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Saturday,November28Shacharit .................................................................. 9:00 a.m. Insights on the Weekly Parsha ........................ 3:50 p.m. Mincha & Seudah Shlishit .................................. 4:20 p.m. Havdalah .................................................................. 5:43 p.m.

Sunday,November29Shacharit .................................................................. 9:00 a.m. Bagels & Beit Medrash ......................................... 9:45 a.m.

Monday,November30Shacharit .................................................................. 7:00 a.m.

Tuesday,December1Shacharit .................................................................. 7:00 a.m.

Wednesday,December2Shacharit .................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Monthly Kids Learning Chabura ..................... 3:30 p.m.

Grades (K-2)

Thursday,December3Shacharit .................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Avot U Banim .......................................................... 7:00 p.m. Talmud Learning ................................................... 8:00 p.m.

Friday,December4Shacharit .................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv & Kabbalat Shabbat ............. 4:38 p.m. Candle Lighting ...................................................... 4:38 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

…to Patrick McNamara & Aviva Segall for

sponsoring the Kiddush in honor of the Bat Mitzvah

of Leora McNamara. The entire congregation is

invited to celebrate the Kiddush lunch.

Rabbi Ari will be out of the office 11/29 - 12/3.

He will be available via email at

rabbidembitzer@orthodoxomaha.org or by cell phone.

…to Leora McNamara in honor of your Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, November 28th. Mazal Tov to the entire family.

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The Denenberg family invites the congregation to celebrate

Lev Denenberg’s Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, December 5.

Chanukah Shabbat Lunch & Carnival

December 12, 2015

Shabbos Chanukah Lunch - Immediately following Services Brisket and Latkes. $12 for adults, $6 for kids (ages 4-12), free for 3 and younger. Please RSVP on the website, calling the office, or using Shabbos cards. Reservation Deadline is NOON, December 7th.

Chanukah “Star Wars” Carnival - 6:30 to 8:00 pm Featuring: A Bounce House, Games and Prizes, Hot Dogs and Cotton Candy. Volunteers ages 12 and older are needed. Please contact the synagogue office to volunteer.

Chanukah Shabbat Dinner

December 11, 2015

Chanukah Shabbat Dinner - 5:45 p.m. Soup, Chicken, Latkes, Vegetable & Dessert. $12 for adults, $6 for kids (ages 4-12), free for 3 and younger. Please RSVP on the website, calling the office, or using Shabbos cards. Reservation Deadline is NOON, December 7th.

Following Dinner Rabbi Ari will be giving a presentation titled: The Meaning of Lighting Candles in Dark Times

DecemberCalendarataGlance:December6-14,Chanukah

December11,ChanukahShabbatDinner(RSVPby12/7)

December12,ChanukahLunch&Carnival(RSVPby12/7)Carnivalvolunteersages12andolderareneeded.

Pleasecontactthesynagogueof<icetovolunteer.

December19,SimchaKiddush

December25,FridayNightChineseDinner(RSVPby12/22)AdultVolunteersAreNeeded.

Pleasecontactthesynagogueof<icetovolunteer.

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THE quintessential Shabbat food!

Eight (8) contestants battling it out over seven (7) weeks in January & February

(exact dates to be announced).

The most fun you’ll have at Kiddush all winter!

Are you up for the challenge?

Please contact the synagogue office at 402-556-6288 to register as a contestant.

See the Cholent Madness flyer for more information. The flyer will be updated weekly with dates,

contestants and other information.

Beth Israel Presents…..

CaffeIvritwith Eliad Eliyahu Shaliach

Do you have basic skills in Hebrew and want to improve upon them?

We have just the class for you!

Join this class every Sunday at 2:30 pm at Beth Israel.

The sessions will include short updated clips from Israel, tips for fluent conversational Hebrew, and basic

understanding of Hebrew grammar.

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Both classes will NOT meet November 29th, December 27th & January 3

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The Rose Blumkin Jewish

Home is in need of

volunteers to lead

Shabbat and holiday

services. Please consider

being a part of this

program, providing this

wonderful service for the

residents. Contact the

synagogue office for

more info.

Beth Israel Sisterhood Gift Shop

The gift shop has games, toys, and other items for weddings, babies,

graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, or just for yourself.

Visit the Gift Shop anytime during

synagogue office hours Monday - Thursday,

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

MikvahNewsFor mikvah access, please contact Dani Shrago

at (402) 333-6108. The community Mikvah is

located in the Blumkin Home on the JCC

campus. Everyone is asked to please give as

much notice as possible.

A total of 37 Omaha teens will be traveling to Israel

as part of the Omaha Teen Trip joining the

Partnership2GETHER Teen Mega Mission!

December 20, 2015 - January 1, 2016

All participating teens must attend study sessions

with Eliad which will also include dinner.

Last study sessions date and locations is:

December 2, 6-8pm at JCC

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The Youth of Beth Israel Part I AlephBeit-Allages10:00-10:30 in the Chapel

ParshaandMidot-Ages3-610:15-10:30 in the Social Hall

TopicsinJewishLife-Boys,Ages11andolder

10:00-11:00 in the Social Hall

NEW JuniorCongregationChildreningrades6andyounger 10:30-10:50

(Haftorah—sermon) in the Chapel During Haftorah and sermon, children sixth grade and younger

will join Eliad and Rabbi Weiss for Junior Congregation in the

beautiful new Youth Lounge.

Te<illah&Parsha-Girls,Ages5-12

10:50-11:25 in the Teen Lounge

ParshaandLifeLessons-Ages6andolder

11:00-11:25 in the Chapel

TotShabbat-Ages3-610:50-11:20 in the playroom

AdvancedParsha-Boys,Ages13andolder

11:00-11:30 in the Social Hall

The Youth of Beth Israel Part II 12:00pm MishnaL’Neshamah-Allages(children under age 5 must

attend with a parent) in the Sanctuary

TeenClass-Grades6andupin the Social Hall

MINYANUPDATETo assure the scheduling of mincha/

maariv minyan times in advance, please

contacttheof icebytheWednesdayofthe

week before the date. This allows the synagogue to include those

times in the weekly schedule and also allow minyan attendees to

adjusttheirschedulesaccordingly.

In order to ensure the Shabbos Sheet is compiled, edited and printed on Friday mornings of each week all submissions are due by 10:00 a.m., Wednesday.

ShopAmazonandHelpBethIsrael!

Buy ANYTHING on Amazon - including Kindle

books - and earn cash for Beth Israel

Synagogue. Every purchase you make on Amazon that begins on the Beth

Israel website will return a percentage of your purchase to the synagogue.

The link is found on the Beth Israel website at www.orthodoxomaha.org.

Register online for all Beth Israel events directly

from the website. You can also pay for events

now via credit card or bill your account directly.

If you have any questions or need help please

contact the synagogue ofFice.

www.orthodoxomaha.org

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Friedel Hanukah Play Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m.

In the JCC Theater

Followed by a sufganiyot reception

Friday Night Shabbat

Beth Israel Friday Night Shabbat Chinese Dinner

December 25, 2015 Soup, chicken, vegetable egg rolls, beef wontons,

vegetable lo mein, fried rice and white rice

Cost: $12 adults, $6 kids (ages 4-12), free for 3 and younger

Please RSVP on the website, calling the office, or using Shabbos cards.

Reservation Deadline is NOON, Tuesday, December 22

Thank you to Joey Shyken for organizing the dinner.

Celebrating a Simcha in December? Be a part of the Simcha Kiddush on Shabbat,

December 19, 2015

A sponsorship is just $25. Call the synagogue office

at (402) 556-6288 to be included.

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UpcomingScholarinResidence

RabbiElchononZohn

GetAnAfterlife

January8-10,2016

Rabbi Zohn is a specialist and lectures

nationally on matters pertaining to

the work of the Chevra Kadisha. He is

the Director of the Chevra Kadisha of

the Vaad Harabonim of Queens, NY and founder of the

Association of Chevros Kadisha, and is considered to be one

of the foremost experts on Halachic issues pertaining to end

-of-life and the work of the Chevra Kadisha. He has traveled

around the world speaking about and strengthening the

important work of the many regional Chevra Kadisha

groups.

Friday,January8|6p.m.|ShabbatDinnerfollowed by

presentation by Rabbi Zohn

$12 adults, $6 children ages 4-12, free for children 3 and under. Dinner will include soup, chicken, vegetables and dessert. Youth Programming and babysitting will be available during the Friday night presentation. Saturday,January9|ShabbatMorningSermon

Saturday,January9|7p.m.|Reception

Rabbi Zohn will give a lecture on Saturday night to the entire community. Sunday,January10|10a.m.|TaharaTrainingSeminar

On Sunday morning, Rabbi Zohn will deliver a Tahara Training Seminar (for all new and experienced Chevra Kadisha members and anyone interested in joining the Chevra Kadisha) in order to explain in detail the various aspects of Chevra Kadisha work and to take questions.

Many thanks to Shirley&DavidGoodman

for sponsoring this Scholar-in-Residence weekend.

QuestionsfortheTorahReading

AnsweredbeforetheHaftorahReading

1. Who did Yaakov send to his brother?

2. What was the name of the stream that Yaakov crossed over before wrestling with the “man”?

3. What was the name of the “man” that Yaakov wrestled?

4. What was special about Yaakov when he arrived in Shechem?

5. Who was Lotan’s sister?

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1st2nd&3rdAliyot: It's

the year 2205 and Yakov is 97 years old. He sends messengers to greet Eisav and is informed that Eisav is

approaching, prepared to do battle. He applies a three pronged strategy in preparation for the confrontation: a) TeFilah - prayer b)diplomacy c) war. Prior to the actual confrontation, Yakov bests Eisav in a spiritual battle with Eisav's Angel, and earns the name "Yisroel." Due to the wound he sustained in the battle, G-d prohibits Yakov and his family from eating the Gid Hanashe - the sciatic nerve. Yakov and Eisav meet after 34 years.

4thAliya: Yakov and Eisav agree to separate peacefully. Eisav returns to his kingdom of Seir, and Yakov settles outside of the city of Shechem.

5thAliya: Dina is abducted and raped by Shechem the son of Chamor, and Shimon and Levi devise a strategy for successfully killing the entire male population of Shechem. According to Chazal, Shimon and Levi were 13 years old. Hashem (G-d) instructs Yakov to move to Beth El. Rivka's nurse Devora dies, and Hashem conFirms the name Yisroel upon Yakov.

6th & 7th Aliyot: Rachel dies while giving birth to

Binyamin and Yakov buries her in Beis Lechem. Following

Rachel's death, Reuven switches the bed of Yakov from

Bilha's tent to Leah's tent. Although Yitzchak will live

another 21 years, the Torah relates his death at the age of

180 (2228). The remainder of Vayishlach lists Eisav's

descendants as well as the speciFic Kings of Seir who ruled

prior to King Saul - the First king of Israel. (2882)

Source:(torah.org)

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WELCOMETOBETHISRAELSYNAGOGUEWearedelightedtowelcomeyoutoBethIsraelSynagogue.ApassagefromDeuteronomy30:11-14inspiredtheartwork inthesanctuary.“ForthiscommandmentthatIcommandyoutoday-itisnothiddenfrom you and it is not distant. It is not in heaven, [for you] to say,‘Whocanascendtotheheavenforusandtakeitforussothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?Norisitacrosstheseas,[foryou]tosay,‘Whocancrosstotheothersideoftheseaforusandtakeitforus,sothatwecanlistentoitandperformit?’Rather,thematterisveryneartoyou-inyourmouthandyourheart-toperformit.”♦ The focal point of the sanctuary is theMenorahWindow,which

frames the Ark and is shaped in the form of the six branchedcandelabrum.To the right,brilliantly coloredwindowhas formsthatreFlecttheheavens,whiletheleftsidedepictstheseas.

♦ The message is completed in a frieze, the horizontal paintingon wood mounted on the wall. The background of the friezesymbolically andabstractly represents the relationshipbetweenG-dandthepeopleofIsraelthroughtheCovenant.Theperochet,orcurtainovertheArk,completesthesymboliccomposition,withanexpressionthatintertwinestheTorahandtheletterAleph,theFirst letter of the Hebrew alphabet, of the Ten Commandments,andofG-d’snameinHebrew.

♦ Asistraditional,thesanctuaryhas12windows,representingthe12tribesofIsrael.Thesewindowscontainthenameofeachtribein Flowing, organic letters. The windows are located above thecontinued frieze, which includes two central texts of therevelationatSinai - “If youwillkeepmyCovenant, youshallbeprecioustome,”and“Youshallbeakingdomofpriestsandaholynation.” This composition expresses the unity of Israel as thepeoplestoodtogetheratSinaiandacceptedtheTorah.

BethIsraelSynagoguestrivestoperpetuatethelegacyofTorahJudaism

inthemodernworld.BethIsraelwelcomesallpersonsoftheJewishfaith

tojoinandacceptsthediversityofpracticeandthoughtamongitsmembers.

TobaCohen-Dunning,President

RabbiAriDembitzer,SeniorRabbi

RabbiYaakovWeiss,AssistantRabbi

JeannieNickels,OfFiceManager�LeoFettman,CantorEmeritus

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