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Volume 24 Issue 3
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The Shaliach Spring 2010 - Adar 5770
N e w s a n d V i e w s f r o m t h e Y o u n g I s r a e l o f P l a i n v i e w
T he most exciting parts of Pesach for me are the discussions that surround the Haggada.
Over the past few years, I have discovered a number of questions which offer great opportuni-ties for meaningful and even fun family discus-sion. Below I list some of my favorite topics with some helpful hints for answers.
• Are there really 4 questions? It seems to me like there’s only one.
• When does the Haggada finally answer these 4 questions/observations? (Hint: See R. Gamliel). Why doesn't it answer them right away?
• When R. Eliezer, R. Akiva, R. Yehoshua, R. Elazar b. Azaryah etc. are staying up all night, are they discussing the story of the Exodus or something else? (Hint: It's something that’s said twice a day). Why aren't they discussing the story, or why aren't we dis-cussing the story? (Hint: It might be connected to what the Chacham is saying).
• After saying the questions of each of the four sons, the Haggada questions, “One might think from the beginning of the month there is an obligation to discuss the story of the Exodus”. Why would someone think that? (Hint: see Exodus 40:2)
• Abraham was promised at the “Covenant of the Pieces” (Genesis 15:13-14) that his children would certainly be slaves. Why? It doesn't seem fair.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:INSIDE THIS ISSUE:INSIDE THIS ISSUE:INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Rabbi’s Study 1, 8
Sisterhood 2, 3
MALI 2
President’s Page 4, 5
Life Cycle
Announcements 9
Kiddush/Shul
Calendar 9
Committee
Directory 10
Advertising 6, 7, 11
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The Shaliach
Meryl Altabet Fried.........Editor
YOUNG ISRAEL OF
PLAINVIEW 132 Southern Parkway
Plainview, NY 11803
(516) 433-4811
Rabbi Elie Weissman
Rabbi Moshe Portnoy z”l (1981—2005)
OFFICERS
President Alex Stern
First Vice President Arie Neumann
Second Vice President Jeff Feldstein
Treasurer William Last
Financial Secretary Larry Pollack
Corresponding Secretary David Vilkas
Recording Secretary Deborah Plutzer
Sisterhood President Linda Chusid
Past Presidents: Ken Malc & Lou Sroka
TRUSTEES
Larry Cohn* Ariane Eisman
David Gross Sandra Katz
Edwin Simpser David Kaufman
Irving Gomolin Alvin Smilow*
* Former President
SISTERHOOD BOARD
President Linda Chusid
Executive Vice Presidents Shaina Halegoua
Gayle Neumann
Treasurer Sheryl Cohen
Financial Secretary Marlene Horowitz
Recording Secretary Amy Guterman
Corresponding Secretary Sarah Gross
Immediate Past Presidents Rhonda Schwartz
Andrea Raphael
MALI News The Mikveh breakfast is sure to be a lovely event, rescheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2010. We will be celebrating with our honorees, Ann and Larry Cohn, at Woodbury Jewish Center at 9:30 am and look forward to seeing the community join together in their honor. If you haven't already RSVP'd to join us, you are welcome to still join us--please email Diane: [email protected]. Additionally, the mikveh is looking for one or two women who would be willing to help occasionally as a back-up Shomeret. We will be holding a training session and would greatly appreciate the help. This is a tremendous mitzvah for someone to undertake and we thank you in advance for your willingness to help our mikveh.
Diane Rabin
President
SISTERHOOD SISTERHOOD SISTERHOOD SISTERHOOD
SPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHT Dear Friends, I was so pleased to receive the updated YIP directory with the faces of new families who’ve joined our shul. I’d like to welcome all of you and wish you all the best. Mazel Tov once again to the Berns, Ritholtz and Kaufman families on your well deserved honors. The Annual YIP Dinner was a wonderful success! Thank you Suri and all those who helped you put together such lovely and delicious Purim baskets. The sisterhood is, currently, running the Pesach wine sale. The infor-mation has been e-mailed and sent by regular mail. We do hope that you will find it convenient enough to order your wines from us with such easy delivery and excellent pricing. May we all have an inspiring Chag Kosher v’ Samayach surrounded by loving family and friends. Shalom,
Linda Chusid Sisterhood President
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CEMETERY PLOTS AT WELLWOOD CEMETERY. THROUGH THE YOUNG ISRAEL OF PLAINVIEW ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO PURCHASE PLOTS AT THE YOUNG IS-RAEL PRICE. WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND OUR OFFER TO YOUR FRIENDS OUTSIDE THE YIP COMMUNITY AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE.
CALL SHERRI MALC FOR DETAILS AT 933-2768.
THANK YOU SHERRI MALC
YOUNG ISRAEL
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Seforim Dedication YIP Sisterhood is pleased to continue to offer you the opportunity to purchase and donate Siddurim, Chumashim, Tehillim and Megillos. Books can be purchased to memori-alize or honor a friend or family member. At the same time, your donation allows the shul to continue to add brand new books to the
shelves.
The books are inscribed with a personalized message, and the family or friend is notified of your donation. Please note our
newest book, for Tisha B’av.
Cost of BooksCost of BooksCost of BooksCost of Books
RCA Artscroll Siddur .................................$36
Artscroll Stone Chumash ............................$54
Artscroll Tehillim (hardcover) .....................$25
Artscroll Book of Megillos (hardcover) ......$25
Judaica PressTisha B’Av Compendium-
Tefillot & Kinot (Hardcover) …….…..$40
Questions or requests, please contact
Liz Vilkas at 931-6848 or email at
YIP YAHRZEIT BOARD To place an order for a yahrzeit plaque or for additional information, please contact David Guterman
YIP Sisterhood Book Club
Looking for New Members The YIP Sisterhood's Book Club would like to remind all of the women in our community that there is a book club that meets monthly for a dynamic discussion on a book that has been chosen during the previous club's meeting. We read popular fiction and non-fiction and are open to any suggestions for future readings. The meetings begin at 8:00 PM and end at approximately 9:30. We are looking for new members to join our group. It is a great opportunity to socialize and get some intellectual stimulation. Our next meeting will take place on April 14th at the home of Louise Mund. This will give everyone plenty of time to get the book and read it. The book we will be discussing is
Half Broken by Janet Walls
Please consider joining us. If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Raphael at 935-0931 or email [email protected]
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PRESIDENT’S PAGE
Hope you enjoy these amazing optical illusions.
חג שמח חג שמח Alex Stern
You should see a man’s face as well as a word.
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Take a look. Your eyes make the picture move. To test this, stare at one spot for a couple of seconds and everything will stop moving. Or look
at the black center of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you
take your eyes away from it… Weird.
Mail addressed to the Rabbi, president, treasurer, or MALI is received and read within a reasonable amount of time. All other mail should be mailed directly to the recipient to in-sure it is read in a timely fashion. For example, all Sisterhood mail must be mailed to the home address of the person in charge of the activity that you desire (Calendar, Mishloach Manot, Wine, Siddurim & Chumashim, etc.). Informa-tion about where to direct your mail is usually included in the flyers. Thank you for your cooperation.
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• The Haggada seems to imply that Laban was worse than Pharaoh. That just doesn't seem right.
• The backbone of the Haggada is taken from the Mitzvah of Bikkurim (Deuteronomy chapter 26), what makes that Mitzvah different from all other mitz-vahs? (Hint: think of its relationship to the “fifth” cup of wine).
• How does R. Yehuda help us understand the 10 plagues with his signs? (Hint: 3 sections, 3 messages)
• Why are R. Yossi, R. Eliezer, and R. Akiva trying to add more plagues to the Egyp-
tians? Haven't they suffered enough? (Hint: see Exodus 15:26)
• What's the real reason we eat matzah? If the reason is because there wasn't enough time for the bread to rise, why did the Isra-elites eat it at the first seder? (Hint: who says there's only ONE reason?)
• Why are we eating in the middle of Hal-lel? (Hint: maybe our eating is more than just eating).
• Who knows fourteen?!
• Who's REALY the goat in Chad Gadyah?
Chag Sameach and enjoy your Seders!
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To reserve, remove or correct a date on the Shul
calendar, please contact Office Manager, Rita Rubin by e-mail at “[email protected]”, or at 516-433-4811 extension 100.
No food may be brought into the Shul by anyone for any purpose or event without the knowledge and approval of Abe Alper.
All kiddushes must be paid in full, 2 weeks in advance.
If you are making a Meat Kiddush, you must be available to receive deliveries of food and equipment. Speak to Abe Alper for details.
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Mazel Tov to . . . Karen and Josh Friedman on the birth of a baby boy
David Bernstein on his engagement to Eliza Jordan
Phyllis and Sandy Jacobson on the birth of a granddaughter to Sara and Andrew Bienstock
Lilli Herskowitz on the engagement of Danny to Esther Wertman of Fairlawn, NJ
Meryl and Aaron Chaitovsky on the marriage of David to Aya Weichselbaum
Ariane and Robert Eisman on the Bat Mitzvah of Emily
Marsha and Jack Nass on the marriage of Evan and Adina
Sharon and Steve Nachman, and Julie and Eric Tolkin on Dena’s engagement to Aaron Tolkin of Miami, Florida
Pearl and Aaron Feder on the marriage of Randy to Rachel Reichman
Lizette and Neil Romano on the wedding in Israel of their daughter Rebby to Rotem Shaubi
Joshua Pfeffer on being named as a finalist in the Intel Sci-ence Competition
Shelly Portnoy on the marriage of Gila to Shlomo Pollack
Rhonda and Brian Berns, Dorothy and Arthur Ritholtz, and Shani and David Kaufman on being honored at the Young Israel Dinner
Condolences Jeannette Margolis on the loss of her mother Rose Cooper
Ian Ruberstein on the loss of his father Murray Ruberstein
Cheryl Shames upon the loss of her mother, Sue Zucker
Joanne Mlotok on the loss of her mother Barbara Kir-schbaum
May the Omnipresent console you among
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem
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3/6/2010 HERSHKOWITZ (AUFRUF)
3/27/2010 LOWY (BRADLEY BAR MITZVAH)
APRIL 2010
4/25/2010 MIKVEH BREAKFAST
MAY 2010
5/15/2010 LAST (SARAH BAT MITZVAH)
5/29/2010 KRAWITZ (AUFRUF JASON)
JUNE 2010
6/5/2010 BRUNNER KIDDUSH TO CELEBRATE BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
6/20/2010 ORNSTEIN (GILA BAT MITZVAH)
AUGUST 2010
8/28/2010 BAER (HILA BAT MITZVAH)
SEPTEMBER 2010
9/4/2010 SPINDEL (JONATHAN BAR MITZVAH)
OCTOBER 2010
10/16/2010 SROKA (DAVID BAR MITZVAH)
10/30/2010 STOCHEL (DOV BAR MITZVAH)
NOVEMBER 2010
11/6/2010 HILL (BENJI BAR MITZVAH)
APRIL 2011
4/9/11 LIEBERSTEIN (JAKE BAR MITZVAH)
JUNE 2011
6/4/2011 SCHWARTZ (DAHLIA BAT MITZVAH)
6/18/2011 OSSIP (JONATHAN BAR MITZVAH)
6/25/2011 POLLACK (GIDEON BAR MITZVAH)
JULY 2011
7/2/2011 KATZ (MATTHEW AND DYLAN BAR MITZVAHS)
OCTOBER 2011
10/24/11 RABIN (BRURIA BAT MITZVAH)
JANUARY 2012
1/5/2012 REICHENBACH (JARED BAR MITZVAH—8AM MINYAN)
1/7/2012 REICHENBACH (JARED BAR MITZVAH)
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www.yiplainview.com
The Shul email – [email protected] The Rabbi’s email – [email protected]
The President’s email – [email protected]
SHUL COMMITTEE DIRECTORY [email protected] Larry Pollack
Jonathan Stochel
Cemetery Sheri Malc, Alvin Smilow & Barry Zweigbaum
Coupons Alvin Smilow
Education Rochelle Sroka
Eruv Cary Kesssler
Hospitality Ariane Eisman
House & Security Alvin Smilow
Journal Dinner Arie Neumann
Kiddush and Catering Abe Alper
Marketing Ariane Eisman
Membership Larry Pollack
NCYI Delegate Sam Kahn Newsletter Meryl Fried
Political Action Cary Kessler
Political Action Israel Larry Cohn
Real Estate Judy Millman
Renovation of Beit Medrash David Gross & Ken Malc
Ritual Rabbi Weissman & Aaron Chaitovsky
Seudah Shlishit Harvey Kaplan
Sign Board David Guterman
Special Gifts Marty Taub
Webmaster Ira Somach
Youth Sheryl Cohen & Lynda Last
SISTERHOOD COMMITTEE DIRECTORY
Baruchim Ha’baim Shani Kaufman Jordana & Adam Farber
Bikur Cholim Shelley Katz
Book Club Andrea Raphael Calendar Louise Mund, Marci Karoll
Entertainment Books Arlene Meisner
Mishloach Manot Leah Sclair, Suri Gotowner New Year’s Card Marci Karoll
Siddurim & Chumashim Liz Vilkas Simcha & Condolence Cards Deborah Plutzer
Welcome Wagon Ariane Eisman, Lisa Floumanhaft
Wine Sale Aryela Rosenberg
The Board of Trustees and a vote of the Member-ship, in keeping with current law governing minors and drinking, adopted the follow-ing Shul policy: It is the policy of the Shul that there be no consump-tion of alcohol by anyone under 21 years of age on synagogue premises or at synagogue events. Your support in maintaining this policy is appreciated.
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Thank you all for your well
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and recuperating at home.
I love you all!
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