Category Archives: September
YAHREITS — TISHREI, 5786
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.
- Bruce Breslauer, 27 Tammuz, 5785
- Alfred Maleson, 6 Tishrei, 5770
- Frances Langsam, 9 Tishrei, 5757
- Paralee Poplack Shapiro, 10 Tishrei, 5760
- Ann Cohn, 11 Tishrei, 5748
- Irving Fineman, 14 Tishrei, 5742
- Roberto Naduris, 20 Tishrei, 5756
- Rose Gran, 20 Tishrei, 5775
- William Semple, 21 Tishrei, 5771
- Leila Rapaport Green, 23 Tishrei, 5728
- Robert Harold Klotzman, 23 Tishrei, 5756
- Hattye Oppenhemer Meyer, 24 Tishrei, 5729
- Carl Kotler, 28 Tishrei, 5754
- Alex Barrett, 29 Tishrei, 5751
Rosh Hashana Shofar blowing & Kiddush buffet📣
Please join us this Rosh Hashana for:
Rosh Hashana Shofar blowing & Kiddush buffet:
Tuesday September 23rd, 5pm.
“Hear the Shofar & enjoy delicious Rosh Hashana food”.
See flyer attached for details and RSVP.
Have a happy and sweet new year!🍎🍯
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Rabbi Mendel and Devorah Leah Spiero
Great Falls, MT
SHABBAT ACROSS MONTANA
Join Montana Jewish Project and rabbis and community leaders from around the state for Shabbat Shuvah Across Montana online at 6:00 PM on Friday, September 26. Shabbat Shuvah, the “Sabbath of Return,” falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It’s a time of reflection, learning, and renewal as we prepare for the holiest day of the Jewish year. Rabbi Sonja Pilz of Beth Shalom is organizing this evening.
Here’s the registration link: REGISTER HERE
Hope to see some of you there!
Kaelie
WANT TO JOIN MJP FOR A HELENA HIKE? 09/21/25; 28 ELUL, 5785
If anyone from the Aitz Chaim community in Great Falls is interested in joining a hike with members of the Montana Jewish Project in Helena, please see below for more information.
- WHEN? Sunday, September 21st, 2025, 28 Elul, 5785.
- WHERE? Meet at the Old Shooting Range parking lot at 9:30 am.
- DIRECTIONS? If you type “old shooting range trailhead” into your map app, it will come up. Otherwise, contact Wendy at wendy.j.weissman@gmail.com
We are planning to hike on Mt Ascension. The distance will be between 4-5.5 miles depending on the route we take. We could take an easy, intermediate, or challenging route, and we are thinking the group can decide the day of the hike which route they’d like best. There will be some climbing even on the easy route, but not more than about 3/4 mile of it if we take the easy route. Regardless of route, the pace will be casual and social. We will stop periodically throughout the route to regroup so we are never too spread out.
Adapted from an email from Claudia
TORAH STUDY
I will be hosting the monthly Torah study on Monday, September 8th, at 6pm.
The weekly Shabbat morning Parshah class will resume this Saturday morning at 10am.
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Rabbi Mendel Spiero
Great Falls, MT
YAHRZEITS — SEPTEMBER, 2025; 8 ELUL, 5785
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.
- Bruce Breslauer, July 23, 2025; 27 Tammuz, 5785
- Dawn Schandelson, September 3, 2018; 23 Elul, 5778
- Joe Barrett, September 4, 1994; 28 Elul, 5754
- William Meyer, September 6, 1966; 21 Elul, 5726
- Harriet Renne, September 11, 2009; 22 Elul, 5769
- Abraham Zilkha, September 17, 2022; 21 Elul, 5782
- Paralee Poplack Shapiro, September 20, 1999; 10 Tishrei, 5760
- Zel Lana Jennings, September 21, 2006; 28 Elul, 5766
- Frances Langsam, September 22, 1996; 9 Tishrei, 5757
- Alfred Maleson, September 24, 2009; 6 Tishrei, 5770
- Nathan Rapaport, September 27, 1925; 9 Tishrei, 5686
- Leila Rapaport Green, September 27, 1967; 23 Tishrei, 5728
- William Semple, September 29, 2010; 21 Tishrei, 5771
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, September 5, 2025, 12 Elul, 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.
invitation for the UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON — Rabbi Mendel and Devorah Spiero
We would love for you to join us in celebrating the upcoming holidays!
Wednesday, September 25th, 5pm, $20 per person.
“Join Devorah Spiero for an interactive Rosh Hashana cooking and tasting experience”.
Monday, September 30, 6pm, hosted by Rabbi Mendel Spiero
Friday October 4th, 4pm.
“Hear the Shofar and enjoy delicious Rosh Hashana food”.
Sunday October 20th, 2pm.
“Celebrate Sukkot with friends, food, wine & Music”!
mmspiero@gmail.com for details and RSVP
Rabbi Mendel Spiero
Great Falls, MT
AITZ CHAIM COMMUNITY UPCOMING EVENTS
- Friday, 09/20/24, 4:30PM, Great Falls Jewish Community Meeting Invitation from Eldon Latray, the Sip and Dip Lounge, 7th St. and 1st Ave. S.
Please join me Friday September 20 at 4:30 pm at the Sip n Dip lounge for some food and conversationThis will be our second community meeting
The idea is to enjoy each others company outside of Shul–and celebrate being unapologetically Jewish 😁🇮🇱✡️
Feel free to talk and converse about any topic you desire-Torah, politics, friendship, Judaism, Israel, our love of Montana and Great Falls, etc.I hope to see you there! Invite any one from our community that may be interested.
- Saturday, 09/21/2024, 18 ELUL, 5784, 1:00PM: Celebration of Life for Arlyne Reichert.
At Arlyne’s request, there will be a community-wide celebration of her life at the south end of the Historic ARCH Bridge. - Wednesday, 09/25/2024, 5:00PM: Rosh Hashana food demo, $20 per person.
“Join Devorah Spiero for an interactive Rosh Hashana cooking and tasting experience”.
Email mmspiero@gmail.com for details and RSVP - Friday, 10/04/2024, Aitz Chaim Community Shabbat Gathering for October cancelled.
- Friday, 10/04/2024, 4:00PM: Rosh Hashana Shofar blowing and Kiddush buffet.
Hear the Shofar and enjoy delicious Rosh Hashana food”.
Email mmspiero@gmail.com for details and RSVP - Friday, 10/04/2024: Joining MAOR rabbis and MJP for online statewide Jewish gathering for Shabbat Schuvah. SHABBAT SHUVA ACROSS MONTANA REGISTRATION FORM
- Sunday, 10/20/2024, 2:00PM: Soup in the Sukkah
Celebrate Sukkot with friends, food, wine & Music”! Email mmspiero@gmail.com for details and RSVP
YAHRZEITS — ELUL, 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.
- Yoel Zilkha, 3 Sivan, 5784
- Arlyne Reichert, 25 Nisan, 5784
- Ruth Levie, 14 Adar I, 5784
- Bashe Fagenberg, 10 Elul, 5685
- Diane Sherick, 10 Elul, 5781
- William Meyer, 21 Elul, 5726
- Abraham Zilkha, 21 Elul, 5782
- Harriet Renne, 22 Elul, 5769
- Dawn Schandelson, 23 Elul, 5778
- Joe Barrett, 28 Elul, 5753
- Zel Lana Jennings, 28 Elul, 5766
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