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Torah Artscroll 504 Hertz 362 Maftir Artscroll 896 Hertz 697 Haftorah Artscroll 1243 Hertz 979 The true mission of the Sanctuary - or Succah - is to recreate and perfect the earth. The three major festivals at this time of year - Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Succot are filled with drama and pageantry; with the piercing sounds of the shofar and the pleasant fragrances of fruits, with the stark white of the Days of Awe and the glorious yellows and greens of the four species on Succot.

October 6, 2012 20 Tishrei, 5773 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot

[broken sighing and sobbing sounds] of the shofar unto you" (Numbers 29:1). Is it not strange that the Bible marks our remembrance of creation - world and light - with sounds from Times a ram's horn reminiscent of groans Candle Lighting 6:12 pm and wails? I suggest Mincha 6:15 pm that the Bible is acknowledging the fact Hashkama 8:00 am that our world is a vale of tears, that human Main Minyan 8:45 am beings are weak and Beit Midrash 9:00 am sinful, and live in the shadow of inevitable Teen Minyan 9:30 am death. But there is another sound of the Shiur 5:00 pm shofar the exultant Mincha 6:00 pm tekiya, which the Bible ordains is to be heard Shabbat Ends 7:18 pm on Yom Kippur (10 The season begins Tishrei) on the 50th Sunday, Oct. 7 7:00/8:00 am with the first day of Jubilee year, during the Hoshaana Rabbah the month which is celebration which See schedule on page 3 Rosh Hashana, the marks the return of For Shmini Atzeret anniversary of the every individual to his and Simchat Torah creation of the familial homestead, Latest Times for world. The Bible frees all slaves and Shema/ Shmoneh Esrei describes it as a rescinds all debts, 9:50/10:48 am "day of the terua Oct.6 declaring liberty
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throughout the Land (Leviticus 25:8-13). This victorious sound reflects the fundamental message of Judaism, the fact that the human being is not only formed from the dust of the earth but has also been "inspirited" by the eternal breath of the Divine. The Jubilee year expresses our faith which is a divine promise - that human beings have the innate power to redeem themselves and the world, to recreate both the kingship of G-d and to bring about a perfected planet of peace and security which our prophets call the Messianic
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Age. What we must do, however, is to develop the G-d rather than the beast within us by studying and practicing the teachings of G-d's Torah. And because we believe that the perfection of the world is within our grasp, we add two exultant tekiya sounds to every broken terua when we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashana. With these sounds we usher in our days of repentance. Yom Kippur is the Day of Forgiveness. Hopefully by then we shall have successfully reached out to G-d, and experienced the nearness and goodness of His Presence. Yom Kippur is the climax of this magnificent feeling. It is not a sad fast day, but a joyous, liberating one; we become freed from the blandishments of food, drink and sexual relationships so that we can fully dwell - for a 25-hour period in the house of G-d, "in order to see the sweetness of the Lord and to seek him out in His Tent" (Psalm 27). On Yom Kippur everyone becomes transported to the "world to come," the world of souls, where the souls of the dead and the souls of the living exist in a totally separate dimension. With the advent of Succot four days later, we are ready to bring our new-found spirituality into this physical world, to recreate and perfect it. We leave our homes and enter a succah, symbolic of the tabernacle/sanctuary/Holy Temple which we are commanded to build on earth so that the Divine might dwell with humanity. And that Tabernacle is not only the earthly
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abode for G-d and Israel, it is a foretaste of a world at peace, a messianic age. G-d initially appointed Bezalel as the architect of the Sanctuary. He "filled him with the spirit of G-d in wisdom, understanding and knowledge" Exodus 31:2- 3). In Proverbs (3:19-20) the text describes how the Lord "established the earth with wisdom, set up the heavens with understanding, and split the deep to give forth water and the heavens to gently drop dew with knowledge." Hence, the true mission of the Sanctuary or succah - is to re-create and perfect the earth. That's why its architect had to be endowed with the same attributes the Almighty used to create the world. And so on Succot we bring special vegetation the Four Species - into the Synagogue/Temple, through whose vegetable roof we can see the stars. And on the last day of the festival Shmini Atzeret-Simhat Torah - we pray for Gd's life-giving waters and take Torah scrolls out into the streets so that every human being may accept the yoke of the heavenly kingship. So we have come full circle advancing from the broken terua to the glorious redemption of the world.

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SUKKOT SCHEDULE Sunday, October 7 Hoshama Rabbah 1st Minyan 7:00 am 2nd Minyan 8:00 am Candle Lighting 6:08 pm Mincha 6:10 pm Monday, October 8 Shimini Atzeret Hashkama 8:00 am Main Shul 9:00 am Beit Midrash 9:15 am Yizkor is said today Mincha 6:10 pm Maariv 7:15 pm Candle lighting after 7:15 pm Hakafot after Maariv Tuesday, October 9, Simchat Torah Hashkama 8:00 am Womens Tefila 8:45 am Main Shul 9:00 am Mincha 6:10 pm Yom Tov ends after 7:13 pm

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THANK YOU FROM GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE HUNGER INITIATIVE PASS IT FORWARD
Pass it Forward would like to extend a gracious thank you to everyone who enabled this tremendous chesed. This year we delivered over a thousand meals to needy families in Long Island and Queens, including families suggested to us by the Hatzilu Rescue organization which takes care of needy families here in Great Neck. Each year as the need for our services grow, the generosity of our community rises to meet that need. While we would be overwhelmed if we acknowledged all donors, a few special thank yous are in order .Each year the Lillien family graciously donates hundreds of food containers and tea lights, so that our community members can make pots of soup on the day of the initiative. A group of chesed activists in the Bet Midrash (dubbed "the boys") have increased their generosity every year, and place a large food order with Everfresh to insure that every needy family on our list will receive all the celebratory Yom Tov foods. Boys, tikunah L'mitzvot. Everfresh, Mazurs & Great Neck Glatt are integral participants in our program and allow us to make it easy for people to donate delicious and healthy meals. This year, Brandon Gold was our high school liaison and worked efficiently and effectively with the local restaurants for donations. In these difficult times, we received generous donations from: Cho-Sen, Great Neck Grill, Dougies, Chatenooga and Colbeh. Please try to patronize our kosher establishments so that they can continue to support our community in return. Brandon also got us a record number of high school volunteers, we hope he can train next years liaison. A very special thank you to our Committee members, Felecia Morris, Celia and Jack Lemonik, Charlie Mandelbaum, Diane Rein and Margery Libin. We may be small in numbers, but each of you is a powerhouse. A special thanks to Janet Hakimian, her group of volunteers, Fery Sedeghatpour, Marcel Arielle and other members of the Persian community who volunteer their time and resources to fill the voids in our program. We could not have run so smoothly without the expert help of Dario Taveras and his staff who worked so hard to help us make the day happen. Finally, it really takes a community to complete this project. Each year, after the last package is delivered we recognize the miracles of the day. This year with a dozen extra routes and so many more families to feed, we ended the day with just enough of everything, food, drivers, volunteers, so thank you to all. We especially wish to thank our cooks, packers and drivers, who spend hours before the holidays helping us out. We wish you all a year of health, happiness, parnassah tova and please keep us in mind for next year, our Rosh HaShana Initiative will be on Labor day! Cindy Hodkin and Nechama Liss-Levinson, co-chairs, GNS Hunger Initiative PASS IT FORWARD

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On Shabbat Kiddush is sponsored by Jeff & Marilyn Freedman in memory of his father George Freedman,zl. On Simchat Torah the Kiddush will be sponsored by Asher Davoudpour in honor of his wife Mehri.

MELAVE MALKASIMCHAT BEIT HASHOEIVA Join us Saturday evening, October 6, at 8:30 pm for a special program in honor of Hoshana Rabbah The Magid & The Music. RABBI PAYSACH KROHN and Simcha Katz will be here to inspire and entertain us. BarBQ Dinner. Members no charge. Non Member $18 per person.
GNS MENS CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS WED. OCT 24: Co-sponsored with the GNS Sisterhood, a talk by Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg of Detroit, on "Stress Management for Adults". Rabbi Goldberg tours the country lecturing on the subject. He is also a co-founder of the "Kids Kicking Cancer" program. SUN. OCT 28: The Mens Club semi-annual Blood Drive. Thanks to Al Liederman for organizing the Blood Drives. SUN. Nov 4: Together with Dos Yiddish Vort, a bus trip to NYC to the Yiddish Theatre to see "The Golden Land", a professional musical in both English and Yiddish. A light dinner will be provided after the performance. Cost is $65 per person (includes bus, theater and dinner). Checks to GNS Mens Club. SISTERHOOD EVENTS Our first event, on Wed. night, Oct. 24th, 8 PM, held together with the Men's club, is a talk by Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is the founder of Kids Kicking Cancer. A black belt in the martial arts, he has created an international program of martial arts therapy for very sick children and stress management seminars for adults. We look forward to this informative seminar! Thank you to Pam Bilfeld for organizing this event. SISTERHOOD ANNUAL DINNER Sisterhood dinner this year will be on Wednesday night, Nov. 7th, 2012. We are so excited to present our speaker, Rachelle Weisberger, author of "Biblical Beauty" to discuss the integration of biblical and historical perspectives with practical advice. We are looking for volunteers to collect beauty-themed raffle prizes - salon gift certificates, makeup samples, spa-related items, etc. Sponsorships are available - Gold - $72, Silver - $36, bronze - $18. If you are able to help, please email Judy Lillien, syny98@gmail.com Thank you to Judy Lillien for chairing this event! SAVE THE DATE - our next Sisterhood meeting will be held on Wed. night, Oct. 31st, 7 pm at GNS. Drop off your kids at Pizza and Parsha, and come on over! The sisterhood is selling Helen Nash's new cookbook New Kosher Cuisine. This is her third cookbook and sure to be as big a hit as her prior efforts. Our discounted price is $35, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Sisterhood. Please send in your checks to either Farla Frumkin or Vivian Kron ASAP! GNS ANNUAL FALL BLOOD DRIVE GNS is sponsoring its Annual Fall Blood Drive on Sunday, Oct. 28th from 8:15am-2:15 pm in the gym. Everyone who is 16 or older and weighs 110 pounds or more and who feels well and healthy can donate blood and help save the life of a friend or neighbor. If you are unable to donate, you can still help by volunteering the day of the drive or by making phone calls in advance. Donating blood or volunteering to help with calls in advance or on the day is also a great opportunity for your young folks to earn community service credit. Our goal with this years drive is 75 pints donated. Please help save three people with your donation its a wonderful Mitzvah! Please contact Al Leiderman 482-0628. COMMUNITY CALENDAR When planning a simcha, please check the community calendar as well as the Synagogue Calendar to avoid conflicts.

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GNS TALMUD TORAH The GNS Talmud Torah is a full Jewish after school program dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. The Talmud Torah meets weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. As part of the expanded Talmud Torah program, we offer a special MATAN program for Bat-Mitzvah aged girls. The class is taught by Morah Netta Jansenson, an outstanding faculty member of NSHA, who is known for her creativity and warmth. The program will meet on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 pm and will begin after the Sukkot holiday in mid Oct. for 12 classes to be completed by the end of January. Please contact the Synagogue office to register your child. SISTERHOOD UPDATES The Shop Smart Do Good event has started at Lord and Taylor! Please contact me about purchasing you coupons. For a $5 donation to the Sisterhood, you will receive (2) 25% off coupons and an all day savings pass of 15%. The savings pass includes cosmetics and fragrances, so now is a good time to stock up. Remember - just one purchase of $20 and you have paid for your coupon book. SAVE THE DATE Sisterhood dinner Wednesday November, 7th Our dinner returns to Colbeh!!! We are looking forward to our speaker, Rachelle Weisberger, author of the book "Biblical Beauty". Member cost $40, non-members $45, sponsorships are available, (gold-$72 silver $36 and bronze $18) Please send in you RSVP before Nov 1st to Judy Lillien (516-487-6845) or Farla Frumkin - Farlafrumkin@gmail.com. LOST & FOUND Lost black & gold woolen shawl taken by mistake from the Main Sanctuary on Yom Kippur. Found a little boys navy blue Benetton jacket size 2-3. Found ladys fake fur purse with house key, eye drops and candy. Found grey glen-plaid little boys jacket. Please call shul office for all the above 487-6100 Saturday, 20 Tishrei Jeff Freedman for George Freedman Gladys Moslin for Morris Kimmel Mitchell Siegel for David Siegel Sunday, 21Tishrei Jack Lipsky for Bill Lipsky Monday, 22 Tishrei Henry Katz for Rebecca & Maurice Fischer Tuesday, 23 Tishrei Robin Bours for Bernard Siegel Drora Brody for Nissim Yeffet Sharon Goldwyn for Morris Siegelman Florence Spira for Sydney Samson Wednesday, 24 Tishrei Drora Brody for Zecharia Yeffet Howard Lorber for Benjamin Lorber Michael Maller for Rose Maller Thursday, 25 Tishrei Roslyn Korman for Samuel Korman Barbara Shaw for Hyman Schwartz Fay Smith for Mildred Siegelman Friday, 26 Tishrei Karen Ben-Sorek for Clarisse Perez bat Aharon

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