Beth Torah Times - High Holy Days Edition - 5780 (2019)

5780
Shana Tova U’Metuka
Celebrating the HIGH HOLY DAYS Together
BETH TORAH TIMES
HIGH HOLY DAYS EDITION 2019
WWW.BTBRC.ORG

Leadership
MARIO ROJZMAN
Rabbi
EDWIN FARBER
Rabbi Emeritus
DR. MAX A. LIPSCHITZ Z”L
Founding Rabbi
GASTÓN BOGOMOLNI
Cantor
WAYNE KEIL
Chief Operating Officer
MARSHALL BALTUCH
Director of Development
SANDRA KOPP
Director of Early Childhood
Education
GABRIELA RASCOVSKY
Director of Lifelong Learning
ANDREA BECK
Director of Engagement
& Programming
JENI BUCHHOLZ
Youth & Camp Director
SHERRY KRUG
Administrative Assistant
TERI SMOLKEN
Controller
MARLA COHEN
BT2U Coordinator
In this issue
HHD Services Schedule 04
Messages from 06
our Rabbis, Cantor,
President, & Senior Staff
Important Instructions
for the HHD Services
26
Officers
Sisterhood New Year’s
Greetings
34
RICH BERGER
President
JILL KOCH
Executive Vice President
MIKE SEGAL
Immediate Past President
HOWARD CHAFETZ
At Large VP
MICHELLE KABAK
Early Childhood Academy VP
CONSTANZA LERMAN NUDELMAN
Education VP
PHYLLIS SHEINMAN
Financial VP
ADRIANA FAERMAN
Membership VP
ERIC BERGER
Operations VP
MARK MOYEL
Ritual VP
AMY DEAN
Ways & Means VP
ETTA BIRENBAUM EPSTEIN
Youth & Camp VP
STEVEN WILLINGER
Treasurer
DAVID BLOCK
Secretary
Bnei Mitzvah
New Members and
Candle Lighting Times
/ Parashiot
Lifecycles
Contributions & Yahrzeit
Donations
44
46
48
56
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HIGH HOLY DAYS at Beth Torah
SERVICE CHOICES for our families
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EREV
ROSH HASHANAH
09.29.19
SPANISH SERVICE
IN THE SCHECK FAMILY SANCTUARY
Traditional Erev Rosh Hashanah service in Spanish.
Conducted by Rabbi Rojzman and Hazanit Karen Nisnik.
ENGLISH SERVICE
IN THE PEREZ CHAPEL
Traditional Erev Rosh Hashanah service in English.
Conducted by Rabbi Farber and Cantor Gastón Bogomolni.
ROSH HASHANAH
1st DAY
09.30.19
TRADITIONAL
SERVICE IN THE
SCHECK FAMILY
SANCTUARY
Our traditional service with
Rabbi Rojzman, Rabbi Farber,
Cantor Gastón Bogomolni and
Hazanit Karen Nisnik.
FAMILY SERVICE
IN THE PEREZ CHAPEL
Interactive service with prayers,
songs and story telling led by
Rabbi Farber and Karina Duer &
Mr. Daniel for parents,
grandparents and children 5 to
12 years old.
TASHLICH
Join us in casting away your sins.
MAARIV
A festive and musical way to welcome the 2nd day of
Rosh Hashanah.
ROSH HASHANAH
2nd DAY
10.01.19
TRADITIONAL SERVICE IN THE SCHECK FAMILY SANCTUARY
Our traditional service continues with both Rabbis Rojzman and Farber, Cantor Gastón Bogomolni and Hazanit Karen Nisnik and our
Choir. Deakter Hall will be closed and we will enjoy open seating for those without permanent seats.
KOL NIDRE
10.08.19
TRADITIONAL SERVICE
IN THE SCHECK FAMILY SANCTUARY
Join us for this spiritual and inspiring service on the holiest night
of the year. Hear our Cantor Gastón Bogomolni chant his soulful
rendition of Kol Nidre, Hineni and more.
SPANISH TENT SERVICE
ON THE MARS FAMILY FIELD
A special service conducted in Spanish with Rabbi Rojzman, our
guest Hazanit Karen Nisnik from Argentina, and instrumental
accompaniment. Reserve your seats early!
YOM KIPPUR
10.09.19
TRADITIONAL
SERVICE IN THE
SCHECK FAMILY
SANCTUARY
Our traditional service
with Rabbi Farber and
Cantor Gastón
Bogomolni.
SPANISH
TENT SERVICE ON
THE MARS FAMILY
FIELD
Rabbi Rojzman and
Hazanit Karen Nisnik
continue our service
in Spanish.
FAMILY
SERVICE IN THE
PEREZ CHAPEL
Yom Kippur family
service with Karina
Duer & Mr. Daniel
HOPE &
HEALING
SERVICE IN THE
PEREZ CHAPEL
Find strength to help
guide others in times
of need. Led by Rabbi
Botnick.
NEILAH
End your holidays in
spectacular fashion as
the entire congregation
joins with our youth for
this special service
followed by the
blowing of the shofar!
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
EREV ROSH HASHANAH 09.29.19 ROSH HASHANAH 2nd DAY 10.01.19 YOM KIPPUR 10.09.19
English Service....................... 6:45 PM Preliminary/ Shacharit .............. 8:30 AM Preliminary/ Shacharit ............ 8:30 AM
Spanish Service...................... 7:00 PM Torah Service **........................ 9:30 AM Torah Service **....................... 10:00 AM
Sermon **................................ 12:00 PM Spanish Service ....................... 9:30 AM
ROSH HASHANAH 1st DAY 09.30.19 Mincha-Maariv .......................... 7:00 PM Family Service ......................... 10:30 AM
Preliminary/ Shacharit ........... 8:30 AM
Sermon **............................... 12:00 PM
Torah Service **.................... 9:30 AM
Yizkor **................................. 12:30 PM
Family Service ........................ 10:30 AM
KOL NIDRE 10.08.19
Hope and Healing Service........ 4:00 PM
Sermon **.............................. 12:00 PM Kol Nidre (English)...................... 6:30 PM Mincha-Maftir Yonah ............. 5:15 PM
Family Service ........................ 6:30 PM Kol Nidre (Spanish) .................... 6:45 PM Neilah **................................ 6:50 PM
Tashlich .................................. 6:45 PM Maariv ...................................... 7:00 PM Maariv/Havdalah **................ 7:30 PM
Mincha-Maariv ....................... 7:15 PM Sermon **.................................. 8:00 PM Shofar ** ............................... 7:50 PM
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TESHUVA
A Message from Our Rabbis
Mario Rojzman & Ed Farber
“ ...returning to the right path – returning to our real
selves – returning to what it was that made for successful
religious institutions; successful and caring communities
and peace and prosperity for our nation.”
There is a story about a monastery that had fallen
on hard times. There were only five monks left in the
decaying mother house: the Abbot and four others,
all over seventy in age. Clearly it was a dying order.
In the deep woods surrounding the monastery there
was a little hut that a Rabbi from a nearby town
occasionally used for a retreat. The Abbot was very
much aware of the Rabbi’s presence in the forest
and he decided one time to visit him and ask the
Rabbi if by some possible chance he could offer any
advice that might save the monastery.
The Rabbi welcomed the Abbot at his hut. But when
the Abbot explained the purpose of his visit, the
Rabbi could only commiserate with him. “I know
how it is,” he exclaimed. “The spirit has gone out
of the people. It is the same in my town. Almost no
one comes to the synagogue anymore.” So the old
Abbot and the old Rabbi wept together. Then they
read parts of the Torah and quietly spoke of deep
things. The time came when the Abbot had to leave.
They embraced each other. “It has been a wonderful
thing that we should meet after all these years, “the
Abbot said, “but I have still failed in my purpose for
coming here. Is there nothing you can tell me, no piece
of advice you can give me that would help me save my
dying order?”
“No, I am sorry,” the Rabbi responded. “I have no
advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the
Messiah is one of you.”
When the Abbot returned to the monastery his
fellow monks gathered around him to ask, “Well what
did the Rabbi say?” “He couldn’t help,” the Abbot
answered. “We just wept and read the Torah together.
The only thing he did say, just as I was leaving --it was
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something cryptic-- was that the Messiah is one of
us. I don’t know what he meant.”
In the days and weeks and months that followed,
the old monks pondered this and wondered
whether there was any possible significance to the
Rabbi’s words. The Messiah is one of us? Could he
possibly have meant one of us monks here at the
monastery? If that’s the case, which one? Do you
suppose he meant the Abbot? Yes, if he meant
anyone, he probably meant Father Abbot. He has
been our leader for more than a generation. On the
other hand, he might have meant Brother Thomas.
Certainly Brother Thomas is a holy man. Everyone
knows that Thomas is a man of light. Certainly he
could not have meant Brother Elred! Elred gets
crotchety at times. But come to think of it, even
though he is a thorn in people’s sides, when you look
back on it, Elred is virtually always right. Often very
right. Maybe the Rabbi did mean Brother Elred. But
surely not Brother Phillip. Phillip is so passive, a real
nobody. But then, almost mysteriously, he has a gift
for somehow always being there when you need
him. He just magically appears by your side. Maybe
Phillip is the Messiah. Of course, the Rabbi didn’t
mean me. He couldn’t possibly have meant me.
I’m just an ordinary person. Yet supposing he did?
Suppose I am the Messiah? O God, not me. I couldn’t
be that much for You, could I?
As they contemplated in this manner, the old monks
began to treat each other with extraordinary respect
on the off chance that one among them might be
the Messiah. And on the off chance that each monk
himself might be the Messiah, they began to treat
themselves with extraordinary respect.
Because the forest in which it was situated
was beautiful, it so happened that people still
occasionally came to visit the monastery to picnic
on its tiny lawn, to wander along some of its paths,
even now and then to go into the dilapidated chapel
to meditate. As they did so, without even being
conscious of it, they sensed the aura of extraordinary
respect that now began to surround the five old
monks and seemed to radiate out from them and
permeate the atmosphere of the place. There was
something strangely attractive, even compelling, about
it. Hardly knowing why, they began to come back to
the monastery more frequently to picnic, to play, to
pray. They began to bring their friends to show them
this special place. And their friends brought their
friends.
Then it happened that some of the younger men who
came to visit the monastery started to talk more and
more with the old monks. After a while one asked if he
could join them. Then another. And another. So within
a few years the monastery had once again become a
thriving order and, thanks to the Rabbi’s gift, a vibrant
center of light and spirituality in the realm.
It’s a beautiful story – no? Its lesson is simple but
profound. People will come to a synagogue because
it’s a place where people are good, kind and helpful to
each other. People come to places that make them feel
good about the place, about themselves, about others.
Kids come home from college to visit because they
want to be home. It’s comforting – it’s reassuring. We
think Beth Torah is a place people feel good being at,
being part of or just visiting. It’s because of the people
here – the way they welcome strangers and new
people and care for each other. We need that in our
country as well. We’re losing that ‘small town’ feeling
– that ‘safe place’ feeling. We need leaders up and
down and across the board – local and national who
give out an aura of caring and respect. That’s how they
saved their monastery – treating each other as people
created in the image of God. That’s the theme of the
High Holy Days: Teshuvah – returning to the right
path – returning to our real selves – returning to what
it was that made for successful religious institutions;
successful and caring communities and peace and
prosperity for our nation.
L’shana Tova Teekatayvoo
Happy, healthy and sweet New Year.
Rabbi Mario Rozjman
Rabbi Ed Farber
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BERESHIT-
RETURN TO THE GENESIS
A Message from Our Cantor
Gastón Bogomolni
I ask you and I would like you to answer yourself with
your own thoughts, with your own heart:
If you had the opportunity to be that special soul in
the celestial chamber of souls and have the possibility
of being reborn, choose your parents, your brothers,
your environment, the country in which you were
born, what would you choose? What would you
change?
Suppose that instead of going back so far you have an
opportunity to return to a point in your life and once
there, start all over again from that same place. What
would that episode be? That moment?
What makes you feel the idea of going back? What
makes you feel the idea of the those opportunities to
remake, be reborn, to choose, to change, to remove,
to redirect, to modify?
There is something in this idea of being able to go back
to the past and change things and to be able to return
to a point in our lives and reset and start over again
that gives us some pleasure. Apple computers provide
a backup system called a “time capsule” that allows
you to go to any of the points where the machine
made a copy of the system and the files. Countless
were the times I was able to use the time capsule
which allowed me to go back to that specific point I
needed. The relief is indescribable!
What is it about having the chance to start over
that makes us feel good? It reminds me of all these
films based on the idea of Deja Vu, where the main
character has the chance to start again the same day
as if nothing had happened. The only way to stop with
that day is to repeat yourself by realizing what is that
you have to learn about that day, about some person,
about humanity, about yourself, learn to be better
every time that day presents to you until the lesson is
really learned. But again, what a relief when you can
realize what that specific mission is, that Tikun that you
have to repair, to solve.
Da capo is the term that musicians use to say: “back
to the beginning” literally means “from the head
(above).” I love this expression because it gives you the
opportunity to play the musical piece again and again
and clean up any mistakes that you could have made
during the first time. Sometimes it just gives you a new
angle to the texture, dynamics, or the sound of the
song. Maybe the piece was played perfectly the first
time and back to the beginning doesn’t add any new
perspective to the game and that is fine too, however,
there is something about going back to the beginning
that makes us feel good, we get some pleasure and it
feels like a second chance.
Back in Argentina I loved listening to a quartet called
Les Luthier and it was not until the second time
through that I understood the joke, or that it was by
the fourth time through that I got yet another very
subtle joke. Listening to things for a second or more
times also gives you the opportunity to pay attention
to details and bits that we probably didn’t hear the
first time. I have the habit of recording my singing and
rabbinical studies classes so that I can hear during the
week what my ear lost the first time. How many times
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do we watch the same movie several times, at different
times in our lives and the messages and the power
of analysis and understanding we receive are diverse,
deeper or more ephemeral but at the same time
different.
Starting over as if nothing happened when you already
messed up it is a blessing, but let’s face it, we don’t
always have that blessing. When you think you made
the wrong decision and failed, then you ask yourself:
where did I fail? When did all this happen? I wish I had
never made that decision... and you want to hide from
the world.
Then you repeat to yourself: If I only could start over...
Starting over helps us grow. At least having the mental
and spiritual idea that you are starting over is already
a great opportunity for growth. Going back to the
genesis of a situation helps you understand many
things, recreating the scene of an entire episode forces
us to think, to remember, to witness our achievements
and our mistakes, being an observer allows us to pause
the movie, feel, reflect, rewind, look again and be able
to understand, learn and move on.
Going back to the genesis of our history, of our lives,
helps us to investigate, find out who we really are and
see what we are made of. Rummaging until finding
yourself gives you the most precious and divine
opportunity on the planet to stand in front of your own
soul, to your purest essence that God (Hashem) gave
us when we came to this world.
I left Argentina 22 years ago and 90% of my visits begin
the same way: from the airport to the cemetery to visit
my ancestors and my beloved ones. They constantly
remind me, not only where I come from, but that when
one day I will leave this physical world there will no
money or valuable belongings that go with us to the
Olam Haba (the world to come). They only take their
essence and return to the grave as they arrived in the
world during childbirth, without clothes and without
material goods, only your essence accompanies you.
These visits to the cemetery reminds me of two coins
that were given to me 4 years ago by Steven Scheck:
one of them I occasionally carry in my right pocket
and the second in my left pocket. When I feel that my
arrogance and pride is taking over me, that is, when I
live it, like it and believe that I am the greatest, I take
out the one on the right that tells me: “I AM NOT
MORE THAN DUST AND ASHES” REMEMBER WHERE
YOU COME FROM”......
But when I feel defeated and frustrated and tired of
trying, the coin on the left tells me: “BY MY MERITS
AND MY WELFARE THE WORLD WAS CREATED” “AND
YOU WILL BE JOYED!”
In fact when I feel that I am not being a good educator
with my Bar Mitzvah students, I go back to my
genesis, to that Hazzan that nourished me with peace,
patience, passion and fervor and because of him I am a
better professional. When I don’t like how my voice is
sounding or I think it sounds too operatic, I go back to
my genesis and remember the sweet and simple voice
of when I was 13 years old.
Very soon we will be returning to the genesis of
genesis, the creation of the world, and after Simchat
Torah we will be restarting the Torah again. The Torah
is untouchable and as our sages have said there is no
extra word in it, so the text is the same every year
and we read it again. The ones that change are us. It
is like the book, the movie, or the joke we repeat over
and over again, the content is the same, but how we
perceive it and the values we rescue from it depend
only on our intellectual, spiritual growth and maturity.
Despite my failures, my crises, the mistakes made,
or my life decisions I still wonder daily: If I had the
opportunity to be that soul in the celestial chamber
of souls and have the possibility of being reborn, of
re-choosing my parents, my brothers, my environment,
the country in which I was born, what would I choose?
What would I change?
And my answer would be: absolutely nothing.
May the Creator of the universe allow us all to
rediscover in this new year 5780 our genesis to
understand how valuable we are to not only to
make a better “I”, but to return to the main motive
of our existence, to raise our consciousness and to
realize how much we can contribute positively to this
beautiful creation that Hashem Yitbarach gave us.
Hashivenu Adonai Eleicha v’nashuba (return us to
you, Hashem, and we will return) Chadesh Yameinu
K’Kedem (restore our days as of old, our genesis, where
our soul was born for the first time).
Shanah Tovah u’Metuka,
Cantor Gaston, Marcela, Oscar, Samuel and
Emmanuelle
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THE 3 T’S
OF BTBRC
What’s Going On HERE?
A Message from Our President Rich Berger
It is an honor and privilege to be the President of our
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus community. Thank you
for this opportunity.
Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers) tells us that “the world
stands on three things – Teshuva, Tefilla and Tzedaka.”
These 3 T’s describe our Beth Torah and how we relate
to each other and to our community both locally and in
Israel as well.
Teshuva – repentance – reminds us that none of us are
perfect, and that when we make mistakes we need to
apologize to others. In this past year, we have tried to
reach out to the community, and if we have not been
able to be in touch with you, I apologize for that. We
have found that with a large community, it is not easy
to engage everyone. Therefore, we have hired a new
Director of Engagement and Programming, Dr. Andrea
Beck (abeck@btbrc.org), who will be helping us to
be sure that your voices are heard and your thoughts
on improvements for BTBRC are taken into account.
Look for the expanded Program Guide (to be mailed in
September) which will show you all of the events for
2019/2020 that are already scheduled to take place at
Beth Torah…you may be surprised at the opportunities
for making new friends by coming to any of them.
Tefilla – prayer – means that we are open for praying
all year – we are here every day from daily Minyan, to
Shabbat services, to baby namings, B’nai Mitzvot and
being here for Shiva as well. Our clergy, Rabbi Rojzman,
Rabbi Farber and Cantor Bogomolni, are superb
and listening to them gives new insights on life. The
diversity of our membership and friends is amazing…
just come and participate in our Friday night B’Yachad
service to see not only “what” we pray, “to whom” we
pray, but also “with whom” we pray. It is very spiritual
and moving. Sometimes we can’t make it in person
to synagogue, yet the need to be connected to our
services remains. Our livestream (http://www.btbrc.
org/livestreaming/) of both the Friday night and Shabbat
morning services allows you to participate real-time, or
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to go back to a previous service or sermon and listen to
it at your convenience. Every holiday we have special
programming. This past Purim was great in that we
had various “stations” that allowed families to create
Purim items and learn about the holiday…and then all
participated in a Megillah reading. On Simchat Torah,
we dance with the Torahs and unroll one to be able to
see all of the words of the Torah from the first “B’reishit”
to the last word “Israel”. These are ways to pray
together with the community and enjoy our traditions.
Tzedaka – charity – is also called Tikkun Olam – repairing
the world through deeds of lovingkindness. It is
here that Beth Torah shines. Most noticeable is our
Social Action Team who visits the sick, collects for the
homeless, helps to feed those without food and brings
together people from all parts of our community to
participate. Our Sisterhood supports the synagogue
and the community not only through donations of
money and all their great programs, but also a focus on
key health and wellness topics such as Breast Cancer
research education and support. Men’s Club provides
daily minyan breakfasts and does community service by
bringing Thanksgiving baskets to shut-ins. Our clergy
helps out people in need. This past year we hosted an
amazing program during Passover – a Special Mitzvah
Seder for people with physical and cognitive disabilities.
We had a tremendous outpouring of talent helping at
the event, which was an idea that came from a member
– Rabbi Geoff Botnick, and that we helped bring to
fruition and it now will be on our calendar annually.
Your ideas for programs can also expand our outreach.
This year we will continue to focus on the next
generation’s foundations of Judaism, engaging you all
in the programming, and much more. We are investing
in our Suzy Fischer Early Childhood Academy with a
new Director, Sandra Kopp (skopp@btbrc.org) and
expanded programs. Furthermore, our free Religious
School, under the leadership of Dr. Gaby Raskovsky
(graskovsky@btbrc.org) continues to grow as a home for
our families with school-age children. Our youth and
camp programs under the direction of Jeni Buchholz
(jbuchholz@btbrc.org) include our successful summer
program Camp Simcha which builds on the foundation
of our ECA to continue their learning in a camp setting.
Our award-winning USY (United Synagogue Youth)
program engages our high school aged students on a
weekly basis and in the Kadima program we are in the
process of expanding experiences for middle-school
students. We stay in touch with our BT students who
go off to college through our BT College Connection
(btcollegeconnection@btbrc.org). These all represent
fun opportunities for our children to make new friends
and stay connected with Beth Torah.
A synagogue is a complex business as well as being
our spiritual home. Under the leadership of our Chief
Operating Officer, Wayne Keil (wkeil@btbrc.org),
we have strengthened our security in these days of
heightened worry, and have worked to beautify the
property. Many times these are items you don’t see,
yet they contribute to the overall strength of Beth
Torah. Our Director of Development, Marshall Baltuch
(mbaltuch@btbrc.org), interacts with all our congregants
as he coordinates our annual High Holy Day appeal and
other major fund raisers. Your financial support enables
us to be sure that we can pay all of the bills to keep the
synagogue running. All of the members of our support
staff truly help Beth Torah run and provide an up-beat
attitude to all who interact with Beth Torah.
Our synagogue thrives due to the efforts of volunteers.
Thanks go to our Executive Committee, Board of
Directors and leaders of major committees such as
Comité Latino, Culture Club, Adult Education, Ways
& Means and ECA parents (Kool’Am) who put in their
time and effort on behalf of us all. I could not do this
job without the partnership with our Executive Vice
President, Jill Koch and her innovative ideas.
Finally, because our thematic focus for this year is
“engagement”, we are working to ensure that all our
members, from the youngest to the oldest and in all of
our diverse membership, find opportunities for BTBRC to
be part of their lives as a community gathering place.
On behalf of my wife Judy and
myself, we wish you Shana Tova – a
year of health, happiness and a year
of fun at Beth Torah.
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THE POWER
OF A SMILE
A Message from Our Chief Operating Officer
Wayne Keil
What’s with a smile? What does it mean? Why
do we do it? How is it so contagious? We long for
a smile, don’t we? The first thing we get excited
about as parents is when our child smiles for the
first time. It’s always the first sign of happiness.
When we get that first smile we always ask our
spouse, “Are you sure it was a smile?” And then you
know what happens? To decide if it was a smile, we
do something to elicit the same reaction. We smile
at our child.
The smile is a simple, yet very powerful tool. In
fact, the smile is even spoken of in Pirkei Avot.
Shammai says, “Make your Torah study regular; say
little and do much; and greet every person with a
smile.” Ethics of the Fathers, 1:15
The great 20th century Rabbi Avraham Karelitz, also
known as the Chazon Ish, explained why: our inner
feelings affect only us, but the countenance we
show to the world affects the mood and happiness
of those around us too. Rabbi Yisroel Salanter said
that our faces – and our expressions – are like
public property; they give us the power to help
or harm everyone we meet. This means that we
have the obligation to smile, even though we may
feel pained on the inside. We live in a world of
others and the very expression of our face can affect
the mood of another human being. Happiness is
contagious. You have an obligation to make others
feel happy; and certainly not to make them feel sad.
My job isn’t always easy and can be awfully hard at
times. Sometimes, I am ashamed to admit, it can
be hard to smile. Thankfully for me and the other
professionals on staff, we are in a building filled with
smiling kids, and we can just walk out our door and
into a hallway and we can get smiles. One of the
best parts of my day is when I have a meeting with
a member who needs help. Being able to help that
person and have them leave with a smile, well, it
makes it all worth it.
Life is short. Bad things happen. They happen when
we least expect it and there is nothing we can do
about it sometimes. But we can still smile. In fact,
it would seem the sages are telling us it is our
obligation to smile. Therefore, let’s all smile a little bit
more and make those around us smile.
I wish all of you a wonderful New
Year filled with lots of smiles!
Wayne Keil
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BE COUNTED
IN OUR HIGH HOLY DAYS
CAMPAIGN
A Message from Our Director of Development
Marshall Baltuch
If you have not yet made your 2019 - 5780 High Holy Days Contributions,
Please send it in now and help our campaign reach our goal!
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BEGIN ANEW…
A Message from Our ECA Director
Sandra Kopp
We have opened the page of a brand new book, blank pages to be filled with moments of awe, times
of inquiry, discovery, and relationship building. A new school year has begun, and I am honored to
share this journey with our amazing ECA staff and Beth Torah’s diverse, vibrant, and thriving community.
The excitement that permeates our Early Childhood program, heightened by the sounds of happy
children is difficult to describe, but without a doubt, it is “in the air”. The Suzy Fischer Academy has
truly come alive with the energy of our students, the warmth of the families, and teachers who are
committed to nurture, teach, and actively engage the children to create meaningful experiences.
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you about a new initiative that our community will
be taking part of. Through CAJE, with generous funding from the Greater Miami Jewish Federation,
the Jewish Resource Specialist (JRS) Initiative brings together five congregations and JCC’s who are establishing
this new teacher-leader position, whose focus is to strengthen engagement of families with
young children and deepen the Jewish learning within our Early Childhood Education Academy. I am
thrilled to be working alongside Marissa Halle, our liaison in this endeavor. Through intentional work
and programming, we will be transforming our Jewish Early Childhood program into a center of engagement
and significant learning that will impact our children, parents and the community at large.
Our tradition teaches us that personal journeys should not take place alone; the most sacred moments
are those experienced with others. I am honored to be embraced by the Beth Torah family and
I look forward to this new beginning.
May you have a year filled with sweetness,
Shanah Tovah U’ Metukah,
Sandra Kopp, M.S.
Director of Early Childhood Education
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A Message from Our Lifelong Learning
Director Dr. Gabriela Rascovsky
Dear Families,
Shalom! Welcome back!
We hope you had a relaxing summer and we resume
our routines re- energized to begin a new cycle.
Judaism in the 21st century is a time for dynamic,
authentic and meaningful choices, and we strive
to fulfill this goal as we engage members in a
welcoming, engaging and warm environment at our
Beth Torah Family. In our shul we breathe a true
sense of community, through daily, weekly, and
life cycle Jewish experiences. Through educational
options delivered in formal and informal settings,
from the Early Childhood all the way to adulthood.
We roll up our sleeves to put Jewish values in action,
we feel and instill the love to Eretz Israel from near
and far; in sum we offer lots of choices for all tastes
and ages. We want to thank you for choosing and
renewing your vows with us year after year, and
even more for spreading out the word amongst
your relatives and friends to expand our family.
We are very fortunate to have you, committed and
dedicated families who want to promote our Jewish
identity, preserve the Jewish legacy and help us give
essence to Jewish souls.
We are approaching the time of the year in
which almost every Jew around the globe visits
a synagogue; each one may seek or find a different
meaning to this visit. Some just attend because
of a family tradition; while others may be looking
introspectively into a spiritual journey, or in seek of
renewed meanings / new understandings based on
a stage in life. All search for meanings are valid and
individual to every member and every family. And so are
to us!
One New Year evokes another. This holy days season
may remind us of last year experience or provide us an
inspiration for the coming year. We are in the constant
search of creating new memories, and new experiences.
As we bake, brake and taste the round challah, it is
our hope for this chaguim time, to continue providing
you with the ritual, spiritual, social and communal
opportunities to find authentic and meaningful
opportunities that will nurture the essence of your
Jewish soul.
As always, please feel free to contact me at grascovsky@
btbrc.org or 305. 932.2829 x 7821 at any time.
Wishing you a happy and healthy 5780 filled with love
and blessings. Shana Tova U’Metuka.
Sincerely,
Dr. Gaby Rascovsky
Director of Lifelong Learning
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SIT TOGETHER
A Message from Our Director of Engagement
& Programing Andrea Beck
For as long as we can remember, we have sung the
words to Psalm 133 in various settings:
Hineh ma tov uma na’im
Shevet achim gam yachad.
How good and pleasant it is
For brothers and sisters to sit together.
Each year, Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus offers
its members and our South Florida community an
incredibly diverse array of programming and event
options that invite us to ‘sit together’. This year, that
tradition is growing in new and exciting ways through
Beth Torah’s increased emphasis on engagement. To that
end, I’d like to introduce myself - Dr. Andrea Beck - as
your new Director of Engagement and Programming.
Throughout my career I have held various professional
leadership and lay leadership positions in schools, and
within our Beth Torah community as well. Together with
my four year old son, Mayer, who is in our Suzy Fischer
Early Childhood Academy, I am personally invested in
celebrating Beth Torah’s rich history while working on
behalf of an equally bright future.
The programming goals for this year rest in us placing an
even greater emphasis on fostering deep connections
and values-based engagement with our members. Our
Clergy and staff have collaborated on long-standing
annual programs you have come to know and love, and
we have brainstormed to create new ideas as well, all
with one primary goal in mind: meeting YOUR needs
and interests. We realize that our offerings need to
be as diverse and as vibrant as our membership is.
Adult Education, Comite Latino, Culture Club, J2M,
Kadima, Mens Club, Scheck Family Religious School,
Sisterhood, USY, diverse Shabbat experiences, and
special Shabbatot provide a backbone for serviceoriented
projects, entertaining opportunities to build
community, and more.
Now more than ever, we hope to capitalize on the
transformative role 21st century communication
tools play in establishing a strategic, memberinspired
communication culture within Beth Torah.
Shul Cloud provides our members with a place to
sign up for programs, see membership data, and
even stay current on financial obligations while social
media has allowed us to introduce transformational
initiatives like ‘Sermon Snapshots’ to a global
audience.
A constantly-evolving engagement effort of this
magnitude can only be successful if it includes the
continuous feedback of our members. When our
2nd annual Program Guide arrives in your homes
at the end of September, please make note of
the programs and events you’re interested in and
inspired by. After the High Holidays, a special survey
will be sent to you. Within that survey, you will
have an opportunity to tell us about the programs,
groups, and initiatives you are most excited about,
as well as what may be missing for you specifically.
I look forward to collaborating directly with you on
ensuring Beth Torah has what you are looking for in
terms of programming and more. Together, today’s
efforts will ensure we always have the occasion to
invite our, “brothers and sisters to sit together.”
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News from the
Scheck Family Religious School
Dear Families,
Shalom,
We hope this summer brought you renewal,
relaxation and fun! Welcome back to the
5780 school year.
We are thrilled to welcome you and your
children back to our Religious School this fall.
You are so very important to us and we hope
this will be another year of learning, growth
and new connections for every member of
your family. We are here to make sure this
happen for each of you and we are dedicated
to tailoring your student’s experience to
meet all needs. We look forward to engaging
further with each of you throughout the year
and create pathways of Jewish Learning for
every learner and family.
Focus of our supplementary
Jewish Education Program
The major focus of our program is the
development of our students’ abilities
in Hebrew language, building their
understanding of Jewish Life cycle events,
holidays, culture, and traditions, while
connecting them with Israel and with Jewish
heritage.
Religious School is also about enjoying being
Jewish and building Jewish friendships. The
balance between the formal classroom
instruction and the informal educational
family programs allow us to break away
from traditional methods of learning and
transform the community of learners into a
learning community while creating everlasting
memories and friendships.
Exciting news!
With great pride we share that we have grown significantly this summer.
To all of you: officially, Bruchim Habayim. (Welcome) to our Beth Torah
Family! and to the Scheck Family Religious School.
Meet our Staff
Morim and Morot: Welcome back to you too!
Acknowledgements
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the Kurkin and
the Seifer families for renewing their vows as Visionaries- Founders of
the Scheck family Religious School for the next 3 years.
We are also thankful to the Finkin family for their generous donation of
new laptops to our teachers.
Last but not least, thanks to CAJE, (Center of Advancement of Jewish
Education) for making us part of the Congregational Educational
Enhancement Grant to serve new initiatives in family education and
professional development.
We look forward to sharing another successful year of Jewish learning
experiences. L’Shanah tovah tikateivu v’teichateimu!
May you and yours be inscribed and sealed for a good
and sweet new year!
Sincerely,
Dr. Gaby Rascovsky &
The Scheck Family Religious School Team
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As we enter the New Year of 5780, Sisterhood
has already begun its year with Tikkun Olam,
fundraising and fun. By now, you have received your
membership forms, New Year’s Greetings and Torah
Fund information with our Chesed theme. Chesed
means kindness, which has many meanings. Kindness
to ourselves and others, kindness through giving
tzedakah and kindness through mitzvot.
All are welcome to participate in our first fun activity:
“Karaoke and Kocktails” on Tuesday, September 17th
at 7:30 pm in the Nacron Chapel.
Message from our Sisterhood
School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles), Schechter
Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem), Seminario
Rabinico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires) and
Zacharias Frankel College (Germany). For donations
of $180 and above, a specially designed pin is given
as a gift. Checks should be made out to Torah Fund.
You will be seeing our donors proudly wearing our
Torah Fund pins, which have the Hebrew word
Chesed. If you are interested in learning more about
Torah Fund and love learning from the Torah, the
Sherry Sukel Torah Study Day will be sponsored by
WLCJ FL Region in November.
Our first mitzvah was presenting mezuzot to the
ECA, which were placed within the children’s reach,
to make our tradition of kissing the mezuzah more
accessible.
Throughout the year, Sisterhood is putting together
“Period Packs” for girls, where we are collecting
sanitary pads, hand sanitizer and underwear in
different sizes: 6, 8 10,12 and 14. We are delivering
these to Highland Oaks Middle School, Waterways K-8,
Ojus K-8 and Maddie Ives Middle School.
Sisterhood’s second collection is for pull tabs off
of soda cans, beer cans, and energy drinks for the
National Jewish Health Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
NJH is the only facility in the world dedicated
exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and
treatment of patients of all ages with respiratory,
cardiac and immune related disorders.
Torah Fund is in full swing where Sisterhood, which is
a part of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism
(WLCJ), is raising funds which go toward helping to
support future rabbis, cantors and educators at the
following: Jewish Theological Seminary (NY), Ziegler
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming
Sisterhood events such as: Paid up Membership,
Sisterhood Shabbat and Game Day. We are excited
to bring back the Women’s Seder, with a twist! These
activities can be found in the Beth Torah Calendar.
Back by popular demand, the Wellness program
along with Lunch and Learn will be held in the near
future. You will be able to find our schedule in the
Beth Torah Program Guide. We welcome women of
all ages!
Our Sisterhood board meetings are scheduled on the
first Sunday of each month at 9:30 am in the Board
Room. All are welcome to attend! Just let us know if
you are able to come!
On behalf of the Sisterhood Board members, we wish
you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.
L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu!
Judy Berger & Etta Birenbaum Epstein
Sisterhood Co-Presidents
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KETTLER & LEVY FAMILIES YOUTH CONNECTION
KADIMA & USY
News from Our Youth &
Camp Director Jeni Buchholz
Welcome to our new
Assistant Director of
Youth & Camps,
Arielle Shimko Levy.
Arielle comes to Beth Torah with a strong background in
Jewish community work, having last served as the Rabbinic
Intern and Jewish Education Director to Temple Emanu-El
in Miami Beach.
She is originally from New York City, where she studied
Hebrew Language & Literature & Art History at Queens
College.
Arielle has taught at both Romemu and Bnai Jeshurun in
New York, where she created a Jewish yoga & meditation
curriculuum for children. She also served as the Director of
Family Engagement at Shaare Zedek.
She was recently ordained as a Rabbi, and is excited to
share her love and passion of Judaism through children’s
programming at Beth Torah. Arielle is excited to meet everyone!
She can be reached at aslevy@btbrc.org
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Message from our Social Action
Volunteers
When we started 4 years ago, our aim was to
help those in need within our community; good
intentions.......but we didn’t really know how and
where to start. After many brainstorming sessions,
we came to the conclusion that we needed to
start from the beginning: to meet our community
members! Through random acts of loving kindness
we engaged the elderly, youngsters, families and
individuals; together we learned about abused
single mothers and their challenges to provide
for their children and visited the shelters where
they live; we listened to stories from holocaust
survivors and their will to claim back their lives;
we stood in solidarity with victims of hurricanes
and learned about devastation and desperation
and made every effort to provide basic needs
to alleviate trauma. We joined families in their
mourning for their loved ones; rejoiced listening
to the incredible technology to save premature
babies. We fed the hungry, helped and interacted
with kids with autism and other disabilities,
collected and delivered school supplies for schools
in less privileged areas. Planted small plants
and raised awareness on the important role in
preserving our planet. We are committed in an
ongoing program to visit a nursing home, to sing
and to bring pets for the elderly and sick.
“It is when we become engaged with real people
and communities on the other end of our giving of
time and resources that we realize the covenantal
aspect of chesed.”
The purpose of those events is to mingle with our
Beth Torah members, get to know each other and
create a synergy that will allow to help one another
and understand the meaning of a supporting and
caring community..Kol Israel arevim ze le ze. Let’s
be responsible and make sure we never ignore the
suffering of others.
As one of our goals for this coming year we will strive
to mentor, together with J2M and Religious School,
children and youngsters and plant the seeds for
future generations to understand the meaning of
chesed .
We will focus most of our efforts to create a fund to
assist immediate needs for extremely difficult cases.
We wish our community Shana Tova,
may your tables be filled with honey,
sweet challa, apples, pomegranate
seeds and delicious dishes as a symbol
for happy, prosperous days to come.
May we all be inscribed in the Book
of Life and may we all be able to have
opportunities to do good deeds. Please
be ready for the call to volunteer!
Social Action Team
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5780
High Holy Days
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
We are excited to welcome you to our High Holy Days services and we
look forward to seeing you and your family in one of our many services.
Inside you will find your tickets and the following information:
DO’S AND
.
DONT’S
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
.
SPECIAL EVENTS
.
INFORMATION
SECURITY INFORMATION
.
CHILDRENS PROGRAMS

DO’S AND DON’T
As a traditional Conservative Synagogue we kindly ask you to observe the
following customs so that everyone can enjoy the services to their fullest:
DRESS CODE
We would ask you to dress appropriately,
especially those coming up to the bimah
for an honor.
Women should have their shoulders
covered and those ascending the bimah
should wear a hat or head covering.
Men should wear a jacket and tie. All men/
boys must have their heads covered with
a kippah and wear a tallit at all times.
We kindly request that you refrain from
wearing mini-skirts, jeans and t-shirts
during the holidays.
NO
SMOKING
on the Synagogue
grounds at any
time during the
High Holy Days.
NO
CELLPHONES
Turn off all cell
phones or put
them on vibrate.
NO
CAMERAS
Electronic
equipment, including
cameras, should not
to be used.
NO
TALKING
during service
NO
WRITING
do not use any type
of writing utensil.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
The following parking guidelines will help make your High Holy Days more enjoyable:
. ALL OFFSITE PARKING THIS YEAR WILL TAKE PLACE AT HIGHLAND OAKS PARK AND THE HIGHLAND OAKS
MIDDLE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. This is a change from last year. We will NOT be using the parking lot at
Aventura Waterways K-8.
. Unassigned spaces in the Main Parking Lot will be available on a space availability basis.
. On Rosh Hashanah there will be no assigned spaces in the Main Parking Lot but once filled the gates will be closed.
. On Yom Kippur we will close the Main Parking Lot to general parking until 11am to ensure our older congregants have a place to
park. After 11am there will be limited spaces that will be open for general parking.
. There are a limited number of spots on NE 26th Avenue. Please do not park on the sidewalk next to our wall for security
reasons. Cars will be towed.
. You may park on the side streets. Please do not block any driveways.
Security will be present at all parking areas.
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ENTERING THE SYNAGOGUE...
Each year we make every effort to ensure the safety of our Congregants and we kindly request that you please have the
following items available at all times:
1) YOUR HIGH HOLY DAY TICKETS
2) PHOTO ID (can be one of the following):
- YOUR BETH TORAH ID BADGE (you may get a new ID badge in the office during business hours)
- A PHOTO ID THAT MATCHES THE NAME ON THE TICKETS.
There will be one entrance gate at our security fence. Please have your tickets and IDs available so that we can get you
through security as quickly as possible.
TICKETS AND ID ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE SECURITY GATE.
We encourage you and your family to arrive early to avoid the busiest periods and possible lines at our security gate.
Between 10:30am and 11:30am are the times that most congregants choose to arrive at the synagogue. We especially
encourage you to arrive early on Kol Nidre Night as everyone arrives at the same time.
INSIDE THE SYNAGOGE...
TICKETS
We have spent the past few months assigning seats in the Scheck Family Sanctuary, Deakter Hall, Perez Chapel and in the
tent for the Spanish Services. We ask that you sit in your assigned seats at all times as Congregants arrive and leave on
various schedules.
. Your ticket will list your section, row and seat number.
. All seats are marked with section, row and seat numbers.
. Tickets are necessary for each of the services. Only those with the specific tickets will be admitted for each service.
. TRADITIONAL SERVICE (Brick red tickets) will take place in the Scheck Family Sanctuary, Sections 1-4 (I-IV) and the
Deakter Ballroom, Sections 5-12 (V-XII).
FAMILY SERVICES (Tan tickets) will take place in the Perez Chapel with open seating.
. SPANISH SERVICE (Beige tickets) will take place on Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur in the tent on the Mars Family Field.
. FEDERATION TICKETS (Blue tickets)– those holding Federation tickets are to sit in Sections 8, 10 or 12 in Deakter Hall.
USHERS
We have many dedicated Board Members as well as our Sisterhood and Men’s Club that assist us in helping our services
run smoothly. Please seek their assistance in locating your seats and please respect them when entering the Sanctuary.
There are many times in the service that entering could cause distractions. There will be times when the Scheck Family
Sanctuary doors will be closed and you will be asked to use the doors to Deakter Hall. Please follow the usher’s directions
at all times.
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LOITERING IN THE LOBBY
We ask our congregants to restrict their activities in the lobby area during services. This poses both a security risk and a
disturbance to those members that are seated near the entranceways.
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
Sunday, September 9, 6:45pm; Family Service/Tashlich, Monday, September 10, 6:30pm; and Neilah, Wednesday,
September 19, 6:30pm
If you are planning to attend these Services there is no assigned seating. For Security reasons, if you wish to bring family or
friends who do not have tickets, they must have a valid ID to show at the door to be admitted. The English service will take
place in the Perez Chapel and the Spanish service will take place in the Scheck Family Sanctuary on Sunday, September 9.
All congregants will be together for the service on Monday evening September 10 . All congregants will be together for the
Neilah Service on Wednesday, September 19 to conclude the Yom Kippur Day.
SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANAH
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
On this day we will have open seating in the Scheck Family Sanctuary. Deakter Hall will be closed. Permanent seat
holders must reserve in advance and occupy their seats by 11am. After 11am the Rabbis will ask those in attendance to
fill in the spaces. Permanent seat holders should email skrug@btbrc.org to let us know they will be attending.
SECURITY INFORMATION
Each year we assess our security needs and this year is no different. We do this by having numerous meetings with our
security company, Homeland Security Officials, Federation and the police department. We are always looking to improve
our security and we are grateful for the cooperation that we have received in the past and look forward to having that
same cooperation once again. What you see on sight is carefully planned out for the safety of our congregants.
Here are some tips to help you enter the premises:
No person will be allowed to enter without a ticket and matching ID.
. Once the Main Parking Lot is filled, the gates will be closed and the gate will be turned into a pedestrian entrance.
Have your ticket and ID ready.
When you approach the second pedestrian gate at the building, you will once again be asked for your ticket and ID.
Be prepared to have bags checked, including but not limited to purses and Tallit bags.
. If you have a CCF, please notify Wayne Keil in the office.
. We will try and move everyone as quickly as possible, but please try to arrive early.
. Always listen to and respect our security personnel and the local Police who will be on site.
. If You See Something, Say Something!
NOTHING WILL BE DONE TO COMPROMISE THE SECURITY OF THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION TO
SATISFY THE NEEDS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, SO PLEASE COOPERATE WITH BOTH OUR SECURITY
PERSONNEL AND OUR USHERS.
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CHILDRENS PROGRAMS
Beth Torah is proud to offer complimentary care and worship programs for
children from age 18 months through 12th grade.
TOT CARE
18 MONTHS - 4 YEARS OLD
Tot Care: The staff of Beth Torah’s Suzy Fischer Early Childhood Academy
will provide on-site care for children 18 months through 2 years.
Pre-School Program: A program for children 3-4 years old includes
songs and storytelling to help children learn the meaning of the
holidays.
ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE
Monday, September 30 - 10:30am to 1:00pm
Tuesday, October 1 - 10:30am to 1:00pm
YOM KIPPUR SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 8 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Wednesday, October 9 - 10:30am to 2:00pm
YOUTH SERVICES
GRADES: K - 5
All students will learn about the holidays
and some of the prayers through song, storytelling, art and movement.
PROGRAMS
K and 1st grade
2nd & 3rd grade
4th-7th grade students
ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE
10:30am to 1:00pm
YOM KIPPUR SCHEDULE
10:30am to 2:00pm
USE THE FORM BELOW AND RETURN IT TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE
HIGH HOLY DAYS TOT CARE RESERVATION
PARENTS NAME ______________________________________
CHILD(REN) NAME(S) AND AGES:
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
PHONE: __________________________________________
YOUR SEAT # _______________________________________
I/WE WILL NEED TOT CARE FOR:
ROSH HASHANAH
____ MON, SEPT 30 KOL NIDRE ___TUE, OCT 8
____ TUE, OCT 1 YOM KIPPUR___WED, OCT 9
YOUTH & TEENS
GRADES: 6 - 12
Students participate in youth run services.
In addition, they get to spend time with their peers.
ROSH HASHANAH
10:30am to 1:00pm
2nd Day Yoga Service
KOL NIDRE
Students will sit in specially designated area in Main Service.
YOM KIPPUR SCHEDULE
10:30 am to 2:00pm
For more information on these services, please contact
Jeni Buchholz in the Youth Department
(305) 932-2829 ext. 7848
ALL STUDENTS MUST REMAIN UNTIL THE END OF SERVICES, UNLESS PICKED UP BY A PARENT. SNACKS WILL BE SERVED.
DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS WILL BE ESCORTED TO THEIR PARENTS. PLEASE REMIND YOUR CHILDREN OF PROPER SYNAGOGUE BEHAVIOR.
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Kever Avot
Sunday, October 6 10:00 am
Mausoleum – Lakeside Memorial Park
10300 NW 25 St, Miami
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5780
Tashlich
Join us to throw away
your sins of the past year!
Monday, September 30, 2019
Family Services at 6:30pm
Tashlich at 6:45pm
Mincha/Maariv at 7:15pm
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Photo by
Sharona Jacobs
Tashlich
5780
Join us with your family for a meaningful and welcoming
tradition to cast off our sins for the Jewish New Year.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Family Services at 6:30pm
Tashlich at 6:45pm
Mincha/Maariv at 7:15pm
SUZY FISCHER
EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY
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5779
5780
New Year’s
Greetings
Beth Torah Sisterhood

On the threshold of the New Year, we extend best wishes for health, happiness, peace and
prosperity to all members, friends, and families of Beth Torah Congregation.
Marjorie and David Aloni
Rabbi Geoffrey and Annette Botnick
Lois Danis
Asenath (Ossie) Elfenbein and Family
Judy and Joel Feinman and Family
Mariette Feldman and Family
Linda and Eugene Finkin
Harvey and Debbie Friedman
Elsie Friedson
Joseph and Simona Goldfarb
Carol Greener and Family
Dottie Herold
Leonard and Raquel Jacobskind and Family
Dora Katz
Robin, Brian, and Jillian Kettler
Ilyssa, Michael, and Benjamin Mikah Rowell
Lois Koppel and Family
Elaine Krutchik and Family
Renee and Jorge Lerman and Family
Esther, Marcos, David, and Elysa Mantel
William B. (Bill) Marcus
Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Maria) Melamud
and Family
Anita Meuret and Family
The Morton Family: Karen, Jonathan, Rachel,
Stephanie, and Eliza
Alan, Kevin, Melanie, Judith y Fabian Neiman
The Palat Family
The Pevsner Family
Chaim and Claire Plewinski
Alden and Adrienne Pravder and Family
Judy Rosenblum
Edna and Barry Rosenthal
Michele, Steven, Jenna, Evan, Haley, and Adam Scheck
Edith and Arnie Schecter and Family
Iris and Isaac Semaya and Family
The Sheinman Family
Dr. Stanley and Mrs. Sue Skopit
Leon and Lily Wechsler
Liliana and Mark White Family
Goldie, Billy, Cindy, Max, and Ethan Wigutow
Joan and Michael Winograd and Family
Harry and Phyllis Zimmerman
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Wishing all Family and Friends
Happy New Year!!
The Aboulafia Family
Wishing you a Happy and
Healthy New Year
Brenda, Paul, Noel, Laura,
Sloane, Megan, and Sabrina Auerbach
Rochelle, Marshall, and Robyn Baltuch
wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, and
Prosperous New Year
Sending sweet wishes for a Happy and
Healthy New Year to our Beth Torah Family
L!Shanah Tovah!
Andrea Beck and Mayer
L’Shana Tova to all of our loved ones
Aileen, Eric, Brittany, Justin
and Kristen Berger
Have a Happy, Healthy Year
Judie Berger
We wish our entire Beth Torah Community
a year of health, happiness, and prosperity
Judy and Rich Berger
L’Shana Tova to our family and friends
Deborah and Dr. Harry Berkowitz and Family
Wishing Beth Torah Benny Rok
Campus Congregants – Shana Tova!!
from Beth Torah Men’s Club
Arnie Schecter, President
L’Shanah Tovah – A Sweet
and Healthy New Year from
The Beth Torah Sisterhood Board
Judy Berger Co-President
Etta Epstein Co- President
A Happy, Healthy New Year
to all of my Beth Torah Sisters,
to all my fellow congregants,
and our Rabbis and Cantor
Sharon Blumberg
May this coming New Year find us all
with spirit, peace, in harmony, love,
prosperity, friendship and much health –
Shana Tova U’metukah
Cantor Gastón, Marcela, Samuel,
Oscar, and Emmanuelle
Wishing everyone a year filled with
love, peace and happiness
Jodi, Scott, Marc, and Adam Brown
Wishing the entire Beth Torah Family
a Sweet New Year!!!
L’Shana Tova,
The Buchholz Family
Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy,
and Prosperous New Year
Linda and Jerry Buchsbaum
Amy, Howard, Jolie, and Cameron Chafetz
and Steven R. Berger
wish a Happy and Healthy New Year to all
Marla and Ethan Cohen
wish all our friends at Beth Torah a
very Happy and Healthy New Year
Tina and Myron; Lenny; Josh, Randi, Preston,
and Logan; Danny, Jennifer, Betzalel, Noam,
Tali and Ayelet Cohen; and Liza and Jared Rosen
send Rosh Hashanah wishes
for a year of peace and joy for us
and our beloved Israel
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Best wishes for a Happy
and Healthy New Year
Salomon, Lea, Abe, Ilene, Moises,
Emily, and Elizabeth Cohen
Wishing our family and friends happiness,
health, and peace in the New Year
Marla, Michael, Ryan, and Ross Cotzen
L’Shana Tova – All our best
wishes for the New Year
Rachel, Thom, Robert, and Collin Crum
Wishing everyone a Happy
and Healthy New Year
Morris Deakter
Wishing our family and friends a Shana Tova!
Silvia and Peter Dreyfuss, Alexi, Sarah,
Ilana and Jacob Katz
Wishing you and yours a year of happiness,
good health, and contentment. L’Shana Tova!
Fondly, The Drozdows
The Elias Girls
Wish everyone a Shana Tova U-Mitukah!
Happy and Healthy New Year to all my
Beth Torah Sisters, my family, and friends
Lenore Elias
May all my family and friends have a
Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and
Sweet New Year! With Love,
Etta Birenbaum Epstein; Melissa Epstein
Jessica, Kevin and Alison Plotkin
Wishing our BTAY Family and Our People a
year of health, happiness, and peace
Rabbi Ed and Laurie Farber
Happy, healthy wishes for the New Year
to my family and friends
Bette Joy Field and Family
L’Shana Tovah to all the Beth Torah
Families and our personal family
Sheila Morrell Fine and Dr. Howard Fine
L’Shana Tova from our family to yours
Carole Fink and Gareth Fink
Wishing a Happy, Healthy, and
Sweet New Year to all of our
Beth Torah Families and Friends
Alan and Elaine Fisher
Best wishes for a Healthy
and Happy New Year
Marcia, Jeff, Jacob, Alyssa,
and Benjamin Frantz
Wishing everyone a Sweet New Year filled
with good health, happiness, and peace
Sandra and Eric Friedman and Family
Wishing everyone Health, Happiness,
and Prosperity for the New Year.
Ruth Froom; Richard, Kelly and Jared Froom;
Scott, Ora, Jonah and Guy Froom; Jeff, Jaime,
Cameron, and Landon Moses
Happy, Healthy New Year Wishes
Steven and Fay Gitnik
Wishing everyone L’Shana Tova – a year
filled with peace, love, and happiness
Amy and Marc Gittelman
Avra, Joel, Sydney, and Morgan Glicksman
wish peace, love, health, and happiness for all –
Shana Tova for 2019 and 5780
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Best wishes and health for the New Year
Elsa Glucksberg
Happy and Healthy New Year
Herbert Goldberg and Family
Henni, Debbi, Susan and Richard, Beth and
Jay wishing all a very Happy New Year
from the family of Joseph Golden
May there be peace in our country, Israel
and around the world – a Happy
and Healthy New Year to all -
With love from Barbara and
Robert Goldfarb and Family
L’Shana Tova Tikatevu veTechatemu! May
HaKadosh Baruch Hu bless us with Joy, Health,
Love, and Sweet Melodies
Evelyn, Federico and Jonathan Pallas Goldfinger
We wish you all a (“Shnat Breeoot
Visameyach Lihakol”) a very Healthy,
Joyous New Year
Arline and Joe Goldman
Wishing you a year filled with joy,
peace, health, and happiness.
L’Shana Tova
Glenn and Adriana Faerman Gopman
Shana Tova for a sweet year
The Guitelman Family
Lori and Scott Heiken / Events by Executive
Caterers wishes the entire congregation a
Happy and Healthy New Year
Wishing all a Happy and Healthy New
Year with joy, happiness, and peace
The Hilsenroth Family
Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year
Marcia and Joel Hochberg and Family
A very Happy and Healthy New Year to all
Marylin Holzberg and Family
Wishing all our family and friends a very
Healthy and Prosperous New Year
Terry and Mark Jonas
Wishing everyone a Happy and
Healthy New Year – Shana Tova
Sharon, Glenn, Zachary, and Amanda Kaplan
May this New Year be filled with Health
and Happiness and Sweet Moments for you
and your family. L’Shana Tovah!
Adele and Raquel Karp
Health and happiness to all
in the New Year – L’Shana Tova -
our prayers for peace in Israel
The Keil Family- Arlene, Elise, David,
Gretchen, Wayne, and Jared
And The Poreh Family
A Happy and Healthy
New Year to all
Cheryl and Ruben Kloda
Wishing you a Happy, Healthy New Year
Love, The Koch Family – Charlie, Eileen,
Brian, Jill, Brooke, Tara, and Hailey
May the taste of honey sweeten your
holiday and every day thereafter
David and Sandra Kopp
Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy,
and Sweet Shana Tova
The Koslovsky, Schpilberg and
Carmel Families
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A Sweet and Healthy New Year
to our family and friends –
L’Shana Tovah –Sherry and Eugene Krug;
and Family
L’Shana Tova from
Josh, Stephanie and Brittany Krutchik
Wishing our family and friends a Happy, and
Healthy New Year. L’Shanah Tovah!
Mark, Mindy, Max, Jake, and Noah Kurkin
Best wishes to all our Beth Torah Family
for continued sweetness and good health
Fayanne Kuttler, Mitch Zidel and Family
Shana Tova
Matilde Landman
Wishing family and friends a
New Year filled with good health,
happiness, love, and laughter
Sonya Lederer, Lindsay, and Marshall
The Lerfelt Family wishes our family, friends
and Temple members a Healthy, Happy, and
Sweet New Year – L’Shana Tova
Harvey, Rachel, Marc, and Nathan
Shana Tova to all
Jacob Levy M.D. and Lucero Levy
Wishing everyone a Happy
and Healthy New Year.
Jessica, Jorge, Lori, and Joel Linkewer
May the year ahead be a year of happiness,
good health, and peace - with love
Rhoda Lipschitz and Family
Wishing you a Very Happy
and Healthy New Year
Shelly Lipson and Family
A Happy, Healthy, and Sweet New Year
to our family and friends
Ruth and Sol Lipson, children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren
L’Shana Tova to our family and friends
Adrienne Lowy; Jodie, Dervonne,
Wendy, Jared, Juliana, and Alexa
The Mandelbaum Family wishes a Happy,
Healthy New Year to all
Wishing all our family and friends a
Healthy and Happy Rosh Hashana
Semy and Helen Marcoschamer
May the New Year bring you health
and the ability to count all your blessings!!
Shana Tova
The Marcovich Family: Bob, Anne,
Alex, Jonathan, and Lily
Senator Gwen Margolis;
Edward and Debbie Margolis
wish you good health and a joyful year
Shana Tova - Best wishes for a
Happy and Healthy New Year
Gary, Ariela, Erika, Jacob,
and Brian Mars
Alison, Ricky, Zachary, Blake,
and Cory Mars wish our
family and friends a Healthy
and Sweet New Year
A Happy and Healthy
New Year to all
Phylis Meier and Family
Shana Tova to all of the
members of Beth Torah
Mark and Michele Moyel
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Wishing our family and friends a Happy New
Year. Shana Tova and may the coming year
bring you health, happiness, and prosperity.
Sherri, Jeff, Jenna, and Jordan Niefeld;
Amanda and Morgan Edelboim and Family
May this year bring us all closer together
“Side by Side” with Clarity, and enhanced
understanding of Wisdom, Diversity, Vision,
Charity, Imagination and the power and
knowledge to best use them.
L’Shana Tova
From our Family to yours,
The Niemtschik Family
Rafael, Veronica, Rafi, and Ruby
May our family and friends
be blessed with good health,
happiness, and a world of peace.
The Orvieto family
Wishing all a Happy and Healthy Year
Perry Phillips and Harriet Pearson
Wishing our family and friends a Healthy,
Happy, and Peaceful New Year
Adrienne and Marc Plotkin and Family
L’shana Tova! Our best wishes
for a year filled with good health,
happiness and success!
Sheryl, Robert, Mitchell and Jayme
Podgorowiez; Judi Silverman
We are fortunate to be a part of this
inclusive and caring community.
Maxene and Eugene Posman
Best wishes for a Healthy
and Happy New Year from
The Promoffs - Adrienne and David,
Michael, Gabbi, Julia, and Emma; Mark and
Marilina; and The Scalas: Robin and Todd,
Jack, Matthew, and Bennett
May the New Year bring you
health, happiness, love and joy
The Rascovsky Family
Gaby, Fito, Uriel, and Melissa
Shana Tova – A Sweet New Year to our
family and to all our friends at Beth Torah
Shelly and Ed Roberts
Our wishes to our families and friends
for good health and happiness
Julie, Andy, Emily, and Allie Rodman
To my dear friends: “Shana Tova
with love all year round!”
Maria Rojas
Wishing the Beth Torah family
a Shana Tova U’metukah,
a Happy and Sweet New Year
Rabbi Mario, Gisela, Henri, Sarit, Igal,
Daniela, and Annie Rojzman
May you have health and love and
time to enjoy them in the New Year
The Rosenthal Family
Alan, Mel, Jeanne & Kerry, Emerson,
Jo & Talia, Daniel
Wishing our family and friends: Good Health,
Happiness, Peace, and Prosperity
Libby and Richard Schechter
Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy
New Year to our family and friends
Raquel and Michael Scheck;
Adrienne, Jeffrey, Zachary, Faryn,
Shelby, and Amanda; Hili, Marty,
Carli, Nicole, Danielle, and Alexa;
Elise and Gil Bonwitt, Joshua, Keith,
David, Gabriella, and Jessica; Michele,
Steven, Jenna, Evan, Haley, and Adam
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May your New Year bring you peace in
your heart and let you enjoy every single
moment with the people you love
Schlaen Family
Wishing for a Healthy, Happy, and Successful
New Year to all our family and friends
Caryn, Larry and Jeremy Schwartz
Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year
Ronna, Mike, Frederick, and Stephen Segal
Wishing everyone a Sweet New Year
filled with good health and much happiness
The Sheir Family: Bob and Penni;
Daniel, Carolina, and Austin;
Taryn, Todd, and Addison
Wishing you and yours a year filled
with health and sweetness.
Geniene and Bob Shelley and Family
Wishing all our family and friends
a Sweet New Year filled with good
health, happiness, and peace
Linda Shelley
Wishing everyone a Sweet and
Healthy New Year!
Bruce and Jean Smoler and Family
Warm wishes for a Happy and Healthy
New Year and for a year blessed with
peace to you and your loved ones
Carla and James Spector
Jenn, Alex, Jake, and Luke Peysakhovich
Shana Tova Umetukah!
May this New Year extend our
blessings of family, good fortune ,and health
to our entire Beth Torah Community.
Ruanne, Alicia and Taryn Spivack;
Raina, Jean, Harper, and Logan Hachet;
Great Grandma Rita and Great Grandpa
Maurice Katz
The Sprechman Family
wishes everyone a Happy and
Healthy New Year
Happy and Healthy New Year
to all our friends and family
Pam, Burt, Brian, Evan, Alex,
and Lea Srebrenik
Best wishes for a Happy
and Healthy New Year
Michael, Carol, Jacki,
and Jessica Steiner
Shanah Tovah Umetukah to our family and
yours! May the light of Hashem shine bright
upon and through all of us!
The Suarez-Ballesteros Family
Wishing everyone a Sweet New Year
filled with health, happiness, and peace
Denise, Ofer, and Arielle Tamir
Danielle and Daniel Lazar
Wishing everyone a Happy,
Healthy, and Sweet New Year
The Tuchklaper Family: Marvin, Susie,
Jeff, Stacey, and Ayden
May the love and happiness continue for
you this year with good health and nachas
Shana Tovah!
Pearl Tucker and Family
Happy New Year – Shana Tova to all –
Wishing everyone a Healthy, Happy,
and Prosperous New Year
Claudia Jaichenco and Alberto Volinsky
L’Shanah Tovah – From our family to yours –
Peace in the world for all mankind, health
and happiness, harmony, and love for a
bright New Year
Stanley (Zelig) and Justine Warmbrandt
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Health, love, and happiness in the New Year –
The Weingard Family:
Lizette, Josh, Jared, and Lindsey
Shana Tova Umetuka
George and Sonia Weisselberger
Wishing everyone a Very
Happy and Healthy New Year
Eva and Helmut Wellisch
We wish a Happy and
Healthy New Year to all
Bob and Ronni Whitebook
Shana Tova from the Whitebook
and Rivner Families
Daniel, Hedy, and Adam Whitebook
May you be blessed
with good health and happiness
throughout t he
New Year
Happy New Year to Everyone
Annette Willis
L’Shana Tova – a Happy and
Healthy New Year to all
Sam, Aron, Sydney and Alan Wolfson
and Melissa Mandell
The Zebersky family wishes the entire
Beth Torah Congregation a Happy and
Healthy New Year. We also pray for
world peace in this coming year.
Ed, Debra, David, Myles, and Micah Zebersky
Wishing everyone a Happy,
Healthy, and Peaceful New Year
Eileen and Mel Zuckerman
Beth Torah Sisterhood
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DR. STUART KLODA
BAR & BAT MITZVAH PROGRAM
Mazal Tov to our
B’nai Mitzvah
September 1 MATIAS SAGRANICHNE
Son of Jessica and Sebastian
September 7 COLLIN CRUM
Son of Rachel & Thomas
September 19 AGUSTIN MALEC
Son of Lorena Luski & Pablo Malec
October 12 JESSICA LUBELL
Daughter of Steven Lubell
October 19 EDEN EDELBOIM
Daughter of Amanda & Morgan
October 24 ADAM SCHECK
Son of Michele & Steven
November 2 ZACHARY FISCHER
Son of Jonathan
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Candle lighting Times
for Shabbat and Parashiot
September 7 Shofetim 7:17PM
September 14 Ki Tetze 7:09PM
September 21 Ki Tavo 7:20PM
September 28 Nitzavim 6:54PM
September 29 Erev Rosh Hashanah 6:52PM
September 30 Rosh Hashanah after 7:43PM
October 5 Vayelech 6:47PM
October 8 Kol Nidre 6:43PM
October 12 Ha’azinu 6:40PM
October 13 Erev Sukkot 6:38PM
October 14 Sukkot after 7:29PM
October 19 Kol Hamoed Sukkot 6:33PM
October 20 Erev Shemini Atzeret 6:32PM
October 21 Erev Simchat Torah after 7:23PM from existing flame
October 25 Bereshit 6:27PM
November 2 Noach 6:22PM
Welcome our New Members
SHOSHANA & LAZARO BECKER
MARIA OLIVER & CLIFFORD AIN
VALERIE & SAMUEL SWERDLOW
SANDRA MOSKOVITZ & JONATHAN LANDMAN
MARLA & MICHAEL MELAMUD
MOISES CUSNIR
CYNTHIA WILD & STEVEN HERSCHENHORN
DANIELA KIZNER & JOSEPH KAPLAN
RAQUEL DRUGUER & ARIE FARHY
VALERIE & MARC BENAROUS
CAROLINA & PAUL BENOLIEL
JANINE & BRANDON KOCHEN
RAQUEL & ALON ARAZI
TATIANA & NEAL HERZOG

Lifecycles
Lifecycles
“Life is lived with people.” - Rabbi Ed Farber
MAZAL TOV TO:
Michael Gilinsky, on the birth of his grandson, Luca David
Gilinsky and a Mazal Tov to the parents, Dana and Jaron
Gilinsky
Raquel and Manuel Rydz, to siblings Felix, and Thalia and
Avi on the marriage of Joy to Aymen and to the aunts and
uncles, Lea and Salomon Cohen and Sonia and Jack Rydz
and Families
Laurie and Rabbi Ed Farber, on the birth of their
granddaughter, Rimon Hadassah and to the proud parents
Natasha and Rafi Farber and to the whole Family
Lois Danis and Family, on the birth of her great grandson,
Jonah Aaron
The Cohen Family, Danny and Jennifer, Betzalel, Noam, Tali
and Ayelet on their recent Aliyah to Israel
Tina and Myron Cohen, on the engagement of their
daughter, Liza to Jared Rosen
Pamela and Mikael Salabi and Family, on the birth of their
daughter, Kayla
Beth Torah to represents at Aipac Policy
Robin and Brian Kettler and Family on the birth of their
grandson, Benjamin Mikah Rowell and to the proud parents,
Ilyssa and Michael Rowell, and aunt Jillian and to
the great grandparents, Paula and Joel Levy
Robin and Brian Kettler and family, on the engagement
of their daughter Jillian to Jedd Horn, son of Margie and
Kenneth Horn and a special Mazal Tov to the grandparents,
Paula and Joel Levy and Ilyssa, Michael and Benjamin Rowell
Tracey and Michelle Labgold on their marriage and Mazal
Tov to Cayla and Brayden, Michelle’s children
Anica and David Shpilberg, on the birth of their grandson,
Max Julius Berkowitz and Mazal Tov to the parents, Richard
and Lynn Berkowitz and sister, Stella
Jodi and Dino Katz, on the birth of their granddaughter,
Eliana Ruth Stauber and to the proud
Parents, Jordyn and Jordan Stauber
Toti and Tito Fleischman, on the recent engagement of their
daughter, Amy to Arian Moreh
Courtney and Larry Zinn, on the birth of their daughter,
Anna Ryan and a special Mazal Tov to the grandparents,
Warren Zinn and Lori Zinn and her great grandparents, Dave
and Marilyn Zinn and Ceil Beres
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Patricia and Brett Palat, on the birth of their daughter, Raquel
Madison
Jolie and Howard Rivner and Family, on the birth of their daughter,
Ilana Lou Rivner and a special Mazal Tov to her grandparents, Hedy
and Danny Whitebook, uncle Adam Whitebook, and her overjoyed
great grandparents, Ronni and Bob Whitebook and Cheryl and
Ruben Kloda
Barbara and Rob Goldfarb, on the birth of their 1st Granddaughter,
Charlotte
Marian and Paul Kruss and their children, on their marriage
Michelle and Spencer Multack and their daughters, on their
marriage
Jayme Podgorowiez, on receiving The Aleza Baltuch Winslow z’l
award
Beth Torah is proud of our Director of Lifelong Learning, Dr Gabriela
and Fito Rascovsky, who were in Israel, with Volunteers for Israel
All the Beth Torah Graduates: High School, Undergraduate and Post
Graduate wishing success on the next chapter of your life
CONDOLENCES TO:
Adriana and Edgar Halac and Fernando Halac and Families, in
memory of beloved father and grandfather, Simon Halac
Tania and Mike Cusnir and Family, in memory of beloved mother
and grandmother, Edith Cusnir
Ruth Burstyn, Denise (Ofer) Tamir and Karen Silvers, on the passing
of their brother and uncle Joseph Lewner
Linda and Gill Drozdow and Gregory, Leila and Jacqueline, in
memory of beloved mother and grandmother, Valerie Louise
Moskowitz
Susan and Marvin Tuchklaper and Family, Etta Epstein and Family,
in memory of beloved mother, grandmother and aunt, Sally
Tuchklaper
Phylis Meier and Family, in memory of beloved daughter, Lynda
Meier
Renee and Jorge Lerman and Family, in memory of beloved mother
and grandmother, Helen Berger
Gustavo and Viviana Asman and Flora Asman and Families in
memory of beloved husband, father and grandfather, Elias(Mario)
Asman
Marcela and Miguel Lulinski, Sara Wainer, Ariel and Javier Wainer
and Families in memory of beloved husband and father, Ianco
Wainer
Ask Dr. Keruv
Q: Dear Dr. Keruv,
My husband and I are moving to Tampa to be
closer to our son. We will be there before the
High Holidays. He is married to a Christian girl
and are raising their children without any formal
religion. My son doesn’t observe Judaism at all,
but we do. We want to continue observing the
Jewish Holidays and want to include our son and
his family even though they do not have a Jewish
home. How do we accomplish this?
Parents Moving to Tampa
A: Dear Parents Moving to Tampa
It is wonderful that you want to live near your
son and be a part of his family. To answer
your question, I think I would start by asking
your son and daughter-in-law if they would
like to come to your house for dinner on Rosh
Hashanah and if it goes well invite them for Yom
Kippur. Explain to them that even though they do
not observe the Jewish Holidays you would like
them to share the holidays with you. Prepare
traditional holiday foods. Maybe your daughterin-law
and grandchildren would like to help you.
It would be a good start in getting closer to your
son’s family by building a positive relationship
with your daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
Good luck and let me know the outcome.
Dr. Keruv
This column will be printed in the Beth Torah
Times each edition.
If you have a question, please email drkeruv@
hotmail.com or
Mail to
Dr. Keruv
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus
20350 NE 26th Avenue
N. Miami Beach, Fl. 33180
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“...As my father planted for me before I was born,
so do I plant for those who willcome after me.”
- Talmud Ta’amit
Contributions &
Yahrzeit Donations
Beth Torah gratefully acknowledges
these gifts of Tzedakah, from
March 2019 to August 2019
The Officers and Board of Directors, Professional and Office staff join in
expressing our Mazal Tov or Condolences to the following families:
GENERAL FUND
Received from…
Helen and Edward Decker, in memory of beloved Joseph
Shapiro, Bessie Decker and Sam Decker
Helen and Edward Decker, in memory of Evelyn Shapiro
Helen and Edward Decker, in memory of beloved Sally Catz
Turoff
Anne and Harold Mandelbaum, in memory of Daniel
Eric Tuchklaper, beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin and
grandson, of Susan and Marvin Tuchklaper, Jeffrey and
Ayden Tuchklaper, Etta and Melissa Epstein and Jessica and
Kevin Plotkin and Sally Tuchklaper
Renee and Jorge Lerman, in memory of Daniel Eric
Tuchklaper, beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin and
grandson, of Susan and Marvin Tuchklaper, Jeffrey and
Ayden Tuchklaper, Etta and Melissa Epstein and Jessica and
Kevin Plotkin and Sally Tuchklaper
Marcia and Joel Hochberg, in memory of Mel Horowitz,
relative of Leonard Toonkel and Family
Tina and Myron Cohen, in memory of beloved father,
Charles Glasberg, beloved grandfather, Moritz Glasberg
and beloved mother, Lillie Cohen
Diane and Stephen Wander, in memory of Myrtle
Friedman, beloved mother, grandmother and great
grandmother of Sandra and Eric Friedman and Families
Diane Wander, in memory of beloved, Lorraine and Sidney
Cooperman
Jay, Ilene, Brian and Courtney Rechtman and Rachel and
Patrick Banks, in memory of beloved brother and uncle, Mark
Rechtman
Eileen and Charles Koch, in memory of beloved Milton Koch
Felicia Alevy, a yahrzeit donation
Nina Marcovich, in memory of her loving mother, Lisa
Schwartz and loving brother, Joseph Schwartz
Anita Meuret, in memory of Dick Meuret and Saul Legher
Anita Meuret, in memory of Mone Vaisberg
Sy Hammer, in memory of Barbara Monica
Sy Hammer, in memory of Florence Levenbaum and Mathilda
Hammer
Sue and Stan Skopit, in memory of beloved mother, Marti
Molly Skopit
Beatrice and Marcos Drobiner, in memory of beloved
Yershmiel Drobiner
Herbert Goldberg, in memory of beloved parents, Irving and
Rosalind Goldberg
Jack Rosenthal, in memory of beloved wife, Arleen Rosenthal
Lenore Elias, in memory of family members
Cheryl and Ruben Kloda, in memory of beloved Chana Kloda
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Ramsey Pevsner, in memory of beloved Barney Barrett
Raquel Feldman in memory of beloved Esther Paklak
Elsa Glucksberg, in memory of beloved father, Benno Meier
Phyllis and Harry Zimmerman, in memory of beloved father,
Irving Wolmetz and beloved Sister, Sally Sternberg
Phyllis Zimmerman, in memory of Etta Wolmetz
Phyllis and Harry Zimmerman, in memory of beloved aunt,
Florence Leibick and beloved mother Esther Pastina
Nicole and Alon Ozer, in memory of our beloved fathers,
Beny Ozer and Haskel Mashal
Jorge Lerman, in memory of our beloved father, Isidoro
Lerman
Bernardo Selcer, in memory of beloved Moshe Ben
Mordejai
Sheryl and David Fruitman, in memory of beloved Shirley
Cohen
Eileen and Mel Zuckerman, in memory of beloved father,
Joseph Horowitz
Eileen and Mel Zuckerman, in memory of beloved parents,
Meyer and Eva Zuckerman
Dorothy Herold, in memory of beloved William Herold, Sally
and Gene Goldberg
Audre Niedenthal, in memory of beloved husband, Mickey
Niedenthal
Etta Birenbaum Epstein, in memory of beloved brother,
Albert Birenbaum
Harriet Pearson, in memory of beloved, Julian Pearson
Eva and Helmut Wellisch, in memory of beloved Elsie
Wellisch and Herman Steiner
Linda and Steven Steiner, in memory of beloved Shirley
Ruben
Harriet Pearson, in memory of beloved, David Pearson
Sandy Moskovitz, in honor of Michael Scheck’s 80th
birthday and in memory of beloved Rose Weinman and
Sylvia Herbst
Marcia and Joel Hochberg, in honor of Michael Scheck’s
80th birthday
IN MEMORY OF SIMON HALAC, BELOVED FATHER
AND GRANDFATHER OF ADRIANA AND
EDGAR HALAC AND FERNANDO HALAC AND
FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF EDITH CUSNIR, BELOVED
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, TANIA AND MIKE
CUSNIR AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF DIANE PAUL, BELOVED MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER, AMY (JESSICA)
AND RICKY (RORY) AND GRANDDAUGHTER, MIA
AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH LEWNER, BELOVED
BROTHER AND UNCLE OF RUTH BURSTYN,
DENISE AND OFER TAMIR AND KAREN SILVERS
AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF SALLY TUCHKLAPER, BELOVED
MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND AUNT
OF SUSAN AND MARVIN TUCHKLAPER AND ETTA
EPSTEIN AND FAMILIES
IN MEMORY OF VALERIE LOUISE MOSKOWITZ,
BELOVED MOTHER OF LINDA AND GIL
DROZDOW AND GRANDMOTHER OG GREGORY,
LEILA AND JACQUELINE
IN MEMORY OF HELEN BERGER, BELOVED
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER OF
RENEE AND JORGE LERMAN AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF ELIAS (MARIO) ASMAN, BELOVED
HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
OF GUSTAVO AND VIVIANA ASMAN AND FAMILY
AND FLORA ASMAN AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF IANCO WAINER, BELOVED
HUSBAND AND FATHER OF MARCELA AND
MIGUEL LULINSKI, SARA WAINER,ARIEL AND
JAVIER WAINER AND FAMILY
Received from…
Gisela and Rabbi Mario Rojzman and Family
Laurie and Rabbi Ed Farber and Family
Marcela and Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and Family
Wayne Keil
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch and Family
Judy and Rich Berger and Family
Raquel and Michael Scheck and Family
The Beth Torah office staff: Teri, Sherry, Marla, Lea,
Veronica and Catalina
Elaine Cohen
Lauren Slater
Bette Joy Field
Marcia and Jeff Frantz
Etta Epstein
Phyllis and Steven Sheinman
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IN MEMORY OF LYNDA MEIER BELOVED
DAUGHTER OF PHYLIS MEIER AND FAMILY
Received from…
Gisela and Rabbi Mario Rojzman and Family
Laurie and Rabbi Ed Farber and Family
Marcela and Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and Family
Wayne Keil
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch and Family
Judy and Rich Berger and Family
Raquel and Michael Scheck and Family
The Beth Torah office staff: Teri, Sherry, Marla, Lea,
Veronica and Catalina
Rhoda Stein Lipschitz
Sylvia Dreyfuss
Lenore Elias
EVELYN AND MONROE MITCHELAND FAMILY
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Received from…
Bette Joy Field, in memory of father-in law, Max Field and
beloved mother-in law Franzie Field
Lois Danis, in memory of beloved father, Jacob Slove
Evelyn and Monroe Mitchel, in memory of beloved
father, Samuel Mitchel and beloved Grandmother, Norma
Goldberg
Marylin Holzberg, in memory of beloved Louis Tell
SCHREIBER CAMP SIMCHA SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Received from…
Perry Phillips, in memory of Miguel Berezdivin and Motel
Berezdivin
KIDDUSH FUND
Received from…
Harvey and Gila Issenberg, in memory of beloved Faeda
Rolen Brown and beloved Samuel Boxer
Judy and Joel Feinman, in memory of beloved fathers,
Jacob Feinman and Tobias Reich
Ilene, Jay, Brian ,Courtney and Austin Rechtman and
Rachel and Patrick Banks in memory of beloved father and
grandfather, Irwin Kulbersh
Deborah Berkowitz, in memory of beloved father, Morris
Tellerman
KETTLER & LEVY FAMILIES YOUTH CONNECTION
Received from…
Tina and Myron Cohen, in memory of beloved aunt, Evelyn
Stanley and beloved grandmother, Pearl Chassen and beloved
nephew, Marc David Glasberg
Arlene Keil, in memory of beloved aunt, Lilly Abrams and
beloved Father-in law, Irving Keil
Justine and Stanley Warmbrandt, in memory of beloved father,
Samuel Pollack
A Shavuot Yizkor
Rabbi Ed Farber, in memory of beloved mother, Betty Farber
Syd Nacron, in memory of beloved sister, Regina Rudy and
beloved husband, Julian Nacron
Lois Danis, in memory of beloved Alan Danis
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch, in memory of our loved ones
Herbert Goldberg,in memory of Rosalind and Irving Goldberg,
Peggy Goldberg and Steven Goldberg
Dora Katz, in memory of beloved parents, Jacob and Sara Pancer
Berta Feldman, in memory of beloved husband, Abraham
Feldman
SCHECK FAMILY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Received from…
A donation for Shabbat Celebration
Gila and Harvey Issenberg
Frida and Jeffrey Volgyi
Eleanor and David Morris
Elias Jacobo
Bette Joy Field
Adriana Glosman
Alice Marvin
Raquel & Michael Scheck, in memory of beloved father, Isaac
BerezdivinCarole and Gareth Fink, in memory of beloved
sister, Heidi M Fink, beloved grandmother and mother-in law,
Gertrude Fink , beloved husband and father, Jeffrey P Fink and
beloved mother and grandmother, Elizabeth Scheiner
SUZY FISCHER EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY
Received from…
Audre Niedenthal, in memory of beloved mother, Evelyn Bass
Samuel Kaplan, in memory off beloved grandma, Buna Elka
Kaplan
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BT COLLEGE CONNECTION
Received from…
Bette Joy Field
Golde Wigutow
Jane and Ted Konigsburg
Perry Phillips
MIRIAM AND SEYMOUR FELDSTEIN LIKRAT
SHABBAT FUND
Received from…
Perry Phillips, in memory of family members
PASSOVER YIZKOR
Received from…
Laurie and Rabbi Ed Farber, in memory of our parents
Sandy Moskovitz, in memory of beloved David Moskovitz
Herbert Goldberg, in memory of Rosalind and Irving Goldberg,
Steven Goldberg and Peggy Goldberg
Bill Marcus, in memory of my departed and in honor of Rabbis
and Staff at Beth Torah
Deena Aboulafia, in memory of Joseph N Aboulafia
Daniel Angress, in memory of Walter and Alexander Angress
Maria Rojas, in honor of my parents
SELLING CHAMETZ & MAOT CHITTIM
Catalina Abello and Jonathan Barak
Robin Baltuch
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch
Judy and Rich Berger
Beth Torah Men’s Club
Marcela and Gaston Bogomolni
Annette and Rabbi Geoffrey Botnick
Sharon Budman & Family
Marla Cohen
Elaine Cohen
Silvia and Peter Dreyfuss
Eileen and Charlie Dreyfuss
Amanda and Morgan Edelboim
Ellen Elias
Stephen and Judith Fain & Family
Suzan and Mark Farber
Sheila Morrell and Howard Fine
Carole Fink
Gareth Fink
Elaine and Alan Fisher
Janel and Shai Habosha
Jan and Alex Hockman
Gila and Harvey Issenberg
Dora Katz
Susan and Sid Koslovsky
Sherry and Eugene Krug
Fayanne Kuttler
Rochelle Lipson
Debbie and Ed Margolis
Alison and Rick Mars
Meri-Jane Rochelson and Joel Mintz
Valerie and Jesse Mitrani
Jeff and Sherri Niefeld
Fabiola and Brian Plewinski
Mitchell Podgorowiez
Sheryl and Robert Podgorowiez
Gisela and Rabbi Mario Rojzman
Jeffrey Rubinoff
Renee and Marvin Rubinoff
Helene and Stanley Sinclair
Lauren Slater
Ramon Tourgeman
Elizabeth and Jose Waingarten
Goldie Wigutow
Robin and Larry Willis
LEV SHALEM FOR SHABBAT AND FESTIVALS
Received from…
Carol Greener, in memory of Mrytle Friedman, beloved mother,
grandmother and great grandmother of Eric and Sandra
Friedman and Family
Barbara and Rob Goldfarb, in memory of Simon Halac, beloved
father, grandfather and great-grandfather of Adriana and Edgar
Halac and Family and Fernando Halac and Family
Barbara and Rob Goldfarb, in memory of Linda Meier, beloved
daughter of Phylis Meier
Marilyn & David Zinn, in memory of Linda Meier, beloved
daughter of Phylis Meier
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Arlene Keil, in memory of beloved mother, Gertrude
Rabinowitz
Lynn and Martin Mendelssohn, in memory of beloved Jack
Greener
Mara Redstone, in memory of beloved father, Maurice
“Micky” Niedenthal
Sy Chadroff, in memory of beloved mother, Celia Chadroff
Perry Phillips, in memory of beloved Berta Berezdivin Phillips
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch, in memory of our beloved
father, Manuel Fluxgold
Rochelle and Marshall Baltuch, in memory of our beloved
father, George Baltuch
PATTI MINTZ CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Received from…
Shelly Lipson, in memory of beloved father, Meyer Dorfman,
beloved daughter, Elaine Lipson, and beloved sister-in law,
Phyllis Loff
Carol Greener, in honor of Rimon Hadassah Farber,
granddaughter of Laurie and Rabbi Ed Farber
Lucero and Jacob Levy, in honor of Rabbi Farber
Barbara and Michael Goldberg, in memory of Stuart Wagner’s
unveiling
Sharon Lior in honor of her granddaughter Izzy becoming a Bat
Mitzvah
Eileen and Jeff Stern in honor of the birth and Brit Milah of
their new grandson, son of Lindsey and Kevin Shuch
Miriam Booth and the Bankier family in memory of their father,
Leon on the occasion of the unveiling of his Matzevah.
Steven Katz, in memory of his Dad, Hy Katz, on the occasion of
the unveiling of his Matzevah
Solomon and Eva Engel in honor of Beth Torah
Beth Torah Sisterhood in honor of the Rabbi’s Fund and its
Tzedakah work
Phyllis and Bradley Meier, in loving memory of their daughter
and sister, Lynda
KERI BROOKE HEIKEN COLLEGE OUTREACH FUND
Received from…
Harriet Hans, in memory of beloved David Hans and beloved
Rose Gottlieb
RABBI FARBER’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Received from…
Carol Greener, in memory of beloved Sarah Greener and Jack
Greener
RABBI ROJZMAN’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Received from…
Adriana & Edgar Halac, in memory of his beloved father, Simon
Fernando Halac, in memory of his beloved father, Simon
Leon Halac, in memory of his beloved father, Simon
Michelle Labgold, in honor of Michelle Labgold and Tracey
Grossman Wedding in appreciation of Rabbi Rojzman’s
officiating our wedding
You may also send your tax-deductible donations to these other funds:
• SECURITY
• BT2U
• WARREN HENRY AUTO GROUP AND THE ZINN FAMILY LEV SHALEM MACHZOR FUND
• SPANISH MAJZORIM FOR IAMIM NORAIM
• EVA AND HELMUT WELLISCH ETZ HAYIM CHUMASH FUND
• RABBI MAX A LIPSCHITZ YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
• MARSHALL BALTUCH USY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
• SUZANNE LIPSON ISRAEL PROGRAMS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
• DR. STUART KLODA CAMP RAMAH AND YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
• RUTH WAGNER SHAPIRO YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
• JENNY LERMAN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
• MORRIS STEIN MEMORIAL FUND
• DR. SHULAMIT KATZMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR JEWISH EDUCATION
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Join us in celebrating Simchat Torah
With Rabbi Rojzman, Rabbi Farber and Cantor Gastón
Torah Roll - from beginning to end
Monday, October 21 at 6:30 pm at BTBRC
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ENLIGHTEN ME
BTBRC ADULT EDUCATION
EVELYN AND MONROE MITCHEL & FAMILY JEWISH EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
JOIN US ON
MONDAY NIGHTS
FROM 7:00PM-9:10PM
- CLASSES BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER -
LEARN TOGETHER WITH RABBIS, PROFESSORS, TEACHERS AND
EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS ABOUT JEWISH TOPICS:
TORAH INSIGHTS I HISTORY I ISRAEL I CULTURE I JEWISH LIFESTYLE
MUSIC I ART I LITERATURE I MEANINGFUL PATHS IN JUDAISM
LOOK FOR INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE AT
WWW.BTBRC.ORG/ADULT-EDUCATION
Elaine Fisher, Adult Education Chair - adulted@btbrc.org
Where people who learn together
grow together...
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ADULT EDUCATION 2019-2020
MONDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
FIRST SEMESTER
MODULE 1:
Sept. 9: Elaine Fisher – Both hours // Sept. 16: Cantor Bogomolni – Both hours // Sept. 23 – Regular Schedule
7:00-8:00 PM 8:15-9:15 PM
Sept. 9: Laurie Farber (Both Hours)
Personalizing the mitzvot
Sept. 16 and 23: Cantor Bogomolni
What’s the Big Deal About the High Holy Days?
Rabbi Farber
Judaism’s Ten Best Ideas
What do you think they might be?
Rabbi Rojzman
Jewish Humor
What does it tell us about who we are?
Sept 23: Elaine Fisher
Short Stories for the High Holidays
What can we learn about Judaism, holy days, and
ourselves from short stories?
Sept. 16 Cantor Bogomolni:
What’s the Big Deal about the High Holy Days?
MODULE 2: OCTOBER 7, 28, NOVEMBER 4
Dr. Hugo Hervitz
Improving your International IQ about the Middle East:
What is Iran up to? Yemen? Lebanon? Jordan? Egypt?
Turkey? Syria? Is ISIS dead? What is Putin up to? How is
Israel responding? Does the US have a clear policy?
MODULE 3: NOVEMBER 18, 25, DECEMBER 2
Rabbi Epelbaum
Three Perspectives on the Shoa: Holocaust
(1) Theology (2) Women (3) Resistance
DEC. 9 – Special Session (TBA) Dec 16 – Special Session (TBA)
DEC. 23 Ad Ed Chanukah Celebration
DEC. 30: Winter Break // Semester 2 begins on January 6
SECOND SEMESTER
Cantor Bogomolni
Sexuality and Intimacy in Judaism
Rabbi Rojzman
Current Jewish Issues.
MODULE 4: JANUARY 6, 13, 27
Rabbi Geoff & Annette Botnick
How is Thought More Than Just Thinking?
The thinking of Martin Buber might pave the way.
MODULE 5: FEB. 3, 10, 24
Dr. Alan Fisher
Jewish Perspectives on Politics
Rabbi Farber
Moses ‘Our Teacher’
The agony and ecstasy of the Jewish people’s
greatest leader.
MODULE 6: MARCH 2, 16, 23
Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD
Adam, Eve, and the Snake
Genesis Reconsidered
MARCH 30: FINAL SESSION
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MINDFULNESS
SHABBAT
WITH CANTOR GASTÓN
UNPLUG, CONTEMPLATE, CALM YOUR MIND. STRETCH YOUR BODY.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2020
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8,2020
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020
BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED
PRACTITIONERS WELCOME
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
MIKVE ROOM
For more information
contact Cantor Gastón at
CantorBogomolni@btbrc.org
WWW.BTBRC.ORG
FREE
OF CHARGE
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For an Appointment Call Goldie at (954) 439-5971
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BETH TORAH BENNY ROK CAMPUS
Siddur Lev Shalem
for Shabbat and Festivals
25 Siddurim $ 1350 **
15 Siddurim $ 800 **
10 Siddurim $ 540 **
7 Siddurim $ 375
5 Siddurim $ 270
1 Siddur $ 54
I would like to dedicate ____ Siddur(im) @ $54 each, for a total of $__________.
Name_________________________________________
In Honor Of________________________________________________________
In Memory Of______________________________________________________
Continue listing on back of form if necessary.
Enclosed is my check in the amount of $__________.
Please charge my credit card on file in the business office in the amount of $_____.
Signature _________________________Date:_________
Name (Please print) ________________________
** Dedications of 10 Siddurim or more will receive a personalized
Siddur with the name of the Donor embossed on it.
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Warren Henry Auto Group and the Zinn Family
Lev Shalem
High Holy Day Mahzor Fund
In Honor of Marilyn & Dave Zinn
25 Mahzorim $ 1800
15 Mahzorim $ 1000
10 Mahzorim $ 720
7 Mahzorim $ 500
5 Mahzorim $ 360
1 Mahzor $ 72
I would like to dedicate ____ Mahzorim @ $72 each, for a total of $_____.
Name_________________________________________
In Honor Of____________________________________
In Memory Of__________________________________
Continue listing on back of form
Enclosed is my check in the amount of $_____.
Please charge my credit card on file in the business office in the amount of $____.
Signature _________________________Date:_________
Name (Please print) ________________________
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Sister to Sister
Judy Berger, Co-President 954-401-1119 Adrienne Plotkin, Co-Membership V.P. 305-761-8189
Etta Epstein, Co-President 786-556-3882 Steffi Wallace Keffer, Co-Membership V.P. 954-401-0659
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SCHECK FAMILY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL 2019 - 2020
VISIONARIES - FOUNDERS
Michelle and Daniel Serber
Sheila and Brian Hunis
Jill and Brian Koch
Sean DeLima
* Mindy and Mark Kurkin
* Rachel and David Seifer
The Hodes Family
The Linkewer Family
* Renewed for next three years.
VISIONARIES
Linda and Eugene Finkin Name Name Name
Gaby and Fito Rascovsky
Name Name Name
Susan and Sid Koslovsky
Name Name Name
The Herzog Family Name
Name Name
Join the families who have committed to a contribution of $1,800 annually for the next three years
to Insure the “Jewish” future of our children, our Synagogue and our Community
BENEFITS
TZADIKIM ($1,000.00 or more)
MITZVOT ($613) & CHALUTZIM ($500) DOUBLE CHAI ($360), CHAI ($180) & SHOMRIM ($100)
Name
Name
Name
Name
Ivania Perez ($180)
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
B -Immediate - family is entitled to free participation
ENE in all Religious School programs.
-Recognition in Beth Torah Times throughout
F the year.
I -Recognition in all Religious School printed
T materials.
S -Recognition on Beth Torah website.
OTHER SPONSORSHIP - ALL AMOUNTS ARE APPRECIATED
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
The immediate family is entitled to free
participation in all Religious School
programs
Invitation for dinner with Clergy.
-Immediate family is entitled to free participation
in one Religious School event of their choice.
-Recognition in all Religious School printed
materials.
-Recognition on Beth Torah website.
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Scheck & Bonwitt Family
Alan S. Rosenthal Family
Recognition in all Religious School printed materials.
Recognition in Beth Torah Times throughout the year.
Recognition on Beth Torah website.
Recognition on Permanent Plaque.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Join the following families who have committed to a contribution to enrich our children’s
Jewish Education by voluntarily supporting some of our educational opportunities
-Recognition in all Religious School printed
materials.
-Recognition on Beth Torah website.
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
Name
In Memory of
Stephanie Ann Tourgeman z"l
Hedy and Daniel Whitebook
& Family
Email:_______________________________________
Phone:______________________________________
Enclosed is my check in the amount of $__________
Name:_______________________________________________
In Honor of___________________________________________
Please charge my credit card on file in the amount of $________
Signature:___________________________________
Date:____________
o mbaltuch@btbrc.org
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BETH TORAH BENNY ROK CAMPUS
AND THE
SCHECK FAMILY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
WISH TO THANK
AND
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGH
THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
OF OUR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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ADDRESS
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus
20350 NE 26th Ave,
North Miami Beach, FL 33180.
CONTACT
Email: info@btbrc.com
Main Office Phone: 305-932-2829
WWW.BTBRC.ORG i facebook.com/BETH.TORAH