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
Schedules & Lifecycle
Shabbat Schedule
Friday 7:00 AM Shacharit 6:10 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 PM Early Candle Lighting 7:15 PM Community Shabbat dinner followed by Rabbi Israel lecture on "Are We in the Messianic Age? From the Tanakh to Rabbi Sacks!" Shabbat 9:00 AM Shacharit 10:30 AM Children's Programming Drasha by Rabbi Israel Community Kiddush Luncheon followed by Rabbi Israel lecture on "Halakha is the Solution; Halkha is the Problem: A 2500-year Journey of Spiritual Evolution" 6:30 PM Pre-Mincha Shiur 7:00 PM Mincha 8:22 PM Shabbat Ends
Weekday Schedule Sunday 8:00 AM Shacharit 9:30 AM Nosh & Rabbi Israel lecture on "Who is the Favorite? The Wise Son? The Simple Son? Or Perhaps the Wicked Son?" sponsored in memory of Yenta bat Yehudah Leb 6:05 PM Mincha/Maariv Monday - Wednesday
7:00 AM Shacharit 6:05 PM Mincha/Maariv
Thursday - Rosh Chodesh Nisan 6:45 AM Shacharit 6:05 PM Mincha/Maariv
AvailableHEREon Apple Podcast! (Alternatively you can use Spotify or Anchor to listen)
Calendar Corner March 17th-19th Scholar in Residence Shabbat with Rabbi Alex Israel March 30th MSY Pre-Pesach BBQ April 1st Teen Minyan and Teen Cholent April 4th Search for Chametz April 5th Erev Pesach April 18th "Reckonings" Screening at the Drexel Theater April 23rd CSS in person Security Volunteer Training
Mazel Tov! to Linda and Rabbi Howard Zack, Dena and Mayer Gorbaty, Margot and Sid Zack and the entire Zack and Gorbaty families on the birth of their son and grandson, grateful parents are Meira and Benjamin Gorbaty.
to Chasya Klafter for passing her Ohio Social Work licensure exam
to Linda and Steve Szames, Francine Szames, and Miriam and Maynard Goldmeier, on the birth of their grandson and great grandson, grateful parents are Elyse and David Szames of Jacksonville, FL
Refuah Shleyma to Miriam Goldmeier
Condolences to Terri Barnett and family on the passing of aunt, Fern Gorchester
Kiddush Luncheon & Seudah Shlisheet Kiddush Luncheon (meat) is sponsored by the following Torat Emet families:
B’tayavon Sponsors Naomi Myers In honor of Rabbi Neuman's cooking
Shmorg Sponsors Anonymous Lisa and David Eckmann Emily and Ari Frum Robin and Larry Garvin In honor of the birth of a son to Akiva Schick and Aliza Chase, and of a grandson and great-grandson to the Zack family. Anne and Marc Neiwirth in honor of the 60th anniversary of Marc's Bar Mitzvah and his 73rd birthday Sara and Alan Shatz
Fress Sponsors Naomi Brenner and Ari Berger Marge and Nick Ciranni Ingrid and Jeff Epstein Rebecca and Raanan Lefkovitz Stacy Leeman and Gary Liebesman In honor of Torat Emet and Rabbi Israel. It's so exciting to learn with him in person! Ellie and Daniel Rosenberg Tobi and Jeff Siegel Shabbat Shalom
Nosh Sponsors Janice and Rabbi Joel Epstein Aaryn and Ephraim Hollander Sheree and Daniel Lamendola Karen and Avi Mikalov Shabbat Shalom Sima Gellman & Fred Needham Naomi and Benjamin Schwartz Beverly Roseman-Shapiro and Stewart Shapiro In honor of the SIR Miriam and Oded Shenkar In memory of my dad Meier Stessel Nancy and Kenneth Supowit In honor of Harriet Weinberg's yahrzeit Mark and Sally Wachter In honor of the Buren family
Annual Kiddush Sponsors Sarah and Michael Blumenfeld Lisa and David Eckmann Michelle and Steve Lessnick Naomi Myers
Seudah Shlisheet this week is sponsored by the Kiddush fund, please click here to make a donation
Kiddush Captain this week is Lisa Eckmann
Donations
CHESED FUND in memory of David Zwelling from David and Rochell Weisfogel
KIDDUSH FUND in honor of Rochel Millen's special birthday from Stuart & Susie Appelbaum
RABBI'S FUND from Jennifer & Brian Schuman in appreciation of Rabbi Zack, Rabbi Neuman, Betsey Lane, and everyone at Torat Emet for helping us celebrate the Bris of Benjamin Schick from Aliza Chase and Akiva Schick, Robin, Michal, Yael, and Yosef Schick, Dovid, Allen, and Miriam Schick in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sylvia Hartman from herb greff in memory of David Zwelling from Terry & David Goldmeier
SYNAGOGUE FUND in honor of her wonderful husband Sid's 90th birthday from Margot Zack in memory of Marcia Hagler and David Zwelling from Carolyn and Reuben Slone wishing a mazel tov to The Zack family on the birth of their grandson and great grandson from Marlene & Stuart Weltz
Happy birthday this week to: 3/18: Gary Schottenstein, Noah Blumberg, Marc Neiwirth; 3/19: Sidney Zack; 3/20: Rebecca Mayerhoff; 3/21: Edward Friedman; 3/22: Michael Slabodnick; 3/23: Sarah Blumenfeld, Herb Greff, Maya Berger, Mark Fischer, Paul Goldstein
Yahrzeits for this week are Dorothy Offenberg, mother of Peggy Kaplan Esther Kravitz, grandmother of Stacy Leeman Barbara Reddoch, mother of Jay Reddoch Harry Barnett, grandfather of Richard Barnett; great grandfather of Alison Gutwaks Philip Gouz, grandfather of Robin Garvin Philip Schmelzer, father of Victor Schmelzer Earl Lefkovitz, father of Raanan Lefkovitz Goldie Ruben, mother of Sylvia Ebner; grandmother of Mark Ebner and Cynthia Ebner Mary Lou Kohn, mother of Marcia Epstein Robert Goldman, father of Karen Mikalov; grandfather of Natanielle Cooper Moshe Herszage, father of Dotan Herszage Charles Cweren, father of Helene Cweren Gert Levenson, sister of Sidney Zack; aunt of Howard Zack Flora Fleischmann, grandmother of Helene Cweren Gussie Schottenstein, grandmother of David Schottenstein Sharon Salminis, mother of Lara Blumberg
Safety & Security Corner
We want to give a big shout-out to the Torat Emet Grants Committee this week. That team has had a lot of success in obtaining state and federal grants to further upgrade our building and security infrastructure. Many of these improvements are “behind the scenes,” yet are absolutely critical to the safety of the congregation, such as upgrades to our lighting systems, video monitoring, and communication systems. Thank you for your efforts!
We also wanted to thank those who have already signed-up to become a member of our CSS security volunteer team. This important endeavor will significantly increase the safety of our congregation and community. Remember, you don’t have to be a ninja-warrior to participate. Instead, you simply need to be willing and able to spend an hour or two on your feet, every few weeks, working with our professional security officers to identify potential threats, manage access to the building, monitor our physical space, de-escalate potential conflicts, and perform other adjunct activities. If you are interested, please sign-up at your earliest convenience to allow for sufficient time to complete the on-line training that is required before the in-person training session on April 23, 2023. See the link below for more information.
Join the New Chesed Committee! Dear Fellow Congregants,
It would be my privilege to partner with you, the Torah Emet Community, in designing and executing a most holy mission.
It is my hope to work together to build ongoing support for our members in times of sickness, stress and loss through acts of Chesed. As a start, I am asking for volunteers to help design effective strategies to connect our community members with opportunities for service. The range of needs are of course vast, encompassing Bikur Cholim, Meals, Regular Check-ins, Social Action and so much more.
Would you like to get real time Torat Emet notifications, hear about volunteer opportunities, and share cheerful tidings and thoughts with fellow Torat Emet members here and in Israel?
Have meaningful and uplifting social and informational conversations (no politics allowed) with your Torat Emet friends. We look forward to hearing from you.
If you need assistance in signing onto the WhatsApp Group please contact Rabbi Neuman at rabbineuman@toratemet.org .
