Zedek Society. In 1877 the membership constructed the
first building in Detroit to be erected specifically as a synagogue at
Congress and St. Antoine. Over the years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
has been located in a number of beautiful and picturesque buildings.
These include Winder between St. Antoine and Beaubien Streets, Willis
Street E and Brush, and Chicago Boulevard and Lawton which is still
standing. At the 100th annual meeting of the Congregation on April 12,
1961, more than 700 members approved the recommendation from the
Board of Directors that a new synagogue be built on a forty acre site in
Southfield Township.
Since the 19th century, members of our congregation have proudly
played leading roles in Michigan, the nation and throughout world
Jewry. For more than 150 years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been a
house of prayer, a house of learning, and a community gathering place,
transmitting Conservative Jewish teaching, dor ldor, from generation to
generation.

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND OTHER INFORMATION

In case of emergency, there is an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
located in the alcove near the entrance to the Mens Restroom in the
main foyer of the Synagogue.
Oxygen is available, if needed, in the rear of the Sanctuary and in the
Clergy Robing Room.
Wheelchairs are available and are located in the coat room.
Large print prayer books are located in the rear of the Sanctuary.
The Sanctuary is equipped with a hearing loop which broadcasts sound
without background noise or reverberation. If your hearing aid has a
built-in wireless receiver called a T-coil or Telecoil, you may access the
T-coil program by pushing a button on your hearing aid. Speak with
your audiologist to find out if your hearing aid has, or can have, a T
(no background noise pick-up) or an MT program (blended micro-phone
& T-coil program) for improved hearing in our Sanctuary. If your hearing
aid is not T-coil enabled, hand-held hearing devices are available and
located in the rear of the Sanctuary.
Lost items may be located in the coat room. If you dont find your
lost item there, please contact the Synagogue office. Please note: the
Synagogue is not responsible for personal belongings.
Please notify an usher if you need assistance.
If you have any questions about health & safety equipment in the CSZ
building, please contact Keith Armbruster at 248.357.5544.
VISITING THE SICK
Due to privacy rules, hospitals cannot inform the Synagogue when Jewish
patients are admitted. The only way we know that you, a relative, or friend
is in the hospital is if we are notified by loved ones. Please contact Elise at
248.357.5544 or egechter@shaareyzedek.org when you know of one of our
members who is in the hospital, so our clergy can be in touch with them.
HELP MAKE A MINYAN
Coming to daily morning and/or evening services may fit perfectly into
your day. Your attendance IS important, even if you are only able to
attend periodically. Fellow congregants who are reciting kaddish for a
recently departed loved one, or a yearly yahrzeit, rely on CSZ for their
communal support. Please join us and make a difference.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
For membership information, please contact Shelley Golsky
at 248.357.5544 or sgolsky@shaareyzedek.org.