CONGREGATION AGUDATH JACOB
February 2014 –Adar I 5774/5775
Rabbi: Gordon Fuller
Phone: 254-772-1451
Fax:
254-772-2471
[email protected]
www.agudath-waco.org
President: Jeff Wolf
Editor: Pearl Jacobson
Office Admin: Amanda Henson
[email protected]
This bulletin is published twelve times per year by Congregation Agudath Jacob – a non profit organization.
Founded in 1888 – Celebrating 125 years – Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
In the beginning, God created
Rick Bauer, eldest son of Simone &
Jake Bauer. Rick was born in Houston,
Texas, and the family moved to Waco
when Rick was two years old. He has
three siblings, in age order, David,
Benjy and Rana. The Bauer family was
a member of Congregation Agudath
Jacob.
I, on the other hand, was born in
Far Rockaway, New York. Fortunately,
my parents were of extreme
intelligence and migrated south. After a
brief stint in Shreveport, Louisiana we
moved to Waco. Upon arriving in
Waco, my family became members of
Agudath Jacob. That is where my
mother spotted a beautiful young man
having his Bar Mitzvah and immediately
decided he was the perfect match for
me! We even lived around the corner
from this beautiful family! Several years
later, my father had had enough of the
synagogue (we all know why there are
two congregations!!). We joined the
Temple. On Yom Kippur, services at
the Temple ended at noon, while the
synagogue marched straight through till
the sun went down. This gave me the
opportunities to not only grow in my
faith, but to see the man I was destined
to spend eternity with. My fabulous
father-in-law, Jake, always saved me a
seat on the Bauer family row right next
to my Rick! The incredible Bobbye
Brickman would always see that I had
a ride home.
At the tender age of thirteen, I
was quite precocious and told Rick we
were to marry some day! He was
twenty-one, had already graduated
from Texas A&M, and looked at me like
I was crazy; then he gave me a quarter
and told me to call him when I grew
up!! Even that didn’t deter me.
The years passed and I still sat on
the end of the Bauer row on Yom
Kippur. We dated others, yet for me,
the bond between religious solace and
true love were still at Congregation
Agudath Jacob. I went off to college
and my seat, to my knowledge,
remained empty.
Several years later, I was back in
Waco out on the town with two of my
still close friends and it happened! I
saw Rick and asked him if I had grown
up! We were married in 1982 and have
two fabulous daughters. To my
children’s disappointment, I had long
since spent the quarter, probably on
candy!
ADULT B’NAI MITZVAH CLASS NOW FORMING FOR EVRYONE INTERESTED, EVEN IF
YOU HAD A BAR OR BAT MITZVAH!!
I tell all the bar and bat mitzvah students I
tutor that you become bat or bar mitzvah
when you reach the right age, whether or
not you have a service and/or party. That
age is after the twelfth birthday for girls and
the thirteenth birthday for boys (the rabbis
understood long ago that girls mature
more quickly than boys). The service is
just the community’s way to welcome you
into it. When you reach that age, you
become responsible for your own sins,
and your own religious behavior. But with
that responsibility comes some privileges,
too. You can count for a minyan, read from
the Torah (or other scrolls), lead a service,
and you’re potentially eligible to serve as a
witness.
Technically, all a bar/t mitzvah student has
to do at such a service is to accept an
aliyah at a Torah reading; therefore, it can
be held on any day the Torah is taken out
(Mondays, Thursdays, Shabbat, Rosh
Chodesh, and holidays). Our custom at
Agudath Jacob is that bar and bat mitzvah
students learn to read from the Torah and
read at least one aliyah. We then
encourage them to read more aliyot, read
all or part of a haftarah, and/or lead all or
parts of the service at which the
celebration takes place. They also give a
little d’var torah at the service.
Obviously, this means that all members of
the congregation have become bar/t
mitzvah since they are all “of age”. Many
had a ceremony to mark the occasion, but
many did not. You now have the
opportunity to do so, even if you already
had a ceremony, and here’s how this class
will work:
We will meet once a month together
to talk about services and other
general things about prayer.
You will choose to learn a new
synagogue skill like Torah reading,
haftarah reading, leading any of the
services, etc. You can choose to
learn more than one skill, too.
I will set a time to meet with all the
students who choose the same skill
(even if there’s only one student).
At some service to be decided upon
jointly by all the students, but before
Rosh Hashanah, each student will
demonstrate the skill s/he learned
and we will have a celebration
afterward.
This opportunity is open to anyone
over the age of 13.
Why bother doing a class like this? There
are many reasons: one is that we all have
the commandment to learn. Another is that
we have a number of new congregants
who are interested. Lastly, and perhaps
more importantly, this will create a cadre of
people, not just the rabbi or one or two
others, who will be capable of conducting
any of the services we offer as a
kehilla/spiritual community/congregation.
To join the class, choose one or more of
the following: weekday Shacharit,
Mincha, or Ma’ariv; Kabbalat Shabbat,
Ma’ariv, Shabbat Shacharit, Torah service,
Musaf, Hallel, Torah reading, Haftarah
reading, being a Gabbai; holiday Shacharit
or Musaf; other readings (Esther, Eichah,
High Holiday Torah.
THE DEADLINE TO ENROLL IS SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 16. Simply call or email me or
Amanda, and as always, I invite your
questions.
Shenizkeh l’mitzvot – may we be privileged
to continue doing the commandments
together,
Rabbi Gordy
Friday, January 31
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting
5:44 p.m.
Saturday, February 1
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Ends
6:41p.m.
Friday, February 7
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting
5:50 p.m.
Saturday, February 8
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Ends
6:47 p.m.
Friday, February 14
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting
5:56 p.m.
“Piku’ach Nefesh – Helping to Save Lives”
Annual Blood Drive
February 14 - 28
Carter Blood Care Center – NEW WOODWAY
LOCATION
206 Archway Drive, Woodway
**Be sure to mention that you are donating for
the CAJ Account**
Saturday, February 15
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Ends
6:52 p.m.
Friday, February 21
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting
6:02 p.m.
Saturday, February 22
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Ends
6:58 p.m.
Friday, February 28
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting
6:08 p.m.
Saturday, March 1
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Ends
7:03 p.m.
A big thank you to Dianne deMoville, Hanna
Vaughan, Chava Kamenetsky and Ilsa Burns for
wading through the CAJ archives last week.
Photos, documents, newspaper articles,
correspondence, flyers, minutes from meetings,
drafts of speeches, invoices, even emails—it’s all
there! There is still more sorting to be done, so
if you have any interest in seeing the history of
CAJ displayed somewhere, or if you would just
like to give a hand, please feel free to contact
Ilsa.
Adele Draiman
Pearl Jacobson
Elliot & Barbara Wolpo
Nate & Audrey Koss
Abbye & Susan Silver
Lois & Cal Goldberg
Jonathan Bard
In Honor of Rabbi Fuller
Larry & Susan Goldstein
Ira Stolzer’s 60th Birthday
Pearl Jacobson
Koss’ Anniversary
Judy Hersh
The monthly Food for Thought luncheon will
be held Thursday, February 20 at 11:45 a.m.
Please RSVP no later than
Friday, February 14.
Food from the Faithful
We will bring Cereals & pastas on an on-going
basis. Please bring packages throughout the year
and Rabbi Fuller will see that they are delivered
to caritas
Marla Jacobson
Pearl Jacobson
February
February 3
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kamenetsky
February 15
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Schwarz
February 19
Mr. & Mrs. Benjy Bauer
The next monthly CAJ Board meeting will be held Wednesday, February
12 at 7:30 p.m.
February 1
Larry Goldstein
Jeff Wolf
February 3
Debbie Hersh
February 4
Robert Isaac Offit
February 6
Sharon Fuller
February 8
Randy Olmsted
Dave Brickman
Bobbye Brickman
A. Brickman
Bobbye Brickman.
Harris Allen
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
Fay Goldberg
Norm & Margie Goldberg
B.M. Silevitch
Dave Lebowitz
Sarah Lebowitz
Chaym David Silevitch
February 13
Kerry Wolpo
February 15
Nehemiah Shaw
February 17
Jeff Levin
February 18
Jacob Fuller
February 19
Jackie Fuller
Norman Goldberg
February 20
Howard Miller
February 22
Rick Bauer
Florence Hersh
February 24
Lea Steele Levin
February 25
Justin Lynn
February 29
Jarrod Harelik
Frances Lebowitz
Leon & Elaine Lebowitz
Joe Zoblotsky
Morris Zoblotsky
Arthur Rubel
Phyllis Rubel Akmal
David Begal
Scott & Staci Reznik
Anna Gulman
Jeff & Lea Levin
Barney Brickman
Bobbye Brickman
Shabbat Donations
December 28
Jake & Simone Bauer
Stanley & Florence Hersh
January 11
January 4
Jake & Simone Bauer
Ilsa Burns
Jake & Simone Bauer
Rabbi & Sharon Fuller
Brent & Dianne deMoville
Brent & Dianne deMoville
Stanley & Florence Hersh
Harvey & Jo Spark
Judy Hersh
Jeff & Lea Levin
Harold & Chava Kamenetsky
Jeff & Lea Levin
Pearl Jacobson
Jeff & Lea Levin
Pearl Jacobson
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
Pearl Jacobson
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
January 18
January 25
Stanley & Florence Hersh
Jake & Simone Bauer
Jake & Simone Bauer
Brent & Dianne deMoville
Rabbi & Sharon Fuller
Abbye & Susan Silver
Pearl Jacobson
Pearl Jacobson
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
Steve & Lilia Schwarz
HOW TO OBSERVE THE YAHRZEIT
It is traditional to kindle a Yahrzeit Candle in the home on the evening Yahrzeit begins. It should remain lighted until sunset the
next day. Possible prayer before lighting a Yahrzeit candle: Eternal God, I/we light this candle in memory of (name) _________,
my/our beloved (relationship) ___________. The light of the flame rekindles all the warm memories of the moment we shared
together, and reassures me /us that a piece of his/her soul dwells in my/our heart(s) forever. May his/her soul be bound up
with the bonds of eternal life. Amen. Candles are available at the Gift Shop. Every effort should be made to say Kaddish at
congregational services. It is meritorious to perform some Mitzvah or to contribute to the ynagogue in commemoration of the
deceased.
Kaddish will be read on January 31
Shevat 30
Bert Gardner
Mrs. B. Levinson
Adar 1
William Chernoff
Naomi Levy
Nathan Zidman
Adar 2
Hyman Herzlich
Adar 4
Anne Goodman Deyo
Sam Wolstein
Adar 6
Morrie Alperin
Joseph Wise
Kaddish will be read on February 7
Adar 7
Lois Helfer
Adar 8
Joseph Smolensky
Phillip Reich
Marie Rosenberg
Adolph Rubel
Adar 9
Jacob Farbstein
David Wizig
Leon Berman
Adar 10
Morris A. Cohen
Lauren Hoffman
Adar 11
Bessie Offman
L. Weisberg
Kaddish will be read on February 14
Adar 14
Helen Levy
William Beville deMoville
Adar 15
Richard Sifuentes
Adar 16
Gerald Abels
Adar 17
Bessie Genecov
Bessie Zoblotsky
Adar 18
Blanche R. Ellis
Louis Esserman
Rebecca Hayman
William Lender
Robert Todd
Adar 19
Ben Keen
Max Wise
Adar 20
I.J. Gollob
Kaddish will be read on February 21
Adar 21
Harry Brodkey
Frank Israel
Thelma Lipinsky
Pearl Greenfield
Adar 22
Harry Levine
Carlos Sifuentes
Adar 23
Anna Goldman Hersh
Adar 24
Ilena Spelvo
Mrs. Harry Brodkey
Adar 26
Esther Rubinsky
Kaddish will be read on February 28
Adar 29
Secil Chazanow
Ethel Cecile Israel
Dorothy Taub
Pamela Powell
Bessie Katz
Adar 4
Cecelia Dreyfus
William Ruttenberg
February 2014
1 Adar I 5774 - 28 Adar I 5774
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
8:22AM/7:03PM
§7:48PM
Rosh Hodesh II
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
1 Adar I
Yoma 85
2
8:21AM/7:04PM
3
2 Adar I
Yoma 86
9
8:20AM/7:04PM
4
3 Adar I
Yoma 87
8:16AM/7:10PM
10
8:15AM/7:11PM
8:20AM/7:05PM
8:19AM/7:06PM
5
4 Adar I
Yoma 88
11
8:14AM/7:12PM
8:18AM/7:07PM
6
5 Adar I
Succah 2
12
8:13AM/7:12PM
16
10 Adar I
Succah 7
8:10AM/7:16PM
17
8:09AM/7:17PM
11 Adar I
Succah 8
18
8:08AM/7:17PM
13
8:12AM/7:13PM
8:07AM/7:18PM
23
17 Adar I
Succah 14
8:02AM/7:22PM
23 Adar I
Succah 20
24
8:01AM/7:22PM
24 Adar I
Succah 21
18 Adar I
Succah 15
25
8:00AM/7:23PM
20
25 Adar I
Succah 22
19 Adar I
Succah 16
26
7:59AM/7:24PM
26 Adar I
Succah 23
7 Adar I
Succah 4
8:06AM/7:19PM
7:58AM/7:25PM
27 Adar I
Succah 24
8:11AM/7:15PM
§8:00PM
Purim Katan II
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
14 Adar I
Succah 11
15 Adar I
Succah 12
8:05AM/7:20PM
¡¡7:02PM
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
21
20 Adar I
Succah 17
27
8:17AM/7:09PM
§7:54PM
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
8 Adar I
Succah 5
8:11AM/7:14PM
14 §7:59PM/¡¡6:56PM
15
13 Adar I
Succah 10
Food for Thought
11:45 a.m.
16 Adar I
Succah 13
8
Purim Katan I
12 Adar I
Succah 9
19
8:17AM/7:08PM
¡¡6:50PM
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
6 Adar I
Succah 3
CAJ Board Meeting
7:30 p.m.
9 Adar I
Succah 6
7
22
21 Adar I
Succah 18
7:57AM/7:25PM
¡¡7:07PM
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 p.m.
28
28 Adar I
Succah 25
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8:04AM/7:21PM
§8:06PM
Shacharit
9:30 a.m.
22 Adar I
Succah 19