Rosh HaShana 5777/2016
Leshanah Tovah Tikatevu
In this issue…
From the Rabbi’s Desk
Welcome!
From the President
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Meet the B’Nai Mitzvah
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Holiday in Review
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Shul Shmooze
9-10
Family News
12
Gifts and Contributions 13-15
HIWP Events
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Hebrew Institute of White Plains
20 Greenridge Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
www.hiwp.org
Tel: 914.948.3095 Fax: 914.949.4676
Rabbi: Chaim Marder: [email protected]
Chazzan: Yitzy Spinner: [email protected]
Rabbi Emeritus: Murray Grauer
Cantor Emeritus: Eli Berlinger
President: David Kahn [email protected]
Administrator: Teri Kopp: [email protected]
Executive Officers—Management Committee
Synagogue President ~ David Kahn
Co-Vice President ~ Marilyn Kneller-Rimsky
Co-Vice President ~ Rena Fredman
Secretary ~ Dan Lehman
Treasurer ~ Ellen Ungar
Senior Gabbai ~ Doug Hirshon
Gabbai ~ Gadi Romm
House Officer ~ Mick Gilbert
Programming Officers ~ Kara Olson, Talia Metson
Women’s Focus Officer ~ Meira Orentlicher
Fundraising Officer ~ Keith Reich
HIWP Committees 2016-17
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Adult Education – Uriel Heilman
Bikur Cholim –Richard and Debby Tolchin
Book Club—Audrey Reich
Bulletin – Debbie Guthartz
Boy Scouts – Evan Gilder
Capital Campaign – Keith Reich, Marc Guthartz
Chavurot – Jonathon Ament
Chazzan Liaison Committee – Rena Rosen
Neil Rimsky
Chesed – Amy Ament
CPR/Blood Drive – Marc Guthartz
Donation Cards – Audrey Schulman
Facility Planning Committee – Todd Stern
Finance/Investments – Ellen Ungar, Alan Schulman
Gabbayit - Leah Portnoy Worenklein
Girl Scouts - Paula Gilder
High Holiday Seating – Teddy Ganzarski,
Rich Ehrenhaus
Historian - Dan Steinhauer
House –Mick Gilbert
Israel Action – Dean Ungar
Journal – Marc Metson, Jason Rosen
Kesharim - Talia Crystal
Kiddush – Keith Reich
Laining – Ari Walisever
Marketing - Leah Portnoy Worenklein
Mishloach Manot – Malka Helft, Rena Rosen
MOFIA: Members Over Fifty In Action – Judy Grant
Movie Club – Paul Orentlicher,
Leah Portnoy Worenklein
New Baby Meals – Erica Fish
Nominating Committee – Rena Fredman,
Marilyn Kneller-Rimsky, David Kahn, Norma
Hurwitz, Adena Laufer, Marc Metson, Yael Slonim
Summer Onegs – David Siegel
Programming – Kara Olson, Talia Metson
Rabbi Liaison Committee – Michelle Brody
Liron Gitig
Religious Services – Doug Hirshon, Gadi Romm
Security – Rena Fredman, Ken Sadinoff, Elize Beneke
Shabbat Across HIWP – Malka Helft,
Rena Rosen
Shiva Meals – Debbie Guthartz, Suzie Marder
Testimonial Dinner – Lisa Kahn Kriegel
Thrift Shop – Deborah Weinberger
Website – David Worenklein
Welcoming/Membership – Debbie Fein
Women’s Tefillah – Adina Steinberg
Women’s Rosh Chodesh – Tani Schwartz
Yahrzeit Cards – Jerusha Coltof
Youth Committee – Aaron Steinberg
Youth Shomrim – Debbie Lehman
From The Rabbi’s Desk
by Rabbi Chaim Marder
What Best Brings People to G-d?
A lesson for Rosh Hashanah and all the days of the year
The last lines of the Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Torah selection tells up that, at this later
stage in his mission,
"Avraham planted an "eshel" in Be'er Sheva, and called out there in the name of
G-d".
Two views are presented in the midrash as to what exactly is being described here.
Midrash Rabbah - Genesis LIV:6
"R. Judah said: ESHEL means an orchard, the word meaning ask (she'al) for
whatever you wish, figs, grapes, or pomegranates.
R. Nehemiah said: ESHEL means an inn, the word connoting, ask whatever you
desire, meat, wine, or eggs."
Avraham, who had always been a gracious host, seems to have thrown himself even
further into the food service industry. Earlier, in chapter 12, we met Avraham as
primarily a man who set up altars where "he called out in G-d's name". By this
chapter, he changes his approach. He shifts from altar work, to hosting work, to
caring, community, joy, relief, support. And in this we are told that he, once more,
“called out in the name of G-d."
Here's the key message he conveys: G-d is present in the caring act. For the
strangers, it is a brief opportunity for them to feel cared for. And for the generations
of his family to come, he has modeled the nature of family, community and tribe, that
lives in this. This is implicitly the place of G-dliness.
In the midrash we are told that Avraham goes one step further. According to R.
Nehemiah's interpretation that it was an inn, Abraham used to receive wayfarers, and
"after they had eaten and drank he would say to them, ' Now offer a blessing.’ When
they asked what to say, he would reply, ‘Blessed be the Everlasting God, of whose
bounty we have eaten.’ Hence it is written, “AND CALLED THERE ON THE
NAME OF THE LORD, THE EVERLASTING GOD."
Avraham recognizes that the caring act, the embrace of the other, opens
opportunities for deeper religious experiences. He builds on those holy
connections to help people arrive at an awareness of the G-d who stands behind the
enterprise of this special family and the world itself.
Our shul is a living continuation of that lesson of Avraham Avinu. We are an eshel,
which has rightly placed an emphasis on the embrace, the caring, the community
(although there is more work to be done!). It's within all of that, that people can find
G-dliness, perhaps more than in the theology realm. It is also from within the
experience of that caring community that we are meant to reach for the deeper
awareness and involvement in all those religious elements.
We begin this season of Encounter with Hashem, deeply appreciative of the loving
community that we are. May we continue to find G-d in all the elements of this
community, and may the experience of shared goodness impact us all the more
deeply in our religious returning (i.e. repentence) and in the service of Hashem,
through the hours and days of tefillah together.
,‫לשנה טובה תכתבו‬
May we all be inscribed for a Year of Goodness, and a Good Year,
Rabbi Chaim Marder
Hebrew Institute of White Plains Bulletin
Welcome! Beinvenue! Willkommen!
We are so pleased to welcome two new members to our staff.
Firstly, b'ruchah ha'baah to Shiffy Friedman, our new
Westchester Yoetzet Halachah. Shiffy, also teaches at
SAR Academy and, along with her husband Noam are
the JLIC campus couple at Columbia U. We welcomed
Shiffy at a meet-and-greet in mid September, and she
has already begun her work. Shiffy and her family will
be spending Shabbat here Shabbat Noach (November
4th-5th). Please contact her with any and all women's
health/halachah
and
mikveh
questions.
[email protected]; 201-341- 6022.
We also recently welcomed our new Congregational
Intern, Leah Sarna. Leah is a third year student at
Yeshivat Maharat. On her first Shabbat she already
connected with our members through her Torah teaching.
We hope to have her with us next on Shabbat Breishit
(October 28th-29th) following the chagim.
Both Leah and Shiffy will be teaching at various other
points throughout the year. We are excited to have them
on board!
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
We welcome our new members who have joined since last year
Moshe Benner
Yehuda & Arielle Cohen
Mayer & Judith Guttman
Eugene & Alisa Koysman
Jeremy & Jessica Rosenblum
Michael Stein & Judith Talesnick
Ellen Tager
Juana Toporovsky
Heshy & Miriam Wallach
Andrew Weitzner
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HIWP
Board of Directors
2016-2017
Alex Aronoff
Joanna Blum
Daniel Cohen
Kay Cohen
Matt Crystal
Marina Feldman
Rena Fredman
Mick Gilbert
Evan Gilder
Marc Guthartz
Doug Hirshon
Beth Hurvitz
David Kahn
Marilyn Kneller-Rimsky
Adena Laufer
Dan Lehman
Wendy Leibowitz
Liz Marcus
Talia Metson
Kara Olson
Meira Orentlicher
Audrey Reich
Neil T. Rimsky
Gadi Romm
Kenneth Sadinoff
Yael Slonim
Aaron Steinberg
Todd Stern
Ellen Ungar
HIWP Bulletin Staff : Leah Weitzman, Meira Orentlicher, Daniel Rowley, and Teri Kopp
Managing Editor: Debbie Guthartz
Contributing Writers: Rabbi Marder, David Kahn, Rena Fredman & Kay Cohen
We welcome photos, articles and information for inclusion in the bulletin.
Submissions can be sent via email to [email protected] or mailed to the HIWP office ATTN: Teri.
All articles are subject to editing.
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
A Message From The President
by David Kahn
HIWP Home and Family
The Chagim are definitely the most heart warming
part of the year. It is the time when our extended
families gather in our homes and reconnect to start
off the year on the right foot. No pun intended.
Many members of our (HIWP) extended family will
be coming to our HIWP home this year and we are
looking forward to it!
There will be a lot going on and there are a lot of
plans for the HIWP future. I encourage you to
share the plans for the HIWP ReBuild
project with your extended family. We
know that many family members and
friends are jointly committed to the
vision a rebuilt HIWP home and would
be happy to help it become a reality.
If you or they should have any
questions, please contact Marc Metson
and/or Aaron Steinberg to learn more
about ways that they can participate in this
important project.
Thanks to your generosity we have now reached
$3.1 million in pledges and a total of $4.1 million all
in, towards the HIWP ReBuild campaign. We are
moving forward to draw up more detailed plans
and meeting with banks to discuss financing
options. The plans we ultimately choose will be
directly related to the amount of pledges we
receive. Please make sure you connect with our
Solicitation Team ASAP so we can get closer to
meeting our fundraising goals and ReBuilding our
shul to meet the needs of our growing community.
We will make it, but only if everyone pitches in.
Thanks to Marc Guthartz, Keith Reich, and the rest
of the solicitation team for all their efforts! Please
contact them if you wish to find out more
information or make a pledge.
This season has already gotten off to a rocking
start.
We already had several guest speakers
covering topics such as the Palestinian and
Israeli Conflict and the BDS movement. Sam
and Ayala have trained the Youth Group
Leaders and they are all ready to go.
We are blessed to welcome additional Rock
Star staff including Shiffy Freidman –
Westchester Yoetzet, Leah Sarna – our
Congregational Intern, and Rabbi Seth
Braunstein – our Teen Minyan leader.
I encourage you to participate this
year and engage in the many
classes,
programming,
and
volunteer opportunities here in the
shul.
I often have the opportunity to
speak to volunteer leadership from
other shuls in the greater NY area.
We are pleased to hear that, there are many
shuls that look up to HIWP in terms of the level
of engagement and quality of programming
due to the work of our Clergy and Shul Lay
Leadership (including you). In particular,
MOFIA (Members over Fifty in Action), Youth
Programming,
the
number
of
active
committees,
and
intergenerational
engagement, have been much talked about.
We should be really proud! Of course, there is
so much more to do and we need your help!
There are many opportunities to help out at
the shul. Please call me and tell me how you
want to help! We need you!
Shana Tova!
Forever indebted to all of you….
Your President,
David
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Meet the B’Nei Mitzvah
Peri Sadinoff
Peri Shalom Sadinoff will
be
reading
v'Zot
ha'Bracha from the Torah
in the Women's layning
at the HIWP on Simchat
Torah. She wishes to
thank her uncle Daniel
Katz for teaching her the
layning. After that, she
will celebrate her Bat
Mitzvah by completing
her learning of Mishna
Succah with a Siyum and
a
celebration
on
November 6, 2016. She
wishes to thank Morah
Miriam
Lewitin
from
Westchester Day School for learning with her.
Peri dedicated her learning to the memory of Ezra
Schwartz z'l who was a counselor of hers at
Camp Yavneh.
Peri is a Westchester Day School sixth grader
and summers at Camp Yavneh in Northwood,
NH. She is on the JCC swim team and plays
basketball, floor hockey and softball. Peri is the
only Sadinoff born in White Plains. Her older
sisters Gabrielle and Orlee were been born in
NYC and were their parents’ impetus for moving
to White Plains.
Toby Olson
Toby
Olson
celebrated his Bar
Mitzvah on August 27,
2016, at the Hebrew
Institute
of White
Plains,
leyning
parashat Eikev, its
haftorah, and leading
the congregation in
the Musaf service. He
was
privileged
to
hone his leyning skills
under the guidance of
his
teacher
Ari
Walisever, and his
hazzanut from Cantor
Yitzy Spinner. Toby’s bar mitzvah drasha, on the topic
of Moshe’s exhortation to the Jewish people to be
steadfast in their upholding of the Torah and mitzvoth,
was an inspiring reflection on the qualities of good
leadership, setting a good example, and the
importance of our own self esteem in serving HaShem
and helping each other.
Toby is a passionate guy: a first-rate soccer player and
an accomplished skier, Toby also enjoys music,
reading, art and many other athletic and intellectual
pursuits. He is a devoted sports fan, counting among
his favorite teams the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle
Seahawks, and the New York Mets. Currently in eighth
grade at Westchester Day School, Toby has had an
exciting many years of primary education, including
spending his second grade year as a student at
Yehudah ha-Levi school in Katamon, Jerusalem, where
he learned fluent Hebrew. Over his thirteen years, Toby
has travelled extensively, including to Prague, Vienna,
and London, and is a passionate devotee of NPR
podcasts, especially “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” and
“This American Life.”
Talia Pollack
Talia Pollack celebrated
her
Bat
Mitzvah
on
September 3rd, Shabbat
Rosh
Chodesh
Elul,
Parshat Re’eh. She leyned
Rishon and Maftir at the
Women’s Tefillah, which
she was taught by her
grandmother. Talia gave a
drasha to the entire
congregation which she
prepared
with
Rabbi
Marder. She studied the
laws of shmita as they
relate to loans and their
broader
application
to
tzedakah. After a year of
studying the Mishnayot of Seder Moed with her
parents, Talia made a Siyyum on the entire seder. We
are all very proud of Talia’s achievements.
Talia is a 7th grade student at SAR and loves reading
and spending time with her friends. Camp Stone is
Talia’s summer refuge.
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Holiday in Review
Days of Repentance
SLICHOT
the electronic ignition switch. One may turn up the flame
on a gas stove, but it is the practice not to turn it down
unless the food above it is being overcooked. If one has
an electric stove, it is quite possible that no changing of
setting will be allowed. If you have any questions, ask the
Rabbi.
ROSH HASHANAH
The day following Rosh Hashanah is observed as a fast
day (Fast of Gedalyah) commemorating the end of the
Jewish commonwealth after the destruction of the First
Beit Hamikdash.
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
is known as “Shabbat Shuva”, drawing on the opening
words of the haftarah, which calls upon Israel to return to
G-d. Rabbi Marder will deliver a Shuva discourse at the
end of tefillah, shortly before 11am.
Throughout the millennia, Jews have gathered to recite
penitential prayers in the days leading up to the Yamim
Noraiim, the Days of Awe. We begin this recitation on the
Saturday night preceding Rosh Hashanah and continue
before Shacharit in the early morning each day until Yom
Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah recalls the day God formed Adam and
Eve, culminating the process of creation. It thus serves as
the yearly point for God’s review of every individual,
assessing our year past and making determinations for
the future. Bearing that in mind, we use the Ten Days of
Repentance, from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur
(when by tradition those decisions and plans are
‘‘sealed’’) to seek God’s help in effecting
internal change by allowing us the opportunity
for a year of greater spiritual achievement and
growth for ourselves, our people and the
world.
Aside from the familiar synagogue practices of
Shofar and special penitential prayers, we
perform certain home customs carrying the
prayer that the new year be productive and
bear good tidings. It is customary to dip
challah and apples into honey as part of the
hope for a sweet year. Some have the custom not to eat
anything sharp or bitter to indicate the hope that we avoid
bitterness and harshness in the future. Fish are eaten as
a sign of fertility. Many more items, e.g., pomegranates,
with similar symbolic hope, are eaten as well.
A further custom connected with the holiday is tashlich.
This takes place at a brook or a river on the afternoon of
the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Tashlich expresses the
hope that God will cast out our sins into the depths of the
sea and that we escape from evil as do the fish of the
ocean.
Men have the custom of going to the mikveh on Erev
Rosh Hashanah and on Erev Yom Kippur, usually after
midday. The Young Israel of Scarsdale Mikveh will be
open for such use.
Cooking on Yom Tov: Cooking is allowed on Rosh
Hashanah just as it is for the other chagim (unless it falls
on Shabbat, of course). Thus, as long as one lights the
flame before the onset of the chag uncooked food may be
placed thereon. If one has an automatic-pilot gas stove,
then there is no need to turn the gas on beforehand. If
one has an electric ignition switch, one can transfer a
flame to the open gas, first ensure that one has bypassed
CUSTOMS DURING THE DAYS OF REPENTANCE
Cemetery Visitations – There is a custom to visit the
graves of loved ones during this period.
Chazzan Yitzy Spinner will be present, on
October 9 at 10am, to assist in this tradition
on the Sunday morning between Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur at Sharon
Gardens cemetery.
It is also the practice for individuals to
voluntarily take on some strictures during this
period, as a way to realize their own capacity
to
expand
their
observances
and
commitment. This, along with continuing the
process of repentance….
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. The day
prior to Yom Kippur has a special character of its own. On
Erev Yom Kippur there is a mitzvah to eat throughout the
day (just as there is a mitzvah to fast throughout Yom
Kippur). This culminates in a festive meal just before the
fast. It is also customary to “shlog kaparos.” most
commonly done nowadays by taking some coins to be
given to charity, reciting the text in which we indicate that
we are hoping to ‘‘transfer’’ our sins to these coins and
then set them aside for tzedakah.
On Yom Kippur, every adult is required to participate in
the 5 ‘‘inuyim’’, the elements of self- affliction, which
consist of the prohibition on washing, using body oils and
creams, eating and drinking, wearing leather shoes, and
marital relations. These begin at sunset on Erev Yom
Kippur and extend until nightfall on Yom Kippur itself.
Those who have medical issues which might preclude
fasting should contact the Rabbi to discuss the issue.
CHILDREN’S AND TEEN PROGRAMMING
The Hebrew Institute will provide babysitting services to
the children of members attending services over the High
Holidays. These babysitters will watch toddlers through
preschoolers from 9:00am until the end of services. We
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will also have special youth davening and groups on
each morning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Parent volunteers are needed to assist our teens.
In addition to the youth groups for our youngsters,
there will be special sessions for our shul teens at
certain points during the day, and on Kol Nidrei eve.
Info will follow.
Days of Joy
SUKKOT
SCHEDULE
Following the period of Teshuvah and
Forgiveness, we celebrate together
the Festival of Sukkot, and, towards
its end, the holiday of Shmini Atzeret/
Simchat Torah.
SLICHOT (Beginning September 24, 2016)
BUILDING YOUR SUKKAH
Slichot night: pre-slichot Kumitz – 10:00pm. Slichot
service to follow at 11:00m.
As a general rule, during the days leading up to Rosh
Hashanah, slichot will be 25 minutes before the
shacharit time, and during the days of Repentance,
30 minutes prior. See shul calendar for exact details.
ROSH HASHANAH EVE (October 2, 2016)
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Slichot: 7:30am
Mikveh at YIS: from 7:30am
Candles and services: 6:16pm
ROSH HASHANAH (October 3 & 4, 2016)
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Shacharit (both days): 8am
Infant/toddler day care: begins at 9am
Torah service (both days): approximately 9:30am
Shofar (both days): approximately 10:25am
Youth groups following shofar-10:45pm
Tashlich (day 1): 5:00pm
Minchah (both days): 6:10pm
Candles: (beginning of day 2) 7:14pm
Havdalah (end of day 2): 7:12pm
EREV YOM KIPPUR (October 11, 2016)
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Slichot: 6:25am
Mikveh at YIS: from 7:30am through 4:15pm
Minchah: 3:00pm
Infant/toddler day care: begins at 5:45pm
Gathering time 5:50pm
Kol Nidrei: 6:00pm
Latest Candles 6:01pm
YOM KIPPUR (October 12, 2016)
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Shacharit: 8:30am
Infant/toddler day care: begins at 9:00am
Yizkor: approx. 11:30am
Minchah 4:30pm
Neilah: 6:00pm
Shofar sound: 7:00pm
The Torah instructs the Jewish people to dwell in Sukkot as
G-d caused our ancestors to do so in the desert, under G-d’s
protective cloud. The mitzvah to dwell in the Sukkah is for all
the days of the festival. The practice of Jews outside of Israel
is to also eat meals in the sukkah on Shmini Atzeret. Please
review the enclosed instructions/suggestions/reminders for
building your sukkah correctly.
THE FOUR SPECIES: LULAV & ETROG ET AL
In describing the observances of the Sukkot Festival, the
Torah instructs us: “Take for yourself an etrog, lulav (palm
branch), hadasim and aravot (branches of myrtle and willow).
Picking these species requires both knowledge of the
requirements and the patience to search for an acceptable
set. There is a special mitzvah of seeking out exceptionally
beautiful species (hiddur), and that can become even more
difficult. In addition, from the wording “take for yourself,” the
Rabbis determined that the four species must be owned by
the individual, not borrowed from another (note: the ownership
obligation is specific to the first day, and we do not take the 4
species on a Shabbat).
As a service to the congregation, the Hebrew Institute will
once again host a “sukkot shuk,” this year on Thursday
evening, October 13.
SUKKOT HIGHLIGHTS
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Sukkot
shuk: October 13, 6:00-9:00pm. Buy your lulav and
etrog at a fine price and right here in White Plains. A portion of
the proceeds will be given to tzedakah in Israel.
*October 16, Eve of Sukkot: Candles 5:54pm; earliest
kiddush 6:46pm
*On October 18 we will have our annual youth Sukkah
hop beginning at the Marder Sukkah, from 3:45pm.
*The HIWP sukkah will be lit each evening to allow any and all
to take their meals there. We are also pleased to help arrange
Sukkah hospitality around the neighborhood.
*Annual Sukkot Dinner: October 20 5:45pm
Musical Hallel. Join our chazzan Yitzy Spinner for a
Hallel with instrumental accompaniment on Sunday morning,
October 23. Minyan begins at 7:45am. Come ready to sing!
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Sukkah Building Review
What follows is an outline form review of some of the key things to keep in mind
in building your sukkah. Please contact me with any questions you might have.
Chag sameach, and happy building!
Placement
Open area - not under trees, nor under overhangs
Schach- main part of Sukkah
Material:
Don’t do drippy or droopy or deciduous
Must be natural growth stuff
Can’t be “mekabel tumah” (be able to become tameh- e.g., a
finished product, even from ground)
Use Only mats/shades produced as schach
Positioning:
Davar hamaamid - schach support
Our practice is not to have schach rest on something that is
mekabel tum’ah, such as metal poles
Use beams around perimeter, if need be.
Make the schach reach the walls if possible
Staying put:
Schach needs to be able to stay up in normal breeze “Ruach metzuya (normal wind)”
Can use pieces of wood (unfinished, not vessels, e.g., no ladder) to hold down
Then, it can be tied down too.
Amount:
Don’t skimp!
Enough so that shade is greater than sun on bright day at noon (absent nearby trees and buildings).
Don’t worry about “seeing the stars” when deciding on the amount of schach.
Walls
Number and type:
Any material, in principle
Minimum- 2 walls and a 3rd 1-fist-length suffices (but don’t get fancy!)
Sturdiness:
Sturdy to withstand a ruach metzuyah (normal wind) – at least the lower 10 tefachim (we’ll say 33 inches
minimally). The walls can’t sway more than 11 inches in normal breeze. (That’s why many of the new
designed canvas sukkot have cross beams or other ways to anchor- to overcome this concern). Make sure
to anchor the walls at bottom.
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Shul Shmooze
MOFIA on the Move
The HIWP's MOFIA group has been quite active since
publication of the last Bulletin. Nothing seems to slow our
group down; we have continued to attend programs even
during the dog days of summer.
In late spring we visited The Muse Paint Bar and
spent an evening painting our own masterpieces while also
enjoying a lovely light dinner.
Our summer season got off to a great start with a
well attended Shabbat luncheon featuring Eric Levine who
spoke about Jews and Social Change. The talk was based
on a book he edited, Contention, Controversy, and
Change: Evolutions and Revolutions in the Jewish
Experience (Volumes I-II). The talk was quite informative
and interesting.
In July we took a trip to the New York Historical
Society where a private docent led us through two exhibits.
The first one was on the rise of anti- Semitism from 19191939, in Germany. The second showcased Alexander
Hamilton, The Untold Story, which was so timely given all
the hoopla about the Broadway megahit, based on the life
of this founding father. The visit was followed by a delicious
luncheon at "Sunflower" a fairly recent addition to the NYC
kosher restaurant scene.
Our final summer event took place on September
8th with a tour of Kykuit, Rockefeller's estate in Sleepy
Hollow, which showcases his extensive art collection as
well as the house and grounds. A picnic lunch was then
enjoyed by everyone.
Our upcoming fall/winter calendar promises to be
just as packed and enjoyable as our summer has been.
Monthly computer/ Smartphone classes begin on Sunday,
September 18. There is no charge for these very
personalized computer classes. A Shabbat luncheon for
MOFIA members will take place in November, with the date
and a guest speaker TBA.
On Saturday, January 21, our group will attend a
concert at The White Plains Performing Arts Theater,
featuring the sensational Maccabeats. Don’t miss it!
Judy Grant and members of the MOFIA committee
strive to provide meaningful and enjoyable activities for all
participants .Please feel free to contact Judy if you‘d like to
suggest ideas for programming as we truly seek to have
broad participation in all that we do.
Shana Tovah.
Attention, All Bikur Cholim
Committee Member Wannabes
Call us to join and participate in this
important Mitzvah
For extra credit:
What was the first reported
Bikur Cholim visit?
Respond to:
Debby & Richard Tolchin
[email protected] 949-7770
Barbara & Marty Marks
[email protected] 946-9015
Colin Goldberg
[email protected]
472-8292
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Shul Shmooze
HIWP SECURITY UPDATE
This has been a busy and productive year for
the security committee at HIWP! Since last
year's High Holidays, we have implemented
many new security operations and upgraded
new features in and around our building. A
quick review of what we've accomplished this
year:
•
Established a vehicle registry with car
stickers to identify vehicles that do and do not
belong in our HIWP parking lot. If you have
not registered your car please contact the
office immediately to do so and please attach
your HIWP sticker to your car window before
parking in the synagogue lot.
•
Designated a gravel stroller parking
area near the Greenridge entrance to help
maintain clear access to exits inside the
building in case of emergency evacuations.
•
Established a weekly rotation of
shomrim team leaders to coordinate and train
our
shomrim
volunteers
in
DHS
recommended guidelines for security threats
such as identifying suspicious individuals and
objects, active shooter procedures and more.
•
Began participating in a New York
region CSS—Community Security Service,
which provides training to our shomrim, and
links us to a larger network of immediate
security updates.
•
Reconfigured entrances to the HI
building so that entrances can be properly
guarded during Shabbat services and other
major events.
•
Began a process to receive a
Department of Homeland Security grant for
specific security related equipment and
upgrades to the building during our upcoming
renovation.
•
Installed locks inside the classrooms
downstairs and trained our youth directors in
procedures should a security emergency
arise.
Conducted multiple fire drills on Shabbat
Mornings.
•
Established a designated email address,
[email protected], for congregants to report any
suspicious person, object or activity around the
facility at any time during the week.
•
We understand that implementing some of these
new procedures hasn't always gone as smoothly
as we might have hoped, but we thank you all for
your patience and flexibility as these changes
were made. We are first and foremost a caring
community, and we intend to work hard to
maintain our warm, haimisch quality while doing
our best to keep our kehillah safe!
The Security Committee would also like to extend
a Yasher Koach and thank you to all our shomrim
volunteers who stand guard outside our building
no matter the weather—rain, snow, cold or heat!
Every week these volunteers manage to balance
a watchful presence with a welcoming smile.
They have our great appreciation but they could
also use our help. If you are interested in
participating in this important service to our HI
community please email us at [email protected].
Wishing everyone a Shana Tovah.
The HIWP Security Committee
Hebrew Institute of White Plains Bulletin
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Family News
By Leah Weitzman and Teri Kopp (July 1, 2016– September 23, 2016)
MAZAL TOV and Notables
Josh Grauer on his Special Birthday
Anita Rosenstock on her special birthday
Willa & Hillel Swiller on their 50th Wedding
Anniversary
Leah & Daniel Bendavid on the birth of a
Ariella & Jesse Melman on the birth of a daughter, Tamar Aviya born on September
baby girl
22, 2016. Tamar is welcomed by older
Kay & Arnold Cohen on the marriage of sister Orly. The maternal grandparents are
their granddaughter Ariella to Eytan Rebecca & Zevy Isseroff and paternal
grandparents are Joyce & Jonny
Fleischman
Bendavid.
Kara & Jess Olson on the Bar Mitzvah of
their son, Toby
We Extend Heartfelt Condolences To:
Tzeitchem L’Shalom to Linda Lightstone Alan Neustadter on the passing of his
as she makes Aliyah to Israel
mother, Gladys Neustadter
Tzeitchem L’Shalom to Maya & Yoav Debbie Lehman on the passing of her
Cohen as they return to Israel
father, Charles Krinitz
Yehudit & Noam Pollack on the Bat Saul Aschkenasy, on the passing of his
Mitzvah of their daughter, Talia
daughter, Janet Aschkenasy
Dr.
Howard
Weiner,
Chief
of Steve Apple on the passing of his mother,
Neurosurgery at
Texas
Children's Rhoda Apple
Hospital, will be honored by American
Cantor Emeritus Eli Berlinger on the
Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro
passing of his mother, Charlotte Berlinger
Civia & John Mclean on the birth of a
granddaughter, Eliana Joey, born to Taal Eleanor Ehrenkranz on the passing of her
brother, Bernard Mangel
& Roy Rachamimov
Susan Kleiman & Steve Wechsler on the
Bar Mitzvah of their son Ari.
His
A Note of Thanks
grandparents are Eunice & Bernice
Kleiman.
Cantor Eli Berlinger and family thank all of
Ruth Bausk on the birth of a you, our dear friends, for your most kind
granddaughter Malka Chaya born to Lena and generous expressions of sympathy
& Yeshai Sheckartze in Israel. Malka is upon the loss of our mother and mother-in
welcomed by older siblings Shimson and -law. She led a Torah infused life, and
Miriam. The paternal grandparents are focused her energy on her loving family.
Mr. & Mrs. Zion Sheckarzte, Dr. Elinor Her memory is a blessing to us
Robin & David Spofford
Hebrew Institute of White Plains Bulletin
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Gifts and Contributions
A Message from the Rabbi:
(July 1, 2016—September 23, 2016)
Please be aware that I administer
two special funds here at the shul.
Religious Articles
Fund
HIWP fund for the Needy
Purpose: This fund assists
individuals who come to the
synagogue seeking assistance,
generally from outside the area.
They
are
individuals
who
otherwise fall through the cracks,
perhaps because they do not
have employment or family
support. Often times they are
people whose origin was Israel or
Russia, although not exclusively.
We also assist small tzedakot,
primarily
Israeli
institutions,
whether orphanages or schools
for the needy.
Contribution
Source:
synagogue charity boxes; direct
contributions. We greatly need
assistance in keeping this account
replenished,
especially
as
personal
hardships
have
increased in the present climate.
We greatly need assistance in
keeping this fund replenished.
HIWP Chessed Fund
Purpose:
Established
to
assist congregants who might be
in need of support due to
temporary hardship of one sort or
another. Any assistance will be
offered
with
complete
confidentiality.
Contribution
source: direct
contributions from members. At
present, the fund has only a small
amount of money in it.
If you have any questions about
these funds, please contact Rabbi
Marder.
Cantor Eli Berlinger in memory
of his mother, Charlotte
Berlinger
Leah Weitzman
Judge Joseph Fisch in honor
of 9/10/16 Shabbat
Presentation
Joyce & Reuvaine Kinches
Capital Fund:
Linda Lightstone in honor of
making Aliyah to Israel
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Peggy & Edward Krupnik in
honor of their 50th wedding
anniversary
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Ricki Goodblatt, Refuah
Shelemah
Wendy Leibowitz
Lois Laitman, Reufah
Shelemah
Wendy Leibowitz
Willa & Hillel Swiller in honor
of their 50th wedding
anniversary
Wendy Leibowitz
Maya & Yoav Cohen, in your
honor
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Kara & Jess Olson in honor of
the bar mitzvah of their son,
Toby
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Cantor Eli Berlinger in memory
of his mother, Charlotte
Berlinger
Wendy Leibowitz
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Women’s Tefillah
Fund:
Marcy & Daniel Cohen in honor
of the bar mitzvah of their son,
Abraham
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Cantor Eli Berlinger in memory
of his mother, Charlotte
Berlinger
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Anita Rosenstock in honor of her
special birthday
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Kay & Arnold Cohen in honor of
the marriage of their
granddaughter Ariella to Eytan
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Joyce & Ted Besdine in honor of
the marriage of their grandson
Evyatar Avaid to Batya
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Steve Apple in memory of his
mother, Rhoda Apple
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Willa & Hillel Swiller in honor of
their 50th wedding anniversary
Vicky Rubenovitch Fish & Larry
Fish
Adult Education Fund:
Kay & Arnold Cohen in honor of
the marriage of their
granddaughter Ariella to Eytan
Leah Weitzman
Civia & John Mclean in honor of
the birth of a granddaughter
Leah Weitzman
Continued on page 14
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Gifts and Contributions
Youth Fund:
Lisa Aschkenasy in memory
of her sister, Janet
Aschkenasy
Dorothea Pyzowski
Happiness Fund:
Births:
Rachel & Dr. Moshe Klausner
in honor of the birth of
daughter, Lielle
Lois & Danny Laitman
Lois & Danny Laitman on the
birth of a great
granddaughter, Lielle
Audrey & Keith Reich
Anita Rosenstock
Kay & Arnold Cohen
Civia & John Mclean in honor
of the birth of a
granddaughter
Yetta Kaplan
Leah Weitzman
Ricki & Jon Goodblatt
Marilyn & Ezra Berkowitz
Willa & Hillel Swiller
Bar/Bat Mitzvah:
Marcy & Daniel Cohen in honor
of the bar mitzvah of their son,
Abraham
Barbara & Martin Marks
Kara & Jess Olson in honor of
the bar mitzvah of their son,
Toby
Kay & Arnold Cohen
Morah Jane & Josh Grauer
Barbara & Martin Marks
Wedding:
Joyce & Ted Besdine in honor
of the marriage of their
grandson Evyatar Avaid to
Batya
Kay & Arnold Cohen
Anita Rosenstock
Leah Weitzman
Felicity & Stanley Schwartz in
honor of the marriage of their
daughter Desi to David
Audrey & Keith Reich
Jennifer & Jeffrey Lavine in
honor of the marriage of their
son Josh to Rikki
Audrey & Keith Reich
Kay & Arnold Cohen in honor
of the marriage of their
granddaughter Ariella to Eytan
David Kroun
Joyce & Ted Besdine
Marilyn & Ezra Berkowitz
Eleanor Ehrenkranz
Barbara & Martin Marks
Anniversary:
Peggy & Edward Krupnik in
honor of their 50th wedding
anniversary
Linda Lightstone
Ellen & Dean Ungar
Barbara & Martin Marks in
honor of their wedding
anniversary
Leah Weitzman
Birthday:
Bobby Brody in honor of his
birthday
Wendy & Brandon Dunn
Anita Rosenstock on her special
birthday
Harriette & Allen Weingast, Fran
Weingast, and Shelly Rosenthal
Barbara Strassman
Get Well Fund:
Ricki Goodblatt, Refuah
Shelemah
Barbara & Martin Marks
Anita Rosenstock
Doris Dreyfuss
Leah Weitzman
Audrey Schulman, Refuah
Shelemah
HIWP Office Staff
Stephen Schwartz, Refuah
Shelemah
Barbara & Martin Marks
Rabbi Murray Grauer, Refuah
Shelemah
Barbara & Martin Marks
Debbie & Stephen Schwartz
In Your Honor / Thank
You:
Samantha Schwartz,
congratulations and all the best
Barbara & Martin Marks
Willa & Hillel Swiller in honor
of their 50th wedding
anniversary
Kay & Arnold Cohen
Betty & Joseph Fisch
Paula & Evan Gilder
Doris & Leo Dreyfuss
Malka & Shimon Shalit in honor
of their generosity and
commitment to HIWP
Audrey & Keith Reich
Marilyn & Ezra Berkowitz, in
honor of their wedding
anniversary
Mimi & Bob Lambert
Bob Brody for being honored at
the YIWP annual dinner
Barbara & Martin Marks
Rabbi Marder, thank you
Shari & Aryeh Levine
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Gifts and Contributions
Marilyn & Ezra Berkowitz,
Mazal Tov on your new
apartment
Kay & Arnold Cohen
Todd Stern, In gratitude for
your tremendous commitment
to our shul. You have served
our community with a
dedication above and beyond
what most of us could ever
hope to achieve
Nicola & Jordan Rosenstock
David Kahn, In gratitude for
your tremendous commitment
to our shul. You have served
our community with a
dedication above and beyond
what most of us could ever
hope to achieve
Nicola & Jordan Rosenstock
Remembrance Fund:
Alan Neustadter in memory of
his mother, Gladys Neustadter
Jane & Josh Grauer
Lorri, Mitchell, Roger & Marissa
Nadel
Willa & Hillel Swiller
Selvia & Leonard Weinstein
Doris & Leo Dreyfuss
Judy & Judah Roher
Ellen & Dean Ungar
Robert & Lee Furman
Diane & Michael Werner
Debbie Lehman, for the
passing of her father, Charles
Krinitz
Audrey & Keith Reich
Judy & Judah Roher
Willa & Hillel Swiller
Ellen & Dean Ungar
Diana & Liron Gitig
Miriam Saks in memory of her
mother, Gladys Neustadter
Robert & Lee Furman
Saul Aschkenasy on the
passing of his daughter, Janet
Aschkenasy
Judy & Judah Roher
Ricki & Jonathan Goodblatt
Debbie & Stephen Schwartz
Lisa Aschkenasy in memory
of her sister, Janet
Aschkenasy
Karen Lupuloff
Steve Apple in member of his
mother, Rhoda Apple
Lisa & Terence Schwartz
Debbie Lehman in memory of
her father, Charles Krinitz
Andrea Stoltz
Natalie & Josh Chadajo
Cantor Eli Berlinger in
memory of his mother,
Charlotte Berlinger
Yetta Kaplan
Lisa & Terence Schwartz
Barbara & Martin Marks
Ruth Levine
Ricki & Jon Goodblatt
Francine & Rabbi Murray Grauer
Willa & Hillel Swiller
Judy & Judah Roher
Jane & Josh Grauer
Marilyn & Ezra Berkowitz
Selvia & Leonard Weinstein
Lorri, Mitchell, Roger & Marissa
Nadel
Marilyn Kneller & Neil Rmsky
Norma & Gerald Hurwitz
Debby & Richard Tolchin
Betty &Joseph Fisch
Kay & Arnold Cohen
David Kroun
Briana & Mark Schwartz
Family of Lorraine Fishoff, in
memory of your mother and
grandmother
Ruthie Miller
Shiva Meals
The following families participated
in sending shiva meals
Judith & Herbert Block
Doris & Leo Dreyfuss
Wendy & Brandon Dunn
Eleanor Ehrenkranz
Miriam & Tomas Gold
Ilana Rosenberg
& Michah Gottlieb
Alice & Mark Lebowitz
Rena Fredman
& David Lichtenstein
Robin Michnick
Phyllis & Louis Morris
Lorri, Mitchell, Roger & Marissa
Nadel
Kara & Jess Olson
Adina Frydman & Avi Orlow
Cari & Simon Rosenberg
Stephanie & Arthur Saks
Audrey & Alan Schulman
Marsha Croland
& Barry Schwartz
Lara & David Siegel
Deborah & Richard Tolchin
Leah Weitzman
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Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Calendar of Events at HIWP
October 3-4 Rosh HaShanah I & II
October 5 Fast of Gedalya
October 8 Shuva Discourse
October 10 Board of Directors meet
October 11 Kol Nidre
October 12 Yom Kippur
October 13 Sukkot Shuk
October 16 Sukkah Decorating
October 17 & 18 Sukkot I & II
October 18 Sukkah Hop
October 20 Sukkot Dinner
October 24 Shimini Atzeret
October 25 Simchat Torah
October 26 Management Committee
meeting
October 29 Teen Minyan
November 5 Women’s Tefillah
November 6 Daylight Savings Time
Ends
November 7 Board of Directors meet
November 12 Teen Minyan
November 24 Thanksgiving
December 3 Women’s Tefillah
December 5 Board of Directors meet
December 10 Teen Minyan
December 17 Pre-Chanukah Event
December 19 Management Committee
meeting
December 24 1st Night of Chanukah
December 31 8th Night of Chanukah
All events are subject to change!
See HIWP.org for updated calendar information.
Contact us!
Yoetzet: Shiffy Friedman
[email protected]
Congregational Intern: Leah Sarna
[email protected]
Youth Directors/Youth Rabbi: Ayala Raice & Sam Pearlson
[email protected], [email protected]
Teen Minyan Leader: Rabbi Seth Braunstein
[email protected]
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