Colton Graub

PARASHAT VA-YEISHEV
SHABBAT MVARKHIM HAHODESH
.
December 24, 2016 24 Kislev, 5777
Shabbat Shalom!
We are glad you are with us today!

CLERGY

Rabbi Aaron Starr

Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Hazzan David Propis, D.M.
Assistant Cantor Leonard S. Gutman
Cantor Emeritus Chaim Najman, D.M.

TORAH AND
HAFTARAH READINGS
Triennial:
Genesis 37:1-37:36, page 226
Maftir:
Genesis 40:20-23, page 244
Haftarah:
Amos 2:6-3:8, page 247
Haftarah Chanter:
Manny Sklar

Y.E.S.!
YOUTH EXPERIENCES ON SHABBAT
ME & MY PRESCHOOLER - Room 6
10:45-End of Services - For children ages 2 to 4
Joyful adult and child class with music, snacks, Shabbat-oriented games
and small group activities with Ariana Mentzel.
KEHILLAH KIDS - Library
10:45-End of services - For children ages 4 to 7
Music and games with Hilary Duberstein.

MINCHAH: 4:45 p.m.

followed by
MAARIV AND HAVDALAH
SHABBAT ENDS: 5:55 p.m.
Light Chanukah Candles: 5:55 p.m.

Congregational Kiddush is sponsored by

Robinson, Fleischman and Liebergott families
in memory of beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Fannie Robinson
Congregational Kiddush is sponsored by
Sharon and Marvin Fleischman
in memory of beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Esther Benson
Congregational Lunch is sponsored by
Donors to the Sisterhood Shabbat Lunch Fund
Bimah Flowers are sponsored by
Sisterhood

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

DAILY MINYAN TIMES

DECEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 30, 2016

Morning Evening

Sunday FIRST DAY OF CHANUKAH

8:30 a.m.
5:00
7:30 a.m.
5:30
Monday SECOND DAY OF CHANUKAH
7:30 a.m.
5:30
Tuesday THIRD DAY OF CHANUKAH
5:30
Wednesday FOURTH DAY OF CHANUKAH 7:30 a.m.
5:30
Thursday FIFTH DAY OF CHANUKAH 7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
4:45
Friday SIXTH DAY OF CHANUKAH

SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING 4:51

p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.

The Synagogue office will be closed

Monday, December 26, 2016.

SHABBAT SERVICES AND LEARNING

SHAAREY ZEDEK SHABBAT
Friday, December 30, 2016 4:45 p.m. Please note the earlier time
Join the CSZ clergy to welcome Shabbat with a participatory, musical service.

YOUTH, FAMILY AND TEEN

THRILLING THURSDAYS
January 12, 2017 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Please note we will not meet December 29, 2016 or January 5, 2017.
Come play! For children ages 0-5 and their favorite adult.
Donations are gratefully accepted to perpetuate this program.
For more information, please contact Leah Gawel
at lgawel@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
MCUSY SHABBAT NIGHT LIVE
Friday, January 13, 2017 6:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield
Teen-friendly Shabbat service and family dinner.
Cost: $15 per person or $50 per family of four or more.
For information or RSVP, contact Reid Gordon at reidgordon1999@gmail.com.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL JUDAICA WITH ARTIST GAIL ROSENBLOOM KAPLAN
Students are invited to create beautiful Judaica pieces for use at home.
Fourth Grade Candlesticks - Sunday, January 15, 2017 9:30 a.m.
Cost: Included in tuition for CSZ Religious School students, $62 for all others.
Third Grade Challah Boards - Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:30 a.m.
Cost: Included in tuition for CSZ Religious School students, $100 for all others.
For more information, contact Allison Gutman at
agutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Friday, January 20, 2017
5:45 p.m. Starters and Schmooze
6:00 p.m. Family Service
Join us for a meaningful, engaging and participatory Shabbat service,
followed by a buffet Shabbat dinner, with wine and cocktail selection for adults.
Afterglow activities, by age, for elementary age through adults.
Save the date and watch for information on costs and registration, coming soon.
Hosted by CSZ JPEG (Jewish Programming and Education Group).

BERMAN CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION AT CSZ

PROGRESSIVE COOKIE PROJECT
Thursday, January 5 10:00 a.m.
A cookie-baking mitzvah project involving CSZ volunteers and Kadima participants.
Cookies will be sold to CSZ for Synagogue programs and events. Join the laughter
in the kitchen! Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org
or 248.357.5544 to volunteer.
BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING
A Light Unto the Nations: The Challenge of Public Mitzvot
with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Thursday, January 5, 2017 7:00 p.m.
The Book of Ruth: Interpretations through Biblical Text,
Midrash and Modern Poetry
with University of Michigan Professor Julian Levinson
Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:00 p.m.
Come early for sips, sweets and schmoozing before the learning begins.
Contact Wren Beaulieu-Hack at wren@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
EXPLORING THE SIDDUR
with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Shaarey Zedek Seniors and the Berman Center for Jewish Education
host this study session. For more information, contact Janet Pont at
jpont@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

AFFILIATES
GAME DAY
Thursday, January 12, 2017 11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bring your games and your players to CSZ and Sisterhoods day of tabletop play.
Delicious lunch included! Reserve your table by 12:00 Noon on Monday, January 9,
2017 and pay only $6 per player. Register after the deadline, or at the door, and pay
$8 per player. RSVP online at www.shaareyzedek.org or to Tobye Bello
at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF JEWISH SPAIN
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Sisterhood invites the Shaarey Zedek community to travel (back) to Spain
with Hazzan David Propis...through the stunning photography of Jeri Fishman.
Come enjoy a tapas buffet, drinks, music and a visual presentation.
Cost: Members $25 per person, non-members $30 per person.
RSVP to Sisterhood at sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

SYNAGOGUE NOTES
CSZ MEMBERS: YOUR OPINION COUNTS
There is still time for you to participate in the Synagogue-wide survey.
If you have already filled it out online or by mail, thank you, we appreciate your
input. If you have not yet had a chance to express your views, please take a
moment to have each adult member of your household complete our survey at
www.surveymonkey.com/r/CSZCongregantSurvey by December 30, 2016.
Your participation will help us to develop the programs that best meet your needs.
We hope to share the results with you in early 2017.
COMMEMORATIVE CHANUKIYAH
Dont miss your opportunity to purchase your own limited-edition chanukiyah
of landmark synagogues, featuring Congregation Shaarey Zedek as the Shamash!
Cost: $118 each. Contact Tobye Bello at tbello@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
HELP LIFT A SOUL
Thats what Shiva leaders do...lift the souls of the mourners and the loved one
they lost. It can do amazing things for your soul, too. Be a Shiva minyan leader.
Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman will teach you how. Contact him at
lgutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544 to begin.
RETAIN OUR TALENT
CSZ takes a proactive position to retain and encourage the return of individuals
and families to Metro Detroit. A team of professional volunteers confidentially
facilitates networking and matching candidates with potential job opportunities.
Candidates: Please e-mail your resume and career objective.
Employers: If your company has a job opening, let us help you find the right
candidate. E-mail the qualifications and a summary of the job responsibilities.
Send your e-mails to jobs@shaareyzedek.org.
CSZ MEMBER CONNECT E-MAIL: CSZMEMBERCONNECT@GMAIL.COM
CSZ is excited to introduce our Member Connect program to help us establish
a dedicated channel for staying in touch with congregants. This new e-mail box
will make it easier for you to stay in touch with us to share important events
in your life, to tell us if you need help or support, or just to provide feedback or
suggestions on ways we can improve. One of the new Member Connect
programs is the CSZ Caring Community. CSZ is pleased to provide this opportunity
for congregants to participate in gmilut chasidim (acts of loving kindness) which
support other congregants who are in need. This is a great opportunity to
perform this mitzvah and give back to others.
Contact us at cszmemberconnect@gmail.com.

May God bring comfort to our families, together

with all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Lindsey Beth Jacobs Finsilver

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SHLOSHIM PERIOD OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Anne Begel
Naomi Kelman
Wende Waterman Weinberg

The road of righteousness leads to life.

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

DECEMBER 24 - DECEMBER 16, 2016

December 24, 2016
24 Kislev, 5777
Helen Baruch
Aaron H. Brodie
Susan Gardner
Megan Lewis Graub
Hilda Kaufman
Morris Kraft
Zalman Sol Lachman
Rose Latt
Laura Milan
Enrique Phillips
Selma Schwartz
Reubin Sherman
A. Albert Sugar
December 25, 2016
25 Kislev, 5777
Goldie Adler
Shulamith Benstein
Elsie I. Brawer
David Kliger
Harry Partrich
Nathan Siegel
Elizabeth Sklar
Manuel Zechman

December 26, 2016

26 Kislev, 5777
Harry Aronovitz
Irving Berman
Philip Diskin
Morris Gold
Martha Goldman
Philip Gray
Harold L. Grossman
Kathy Levi
Bernard Lis
Gary Allen Stewart
Selma Stromer
December 27, 2016
27 Kislev, 5777
Dorothy S. Brown
Richard Frank
Michael Karbal
Harry A. Katzman
Phyliss Kusnetz
Ben Lefkowitz
Yetta Lumelsky
Blanche Najman
Khody Nathan
Fannie Robinson
Paul B. Solway

24 KISLEV - 1 TEVET, 5777

December 28, 2016
28 Kislev, 5777
Irving Belinsky
Philip Katz
Leonard Lerner
Berta Myerson Molasky
Tsilya Raskin
Ely Robinson
Benjamin Safir
Ida Samuels
Edward Saperstein
David P. Zack
December 29, 2016
29 Kislev, 5777
Philip Dubrinsky
Harold A. Kramer
Gertrude Lachover
Frank Plotke
Martin Schmalberg
Terance Terry Shapero
Doris Stone
Julius Zemmol

December 30, 2016

1 Tevet , 5777
Reva Appletom
Blanche Bauman
Mark L. Berman
Jack Cook
Herman Fishman
Elliott B. Folbe
Rose Roxy Greenberg
Sophie Herman
Mildred Moss
Morris Rivkin
Eva Rubin
Fannie Sherman
Henry Sompolinsky
Joseph Wasser
Isador Weiner
P. David Weisman

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & STAFF

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

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

CLOVER HILL PARK CEMETERY

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

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK MISSION

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

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK HISTORY

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

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND OTHER INFORMATION

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