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 Aaron Silverman, Office Admin Jorge Flores, Facilities Manager
Schedules & Lifecycle
Shavuot & Shabbat Schedule Thursday 7:00 AM Shacharit Eruv Tavshilin 8:31 PM Candle Lighting 8:35 PM Mincha 9:40 PM Maariv 10:00 PM Shavuot Seudah 11:00 PM Tikkun Leil Shavuot Friday 5:30 AM Hashkama Minyan 9:30 AM Shacharit 7:00 PM Mincha/Maariv 7:20 PM Early Candle Lighting Shabbat 8:30 AM Shiur by Rabbi Leibtag 9:00 AM Shacharit 10:30 AM Yizkor 10:30 AM Children's Program. Begins Drasha by Rabbi Leibtag Women's Reading of Megillat Ruth 6:35 PM Children's Programming 6:35 PM Shavuot Daytime learning with Rabbi Leibtag and Naomi Brenner 8:35 PM Mincha 9:39 PM Shabbat & Yom Tov End
Weekday Schedule
Shacharit 8:00 AM Sunday & Monday 7:00 AM Tuesday-Friday Mincha/Maariv 7:00 PM Sunday-Thursday 7:05 PM Friday
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Calendar Corner May 25th-27th Shavuot June 11th Torat Emet Active Shooter Response Training June 19th-20th Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
Welcome to our new Office Administrator Aaron Silverman! Aaron grew up in Worthington and has returned to Columbus after over 15 years in New York City. Aaron and his wife Sarah have two young sons. Aaron earned his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and his Master's Degree in Education from New York University, Aaron is currently working on his Doctorate of Education degree in leadership for organizations.
Please introduce yourself to Aaron when you see him! Frances has left big shoes to fill - and we are grateful for her leadership in positioning Aaron for a successful transition onto the team! Left to right: Sarah, Madelyn, Ethan, and Aaron Silverman
Welcome to our new Member! Dan Schottenstein
Mazel Tov! to the CTA baseball teams for a fantastic showing at the Columbus Baseball Invitational. And a Yasher Koach to Jeff and Megan Buren and John Frank for all their hard work putting the tournament together.
Kiddush & Seudah Shlisheet
Shavuot Seudah is sponsored by Sara and Alan Shatz in memory of parents, Miriam Cohn and Rubin Louis Karlsberg Shabbat Gala Kiddush (dairy) this week in honor of Frances Gellman, and in gratitute for her sixteen years as Torat Emet office manager, is sponsored by the following Torat Emet families:
B'tayavon Sponsors Lisa and David Eckmann Sima Gellman and Fred Needham Sara and Alan Shatz in honor of Frances, thank you for all your hard work, very much appreciated. Sara Libby and Rabbi Shaul Epstein Thank you Frances for everything you have done for the shul! Miriam and Oded Shenkar Thank you Frances for your great smile and dedication to Torat Emet - you will be missed !
Shmorg Sponsors Linda Vlosky Zack and Rabbi Howard Zack Margot and Sid Zack Best wishes in your endeavor. Shelly and Al Dembe In honor of Frances and her service with a smile!! Susie and Stu Appelbaum Frances, we will miss you! But very excited and happy for you. With love, Stu and Susie Janice and Rabbi Joel Epstein Thank you for all you have done to help us and the shul. We will miss you! Betsey and Dani Lane Frances - expressing much gratitude for your work at Main Street and wishing you the very best in the future and always. Betsey and Dani
Fress Sponsors Michelle and Steve Lessnick Thank you so much for all you have done for the community! Anne and Marc Neiwirth Marlene and Stuart Weltz Francine and Herb Greff In honor of Frances Gellman Liz and Jeremy Kalef All the best for a bright future! Monica and Joe Calabrese Thanks for everything and good luck! Gary Covel Mazel Tov, Frances, on your new position. I wish you good fortune in your new position. But understand, I will greatly miss hearing your friendly voice and seeing your beautiful smile when I come to the Shul office. All the Best, Gary Covel Sally and Mark Wachter Thanks for all you have done! B'hatzlachah in your new position. Sally & Mark Beverly Roseman-Shapiro and Stewart Shapiro We are wishing you well in your new position and have enjoyed your friendliness and competence all these years! Wendy and Jorge Flores We miss you and we love you, thank you for everything and best of luck on your new journey
Nosh Sponsors Robin and Larry Garvin In Honor of Frances Laurie and Michael Levison Thank you for all your service and support of Torat Emet and its members. Peggy and Alan Katchen Stacy Leeman and Gary Liebesman and family Rebecca and Yaakov Mayerhoff In honor of Frances and with gratitude of her patience with the myriad annoying emails that I sent her Terry and David Goldmeier Mazel Tov on your new job. We will miss you Frances Gellman in appreciation of: The incredibly wonderful Torat Emet community, leadership and staff; Sima Gellman for telling me about the open position way back in 2007; and Liz Kalef for her amazing tutelage while I worked under her.
Annual Kiddush Sponsors Sarah and Michael Blumenfeld Lisa and David Eckmann Michelle and Steve Lessnick Naomi Myers
Shabbat Seudah Shlisheet this week is sponsored by the kiddush fund, please click here to make a donation
Kiddush Captain this week is Michelle Lessnick
Donations
KIDDUSH FUND in honor of Ze'ev and Eran for a beautiful Yom Yerushalayim event from Susie & Stu Appelbaum
RABBI'S FUND in appreciation of Rabbi Howard Zack for his kind support from Marlene & Stuart Weltz
SYNAGOGUE FUND in commemoration of the yahrzeit of fammily yahrzeits from Sonia Schottenstein in honor of Dani Lane on receiving her MSW from Dr. Rochel & Rabbi Henoch Millen, Shifra Tyberg and Rafe Wenger on the engagement of their daughter, Ayelet, to Ori Kinberg from Dr. Rochel & Rabbi Henoch Millen, Stu Appelbaum's special birthday from Dr. Rochel & Rabbi Henoch Millen, all Frances Gellman has done for Main Street over the years from Dr. Rochel & Rabbi Henoch Millen, Frances Gellman from Terri & Rick Barnett, Frances Gellman from Tobi & Jeff Siegel in memory of Art Pollack from Ellen Siegel Pollack, Nechie Kilimnick from Lynn & Joel Fisher, Jacqueline Schottenstein from Lynn & Joel Fisher, Ilya Ilin from Sarah Frank, Ilya Ilin from Tobi & Jeff Siegel, Amy Liebesman from Tobi & Jeff Siegel, Cheri Leeman from Tobi & Jeff Siegel, Marcie Mazer from Tobi & Jeff Siegel, Francine Szames from Tobi & Jeff Siegel, Aaron Mayerhoff from Tobi & Jeff Siegel
Happy birthday this week to: 5/26: Eliana Lefkovitz, Eliezer Steinberg; 5/27: Terri Schottenstein; 5/28: Linda Szames; 5/29: Noam Rosenberg; 5/30: Larry Weprin, Marcia Hershfield; 5/31: Rabbi Howard Zack, Lilly Weprin; 6/1: Ruth Blumberg
Yahrzeits for this week are Rubin Karlsberg, father of Sara Shatz; grandfather of Aaron Shatz Stephen Haberkorn, father of Michelle Lessnick Darwin Wilkof father of Todd Wilkof; grandfather of Rebecca Mayerhoff Henry O. Slone, father of Sheila Zwelling; grandfather of Paul Zwelling Dorothy Lurie, grandmother of Meri Arno-King Ralph Appelbaum, father of Stuart Appelbaum Faiga Schuster, grandmother of Sonia Schottenstein Zvi Tyberg, father of Shifra Tyberg Morrie Weisman, great uncle of Mel Perel
Safety & Security Corner
The Torat Emet Community Security Service (TECSS) team is planning to start its operations in just a few weeks. The team will serve in collaboration with our armed security guards, in part to serve as extra eyes and ears for any suspicious activities and/or behaviors, in part to help recognize who belongs in the building and who doesn’t, and in part as a deterrent for anyone with negative intentions towards the synagogue. The team will have to be careful to understand and follow the halachic considerations for synagogue security, and we imagine that our congregants may also be interested in understanding these important issues. We are pleased, then, that Rabbi Zack will be giving a shiur on June 7th at 8 pm, via Zoom, titled (surprisingly enough), "Halachic Considerations for Synagogue Security." We are pleased to invite everyone to join this important class. The class can be accessed via this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82871251643?pwd=cUxVZ0MxazVJaTFHcG1VQ0NaZXdQdz0
In addition, as a reminder, we have scheduled an Active Shooter Training session for Sunday, June 11th, at 9 - 11 am. The session will be led by Steve Flowers, JewishColumbus’ Director of Community-Wide Security. We strongly encourage everyone to attend this training, with the hopes that we will never need it.
Missing Blue Puffer Jacket Someone mistakenly took the wrong blue puffer jacket last week. Kindly return it to the synagogue as it has sentimental value to the owner. The blue puffer jacket left at the shul has a recent Lowe’s receipt in the pocket. The one inadvertently taken has a half zipper off to one side.
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 .
