6 -- THE BULLETIN — Thursday/June 14,1990
Remember the Sabbathrto keep It holy.. . Fourth Commandment, Exodus, 20:8
Candlelighting
Friday, June 15,9:02 p.in. Sedra Shelach Havdala Shabbat ends June 16, 10:13 p.m.
Friday, June 22,9:04 p.ni. Sedra Koraqh Havdala Shabbat ends June 23, 10:15 p.m.
Beth Hamidrash (Sephar-dic Orthodox), 3231 Heather St. Rabbi D. Bassous. Daily 7 a.m.; Shabbat, Sunday and public holidays 9 a.m.; Fri. 7:30 p.m. (Summer)/Sat. sunset. 872-4222 or 872-1201.
Beth Israel (Conservative), 4350 Oak. Rabbi W. Solomon, Rabbi R. Cahana, Cantor M. Nixon, Torah reader D. Rubin, Choir S. Pelman. Daily 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Fri., 8:15 p.m.; Sat. 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. 731-4161,
Beth Tikvah (Conservative), 9711 Geal Rd, Richmond. Rabbi M. Cohen, Torah reader J. Schwartz. Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 a.m. 271-6262.
Har El (Conservative), North Shore JCC, 1735 Inglewood, West Van. Rabbi L Balla, cantorial leader R. Edel. Fri. 8:00 p.m.; every other Sat., 9:30 a.m^22-8245 or 922-9133.
Louis Brier Home (Orthodox), 1055 ~W. 41 Ave. C. Kornfeld, D. Kornfeld, Moe Frumkin, R. Rosenberg. Daily 4:30 p.m.; Fri. 6:30 p.m.; Sat. 9:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. 261-9376.
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Or Shalom (Traditional Egalitarian), 561 W. 28th. Rabbi 1. Marmorstein. Satur-
days, 10 a.m. Monthly Friday Oneg Shabbat. 872-1614.
Schara Tzedeck (Orthodox), 3476 Oak. Rabbi M. Feuerstein, Rabbi S. Strauss, Torah reader Rev. J. Marci-ano. Daily 7:15 a.m. and sunset; Fri. sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. and sunset;Sun. 8:30 a.m. and sunset. 736-7607,
Temple Sholom (Reform), 7190 dak St. Rabbi R Breg-man, cantorial soloist A. Gutman. Morning minyans: Sun, 9:30 a.m.; Mon. and Wed. 7:15 a.m.; Fri. 8:15 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. 266-7190.
Chabad-Lubavitch (Chas-sidic), 5750 Oak. Rabbi Y. Wineberg. Daily 7 a.m. and sunset; Fri. sunset; Sat. 10 a.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. and sunset. 266-1313.
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Eitz Chaim (Orthodox); 8080 Francis, Richmond. Rabbi A. Feigelstock. Daily minyan 7 a.m.; Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 9a.m. and 8 p.ni.; Sunday 9 a.m. 275-0007,
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Emanuel (Conservative), 1461 Blanshard, Victoria. Sat. 9:30 a.m. 382-0615.
JEWISH CALENDAR
5750 -1990
Rosh Chodesh Fast off Tamuz Rosh Chodesh ErevTlshaB'Av TIshaB'Av Tu B'Av^ Rosh Chodesh
June 23-24 July 10 July 23 July 30 July 31 Aug. 6 Aug. 21-22
Erev Ro8hi4a8hana Sept. 19 Rosh Hashana Sept. 20-21 Fast off Gedallah Sept. 23 Erev Yom Kippur Sept. 28 YomKlppur Sept. 29
Businessman Sam Kaplan dies at 84
A resident of Vancouver for well over 40 years, Samuel Kaplan died on May 24. He was 84.
Born in Yanev, Russia, Mr. Kaplan was proud of his traditional cheder education.
As a young man, he was involved in his family's grain and fruit business. After immigrating to Canada at 23^, he worked in factories specializing in leather goods, in warehouses and in the construction industry in both Montreal and Winnipeg.
Mr. Kaplan and the former Dvora Schechtman were wed in Winnipeg in 1932. The family finally settled in Vancouver in 1944.
Mr. Kaplan had a Vancouver shoe repair shop for several years. He then entered the property management business, in which he was involved for the past three decades.
He is survived by his wife Dvora; daughter and son-in-law Lorraine and Stanley Cleaner, grandsons Mark and Murray and great-granddaughter Jennifer, all of San
SAM KAPLAN
Francisco; and daughter and son-in-law Geoffrey Whitehead and grandchildren Sidney and Sally, all of Vancouver.
Services were held May 27 at Schara Tzedeck cemetery; Rabbi Shmuel Strauss officiated. Chevra Kadisha was in charge of arrangements.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late
TILLY NISSENBAUM
wishes to thank their relatives, friends, synagogues and organizations for their kind I expressions of sympathy at the lossof their Idearlybeloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother^ ^ Special thanks to Rabbi W. Solomon, [Rabbi R. Cahana, Rabbi M. Feuerstein, Rabbi P. Bregman, David Rubin, Eddie Epstein, Rev. [Joseph Marciahp, Chevra Kadisha and Harley Pel stein.
CANTOR M. NIXON ANDYAAKNEVO
Rose Levenstein of Winnipeg passes
JB.Newall Monuments
Hebrew Inscriptions Our Specialty Established 1909 Personal attention paid to ALL ORDERS Fraser and 35th 327-1312
Rose Levenstein of Winnipeg passed a.way peacefully at age 91 on May IS in Seven Oaks hospital.
Born Rose Spitnick in Russia on Oct. 24, 1898, she moved to Romania while in her teens, emigrating to Canada in 1936.
The deceased lived in Montreal, marrying Kalmen Levenstein on Jan. 8,1940. In 1942, they settled in Winnipeg.
^ A storekeeper ahd property manager, Mrs. Levenstein was well known for her Jewish baking and cooking. She was described'by relatives as "a very loving and devoted mother and grandmother'* whose grandchildren "were her pride and joy."
She was also very involved in the Jewish community. Active in Pioneer Women for many years, she often "spiritually adopted" children in Israel as part of the organization's program. She was awarded a life membership in Pioneer Chana Senesh chapter. An ardent worker for
Israel, she sponsored a perpetual Histadrut scholarship for educational advancement and vocational training of Israeli youth.
Mrs. Levenstein was predeceased by her Husband Kalmen and her brothers^and sisters. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Max and Nancy Levenstein, and grandchildren Ken, Alisa and Ciridy, all of Richmond.
Graveside services were held May 17 at B'nay Abraham Cemetery, with Rabbi P. Weizman officiating.
Rabbi's service hailed
DENVER — Dr. Stanley Wagner, rabbi of the BMH Congregation, received the Libby and Rabbi Israel Mow-showitz Award of the New York Board of Rabbis for distinguished community service. Wagner is the first Orthodox rabbi to receive the award.- , jta
When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, hCL is worthy to become a leader.
Nachman of Bratslav
I grew up among wise men and learned that nothing is better than silence. Sayings of the Fathers, 1:17
Have we not all one father? Hath not one G-d created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother. Profaning the covenant of our fathers? Malachil.lO.
. - * Every living soul is a letter of the Torah.
Nathan of Nemirov
Shamash burled May 14
A tombstone unveiling was scheduled for Sunday, June 10 following the death of Joseph Hoogi Shamash, founder of a chain of boutiques specializing in Israeli imports. Mr. Shamash, who died in Vancouver General hospital on May 12, was 81.
Born in Baghdad on June 16.1908, became to Bombay, India as a young child with his parents when they were expelled from their native country of Iraq. Mr. Shamash came from a religious Seph-ardic background.
He was educated in Bombay, where he married Florence Hardoon on June_9, 1939. Mr. Shamash and his father joined a small group of other Iraqis in founding the first Sephardic synagogue in the Byculla neighborhood of Bombay.
Leaving India in 1961, the Shamash family moved to Tel Aviv, where Mr. Shamash and his father helped found the Sephardic synagogue on Ben-Yehuda St.
Joseph and Florence Shamash came to Canada in April 1967, settling in Vancouver in June — two weeks before the Six-Day War.
That year, Mr. Shamash founded Shamash Creations, the first of his stores, on West 41st Ave. in Kerrisdale. He was still working with the family company, whose stores include Yofi Creations, shortly before his death.
Active with the Sephardic Jewish community, Mr. Shamash helped keep its traditions instilled in his family. He was described by a relative as a very charitable and religious man whose family always came first.
Mr. Shamash was predeceased by sisters Regina, Victoria andAziza.
He is survived by wife Florence, sons Alex and Abe, son-in-law and daughter Don and Myrtle McPhee, and-grand-daughters Tamam and Dalia McPhee, all of Vancouver; sister Rosalind of Essex, England; and sisters Rachel and Girgee of Tel Aviv.
Funeral services were held May 14 at Schara Tzedeck cemetery, with kiabbi David Bassous officiating. Chevra Kadisha was in charge of arrangements.
In keeping with Sephardic customs, a tombstone unveiling was scheduled for June 10 at the cemetery, preceded by services at Beth Hamidrash.
SIDRA: SHELACH FAITHl^UL UNDERSTANDING
The Torah portion oiShet-ach relates at length how Moshe sent twelve fine and upstanding individuals to spy out Eretz Yisroel (the Land of Israel). This was done in order to find out the best and easiest way of conquering the land, and also to obtain more information about the land itself. They were to demonstrate this to the Jews by returning to the desert with some of the fruits of the land.
While faith is of extreme importance, and is the basis for the observance of the Torah, faith itself does not suffice. After prefacing pure and simple faith, G-d desires that Jews exercise their understanding as well. ^The same was true about entering Eretz Yisroel. Although G-d had already told the Jewish people that the land was good. He desired that Jews not only believe that Eretz ywroe/ was good, but • see (comprehend) for themselves. "Hearing [and believing] cannot compare to seeing [and understanding].'*
So vital was it. that the Jewish people should desire to enter the land, based on the positive impressions they would gain of the land's goodness, that it was felt that for this purpose it was even worthwhile to place the lives of the spies in jeopardy.
So, too, regarding the first portion of their mission-r- to find out the best and easiest way of conquering the land. They were to do so in order for the Jewish people to comprehend . with their own intelligence that conquering the land was definitely possible.
Upon their return from spying out the land, these fine and upstanding individuals committed the grave sin of telling the Jewish people that the land would be impossible to conquer.
Inasmuch as they witnessed "mighty people" and "descendants of the giants," in their own minds the spies felt they were correct to logically conclude, in their presentation before the Jewish people,
Joseph Martin
Joseph Martin, born in Kherson, Russia on Sept. 1, 1912, passed away May 5 in Vancouver General hospital. He was 77.
His family emigrated to Canada in 1913, first settling in Winnipeg. Raised and educated there, Mr. Martin met his wife Sarah and married her on June 20, 1936. They came to Vancouver shortly after the Second World War.
The deceased owned Martin's grocery store and was a partner of a kosher butcher shop on Broadway in the" 1950s. Later, he moved into the clothing business^ opening Martin's Men's Wear in Sur-2 rey. More recently, he was a salesperson for Tip Top Tailors in Vancouver.
M r. Martin was a member of B'nai B'rith, and enjoyed golf and travelling. -
He was^. predeceased by brothers Morris, Sani and Art; sisters Esther and 3arah; and son Gilbert. He is survived by wife Sarah; sister Anne Glaserman of Edmon-
that the land would be impossible to conquer.
They misunderstood Moshe who had never asked them whether the land could be conquered; he sent them in order to ascertain how it would he easiest to conquer.
On the contrary, since he sent them to find out the best way the land could be conquered, evidently it was conquerable by natural means. [If it could be accomplished only in a miraculous mannei*, spies would be superfluous.] Thus, the spies' testimony that^he^ land was unconquerable was opposite the whole thrust of their mission.
The spies committed this grievous error because they were too aware of their own selves and their own logical conclusions and not sufficiently bound and subservient to Moshe, whose whole being was truth.
Had they been more attached to Moshe and less concerned with themselves, they would not have been so fearful of the "descendants of-4he giants," in whose eyes they felt themselves to be "mere grasshoppers."
Moshe knew that the land was conquerable; their faith in him would have caused them, too, to rightfully understand that "the land which the L-rd our G-d is giving us, is good."
There is a lesson in this for us all. A Jew must know that even when he is involved in matters which require his own comprehension, he is never to forget that he is doing so as Moshe's messenger, i.e., he must seek to comprehend the subject matter not out of his own selfish desire, but because G-d desires him to do so.
He will then be assured that he will understand matters truthfully, rather than foisting his own subjective and erroneous interpretations on the truth — something whiqh easily happens when one is blinded by self-love.
From the"Wellsprings of
Chassidus," Kehot Publication Society, 5746.
buried May 7
ton; son Morley of Toronto; and son and daughter-in-law Sandy and Elma Martin and granddaughter Gillian Arielle Martin, all of Texas.
A graveside funeral Ivas held May 7atScharaTzedeck cemetery, with Rabbi Y. Wineberg officiating. Chevra Kadisha was in charge of arrangements.
Leah Hochstein, news exec, passes
NEW YORK -r Leah Greenhouse Hochstein, long-term executive for the Washington Jewish Week and New York Jewish Week, died here April 17, three days before her 83rd birthday.
Hochstein's husband, Phillip, was the paper's founder, editor and publisher. The Hochsteins retired from the newspaper business in 1982.
Hochstein was a graduate of Case university in Cleveland and the Herzliya academy in New York. jta