PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE AITZ CHAIM ANNUAL COMMUNITY SEDER 04/15/2014
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story is told of a Jew who is traveling on a ship with some merchants. They show off their merchandise and ask the Jew, “What do you have?” He taps his head and says, “Everything I own is in here.” They laugh and call him a fool.
Then a storm hits. The ship sinks and everyone is forced to swim to shore with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They reach a city, but the merchants have nothing to sell. They are forced to beg in the streets.
A few days later they see the Jew, well dressed and well fed. He drops some money in their begging cups. They say to him, “We had so much merchandise, but now we have nothing. You had nothing, but now you have so much. How can that be?”
He taps his head and says, “I told you that everything I own is in here. I have studied all my life and I have knowledge. I am working as a teacher.”
The merchants nod their heads and all agree that knowledge is the best merchandise.
Jews know what it is like to have lost everything and to have nothing, not even a home or a homeland. We have survived by holding on to our knowledge. Each time we have moved, we have brought with us our best merchandise: knowledge of our Torah, our history, our beliefs, our skills and our stories. These stories cannot be lost, stolen, or destroyed, not as long as we keep remembering them and retelling them to each new generation.
As we celebrate the second day of Pesach as a community this April 15, we will once again share our stories and beliefs as a people, and pass them on to our children. Please join us. Next year in Jerusallem! — END OF EDITOR’S NOTE
A long-standing congregation tradition, the Aitz Chaim Community Pesach Seder will be held on the second evening of Passover, on Tuesday, April 15, at the O’Haire Motor Inn meeting room at 7th Street and 1st Avenue South. We will gather at 5:15pm, the Seder service will start at 5:30pm.
The cost of this year’s meal, which will include
- matzo ball soup
- brisket with pearl onions and apricots
- honey lemon chicken
- salad
- roasted potatoes
- vegetable
- dessert
will be $27 for Adult Congregation Members and $36 for non-Members.
If there ARE any participants under 12yo let me know, and we will inquire about a child’s rate. This fee covers all of our costs for a traditional Passover Seder, including matzo, the traditional symbolic foods, kosher wine and grape juice.
Please send your reservation and payment for the meal to the congregation at 1015 1st Ave N., or via email to Laura Weiss, president@aitzchaim.com. You can also pay for your reservation through the “PayPal” link on this page. All reservations are expected to be paid before the Seder begins. We need to have a final count to the caterer by April 7. The final date when we can accept cancellations is April 10, and we will be unable to accommodate refunds if you are unable to attend and do not inform us by that date.
Submitted by Aitz Chaim Congregation President Laura Weiss
MAZAL TOV! IT’S A GIRL!
EDITOR’S NOTE: Submitted by Elliott Magalnick
Our first grandaughter, third grandchild, born on 3.14,2014; 7 #; no name yet.
Grandpa Elliott
WHO KNOWS?
From http://partnersintorah.org
About the Author
Harry Rothenberg
Harry Rothenberg, as his accent suggests, is originally from Philadelphia and still spends too much time rooting for its sports teams. An attorney, he is best known for his representation of victims of catastrophic injury at the Rothenberg Law Firm, where he works with his parents and 5 of his siblings. But he’s equally passionate about lecturing on Jewish topics, particularly to audiences that did not have the same opportunity that he had to study for 3 years in Israel at Ohr Somayach yeshiva. A 1988 graduate of Columbia College and a 1993 graduate of Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, Harry lives in northern New Jersey with his wife Amy. Their 8 children range in age from their 21 year old eldest son to their 3 year old twin boys, who as their frequent guests can attest, are now in charge at their house.
HAPPY PUIRIM!
HappyPurim from our house to yours.
Biography of Rabbi Joseph R. Black from his web site
Joy in the experience of learning. That’s a big part of Rabbi Joe Black’s approach to contemporary Jewish music. With children, he is energetic, surprising, and dynamic. With adults, his superb musicianship, powerful songwriting and sense of spiritual awareness creates an opportunity for the head and the heart to come together.
Rabbi Black is one of the most popular Jewish contemporary artists in the United States. He has been a featured performer at the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE) Conference as well as the Biennial Conventions of the Union for Reform Judaism. He has shared his music with hundreds of Jewish communities around the United States and Canada. He also has been featured in many acoustic music venues around the country. Rabbi Black has been honored as one of the “Top Ten Artists” in both the categories of “Jewish Children’s Music” and “Male, Adult Contemporary Jewish Music” by Moment Magazine and TARA Publications. His recordings have received accolades from sources as diverse as The New York Times, Haddasah Magazine, Parent’s Choice, The American Library Journal and Kids First: The Coalition for Quality Children’s Video. While living in Chicago, he hosted the Emmy award winning television program, The Magic Door on WBBM TV.
Rabbi Black became Sr. Rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Denver, CO in July of 2010. He served as Rabbi of Congregation Albert in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1996-2010. He served as Assistant and then Associate Rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis MN from 1987-1996.
Rabbi Black is thought-provoking and accessible, a rare and wondrous combination. His infectious musical style teaches while entertaining. A Rabbi Joe Black performance is an engrossing experience–an extraordinary and unique extension of the rabbinate.
His intense commitment to both modern Jewish music and to his home congregation means that he performs only a few select concerts each year, choosing venues where his creative musical approach can counsel, guide, and teach…but most of all, entertain.
Rabbi Black has recorded five critically acclaimed albums of Jewish music:
· Aleph Bet Boogie – fun filled songs for Jewish families
· Everybody’s Got a Little Music – more exciting music for Jewish families
8 Nights of Joy – a live Chanukah concert with Chicago’s acclaimed, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band.
· Leave a Little Bit Undone – thought-provoking and lively contemporary Jewish Music
· Sabbatical – more contemporary Jewish Music
He also has published the New Rabbi Joe Black Songbook and Boker Tov! – a joyful picture book based on his original song.
MONTANA JEWISH RETREAT MAY 9-10
Join Chabad Lubavitch of Montana for the fourth Montana Jewish Retreat!
May 9-10, 2014 @
the El Western Cabins and Lodges in Ennis, Montana.
• Great accommodations in every price range (If you can’t find a room that fits your needs at the El Western, the Rainbow Valley Lodge is next door)
• Special Guest Speakers: Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie Block of San Antonio, TX.
• Fantastic food
• Fabulous Farbrengens
• Lectures & Discussions
• Special Kids Programs
Call the El Western today to reserve your lodging: 406 682-4217 and tell them you’re with Chabad.
JOKES
EDITOR’S NOTE: A little humor to lighten your mood as we head from this ridiculously long winter into spring and look forward to Pesach. Submitted by Jerry Weissman.
The Newlyweds and the Rabbi
Newlyweds Rachel and Chaim were already having marriage problems, so they decided to go to the rabbi for help.
The rabbi asks Chaim, “So what has brought you to the point where you are struggling to keep this marriage together?”
Chaim says, “In the six weeks we’ve been together, we haven’t been able to agree on one thing.”
Rachel says, “Seven weeks.”
Going out..
A cyclone hit the Goldstein house just before dawn one morning. It lifted the roof off, picked up the beds on which Selma and Irving slept, and set them down gently in the next county.
Selma began to cry.
“Don’t be scared, Selma,” Irving said. “We’re not hurt.”
Selma continued to cry. “I’m not scared,” she responded between sobs. “I’m happy. This is the first time in 14 years we’ve been out together.”
YAHRZEITS — MARCH 2014
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 Yahrzeit 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 comfort to all who are bereaved.
| NAME OF DECEASED | GREGORIAN DATE OF PASSING | HEBREW DATE OF PASSING | DECEASED RELATIONSHIP TO CONGREGANT |
| Marvin Langsam | Oct 27, 2013 | 23 Cheshvan, 5774 | Brother of Helen Cherry |
| Josephine Wade Young | Apr 17, 2013 | 7 Iyyar, 5773 | Mother of Ann Grobosky |
| Natalee Holly Kelman | Jul 10, 2013 | 3 Av, 5773 | Daughter of Evelyn Kelman |
| Edith Semple | Mar 02, 2010 | 17 Adar, 5770 | Mother of Doug Semple |
| Sophia Weissman | Mar 12, 1967 | 30 Adar I, 5727 | Grandmother of Jerrold Weissman |
| Benjamin Barrett | Mar 13, 1968 | 13 Adar I, 5728 | Grandfather of Nadyne Weissman |
| Sylvia Fineman | Mar 13, 2009 | 18 Adar, 5769 | Aunt of Jerrold Weissman |
| Pauline Eichner | Mar 14, 1991 | 28 Adar I, 5751 | Mother of Jerry Eichner |
| Marcia Eisenberg | Mar 15, 1992 | 10 Adar II, 5752 | Mother of Sharon Eisenberg |
| Allan B. Silverstein | Mar 16, 2012 | 22 Adar, 5772 | Father of Errol Silverstein |
| Fanny Drellich | Mar 17, 1930 | 17 Adar I, 5690 | Grandmother of Arlyne Reichert |
| Morris Schandelson | Mar 28, 1988 | 10 Nissan, 5748 | Father of Arny Schandelson |
| Lillian Gissen | Mar 30 | Mother of Marion Kelman | |
| Harry Crombie | Mar 31, 1967 | 19 Adar II, 5727 | Father of Arleen Heintzelman |
YAHRZEITS — FEBRUARY, 2014
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 Yahrzeit 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 comfort to all who are bereaved.
| NAME OF DECEASED | GREGORIAN DATE OF PASSING | HEBREW DATE OF PASSING | DECEASED RELATIONSHIP TO CONGREGANT | |
| Marvin Langsam | Oct 27, 2013 | 23 Cheshvan, 5774 | Brother of Helen Cherry | |
| Josephine Wade Young | Apr 17, 2013 | 7 Iyyar, 5773 | Mother of Ann Grobosky | |
| Natalee Holly Kelman | Jul 10, 2013 | 3 Av, 5773 | Daughter of Evelyn Kelman | |
| Kikki Schandelson | Feb 01, 1979 | 4 Sh’vat, 5739 | Step-mother of Arny Schandelson | |
| Diane Magalnick | Feb 02, 2002 | 20 Sch’vat, 5762 | Wife of Elliott Magalnick | |
| Joel Eisenberg | Feb 03, 1982 | 10 Sh’vat, 5742 | Brother of Sharon Eisenberg | |
| Jack Barrett | Feb 06, 2006 | 8 Sh’vat, 5766 | Uncle of Nadyne Weissman | |
| Harold “Rick” Reichert | Feb 22, 1968 | 23 Sh’vat, 5728 | Husband of Arlyne Reichert | |
| Elizabeth Orphal | Feb 27, 2009 | 3 Adar, 5769 | Grandmother of Karen Semple |
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