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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
JUNE & JULY 2026 - ISSUE #22
Upcoming Events
June 5, Friday 6 PM -Shabbat xxxr, xxx Cantor
June 12, Saturday 2 PM - Shabbat and a Show - xxx Leader
June 19, Friday 6 PM -Shabbat xxxr, Steve Cantor
June 26, Friday 6 PM Shabbat - Rabbi Padorr followed by dinner
June 27, Saturday 10 AM Adult Study - Mussar class with Rabbi Padorr
July 3, Friday NO SHABBAT SERVICE due to Independence day holiday
July 10,Friday 6 PM Shabbat Shavuot & Yizkor - xxx Leader
July 17, Friday 6 PM Shabbat - Leader xxx
SHABBAT SERVICE LEADERS NEEDED
leader, cantor, sermon, or any combination
Email Janet at janetelie @yahoo.com or office @beit-echad.net
Here's What's Inside
Page 2 - Annmeeting notes - Noem.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH BEIT ECHAD BYLAWS
held.
On SunStyles of service as well as the form and content of adult education were also discussed
It was requested that members share their thoughts over the coming months in anticipation of a special meeting in late summer
Page 3 - President Steve's view ... - Every presidency begins with a pen and a prayer.
As I stof us.
From the very beginning, my hope hae. I look forward to the work we will do—together.
Shalom, Steve
Page 5 - Adult son in the mirror.
Mussar at Is It?
Soul construction, serves as an introduction to what can be a much deeper and lifelong study of Mussar. The first 3 (of 8) chapters focused on judging others favorably (or rather not pre-judging), forgiveness, and acceptance.
Next month we will focus on generosity (and not just money). Over the rest of the year, each month we explore
Page 6 - Shavuot - recebefore reading the fine print.
What's the great Jewish religion?
No. instead, Shavuot (comparable to the Pentecost established for this time in Christian religions) seems to be lost in the flow, despite BEING THE SINGLE MOST FUNDAMENTAL MOMENT in Jewish history outside of Gd liberating us from Egypt.
Imagine this: how do you ignore the moment that Gd literally raised a mountain and held it above the people; SPOKE the 10 commandments in one "word" (Ok Moses had to repeat it, but still), the hand of Gd "writes" those 10 commandments - and nearly abandons the Jewish people over their turning towards idolatry, and the Torah is transmitted to our people through Moses.
Page 7 - Sisterhood & the Open Door - Because sisterhood tastes better when it's shared.
The definition of the word CARING is displaying kindness and concern for
We must all CARE, because it's the right thing to do!
Marsha Rosenthal
A MESSAGE FROM THE OPEN DOOR FOOD KITCHEN
The BE Sisterhood:
Reaching mmunities
The Charitable Arm of Beit Echad
At the core of Beit Echad is The Sisterhood: more than a bunch of women, more than the ones who prepare meals, more than the ones who make sure there is a challah after Friday's Shabbat servicservice, or needy charity or individual.
Page 8 - Moving on vs. holding on - Letting go is just making room for what comes next.
An End to Hoarding
The storage unit holding the remainder of objects from B'nai Sholem was .
One way BE is perpetuating the history of the large, brass, yahrzeit plaques and timages per page as shown below.
And a New Beginning
Page 9 - June Torah readings - Torah reading: the original cliffhanger series, 3,000 years running.
6 June 2026 / 21 Sivan 5786
Parashat Beha’alotcha 5786 /
פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ Numbers 8:1-12:16
Beha’alotekha (“When You Raise”) opens with God instructing Moses to inaugurate the Levites for service in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). It also recounts the stories of people who request a second chance to offer the Passover sacrifice, complaints of the Israelites and their punishments, and a disease that affects Miriam.
13 June 2026 / 28 Sivan 5786
Parashat Sh’lach 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח־לְךָ
Numbers 13:1-15:41
Shelach (“Send”) tells the story of Israelite spies journeying into Canaan, the negative report they bring back, and the resulting punishment decreed upon the Israelites: to wander and die in the desert over forty years. It ends with laws about sacrifices, the story of a man who desecrates Shabbat, and the commandment to wear ritual fringes.
20 June 2026 / 5 Tamuz 5786
Parashat Korach 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת קֹרַח
Numbers 16:1-18:32
Parashat Korach recounts the rebellion of Korach (a cousin of Moses and Aaron), Dathan, Abiram, and 250 of their followers. Some rebels are swallowed by the ground, while others are consumed by a fire from God and others die in a plague. The portion ends by describing gifts given to priests and Levites.
27 June 2026 / 12 Tamuz 5786
Parashat Chukat-Balak 5786 /
Numbers 19:1-25:9 פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת־בָּלָק
Chukat (“Law Of”) opens by describing the process of burning the red heifer and using its ashes for purification. It also tells the stories of the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, Moses’ striking of a rock to bring forth water, a plague of venomous snakes, and battles against the Emorite kings Sihon and Og. Balak tells the story of the Moabite king Balak, who hires Balaam to curse the Israelites. Balaam’s donkey speaks along the way, and Balaam ends up blessing the Israelites. The portion ends with a story about Israelite men sinning with Moabite women and the stabbing of an Israelite and a Midianite.
4 July 2026 / 19 Tamuz 5786
Parashat Pinchas 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת פִּינְחָס
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Pinchas opens with God’s promise of a “covenant of peace” for the zealot Pinchas, followed by a census. The daughters of Tzelofchad request and receive new laws regarding inheritance. God instructs Moses to prepare Joshua for leadership, and God describes sacrifices brought daily and on special occasions.
11 July 2026 / 26 Tamuz 5786
Parashat Matot-Masei 5786 /
Numbers 30:2-36:13 פָּרָשַׁת מַטּוֹת־מַסְעֵי
Matot (“Tribes”) opens with laws about vows, and continues to describe the Israelites’ war against the Midianites and the allocation of spoils. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request to dwell outside of the Land of Israel, and Moses acquiesces on the condition that they help conquer it. Masei (“Travels”), the final Torah portion in the Book of Numbers, opens with a list of places that the Israelites traveled in the desert. God commands the Israelites to destroy idolatry in the Land of Israel, outlines Israel’s boundaries, and details the laws of cities of refuge for accidental killers.
18 July 2026 / 4 Av 5786
Parashat Devarim 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת דְּבָרִים
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Devarim (“Words”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Deuteronomy, the final book of the Torah. In it, Moses recounts events from the Israelites’ travels in the desert, like the appointment of judges, the sin of the spies, and the wars with the Emorite kings Sihon and Og.
Shabbat Chazon 5786 / שַׁבַּת חֲזוֹן
Shabbat Chazon (“Sabbath [of] vision” שבת חזון, also Shabbat Hazon) is named for the “Vision of Isaiah over Judah and Jerusalem” (Book of Isaiah 1:1-27) that is read as the Haftarah on this Shabbat at the end of the three weeks between dire straits, which precede the mournful fast of Tisha B’Av. It is also called black sabbath due to Isaiah’s prophecy of rebuke predicting the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem and its status as the saddest shabbat of the year (as opposed to the white sabbath, Shabbat Shuvah, immediately preceding Yom Kippur).
25 July 2026 / 11 Av 5786
Parashat Vaetchanan 5786 /
פָּרָשַׁת וָאֶתְחַנַּן Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Vaetchanan (“I Pleaded”) opens as Moses describes his pleading with God to be allowed into the Land of Israel. Moses warns the Israelites not to pursue idolatry and recounts the giving of the Ten Commandments. The portion also contains the Shema, a declaration of faith and a central text in Jewish prayer.
Page 10 - Yahrzeits - Once a year, the ones we lost get to fill the room again.
Apr 26-May 2, 2026/9-15 Iyyar 5786
Lee Adler – May 1st…14 Iyyar/May 5,1985^
Bertha Becker – May 2nd…15 Iyyar/May 17, 1984^
Yetta W. Binswanger -- May 2, 1946*
A J Einbender – Apr 26th…9 Iyyar^
Dora Freedman – Apr 27th…10 Iyyar^
Joel Friedson – Apr 29th…12 Iyyar/May 1, 2015^
Robert Greenvald –Apr 30th…13 Iyyar^
Susan Hamburger – April 29, 2025 °
Ester B. Harris -- Apr 29, 1931*
Ann Hochman – 8 Iyyar/Apr 30, 2002^
Isaac Hodes -- Apr 27, 1918*
Carol Housh – 22 Nisan/Apr 27, 2019^°
Joan Magoon – May 2nd…15 Iyyar/May 11, 1998^
Julius Meyer -- Apr 29, 1924*
Marvin Nelson – 1 Iyyar 5774/May 1, 2014^*
David Leon Netzorg – Apr 30th…13 Iyyar ^
Ellen Abraham Rosenfeld –8 Iyyar/May 2, 2009^*
Harry D. Rosenthal -- Apr 29, 1985*
Marian Levy Rosenthal – Apr 28th …11 Iyyar/Apr 26, 2018^
Sidney Leo Rothenberg -- Apr 29, 1977×
Melvin (Mel) Saferstein -- Apr 27, 2022×
Nathan Saferstein -- May 2, 1989
Rosetta Rosenbaum Slesser -- Apr 26, 1922*
YAHRZEIT -- June/July 2026
17 Sivan to xx Av
May 3-9, 2026/16-22 Iyyar 5786
Sarah Alex – May 7th…20 Iyyar/May 11, 1985^
Laura Apple -- May 8, 1941*
Melvin Barron – May 5th…18 Iyyar^
Martin H. Braun -- May 8, 1977*
Joseph Droher – May 8th....21 Iyyar/May 30, 1986^
Ann Hochman – May 5th…18 Iyyar/Apr 30, 2002^
Eddie Mazvinsky – May 3rd…16 Iyyar/May 7, 1985^
Robert B. Meyer -- May 8, 2006
Evelyn Voshell Oxford May 9, 2025°
Arlene Richman – May 8th…21 Iyyar/May 26, 2019^
Sidney Rothstein -- May 6, 1999*
Anna Schwarz – May 6, 2024
May 10-16, 2026/23-29 Iyyar 5786
Howard L. Abramson -- May 15, 1986*
William Abramson -- May 16, 1980*
Jane Hirsch Albert -- May 10, 1998*
Arnold Burnstein -- May 16th…
29 Iyyar/ May 22, 2001^
Dodie Deutsch -- May 12, 1994°
Hank Fishman – May 13th…
26 Iyyar/May 26, 2014^
Clara Gilbert – May 14°
Joseph Goldman -- May 12, 1967*
Milton Herman – May 26th…
27 Iyyar/May 12, 2010^
George Hicks -- May 15, 2014°
Sarah Liebling -- May 11°
David Most -- May 25th…27 Iyyar ^
SariLee Optican -- 5 Sivan/May 16, 2002*^
Milton Polsky – May 27th…
29 Iyyar/May 13, 1972*^
Louis Rocher – May 14, 1965*
Martha T. Rothstein – May 13, 1994*
John L. Shafer – May 11,1986*
Sandra Marietta Wolfgang – May 16, 2023]=
May 17-23, 2026/1-7 Sivan 5786
Edith Kaplan Buxbaum -- May 17, 1999*
Max Droher -- May 18
Nathan Fink -- May 17°
Ida Greenvald – May 22nd...6 Sivan^
Lazarus Hassenbusch -- May 17, 1902*
Lewis Jacobs -- May 17, 2000*?
Mary Kranitz – May 17th…1 Sivan^
Robert Leff – May 18th, 2012°♡
Louis Leibowitz – May 17, 2024
Woodrow Wilson Levin -- May 18, 1967*
Isadore Litvak – May 23, 1960*
SariLee Optican – May 21st…
5 Sivan/May 16, 2002*^
Corey Phillip Ott – May 19th…
3 Sivan 5785/May 30, 2025 °♡
Ida Kalis Persky -- May 18, 1942*
Ben Rich – May 21st…5 Sivan/May 28, 2009^
Morton Rothenberg -- May 23
Leonard Rothstein – May 21st…5 Sivan/May 28, 2009?
Max Shanin – May 19th…3 Sivan ^
Sharon Vinitsky – May 20th…4 Sivan/May 18, 2018^
May 24-30, 2026/8-14 Sivan 5786
Sheldon Braude – May 25th…9 Sivan ^
Bess Bushman – May 29th…13 Sivan^
Ann Cohen – May 24th…8 Sivan^
Jacob Farber – May 30th…14 Sivan/Jun 14, 1965^
Minnie Fine -- May 25, 1992*
Anne Gordon Friedson -- May 29, 1966*
Sophie Strauss Hassenbusch -- May 28, 1978*
Steven Kotok – May 28th…12 Sivan^
Miriam Levy -- May 29, 1865*
Corey Philip Ott –May 30, 2025 /3 Sivan 5785/^°♡
Vicki Stine Pollman – May 28th…12 Sivan/Jun 6, 2017^
Ben Rich – 5 Sivan/May 28, 2009^
Bertha Rosen -- May 26×
Mose Rosen – May 24×
Frederica Rosenbaum -- May 29, 1930*
Leonard Rothstein – 5 Sivan/May 28, 2009?
Jack Silverglat -- May 29th…13 Sivan^
Nathan Steinberg – May 26th…10 Sivan/Jun 12, 1962^
Sol Trenton – May 29th…13 Sivan
Sol Ttrilinsky – May 29th…13 Sivan^
May 31-June 6, 2026/15-21 Sivan 5786
Bess Bush – Jun 3rd…18 Sivan^
Kismet Eveloff – Jun 6th…21 Sivan/June 20, 2022^°
Samuel Goldman – Jun 6th…21 Sivan^
Hortense I. Hassenbusch – June 5, 1964*
Joseph H. Heiten – June 3, 1944*
Florence H. Hirsch – June 5, 1964*
Nathan Kohn -- May31×
Herschel Levin – June 6, 1972*
Isadore Lichtenstein – Jun 3rd…18 Sivan/June 27, 1967^
Nancy Lowenberg -- June 1, 2003*
Morris Nelson – Jun 5th…20 Sivan 5715/June 10, 1955^°
Julius Rosen -- June 6×
Dorothy Rosenthal – Jun 6th…21 Sivan/June 17, 2006Y^
Ida Rosenthal – Jun 1st…16 Sivan^
Ruth Rothlin – Jun 1st…16 Sivan^
Steven White -- Jun 3rd…18 Sivan^
Please note: If you find a mistake, I ask your forgiveness. Please contact me at voshellbarbara @gmail.com so I can correct our records. Thank you.
Page 11 - It's a wrap - It's not goodbye, it's just that 'I survived the minutes'.
Thanks for the support
It has been my pleasure to serve as President for the past 2 years and be involved in building a firm foundation for our fledgling congregation. Thank you for having the confidence in electing me as President through our startup.
Despite what the page title [ It's a wrap - ] indicates, this is the moment when I wrap up my years as President. But, wrap also indicates there is a present inside, and we should all look forward to what gifts new leadership will bring. The second part [It's not goodbye, it's just that 'I survived the minutes'] is a reference to not only that I will remain a part of leadership, but also survived the 1-million+ minutes of the past 2 years, but also the "minutes" from every 2-hour monthly board meeting that kept us on track.
So much of what has been accomplished would not have been possible without a strong and active board of directors that is willing to put in the time, thought, and both financial and sweat equity, that the successful launch and growth of BE required.
As President I attempted to look at the big picture - and when you consider all the facets of a startup it was a huge picture - and keep us always moving forward. As we move into the next phase of building financial stability, membership growth, and balanced activities, with an eye on appropriate levels of security, I am confident that under Steve's leadership we will only strengthen as a congregation.
I strongly encourage each of our members to support Beit Echad to whatever leadership, activity, and financial ability you can. Our greatest danger is "burnout": too few doing too much. Spreading out our people resources means fresh perspectives
as worship leaders, give a sermon, lead a service, try your hand as cantor, support for a holiday celebration
suggest and lead on a special activity or holiday celebration we may be missing
for financial support, select a dues and contribution level that fits your circumstances, whether its the previous minimum of $25, OR one of the structured tier amounts previously described (300, 600, 900, or 1200 annually), OR your own comfortable level, OR occasional contributions when the opportunity or feeling occurs.
Sponsor, prepare, and/or contribute on one of the many meals that so often bring us together: Rabbi dinner, Rabbi luncheon, Shabbat & a Show, HHD reception, luncheon & break fast, holiday meals (Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Sukkot)
In my next roll on the board, as Treasurer, I will continue to support BE's growth, and I hope you will find a place where you too can fit in and make a difference.
Looking to more growth and a future greater than our vision,
Bob
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