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Dear Friends,

I wish to take this opportunity to express my thanks and

appreciation to the Board of Directors of Sharei Chesed

and to all the members and friends who joined together on

Saturday February 6th to celebrate my birthday. I was

truly touched by the attendance, the cards, gifts and

donations to the synagogue in my honor.

As I mentioned in my brief talk, being honored on one’s

birthday is all one-sided. It is not like someone who graduated from a

program of study, reached significant achievements, etc. who worked hard

to earn that honor. The birthday boy or girl did not do a thing to reach

that milestone age. The years just kept coming on their own.

The outpouring of love and friendship by so many is truly appreciated and I

thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.

We have just entered the month of Adar I. The Talmud commands us to

increase the opportunities for joy, because Adar was a good month for the

Jewish people of Persia during the days of Mordechai and Esther. It leads

to the celebration of Purim and the liberation from slavery a month later,

when we celebrate Pesah. This year, because of the Jewish Leap Year, we

have 2 months of Adar—a Double Simcha!!

Be Happy. Because of all the suffering, threats and tumult in our world, in

the Jewish world, in our community and even in our own individual lives,

we might find it difficult to be happy. But consider it a Mitzvah. Look for

the things that can help you realize that there is much to be grateful and

thankful for, which could be the source of satisfaction and happiness.

Mishenichnas Adar Marbin Besimha—Adar is here, be happy!

Avram

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Co-Presidents Bernie Miller

Terry Schwartz z’l Vice-President Dr. David Feldshon Treasurer Gregory Gittsovich Secretary Jacob Mars Immediate Past

President Sol Awend Board Members

Berek Awend Judge Jerry Berkowitz Madalyn Braufman Miriam Clark Bruce Cohen Dr. Martha Cohen Aaron Geller Boris Gerber Dmitry Gringauz Judith Ingber Gail Kenton Julia Kravchenko Francelyne Lurie Jack Moskowitz Art Nettis Rabbi Gail Nord Dr. Sheldon Pinsky Ronald Scholder Irving Smith Corrine Toretsky Richard Woldorsky Shelly Zien

Leo & Helen Wolk Rabbinic Chair Rabbi Avraham

Ettedgui

Office Manager Lee Reinharz

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Shalom Aleichem, everyone!!

It’s been a little while since I’ve written to you all. Being in the midst of a Jewish leap year with an extra month, it makes the winter seem to drag on longer than we would like. By the

time you read this, however, we will have (hopefully) gotten thru the coldest part of the

season, looking forward to the holidays of Purim and Pesach, as well as the arrival of spring!!

It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends come out to celebrate Rabbi

Ettedgui’s 80th birthday on Saturday February 6th. Rabbi Ettedgui has done so much for our

community, and for our shul. He truly belongs to the entire Twin Cities, although I like to

think he belongs to Sharei Chesed just a little bit more. And for that, we can all be very, very

grateful.

Hoping to see all of you at our annual Purim party on Sunday March 20th, and for the reading of the Megillah on Wednesday evening March 23rd. Our Sunday party will, once again, have

the pleasure of hosting members of our community who are supported by the Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities. And, as a special treat this year, Judith Eisner and her ‘Eisner’s Klezmorim’ will be playing for us that day as well. Don’t

miss it!!

It’s been almost 6 months since the passing of our dear friend and Co-President Terry

Schwartz, and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on that fact. It is the nature of life that each of us must leave this world at some point, but if we have lived our life well, hopefully we

will live on in the memories of those we leave behind, and have a positive impact on others’ lives. Terry lived his life well, and I continue to think of him often and fondly. As you prepare

your ‘Mishloach Manot’ portions for Purim, or when you make your donation to our annual ‘Maot Hittim’ fund drive for Pesach, do so in the way Terry would have – with generosity of

spirit, along with the sense of ‘solidity’ that comes from being grounded in and embracing

one’s Jewish identity.

Wishing you all a festive Purim, and a happy and Kosher Pesach!!

B’Shalom,

Bernie

NOW AVAILABLE! Rabbi Ettedgui writes a weekly D’var Torah that is sent to over 170 members and

friends. Would you like to be added to our list? If yes, please go to

www.shareichesed.org/sermons and click on the link at the bottom of the page.

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By Joy Gordon “The Zohar says that the intention of the Creator when He created man was to give His

beneficence to all of humanity,” according to Karen Berg of the Kabbalah Center.

“Therefore, everything that is negative in this world is because of the human Desire to

Receive for the Self Alone, which means that it is within the power of every single one of

us to temper that desire and to bring about the end of destruction and misery. How many

of us in the name of spirituality can put the world back together again?”

As I learned from my friend and teacher, Reb Leon Olenick, the players in the Purim

story represent various dimensions of these energies and can be understood through the

Four Worlds of Kabbalah. Each one offers an insight into our own psyche that is often

hidden behind the mask of our persona and invites us to explore where we are in relation

to each one on our own personal journey.

Ahashveros represents the world of doing. He ruled over 127 provinces from India to

Africa. That took some doing. He put his energy into action and control. But his

conquests were for his own aggrandizement and pleasure. In contrast, the actions of

Mordechai and Esther are in service to the Holy One.

Haman represents the world of feeling run amok. His dominant emotions were hatred,

resentment and ambition. His goal was control. We, on the other hand, like to think that

we come from a heart place, but we may be harboring anger, resentment or other

negative thoughts to some degree. We often hide them behind a mask both to ourselves

and to those around us. We know on some level that these negative emotions hurt us

more than the persons to whom they are directed. How do we tip the balance of our

feelings to the side of caring and compassion?

Mordechai represents the level of thinking. He observed, considered and listened before

making decisions or taking action. He observed the details and was able to put them into

a larger context. As he did that, he learned of a plot to kill the king and of the plans of

Haman to kill the Jewish people. As we walk our path, how do we use our intellect to

notice and process what is going on around us and take action to serve the greater good?

Esther represents the world of being. She connected her role with a higher purpose and

saw herself in service to Hashem. She brought to that world of spiritual connection her

emotions, her intellect and her actions to be an agent of Hashem to save (cont’d)

KABBALAH AND PURIM: UNMASKING THE HIDDEN

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KABBALAH AND PURIM: UNMASKING THE HIDDEN (cont’d)

DAILY MINYAN Join us Monday through Thursday at 5:45 PM for Mincha and Maariv and help make the

Minyan.

the Jewish people.

When we are able to look behind the masks we wear, how do we bring to light the

darkness that is part of our humanness with awareness but without judgment? By

unmasking our inner thoughts and feelings, we can bring our self into greater alignment

with our divine purpose. We recognize that we are here to share our G-d-given gifts to

bring ourselves and the world to greater wholeness.

On Purim we are instructed to give - to send Shalach Manot, gifts of food and coins, to

our neighbors, and to give tzedakah. According to the Kabbalists, G-d created the world

to bestow G-d’s goodness on us. We are then the recipients of that bounty. For us to

be more like G-d, we then have to give back. In the giving, we bring ourselves closer to

the Creator and become partners in creation.

Hamentashen means” Haman’s pockets.” This

symbolizes the desire to receive for the self alone.

The Kabbalists taught us that in giving back, we

release the holy sparks that are hidden in the

material reality. This brings tikkun, or healing to our

world.

Purim also bids us to be joyous all month. This

positive energy connects us to the divine energy.

Negative energy disconnects us. The holiday of Purim is an invitation to be aware as we

go through each day to allow the positive energy of Hashem to flow through our lives.

As we navigate this dance of receiving and giving, we complete the circuit of energy

from the material to the spiritual world.

Be Happy. It’s Purim. And enjoy the pleasure of sharing of yourself with others to bring

about a more caring, joyful and peaceful world.

By Sol Awend

”Honor thy father and thy mother” - כבד את אביך ואת אמך The 5th commandment says to honor one’s parents, so your days will be long. Easy to do, if you know

and remember your loved ones.

But what if you can’t remember your father? And he’s buried half a world away? And you’ve been to

his gravesite only 3 or 4 times in your lifetime?

You say the Memorial Prayer. You remember his Yahrzeit and recite the Kaddish on the proper Jewish

Holidays. You try and be a good person by giving charity and performing mitzvot whenever you can.

But aside from that, what else can you do to honor one’s long lost parent whom you can’t remember,

nor whose grave you cannot visit?

Such has been my dilemma for most of my 69 years. My father Berek Awend, a Holocaust survivor

from Auschwitz, met my mom Dina Aport, also a Holocaust survivor, in a DP camp in Feldafing, Germany. They were married in 1945. I was born 2 years later, and I was only 2 years old when my

father died, following a long illness due to the terrible suffering he experienced in Auschwitz. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Feldafing. The thought occurred to me to bring him closer to me so I

could visit him more often. Over the course of three months, rabbis in Munich near where he is buried, rabbis in Miami where I wanted him brought to lie near my mother, and rabbis here in the Twin

Cities where I was looking for support—all emphatically told me, “No way!” Only if I wanted him moved to Israel, or if the cemetery in which he was buried was

in bad shape could his gravesite be disturbed.

Even though his grave is far away, my duty is to acknowledge him and make him known to those around me. And what holier

place for that to happen but my synagogue. With the help of Rabbi Ettedgui, we created a thoughtful plaque that will be

mounted at the back of the sanctuary, complete with a picture and paragraph explaining who my father was and what became of

him. Every time I have the honor of leading the congregation in

prayer, I can look and be reminded of him.

I hope that he, too, will be happy to know that he is being remembered by his family and our congregation as a survivor and

a hero of our people.

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HONORING THE 5TH COMMANDMENT—THE MEMORIAL PRAYER

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ALL ABOUT PESAH The Festival of Freedom is by far the most popular Jewish holiday and is probably observed more

scrupulously than the Holy Days. One of the reasons for Passover's universal interest is it’s home character. Members of the family travel great distances to be together at the Seder table with

their kin. The desire to participate in a Seder, no matter where a person may be, indicates that the

childhood impressions of the holiday have a fast hold upon the Jewish heart. Pesah has several names, alluding to the various aspects of this holiday, so that each one of us can

identify with and celebrate whole heartedly, the message that is closest to our hearts.

Passover emphasizes the miracle of Jewish homes being spared from the last plague on that night

of the Exodus and the annual celebration that followed.

Festival of Matza stresses that when the time of deliverance arrived nothing could stop it -

people chose freedom over staying behind to prepare provisions for the trip.

Festival of Spring is the time of rebirth and renewal and also the

Season of our Freedom— The Seder is a family experience that provides unique and wonderful

opportunities to tell our children the national history of the Jewish people and the story of our individual family. The stories, the songs, the bitter, salty and sweet food items and the many

symbols on the Seder plate are all there to provide a virtual reality and powerful illustration of the

lessons we want to pass on to our children.

Pesah is a demanding holiday - the cleaning, the special diet for a whole week and the extra expense, but it is worth it. Think of where we are today 3500 years after the Exodus. We talk

about it as if it just happened and we try our best to re-live the experience of the Exodus. It is a powerful tool by which we pass our heritage to our children. Shep nachas from your children as

they ask “Mah Nishatana” and enjoy your family.

Counting of the Omer Starting with the second night of Pesah, we begin the Counting the Omer until Shavuot. We count the days and the weeks for a total of seven weeks. The fiftieth day is Shavuot, when we observe

the Revelation at Mount Sinai, Matan Torah.

We wish you and your family a Happy and Kosher Pesah !

MECHIRAT HAMETZ AND MAOT HITTIM FUND To participate in our annual Maot Hittim fund to provide Passover food packages for those in

need, or to sell your hametz thru ‘Mechirat Hametz’, please contact the synagogue office for

details.

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Ethan and Betsy Fricklas and their children Anna and Boris Gusovsky and their

Joshua, Elise, Andrew and Claire children Michelle and Michael

We also welcome Amy Lilienfeld and Olga & Michael Margulis.

PICTURES FROM OUR HANUKKAH PARTY

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES

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BLOSSOMING SHAREI CHESED RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

By Julia Kravchenko

The Sharei Chesed Religious School is growing, thriving, and gaining a reputation as a welcoming

place in the community. “The majority of our Religious School families are newcomers – to the

Twin Cities, to Jewish traditions or to religious education,” said Rabbi Avraham Ettedgui. “For

example, I recently met with a young mother who does not belong to a synagogue, and she

wants to join Sharei Chesed so her children may learn about Judaism and study for their Bar

Mitzvahs.”

In recent years, Sharei Chesed offered private tutoring for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, but did not offer a Religious School program for younger children

until Fall 2014. The new Religious School is a big draw for young families when they consider joining Sharei Chesed.

The continuously growing Religious School program has 14 students today, split into first and second year classes, ranging from second to fifth graders. Many of these young families are new

members to Sharei Chesed and found the community through word-of-mouth from friends and family.

“We are so fortunate to have Rabbi Ettedgui at the helm – with 50 years of experience as a

Talmud Torah of Minneapolis teacher and Executive Director,” said Bernie Miller, Sharei Chesed President. “He is so beloved by our community, and sets the welcoming and warm tone that

attracts families of all backgrounds to our Shul.”

The students enjoy a rich curriculum studying with multiple experienced and talented faculty including Sheryl Sue Warren, Carmella Chazin, Avi Reinharz and Uri Koppel. The curriculum

includes Hebrew language, Jewish traditions and holidays, Jewish culture and music, Torah studies and history of the Jewish people, including Israel. Past Bar/Bat Mitzvah students also volunteer as

student teachers, tutoring younger kids during class time. One of the founding Religious School students, Ariella Kravchenko (third grader), said, “I love

learning new languages [Hebrew], so I can speak to many different people and know what they're like.” Ariella added, “We learn Jewish songs, dances and all about Jewish holidays. Hebrew school

is awesome!”

Anyone looking for a Religious School may contact Rabbi Ettedgui to learn more.

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PURIM AT SHAREI CHESED—FEATURING “EISNER’S KLEZMORIM”!!

You’ve seen them like this: BUT NEVER LIKE THIS!!

Yes, it’s “Eisner’s Klezmorim” as you’ve never seen

them before. And they’ll be playing at Sharei

Chesed’s Annual Purim Party. Don't miss the fun!!

Bring the entire family. Come in costume (you

never know who you're going to meet). We'll be

serving a delicious hot dog and spaghetti dinner

(vegetarian option available), plus Hamentashen

and other goodies. Also, a talent show, games and

prizes for everyone who comes in costume.

In addition, we'll be joined once again by members

of our community who are supported by the

Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities. This program works

to support Jews with disabilities and their families, and also coordinates community-wide efforts to

raise awareness, provide consultation and help Jewish organizations understand how to overcome

barriers to facilitate meaningful participation and involvement for all people. Sharei Chesed is thrilled

to be able to welcome them to this annual event.

Sunday Evening March 20th Annual Purim Party 5:30 P.M.

Wednesday Evening March 23rd Reading of the Megillah 5:45 P.M.

Thursday Morning March 24th Shaharit and Reading of 7:30 A.M.

the Megillah

SCHEDULE FOR PURIM

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ASHLEY JEWISH HOMESTEADERS CEMETERY NAMED TO

NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER

**EDITOR’S NOTE** Not only did our neighbors in North Dakota have the experiences described below, but also Jews in Northern Minnesota. Rebecca Bender (researcher for the

nomination) and her sister Nancy Bender (married to Barry Kelner), who were in attendance

with their families at our High Holy Days services last year, are descendants of these pioneers.

Ashley, North Dakota (February 2016) - The National Parks Service of the US Department of the Interior recently named the Ashley Jewish Homesteaders Cemetery (“AJHC”) to the National Register of Historic Places, following the vote of North Dakota’s Historic Preservation Board.

This site is the only one on the National Register to specifically honor the Jewish homesteader. The AJHC (a/k/a Beth Itzchock Cemetery) is the only permanent physical reminder of the

McIntosh County Jewish farming community, North Dakota’s largest Jewish agricultural settle-ment. North Dakota had the fourth largest number of Jewish homesteaders in any state in the

United States from 1906 - 1915. 1200 Jewish farmers farmed on 250 homesteads in over 50

North Dakota settlements from the 1870s.

Over 400 Jewish individuals lived on about 85 homesteads near Ashley. The McIntosh County Jewish homesteader community was made up of Russian and Romanian immigrants escaping per-

secution, including the Russian prohibition against Jews owning land for farming. They came to America after pogroms, with a migration of 1.25 million Jews between 1880 and 1920. Unlike

most of their Jewish brethren who remained on or near the east coast, they headed to “The Great Northwest” to become farmers – boarding trains from New York, then climbing into horse drawn buggies or walking to Ashley in ruts of ox-cart trails from the train depot at

Eureka, South Dakota, “Odessa of the North.”

Though McIntosh County was opened for homesteading in 1884, most of the Jewish homestead-

ers near Ashley did not arrive until 1905. The best land in the County had been claimed by that time, and most settled in the stony, hilly area later called “Judenberg” (Jewish hills) by their Ger-

man-Russian neighbors. Along with inexperience, the Jewish farmers faced drought, insects,

<- Candelabra on

monument of

Mrs. Reuben

Star of David on

monument of

Isador Smilowitz ->

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early frosts, severe winters, prairie fires, the Spanish flu pandemic, and an economic depression.

Nevertheless, through hard work and determination, these homesteaders generally made a success in growing wheat and flax, raising cattle and chickens, and selling cream from their sod houses. Most

owned their land after the requisite five years under the Homestead Act, or sooner. With the

money received from selling their land, many settled in towns as business owners.

Despite their distance from the larger population centers and their mingling successfully with neighbors of different faiths and backgrounds, these Jewish farmers maintained their religious

identities, as evidenced by this traditional cemetery. The McIntosh County homesteader family names represented in the Cemetery (on the homestead parcel originally farmed by Sarah

Schlasinger, nee Bendersky), include Auerbach, Becker, Bender, Berman, Bloom, Dorfman, Ewart, Filler, Friedman, Goldstone, Grossman, Jampolsky, Ourach, Parkansky, Raich, Reuben, Silverleib,

Smilowitz and Weil.

The Ashley Jewish Cemetery Corporation would appreciate donations to maintain the monuments and site, as well as to install an explanatory memorial honoring Jewish homesteaders. Donations

may be made on line at https://www.everribbon.com/ribbon/view/32867 or by mail, payable to The Ashley Jewish Cemetery Corporation, c/o its President, Stuart Kaufman at 6343 52nd Avenue South,

Seattle, WA 98118.

Portion of monument at homesteader Kiva

Bender’s gravesite. He was the founder of the Sulzberger Jewish Farmers Association and lay

leader of the Ashley Congregation until Rabbi Hess was sent by the Jewish Chautauqua

Society.

Open prayerbook on

Yitzchak Grossman’s

monument

ASHLEY JEWISH HOMESTEADERS CEMETERY (cont’d)

CONTACTS:

Stuart Kaufman, President of Association,

[email protected]

Rebecca Bender, Researcher for Nomination,

[email protected]

www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/15000807.htm

https://www.everribbon.com/ribbon/view/32867

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/15000807.htm

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LANDSCAPING DAY—MAY 22ND, 2016

By Richard Woldorsky

Landscaping Day has become an annual tradition at Sharei Chesed. Every spring, hardy volunteers roll up thier sleeves, schvitz and get a

little dirty as they perform the mitzvah of making our shul more beau-

tiful.

Last year, the volunteers planted new perennials, added flowers, trimmed shrubs and put down mulch. Our religious school students and their parents provided a burst of energy to the volunteer effort.

This year, we plan to add vigorous and colorful plants near our new sign at County Road 73. We also plan to dedicate 2 new trees on our

property in memory of 2 very special friends and devoted members of Sharei Chesed—Mort Leder and Terry Schwartz. Terry, our late co-

president, was dedicated to our shul in many ways, one of which was to maintain our lawn and grounds all summer. Mort was always looking for ways to improve the

landscape around the shul, and was especially intrigued by the idea of planting an orchard.

Please keep the date of May 22nd in mind, and join in if you

can for the planting and the dedication. If you can come by 8:30 A.M. for Shachrit services and help us make a minyan,

that would be wonderful. We’ll then enjoy a light breakfast

and get to work around 9:30 A.M.

Please contact Richard Woldorsky if you have any ques-

tions—612-861-7774, or ‘[email protected]’.

BAR MITZVAH OF SAM GELLER—SATURDAY APRIL 9TH

We hope you will join us on Saturday April 9th as

Sam Geller is called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.

Sam is the son of Mark and Mary Geller, and

brother of Julia. The entire congregation is invited.

The Kiddush luncheon will be sponsored by the

Geller family.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

AUGUST 6, 2015 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2016

GENERAL DONATIONS Aaron, Sybille

Ablyzalova, Esfir Altmark, Liya Arshanskaya, Elka

Awend, Sue & Sol Badzin Foundation, Bernard and

Fern Brody, Linda

Brown, Carl & sons Burton, Arnold

Dahl, Randy DeLoya, Victor

Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham and Linda

Ettedgui, Roz & Moshe Fricklas, Olga & Ethan

Fursetzer, Nancy & David Gerbuz, Ella & Michael

Goldberg, Rivia & Red Goldstein, Richard Grinberg, Anna and Grigori

Gross, Eva Kigelman, Irina

Larson,Rosalee Hulse and Swede

Lazar, Ray Mazelev, Galina & Edward

Melnik, Zhana & Dennis Miller, Julie

Miller, Morris Morales, Donna & Schwartz,

Matthew Moskowitz, Jack

Odessky, Annalee & Arnold Przeticky, Klaudia & Lejzor

Pyatigorskiy, Leo Romantsov, Anna & Vlad Rubenstein, Regina

Scarr, Marcia Slobodskiy, Alexander

Vaynberg, Sofiya

Yaskin, Igor Zhuravel, Sofia & Moisey

IN HONOR & APPRECIATION In Honor Of Rabbi

Ettedgui

Patricia Kenton

Art Nettis

In Honor of Amir’s

Wedding

Robin and Yefet Zadaka

In Honor of Daughter

Michelle’s Marriage to

Aaron Wasserman

Minda & Jeffery

Salberg-Schecter

In Honor of Katie

Sandler’s Bat Mitzvah

Helen and Boris Sandler

Galina and Leonid

Shteyman

In Honor of their

Grandchildren

Judith and Jerome Ingber

In Honor of Miriam

Shteyman’s Bat Mitzvah

Ida and Samuel

Shkolnick

CAPITAL FUND Fern Badzin Marcy and Bruce Barrick

Archelle and David Feldshon

Myrna Orensten Rita and Steve Paper

Fran and Bill Skolnik

Aileen and Sonny Snyder

EDUCATIONAL FUND In Memory Of Her Son Stanislav Tamakhin

Yuliya Portnova In Honor of Uri Koppel

Ella and Michael Gerbuz Mark and Sue Wasserman

BREAK THE FAST SPONSORS 2015 Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham and Linda Elena and Boris Gerber

Lyudmila and Gregory Gittsovich

HIGH HOLY DAYS 2015 Aaron, Sybille Altman, Lee & Jerry

Belyavin, Inina & Zinoviy Berkowitz, Sharon & Jerry

Bernstein, Rosalyn Braufman, Maddy

DeLoya, Victor Ettedgui, Henni & Danny Ettedgui, Roz & Moshe

Farb, Bonnie & Harry Feder, Sally & Joel

Feldman, David Feldshon, Archelle & David

Fishman, Stella & Simon Geller, Mary & Mark

Gezunterman, Matvey Granot, Louise & Boaz

Grinberg, Rita Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar

Gross, Eva Kenton, Patricia

Kipnis, Berta & Naum

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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2015 (CONT.) Kirschner, Barbara & Howard Kontorovoich, Marina &

Sitko, Vitaly Kowitz, Cantor Mitch & Susan

Kravchenko, Natalie & Igor Larson, Rosie & Swede

Margolis, Karin & Laurence Mazelev, Galina & Edward Melamud, Mariya

Melamud, Natalya & Leonid Mendyuk, Lyudmila & Banchik,

Vladimir Miller, Bernie and Sonja

Mogelson, Cathy & Richard Naiman, Rose

Nettis, Art Perelman, Alex

Pogorelsky, Emiliya & Dmitry Reininger, Sara & Russell

Richman, Phyllis & Berla Rivas, Aida

Rozhanskiy, Alla & Lev Semanduyev, Iosif

Shacter, Bev & Burt Shapiro, Emma Shapiro, Gary

Shapiro, Liya Sheridan, Susan

Shtulman, Anastasiya & Dmitri Shtulman, Lou Jane & Vitaly

Simanduyev, Galina & Nakhamya

Snyder, Aileen & Sonny Teplitski, Alexandra &

Alexander Teyvel, Ita & Shmil

Toretsky, Corrine & Morris Tsukerman, Nesya & Aron

Vayntrub, Greg Wong, Ruth

Zevelev, Luba

Zhuravel, Rita & Alex Zien, Shelly & Steve

Zilberman, Rakhil

THE LEO AND HELEN WOLK RABBINIC CHAIR Kittay, Steve Paulson, Marilynn & Duane

Wolk, Leo

SPONSOR KIDDUSH

Awend, Sue & Sol

Baldinger, Christy & David Baldinger, Robert

Ettedgui, Rabbi Avraham & Linda

Feder, Sally & Joel Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar

Koppel, Carolyn & Uri Miller, Julie & Scholder, Ron

Miller, Sonja & Bernie Reininger, Sara & Russell

Sandler, Helen & Boris Strauss, Jane & Bryant, Rex

Toretsky, Corrine & Morris Wasserman, Sue & Mark

Zolotov, Yana & Roman

YEAR-END DONATIONS 2015 Aaron, Sybille Awend, Sue & Sol

Baldinger, Christy & David Baldinger, Estelle & Robert

Baldinger, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bearmon, Sue & Ron

Brody, Linda Burton, Arnold

Chazin, Myra Cooper, Kathy & David

Davydov, Maria & Boris

Ettedgui, Rabbi Avram & Linda Farb, Bonnie & Harry

Fink, Ernest Agency Fishman, Rene

Geller, Mary & Mrk Gerbuz, Ella & Michael

Goldber, Rivia & Red Goldstein, Maurice Gringauz, Jane & Dmitry

Guterman, Marina & Mark Kaye, Fay & Mitchell

Kipnis, Berta & Naum Klugman, Kathy & Terry

Kogan, Rachel & Marat Kowitz, Cantor Mitch & Susan

Kravchenko, Natalie & Igor Leder, Mark & Susan

Leder, Sally Lipnik, Ryva & Tony

Margolis, Karin & Laurence Margolis, Lynn Ron

Mazelev, Galina & Edward Miller, Julie & Scholder, Ron

Moskowitz, Jack Nettis, Art Paper, Rita & Steve

Perelman, Alex Plitman, Charlene & Michael

Pyatigorskiy, Leo Reininger, Sara & Russell

Scherling, Eileen & Harold Simanduyev, Galina &

Nakhamya Sumetsky, Olga & Alex

Truskinovsky, Takako & Sasha Willensky Family Foundation

Winter Wheat Foundation (with the help of Nancy

Bender)

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YEAR-END DONATIONS 2015 (CONT): Yaskin, Igor Zabezhinsky, Lauren & Leo Zien, Shelly & Steve

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Momy Benzaquen

Carolyn and Uri Koppel

Rabbi Ettedgui’s 80th

Birthday

Jerome Ingber

Micki and Mort Naiman

Uri Koppel

Leona and Jerry Altman

Julie Miller

Janice and Jeff Schachtman

Sophie Teener’s 100th

Birthday

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF:

Marvin Aaron

Rene Fishman

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

Yelizaveta Darevskaya

Rabbi Avraham and Linda

Ettedgui


Sara Eydelman

Lev Eydelman

Andrew Fruit

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

Rube Ganetsky


Ettedgui

Mike Geller

Esther Geller

Jerome Ingber’s Father

Judith and Jerome Ingber

Louise Brisson Rusoff Irving

Donna Roth

Mort Leder

Joanne Rogin Abrams

Sue and Sol Awend

Amy Baratz

Myra Chazin


Ettedgui

Joy Gordon

Rivel and Phil Greenberg

Gail and Greg Kenton


Art Nettis

Aileen and Sonny Snyder

Adrienne and Paul Tanick

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

Toots and Ruben Vodovoz

Norma Wilensky

Terri Wilensky

Richard Woldorsky and

Diane Aronson

Jeanne Wyszynski

Shelly and Steve Zien

Mitch Kowitz’s Mother


Robert Levine

Annalee & Arnold Odessky

Clara and Irving Margolis


Ettedgui

Karin and Larry Margolis

Lynn and Ron Margolis

Daniel Neff

Nancy and David Fursetzer


Patricia Kenton

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

Joyce Prohofsky


Ettedgui

Joe Rickun

Corrine and Morris Toretsky

Lillian Rogers


Ettedgui

Terry Schwartz Dawn Larson Dewitt

Rabbi Avraham and Linda Ettedgui Joyce Ettedgui

Hood Packaging Laurie Jankowski

Gail & Greg Kenton Patricia Kenton

Randee & Larry Melander Rabbi Gail Nord

Annalee & Arnold Odessky Marilyn & Dean Renstrom

We are grateful to all who

donated in honor of Rabbi

Ettedgui’s 80th birthday!!

Special thanks to Linda Brody

Ettedgui for organizing and

sponsoring the event.

A full list of those who made

contributions will appear in

the next newsletter.

Spring 2016



DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF (CONT.):

Terry Schwartz (cont.) Cynthia Schwartz

Sue & Mark Wasserman

Michael Simand

Galina and Nakhamya

Simanduyev

Lillian Weitz

Julie Miller

Yelizaveta Zeveleva

Luba Zevelev

Moisey Zilberman—

Unveiling of Headstone

Simona & Leo Kudishevich

Sarah Zilberman

The Lakhter Family YAHRZEIT DONATIONS Aaron, Renee

Aaron, Sybille Aleynikov, Rimma & Semon Arshanskaya, Elka

Awend, Sue & Sol Babayan, Edward

Bearmon, Barbara & Lee Bearmon, Jeanne

Bekker, Mariya Bershadsky, Marina & Boris

Bigelow, Olene & Larry Blicker, Zola

Brody, Linda Budilovskiy, Shura & Yefim

Budilovsky, Elena & Edward Burnstein, Sylvia

Burnstein, Vera Burton, Arnold

Cass, Marion Cohen, Mary & Shep Cutts, Bonnie

Dain, Nina

Dashevsky, Bella & Leon Edelstein, Jan

Estrina, Tatyana Farb, Bonnie & Harry

Feldman, Mariya Feldman, Sima & Mark

Feygin, Roza & Marat Fields, Cheryl Fishman, Rene

Fridland, Lyubov & Sol Fruen, Maida & James

Furman, Alla Furman, Nina

Galant, Evelyn Galbinsky, Anatoly

Galeyev, Vladimir Galperina, Anna

Geller, Aaron Geller, Esther

Geller, Inna & Cary Geller, Mary & Mark

Gerber, Elena & Boris Giffis, Marilyn

Gitelman, Galina & Shulim Gittsovich, Lyudmila & Gregory Glynn, Irene

Goldberg, Rivia & Red Goldis, Nella

Gordon, Joy Grichener, Marianna & Leo

Grinberg, Mina & Chezar Grinberg, Rita

Gringauz, Raisa & Lazar Gross, Eva

Haykinson, Lucy & Anatoly Hershkovitz, Irwin

Ilyevskiy, Liza & Abram Johnson, Heidi & Charles

Johnson, Sandra & Jerry Josefowitz, AJ

Kagan, Nataliya & Michael

Kaganovich, Nadia & David Kamenir, Lilly

Kamenir, Nickolay Kaswen, Morris

Kats, Angelika & Leonard Kazaniuk, Adela & Constantin

Kenton, Gail & Greg Kerbel, Marina & Sasha Khodurskiy, Boris

Khokhlovich, Samuil Kigelman, Irina

Kipnis, Berta & Naum Kirzon, Era & Rubakh, Rafail

Klugman, Kathleen & Terry Kotlyar, Inna

Krampf, Izya Kudishevich, Simona & Leo

Kulinsky, Lois Larson, Rosalee Hulse &

Swede Lerner, Elaine

Libson, Bruce Libson, Kim & Barry

Lipnik, Ryva & Anatoly Liss, Lois

Malamudman, Alex Malamudman, Maya Margolis, Karin & Larry

Margolis, Lynn & Ron Mayzel, Lilya & Lenard

Mazelev, Galina & Edward Melamud, Mariya

Miller, Morris Miller, Sonja & Bernie

Muller, Roberta Neydelman, Rakhil &

Arkadiy Palant, Larisa

Paper, Rita & Steve

Spring 2016



YAHRZEIT DONATIONS (CONT.)

Perelman, Alexander

Perelman, Galina Peskin, Maya & Yefim

Peysman, Avrum Pinkus, Marcia & Aaron

Pinsky, Sheldon

Pisarenko, Sofia & Oleg

Pogorelsky, Emiliya &

Dmitry Portnova, Yuliya

Pyatigorsky, Leo

Renstrom, Marilyn & Dean

Rhodes, Fran

Richman, Phyllis & Berle Richter, Grace

Roytburg, Roza & Sika Rubinstein, Esther

Rubinstein, Maureen & Eddy Ryaboy, Ellen & Eugene

Saks, Harold

Schwartz, Darlene Sektor, Vicky Shafranskaya, Mariya

Shapiro, Emma Shapiro, Liya

Shulman, Faina

Shuster, Svetlana Simanduyev, Galina &

Nakhamya Slobodskiy, Alexander

Smith, Nancy & Irving Snyder, Daniel Strauss, Jane

Strimling, Rosalyn & Bert

Tamarkin, Genya & Ilya

Tanick, Adrienne & Paul Tenner, Sondra Teplitski, Alexandra & Alexander

Teyvel, Ita & Shmel

Tillinger, Steven

Toretsky, Corrine & Morris

Tsukerman, Nesya & Aron Tsukerman, Sofiya Vaynberg, Sahra & Abram

Vodovoz, Toots & Ruben Wasserman, Susan & Mark

Wilensky, Carolyn & Marvin Wilensky, Norma

Wohl, Kathy & David Zadov, Lev

Zelikman, Nekha & David Zevelev, Luba & Alex

Zeveleva, Yelizaveta Zhuravel, Sofia & Moisey

Zien, Shelly & Steve Zieve, Stan

Zilberman, Rakhil

REFUAH SHELEMAH TO

Sybille Aaron

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

Carmella Chazin

Rabbi Avraham and

Linda Ettedgui

Henni Ettedgui

Lee Reinharz

Dr. Keith Kaye


Bronya Lipnik

Nadezhda Gelbukh

Rachelle Marcus

Corrine and Morris

Toretsky

MEMORIAL PLAQUES

Sue and Sol Awend in

memory of Berek Awend


Ettedgui in memory of

Terry Schwartz

Kathy and Terry Klugman

in memory of Irene

Klugman

Galina and Nakhamya

Simanduyev in memory of

Michael Simand

Nesya and Aryeh

Tsukerman in memory of

- Chasia Tsukerman

- Eyzer Tsukerman

- Leah Tsukerman

- Sorerele Tsukerman

In Memory of Anton

Nemechenitzer

MAZEL TOV TO:

Carmella and Alan

Chazin on becoming

new grandparents

Rabbi Avraham and

Linda Ettedgui


CONTRIBUTE TO SHAREI CHESED ONLINE! Did you know that you can make online contributions? How?

Go to www.shareichesed.org/donate

Spring 2016

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS AT SHAREI CHESED

Please join us also for these special observances in our sanctuary.

Saturday April 9 Bar Mitzvah of Sam Geller 9:30 am

- Son of Mark and Mary Geller

Friday Evening April 22 Pesah (See ‘Pesah Services Calendar’ for schedule details)

Wednesday, May 4 Yom HaShoah Evening Service 5:45 pm

Yom HaShoah Community 7:00 pm

Commemoration

Beth Jacob Congregation

Saturday, May 7 Shaharit – 9:30 am

Israel Independence Day Speaker Idan Cohen

Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow

from University of Minnesota Hillel

Tuesday, May 10 Yom HaZikaron Evening Service 5:45 pm

Yom HaZikaron Community 7:00 pm

Observance

Sabes JCC—Minneapolis

Sunday, May 15 Shaharit 8:30 am

Yom HaAtzmaut Community 4:00—6:00 pm

Celebration-Israel’s 68th Independence Day

Sabes JCC—Minneapolis

Saturday, May 21 Shaharit 9:30 am

Honoring High School Seniors and out Religious School

Students

Sunday, May 22 Shaharit 8:30 am

‘Landscaping Day’ immediately following services

Saturday, April 16 Shabbat Hagadol 9:30 am

Sunday, April 17 Shaharit (morning service) 8:30 am

Assemble Maot Hittim Packages 9:30 am

Friday, April 22 Fast of First Born – Come to services 7:30 am

and participate in Seudat Mitzvah

Shaharit (morning service)

** LAST MORNING TO SELL YOUR HAMETZ THRU

‘MECHIRAT HAMETZ’ **

Friday, April 22 First Seder (no service)

Saturday, April 23 Shabbat Yom Tov-1st Day Shaharit 9:30 am

Saturday, April 23 Second Seder (no service)

Sunday, April 24 Yom Tov-2nd Day Shaharit 9:30 am

Monday, April 25 Hol Hamoed Shaahrit 7:30 am

Minha-Maariv 5:45 pm

Tuesday, April 26 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am


Wednesday, April 27 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am


Thursday, April 28 Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:30 am


Friday, April 29 Yom Tov-7th Day Shaharit 9:30 am

Saturday, April 30 Shabbat Yom Tov-YIZKOR Shaharit 9:30 am

Kiddush Lunch follows all Shabbat and Yom Tov services

Spring 2016

PESAH SERVICES CALENDAR

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