Celebrating Shabbat - Holy Blossom Temple

Holy Blossom TEmPlE
Bulletin
January 2012
Celebrating Shabbat
• Our Shabbat Bulletin 2
Rabbi Moscowitz
• Shabbat Experience in Israel 4
and Diaspora Mark S. Anshan
• What Shabbat means to me 5
Personal Reflections
• Shabbat Fusion 7
Not your Zaide’s Friday Night

Shabbat Bulletin
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Our Shabbat Bulletin:
A t t h e O u t s e t
The words of the Zionist leader, Achad HaAm (Asher
Ginsberg) -- “More than Israel has kept the Sabbath, the
Sabbath has kept Israel” -- have it right.
We need to rest, we need to reflect, we need to learn. And as
God’s creations, we need to give homage to something outside
of ourselves. Call that God; call
it something else if you prefer.
Nonetheless, generosity of the heart
– expressions of gratitude – lead to
generosity of the spirit. Which leads
our spirits to glimpse the Spiritual
Centre (God) of all of Life.
This is the very heart of what
Shabbat is about. And what a
synagogue community must provide
– both spacially, as in a sanctuary,
and spiritually, as in the ethos of a
worship service that equally lifts up
individual and community. Lifts
us up by virtue of the joy we feel
as well as the responsibilities we
assume.
Sharing a laugh - The Three Ms - November 8, 2011
No other Jewish institution or ritual,
no belief or experience has so maintained Jewish identity,
solidified Jewish families and built community as has the
Sabbath. The simple but profound attempt to imitate Divine
Rabbi John Moscowitz
jmoscowitz@holyblossom.org
rest and reflection on the seventh day has fuelled Jewish
continuity. This is what Achad HaAm was saying more than a
century ago; and this is what we endeavour to realize at Holy
Blossom Temple.
This Bulletin issue is devoted to displaying how we celebrate
Shabbat. Consider it an invitation should
you be looking for a way into Judaism,
toward community. Or, a way back,
should you have followed other paths
in pursuit of meaning, but not found
them quite right. Or, just a way to spend
Shabbat: to pray, to learn, to gather; to
be quiet, to think differently, to find
compatriots in spiritual search and being.
Have a look at the different
contributions – including those from
Rabbi Thomashow, Cantor Maissner
and Debbie Spiegel. And also from our
members, Michelle and Gavin Naimer,
Cynthia Good, Jeremy and Barbara
Sandler, Sarita Dotan, Richard Rotman,
Mark S. Anshan, Harrison Gryfe,
Michael Cole. Have a look and come
find your place here on Shabbat amidst
the various possibilities. You need us, and no less, we – your
Shabbat community – need you.
Holy Blossom Temple

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Shabbat Experience in Israel and Diaspora 4
Mark S. Anshan
What the Shabbat means to me 5
Personal Reflections
Receiving and Celebrating Shabbat 6
Shabbat Fusion 7
Not your Zaide’s Friday Night
Shabbat Morning Torah Study 8
Our Shabbat Music 9
Tot and Hot Shot Shabbat 10
Doing Shabbat 12
How we approach Shabbat in the Religious School
Shabbat at Camp George 13
Treasures From Our Archive 14
Our Congregational Family 15
Calendar of Events 19
Want to share a comment about the Bulletin? Email Robert Carnevale at rcarnevale@holyblossom.org.
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From The Board
Shabbat Experience in
Israel and Diaspora
In reflecting on the relationship between
Israel and Diaspora Jewry, an interesting
and important distinction between the two
communities is how Shabbat is experienced
– i.e. the impact that Shabbat has on the
community and individuals during that period
of time in which Jews are commanded to
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
The majority of Jews living in the Diaspora,
other than the Orthodox community, do not
observe Shabbat as a day of rest on which they
refrain from activities that are done on other
days of the week. By contrast, in Israel, although
many Jews do not observe Shabbat religiously,
there is a clear delineation between the work
week and Shabbat.
“The moving and dramatic
experience of praying with 4,000
other Reform Jews was a high point
of the Biennial.”
In Israel, one experiences Shabbat even if you do
not refrain from other forms of activity normally
done throughout the week. On Friday, the pace
of life changes dramatically as Israeli Jews begin
to prepare for Shabbat. People move quickly to
pick up what they need for Shabbat, complete
last minute chores and return home before
Shabbat begins. By early afternoon, the streets
begin to empty of traffic and one cannot help
but feel the energy level in Israel diminish and
the pace slow down. On Shabbat, even in cities
like Tel Aviv, life is quieter and it is clear that
Shabbat has taken hold throughout the country.
Throughout the country, people are seen
walking to and from synagogue. After Havdalah,
the country “reawakens” as if someone has
turned on the lights and people descend on
restaurants and congregate with friends.
Mark S. Anshan
president@holyblossom.org
In the Diaspora – here in Toronto – Shabbat,
for most of us, is not that different from our
regular daily lives. This difference reflects
the challenge of living as Jews in a Diaspora
community. While we know it is Shabbat, we
do not fully rest as one would if observing the
commandment. For families, Saturday is a day
full of children’s extra curricular activities and
family chores.
An outstanding exception of the usual Reform
experience of Shabbat is the recent Union for
Reform Judaism Biennial convention at which
the delegates experienced Shabbat together,
commencing with Kabbalat Shabbat service
followed by Shabbat dinner. Shabbat morning,
many of the delegates participated in early
morning Torah study. Everyone then joined
together for Shabbat services. The moving and
dramatic experience of praying with 4,000
other Reform Jews was a high point of the
Biennial. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, URJ President
delivered his final presidential sermon in
which he spoke about the challenges that Jews
face living in the Diaspora and the issues that
synagogues need to address in order to sustain
and enhance our communities – his sermon
can be viewed and read at: blogs.rj.org – a
December 17, 2011 post.
“ Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy.”
For those of us who attended the Biennial,
spending Shabbat together was a wonderful way
for us to bond and experience being part of a
much larger community. Our hope is that we
can create similar opportunities for our members
to come together and experience Shabbat at
Holy Blossom Temple.
Holy Blossom Temple

What Shabbat Means to Me:
Personal Reflections
I will never forget the first time Rabbi Dow
Marmur suggested I attend Torah Study at
Holy Blossom. I was definitely skeptical: I had
never frequented a synagogue, I knew no
Hebrew, had only read the Bible for its literary
associations, and liked to sleep in on Saturdays.
Eighteen years later Shabbat is a rich, intrinsic,
and deeply satisfying part of my week.
Now, under the leadership of Rabbi Moscowitz,
I begin my Shabbat morning with stimulating
learning and discussion. The viewpoints and
ideas of everyone in the room enrich our learning
and expand our knowledge. I particularly enjoy
the contributions of those who are steeped in the
traditions of Judaism and share their memories
and folk wisdom with us. Rabbi Moscowitz
encourages the discussions and questions with
warmth and respect, and consistently challenges
our minds with his ideas and those of the Rabbis.
At my first Shabbat at Holy Blossom, Beny’s
music brought tears to my eyes, and I am still
deeply moved by the melodies and the chanting
through the service. When all of us sing together,
I feel we are both strong and vulnerable. Now,
with the new prayerbook, there is so much more
to read and learn; new music and prayers and
Bulletin • January 2012
Cynthia Good
commentaries; the strength of gender inclusive
language combined with the power of the
familiar. Intelligence and history combined with
a love of God.
“ When all of us sing together,
I feel we are both strong
and vulnerable.”
Before attending on Saturdays I had not
acknowledged Shabbat in any way; now we
light candles and celebrate Friday nights
with family and friends, good food and
companionship. And beginning Saturdays in
peace tends to create a day of rest and
contemplation at the end of a busy week.
There is something deeply satisfying about ritual.
Each week the service soothes me, stimulates
me, and fills me with song. The community of
regulars provides strength and love as we share
our week’s experience. Every Shabbat gives me
the opportunity to praise God and be a part of an
enduring ritual of our people. Each Shabbat I am
filled with gratitude.
Photo: Olaf.herfurth
Shabbat
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Receiving and Celebrating Shabbat:
Erev Shabbat and Shabbat Morning in Our Midst
Words and phrases that we employ routinely tend to lose their
meaning – or, at least, we lose sight of those meanings. So it is
with the words Kabbalat and Shabbat; the former comes from
the word to receive and the latter from the root word meaning
to cease or rest. Shabbat is then, in its essence, the gift of rest
that we have received from God. We try to make that rest
come alive, often in a lively way, on Shabbat at Holy Blossom.
We begin to unwrap, as it were, the communal part of our
weekly gift on Friday evenings at our Kabbalat Shabbat service.
With its liturgy, music and song, this service is filled with an
atmosphere of joy and an innate understanding that we have
embarked on a different journey, one to last for the next 25
hours. Thoughts of the mundane are sidelined; we focus on
the religious and the spiritual, the internal as well as on our
families and our own selves. A hundred or so congregants
regularly attend this service, their numbers inevitably
augmented by those saying Kaddish, celebrating an aufruf, a
baby naming, or a bar/bat mitzvah the following morning.
Our congregational Shabbat morning services take place in
the Sanctuary and, at certain times of the year, in the Youth
Chapel. Regardless of the venue, the service has a core group
of 75-100 congregants who attend on a weekly basis. As in the
case of Kabbalat Shabbat, that number is added to by those in
attendance for life-cycle events, those saying Kaddish and those
who simply feel the need to pray and be surrounded by
their fellow Jews. All are welcome and, we trust, all feel
welcomed. Our rabbis and cantors lead us in prayer and
respectively inspire with their words and uplift with their
voices. Twice monthly or so, Temple Singers add their voices
to ours, and in so doing enhance our services, helping to create
the warm ambience we all seek. In order to better acknowledge
our mourners, it is now our custom to invite mourners to
stand just prior to Kaddish-- whether they have a yahrzeit, are
in the period of shloshim or within the year of the death of a
parent. This adds to the sense of community in a synagogue
that can sometimes seem overly large and impersonal.
Following services, all are invited for a congregational Kiddush
which gives everyone an opportunity to offer condolences, to
wish a mazal tov to those celebrating a life-cycle event, or just
to mingle with family and friends. A wonderful way to end our
community Shabbat observances.
Sarita Dotan
Holy Blossom Temple

Shabbat Fusion
Not your Zaide’s Friday Night
Shabbat Fusion is not your Zaide’s (or, for that matter, your
Bubbie’s) Friday night service. But if your Bubbie or Zaide
enjoys beautiful music, a communal feeling and spiritual
awakening, then there is every reason to think they would love
Shabbat Fusion that takes place on the final Friday night of
every month from September through June. In a meditative
way, this Kabbalat Shabbat service transports the congregants
to an uplifting spiritual place. Led by Aviva Chernick and the
professional musicians of the Shabbat Fusion band there’s an
explicit invitation for all ages to participate in any way that they
feel comfortable. For younger members of the service this can
mean dancing in the centre of the room, for others it’s joining
the Rabbi and Chazzan in an impromptu hora around the
room. Some simply sit in their seats and enjoy.
Curiosity about something new led us to our first Fusion service
sometime in 2008 when we were expecting our first daughter
who was born in June of that year. It is fair to say that from the
start we were hooked. But when our eldest daughter Aliyah’s
first birthday fell on the final Shabbat Fusion before the 2009
summer break is when it became truly special. We will never
forget being outside in Holy Blossom’s central courtyard,
enveloped by warm summer air, the light of day beginning to
fade from the sky and the beautiful songs of Shabbat Fusion
surrounding us, there was really no better way to celebrate. With
Aliyah’s grandparents in tow, we welcomed her first birthday at
Shabbat Fusion. We have continued to do so for the past three
years, now with baby sister Shira, too.
Besides our special connection to Shabbat Fusion, there are
many universal aspects to enjoy about the service. More than
one Rabbi has spoken of Kabbalat Shabbat as a chance to
separate ourselves from the mundane routines of a busy week.
Certainly when you close your eyes, root your feet on the floor
and listen as the whole room builds from the first note of the
Shema: “Shhhhhhhh…..” to a chorus of the whole prayer, it
is a symbolic and symphonic break from the everyday as you
proceed to a more spiritual plane. This service offers a true sense
of community and people united in a personal yet
common pursuit of the divine. Moreover, it is a true reflection
of the spirit of Reform Judaism incorporating the traditions all
Jews would recognize as part of Kabbalat Shabbat and evolving
them into a form that is meaningful for today.
Bulletin • January 2012
Jeremy and Barbara Sandler
The Sandler Family
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Like the scroll itself, Holy Blossom’s Torah class, at
9 am in the Board Room before Shabbat services,
has neither an end nor a beginning. It unrolls year
after year and that is one of its delights, of which
there are many, including coffee and honey cake
beforehand, where there is always a good schmooze.
Most of the 30-40 participants have a cup in hand
– or their own personal Starbucks – when Senior
Rabbi John Moscowitz strides in promptly, articles
or books in hand for the class that day.
The prayer for learning Torah is said and class
begins. Participants take their spot around the
board table that has become by custom ‘theirs.’
It’s a comfortable, young-at-heart group, which
welcomes all participants; no distinction is drawn
between veterans and newcomers. There are family
groupings, single members, couples, visitors, friends
and guests.
“ It’s a comfortable,
young-at-heart group, which
welcomes all participants”
On any given day, one might see distinguished
visitors such as Rabbi Steven Leder, visiting scholar
from Los Angeles’ Wilshire temple, who wowed the
class with his witty erudition. It was a lucky break
to have personal time with this outstanding speaker.
Rabbi Ed Goldfarb teaches the group occasionally
and Rabbi Karen Thomashow was also warmly
welcomed as she took her turn at the lectern this
year.
Rabbi Moscowitz’s method is to be gentle but
thought provoking. It’s not about the parsha (or
portion) particularly; it’s more about the issues,
ideas and background that help us understand all
portions and Jewish learning itself. Most of these
ideas come from our Senior Rabbi’s vast knowledge
of Jewish scholarship and he has introduced us to
Richard Rotman
the greats—Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik especially,
and many others, including Maimonedes, and
recently Jacob Neusner’s Understanding Rabbinic
Judaism. Currently we are learning to understand
the Talmud and over the fall season, the class looked
at the importance of language in understanding
Jewish thought during the High Holidays.
After Rabbi Moscowitz prepares the ground, a
lively discussion almost always ensues. Participants
ask questions and offer comment and that starts a
debate, with disputation, humour and insight. Best
of all, there’s no preparation necessary—and no
homework, though the articles the Rabbi hands out
are often taken home to be read and savoured.
“I encourage anyone who has thought of joining
the class to not be shy give it a chance,” Rabbi
Moscowitz said. “There’s a place for you. It’s a
great step toward fulfilling a mitzvah and joining
a passionate learning community. Call my office
and we will arrange a proper welcome for your first
day—which we hope will be the first of many.”
Holy Blossom Temple

Although the sacred teachings of Judaism were handed
down through the spoken word ( “I will put My words in
his – Moses’ – mouth and he shall speak unto them all that
I command them”– Deuteronomy 18: 17–18), it is also the
case that the Levites were singers par excellence in Temple
days. That they sang in the Temple gave rise to Jews singing in
worship, eventually to Jewish music in all its forms.
Take for example the
subdued haunted
melody of Yedid
Nefesh which
opens Kabbalat
Shabbat, here as
elsewhere. Tranquility
envelops us all as
if to bid farewell
to a long week of
work and labour.
Almost immediately
afterwards, the
rousing vivacious
sounds of triumphant
recognition of an
omnipotent God, the
very Creator of the
Universe, awakens
Cantorial Soloist, Lindi Rivers
us to give thanks, to
experience the spirit
of Shabbat. We then combine formal and informal elements
into a highly organized ritual; moments of soaring inspiration
go side by side moments of quiet contemplation.
Antiphonal verses of Psalmic responses between Hazzan
and Congregation, each in a semi spoken chant, creates
the atmosphere of a community at prayer. Likewise,
congregational participatory melodies bring us toward a
friendly and comfortable environment for our worshipers.
Kabbalat Shabbat is an intimate yet a joyful gathering. Our
Bulletin • January 2012
Our Shabbat Music
Cantor Benjamin Maissner
bmaissner@holyblossom.org
music ranges from
traditional “Nussach
Hat’filah”, the
subscribed melodic
patterns of prayer
modes which govern
the traditional
chanting of prayer
text, to folk-like light
Chassidic Niggunim.
At the same time
we are cognizant
of the authentic
origin of Germanic
musical backbones of
synagogue music.
Shabbat Morning
at Holy Blossom
demonstrates
excellence in the classic synagogue musical tradition. Our
combined choirs and Temple Singers are a source of pride
to all. Various styles of cantorial music, contemporary
and traditional, lend our Shabbat services their reputation
well beyond our walls, even beyond our city. We both sing
together with gusto and knowledge, comfort and familiarity,
and we appreciate a wide array of Jewish music as rendered in
our prayers. Ours, our rabbis have told me, are both the music
of magic and the music of the many. Do come and lend your
voices to our prayers, as together we seek to reach our God.
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Shabbat
Tot and Hot Shot Shabbat
Our family started to attend Shabbat at Holy
Blossom when we first became members of
the Temple in 2006. Our children, Nicole and
Jack at the time were ages four and two. As
new members, we felt very welcomed to the
Temple. Our kids enjoyed the stories, crafts,
songs and service, which was just the right
length for our little ones. I loved not cooking
dinner and knowing that my evening would be
relaxing as we welcomed in Shabbat. As a new
family, we were thrilled to introduce our kids to
Shabbat, have them make connections to their
community and feel at home. What we didn’t
anticipate was the number of new friends we
would all make through this experience, and
the anticipation our children would feel coming
with us every month.
“As new members, we felt very
welcomed to the Temple.”
Last year, Jack and Nicole transitioned from
‘tots’ to ‘hot shots’. In 2008, we were blessed
Michelle & Gavin Naimer
with the birth of our son Drew, and now we
feel like veterans with both tots and hot shots
in the services. Drew loves David’s stories and
especially Bagel the dog. Nicole and Jack love
the familiar songs of the regular service, the
“Holy Blossom’s Tot and Hot
Shot Shabbat services have
really become a wonderful part
of our family’s life.”
chance to play games led by the Shinshinim for
a portion of the service, bless the wine and the
challah after the service with all of the other
children, then have dinner and fun with friends.
Gavin and I literally have to pull all 3 kids out
of the room every month after the dinner, as do
most of the other families!
Holy Blossom’s Tot and Hot Shot Shabbat
services have really become a wonderful part of
our family’s life, and we are so thankful to the
team of Rabbis and Cantors who have made our
Shabbats at Holy Blossom so meaningful.
The Naimer Family
Holy Blossom Temple

Bulletin • January 2012
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Doing Shabbat:
H o w We A p p r o a c h S h a b b a t i n
t h e R e l i g i o u s S c h o o l
In the words of Ahad Ha’Am, the leading Spiritual Zionist
thinker, “More than the Jew has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has
kept the Jew.”
How is this observation relevant to the learning and
experience of Shabbat in our Religious School community?
Of everything we live, learn and breathe in school, Shabbat
is the core of what we’re about as Jews. Each grade explores
the rituals of Kiddush/wine,
motzi/challah, and more as
they are explained and taught
– there is nothing better than
hands-on programs that not
only talk Shabbat but do
Shabbat.
While we provide numerous
opportunities for families
to join together for Shabbat
experiences within the
Religious School program –
nonetheless, talking about a
Shabbat community is one
thing, but creating a Shabbat
community, celebrating
Shabbat – to experience the
beauty of the rhythm, the
cadence and spirit of the day –
that is quite another matter.
Shabbat by Grade is a
wonderful opportunity for
children, their parents, too,
to experience our Shabbat
morning Family Service (followed by a community lunch).
Children prepare a special song, a prayer, or skit during
our Religious School program and bring those teachings
and learning to life. Parents are amazed when their children
stand in front of their community! And, we make Shabbat
Debbie Speigal
Director of Education
dspiegel@holyblossom.org
come alive where it is lived: in our homes and in our
synagogue.
Other occasions of Doing Shabbat come at various
Grade-level Shabbat programs. How wonderful it is to
have students and their families enter our Synagogue
community for Kabbalat Shabbat services – our families
praying together, then sharing a delightful dinner together.
Animated text study compliments the evening. Families
joining together enhance the
community as the community
enhances the family.
Another opportunity, perhaps
the most significant experience
of DOING SHABBAT, is
the Shabbat when we take
our students away on retreat.
Whether our Grade 7 retreat
or the Shabbat we spend in
Jerusalem on the Confirmation
trip – these are different and
special, unique moments in
time, not often replicated: no
cellphones, no distractions, just
the self, the Jewish community,
and we hope, God. Here
our students understand the
importance of the time, as
well as the holiness of the
experience.
So, our Religious school strives
to learn and then live the
insight of Ahad Ha’am. We need our community for the
multitude of supports, but our community also needs the
people to celebrate, experience and learn together the beauty
of Shabbat, indeed, its glory.
Holy Blossom Temple

Shabbat at Camp George
When I leave my cabin on Friday evening I am so excited. I
feel the vibe in the air of Shabbat. We leave the cabin and run
to the middle of the camp. Everyone greets you, says “Shabbat
Shalom!” and “How are you doing?.” You get one small piece
of cake and it is really good. When we are done everyone takes
pictures because we are happy and because we are dressed in
our Shabbat best. Then, as a camp we walk down a big hill
to the Beit Midrash. The best part about the Beit Midrash is
that it is part of nature. We sit on logs that overlook Maple
Lake and watch the sunset as the service begins. Together, as
a whole camp, we sing and chant prayers with our great song
leaders. We all love it.
When Shabbat services are over, we walk to the dining hall for
some good ol’ fashion Shabbat dinner complete with chicken
and potatoes. We do a little talent show for the staff called
“Shabbat Idol.” Then we go to sleep.
Bulletin • January 2012
On Saturday morning we choose a prayer session of our
choice. There are several spots where we can go and the prayer
session is creative. For example, one time I chose to go to the
tennis courts where we learned prayers about family. We took
the time to draw them on the tennis courts with chalk and it
was a cool way to learn. Then we have an Israeli dance session.
We learn a new Israeli dance every week taught by the Israeli
counselors. When that is done we have a “family lunch,”
which is lunch where we only eat with our family members. If
you don’t have a family member at camp you can sit with your
best friend and sometimes that is just as good because they
feel like family. As the day is ending, we do a Shabbat Walk
where our counselors take us to a cool spot on camp property
that we may have never seen before. We do an activity there
and have a chance to talk. We end Shabbat with Havdalah,
which is a service that welcomes in a new, awesome, exciting,
fun and perfect week at Camp George.
Hope to see you there sometime this summer!
Harrison Gryfe
Camper, Age 11
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Treasures
Now and Then:
T r e a s u r e s F r o m o u r A r c h i v e s
Fifty years ago...
Rabbi Plaut was installed as the eighth senior rabbi of the
congregation.
While he arrived in the summer of 1961, his installation was
held on the weekend of December 1 to 3, a weekend of much
pomp and ceremony. He continued to serve the congregation
in that capacity until 1977, when he became Senior Scholar.
While Rabbi Plaut is best known for his editing of a new
Torah Commentary written from a liberal perspective, he
also instituted several significant changes in the way the
congregation observed Shabbat. He enhanced Friday night
services with many innovations, including dance groups, rock
and jazz services, notable guest speakers, and his own monthly
current affairs lectures. Later he added an early family
Kabbalat Shabbat service. To create more equality between
boys and girls, he moved the observance of Bat Mitzvah from
Friday night to Saturday morning. Rabbi Plaut initiated
the early Saturday morning Torah Study class before services,
a popular study session with the senior rabbi that continues to
this day.
Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, his predecessor,
installs Rabbi Plaut as Senior Rabbi of Holy
Blossom Temple on Sunday, December 3, 1961.
Bima guests on the right hand side from left to
right include Premier of Ontario John Robarts,
Rabbi Walter H. Plaut (brother of the Rabbi),
Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath (President of UAHC
and Senior Rabbi of Holy Blossom from 1929
to 1943), Mayor Nathan Phillips, D. Lou Harris
(President of the Congregation), and Senator
David Croll.
Rabbi and Mrs. Plaut, Installation Dance
Holy Blossom Temple

Welcome
Bulletin • January 2012
Welcome to Our
Congregational Family
We are delighted to welcome the
following new members and their
families to Holy Blossom Temple:
n Ruth Fischer & JD Reeves
n Jonah Kagan
n Ellen Lupu & Joshua Samuel,
and Joseph & Lily
We thank the following
new donors to our Annual
Contribution Campaign:
n Carol Dale
n Mary Elliott & Mark Minden
n Harriet Laing
n Honey Wolfe
n
Births
n Claudia Blumberger on the birth of a
granddaughter, Samantha Rose Blumberger. Proud
parents are Johanna Prehogan & David Blumberger.
Other proud grandparents are Sharon Landsman and
Ken Prehogan. Proud great grandparents are Ethel &
Jack Prehogan and Itsa Blumberger
n Elise & Kevin Cachia, on the birth of a
granddaughter, Saray Kayla Gray. Proud parents are
Sibel & Alexander Gray. Other proud grandparents are
Sonia & Sabri Mustafov. Proud great grandmother is
Margarete Gray.
n Ronit Ossip & Ben Fine on the birth of a
daughter, Harper Ruby Fine. Proud grandparents
are Helena & David Fine; Derek & Elayne Ossip and
Sandra & Jay Taradash.
n Happy Iscove and Mel Iscove, on the birth of
a grandson, Benjamin Asher Rom Vidal. Proud
parents are Naomi & Jacky Vidal and brother to Maya.
Other proud grandparents are Margot & Felix Vidal.
B’nei Mitzvah
n February 4, 2012
11 Shevat 5772
Annie Chusid,
daughter of Wendy
Freeman & Elliott
Chusid
n February 11, 2012
18 Shevat 5772
Nathan McLean,
son of Laura Dallal
& Brian McLean
In Memoriam
n Susan Budlovsky, mother of Margaret Kardish
and Michael Budlovsky
n Helen Cooper, wife of Allan Cooper, mother of
Michelle Lindsey, Elizabeth Selskey, Jennifer Selskey,
Michael Cooper and Mathew Cooper, step-mother of
Robert Cooper, Danny Cooper and Josh Cooper, sister
of Virginia Solomon and George Margolius
n Myrna Crystal, wife of Bernard Crystal, mother of
Carol Crystal and Adam Crystal, sister of Lionel Albert,
Sherwin Albert and Norman Albert
n Barney Danson, husband of Isobel Danson,
brother of Marilyn Farber and Bill Danson, father of
John Danson, Peter Danson and Tim Danson
n Ruth Gelber, mother of Barbara Goodfellow,
Temma Gentles and Marion Keigh
n Linda Ghan, wife of Lionel Ghan, mother of Jennifer
Farber, Darren Ghan and Stuart Ghan, sister of
John Buchin, Ruth Cukier and Steven Buchin
n Norman Katz, husband of Lorraine Katz, father
of Beverley Katz Rosenbaum and Paula Ruch, sister of
Izzie Katz
n February 11, 2012
18 Shevat 5772
Benji McLean,
son of Laura Dallal
& Brian McLean
n Aliza & Shawn Pulver on the birth of a daughter,
Chloe Pulver and sister to Sorelle. Proud grandparents
are Vera & Joe Fisch and Marlene & Wayne Pulver.
Proud great grandmother is Ida Shapiro.
n Virginia & Carl Solomon, on the birth of a
grandson, Gabriel Didier Solomon Feldmann.
Proud parents are Diana & Adam Solomon and
brother to Seraphina. Other proud grandparents are
Helen & Joe Feldmann.
n Caryn Hirshhorn & Hartley Springman on the
birth of a son Ryden Eli Springman and brother to
Fara. Proud grandparents are Leslie & Mel Springman
and Sandy & Ron Hirshhorn.
n Jennifer Stulberg & John Adair on the birth of a
son Benjamin Eric Stulberg Adair and brother to
Hannah and Noah. Proud grandparents are Tracy &
Geoff Adair; Gloria & Seymour Epstein and Cindy
& Jay Stulberg. Proud great grandmother is Sybil
Stulberg.
n February 18, 2012
25 Shevat 5772
Jerrod Greenberg,
son of Margot &
David Greenberg
n February 25, 2012
2 Adar 5772
Jonah Walters,
son of Kimberley
& Craig Walters
n Adele Laskin, mother of John Laskin, Deborah
Laskin-Rich, Susan Laskin, Shelly Laskin and Mark
Laskin
n Bernice Mukamal, mother of Seth Mukamal and
Richard Mukamal
n Jerry Rumack, husband of Miriam Rumack, father
of Eric Rumack and Michael Rumack, brother of Sylvia
Wexler
n Charles (Husky) Sherkin, husband of Ruthie
Sherkin, father of Robert Sherkin, Ferne Langer, Kevin
Sherkin and Michael Sherkin
n Sandra Shiner, wife of Bernard Berger, mother
of Judy Toker, Norman Shiner, Michael Shiner, Cathy
Stein, Amy Jordan and Henry Shiner, sister of Mona
Levenstein
n Leon Steinberg, husband of Gerry Steinberg,
father of Janis Soren and Allan Steinberg
n Lloyd Summerfield, son of Paula Summerfield,
brother of Melissa Fogle and Marvyn Summerfield
n Morris Vigoda, husband of Debby Vigoda, father
of Alan Vigoda and Marcy Vigoda, brother of Lou
Vigoda and Betty Risen
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We thank our generous donors
Joshua & Henrietta Chesnie
Temple Endowment Fund
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Henrietta
Chesnie
Sami and James Cooper
Youth Awards Fund
Lillian Goldman, In Memory: Sami &
James Cooper
Dr. Jakov Moric, In Honour: Sami &
James Cooper
Husky Sherkin, In Memory: Sami &
James Cooper
Earl and Marilyn Danson
Farber Endowment Fund
Barney Danson, In Memory:
Sandra & Gordon Atlin and Family;
Rabbi Stephen & Karen Franklin;
Sybil & Jack Geller; Alexis Rothschild
& Shawn Gold
Arthur Cole, In Honour: Marilyn
Farber
Jean Fine Seniors Fund
Barney Danson, In Memory:
Kathy & Maurice Green; Ruth Green;
Rosalin Rose
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: Ruth Green;
Rosalin Rose
Linda Ghan, In Memory: Mondays @
the Temple
Councillor Josh Matlow, In
Appreciation: Mondays @ the Temple
Michael Ryval, In Appreciation:
Mondays @ the Temple
Henry Sherman, In Honour: Mondays
@ the Temple
Floral Fund
Jerome Graff, In Memory:
Marilyn Hahn
Jonah Walters, Bar Mitzvah:
Kimberley & Craig Walters and Family
Garfinkel Family Fund
Randi & Alan Garfinkel, In Honour:
Carmen and Emil Horvath
Jenne & Henry Goodman
Endowment Fund
General Donation: Rhoda Lipton;
Lesley Miller
Esther Hands Memorial
Fund
David Balick, Yahrzeit: Sharon &
Stanley Clavir
Benjamin Clavir, Yahrzeit: Sharon &
Stanley Clavir
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Sharon &
Stanley Clavir
W. Bernard Herman
Educational Fund
Wendy & Elliott Eisen, In Honour:
Matthew Sapera & Darren Sukonick
Holy Blossom Temple
Foundation
General Donation: Joy Wolfson
Keith Allin, In Honour: Pamela
Halpern
Corinne Berinstein, In Honour:
Pamela Halpern; Carmen and Emil
Horvath; Dr. Nina Josefowitz & Dr.
David Myron
Barney Danson, In Memory: Sheila &
Bob Smolkin
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: Bernie
Scherer
Harold Glass, In Memory: Barbara &
Floyd Stern
Gloria Howard, In Honour: Barbara
Florence; Joan Florence & Eddie
Sweet
Wanda Lerek, In Memory: HBT Fine
Arts Committee
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Orzy, In Honour:
Karen & Dr. Larry Hausman
Ruthe Schipper, In Honour: Pamela
Halpern; Caroline Ingvaldsen
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Esther
& Dr. Marvin Tile
Kiley Willard, In Honour: Harriette
Laing
Judy Winberg, In Honour: Pamela
Halpern; Caroline Ingvaldsen
Rosalind & Stanley Witkin, In
Honour: Harriette Laing
Holy Blossom Temple
Renewal Project
Tom Friedland, In Appreciation: June
& Byron Sonberg
Joan Garson & David Baskin, In
Appreciation: Myrna Ross
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: HBT Fine
Arts Committee; Jason Stein
Frances Hellen, In Honour: HBT
Brotherhood
Happy Iscove, In Appreciation:
Michael Friedland and Family
Dori Levine, In Appreciation: Michael
Friedland and Family
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner, In
Appreciation: Michael Friedland and
Family
Rabbi John Moscowitz, In
Appreciation: Michael Friedland and
Family
Faye Richmond, In Memory: Diana &
Marvin Goodman
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers, In
Appreciation: Hailey Smith
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Joan
Garson & David Baskin
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Appreciation:
Michael Friedland and Family; Jill Smith
Rabbi Karen Thomashow, In
Appreciation: Ronna Rubin
Isenberg Family Endowment
Fund
Tobe Tweyman, In Honour: Carol &
Steve Pilon
Judy Winberg, In Honour: Carol &
Steve Pilon
Israel Study Fund
Sandra Kamenir, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen
Dr. Robert Yasny, In Honour: Rhoda
& Howard Bloom
Jacob’s Tower Fund
Edythe Abron, In Memory:
Jill Hertzman
Doris Goldberg, In Memory: Marilyn
Shesko & David Hertzman
Judith Jordan-Austin, In Memory:
Marilyn Shesko & David Hertzman
Brenda Saunders, In Honour:
Jill Hertzman; Anne Moranis
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Honour:
Jill Hertzman
Joan Kerbel Leadership
Development Fund
Janice Babins, In Honour: Ellen
Karabanow
Matilda Bigio, In Honour: HBT
Sisterhood
Barney Danson, In Memory: Gail &
Gary Goodman
Marianne Fehler, In Honour: Elana
Fehler
Ruthe Schipper, In Honour: Corinne
Berinstein; Corinne Black & Richard
Vrooman
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: HBT
Sisterhood
Rosalie Sussman, In Honour: Pnina
Margolese; Ruthe Schipper
Library Book Fund
Pamela Greenstein, In Honour:
Pamela Halpern
Jennifer Hunter, In Honour: Pamela
Halpern
Zoe Klein, In Honour: Pamela Halpern
Dr. Gordon Starkman, In Honour:
Marilyn Hahn
Dow & Fredzia Marmur
Program for Educational
Excellence
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: Etta
Ginsberg McEwan
Sheila Katsman, In Memory: Thelma
Rosen Berris
Tamara Kontorov, In Memory: Sue
Joel
Rabbi Dow Marmur, In Appreciation:
HBT Chavurah
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Etta
Ginsberg McEwan
Musical Heritage Fund
Corinne Berinstein, In Honour:
Joanne & Kevin Roher
Jackie Caplan, In Memory: Anne
Freeman
Eleanor Dover, In Honour: Nancy
Pollack
Helena Fine, In Honour: Janice &
Larry Babins
Jack Hershoran, In Memory: Anne
Freeman
Lloyd Summerfield, In Memory:
Sharon Smith-Miller & Shelley Miller
Anne Weinstein, Yahrzeit: Frances &
Dr. Bernard Goldman and Family
Musical Legacy Fund
Helena & David Fine, In Honour:
Razelle Roebuck & David MacCoy
Helena Fine, In Honour: HBT Temple
Singers
Out of the Cold Fund
General Donation: Bogoroch &
Associates Barristers & Solicitors;
Steve Diniro; Dutton Brock LLP; Cinda
Dyer; European Furniture; Judith
Gelber; Green & Chercover; Janice &
Marty Handelman; Michael A. Handler
Professional Corporation; Harvey Kalles
Real Estate Ltd.; HBT Brotherhood;
David Leith; Judy Malkin & Elliott
Jacobson; John McGowan; John
McLeish; Roger G. Oatley; The SGNC
Charitable Trust; Elaine Orfus; Norman
H. Sobel; Mark Thornley
Edythe Abron, In Memory: Debby &
Morris Vigoda
Keith Allin, In Honour: Corinne
Berinstein; Sandra Kamenir; Ellen
B. Levine
David Ber, In Honour: Rosalind &
Stanley Witkin
Corinne Berinstein, In Honour:
Sandra Kamenir
Albert Cohen, In Memory: Esther &
Cyril Hersh
Helen Cooper, In Memory: Debby &
Morris Vigoda
Jacob Crawford Ritchie, In Honour:
Peter Gelgor and Family
Barney Danson, In Memory: Ann &
Gary Posen; Debby & Morris Vigoda
Shula Fisher, In Memory: Michelle
Katz & Larry Blumenthal and
Family
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: Nora &
John Freund; Sybil & Jack Geller;
Ann & Gary Posen
Pam Greenstein, In Honour: Sandra
Kamenir
Pamela Halpern, In Honour: Jennifer
Hunter
Jennifer Hunter, In Honour: Sandra
Kamenir
Caroline Ingvaldsen, In Honour:
Jennifer Hunter
Sandra Kamenir, In Honour: Jennifer
Hunter
Zoe Klein, In Honour: Corinne
Berinstein; Jennifer Hunter; Sandra
Kamenir
Arnold Libenson, In Memory: Heidi
& Neil Poch and Family
Lesley Miller, In Appreciation: Kathy
& Maurice Green; Razelle
Roebuck
Gary Posen, In Honour: Naomi Bell
Ruthe Schipper, In Honour: Sandra
Kamenir
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Ann
& Gary Posen
Rosalie Sussman, In Honour: Shelly
Berenbaum
Judy Winberg, In Honour: Corinne
Berinstein; Jennifer Hunter; Sandra
Kamenir; Ellen B. Levine
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Joy &
Charles Cohen; Kathy & Maurice
Green; Heidi & Neil Poch; Ann & Gary
Posen
Volunteers of the Out of the Cold
Program, In Appreciation: Ann
MacPherson & Earl Bederman
Holy Blossom Temple

We thank our generous donors
Harry & Cecile Pearl Youth
Award Endowment Fund
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Joyce
& Fred Zemans
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Joyce &
Fred Zemans
Plaut Manor Fund
Frank Godfrey, Yahrzeit: Nonni &
Saul Akler; Ricki & Gil Gallen
Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, In Honour:
Carole J. Paul
Judith Plaut, In Honour: Alexis
Rothschild & Shawn Gold
Prayer Book Fund
Jan & Keith Allin, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Keith Allin, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen; Zoe Klein
Debra Bennett, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Corinne Berinstein, In Honour: Zoe
Klein; Judy Winberg
Amanda Frohman, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Randi Garfinkel, In Honour: Sybil &
Jack Geller; Freda & Arthur
Muscovitch
Pam Greenstein, In Honour: Zoe
Klein; Judy Winberg
Rosanna Gotter, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Pamela Halpern, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Jennifer Hunter, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen; Zoe Klein; Judy Winberg
Caroline Ingvaldsen, In Honour:
Judy Winberg
Sandra Kamenir, In Honour: Zoe
Klein; Judy Winberg
Zoe Klein, In Honour: Judy Winberg
Ellen Levine, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Marla Powers, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Brenda Saunders, In Honour: Pearl
Elman; Sybil & Jack Geller; Wendy
& Elliott Eisen
Brenda & Fred Saunders, In Honour:
Wendy & Elliott Eisen
Ruthe Schipper, In Honour: Zoe
Klein; Judy Winberg
Dr. Sandra Shiner: In Memory:
Wendy & Elliott Eisen
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Honour:
Judy Winberg
Rosalie Sussman, In Honour: Zoe
Klein; Judy Winberg
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Sydney &
Richard Krelstein
Judy Winberg, In Honour: Zoe Klein
Project Tikvah
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Gail &
Barry Silver
Rochelle Wise, In Memory: Gail &
Barry Silver and Family
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Rabbi’s Discretionary Funds
Rabbi John Moscowitz, In
Appreciation: Keith Allin; Shelly
Berenbaum & Chuck Litman; Gail &
Barry Silver; Gail Silver; Bryna
Troister & Jason Ketis; Jenny Wells
Rabbi John Moscowitz, In Honour:
Judy Winberg
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Appreciation:
Family and Friends of Monty
Simmonds z”l
Rabbi Karen Thomashow, In
Appreciation: The Nachshen Family
Rabbi Karen Thomashow, In
Honour: Rosalie Sussman; Judy
Winberg
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner, In
Appreciation: Family and Friends of
Monty Simmonds z”l
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner, In
Honour: Gail & Barry Silver; Gail
Silver; Judy Winberg
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers, In
Appreciation: Paulette Brodey
and Family
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers, In
Honour: Corinne Berinstein;
Rosalie Sussman; Judy Winberg
Rabbi John Moscowitz: Corinne
Berinstein, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen
Rabbi John Moscowitz: Dinah
Borovoy, In Honour: Carole J. Paul
Rabbi John Moscowitz: Gilda Lillian
Stanway, In Memory: Lyle H.
Stanway
Rabbi Karen Thomashow: Amanda
Frohman, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen
Rabbi Karen Thomashow: Zoe
Klein, In Honour: Caroline Ingvaldsen
Rabbi Edward Goldfarb: Frances
Hellen, In Honour: Isaac Morgulis
Nancy Ruth Educational
Fund
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Nancy
Ruth
Bernice Mukamal, In Memory: Nancy
Ruth
Lorraine Sandler Tribute
Endowment Fund
Lynn Kauffmann, Mazal Tov: Cathy
Greenbaum
Shacharit Breakfast Fund
Diana Appleby, In Memory: Dr. Reva
Gerstein
Sidney Appleby, In Memory: Dr.
Reva Gerstein
Jacob Bendayan, Yahrzeit: Reina
Bendayan & Don Borrett and Family
Edward Bien, Yahrzeit: Elissa & David
Fingold and Family
Max Borins, In Honour: Borins/
Brodey Family
Morris Botnik, Yahrzeit: Ruth &
Robert Ehrlich; Hanna Shlesinger
Lisa Brown, Yahrzeit: Jennifer & Jay
Brown
Pauline Cohen, Yahrzeit: Joy &
Charles Cohen
Meryl Cole, In Memory: Barbara Thal
Hodes & Bob Hodes
Amalia Dan, Yahrzeit: Peter Dan and
Family
Henry Dan, Yahrzeit: Peter Dan and
Family
Evelyn Davis, Yahrzeit: Julia &
Michael Sax and Family
Stanley Davis, Yahrzeit: Julia &
Michael Sax and Family
Vernon Dewitt, Yahrzeit: Susan Davis-
Dewitt & David Dewitt
Julian Druyan, Yahrzeit: Judy Druyan
Mark Friedman, Yahrzeit: Merle
Friedman and Family
Karen Goldblatt, Yahrzeit: Barry
Goldblatt and Family
Bryce Goosen, Yahrzeit: Annie &
Michael Appleby and Family;
Jennifer Goosen and Family
Alice Herman, Yahrzeit: Carole &
Bernard Herman and Family
Max Hoffman, Yahrzeit: Bernice &
Yitz Penciner
Minnie-Mae Kamenir, Yahrzeit:
Sandra Kamenir
Morris Kamenir, Yahrzeit: Sandra
Kamenir
David Klein, Yahrzeit: Veronica Mandel
Samuel Leese, In Honour: The Leese
Family
Harry Leitman, Yahrzeit: Mariam
Leitman and Family
Sarah Marshall, Yahrzeit: Marie Knaul
Raymond Howard Mendell, Yahrzeit:
Elke & Melville Olsberg and
Family
Arthur Miller, Yahrzeit: Mark Miller
and Family
Harry Penciner, Yahrzeit: Bernice &
Yitz Penciner
Syd Phillips, In Honour: Janice &
Larry Babins and Family
Dr. Maurice Pollock, Yahrzeit: Dr.
Sheila Pollock
Isaac Quiroz, In Honour: Denise
Gordon & Dennis Chow and Family
Joseph Rosen, Yahrzeit: Ruth & Hank
Rosen and Family
Irving Schoichet, Yahrzeit: Shirley &
Leon Tessler
Samuel Shain, Yahrzeit: Michael Shain
and Family
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Janice
& Larry Babins
Kelly Silverstein, Yahrzeit: Heather
Winslade & Ben Gould
Helen Merker Stanway, Yahrzeit:
Lyle H. Stanway
Samuel Sterling, Yahrzeit: The
Sterling Family
Joseph Windish, Yahrzeit: Marie Knaul
and Family
Stagecraft Fund
Julie & Eric Kirsh, In Honour: Ellen
Karabanow
Michael Ryval, In Honour: Cast and
Crew of Pillars of Salt
Nathan Starr, Yahrzeit: Noreen Starr
and Family
Gordon and Linda Wolfe
Family Youth Award
Endowment Fund
Linda Wolfe, In Honour: The Birthday
Girls
Leonard Wolfe Memorial
Education Fund
Pearl Gertzbein, In Honour: Honey
Wolfe
Meyer Goldhar, In Honour: Honey
Wolfe
Morris Vigoda Memorial
Fund
Morris Vigoda, In Memory: Carol
Abugov; Rosalyn Avery; Janice &
Larry Babins; Naomi Bell; Shelly
Berenbaum & Chuck Litman; Susan &
Barry Borden; Irene Borins Ash & Irv
Ash; Barbara Buckspan; Caryl &
Bertram Barruch; Josephine & Michael
Cole; Dr. Anne Comassar; Allan
Cooper; Clare & Monte Denaburg;
Susanne Egier; Ruth & Dr. Robert
Ehrlich; Marilyn Farber; Nora & John
Freund; Anne Freeman; Myrna
Freedman; Zita Gardner and Family;
Sybil & Jack Geller; Etta Ginsberg
McEwan; Ruth Glicksman; Frances &
Bernard Goldman; Diana & Marvin
Goodman; Gail & Gary Goodman and
Family; Mindy & Howard Goodman;
Margaret & David Hart; Ronald Hart;
Sandi & Harvey Hofbauer; HBT
Brotherhood; Sally & Ben Jacobson; Jill
Kamin & Murray Hart; The Housers;
Ellen Karabanow; Bambi Katz; Marion
& Dr. Martin Kazdan; Edith Kirzner;
Myra Krangle; Geri & Bob Kraus and
Family; Faye Kushnir and Family; Ruth
Levine; Anne Lesarge; Rochelle Linden
and Family; Judy Malkin & Elliott
Jacobson; Hayley McAdam; Lesley
& Ronald Miller; Ruth & Maurice
Miller and Family; Isaac Morgulis;
Helen Mosoff; Ruth Nathan; Barbara
Organ; Berinice & Yitz Penciner; Dr.
& Mrs. Frank Pulver and Staff; Celia
Rittersporn; Marlene & Dr. Robert
Ruderman; Mari Lynn Rusak and
Family; Nancy Ruth; Janet & Michael
Ryval; Tracey & Marc Salsky; Ruth
& Larry Sax; Myra Schiff; Annalee &
Brian Schnurr; Mary & Henry Seldon;
Adele & Vern Shapiro; Helen & Edward
Sheffman; Judy & Ralph Shiff; Viviane
& Saul Ship; Sheila & Bob Smolkin;
Dr. Brenda Spiegler & Mark S. Anshan;
Phyllis & Manuel Spivak; Barbara &
Floyd Stern; Martin Stern; Esther &
Marvin Tile; Kathy & Allan Troster
and Family; Pat Warner; Linda Wolfe;
Harriet Wolman
Youth Awards Fund
Dalia Alalouf, In Honour: Corinne
Berinstein; Judy Winberg
Helen Cooper, In Memory: Myrna
Freedman
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We thank our generous donors
Ruth Gelber, In Memory: Edith
Kirzner
Minnie Goldman, In Memory: Anne
Lesarge
Pam Greenstein, In Honour: Caroline
Ingvaldsen
Michael Hart, In Memory: Anne
Lesarge
Happy Iscove, In Appreciation: The
Nachshen Family
Dr. Rivanne Sandler, In Honour:
HBT Sisterhood
Dr. Sandra Shiner, In Memory: Etta
Ginsberg McEwan
Debbie Spiegel, In Honour: Judy
Winberg
Rina & Saul Fishbein, In Honour:
Sharon & Joel Cohen; Lisa Fishbein
& Jonathan Josse and Family; Rochelle
& Seymour Frydrych; Anne &
Nat Goldman; Carolyn Hamer and
Family; Julie Hamer and Family;
Marsha & Ed Hamer and Family;
Bella Hull & Harold Nashman
Hall of Honour: L’dor
Va’dor ...from generation to generation
In recognition of donors who have ensured
the future of Holy Blossom Temple
For more information and to make your contribution please call Holy Blossom Temple Foundation at 416.789.3291
Holy Blossom Temple

M o n d a y
January 9, 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13, (no program on Feb. 20), 27
March 5,12, 19, 26,
10:00 a.m. Mondays @ the Temple
January 23 - March 5 (not on Feb. 20) 7:30 p.m. Texts and Textiles, Rabbi Michael Stroh
February 13
January 9 - March 12,
6:30 p.m. The Blessing of a B Minus, Using Jewish Teachings to Raise
Resilient Teenagers: an evening with Dr. Wendy Mogel via
Skype
(not on Feb. 20) Sisterhood Zumba Classes
T u e s d a y
Weekly 11:00 a.m. Advanced Hebrew Grammar, Rabbi Edward Goldfarb
January 17-31 7:30 p.m. Lost Scriptures, Prof. Barrie Wilson
March 13 7:30 p.m. Treading The Middle Path Of Harmony And Balance -
An Evening of Teaching and Meditation, Rabbi Yoel Glick
March 20 Sisterhood presents - Unique Lives Transformed
W e d n e s d a y
Weekly 9:30 a.m. Sisterhood Torah Study, Rabbi Edward Goldfarb
Weekly 11:00 a.m. Yiddish Novel, Rabbi Edward Goldfarb
January 18-February 1 7:30 p.m. Introduction to Talmud III, Rabbi Karen Thomashow
February 8 7:30 p.m. Israel: A State of Exception? Prof. Derek J. Penslar
March 28-April 11 7:30 p.m. Ethical Eating, Rabbi Yael Splansky
T h u r s d a y
February 2-16 7:30 p.m. Angels: What Can They Teach Us? Dr. James Diamond
February 2-March 8, (not Feb 16) 8:00 p.m. Beyond the Chuppah, David and Eileen Berger
February 23, March 15, May 17 10:00 a.m. Library Book Club, Dr. Janna Nadler
March 22-29 10:30 a.m. Sacred Waters and the Mikveh, Geri Durbin
F r i d a y
Little Blossoms - Shabbat Prep for children 3 and under
January 13 – March 20 Classes 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Tot Shabbat - (For children 5 and under and their families)
Hot Shot Shabbat (For children 5 & up and their families)
January 6 6:00 p.m. Service & Pot Luck Dinner
January 20 5:30 p.m. Service and Craft
February 3 6:00 p.m. Service and Pot Luck Dinner
February 17 5:30 p.m. Service & Craft
March 2 6:00 p.m. Service & Pot Luck Dinner
March 16 5:30 p.m. Service & Craft
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Weekly 9:00 a.m. The Wisdom of the Talmud, Weekly Torah Study,
Rabbi John Moscowitz
January 21, February 25, March 24 1:00 p.m. Women’s Rosh Hodesh Beit Midrash, after Kiddush
January 28, February 25, March 31 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Meditation, Michelle Katz
February 4 1:30 a.m. Shabbat Shira Lecture
S u n d a y
Weekly 10:00 a.m. Temple Singers, Cantor Maissner
January 22, February 12 10:30 a.m. Sunday Book Club, Sharon Singer
9:30 a.m. Brotherhood Breakfast Club
January 15 TBA
February 12 Howard Warren will speak about mediation and arbitration
D a i l y S e r v i c e s
Mon. to Fri. 7:30 a.m. Shacharit
Mon. to Thur. 6:00 p.m. Mincha
Sun. 9:00 a.m. Shacharit
Monday, February 20 9:00 a.m. Shacharit
S h a b b a t S e r v i c e s
Fri. 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Sat. 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
Sat. 10:30 a.m. Family Shabbat Service
Tot Shabbat:
Jan 6 6:00 p.m. Service & Pot luck dinner
Jan 20 5:30 p.m. Service & Craft
Feb 3 6:00 p.m. Service & Pot luck dinner
Feb 17 5:30 p.m. Service & Craft
March 2 6:00 p.m. Service & Pot luck dinner
March 16 5:30 p.m. Service & Craft
S h a b b a t F u s i o n S e r v i c e
January 27, February 24, March 30 Shabbat Fusion
1950 Bathurst street, Toronto, on m5P 3K9
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