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Torah Portion Preview<br />
For Vayeira<br />
Shabbat beginning <strong>November</strong> 3 rd , 2023<br />
Diverse stories in Vayeira (God declaring “I appeared”) urge us to use multiple<br />
sources to find rich themes. There, God kindly rebukes Sarah for laughing at<br />
promised hope and lying about it. The men of Sodom are justly destroyed for their<br />
culture of abusive sexual pleasure. God heeds Abraham’s prayer to temper justice<br />
with mercy for any good persons in Sodom. Lot’s wife becomes a pillar of salt for<br />
regretting leaving Sodom. God faithfully preserves Hagar’s descendants after<br />
Sarah and Abraham abandoned her. God first forgives Abimelech’s near adultery<br />
with Sarah fostered by Abraham’s deception and later Abraham’s near sacrifice of<br />
Isaac.<br />
Four sources stimulate our reflections. ReformJudiasm.org teaches us to spot<br />
angels by reflecting on Abraham’s healing visitors, Lot’s rescuer, Hagar’s<br />
compassionate savior, and God’s enlightening Abraham to not harm Isaac. One<br />
Women’s Commentary identified how Lot’s daughters, Hagar, and Sarah<br />
preserved the generations to come. Another addressed the violence—threatened or<br />
committed—in and of Sodom, of Lot to his daughters and daughters to him, by<br />
Abimelech to Sarah, by Sarah to Hagar, and by Abraham to Isaac. The Mussar<br />
Commentary revealed the impetuous character in Abraham’s decisions. Reflecting<br />
on benefactors, women’s roles, violence, and decisions enriches wisdom.<br />
We invite all to come to synagogue in person or on Zoom on Friday night to hear<br />
a more in-depth interpretation from Rabbi Meeka (or this Sabbath's lay speaker).<br />
We also invite other views, interpretations, reflections, and even poems on each<br />
Torah portion. If you have something to contribute, please email it to<br />
RPC@templeadasshalom.org. This and prior previews can be found at Dr. David<br />
Dirlam's website by clicking on Changing Wisdoms Projects.
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Mi Sheberakh * We Pray for Healing<br />
Anita Rosenzweig<br />
Barbara Chancey<br />
Daniel Hurst<br />
Elise Schipper<br />
Fred Belkin<br />
Gerri Bronk<br />
Harvey Malin<br />
Heather Mullis<br />
Maddox Langbein<br />
Marcy Schirloff<br />
Marcy Werde<br />
Nancy Lever<br />
Natalie Litofsky<br />
Paula Mathai<br />
Ray Lee<br />
Steve Nohowel<br />
Recently Passed<br />
Suzanne Judith Rudick<br />
Beloved by her daughters, Stacie Williams and Ellen Gray, her sisters, Mickie Sachs and Rita Weiner, and<br />
grandchildren, Alex and Zachary Williams.<br />
Bar Tomer<br />
Beloved by her cousin Rabbi Gila Ruskin.<br />
Abraham Fine<br />
Remembered by Lior Laskowski<br />
Alexander Brisker<br />
Remembered by Morton Brisker<br />
Cathy Ann Glickstein<br />
Remembered by Karen Edeson<br />
Yahrzeits Observed<br />
Charlotte Maupin<br />
Remembered by Brett Temple<br />
Daniel T. Katzoff<br />
Remembered by Beatrice Katzoff<br />
Fred Mullis<br />
Remembered by Heather, Jacob, Paula, Michael,<br />
Michele, Seth & Spencer Mullis<br />
George Robinson<br />
Remembered by Sandy Schwartz<br />
Isaac Pancer<br />
Remembered by Neil Buchness<br />
Julius H. Snyderman<br />
Remembered by Jayne Klein<br />
Nathan Goldstein<br />
Remembered by Sharon Pillersdorf &<br />
Barbara Pollack<br />
Pearl Spring<br />
Remembered by Staci Magee<br />
Sophie Spector<br />
Remembered by Ethel Gerber<br />
Zachary Davis<br />
Remembered by Barrie & Bradford Davis<br />
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Caring Committee Announcement<br />
Caring is about both the simchas and healing through support and community. Is there a<br />
moment you would like to share, privately or publicly?<br />
We want to be there for you so please let us know. Email caring@templeadasshalom.org
TAS/HJC Calendar of Events<br />
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY<br />
3 17 th of Cheshvan 5784<br />
5:43pm: Candle Lighting<br />
7:00pm: Shabbat Torah<br />
Service<br />
4 18 th of Cheshvan 5784<br />
Vayeira<br />
5 19 th of Cheshvan 5784<br />
9:00am: Gift Shop<br />
9:00am: Kehillah MAGNET<br />
Religious School<br />
9:00am: 2023 Harvest Day<br />
Craft Fair<br />
11:15pm: Tot Shira<br />
6 20 th of Cheshvan 5784<br />
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY<br />
7 21 st of Cheshvan 5784<br />
8 22 nd of Cheshvan 5784<br />
9 23 rd of Cheshvan 5784<br />
7:00pm: Membership<br />
Committee Meeting<br />
6:30pm: Midweek Hebrew<br />
School (Virtual)<br />
7:00pm: TAS Board of<br />
Trustees Meeting<br />
Upcoming Zoom Live Streamed Services & Events<br />
VETERANS SALUTE SHABBAT SERVICE<br />
Friday, <strong>November</strong> 10 th<br />
In-Person Service begins at 7:00pm; Live Streaming starts at 6:45pm-7:00pm<br />
Mazel Tov<br />
BIRTHDAYS<br />
3 rd David Pollock * 4 th Ronan Gille-Boardman * 4 th Sam Meyer<br />
4 th Annistyn Joslin * 4 th William Joslin * 4 th Ryan Joslin * 5 th Eli Jaffe<br />
7 th Arthur Gordon * 7 th Mtthew Wachsman * 8 th Niall O’Donnell * 9 th Tammy Folus<br />
ANNIVERSARIES<br />
69 th Burt & Gerri Bronk<br />
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