Colton Graub

SHABBAT VA-YIGGASH
December 19, 2015 7 Tevet, 5776
Shabbat Shalom!
We are glad you are with us today!

CLERGY
Rabbi Aaron Starr
Hazzan David Propis, D.M.
Assistant Cantor Leonard S. Gutman
Cantor Emeritus Chaim Najman, D.M.

TORAH & HAFTORAH READINGS

Triennial: Genesis 46:28-47:27, page 283
Maftir: Genesis 47:25-27, page 288
Haftorah: Ezekiel 37:15-28, page 291
Guest Torah Readers:
Sam Arnold, Lily Arnold, Alice Silbergleit, Ian Zerkel
Haftorah Chanter:
Sam Arnold
BABY NAMING

Avy Mentzel

Chava Golda bat Yehuda vArianna

DAUGHTER OF: Ariana and Jay Mentzel
GRANDDAUGHTER OF: Anita Resnick and Edwin (zl) Mentzel, Yaffa and Uri Segal

Y.E.S.! YOUTH EXPERIENCES ON SHABBAT

RUACH ACTIVITIES - Tikvah Chapel
10:00-10:45 a.m. - For children ages 3 to 7
A lively Shabbat babysitting experience
for children whose parents wish to attend services.

ME & MY PRESCHOOLER - Room 6

10:45-11:45 a.m. - For children ages 2 to 4
Joyful adult and child class with music, snacks,
Shabbat-oriented games and small group activities.
KEHILLAH KIDS - Room 6
10:45-end of services - For children ages 4 to 7
Music and games with Hilary Duberstein.

MINCHAH/MAARIV
4:45 p.m. Followed by Sudah Shlishit
Shabbat ends 5:47 p.m.

Congregational Lunch is sponsored by

a Friend of Shaarey Zedek
in honor of the clergy, staff, Sisterhood and Mens Club
and by Joy and Alan Nachman, Melissa and Larry Lax, Harriet and Gregg Orley,
Marcie and Rob Orley, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren
in honor of the 95th birthday of beloved father and grandfather Joseph Orley.
Bimah Flowers are sponsored by
Shirley and Larry Jonas
in honor of their 48th wedding anniversary.

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
There are two options for Bimah adornments. You may sponsor the
Bimah flowers for $118, and/or you may sponsor a beautiful Yad Ezra
basket for a donation of $118.
To sponsor BIMAH FLOWERS or a YAD EZRA BASKET, please contact
Lori Silverstein at RLDJS@aol.com or 248.229.0825.
To sponsor a CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH and/or SHABBAT LUNCH,
please contact Ruthe Goldstein at rishaleah@comcast.net or
248.624.0739.
Bnai Mitzvah families should contact Ruthe Goldstein for ALL
sponsorships at rishaleah@comcast.net or 248.624.0739.
BE A FRIEND OF THE SISTERHOOD SHABBAT LUNCH FUND
With an automatic monthly credit card deduction of $18/month for
60 months, you help sustain the Shabbat Lunch program, and are
honored with a nameplate on the Shabbat Lunch Plaque! Contact
Janice Stoneman at 248.770.3454 for details.
To sponsor a MORNING MINYAN BREAKFAST AND/OR SUDAH
SHLISHIT, please contact Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman at lgutman@
shaareyzedek.org. or 248.357.5544.

DAILY MINYAN TIMES

December 20-December 25, 2015

Morning Evening

Sunday
8:30
Monday
7:30
Tuesday
7:30
Wednesday 7:30
Thursday
7:30
Friday
8:30

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5:00
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4:45
SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING 4:47

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TIKKUN OLAM
SHINE LIGHT IN DARKNESS

Volunteer at Forgotten Harvest and help us provide 5,000 meals for Christmas
Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
Friday, December 25, 2015 9:30-11:30 a.m.
CSZ Mens Club invites Shaarey Zedek families and friends to come prepare and
deliver holiday meals to families in Metro Detroit communities. Parents,
grandparents and children, we need you! Dont want to miss this fulfilling,
multi-generational mitzvah! To volunteer, contact Nicky Heins at
nheins@forgottenharvest.org or 248.268.7521.

YOUTH, FAMILY AND TEEN EVENTS

THRILLING THURSDAYS

January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2016 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Come play! For children ages 0-5 and their favorite adult.
All activities are open to the community and are free.
Please note there are no sessions December 24 or December 31.
For more information, please contact Tobye Bello
at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

TOT SHABBAT: TU BSHEVAT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE TREES

Friday, January 15, 2016 5:45 p.m.

An informal Shabbat for children ages 0-5, with singing, blessings, a special
Tu BShevat project, and dinner. Cost: $20 per family (adults and their children)
by January 10, 2015, or $25 per family after January 10. Additional adults $10 each.
RSVP to Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

MCUSY SKATING IN THE D

Saturday, January 9, 2016 7:00 p.m.-12:00 Midnight

Transportation will be provided from the JCC West Bloomfield for teens to go
skating at Campus Martius and enjoy hot cocoa at Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue. Cost: $15 per person plus skate rental. RSVP by Tuesday, January 5, 2016
to Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

MCKABBALAT SHABBAT

Friday, January 15, 2016 5:00 -8:00 p.m.

Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills
High School students and their families are invited to this rotating Kabbalat
Shabbat service led by MCUSY members at various synagogues. Shabbat dinner
follows. Cost: $15 per person. RSVP by Thursday, January 14, 2016 to
Allison Gutman at agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

ADULT EVENTS
MAHJ MADNESS

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Check-in and noshing 11:15 p.m. Tournament begins 12:00 Noon
Players must bring at 2015 Mahj card. Cash prizes for the top five competing Mahj
Mavens! First place $100. 50/50 raffle. Cost: $22 to reserve a competitive seat, or $14
to reserve a non-competitive seat. RSVP to Robin Lash at musiclash1@gmail.com.

AVENUE Q THE MUSICAL

Thursday, February 4, 2016 8:00 p.m.

See Avenue Q The Musical with the Empty Nesters at the historic Baldwin Theater
in Royal Oak. Tickets are $20 each, and must be purchased by December 31, 2015..
Contact Mel Chinitz at mchinitz@mi.rr.com or 248.737.4280.

BRIDGING A DIVIDE: DSO MUSICIANS COLLABORATION

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:00 p.m.

Refreshments and conversation with American composer Mohammed Fairouz and
Israeli-born cellist Maya Beiser about Desert Sorrows, the new concerto that
bridges a cultural divide through the musicians partnership and passion for their
craft. At the Berman Center for Jewish Education. For information and RSVP,
please contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

DSO AT CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK

Thursday, January 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Mozarts Prague Symphony, works by Dvorak, Elgar and featuring the
world premiere of Desert Sorrows, a concerto by American composer
Mohammed Fairouz, featuring Israeli-born cellist Maya Beiser.
For tickets, call 313.576.5111 or go online to www.dso.org.

INSIDE KAREN TINTORIS MIND: WHAT SHE DOES AND HOW SHE DOES IT

Sunday, January 17, 2016 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sisterhood member and bestselling author Karen Tintori will demostrate how
easily you can uncover the hidden novelist in you. Coffee and highbrow nibbles.
No charge. Karens bestselling books will be available for purchase.
RSVP by Thursday, January 14, 2016 to sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

CSZ CONCERT IN THE SUN

Sunday, February 14, 2016 3:00 p.m.

Congregation Bnai Torah
6261 SW 18th Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33433
Dont miss this special afternoon when Rabbi Aaron Starr and Hazzan David Propis
come to Florida for a musical performance. Reception follows. No charge.
To RSVP, contact Tobye Bello at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BERMAN CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION AT CSZ

THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG US

The surprising people who saved Jews during the war

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1:30-3:00 p.m.
A Holocaust Center program at the Berman Center for Jewish Education at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, facilitated by Ruthe Goldstein.
RSVP by Tuesday, December 29, 2015 to Wren Beaulieu-Hack
at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING

Thursdays, January 7 & 14, 2016 7:00 p.m.

with Rabbi Tzvi Muller
Come to CSZ to indulge in sips, sweets, schmoozing and inspirational learning
from different perspectives. No charge. Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack
at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BEGINNER MAH JONGG

Sundays, January 10 & 17 1:00-3:00 p.m.

with Lorraine Faber
Beginning players will learn the basics of the game. Cost: $20. To register, contact
Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
In partnership with the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit.

MAMBO MARCIS LATIN DANCE ADVENTURE

Tuesdays, January 12-February 16, 2016 7:00 p.m.

Mambo Marci has been dancing and teaching salsa for 20 years. Learn the basics
of salsa, cha-cha-cha, and more! No partner needed. Cost: CSZ Members $80,
Non-Members $92. Register with Wren Beaulieu-Hack by December 30, 2015
at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

LINKING DETROITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

with Arthur Horwitz

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:00 p.m.
Arthur Horwitz shares how the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit
History opens up a wealth of information for local Jews.
RSVP to Janet Pont at jpont@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

SENIORS EXERCISE CLASS

Fridays in January 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Jim Berk, noted radio sports announcer exercise guru and physical education
instructor, facilitates a weekly stretching and weight-bearing class for seniors.
The community is welcome to join this open class. Bring a mat, weights (if desired)
and a $5.00 instructor fee per session.

May God bring comfort to our families, together

with all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Evelyn Paxton
Gary Stewart
Ruth Cohen Siegel
Robert Lowenthal

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SHLOSHIM PERIOD OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

David Schwartz
Albert Ferleger
Roger Hazan

The road of righteousness leads to life.

By way of its path there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28

DECEMBER 19-DECEMBER 25, 2015

December 19, 2015
7 Tevet , 5776
Sonia Altman
Marian Belber
Charles Deitch
Robert A. Eisenshtadt
Max Frank
Nancy Goldstein
Samuel Hamburger
Edna Kraft
Elaine Esther Levin
Sol Podolsky
December 20, 2015
8 Tevet , 5776
Irving Sonny Blatt
Ethel Greenberg
A. Aubrey Jacob
Herbert Joshowitz
Mabel Daniels Onkin
Diane Dee Dee Perlman
Anna Salzberg
Etta Solway
Neil Tabor

December 21, 2015

9 Tevet , 5776
Tillie Ginis
Samuel Milan
Rubin B. Newman
Norman Robert Schakne
David Schrage
Rose Siegan
William Wetsman
December 22, 2015
10 Tevet , 5776
Max Altman
Rachel Brown
Frances Chernick
Benjamin Daitch
Stephen Murawski
Victor Pultman
Samuel Weingarden
Seymour Weissman

7 TEVET-13 TEVET, 5776

December 23, 2015
11 Tevet , 5776
Marion Cavaler
Sarah Wetsman Davidson
Betty Garber
Elaine Green
Roslyn Green
Morton M. Hochman
Leslye Indenbaum
Kenneth Levine
Anne Parzen
Norman Sandweiss
December 24, 2015
12 Tevet , 5776
Betty Hyson Ellias
Morris Ginis
Ralph Goodman
Josef Grosman
David Albert Hazan
Henry Kaplan
Joseph Manishevitz
Harvey G. Snider
Bertha Friedman Zeff

December 25, 2015

13 Tevet , 5776
Bernard Adelson
Maria Miriam Blank
Eva Friedgood
Sidonia Goldberg
Leon Kabiljo
Delphine Landau
Evelyn Noveck
Alex Samuels
Helen Weiner
Kate Weiner
Oscar Wolf

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & STAFF

Larry Nemer................................................................................................ President
Jeri Fishman...................................................................................... Vice-President
Janice Stoneman............................................................................. Vice-President
Rick Cohen. . .................................... At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Kenneth Gold................................ At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Robert Goodman ........................ At-Large Member of the Executive Board
Shira Shapiro ........................................................................... Executive Director
Wren Beaulieu-Hack
. . ..................................... Director of the Berman Center for Jewish Education
Tobye Bello................................................................................ Program Director
Leah Silverman Gawel .. ... Assistant Director of Youth and Family Learning
Shelley Golsky . . ............................................................................ Office Manager
Allison Gutman.................................. Director of Youth and Family Learning
Janet Pont.............................................. Director of Member Support Services
Leonard P. Baruch. . ................................................ Executive Director, Emeritus

SYNAGOGUE OFFICE
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, Michigan 48034-2079
248.357.5544 Fax 248.357.0227
www.shaareyzedek.org

CLOVER HILL PARK CEMETERY

Ralph Zuckman, Executive Director
2425 East Fourteen Mile Road
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
248.723.8884 Fax 248.723.8886
www.cloverhillpark.org

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK MISSION

Congregation Shaarey Zedek is a warm, welcoming, inclusive and
egalitarian Conservative Jewish community. We provide to all generations
innovative, stimulating and diverse spiritual, educational, leadership
and social opportunities that nurture our love and commitment to
Jewish life, our Synagogue, our country and the State of Israel.
Our spiritual direction is led by committed, knowledgeable and caring
clergy available to all.
Together, all participate in celebrating our history, enriching our
community and planning our future.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK HISTORY

In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of
Traditional Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found
the Shaarey Zedek Society. In 1877 the membership constructed the
first building in Detroit to be erected specifically as a synagogue at
Congress and St. Antoine. Over the years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
has been located in a number of beautiful and picturesque buildings.
These include Winder between St. Antoine and Beaubien Streets, Willis
Street E and Brush, and Chicago Boulevard and Lawton which is still
standing. At the 100th annual meeting of the Congregation on April 12,
1961, more than 700 members approved the recommendation from the
Board of Directors that a new synagogue be built on a forty acre site in
Southfield Township.
Since the 19th century, members of our congregation have proudly
played leading roles in Michigan, the nation and throughout world
Jewry. For more than 150 years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been a
house of prayer, a house of learning, and a community gathering place,
transmitting Conservative Jewish teaching, dor ldor, from generation to
generation.

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND OTHER INFORMATION

In case of emergency, there is an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
located in the alcove near the entrance to the Mens Restroom in the
main foyer of the Synagogue.
Oxygen is available, if needed, in the rear of the Sanctuary and in the
Clergy Robing Room.
Wheelchairs are available and are located in the coat room.
Large print prayer books are located in the rear of the Sanctuary.
The Sanctuary is equipped with a hearing loop which broadcasts sound
without background noise or reverberation. If your hearing aid has a
built-in wireless receiver called a T-coil or Telecoil, you may access the
T-coil program by pushing a button on your hearing aid. Speak with
your audiologist to find out if your hearing aid has, or can have, a T
(no background noise pick-up) or an MT program (blended micro-phone
& T-coil program) for improved hearing in our Sanctuary. If your hearing
aid is not T-coil enabled, hand-held hearing devices are available and
located in the rear of the Sanctuary.
Lost items may be located in the coat room. If you dont find your
lost item there, please contact the Synagogue office. Please note: the
Synagogue is not responsible for personal belongings.
Please notify an usher if you need assistance.
If you have any questions about health & safety equipment in the CSZ
building, please contact Keith Armbruster at 248.357.5544.
VISITING THE SICK
Due to privacy rules, hospitals cannot inform the Synagogue when Jewish
patients are admitted. The only way we know that you, a relative, or friend
is in the hospital is if we are notified by loved ones. Please contact Shira at
248.357.5544 or sshapiro@shaareyzedek.org when you know of one of our
members who is in the hospital, so our clergy can be in touch with them.
HELP MAKE A MINYAN
Coming to daily morning and/or evening services may fit perfectly into
your day. Your attendance IS important, even if you are only able to
attend periodically. Fellow congregants who are reciting kaddish for a
recently departed loved one, or a yearly yahrzeit, rely on CSZ for their
communal support. Please join us and make a difference.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
For membership information, please contact Shelley Golsky
at 248.357.5544 or sgolsky@shaareyzedek.org.