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Candle lighting time for Friday, November 4, 2011, 5:50 p.m.
14 Heshvan, 5772 / November 5, 2011
Triennial Cycle Year II: Genesis 14:1-15:21
Humash Etz Hayim, page 77
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16, page 94
- (14) Five Canaanite kings rebel against the King of Elam. A coalition of four eastern kings moves to punish the rebels. In the battles between the two factions, Lot, Abram’s nephew, is captured. Abram arms his followers in order to rescue his nephew.
- (15) God makes a covenant with Abram renewing the promise of progeny and land. During the covenant ceremony, God tells Abram that his descendants will be exiled, but will be redeemed and return to the land. God gives the boundaries of the Promised Land and lists its peoples.
“You Shall Eat and Be Satisfied”: The Promise of Sustenance
Rabbi Philip R. Ohriner
From Birkat Hamazon, the blessing recited after eating bread
Blessed are You, Lord, Sovereign of the universe, who sustains the entire world with goodness, kindness and mercy. God gives food to all creatures, for the Lord’s love is everlasting. In God’s abundant goodness, God has not, nor will God ever withhold sustenance from us. For the sake of the Lord’s great name, God sustains all, does good for all, and provides food for all the creatures God created. Blessed are You, God, the provider of food for all.
Deuteronomy 8:10
You shall eat, be satisfied, and bless the Lord your God for the good land that the Lord has given you.
Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, “Gifts to the poor” 7:6
If a poor person who is not known in the area says, “I am hungry; please feed me,” they do not check into his background to see if he is dishonest. Rather, they feed him immediately.
Babylonian Talmud tractate Pesachim 118a
Rabbi Yochanan said: “Providing for a person’s sustenance is twice as difficult as the suffering of a woman in childbirth for while regarding a woman in childbirth it is written, ‘with etzev (suffering) you shall bear children (Gen. 3:16)’ with regard to providing for man’s sustenance it is written, ‘through etzavon (sufferings) you will eat (Gen. 3:17)’”. Rabbi Yochanan said: “Providing for a person’s sustenance is more difficult than redemption, for regarding redemption it is written, ‘The angel who redeems me from all evil (Gen. 48:16)’ indicating an ordinary angel (will redeem us), whereas regarding sustenance it is written, ‘God who shepherds me…(Gen. 48:15)’.”
Babylonian Talmud tractate Beitzah 32b
Rabbi Nathan the son of Abba further said in the name of Rav, “Anyone who depends on another’s table, the world is dark to him, for it is said, ‘He wanders about for bread—where is it? He knows that the day of darkness has been readied for him (Job 15:23).’” Rabbi Chisda said, “his life is no life.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hanukkah and Shabbat Candles - help support the Religious School’s Myuhad (Special Needs) program -
preorder deadline is November 10th
Support B’nei Mitzvah projects – see bins in lobby
Jews’ Next Dor Holiday Toy Drive
Sheldon and Richard Balk Memorial Camp Scholarship
Hadashot Religious School – On announcement page on WIKI
Next General Board Meeting is Wednesday, November 30th – following minyan
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday – Sunday, November 4-6: Global Hunger Shabbat
Saturday, November 5: Ask the Rabbi - after Shabbat Kiddush lunch (about 1:15 p.m.)
Saturday, November 5: Jews’ Next Dor: Ice Cream Social and Game Night - 7:00 – 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 5: Kadima Laser Tag - 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 5: Date with SAUSY in San Francisco - 7:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Sunday, November 6: Z’havah Monthly Coffee – 10:15 a.m.
Sunday, November 6: Men’s Club Monthly Meeting – 11:00 a.m.
Sunday, November 6: High Tea with Sisterhood - 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 6: Sisterhood Gift Shop Open – 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 8: Introduction to Judaism – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
November 9: Learning Express Shopping Day – 1350 El Paseo De Saratoga – A percentage of all sales go to Religious School
Thursdays beginning November 10: Jewish Legends Discussion Group – 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Friday, November 11: Friday Morning Talmud Discussion with Rabbi Pressman - 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Friday, November 11: Pirkei Avot: Sayings (or Ethics) of the Fathers - 9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Friday – Sunday, November 11-13: USY Fall Kinnus 2011 at Congregation Sinai
Saturday, November 12: Jewish Book Discussion Group – at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13: K-5th Religious School Traditions Fair – 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13: Scounting for Food - 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Monday, November 14: Grandparent’s Circle - 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15: CJL: Back in the USSR: Encounter with Refuseniks, 1976 - 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 19: Shabbat Afternoon Torah Discussion - at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, november 20: Jewish Cub Scouts Pack 504 Activities – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Monday, November 21: Life Line Screening - 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 3: SABABA Concert at JCC - 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Daily Minyan – Sunday 9:30 am & Monday – Thursday 7:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Sunday, November 6: A Riveting Double Event with Award Winning Edwin Black – 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, November 20: 100 Voices: A Journey Home – 3:00 p.m.
* Following the film Rabbi Ohriner will be joined by Cantor Devorah Felder-Levy and Cantor Meeka Simerly in a concert performance