Category Archives: December
UPCOMING EVENTS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS
- Sunday, 12/29/2024, 3:30 PM: Join us for a fun Chanukah celebration! Rabbi Mendel and Devorah Leah Spiero, Great Falls, MT. RSVP
- Sunday, 12/29/2024, 6 PM: Hanukkah Across Montana service on zoom. Please register here to receive the zoom link.
- Monday, 12/30/2024, at noon: menorah lighting at the State Capitol building in Helena, hosted by MAJCO. It will be held in the reception area on the second floor between the Governor’s office and the Secretary of State’s office.
- Every night of Hanukkah from 12/25 through 1/1 we will be meeting at the Civic Center at 5:30 PM to light the menorah. After the lighting on 1/1/2025 there will be a Hanukkah party. Contact Eldon to sign up to bring a milchig (dairy) dish to share.
I wish everyone a joyous holiday season and Happy Hanukkah!
Wendy
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
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
HANUKKAH ACROSS MONTANA — PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS — 12/29/2024, 6:00PM MST ON ZOOM — 29 KISLEV, 5785
Hi friends,
Now that it’s November and the new Jewish month of Cheshvan, it’s time to start thinking about Hanukkah…right?!
MAOR and MJP are planning a Hanukkah Across Montana on Sunday, December 29th at 6:00pm MST. (29 Kislev, 5785.) We want to make sure that this doesn’t interfere with events that any of your communities are planning. Please let me know if there’s a conflict. In the meantime, please mark the date on your calendars!
I will be coordinating the outline this time. Please let me know if you would like to lead something and if you have a preference for what that might be. Options could include the Hanukkah candle blessing, a Hanukkah story or song, a poem, a particular prayer in Hebrew or English, or anything along those lines.
Shabbat shalom and chodesh tov!
Adina (Amber)
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Adina (Amber) Ikeman (she/her)
Communications and Program Coordinator, Montana Jewish Project
https://www.montanajewishproject.com/
(406) 282-4706 (MJP)
YAHRZEITS — TEVET, 5784
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 | |
| Louis Eisenberg | 5 Tevet, 5746 | |
| Jules Cherry | 8 Tevet, 5733 | |
| Cynthia Boyd | 14 Tevet, 5769 | |
| James Levie | 15 Tevet, 5771 | |
| Dr. Daniel E. Fischer | 24 Tevet, 5764 | |
| Dr. Irving “Chick” Waltman | 24 Tevet, 5776 | |
| Gene Charnes | 27 Tevet, 5763 | |
| Dr. Alexander Fischer | 28 Tevet, 5743 |
HANUKKAH MUSIC
Please click on the following links to hear my 6 Hanukah songs: youtube spotify apple music
Happy Hanukah!
https://www.miraclesofHanukah.com
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