Colton Graub

SHABBAT VA-YERA
November 19, 2016 18 Cheshvan, 5777
Shabbat Shalom!
We are glad you are with us today!
Aufruf

Leslie Miller and Mark Weisberg

CLERGY

Rabbi Aaron Starr

Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Hazzan David Propis, D.M.
Assistant Cantor Leonard S. Gutman
Cantor Emeritus Chaim Najman, D.M.

TORAH AND HAFTARAH READINGS

Triennial:
Genesis 18:1-33, page 99
Maftir:
Genesis 17:24-27, page 121
Haftarah:
II Kings 4:1-31, page 124
Haftarah Chanter:
Steve Fishman

Y.E.S.!
YOUTH EXPERIENCES ON SHABBAT
RUACH ACTIVITIES - Tikvah Chapel
10:00-10:45 a.m. - For children ages 3 to 7
A lively Shabbat babysitting experience for children with Rena Meyers
whose parents wish to attend services.
ME & MY PRESCHOOLER - Room 6
10:45-End of Services - For children ages 2 to 4
Joyful adult and child class with music, snacks, Shabbat-oriented games
and small group activities with Ariana Mentzel.
KEHILLAH KIDS - Library
10:45-End of services - For children ages 4 to 7
Music and games with Hilary Duberstein.

MINCHAH: 4:45 p.m.

followed by
SUDAH SHLISHIT, MAARIV AND HAVDALAH
SHABBAT ENDS: 5:48 p.m.

Congregational Kiddush is sponsored by

Eugene Applebaum
in honor of his special birthday
Congregational Kiddush is sponsored by
Helen Weisberg
in honor of the Aufruf of her son, Mark Weisberg and Leslie Miller
Congregational Lunch is sponsored by
Donors to the Sisterhood Shabbat Lunch Fund
Bimah Flowers are sponsored by
Sisterhood

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 ruthellen@att.net or 248.624.0739.
Bnai Mitzvah families should contact Ruthe Goldstein for ALL sponsorships at
ruthellen@att.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
CSZ Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman at lgutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

DAILY MINYAN TIMES

NOVEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Morning Evening

Sunday
8:30 a.m.
5:00
Monday
7:30 a.m.
5:30
Tuesday
7:30 a.m.
5:30
Wednesday 7:30 a.m.
5:30
8:30 a.m.
5:00
Thursday THANKSGIVING DAY
Friday
7:30 a.m.
4:45

SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING 4:44

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SHABBAT SERVICES
SHAAREY ZEDEK SHABBAT
Friday, November 25, 2016 4:45 p.m.
Welcome Shabbat with a lively, participatory service featuring the CSZ clergy.

YOUTH, FAMILY AND TEEN

MCUSY PASSPORT TO ISRAEL
Sunday, November 20, 2016 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield
Join MCUSY and travel to multiple cities in a day full of Israeli culture and fun!
Cost: MCUSY members $10 each, non-members $15 each.
New to MCUSY? Try your first event at the member price!
For information, contact Jacki Honig at jhonig@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
THRILLING THURSDAYS
December 1, 2016 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Come play! For children ages 0-5 and their favorite adult.
Donations are gratefully accepted to perpetuate this program.
For more information, please contact Leah Gawel
at lgawel@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BERMAN CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION AT CSZ

TO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU
Class 4: Eretz Yisrael in the Thought of Rabbi Chaim Hirschensohn
Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:45-11:15 a.m.
Presenter: Shaiya Rothberg, Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Eretz Yisrael is at the heart of everything we are as Jews, religious and national.
But what is so important about the land? There is no charge to attend.
Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Generously sponsored in memory of Alvin Nachman (zl).
MOURNING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
with Rabbi Aaron Starr and Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 7:00 p.m.
A night of reflection for those hurt by the recent Presidential election.
BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING
Pro Choice, Pro Life: The Jewish Perspective
with Rabbi Aaron Starr
Thursday, December 1, 2016 7:00 p.m.
Come early for sips, sweets and schmoozing before the learning begins.
Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

REBEL WITH A CAUSE: ANAT HOFFMAN

Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Berman Center for the Performing Arts at the JCC West Bloomfield
Come hear the story of Anat Hoffman, the Executive Director of the Israeli
Religious Action Center (IRAC) and Director and Co-founder of Women of the
Wall. Anat Hoffman has been called Israels Erin Brockovich. She has been fighting
for the equal rights of women to pray at the Western Wall for more than 25 years.
Dessert reception. Through the generous support of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
and other community partners, there is no charge to attend. Register online at
threadcommunity.org/register-for-events. For information, contact
Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
PROGRESSIVE COOKIE PROJECT
Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:00 a.m.
A cookie-baking mitzvah project involving CSZ volunteers and Kadima
participants. Cookies will be sold to CSZ for synagogue programs and events,
with the proceeds covering the cost of ingredients and Kadima programming.
Join the laughter in the kitchen! Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at
wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

AFFILIATES
SENIORS PRESENT AN AFTERNOON OF JAZZ
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:00 p.m.
A spectacular show, featuring Cliff Monear and Kelly Broadway
performing jazz favorites. For more information, contact Janet Pont
at jpont@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Presented in partnership with the JCC.

Seniors Travel:
BITTER | SWEET: COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE
Thursday, December 1, 2016 12:00 Noon-3:30 p.m.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Board the bus at JSL Prentis Apartments in Oak Park for a delicious DIA exhibit.
This exhibit retraces the story of how non-native coffee, tea and chocolate
appeared on European tables beginning in the late 16th century, causing a near
revolution in drinking habits, social customs and household goods. A tasting will
be available at the end of the tour. Please note: lunch is on your own.
Cost: Transportation - no charge for CSZ members. Exhibit - DIA members are
free, non-members are $8 each. If you are a DIA member, please include that
information in your reservation. Contact Janet Pont
at jpont@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Presented in partnership with JCC Center Travel.

TIKKUN OLAM
SISTERHOOD TIKKUN OLAM BOOK DRIVE
Through November 30, 2016
Please donate new or gently-used books for ages 1-19 to benefit the
Wayne County Foster Care System. Place donations in the wagons located
in the main lobby or the Berman Center lobby.
ADOPT A FAMILY
December 12-16, 2016
During the holiday season, CSZ has partnered with Jewish Family Service to
sponsor 18 families for this years Adopt a Family program. You, your family
and friends can support those in need by purchasing gifts from the wish lists,
or you can make a monetary donation to Congregation Shaarey Zedek to help
us fill in the gaps. Contact Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or
248.357.5544 to adopt an adult, a child or an entire family, and be paired with
specific gifts to purchase.
CRIMESTOPPERS OF MICHIGAN HOLIDAY COLLECTION
Through November 27, 2016
CrimeStoppers of Michigan is collecting items to help brighten the holidays
for children whose parents or close family members have been the victims
of crime in Michigan and are not there to celebrate with them.
Bring donations of new toys, books or articles of clothing for children from
babyhood through age 13, to the collection bin in the main lobby.

ADULT EVENTS
TOPPERMOST: THE SENSATIONAL BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND
Saturday, December 3, 2016 7:45-11:00 p.m.
Come Together and join us on a Magical Mystery Tour celebrating the
50th anniversary of The Beatles last concert in Detroit.
Get Back with us and let us know if youll come All Together Now.
Cost: $36 per person before November 30, 2016, $40 per person after
November 30, 2016 or at the door. Drinks and dinner included.
RSVP to Tobye Bello at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

SYNAGOGUE NOTES
HELP LIFT A SOUL
Thats what Shiva leaders do...lift the souls of the mourners and the loved one
they lost. It can do amazing things for your soul, too. Be a Shiva minyan leader.
Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman will teach you how. Contact him at
lgutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544 to begin.

May God bring comfort to our families, together

with all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Bessie Glazier
Abraham Grant

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SHLOSHIM PERIOD OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Matei Herty
Jack Friedman
David Pearlman

The road of righteousness leads to life.

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

NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25, 2016

November 19, 2016
18 Cheshvan, 5777
Shirley Agree
Norman Epstein
Keith Feldman
Max Groner
Isadore Katzman
Ruth Lewis
Harry L. Nelson
Nathan Rubin
November 20, 2016
19 Cheshvan, 5777
Erma Braverman
Max Chicorel
Jacob Harvith
Thelma Kallick
Hyman J. Kramer
Joel Shapiro
Gershon Weiner
Leo Weiner
Beatrice Zerkel

November 21, 2016

20 Cheshvan, 5777
Harry M. Cohen
Sarah Greenberg
Scott Eric Rosen
Neil Rosenthal
Gilbert Rubenstein
Earl Weingarden
November 22, 2016
21 Cheshvan, 5777
Bertha Aaron
Alex Etkin
Pearl Ressler Feldman
Sara Folkoff
Eileen Schiller Berris Glaser
Michael Goodman
Rachel Lawson
Adeline Pines
Harry Schwartz
Mizou Segal
Dorothy Sosnick
Hannah Steinberg

18 CHESHVAN - 24 CHESHVAN, 5777

November 23, 2016
22 Cheshvan, 5777
Benjamin Flayer
Louis Charles Freeman
Ben A. Meyers
Edward Sanders
Anneliese Ann Selig
Albert Sherman
Kevin Spitz
Al Sternberg
Beatrice Sugar
November 24, 2016
23 Cheshvan, 5777
Gertrude Bruss
Sylvia Kasoff
Jerry Katz
Eleanor Rosen
Max Satovsky
Bernard Schwartz
Joanne Tintori Rodzik

November 25, 2016

24 Cheshvan, 5777
Max Bednarsh
Abraham Borman
Lucy Edelson
David B. Hermelin
Norman Schloner
Gloria Wagner

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & STAFF

Larry Nemer................................................................................................ President
Jeri Fishman...................................................................................... Vice-President
Janice Stoneman............................................................................. Vice-President
Rick Cohen. . .................................... At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Robert Goodman ........................ At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Susan Kozik Klein......................... At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Shira Shapiro ........................................................................... Executive Director
Keith Armbruster . . .................................................................... Facilities Director
Wren Beaulieu-Hack . . ..... Director of the Berman Ctr. 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.
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.
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.
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, hospice, or just in need of a visit, so our
clergy can be in touch with them.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
For membership information, please contact Shelley Golsky
at 248.357.5544 or sgolsky@shaareyzedek.org.