Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein, Board Chairs Betsey Lane, President Stephen Lessnick, Vice President Matan Gutwaks, Vice President Stuart Appelbaum, Secretary Michael Broidy, Treasurer Gary Blumberg, Past President
Rabbi Howard Zack, Rabbi Rabbi Ari Neuman, Associate Rabbi Frances Gellman, Office Manager Jorge Flores, Facilities Manager
Friday 7:00 AM Shacharit 5:10 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:19 PM Candle Lighting Shabbat 9:00 AM Shacharit 10:30 AM Children's Programming Mr. Stephen Flowers introduction following Rabbi Neuman's morning Drasha 4:30 PM Pre-Mincha Shiur 5:00 PM Mincha 6:22 PM Shabbat Ends 8:00 PM Trivia Panoply!
Weekday Schedule Shacharit
8:00 AM Sunday 6:45 AM Monday - Rosh Chodesh Shevat 7:00 AM Tuesday-Friday Mincha/Maariv 5:20 PM Sunday-Friday
Class Schedule
Contemporary Halacha with Rabbi Neuman:"Understanding the Custom of Sleeping Late on Shabbos: Should we daven earlier? Later?" Past Contemporary Halacha classes now available as podcasts here!
AvailableHEREon Apple Podcast! (Alternatively you can use Spotify or Anchor to listen)
Calendar Corner January 21st Security Shabbat January 21st Trivia Panoply January 23rd Rosh Chodesh Shevat January 28th MSA Movie Night: Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark January 31st "Entry Point" Congregational Virtual Security Training with Community Security Service February 3rd Family Kabbalat Shabbat & Dinner February 18th Bat Mitzvah of Sonia Weprin February 19th Lauri Podell Zofan z"l Torah Dedication February 21st & 22nd Rosh Chodesh Adar February 26th Community Purim Carnival March 6th & 7th Purim March 12th The Main Event: A Night on the Town March 18th Scolar in Residence Shabbat with Rabbi Alex Israel
Mazel Tov! to Lori and Jeff Polster on the engagement of their son, David, to Kayla Kigel of Passaic, NJ
Refuah Shleyma to Maynard Goldmeier, Miriam Goldmeier, Sam Nutis, Yehudit Rut Bat Aliza, and Yakov ben Yehudah
Kiddush Luncheon & Seudah Shlisheet Kiddush Luncheon (meat) this week is sponsored by Rabbi Shaul & Sara Libby Epstein, Rabbi Joel & Janice Epstein and Ira & Sandy Robinson in gratitude to Hashem for son and grandson Ephraim Epstein's successful surgery and remarkable recovery and in appreciation to the community for their support during Ephraim's recovery
Seudah Shlisheet this week is enhanced by Ely Zofan in commemoration of the yahrzeit of mother, Channa (Hochman) Zofan Kiddush Team Captains: Lisa Eckmann and Marcia Epstein
Special thanks to Jamie Bindell for all of her work baking for the shul
Donations
RABBI'S FUND in memory of Mildred and Theodore Blumenfeld from Robyn and Jon Silberstein
SYNAGOGUE FUND in commemoration of the yahrzeit of beloved father, Arthur L. Krooth from Julia Modes, father-in-law, Baruch Frank from Sarah Frank in honor of Jacob's bar mitzvah and the Schuman and Sapir families from Nancy & Ken Supowit, Ephraim's recovery and the Epstein family from Nancy & Ken Supowit, the Bnai mitzvah and the Bindell and Starr families from Nancy & Ken Supowit, Jacob Schuman's Bar Mitzvah from Sarah Frank wishing a refuah shleymah for Ephraim Epstein from Sarah Frank
Happy birthday this week to: 1/21: Gary Liebesman, Whitney Mirvis; 1/22: Michael Levison; 1/25: Jeffrey Schottenstein; 1/25: Netanya Beigelman, Karen Mikalov; 1/26: Norman Salomons, Aviel Metz, Sonia Weprin, Raanan Lefkovitz
Yahrzeits for this week are Abe J. Schottenstein, grandfather of Eric Schottenstein Inge Moskovitz, mother of Cigarette Parks Sarah Phillips, grandmother of Michael Blumenfeld Shlomo Modes, grandfather of Sonia Schottenstein Ben Weiner, father of Pauline Newman; grandfather of Daniel Newman Leo Boiman, brother of Irving Boiman Eileen Weltz, wife of Stuart Weltz Irve Garlikov, father of Donald Garlikov Joseph Fretas, father of Murielle Rosenberg, Patricia Schiff and Nicole Ebner Reba Zack Cutler, mother of Sidney Zack; grandmother of Rabbi Howard Zack Channa (Hochman) Zofan, mother of Ely Zofan; grandmother of Yonatan Zofan Eileen Cantor, first wife of Charles Cantor Helen Silberstein, grandmother of Daniel Silberstein Ruvaine Unger, father of Karen Balkin
Safety & Security Corner
An important part of our Safety and Security is to ensure that unauthorized, uninvited, and/or inappropriate individuals don't gain access to the interior of the building. It is important to recognize that the responsibility to manage access is ours, particularly when security personnel are not present. Please do not let anyone in that does not belong in the building, please do not leave doors unlocked or propped open, and please make sure that doors close fully behind you.
In light of this, doors are no longer being left unlocked on Shabbat afternoons. Thus, if you arrive late for Mincha on Shabbat, please be patient, as you may have to wait for someone to finish their prayers before providing access. Thank you for your understanding!
Finally, a reminder that the Jewish Columbus Director of Community Safety, Steve Flowers, will be joining us this Shabbat for a brief introduction and informal mingling during kiddush. Also, please remember to sign up for Entry Point (a 1 hour virtual security training scheduled for January 31st at 7:30 pm) via the previously-distributed email (link below).
Torat Emet Book Club Torat Emet's book group will convene to read and discuss Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's Sabbath. We will divide the book into three parts. Our first meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 23 at 7:00 pm. If you're interested in participating, please contact Betsey Lane ebetsey@yahoo.com.
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Have meaningful and uplifting social and informational conversations (no politics allowed) with your Torat Emet friends. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Rabbi Howard Zack
THE NISHMA RESEARCH 2023 JEWISH COMMUNITY PROFILE What issues should be the priorities of the Jewish community? What do you think about the array of issues affecting the community? Nishma Research conducts a broad communal profile every five years, and their new survey is now available to the community. The survey has a lot of thought-provoking topics. Plus, at the end of the survey, you will be able to enter to win one of ten $100 Amazon Gift Cards. The link to take the survey is http://bit.ly/Jewish-Community-2023. In addition to helping the community and the chance at a gift card, you will also have the opportunity to sign up to get the full research report emailed to you as soon as it is released. Thank you so much for participating. Feel free to share the survey link with your family, friends, etc. The survey will be online until Monday, January 23.
