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PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT
This is a reminder of the Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Devorah Werner on the first Friday of the month, January 3, 2025, 3 Tevet, 5785, at 6:00 P.M. at the Bethel.
The address for the Bethel is 1009 18th Avenue Southwest. click here for map and directions.
Hope to see you there.
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
- Wednesday, 12/25/2024, 24 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Hanukkah Eve. We will light the first candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Thursday, 12/26/2024, 25 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: First day of Hanukkah; ssecond candle.
- Friday, 12/27/2024, 26 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Second day of Hanukkah. Third candle.
- Saturday, 12/28/2024, 27 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Third day of Hanukkah. Fourth candle.
- Sunday, 12/29/2024, 28 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Fourth day of Hannukkah. Fifth candle.
- Monday, 12/30/2024, 29 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Fifth day of Hanukkah. Sixth candle.
- Tuesday, 12/31/2024, 30 Kislev, 5785, 5:30PM: Sixth day of Hanukkah. Seventh candle.
- Wednesday, 01/01/2025, 1 Tevet, 5785, 5:30PM: Seventh day of Hanukkah. Eighth candle. Community Hanukkah party to follow.
- Thursday, 01/02/2025, 2 Tevet, 5785: Eighth day of Hanukkah.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS: MONTHLY TORAH STUDY
I will be hosting the monthly Torah study next Monday on December 9th at 6pm.
Wishing you the best,
Rabbi Mendel Spiero
Great Falls, MT
RSVP
YAHRZEITS — KISLEV, 5785
RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Hebrew month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.
Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.
- Yoel Zilkha, 3 Sivan, 5784
- Arlyne Reichert, 25 Nisan, 5784
- Ruth Levie, 14 Adar I, 5784
- Arleen Heintzelman, 3 Kislev, 5781
- Dr. Daniel Foxman, 4 Kislev, 5762</li
- Henry Espelin, 7 Kislev, 5745
- Irving Tatz, 12 Kislev, 5769
- Joseph Magalnick, 13 Kislev, 5731
- Richard Weiss, 15 Kislev, 5761
- Diane Kaplan, 16 Kislev, 5770
- Michael Thorne, 17 Kislev, 5777
- Carl Weissman, 20 Kislev, 5721
- Don Cherry, 25 KISLEV, 5782
- Beverly Tatz, 26 Kislev, 5776
- Charlotte Weiss, 30 Kislev, 5780
li> Sarah Barrett, 30 Kislev, 5728
YAHRZEITS — DECEMBER, 2024
RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Gregorian month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.
Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.
- Yoel Zilkha, June 9, 2024; 3 Sivan, 5784
- Arlyne Reichert, May 3, 2024; 25 Nisan, 5784
- Ruth Levie, February 23, 2024; 14 Adar I, 5784
- Henry Espelin, December 1, 1984; 7 Kislev, 5745
- Diane Kaplan, December 3, 2009; 16 Kislev, 5770
- Beverly Tatz, December 8, 2015; 26 Kislev, 5776
- Carl Weissman, December 9, 1960; 20 Kislev, 5721
- Irving Tatz, December 9, 2008; 12 Kislev, 5769
- Joseph Magalnick, December 12, 1970; 13 Kislev, 5731
- Richard Weiss, December 12, 2000; 15 Kislev, 5761
- Jules Cherry, December 13, 1972; 8 Tevet, 5733
- Louis Eisenberg, December 17, 1985; 5 Tevet, 5746
- Michael Thorne, December 17, 2016; 17 Kislev, 5777
- James Levie, December 22, 2010; 15 Tevet, 5771
- Charlotte Weiss, December 28, 2019; 30 Kislev, 5780
- Joe Lavin
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT
This is a reminder of the Kabbalat Shabbat service held on the first Friday of the month, December 6, 2024, 6 Kislev, 5785, at 6:00 P.M.
PLEASE NOTE: If you arrive and there are protesters outside, do not engage with them in any way. Leave, and call 911 to inform the police.
No large bags or back packs are allowed in the building.
If you should find the door to the building locked, please knock and someone will come to the door.
Masks are welcome, but not required.
Please practice physical distance according to your comfort level.
For more information, or if you are interested in attending services, please call (406) 233:9863. If you are new to our community,, or if it has been awhile since you have attended services, please leave your name, phone number, and email address so that we may contact you and welcome you to Aitz Chaim.
REMINDER: PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SNOW SHOES — CROSS COUNTRY SKIING ON SUNDAY, 12/01/2024
Meet at Walmart on 10th Ave south near gas pumps, leave at 10:30 am from Walmart.
Drive to Silver Crest on top of Kings hill.
Can borrow snowshoes from Aaron or Wendy Weissman or Lewis and Clark interpretive center.
See you there!✡️🕎🇮🇱
Eldon
CELEBRATE NATIONAL TAKE A HIKE DAY WITH ELDON THIS COMING SUNDAY
- WHEN? Sunday, 11/17/2024, 16 Cheshvan, 5785, at noon.
- WHERE? Giant Springs.
- WHY? National Take A Hike Day.
Dear Aitz Chaim Community:
Please join me, Erica, Mimi and Aaron on a hike/walk on Sunday, November 17 at Noon
This is national take a hike day. We will meet at giant Springs and walk west. We have picked giant Springs because it is predicted to be windy on Sunday.
Shabbat shalom
Eldon✡️
REMINDER: MONTHLY MISHPACHA MEETING ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024, ON ZOOM
Dear friends,
This is just a friendly reminder that our monthly Mishpacha meeting is on Thursday, November 14 at 6 PM.
The agenda is below.
This Monthly Mishpacha meetings– or online gathering of our “family” of Montana’s Jewish congregations and communities–are to learn about each other, identify areas where we can collaborate, and update you all on MJP’s current plans in process for statewide Jewish community gatherings in 2025.
As I mentioned in my last email, we would love to have a rabbi, board chair or board member, or active community member attend. Please forward this to relevant people in your community! If this time and date doesn’t work, that’s OK. We’ll keep these going regularly
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
I am looking forward to seeing you!
Rebecca
—
Rebecca Stanfel
Executive Director, Montana Jewish Project
https://www.montanajewishproject.com/
(916) 216-1580 (mobile)
(406) 282-4706 (MJP)
Monthly Mishpacha
Working Together to Bring More Jewish Community, Learning, and Support to Montana’s Jewish Congregations and Communities
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 PM
AGENDA
I. Brief Introductions:
II. Starting Vision for this Group
III. Family Shabbaton 2025
A. Confirming date: July 25-27
B. Confirming location: Cane Ridge West in Lincoln
C. Details of support MJP can provide
D. How MAOR congregations and communities can help make this a success.
E. Moving Shabbaton planners to a separate group that is interested in helping create the program for adults and children and collaborating with the Shabbaton Coordinator.
IV. Upcoming MAOR/MJP Events Online and why this is important for Montana.
A. Hanukkah Across Montana (Sunday, December 29 at 6 PM)
B. Purim (Rabbi Francine, Friday March 14 at 5 or 6 PM)
C. Let’s choose and set dates for additional collaborations. Possibilities include:
a. Tu B’Shvat
b. Passover
c. Yom HaShoah
d. Shavuot
V. MJP has volunteered to lead the Montana Security Task for the past two years. We have coordinated somewhat regular meetings to discuss different resources for keeping our communities and congregations safe and secure, such as coordinating SCN’s visits to Montana, connecting communities to federal, state, and local law enforcement, facilitating help with FEMA grants, and more.
A. Should the Security Task Force remain separate from this group? Or should we fold it into these meetings?
VI. What is next?
A. Meeting times
B. What would your congregation or community like to prioritize working on with the support of MJP and in collaboration with other congregations and communities?
WINTER FUN FOR THE AITZ CHAIM JEW CREW — SNOW SHOEING? CROSS COUNTRY SKIING? RODEO?
Please consider attending the following activities:
- Snowshoe or cross country skiing at Silver Crest on Sunday, December 1, 2024
- Anyone interested in attending the Montana pro rodeo circuit finals in Great Falls?
Silver Crest Winter Recreation Area
Aaron and Wendy have snow shoes, you can get free snow shoes to use from Lewis and Clark interpretive center, they offer snow shoes on a first come/1st serve basis. Their phone number is (406) 727-8733. You cannot reserve them currently, but YOU can pick THEM up FOR USE before the weekend.
The planned date is Saturday, January 11, 2025. The rodeo is scheduled to start at 7 PM which is after the end of Shabbat.
Please let me know IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS if you would like to attend.
I was planning on purchasing our tickets together so we could sit in a group, everyone would be responsible for reimbursing me for their ticket
I hope to see everyone. It is great to spend time together. I really enjoy every ones company and conversation
Eldon✡️🇮🇱
RSVP HERE
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