Category Archives: December
YAHRZEITS — TEVET, 5783
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.
| Name of Deceased | Hebrew Date of Passing | Deceased Relationship to Congregant | |
| Maurice Fluegel Levie | 20 Cheshvan, 5783 | Grandfather of Wendy Weissman | |
| Abraham Zilkha | 21 Elul, 5782 | Father of Orly Zilkha | |
| Theodore Eichner | 2 Tevet, 5731 | Father of Jerry Eichner | |
| Louis Eisenberg | 5 Tevet, 5746 | Father of Sharon Eisenberg | |
| Jules Cherry | 8 Tevet, 5733 | Father of Don Cherry | |
| Molly Dunaeff | 8 Tevet, 5746 | Aunt of Meriam Nagel | |
| Cynthia Boyd | 14 Tevet, 5769 | Mother of Stephen Boyd | |
| James Levie | 15 Tevet, 5771 | Uncle of Wendy Weissman | |
| Dr. Daniel E. Fischer | 24 Tevet, 5764 | Brother of Robert Fischer | |
| Dr. Irving “Chick” Waltman | 24 Tevet, 5776 | Father of Marjorie Feldman | |
| Gene Charnes | 27 Tevet, 5763 | Father of Joe Charnes | |
| Dr. Alexander Fischer | 28 Tevet, 5743 | Father of Robert Fischer | |
| Emma Betteti | 28 Tevet, 5754 | Aunt of Meriam Nagel |
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALNEDARS FOR THE AITZ CHAIM COMMUNITY HANNUKAH CELEBRATION
- Sunday, 12/18/2022 — Monday, 12/26/2022, 25 Kislev — 2 Tevet, 5783: Hanukkah.
- Sunday, 12/18/2022, 24 Kislev, 5783: Erev Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the first candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center. If you come at 5:30.30, you’ll probably miss it, especially if it is cold.
- Monday, 12/19/2022, 25 Kislev, 5783: First day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the second candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Tuesday, 12/20/2022, 26 Kislev, 5783: Second day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the third candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Wednesday, 12/21/2022, 27 Kislev, 5783: Third day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the fourth candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Thursday, 12/22/2022, 28 Kislev, 5783: Fifth day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the sixth candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Friday, 12/23/2022, 29 Kislev, 5783: Fifth day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the sixth candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center. From there we will go to the Bethel for services to celebrate Hanukkah as a community. See below.
- Saturday, 12/24/2022, 30 Kislev, 5783: Sixth day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the seventh candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Sunday, 12/25/2022, 1 Tevet, 5783: Seventh day of Hanukkah. 5:30 P.M.: We will light the eighth candle of the Diane Kaplan Memorial Chanukkiah at the Civic Center.
- Monday, 12/26/2022, 2 Tevet, 5783: Eighth day of Hanukkah.
**The address for the Bethel is 1009 18th Avenue Southwest. click here for map and directions.
Friday evening, 12/23-2022, 29 Kislev, 5783 — Aitz Chaim Community Hanukkah celebration at the Bethel, immediately following the menorah lighting at the Civic Center. Bring already made latkes to share, and be ready to play some Hanukkah games! Bring gelt, dreidels, and any other favorite Hanukkah games, and get ready to have some fun!
Reminder: If you can volunteer at the Mercy Home over Christmas Day, PLEASE let Wendy know. (See separate article in Ram’s Horn.) Contact her for more details at wendy@weissman.com
MORE HANUKKAH CELEBRATIONS ACROSS MONTANA
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are more Hanukkah celebrations around Montana that may interest you.
- Sunday, 12/18/2022, 24 Kislev, 5783, 4-6pm: Hanukkah party in Helena at the newly purchased synagogue!
Address: 515 Ewing Street
Bring your menorah and candles. There will be latkes and treats and crafts for kids of all ages. - Monday, 12/19/2022, 25 Kislev, 5783, noon to 1pm: MAJCO (Montana Association of Jewish Communities) annual Hanukkah celebration and Hanukkiyah lighting in the Capitol Rotunda, Helena, MT.
- Thursday, 12/22/2022, 28 Kislev, 5783, 6:00-7:00pm: Hanukkah Across Montana, with MAOR, Montana Association of Rabbis. Let’s light the fifth candle together, sing Hanukkah songs, and hear a Hanukkah story for the kids! The Montana Association of Rabbis (MAOR)—Rabbis Allen Secher, Laurie Franklin, Ed Stafman, Mark Kula, Francine Roston, and Sonja Pilz—welcome our Montana friends and extended family, wherever you are, to a sweet Hanukkah celebration. Set up your menorah and light it with us! Join Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 880 5066 9773.
YAHRZEITS — DECEMBER, 2022
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.
Deceased
Congregant
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, December 2, 2022, 8 Kislev, 5783, at 6:00 P.M. at the Bethel.
For in-person services, masks are welcome, but not required.
Physical distance to your comfort level
The address for the Bethel is 1009 18th Avenue Southwest. click here for map and directions.
Hope to see as many of you there as possible.
CHRISTMAS AT THE MERCY HOME
I hope everyone had) a nice Thanksgiving!
Now THAT Thanksgiving is behind us, we need to start thinking about staffing the Mercy Home for Christmas. For those of you not familiar with this tradition, our Jewish community staffs the mercy home (women’s domestic violence shelter) from 2 PM Christmas Eve through 5 PM Christmas Day to give the staff time with their families. Of course they are on call if an emergency comes up but typically it is just manning the phones, helping kids open presents, helping them prepare a nice Christmas dinner, and letting people in and out to take a cigarette break. It is fairly easy and a good deed that we do to let the staff have a day off. If you are new and want a training, we can do that to make sure you are familiar with the alarm system, key system, etc.
Here are the shifts:
- 12/24, 2-5pm: JERRY AND NADYNE WEISSMAN CLAIMED THIS ONE
- 12/24, 5-8pm:
- 12/24, 8-11pm: If we can’t fill this one we can just set the alarm at 8 PM and go home. That is what we did last year.
- 12/25, 8-11am: This person will open up with a key and alarm code which they will get ahead of time.
- 12/25, 11am-2pm:
12/25, 2-5pm:
If anyone is available to help, please text or call wendy at (406) 868-5712 or email wendy@weissman.com.
I will need to get a list of volunteers to the mercy home ahead of time and arrange any training that anyone may need.
Thank you and happy Holidays!
Wendy
THE “MIGHTY MO”
Maurine Kornfeld was born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1921. She graduated from Great Falls High School. She now lives in Los Angeles. Her Dad and Mom, Morris and May Kornfeld, had a haberdashery on Central Avenue next to the Paris Store, where Electric City Coffee is now located.
She is a senior international swimming champion, and a Docent at the LA County Art Museum. She drives her car everywhere. In fact she was my baby sitter in the middle 1930’s. At 100 she is amazing.
Submitted by Jerry Weissman
CHRISTMAS AT THE MERCY HOME
I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and are enjoying the early Hanukkah this year!
It is time to start thinking about helping out at the Mercy Home for Christmas Eve and Day. As you may or may not know, our Jewish community volunteers to staff the women’s domestic violence shelter in town for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so that the staff can have a day to celebrate with their families. If you have never done this before, we can get you a brief training. It is really easy, rewarding, and a great Mitzvah for the staff at the Mercy Home. Just keep in mind that, because it is a women’s domestic violence shelter, men are welcome if they are with a female. Due to the sensitive nature of the situation, we just can’t schedule males by themselves at the facility.
Please text, call or email Wendy Weissman to sign up for a shift.
Shifts are as follows:
12/24 2-5 PM
12/24 5-8 PM
12/24 8-11 PM
12/25 8-11 AM
12/25 11 AM to 2 PM
12/25 2-5 PM
These hours may be rearranged as needed to cover the necessary shifts.
Hope to see you at the Mercy Home. And thank you for your time and dedication to this worthy project.
Submitted by Wendy Weissman
Phone or Text: (406) 868:5712
Email: wendy@weissman.com
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