6 — THE BULLETIN — Thursday. Sefptember 15.1988
Rememb9rthe Sabbath, to keep It holy. .
Candlelightiog
Fourth Commandment, Exodus. 20:8
Beth Hamidrash Congrega- Koi Nidre 7 p.m.; Wed., Sept. tion. 3231 Heather street. 21,9 a.m. (Yiskor 11:30 a.m.) Rabbi David Bassous.Tues.. and S p.m. concludes at 7:53.
Friday, September 16,7:04 p.ni. Sedra Vayelech Havdaia, Shabbat ends September 17, 8:02 p.m.
Friday, September 23^6:49 p.m. -Sedra Haazinu Havdaia, Shabbat ends ~~ September 24, 7:47 p.m.
Sept. 20, Kol Nidre 7-p.m.; Wedv, S.ept. 21, 8:30 a.m. (Yiskoraboutl p.m.) and 5:30 p.m. 872-4222 or 872-1201. (Sephardic Orthodox).
Beth Hamidrash Congregation. 3231 Heather street. Rabbi David Bassous, Morning Minyan daily 7 a.m: Shabbat, Sunday and public holidays 9 a.m. Evening Minyan Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Shabbat at candlelighting time. (Seuda Shelishit) 872-4222 or 872-1201. (Sephardic Orthodox).
Beth Israel, 4350 [ Oak. Rabbi W. Solomon; Associate Rabbi Ronnie Cahana; Cantor M. Nixon; Torah reader, D. Rubin; Choir, S. Pelman. Fri. 8:15 p.m.; Sat. 9:15 a.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.; daily 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. 731-4161 (Conservative). ^
Chabad-Lubavitch, 5750 Oak. Rabbis Y. Wineberg, Fri. sunset; Sat. 10 a.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. and sunset; dsiiry 7 a.m. and sunset. 266-1313. (Chassidic).
Eitz Chaim. 8080 Frances, Richmond. Rabbi A. Feigel-stock. Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. with youth minyan every Shabbat. Firke A vot one hour before Sunset. Service at sunset. Sunday, 9 a.m. followed by breakfast 275-0007. (Orthodox),
Emanuel. 1461 Blanshard, Victoria. Rabbi V. Reinstein. * * * Sat. 9:30 a.m. 382-0615
Beth Tikvah 971 IGealrd., (Conservative). Richmond. Rabbi Martin . Cohen. Torah reader, Jason * * *
Schwartz, Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 a.m. 27 lr6262 (Conservative).
Relatives and Friends are advised that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memory of the late
CHAVA WQSk
will take place Sunday, Sept. 18 at 12:15 p.m. at the
Schar^Tzedeck Cemetery
Rabbi M. Feuerstein and Cantor M.Preis will officiate
—Tzipi and Rob Mann and Family wish to advise that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memory of the late
LIU POLONSKY
will take place Sunday, Sept. 18 at 1:45 p.m. at the
iTemple SholomJ White Rock Cem^ery
Rabbi p. Bregman will officiate
Har EJ.^prth Shore Jewish Community centre, 1735 Inglewood, West Van., Rabbi I. Balla, cantorial leader Robert Edel, Fri. 7:30 p.m., every other Saturday, 10 a.m. 922-8245 or 922-9133 (Conservative). ^
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Louis Brier Home. 1055 W. 41 Ave. Fri. 6:3(rp.m- Sat. 9:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Daily
4:30 p.m. C. Kornfeld, D. Kornfeld, Moe Frumkin, R. Rosenberg. 261-9376 (Orthodox).
Or Shalom meets at 4764 Quebec St. Services are held the third Friday of each month at 6:30 p.m. followed by dairy potluck and each Saturday at 10 a.m. 872-1614 (Traditional Egalitarian).
Schara Tzedeck.3476 Oak, Rabbi M. Feuerstein; Rabbi Shmuel Strauss; Cantor M. Preis; Torah reader Rev. Joseph Marciano. Fri. sunset; Sat. 9 aim. and sunset (Seuda Shlishit), child ren*s service 10 a.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. and
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late
FANNY OSIPOV
wish to thank relatives and friends for their condolences.
Thanksto Rabbi W. Solomon, Cantor M. Nixon and Ghevra Kadisha.
— DEATHS
ASER ROTHSTEIN Sept. 6
As another Su//af//i community service feature, Deaths will be published weekly as they are registered.—THE PUBLISHER.
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sunset. Weekdays 7:30 a.m. and sunset. 736-7607. (Orthodox).
Temple Sholom. 7190 Oak St. Rabbi P. Bregman; Canto-rial/ Choir M. Kenig; morning jninyans Sun. 8:30 a.m., Mon., and Weds. 7:15 a.m. Services Fri. 8:15 p.m.. Sat. 10:30 a.m. 266-7190 (Reform).
275-0007. (Orthodox).
Emanuel. 1461 Blanshard; Victoria. Rabbi V. Reinstein. Tues., Sept. 20, Kol Nidre 6:55 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 21, 9 a.m. (Yiskor about 12:30
382-0615.
Har El. North Shore Jewish
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Beth Israel. 4350 Oak. Rabbi W. Solomon; Assistant p.m.) and 5 p.m Rabbi Ronnie Cahana; Can- (Conservative), tor M. Nixon; Torah reader, ^ ^
D. Rubin; Choir, S; Pelman.
Tues, Sept. 20, Kol Nidre .....
6:45p.m.; Wed.,Sept.21,9:30 f ^'f„ ^k-
a.m. (Yiskor and sermon nglewood. West Van. Rabbi
about noon), discussion, 4:30 ?t " q ?
p.m., service 5:30 concluding Tf ;
*^ Kol Nidre, 6:45 p.m.; Wed.,
Sept. 21,9:30 a.m. Children's
seirice 10:30 aiin., (sermon
aiid Yiskor at noon) and 5:30
p.m. Havdaia an()shpfiar7;30
p. m. Break-the-fast spon-
with havdaia and shofar 7:30. 731 -4161 (Conservative).
The day history is written, it will be recorded that it was thanks to a woman (Golda) that the Jewish state was bom.
David Ben-Gurion
JEWISH CALENDAR
5749 — 1988
Erev Yom Kippur Sept._20 Yom Kippur Sept. 21
ErevSuccot Sept. 25
Succot Sept. 26-27
Erev Shimini Atzereth Oct. 2
Beth Tikvah. 9711 Geal Rd., Richmond. Rabbi Martin Cohen. Torah reader, sored by Sisterhood follows. Jason Schwartz. Tues, Sept. 922-8245 or 922-9i33 (Con-20, Kol Nidre 6:30 p.m.; Wed., servative). Sept. 219 a.m. and 6 p.m. 271- . . .
6262 (Conservative).
Chabad-Lubavitch. 5750 Oak. Rabbi Y. Wineberg,
Louis Brier Home. 1055 W. 41 Ave. Tues., Sept. 20, Kol Nidre7 p.m.;^ed., Sept. 21,9 a.m. and 6 p!m. (Yiskor at Tues., Sept. 20, Kol Nidre 7 noon). C. Kornfeld, D. Korn-p.m.; Wed, Sept. 21, 10a.m. feld, Moe Frumkin, R. (Yiskor 12:30 p.m.) and 5:30 Rosenberg. 261-9376 (Ortho-p.m. concludes with shofar 8 dox). p.m. 266-1313. (Chassidic). ~ * * *
Eitz Chaim. 8080 Francis Rd., Richmond. Rabbi A.
Or Shalom for holiday services only meets at Talmud
, Feigelstock. Tues., Sept. 20, Torah school. Tues., Sept. 20,
Kol Nidre, 6:15 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 21,9:30 a.m.. Children's service H :30 a.m. (Yiskor 12:30). Evening service 5:45 p.m. concludes 7:53 p.m. 872-1614. (Traditional Egalitarian).
Schara T^edeck. 3476 Oak, Rabbi M. Feuerstein; Rabbi Shmuel Strauss; Cantor M. Preis; Torah reader Rev. Joseph Marciano. Tues., Sept. 20, Kol Nidre, 7 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 21, 9 a.m. (sermon 11;45 a.m. followed by Yiskor). 736-7607. (Orthodox).
Temple Sholom. 7190 Oak St. Rabbi P. Bregman; Canto-rial/ Choir M. Kenig. Tues., Sept. 20, Kol Nidre 8 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 21, 10 a.m. (symposium 1:15 p.m.) Children's service 2:30 p.m. Afternoon service 4 p.m. (includes Yiskor) Break-the-fast follows. 266-7190 (Reform).
How.to give Succot to your own children
By BARBARA DIAMOND GOLDIN
As the holiday of Succot approaches, consider building your own succa or sharingasucca with one or several other families. The succa is a wonderful focus for children, and can be as exciting as a playhouse, a camping trip in their own backyard, or an eight day-long picnic. They'llenjoy building it, decorating it, eating in it, inviting friends to it; and sleeping in it.
If children eat and sleep in their succa, they are more likely to remember the Israelites' 40 years of wandering, than if we just tell them about those years in the desert. And when it rains on their dinner^ they will have that much more sympathy for their ancestors. Arlene Rossen Cardozo says that because of the highly participatory nature of Judaism, we don't just remember and recognize in a vacuum. We relive the desert journey each fall by building and using a temporary dwelling for eight days. {Jewish Family Celebrations, St. Martin's Press, p. 60)
Besides commemorating ourancestors' years of wandering in the desert, building a succa helps us remember our ancestors who were farmers in ancient Israel. During the harvest season, many of them lived in huts in their fields to save travel time. They worked from sunup iintil dark each day until the whole crop was gathered.
Maimonides gives yet another reason for dwelling in a succa for eight days. He "believed the succa was a lesson in human frailty. No matter how self-reliant we may be, we are still vulnerable to the forces of nature." (Succot: A Time to Rejdicehy MalkaDrucker, Holiday House, p. 27).
If you've never built a succa before and need directions, you can find ihemin The Jewish Catalog by Richurd Siegel, Michael and Sharon Strassfeld (Jewish Publication Society, Phila, pp. 129-1-30), and in Succot: A Time to Rejoice, pp. 57-60. The Jewish Catalog directions use cement blocks, 2x4 standards, and improvised walls of sheets or plywood. You can attach your succa to your house or garage, as long as it is under open sky with no tree or part of a building above it. The roof covering or sekhach must be open enough to let in starlight,* but thick enough so that there is m'ore shade than sun within {Seasons of Our Joy by Arthur Waskow, Bantam Books, p. 55).
Once your structure is up, have a succa decorating party. Cardozo finds that this is one of the merriest of their family traditions. Her family plays Israeli music, gathers fall leaves, grapevines, cornstalks, fallen branches and covers the frame and roof. Cardozo tells about the two neighbor_boys who helped__
A prize-winning Succa.
white construction paper, cotton balls, glue, blue and white ribbon, and six-pointed red construction paper stars (Drucker, p. 65).
Since it is customary to invite guests intoyoursuccaand tobe hospitable, make handwritten signs that say "Blessed are those who enter here," "Rejoice in your festival," "Bless everyone in this succa."
Tell your children about the ushpizin, the invisible guests and make signs welcoming them into the succa. Hang posters or "drawings ofthe ushpizin on the walls. Miriam Chaikin says this custom began in the second century C.E. when the Jews invited Abraham into their succah as a symbolic guest; Later the Jews of Spain revived the custom and added other biblical guests {The Story and Meaning of Succot: Shake a Palm Branch, Clarion Books, p. 35).
Now we invite the seven patriarchs and the seven matriarchs (Abraham^ Is^ac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David; Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Miriam, Hannah, and Deborah) into the succa on a night when the family expects to eat in the succa and spend theevening there (Chaikin^ p. 48).
Once your succa is decorated, try to eat as many or at least two meals in it, one on the first night of Succot. Invite friends, relatives^ the poor, and the ushpizin so you can fulfill the mitz-vah of hospitality. Serve stuffed and round foods traditonai at this time, such as stuffed peppers, kreplach, squash, stuffed cabbage, strudel, baked apple. You can find the blessings you will need foiLthe succa meal in most prayerbooks and the other resource books mentioned.
When your children beg to sleep in the succaand start dragging out,theirj^sleepingbagsv remember that the more we do to celebrate the holiday, the more we remember it, and the more it
them decorate_^their succa every year since they-were six^years old. Every fall they would plagUe their respective parents with "the incessant question: *Why can't we have a succaT'
Some tips for decorating include using fishlme for stringing the decorations fromone corner of the succa to the other. You
can drill holes in the wooden slatsof the roof and put string - »s a part of us (Drucker, p. 57):
through the holes to tie on gourds, a string of chili peppers or So unless it's raining, consideracampout in your succa. Smell figs, ora cluster of grapes. Make paperchams, and chains of raw whole cranberries and raw whole peas.
Decorate the walls of the succa with maps, posters and photos of Israel. Make a vegetable sculpture centrepiece for the table such as a squash face with a cucumber nose and oliye eyes.
As a reminder of the "clouds of glory" that protected the Jewish people in the desert, hang up your own clouds made of
the fruits of the harvest all around you, watch the stars above you, and feel the closeness and comfort of your invisible guests as they watch over you. ~
Barbara Diamond Goldin is a writer who used to live in Bellingham, Washington and now resides in Massachusetts.