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BOARD MEETING THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON 09/20/2015
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming board meeting on Sunday afternoon, September 20, at 2:00 P.M. at the Washington School building, 1015 First Avenue North. Everyone is welcome. We are planning to have Rabbi Ruz Gulko come back as many times as we can afford it this coming year, so we will be selecting dates for her visits. This would also be a good time to pay or increase your membership commitment to Aitz Chaim. As our membership decreases, each of your donated dollars becomes increasingly more important to us and to the sustaining of our current programs or the establishment of new ones.
Don’t miss this important opportunity to be part of the ongoing history of the Aitz Chaim community, and to secure our legacy for those coming after us.
L’SHANA TOVA TIKETAVU!
Tonight begins the year 5776! May your New Year be as Sweet as Apples and Honey!
Congregation Aitz Chaim will be marking the new year with Rosh Hashanah Services tonight and Tomorrow. We hope that you can join us! No tickets necessary.
SEPTEMBER 13: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will be held at 7pm at the meeting room in the YWCA, 220 2nd St N. Oneg to follow.
SEPTEMBER 14: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services followed by Tashlich
Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will begin at 10am at the YWCA, 220 2nd St N.
Tashlich services will immediately follow at about 12:30 pm at Giant Springs, 4600 Giant Springs Road.
All are also welcome to gather following Tashlich for a no-host chinese lunch at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave S.
Submitted by Aaron Weissman
NEW YEAR’S BLESSINGS FROM RABBI CHAIM
As we stand before G-d this Rosh Hashana, let’s pray and beseech our Creator to bestow upon His world a super dose of forgiveness, a touch of non-tough love, a good amount of wisdom to focus on the things that actually matter, a gift of moderation so we can stop bickering about anything and everything that doesn’t speak/look/think like us, and a bit more revelation so that His creations can grow in their relationship with Him. We will, of course, do our part: we resolve to be more united even with those with whom we disagree wholeheartedly, we hope to be more conscious of the pristine environment which we’ve been gifted, we are sure to be more devoted to our people, our land and our Torah, and most importantly, we commit to cut the judgmentalism out of our system. G-d is the True Judge, not us.
I bless each and every one of you, my beloved readers, my devoted congregants and my amazing Montanan sisters and brothers: may this year be the one that you’ve been waiting for. May you merit to see G-d in action, not only in mystery; may you merit tangible sweetness materialistically, physically and spiritually. May you know only good health with doctors being used for preventative measures only, may your children, grandchildren and all those whose future you’re rooting for personally, give you Jewish Nachas, and may we all experience redemption, an epic liberation from the exilic limitations, with freedom to worship G-d as He originally intended with the coming of our Mashiach, now!
A Gut Gebenched Yur!
Your Bozeman brother,
Rabbi Chaim Bruk
L’SHANA TOVAH FROM MAJCo
May the sound of the Shofar bring in a year filled with good health, mazel, and happiness.
MAKING A SHOFAR
(It is the time of year to forgive the bad jokes.)
Contributed by Brian Schnitzer on behalf of MAJCo
ROSH HASHANAH 2015 HOSPITALITY
Todah Robah to the following Congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Ruz Gulko and to provide the oneg:
- Sunday, 09/13/2015: Airport pickup for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Stephen Boyd
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Dinner hosts for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Oneg: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman; Bruce and Joy Breslauer
ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE 5776 (2015)
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015, 7:00 P.M.: Arev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA. Oneg to follow.
- Monday morning, 09/14/2015, 10:00 A.M.: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA.
- Monday afternoon, 1:00 P.M.: Tashlich at Giant Springs to follow.
- Congregation no-host lunch to follow, at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave. S.
The space at the Bethel is temporarily unavailable due to site renovation. The address of the YWCA is 220 Second Street North.
TORAH STUDY INVITATION
Rabbi Yanai: “whoever learns Torah from [only] one Rabbi will never find blessing in his study” (b. Avodah Zarah 19).
Rabbi Yannai (or Rabbi Jannai; Hebrew: רבי ינאי) was a Jewish sage, living during the first half of the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amora sages of the Land of Israel. He was a disciple of R. Judah haNasi – the sealer of the Mishnah. R. Yannai founded a Beth Midrash that was located near Safed in the Upper Galile, where he taught the Torah, and at the same time served as a dayan, religious judge, in the Beth Din, rabbinical court for the Sepphoris community.
His name is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud 176 times, and in the Jerusalem Talmud 254 times.
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HIGH HOLIDAY GREETINGS
The summer has just begun, but before you know it, it will be over and the High Holidays will be here. We will be bringing Rabbi Ruz back to Great Falls for High Holy Day services!
Our Jewish community could use your financial help to make that happen. How about we have some fun at the same time! Aitz Chaim will publicize your High Holiday greetings to the community online in the Ram’s Horn. We will offer two sizes, one business-card sized greeting for $18.00, and a larger size for $36.00.
Contact Joy at editor@aitzchaim.com to reserve your personalized greeting now!
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS: CEMETERY CLEANUP NIGHT, 06/23/2015, 6:00 P.M. … WE NEED YOU!
At the most recent Aitz Chaim board meeting, it was decided to schedule a cemetery cleanup night on Tuesday, June 23, at 6:00 P.M. Anyone who can come is encouraged to bring a lawn mower to mow the grass or a weed eater to edge around the stones. If you do not have or cannot bring a mower or a weed eater, please bring food. Everyone is encouraged to come. Many hands make light work.
The Aitz Chaim Ram's Horn 