1836 Rohrerstown Road Lancaster, PA 17601 office@tbelancaster.org 717-581-7891 www.tbelancaster.org

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Mission Statement The mission of Temple Beth El is to pro-vide a house of Conservative Jewish worship which fosters spiritual fulfill-ment, Jewish theology, life-long Jewish education, and community support throughout the cycles of the seasons.

Board of Directors Pres. - David Ehrlich 1st VP - Gary Kogon 2nd VP - Vacant 3rd VP - Steve Gordon Secy - Harold Koplin Treasurer - Samantha Besnoff Financial Secy - Linda Hutt Lynn Brooks, Bob Brosbe, Abshalom Cooper, Randi Jacobs, Debbie Rubin, Sheila Cohen, Stacy McCormick & Marc Weiner, Sue Friedman, Bob Matlin, Arne Ostroff, Earl Stein Sisterhood Rep. - Joan Goldman Rabbi Daniela Szuster & Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky Principal - Larry Besnoff Men’s Club - Steve Kleinman USY/Kadima - Megan Hart & Alyssa Gottlieb Sisterhood - Sisterhood Board Membership - Sue Friedman

Inside this issue: Rabbi Rami’s Message 2&3 President’s Message 4 Principal’s Message 5 Passover services schedule 6 Our Temple Family 8 Flyers 10,11,12 Food Festival work form 15 Insert-Bedikat/Hametz form

Candle Lighting Times

April 7 7:18 PM April 14 7:25 PM April 21 7:30 PM April 28 7:30 PM

APRIL EVENTS April 2 Sisterhood Donor Theater Event April 9 Men’s Club April 10 1st Passover Seder April 11 & 12 Passover Services @9:30 AM April 16 Executive Committee Meeting @9:45 AM April 16 & 23 Bob Matlin Adult Ed Classes from 9:45 AM—11:00 AM April 17 & 18 Passover Services @9:30 AM April 22 Junior Congregation April 26 Temple Board Meeting @7:30 PM April 29 Tot Shabbat @11:00 AM Schedule of Shabbat Services April 7 Shabbat Services - Religious school students to lead services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsors: Numa & Dick Lavy in memory of Alfred Kolman, father of Numa April 8 Torah Reading:Tzav

9:30 AM

April 14 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsor needed April 15 Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah

9:30 AM

April 21 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsor needed April 22 Torah Reading:Shemini

9:30 AM

April 28 Shabbat Services 7:30 PM Weekend sponsor needed April 29 Torah Reading:Tazria-Metzora

9:30 AM TOT SHABBAT@11:00 AM

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The Fifth Son Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky

Dear members and friends of Temple

Beth El,

This is a sermon that I delivered last

year during Passover. This time I

would like to share it with you

through our monthly bulletin. I hope

you find it interesting and thought-

provoking. I wish all of you and your

families a happy and kosher Pesach!

One of the most famous readings in

the Pesach Hagaddah is the one that

tells the story of the four sons. As

you probably remember, the Mid-

rash explains that the Torah men-

tions four sons: The wise son, the

wicked son, the simple son and the

son that does not know how to ask a

question. There is a quote from the

Torah and an answer for each of

them. It is not difficult to imagine

them sitting at the same Seder table,

ready to play their roles!

Some people think that all of us are a

mix of the four sons or daughters.

Others think that during our life we

behave differently, sometimes like

wise children, sometimes like bad

ones, etc. Some other people tend

to think that these four children

somehow represent the Jewish peo-

ple. We are very different from one

another, but during Pesach we all sit

at the same table and celebrate to-

gether.

I must tell you that I love this idea of

all the Jewish people celebrating to-

gether, setting aside their differences

and enjoying what they have in com-

mon… at least once a year! When I

say these words, I have in mind a car-

toon from a Haggadah called “The

Israeli Haggadah” that pictures a big

Israeli Seder, attended by many differ-

ent people who represent different

groups within Israeli society. You can

find Jews who are Chassidic, totally

secular, very poor, very wealthy, ur-

ban, kibutznikim, Ashkenazi, Sephar-

dic, etc. I really like this picture. The

four sons are very well represented.

It is sad to say, but it is a reality that in

our days we need to add one more

son to our Seder, the fifth son. Who is

this son? Why can’t he be counted as

one of the four sons? Well, the fifth

son is the absent son, the son that is

not present at the Seder.

This new son might be wise, bad, sim-

ple, completely unable to ask a ques-

tion, or even a combination of all of

them. The difference between this

son and the other four sons that the

Haggadah describes is that this fifth

son is not sitting with us around the

Seder table.

Let me bring for you an excerpt from

“The Jewish Week” of three years ago:

According to statistical and anecdotal

evidence, attendance at a Seder was

once a near-mandatory part of Jewish

life in this country, even though the

Seder might be heavy on socializing

and light on reading the Haggadah. As

late as the 1990s, most surveys indi-

cated that some 90 percent of Ameri-

can Jewry attended a Seder.

The numbers have dropped since then.

A majority of American Jews still keeps

Pesach on its calendar, with Seders

easily outranking such practices as

synagogue attendance or keeping

kosher; but it’s a much smaller ma-

jority.

According to many national and

regional studies of the Jewish com-

munity, between 60 and 70 percent

of American Jews now go to a Seder.

(The 2013 National Jewish Popula-

tion Survey: 68 percent. The 2013

Pew Forum report: 70 percent. The

2011 UJA-Federation Jewish Com-

munity Study: 69 percent. The Jew-

ish Federation of Atlanta’s 2006

Jewish Community Centennial

Study: 62 percent. In California’s

East Bay, which has a reputation as

a particularly liberal area, a 2011

study found that exactly half of the

Jewish community goes to a Seder).

It is clear that this is not a new phe-

nomenon in Jewish history; there

have always been Jews assimilating

and abandoning their Jewishness.

However, the novelty is how mas-

sive this trend is today. This is why I

believe we should add this fifth son

to our Seder table, because it is so

significant that we cannot ignore

him anymore.

The fifth son represents people who

are not coming to our Seder for very

different reasons. Some examples

are: One who does not feel wel-

comed, one who is not invited, one

who has no relatives or close Jewish

friends, one who is married to a

person who does not want to

attend a Seder, one who finds the

Pesach food very expensive, one

who thinks the Seder boring or not

interesting, one who finds the Seder

not relevant to his view of the

world, one who prefers to do other

things that night, one who does not

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understand what the Seder is about,

one who feels afraid of attending a

Seder because he is not able to per-

form the rituals or the readings, one

who believes his children should go

to bed early, one who thinks the

Seder is too religious or too an old

custom, one who has not gone to a

Seder for a long time, etc.

If you think a little while, you will

find that these reasons are very sim-

ilar to the motives people give to

explain why they have moved away

from Judaism. Perhaps this is be-

cause attending a Seder is one of

the most Jewish experiences one

can have during the year, only com-

parable to attending Yom Kippur

services or lighting Shabbat candles

with the family.

There are thousands of rabbis, Jew-

ish thinkers and Jewish profession-

als who are trying to find the an-

swer to what we should do to stop

this trend and get the fifth son back

in our Jewish family. So please do

not expect me to give you the magic

formula right now… Nobody knows

it! However, let me finish with two

commentaries about this.

First, we need to do everything we

can to bring our children back to the

Seder table, to bring them back to

our Jewish tradition. It is not

enough to design sophisticated pro-

grams, to build new institutions or

to change policies, while waiting at

the entrance of our synagogues,

schools, and JCCs for the fifth sons

to come. We need to go where

they are, we need to listen to them

and we need to understand how to

build a new Jewish community that

can be appealing to those who have

(Continued from page 2) moved away from it today.

Second, there is a trend today in Jew-

ish institutions to try to develop the

most modern, perfect, and super in-

teresting Seder on earth. They try to

build the most technological, funny,

attractive, short and welcoming Seder

in the history. They usually try to suit

the Seder to the demands of potential

new clients.

I have nothing against the attempt to

show Judaism as more modern and

attractive; the opposite is true. How-

ever, I think that sometimes we forget

the most basic and important thing

about the Seder and about Judaism in

general. If we believe that we can

create the best show on earth for the

people, we are wrong. There are

countless things more attractive to

the modern mind than our Jewish tra-

dition. We cannot win that battle!

Our power and strength is not in be-

ing the most originals, but in sharing

our truth. In order to be able to trans-

mit Judaism to the next generation,

we need to be in love with Judaism

and truly believe that it is our tradi-

tion, our truth.

If we are afraid of being boring during

the Seder, our children and guests will

find it boring. If we are afraid of hav-

ing too many readings during our Se-

der, our children and guests will find

the Seder too long. But if we love and

understand what we do, if we honest-

ly enjoy the prayers and the songs,

the food, and being with family and

friends, then our children and guests

will find our Seder warm and mean-

ingful.

We need to go out and bring the fifth

son back to our table. We need to

transmit to him the message that we

need him with us, that we miss him

and that we want him to be with us

again. And perhaps the most im-

portant thing, we need to explain to

him that this beautiful tradition be-

longs to us and also belongs to him.

It is our tradition; it is our truth.

Nominating Committee seeking

candidates for Board

The Nominating Committee will soon meet to prepare a roster of candidates to serve on the Board of Directors for the 2017 – 2018 year. To be sure, service on the Board involves attending meetings and working on committees. But in the process, Board members get to know their fellow congregants, work on the programs and services offered by the synagogue, address important and pressing issues, and even have some fun. There are many rewards that come from serv-ing on the Board, but perhaps none more important than knowing that you have helped guide Beth El to a better future. If you wish to serve on the Board, please contact Dave Ehrlich or Gary Kogon and they will forward your name to the Nomi-nating Committee.

BULLETIN DEADLINE

The deadline for May’s bulletin

is Friday, April 14th

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Dave Ehrlich Gary Kogon

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

This is being written on the heels of Winter Storm Stella, and your copy of the Temple Bulletin should have arrived prior to the end of March.

That said, to publicize one last time, we will be having a sofer from Sofer on Site at the Temple during the last week of March, and an educational program about what a sofer does and Torah repair will be held Sunday morning, March 26 at 10 a m. It is a free pro-gram and everyone is invited to attend. Thanks again to all who were involved in making this event happen. A special (and inadvertent-ly omitted in the last Bulletin) huge expression of thanks and apprecia-tion to Sisterhood for their very generous financial support.

Our Purim service, and the Purim party sponsored by Sisterhood, were both very well attended, a lot of fun and a big success. Thank you to the Rabbis for conducting an enjoyable service, to our Hebrew High students for their participation, and to Sisterhood for their generous sponsorship of this event. A special thank you to Sue Friedman for her involvement in making the party most enjoyable.

Randi Jacobs has submitted her res-ignation from the Communications Committee. We wish to thank Randi, and express our deep appre-ciation, for her many years working on advertising and public relations activities for Temple Beth El. She will continue doing this for our

food festival but not synagogue-wide. Thanks to Randi and other dedi-cated, hard-working volunteers, we have a great website, a strong social media presence and a well-known, positive image of Temple Beth El in the community.

The United Synagogue General As-sembly held a special meeting in order to vote on a resolution to adopt changes to the Preamble and Stand-ard V of the USCJ Standards, as dis-cussed in the March Bulletin. The voting was overwhelmingly in favor of changing who can be a member of a synagogue from only persons of the Jewish faith to a new standard that allows each synagogue to decide who can be a member. The Board will be discussing this matter at forthcoming meetings, and will keep you posted.

Lastly, Pesach begins on April 10, and Yom Tov services will be held on both Days 1 and 2, beginning at 9:30 am on both days. We hope to see you at these services! Chag Kasher v'Same'ach Dave and Gary

SHALACH MANOT –

A MITZVAH FULFILLED

Sisterhood was once again happy to help the congregation fulfill the Pu-rim mitzvah of sending food gifts and warm greetings to almost 200 households, including our staff, our Religious School teachers, as well as our members and their friends and family. At the same time, the mitz-vah of giving charitably was fulfilled as Sisterhood raised almost $6,000 from the participation of 51 house-holds. Some sent greetings to 3 households and others sent to the full congregation – but together, we enabled Sisterhood to contribute to the ongoing vibrancy of Temple Beth El.

It took a village to accomplish all this! Pam Lessans coordinated the efforts of some 24 congregants who graciously helped bring 144 of these boxes and cards to your doorsteps, while other congregants helped lighten the load by picking theirs up at the Temple. Additionally 48 box-es were shipped to out-of-towners from Florida to Maine to California. Shellie Gordon had a crew of 6-10 bakers working tirelessly for 3 days to make the 580 delectable hamen-tashen for these boxes (plus anoth-er 500 for the Megillah reading, Pu-rim Party and the Food Festival!). Sue Friedman had a well-organized assembly line of roughly a dozen volunteers, filling the boxes with all the goodies she purchased to make the Shalach Manot boxes festive and delicious.

We hope you enjoyed receiving your card and treats. We welcome hearing from you. Many thanks to all who made this possible, too nu-merous to name.

Linda Hutt, Shalach Manot

Greetings Coordinator

WINE SHOP OPEN FOR PASSOVER NEEDS

Sunday, April 2 - 9:30 am—11:30 am Sunday, April 9 - 9:30 am—Noon Call Francine Koplin with any questions

Sam Feldstein, a long-time member of Temple Beth El, has moved to Nor-wood, MA to be closer to his daugh-ter. We are grateful to Sam for the many contributions he and Jean made to Temple Beth El. We will miss him and we wish him well in his new home. If you want to drop Sam a line, his new address is 40 Clapboardtree Street, Norwood, MA 02062

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It might have been late, but Winter came upon us in March. The cold and snow may have slowed us down, but the excitement of Purim warmed our

hearts and souls. Our younger stu-dents, along with their peers at Shaarai Shomayim participated in a wonderful field trip to the Pearl-stone Center in Maryland. They braved the cold, but had a wonder-ful fun learning experience. Looking forward to April, we can surely (read hopefully) expect warmer Spring weather with blos-soming flowers and trees. And of course we will all be observing and celebrating the holiday of Passover with our friends and families. In the school, we will have a special Passover program for the students and helping with the Annual JFS Passover Project by aiding in the collection of donations, making greeting cards, and helping in any other way we can. We will have les-sons and activities around the holi-days of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZika-ron, and Yom HaAtzmaut, as well as our last of the year Religious School led by Friday night service (3/7) and Junior Congregation (3/29). The Education Committee and I are already making plans for next year’s program and I am in initial discus-sions with the leaders of the other local Religious Schools (Shaarai and Degel) to discuss joint programs and activities including field trips. Larry Besnoff Religious School Principal principal@tbelancaster.org

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Board Meeting Updates

This returns to a practice of years ago, when brief highlights of key actions tak-en and subjects discussed at Temple Board Meetings were published in the Bulletin. For more information about any of the subjects, please contact a member of the Board- whose names are on the first page of the Bulletin. The March 13, 2017 Board Meeting was cancelled due to snow. Dec. 12, 2016

Cemetery Committee continues to work on plans to create an Inter-

faith section.

Discussed the need for more members to volunteer to serve on com-

mittee and special events.

Focus groups will be scheduled with our interfaith families, to under-

stand how welcoming we are at TBE, and to help identify opportunities

for potential changes.

Jan. 9, 2017

Rabbis Rami and Daniela want to initiate programs that connect con-

gregants with Jewish traditions. The first of these is a choir, which will

be supported for the first 6 months to start.

Sisterhood further identified uses for their $25,000 donation to the

Fund for the Future, which includes support for Shabbat dinners,

Torah repairs, kitchen repairs and congregational programming.

Robin Adler will serve as Temple Beth El’s representative to JCAL.

Feb. 13, 2017

Established a Life-Long Learning Committee. This steering committee

will coordinate the educational programs from the various Temple

entities, with the goal of multi-year development of programs for di-

verse interests and for all age groups.

TBE will vote “Yes” at the March 1 USCJ meeting to change Standards

for membership. The new Standard will allow each Kehilah

(synagogue) to determine its criteria for membership. The TBE Board

has taken no position regarding what- if any, changes we might make

if it passes. Any changes would require input and discussion over a

period of time. [ March 15th update: This proposal was approved by

USCJ. More information will follow.]

Rabbi Chaim Galfand will return this fall as our High Holiday Hazzan.

Allocated funds for severely overdue inspection of all our Torahs and

for repair of at least 3 Torahs. The sofer will spend 3 days at TBE and

also will conduct an educational program.

Hal Koplin, Board Secretary

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PASSOVER SERVICES – 2017

1st day of Pesach – Tuesday, April 11 – 9:30 am 2nd day of Pesach – Wednesday, April 12 – 9:30 am

Shabbat services – Friday, April 14 – 7:30 am Shabbat services – Saturday, April 15 – 9:30 am 6th Day of Pesach – Sunday, April 16 – 9:00 am

7th day of Pesach – Monday, April 17 – 9:30 am

8th day of Pesach – Tuesday, April 18 – 9:30 am (yizkor)

Candle lighting times: Monday, April 10: 7:21 pm

Tuesday, April 11: after 8:22 pm Sunday, April 16: 7:27 pm

Monday, April 17: after 8:29 pm

ADULT EDUCATION AT TEMPLE BETH EL

Dr. Bob Matlin presents two lectures: The Era of Modern Jewish Thought

Sunday, April 16, 2017 9:45 to 11:00 am The ideas and events that led to the transformation from the medieval to the modern era: A Jewish Per-spective Sunday, April 23, 2017 9:45 to 11:00 am A brief survey of the writings of some of the greatest Jewish think-ers of the last 300 years, from Spi-noza to Schneersohn. Coffee and pastries!

Please RSVP to the Temple office (office@tbelancaster.org or 717-581-7891) by APRIL 1ST, in or-der to provide adequate materials for those attending.

ONEG & KIDDUSH SPONSORS

APRIL

Weekend Sponsors

April 7 & 8 Numa & Dick Lavy

In loving memory of Alfred Kolman, father

of Numa Lavy

Tuesday, April 11 (1st day of Passover)

Lynn & Chris Brooks In loving memory of

Joseph & Shirley Matluck & Thomas Brooks

We need a sponsor for

Tuesday, April 18 (8th day of Passover)

Sponsorship for April 18 is $60.00

We need monthly sponsors for the month of April. The cost is $100.00 per month. Call the office if you are interested in a monthly sponsorship.

BETH EL NEEDS VOLUNTEER TO HANDLE PUBLIC

RELATIONS

We need a volunteer to assist with public relations for the synagogue. This person would work with the leadership and Rabbis and com-mittees to spread the word about the activities and accomplishments of the synagogue and to promote a positive public image of Temple Beth El. Experience in public rela-tions or advertising or marketing would be helpful in this position, but it is not necessary. If you are interested, please contact Dave Ehrlich or Gary Kogon.

KLEHR CENTER AT F&M COLLEGE Monday, April 3 @7:30 PM Derek Penslar Lecture Klehr Center “How Jews Become Israelis” Tuesday, April 4 @4:30 PM Holocaust Survivor Ruth Kluger talk in Stahr Auditorium - “Still Alive” Friday, April 21 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Steinman College Center Holocaust Name Reading Vigil

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OUR TEMPLE FAMILY

Mazel Tov

To Dolly Shuster & Jeff Edelson on the birth of their twin granddaugh-ters , Isla & Iris. Proud parents are Rob & Jess Edelson.

Condolences

Temple Beth El notes with sorrow the death of Herman Friedman, un-cle of Caryl Buffa. We send our prayers of consolation and strength to the bereaved family members.

Congregational Thanks

What a wonderful surprise it was to begin Purim with the arrival of the box of Shalach Manot (via priority mail) from our friends/family at TBE. We thank everyone who was so kind to think of us once again. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated more than you will ever know! Thank you again, and our best re-gards. Phyllis & Leon Baronfeld Gwen Weisman would like to ex-tend her appreciation to all those who sent her greetings through Sis-terhood’s Shalach Manot project. Sisterhood thanks Gwen for her donation to the fundraiser in their honor. I am deeply touched by the wonder-ful and delicious Shelach Manot that I received from you. In these trying times it has warmed my heart immensely, given me great joy, and reaffirmed my faith in community, kindness and generosity. Todah rabbah to all of you, Rabbi Geoffrey Goldberg

I would like to thank everyone in-volved for the delicious Purim box. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Bev Sideman Thank you to all for the Purim remem-brances. Martha Welzant To All Temple Beth El Friends, Thanks for the Purim bag. It was very thoughtful. Wishing everybody a good & healthy Passover. Arlene & Berel Arrow Thank you to everyone for the Purim box goodies. Of course, I had to share with my husband, but we both appre-ciate your thoughtfulness. Fondly, Janet

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES APRIL

Birthdays 3rd Hal Koplin 4th Bev Sideman 5th Lynn Brooks 6th Michael Buffa 6th Earl Stein 7th Dianne Berk 11th Ira Grushow 15th Sheila Cohen 18th Adam Levine 19th Jerome Gans 22nd Allison Hutt 23rd Joshua Bennett 23rd Steve Kleinman 25th Rosette Lobel 28th Diane Wolf Anniversaries 8th Andi & Herb Shiroff 25th Deena & Alan Hertz

Landmark 4th Carolyn & Steve Kleinman (35 years)

MONTHLY YAHRZEIT LISTING

Yahrzeit begins the evening before the day listed. The names of depart-ed loved ones are memorialized at Shabbat services the week prior to the yahrzeit observance.

Saturday, April 8 Numa Lavy Father Marvin Margolis Mother Herb Shiroff Father Sunday, April 9 Michael Gleiberman Mother Tuesday, April 11 Johanna Lever Husband Sonia Holbrook Father Wednesday, April 12 Beryl Sherman Brother-In-Law Beryl Sherman Sister Beryl Sherman Nephew Friday, April 14 Miriam Triman Father Paya Palchuk Father Gwen Weisman Grandfather-In-Law Saturday, April 15 Miriam Triman Uncle Ralph Taber Mother Monday, April 17 Beryl Sherman Grandmother Jeff Edelson Father Tuesday, April 18 Gwen Weisman Grandmother-In-Law

Wednesday, April 19 Arne Ostroff Father Ralph Taber Grandmother Thursday, April 20 Marilyn Reichenthal Brother

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Friday, April 21 Nina Stein Mother Saturday, April 22 Randi Jacobs Mother Gordon Hutt Grandmother Rosette Lobel Husband Sunday, April 23 Tana Dardik Aunt Nadine Lyon Husband Monday, April 24 Ralph Taber Grandfather Tuesday, April 25 Earl Stein Brother Chuck Paul Sister Wednesday, April 26 Michael Gleiberman Sister Thursday, April 27 Eli Natan Sister Friday, April 28 Steve Kadushin Cousin Saturday, April 29 Gary Kogon Aunt Monday, May 1 Evy Epstein Son Tana Dardik Mother Eileen Lewis Mother Wednesday, May 3 Stewart Abowitz Grandmother Evy Epstein Uncle Thursday, May 4 Lisa Krantz Father Deborah Stein Husband Sam Taub Father Friday, May 5 Tracy Kidan Grandmother

(Continued from page 8) SISTERHOOD FUND

*Sisterhood Fund cards are now $3.50

If your last name begins with A-M, please contact DEENA HERTZ at Sister-

hoodFundA-M@tbelancaster.org

If your last name begins with N-Z, please contact BEV RUBIN at Sis-

terhoodFundN-Z@tbelancaster.org

IN HONOR OF Dolly Shuster & Jeff Edelson - birth of twin granddaughters, Isla & Iris Joan & Gary Goldman Scott Fix Randi & Steve Jacobs Linda & Gary Kogon Donna & Bob Brosbe Sandy & Greg Weekes Beverly Rubin Zelda & Rabbi Parnes - birth of grand-daughter Golda Rae to Neal & Dahna Dolly Shuster & Jeff Edelson Shellie & Steve Gordon - Rayna’s honor as “Congregant of the Year” Randi & Steve Jacobs GET WELL Allan Schulman Dolly Shuster & Jeff Edelson IN MEMORY OF Donald Margolis - brother of Barry Margolis Tobi & Bob Sherman

FOOD FESTIVAL YOUTH ART CONTEST

Donation In Loving Memory of Parents Aaron & Minna Cohen Sheila Cohen

FUND FOR THE FUTURE IN MEMORY OF Al Month Florence & Jules Grossberg Dean Ziemke & Jacob Ziemke Paul, David, Karen, Sam, Hannah, Sean Grossberg

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Contact Shellie Gordon

RelSchoolFund@tbelancaster.org IN HONOR OF Tyler Besnoff Lori & Ralph Taber

RABBI’S DISC. FUND office@tbelancaster.org

To Rabbi Daniela & Rami for their hospitality Joan & Marc Weiner

LIBRARY FUND Librarian, Nina Stein

library@tbelancaster.org

New Books: Weiner, Jennifer - Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing - In her es-say collection, she takes the raw stuff of her life and spins it into a collection as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey. Ginsburg, Ruth Bader...My Own Words, United States Supreme Court—Judges. KF373.G565 G56 2016 Isaacson, Walter...Einstein; His Life and Universe. QC16.E5176 “A soar-ing journey through the life, mind, And science of the man who changed our view of the universe.

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YAHRZEIT FUND office@tbelancaster.org

IN MEMORY OF Ruth Fried Michele & Bob Matlin Harry Sherman Joan & Beryl Sherman Eli & Rose Fix Scott Fix Philip Ehrlich Dave Ehrlich Max May Nadine Lyon Shaool Natan Eli & Marcie Natan Sadie Levine & Harry Kadushin MRK

NOTICE OF TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS

The Temple office is open Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The office is closed on Tues-days. There may be days when the secretary has commitments outside the office which will shorten or change the office hours. If you need access to the building, please call/email ahead at least one day to make sure she or someone will be there to let you in. If you are making ar-rangements for deliveries or work in the building, please make sure the secretary is notified of those plans. Please note that if you need access to the building on a Wednesday, the request should be made on Monday since the office is closed on Tuesdays.

Jewish Family Service with Temple Beth El and Congregations

Shaarai Shomayim and Degel Israel Presents...

Sunday, April 9, 2017 Don't let families go hungry this Passover

PASSOVER DONATIONS NEEDED

Temple Beth El is once again partnering with Jewish Family Ser-vices and the other synagogues in town for the “PASSOVER PRO-JECT’. We are collecting food for needy families so that they can have an authentic seder meal with all the fixings.

On April 9, 2017, our congregation is mobilizing its Religious School children and families, Beth El’s Chesed committee and USY, to as-semble and distribute boxes of food for hungry families as well as dessert bags for those congregants who are homebound in nursing homes and assisted living, or those who live alone and need a friend-ly contact. Some people in need will receive a gift card to a grocery store, courtesy of Jewish Family Services (JFS).

Donations can be left in the box located in the hallway outside of the Religious School office. In order to get the range of items needed, please sign up on “Sign Up Genius.com

Sign up using title of sign up “Passover Project 2017 or robin-wadler@gmail.com . If you do not have access to a computer, you may call Robin Adler 717 475-1957 for suggestions on what is still needed. We are asking for boxes of matzoh, matzoh meal, gefilte fish, small bags of apples and potatoes, jars of horse radish, and macaroons. Kosher chickens will be provided by JFS. If you would prefer, you may send a financial donation to Jewish Family Services, 75 East James St. Lancaster, PA 17602 Thank you so much in advance!!

We need help with delivering the Passover dessert bags on Sunday, April 9th. They will be ready by noon after Sunday School. Can you please volunteer to take a few of these to those in need? Every effort to as-sign people who live as close to you as possible will be made. Please email Robin Adler at robinwadler@gmail.com or contact Janet at the Temple Office.

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FOOD FESTIVAL ART CONTEST FOR CHILDREN GRADES K-12

Win a $20 Visa Gift Card!!

One winner in each grade category: K-3 4-6 7-12 Subject: Anything from or related to The Story of Noah/Noah’s Ark Rules: Our judges will only accept work that has been entirely and solely created by each child (Do Not submit a printed picture that has been colored or crayoned)

All work must be on a sheet of paper - 8 ½ inches x 11 inches or smaller

Any medium may be used (crayons, markers, paints, etc.)

Entries will be judged on Originality, Craftsmanship, and Design

All entries must relate to the subject of the contest – The Story of Noah

Only 1 entry per child

In the bottom right hand corner of each entry write: Name of artist - School grade

On the back of each entry write the child’s contact information – phone number or email address, synagogue/church and title of work

Entries must be received by mail at Temple Beth El or dropped off at Temple Beth El on or before 12 pm Friday, April 28 th – No Exceptions!

All work will be displayed at the Food Festival on May 7, and entrants will learn if they won at the event on May 7. The winning entry in each grade category will be adorned with a blue ribbon.

Winners may pick up their prizes on May 7th at the Food Festival

Entries may be picked up between 6-7 pm on May 7 or during the following week at Temple Beth El. Please call the office to verify the building will be open.

Vendors at Food Festival 2017 It will be an exciting year for shopping and viewing the arts and crafts of vendors at our Food Festival. As of the publication of this bulletin, we have 24 vendors. New vendors will include: - photographed scenes of Lancaster on canvas - embroidered towel and table runners - handmade fine jewelry (2 new vendors each with her own unique style) - accented scarves and accessories - stoneware and porcelain by a new potter - decorated glassware (including some Judaica pieces) - cosmic/outer space art pieces - handmade soy candles - handmade purses and scarves We will also have the return of 13 popular vendors including: - button jewelry - parsha prints - art by Scott Gore - Bear Mitzvah and Friends plush animals - and more This year – visit each of the vending rooms, have a vendor in each sales location sign your special raffle card, and then you will be eligible for a special raffle basket of prizes. No purchase necessary!

Volume 69, No. 8 APRIL 2017 PASSOVER Temple Beth El Page 14