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Temple Israel of the Poconos Drawing by Marilyn Margolies

Inside this Issue

Rabbi’s Message 1 President’s Message 3 Norman Gelber 4 Hebrew School 5 Chanukah 6 Ask the Rabbi 7 Donations 8 Chessed 9 Holiday Spot 11 Birthdays/ Anniversaries 12 Yahrzeit Lists 13/14 Calendar 15 Advertising 19

December 10: 7:30 p.m. Board Meeting

Effective Friday Nov. 14th, Friday evening Shabbat Services will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Dec. 6: Haftorah by Bernie Driller followed by Kiddush/Luncheon

Dec. 13: Kiddush/ Luncheon sponsored by Art Glantz in honor of Judy Brown’s 1st Yahrzeit

Dec. 21: Community Chanukah Candle-lighting

Edition 603 December 2014 Kislev/Tevet 5775 A monthly publication of Temple Israel of the Poconos

LIGHT ONE CANDLE - and push away the darkness! by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman

There is a great darkness now enveloping the world. Israel is on the front line in the war against this darkness, a darkness which is aided and abetted by the left leaning professors in academia who are the useful idiots of radical Islam in their demonizing of both Israel and the values of liberal western civilization. Radicals are not liberals. Radicals historically have hated liberals as tools of the bourgeoisie. As I pen these words, we are all reeling from the horrific slaughter of our fellow Jews murdered while in prayer to the Almighty. Hacked and slashed by Arab terrorists who target civilians in their blood lust, their gruesome deaths remind us all of the slaughter of our brethren in Kishinev and in Hebron, of the Fogel family murdered in their beds, awakening within our collective soul the horrors of peace loving innocent Jews set upon by bestial predators. The world doesn't really care about the suffering of the Palestinians unless Israel can be demonized in the process. A double standard is applied to Israel which is applied to no other country. Egypt in the past month has expelled thousands of Palestinians from their homes and demolished hundreds of homes all along the Rafah border crossing, homes which were used as tunnel entrances. The Gazan economy is now in a state of near total collapse, as the smuggling based economy has now been firmly shut down by the new Egyptian government which is at war with the Muslim Brother-hood and with Hamas, its Palestinian offshoot. Broadway plays have been written about the martyred Rachel Corrie who stood in the path of an Israeli bulldozer which was charged with demolishing those same smuggling tunnel entrances, used for building up Hamas' large missile arsenal. No Rachel Corries will be standing in front of Egyptian bull-dozers, I can assure you. Now even the Metropolitan Opera is glorifying the murderers of Leon Klinghoffer in their new opera, whose libretto was written by an apostate Jew justifying her conversion by trashing Israel and idealiz-ing her enemies, feeling the pain of the cold blooded murderers of a helpless wheelchair bound elderly Jewish man. And likewise, we hear not a peep about the deaths of the probably thousands of Syrian and Iraqi civilians who were likely killed in the new American-led aerial campaign against ISIS, with thousands of sorties, and bombs explod-ing daily. Where is CNN's daily death chart, comparing numbers of American dead and Syrian/Iraqi dead? The hypocrisy is palpable. I am outraged. We should all be outraged. Please join us on Sunday, December 21, at 5:00 PM sharp, for the communal lighting of the sixth candle. Please bring seven candles per person, along with your own personal Chanukah menorahs, as we collectively unite to dispel the darkness! There will be live music, dreidels, sufganiyot and latkes galore! See you there! Happy Chanukah! Chag Urim Sameach!

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ……

A Message from Our President

As I sit and write this message my mind is filled with the sounds of music and visions of happy faces. Perhaps that is because we are finalizing our prepara-tions for Chanukah and in a few weeks we will be celebrating our Festival of Lights with the lighting of Chanukiot and the eating of latkes and jelly donuts.

And then there are dreidels spinning through my mind. That is not unusual since dreidels have been a part of my life almost forever and I have collected them for years. When other children saw visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, I saw dreidels and since I studied ballet I was always a dancing dreidel in my Hebrew School pageants. I was able to spin and spin and since I did not like to fall down I was somehow always an upright twirling dreidel.

As I remember my early career as a spinning dreidel I can hear the words of a childhood Hebrew song which I learned so many years ago: “Sevivon sov sov sov – Chanukah hu chag tov! Spinning top spin spin spin. Chanukah is a good holiday.” I see the letters Nun Gimel Hay Shin on my American-made dreidels, letters which stand for Nes gadol haya sham, - a great miracle hap-pened there, referring to the Chanukah miracle which took place in biblical Israel. But I also have dreidels made in Israel which have the letters Nun Gimel Hay Pay – which stand for Nes gadol haya po--A great miracle occurred here.

I still like to play dreidel each Chanukah and I usually choose an American-made dreidel since it is the one whose letters stand for the miracle which happened in ancient Israel. But as I type this and my thoughts are filled with Temple Israel I have just decided to use one made in Israel. For this year the miracle is here at Temple Israel – new members, wonderful events, Minyans on Shabbat, and smiling faces. When we gather at our community Festival of Lights celebration on December 21, the dancing flames of Chanukah candles will light our social hall, music will fill the room and happy voices will sing age-old songs celebrating the Miracle of Chanukah. Come celebrate with us and celebrate the miracle that is our Temple Israel of the Poconos.

Chanukah Sameach.

Sandra


JUDAISM’S NEED FOR STUDY by Norman Gebler

In our life as Jews, we sometimes encounter a philosophic experience in which we question our dedication to Judaism. For reference points, we may start with the division of Judaism into study, worship, and righteous behavior. Each of us may stress any combination or all of these divisions of Judaism–and sometimes none of them. The point is that it is difficult to rate their individual importance and more useful to focus on each one at a time. To begin with the importance of study, it is self-evident that a Jew who is ignorant of the Torah, chapters of the Talmud, Ecclesiastes, the Book of Job, and the Prophets, will lack the ethical guidelines and both the philosophical and spiritual support that Judaism provides. Just as every profession requires a background of knowledge, supplemented with practice, so does religion. That’s why doctors, dentists, lawyers, and counselors proudly display their academic credentials on the wall of their office. Encouragement of study was and remains the cornerstone of Jewish education. From the elementary "heder" to advanced courses at a "yeshiva ," Jewish males learned the fundamentals of Judaism as well as the range of Holy Script. With this extensive religious education, they were able to serve as rabbinical teachers of the less- educated laity. Thus the Jewish people acquired the reputation of being "The People of the Book." In fact, well into modern times, Jewish parents were especially proud to have a scholarly Jewish son-in-law. While study maintained its time-honored reputation, it also gave rise to a conflict with the religious movement of "Hasidism" that emerged in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century. Founded by Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, "Hasidism" represented a liberal approach to Judaism. It stressed a personal relationship with God and with fellow Jews. The rivalry between the emergent Hasidic movement and the conservative Mitnagdim, (the opponents) led by Elijah, the scholarly Gaon (genius) of Vilna, led to the danger of religious snobbery and sectarian rivalry. In his early life, Elijah revealed signs of his extraordinary scholarship. At age six, he studied the Torah and the Talmud by himself; at age seven, he presented a discourse at the main synagogue of Vilna; and he reportedly acquired the habit of studying eighteen hours a day. The extensive knowledge of Judaism enabled Elijah to become the spiritual leader of Lithuanian and Russian Jews. In his powerful position as an Orthodox and famous scholar, he spearheaded the opposition to Hasidism. Rather than working toward a religious conciliation. But the result of that conflict is another story.


HEBREW SCHOOL NEWS

Tuesday, Dec. 2 5:00 — 7:00 p,m. Class

Saturday, Dec.. 7 9:00 — 11:00 a.m. Class

Tuesday, Dec. 9 5:00 — 7:00 p.m. Class

Saturday, Dec. 14 9:00 — 11:00 a.m. Class

Dear Friends, We are very pleased to report that our students are learning very nicely and are enjoying their studies. We have a very rich and comprehensive curriculum that we have now put in place which incorporates a wide variety of texts and resources. From the minute they enter the building until the minute they leave, there is a very serious atmosphere of learning. Serious, but enjoyable. From Israel studies to Biblical history, to Jewish history, to Siddur studies, to the weekly parashah, to the Jewish lifecycle, to Midrash and Aggadah, philosophy and ethics, and more, we have a very lofty vision. We thank Vered Thacker for her many years teaching in our school. And we welcome Rebec-ca Bear who has volunteered to work with our youngest students. Bruchim Habaim! This month we are very pleased to report that David Brodsky will be joining our teaching staff, volunteering his time to help launch our High School of Jewish Studies which will be meeting on Thursdays. We are the People of the Book. Therefore Jewish education should properly continue after the Bar and Bat Mitzvah. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah signals the beginning of adult Jewish commit-ment. For too many it has only signaled the end of serious learning. Imagine facing the job market with only an elementary level education! It would not work out so well. So too, when we come face to face with all the dangers of assimilation in today's world, only a serious Jew-ish education can equip us with the knowledge and the tools to become responsible Jewish adults, the leaders of the next generation. Many of us attended the first ever "Havdalah 'N Smores" party. It was fun, despite the cold! We will be meeting on TWO Sunday mornings this coming month: Dec 7 and Dec 14, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. And don't forget to join us on Sunday, December 21, @ 5:00 PM sharp, for our annual communal candle lighting Chanukah extravaganza! LIGHTS! MUSIC! FOOD! FUN! If you know of any Jewish child who is not receiving a Jewish education, PLEASE contact us so we can help! Rabbi Baruch Melman, Principal Mrs. Debbie Smith, Administrative Director


EVERYONE IS INVITED!

LIGHTING OF THE 6TH CANDLE!

SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21

@5:00 PM SHARP!

LIVE MUSIC!!! (by Sasha)

SPINNING DREIDELS!!!

JELLY SUFGANIOT!!!

HOT LATKES!!!

EVERYONE PLEASE BRING SEVEN CANDLES PER PERSON AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL

CHANUKIAH (CHANUKAH MENORAH)

WE WILL LIGHT OUR CANDLES IN UNITY AND DISPEL THE DARKNESS!


Dear Rabbi, Can I light the candles for Chanukah with an electric menorah? Thank you, Q ************************************************************ Dear Q, The Chanukah lights must be kindled, i.e., lit with a flame. An electric menorah has no flame. Electricity is not defined as fire halachically (by Jewish law), as it leaves no ash. It is more akin to turning on a water faucet, where the flow is guaranteed from an outside source, generated externally. Therefore, for the ritual lighting of the candles (or oil based wicks), you must use an actual flame. The only exception to this rule would be for someone in a hospital or convalescent setting, where open flames are not allowed for safety reasons. Only in that context may the obligation be fulfilled with an electric menorah. That is an extenuating circumstance, and that leniency should not ever become understood as normative. Where an electric menorah is acceptable is for non-ritual display. An essential component of the mitzvah of Chanukah is pirsum ha-nes, or "the publicizing of the miracle." A small candle may burn out in a relatively short time. If we desire passersby to see the menorah and all that it symbolizes, then it actually makes sense to then use an electric menorah to put in a window after the small candles have burnt out. However, I personally use a large candelabrum, using Shabbat candles. This burns for several hours, thus fulfilling the mitzvah of pirsum ha-nes (with an actual flame) to the maximum extent. Also, in view of the fact that the halacha states that the flames must burn at least a half hour into the darkness once three stars have appeared, then come Friday when we light while it is still light outside (18 minutes before sunset), our candles need to last over an hour so as to ensure that they burn well into the night. Also today, many communities sponsor outdoor lighting of the Christmas Tree and the Chanukah menorah. Being that an electric menorah has no actual ritual efficacy, it could therefore be argued that there is no constitutional violation for its use, especially if the ritual blessings are not recited on government property, so as not to send a message of government endorsement of any particular religion. Now you may then ask if electricity is not considered the same as fire, then why do traditional Jews tend to not turn lights on and off on Shabbat? For thousands of years, up until only about 100 years ago, we did not have electricity, and so the idea of having light was always associated with kindling a fire. Our ancestors, in observing the holy Shabbat, therefore would neither light a fire nor extinguish a fire once Shabbat had already begun. Today, out of reverence for our ancestors' way of life and for the thousands of years of Jewish life where it was forbidden to light or extinguish a flame, we should, ourselves, honor and respect the ways of our forebears. Plus, it helps us to take pause and to reflect on how we can make Shabbat holy and different from the other days of the week. Lastly, if one is too poor to afford so many candles, one may, at a minimum, light just one candle each night, as the blessing is in the singular (lehadlik ner, instead of nerot). Lighting a plurality of candles is an aspect of hiddur mitzvah, i.e., beautifying and enhancing the mitzvah, but is not the essence of the mitzvah. The essence of the mitzvah is to light one new candle each night, and to display it publicly in order to publicize the great miracle. Let your light shine! Chag Urim Sameach! Happy Chanukah!


THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS

GENERAL DONATIONS Dr. Charles August in memory of Judith Brown Robert & Bonnie Levin in memory of Ed Katz

Ken Schurman in memory of Ed Katz

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS Patricia Nerlinger in memory of Cy Nerlinger

Sandy Magnes in memory of Joel Magnes Howard Farber in memory of Ed Gittleman and Anna Polinger

Aileen Geodma in memory of Rose Frankel

ONEGS AND KIDDUSHES Mr. and Mrs. Louis Koshar in honor of 60th wedding anniversary

Ivan Margolis in memory of Marilyn Margolis


HESSED FUND Hessed is a Hebrew word meaning kindness and a reaching out to other people.

It is the way you can express sympathy, warm wishes or celebrate simchas for any one within or outside the Jewish community. If you would like something included here:

Call Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148. Please leave all the information on the machine so Suzanne doesn’t need to call you back.

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Herb & Sylvia Rosen Barry & Suzanne Tremper

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Michelle & Dylan Star Barry & Suzanne Tremper

To Dave & Barbara Rosenberg Mazel Tov on the marriage of Amy & Steve

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Herb & Sylvia Rosen

THANK YOU

To our many friends who wished us well on the marriage of our daughter Amy to Steve. Thank you from the newlyweds

as well.

Barbara and Dave Rosenberg


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On Yom Kippur, it may be that G-d fixes my soul. But its on Hanukkah that the Great Light shines into my heart. And so when I stand before a mirror, I see a beautiful person instead of a Shmendrik. So on Hanukkah, my beautiful friends, the lights are burning, even into the darkest hours of the night. And while that light flickers, we are praying, "Master of the World, if it is my mistakes that have kept me in darkness, let this Hanukkah Light shine into all areas of my darkness. Let this Ha-nukkah Light keep me from ever hating people. Let this Hanukkah Light give me so much holiness that all the darkness of the world can not take away my love for myself and all the beautiful people." And so I want to bless you and bless myself that this Hanukkah should fix us and its Light should reach the darkest corners of our hearts. And we should all be blessed to realize that when we do kindle a candle, it is G-d's Light we have brought into the world. You can be the richest man in the world, you can have everything between heaven and earth, you can be in the same room with the one thing you have been looking for, but if there is no light to show you where it is, then you do not have it.Chanukah is the holiday of the inside light, the hidden light, the light which is burning amidst the deepest darkness. At Chanukah we celebrate the light which gave the Maccabees the strength in the darkest period to believe that they can drive out the Greeks in the Holy Land.You see, my best friends, when we are born, G-d gives us everything, every day G-d gives us everything; only sometimes we turn off the light by our mistakes. Sometines we blow out our own candles, so on Chanukah haShem gives us back the light we need the most. Chanukah is the holiday when the Talmud says,"Chanukah is a man and his house, "meaning that the whole family has to come together.Because between husband and wife, parents and children, you can stand next to each other for a thousand years and be as far away as two million eternities. Chanukah is the great light when we see each other again; according to the Kabbalistic tradition it is deeper than Yom Kippur. It is the holy of holiest, but not in the temple, in my own house. We kindle the light by the door to tell the people - the outside people - who have not yet found their own house, who have not yet found their own soul, who have not yet found even their own friend. And we share our light with them. All the hatred in the world is only because people don't see each other. Chanukah is the holiday that we are closest to the Messiah and, gevalt, do we need the world to see us one time! And gevalt, do we need all the Jews one time to see the holiness of being Jew-ish! Let it be this year. Amen.

Holiday Spotlight: Reb Shlomo on Chanukah


If you are celebrating a milestone year, whether it be birthday or anniversary, please let me know so others may celebrate with you. Contact: Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 or [email protected]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !! December 02 Bill & Hilda Brown

December 20 Howard & June Farber

December 22 Jose & Stacy Rodriguez

December 26 Leigh & Patricia Stelzer HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! December 07 Howard Farber

December 20 Stacy Rodriguez Yisraela Melman

December 24 Gillian Herschlag

December 25 Minda Krawitz Paul Solomon


December Yahrzeit List

December 1 Kislev 09 Esther Shevrin December 2 Kislev 10 Jennie Greenfield December 4 Kislev 12 Isaac Max Jacobson December 5 Kislev 13 Lawrence Green

Joseph Greenfield Sabina Diamond

December 7 Kislev 15 Lee Bogatz Rose Richmond

December 9 Kislev 17 Florence Lewis Max Katz Sam Buck Jonathan Newman Milton Lubin

December 10 Kislev 18 Lottie Chiat December 11 Kislev 19 Bernard Koenig December 12 Kislev 20 Rose Levine

Judy Brown

December 13 Kislev 21 David Newman December 14 Kislev 22 Nahum Kokos December 15 Kislev 23 Helen Myers December 17 Kislev 25 Lawrence Webber

Bella Zimmerman December 18 Kislev 26 Doris Zager

Mary Brown Ester Lerner

December 19 Kislev 27 Rose Hayden Celia Klein Abraham Dorfman

December 20 Kislev 28 Heinrich Neuberger December 21 Kislev 29 Louis “Doc” Helman

David Victor Hecht December 22 Kislev 30 Dr. David Shulman

Helen Frieman

December 27 Tevet 05 Dr. Emanuel Fineberg December 28 Tevet 06 Lester Genauer December 30 Tevet 08 Melvin Goldman

Mary J. Katz December 31 Tevet 09 Schmeriyam Onia

Irving Jolley


January Yahrzeit List

January 16 Tevet 25 Frank Frankel Marion Wertheimer Bella Hymowitz

January 17 Tevet 26 Lillian Levine

January 19 Tevet 28 Isadore K. Dortort Greta Philippsberg Arthur Z. Zimmerman

January 20 Tevet 29 Sophie Pollan

January 21 Shevat 01 Maurice Cantor Emanuel Greenfield

January 22 Shevat 02 Leo Liebman

January 24 Shevat 04 Herman Berman Abraham Gillette Thelma Reiter

January 25 Shevat 05 Esther Zubow Marcia Sagofsky

January 26 Shevat 06 Mary Merkin Rebecca Cohen Sam Block Katherine Anderson

January 27 Shevat 07 Rhoda Schuchman Martha Manley

January 29 Shevat 09 Louis Katz Birdie Steir

January 30 Shevat 10 Ida Odzer Louis Rosenblum Sheldon Weisman Bernice Pollan

January 1 Tevet 10 Morris Joseph Burros Ida Green

January 3 Tevet 12 Leon Zacher Lori Basick

January 4 Tevet 13 Louis Sacks Jacob Brodowsky

January 5 Tevet 14 Irving Tremper

January 6 Tevet 15 Ben Hayden

January 7 Tevet 16 Ferdinando Alfonsi Rose Cohn

January 9 Tevet 18 Pearl Sussman-Factor Benjamin Brown Kate Philippsberg Eva Cohen

January 10 Tevet 19 Shirley Irene Glucroft Carol Green Morris Rothstein

January 11 Tevet 20 Adolph Glantz

January 12 Tevet 21 Zalman Gluck David Cahn Rita Merkin Bernbaum David Rosenstein

January 13 Tevet 22 Edward Yark Oscar Feld Pearl Ruth Abeloff

January 14 Tevet 23 Ethel Katz Mendel ben Nosson Zapolsky

January 15 Tevet 24 Samuel Sorger

Yahrzeit candles are lit the night BEFORE the date listed above.

If the date falls on the Sabbath, be sure to light Yahrzeit candle BEFORE lighting Shabbos candles.


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Do you need a Mi Sheberach Recited?

When you can’t make services, but would like a prayer said on behalf of someone important to you, please don’t hesitate to call the synagogue and leave a message

on the Temple answering machine for Rabbi Melman so that your prayers will be included in our services.


FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE…..

we offer you a challenge!

We need everyone to help with this. Surely you know individuals and families who have no affiliation with a Synagogue.

Encourage them to become members of our Temple Israel Family!

If every family brings in one individual or family,

think of the possibilities!

At Temple events, be they regular Shabbat Services or a social occasion, introduce yourself to anyone you don’t recognize. You’ll make new friends

and assist us in enlarging our family.

YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS!!

For information please contact:

Dr. Sandra Alfonsi 223-7062

[email protected]

or Temple Israel 421-8781

Please leave a phone number so that we may return your call.


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All submissions are subject to review by the editorial committee.

Please submit all articles for consideration to:

Barbara Rosenberg

894- 4537 or [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF YOUR NEWSLETTER:

JANUARY NEWSLETTER: DECEMBER 15

Temple Israel of the Poconos is located at 711 Wallace Street in Stroudsburg. Friday evening services begin at 6:00 p.m. and

Saturday Shabbat Services begin at 9:30 a.m. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Temple Israel Newsletter, Edition 603/December 2014 published monthly at Temple Israel of the Poconos, 711 Wallace Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. (570) 421-8781/[email protected]. For information concerning this publication contact Barbara Rosenberg, Editor, (570) 894-4537/[email protected]. Now on the web at: www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org

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