MEMBER OF THE WEEK: A very special unannounced event took place in shul last Shabbat, July 16 th . A dear friend who underwent serious surgery many months ago surprised everyone by coming to shul to see his many buddies and say hello and give thanks for his continued recovery. That very special person was someone loved and admired by all, as could be seen in the sincere warm greetings and wishes bestowed on an ever smiling, ever courageous and ever good hearted JACK CARON.
One by one, every single congregant rushed to his side, some to give him a hug, some to share in the warmth of his contagious smile, some to simply greet him with a loving handshake, all to express their pure joy at seeing him back in his beloved and precious second home, the Young Israel of Chomedey.
JACK could easily be the poster boy for our shul. In spite of setbacks, tragedies and health problems, JACK, like the Young Israel of Chomedey, continues to fight, determined to hang in there and do his part to keep the community going. A gentle man and a gentleman, JACK always has a humourous story to share and a beautiful twinkle in his eyes. He has proud ties to our glorious past and a dogged determination to help us create a new and revitalized future. There are not too many people around who are as beloved and admired as JACK CARON. He is everyone's friend, everyone's confidante. We plan to see JACK back in shul on many more occasions and, with G-d's help, for many years to come.
Davening Schedule:
Sunday, July 24th, Shachris 8:00 AM.
Monday, July 18 th - Friday, July 29th, Shachris, 6:30 AM
Sunday, July 25th – Thursday, July 28th, Mincha, 8:20 PM
Friday, July 29th, Mincha, 7:00 PM
Shabbat, July 30th, Joshua Class, 8:30 AM, Morning Services, 9:00 AM, Mincha, 8:20 PM, Shabbat ends 9:18 PM.
CONDOLENCES:
To Larry and Dorothy Rosenthal and Family on the loss of Larry's sister, Ruth Lerner, z”l, on Friday, July 22. Funeral will take place on Tuesday, July 26, at 11:00 AM.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
We are delighted to inform our members once again that one of Montreal's finest, CANTOR SIDNEY DWORKIN , Cantor Emeritus For Life of the Shaar HaShomayim Synagogue , has agreed to be our CANTOR for our upcoming HIGH HOLIDAYS. Information about our HIGH HOLIDAYS will be sent out soon. This promises to be a HIGH HOLIDAY season to remember and a fitting tribute to our 52 glorious years of existence…and still going strong.
Rabbi Stiefel has informed us that he is moving up his departure date from the Young Israel of Chomedey to Sunday, August 14 th . Rabbi Jacob Benaroch is eagerly awaiting to assume his duties as our new Rabbi on Monday, August 15 th .
COMING EVENTS:
Shabbat, July 30 th : Special sit down Kiddush sponsored by the Chomedey raised first graduating class of Herzliah St. Laurent, Class of '75, who will be joining us what promises to be a very memorable Shabbat service.
LIQUOR DONATIONS:
Eric and Nancy Bresler, in honour of the birth of a grandson in Austin, Texas.
David Adler, commemorating a yahrzeit for his Father.
MAZEL TOV:
Lillian Rudy, celebrating her Birthday today , Shabbat, July 23 rd .
Irving Green, celebrating his Birthday on Sunday, July 24 th .
Debbie Shainbach, celebrating her Birthday on Sunday, July 24 th .
Adelle Ziss, celebrating her Birthday on Monday, July 25 th .
Mendel Stiefel, celebrating his 14 th Birthday on Friday, July 29 th .
SHALOM ALEICHEM AND WELCOME BACK:
Danny and Jackie Tansky from the beaches of New Jersey.
Gabriel and Dora Schwimmer from Aventura, Florida.
Ben, Mira and Emmy Rubin from Rochester, New York.
Members of the Gardonyi Family from Ste. Eustache.
SPECIAL REFUAH SHLEMA/GET WELL WISHES:
Aaron Adelstein.
Sam Chadnick, recovering from eye surgery.
Jack Caron.
Marilyn Silverman.
All others facing health issues.
MINYANS:
It has become very difficult to get regular MINYANS lately. Every male member of our shul SHOULD donate at least one morning and/or evening a week to help us provide the most important daily service we offer. PLEASE HELP.
LOBLAWS/PROVIGO, MAXI'S/IGA CARDS:
See Esther Rosen, Irving Zwirek, or Rose Gontovnick.
I've Learned
Written by Andy Rooney , a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words.
I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows.
I've learned.... That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.
I've learned .... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I've learned .... That being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned .... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've learned .... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.
I've learned .... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've learned .... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I've learned .... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I've learned .... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned ... . That we should be glad G-d doesn't give us everything we ask for.
I've learned .... That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned .... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned ... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned .... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I've learned .... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned .... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I've learned .... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people Smarter than I am.
I've learned .... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I've learned .. That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've learned ... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned .... That when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I've learned .... That I wish I could have told my Mom and Dad that I love them one more time before they passed away.
I've learned .... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned .... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned .... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
I've learned .... That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned .... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
Gilad Shalit's mother is writing a letter to her son
This is my son. The first life that I created. Part of my body my soul and my love.
I heard his voice for 20 years. From the moment he arrived in this world to our last telephone conversation:
“ Mom, I am returning home, can you hear me. “
I heard his voice as clearly as I heard his first cry as a baby.
I can still hear his cry at night when he was a child.
You never gave me peace to sleep at night.
I used to lie next to you pacifying you.
When you were sick the first time, I was so worried about you.
I took you to your first day at school and you made me promise that I would return to bring you home.
This I promised you. I have never broken my promises to you.
I have all your drawings on the fridge and the walls of the kitchen so that you would know
that this is your home amongst your drawings and the memories of you.
You grew up to quickly in front of my old and tired eyes.
At your bar mitzvah I suddenly saw how quickly you had grown. I was the proudest mother in the world.
You grew up to be successful, charming and clever. (This is my son, I thought then, this is my son)
When you started going out with your friends part of me would go with you.
I used to hug you and ask you to be careful. “Don't worry mom, I am a big boy”
I used to wake up at night looking at my watch and thinking, where are you,
I am waiting for you to return home. All I wanted was for you to come back safely.
When I heard you falling into bed from exhaustion, I knew that you were home safely with me.
Then I would be able to go to sleep myself peacefully.
When you got your driving license, I used to pray that you would travel safely
and not swerve into the gutter and you would not knock another car.
I hoped you would not drive if you did not have to.
You never disappointed me and you were always responsible and happy.
I was always thrilled to see your smile even though I had sleepless nights worrying you.
When you received your first call up papers to the army, my heart skipped a few beats.
You were only 17 years old.
You came back very proud and happy with big bright shinny eyes.
I wished that you would not have to go to combat and that you would not get called to a dangerous zone.
You just wanted to protect your country.
It is not the country that raised you, it is Me, I who raised you.
The day that you shut the door behind you and you traveled to do your army service.
I counted the days till you would return home.
I decided then and there that I would go to Shul and to thank G-d and ask him to return my son to me safely. Instead of going out I would wash your uniforms and prepare food for when you would come home.
The day that I heard loud knocking on the front door, I knew something was terribly wrong.
I opened the door praying that I would not see what I saw.
Two uniformed army personnel and an army medic.
One was your commander and he held my hand tightly.
I did not have to hear the words he was telling me.
The darkness cut the blood supply from my veins in my arm and I understood that something was terribly wrong.
In the news they show your photographs. I go to Shul and I pray.
I pray all the time, even when I am sleeping, I am praying.
This is my son, my son who was snatched into Gaza .
My son who might never return.
PLEASE HELP ME IN MY PRAYERS!
Aviva Shalit
On This Date, July 24 th :
Events
1992 Tires Recalled for Blasphemy: Japanese tire manufacturer Yokohama Rubber Co. makes the recall after it was discovered their computer-designed tread resembled the Islamic word for Allah.
1973 Watergate U.S. Supreme Court rules that Pres. Nixon must turn over 64 tapes of White House conversations to Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
1967 A full page ad calling for the legalization of marijuana is placed in the London Times. Its list of signers included the Beatles .
1961 First airplane hijacked from the U.S. to Cuba.
1956 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The legendary comedy duo perform at the Copacabana, NY together for the last time as a team.
1946 First underwater atomic explosion The U.S. explodes a device near Bikini Island in the Pacific. It sank ten ships which had been set up as targets.
1794 First public opinion poll is taken.
Births
1951 Lynda Carter American actress, TV's Wonder Woman.
1942 Chris Sarandon American actor. Film: Dog Day Afternoon (1975). TV: The Guiding Light (Tom Halverson).
1936 Ruth Buzzi American actress, comic. TV: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
1936 Mark Goddard American actor. TV: Lost in Space (Maj. Don West).
1920 Bella Abzug d. 1998 American politician and leader of the women's movement. She was the first Jewish woman elected to the U.S. Congress (House of Representatives, New York 1971-77).
1914 Frances Kelsey Canadian-born American pharmacologist. She prevented the use of the drug thalidomide in the U.S. (1958) due to safety concerns. It later caused 7,000 babies in Europe to be born with flipper-like arms and legs.
1897 Amelia Earhart d. 1937 American aviator. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic (1928), the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932), and the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932).
1802 Alexandre Dumas d. 1870 (Dumas père ), French author. Writings: The Three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1845).
1783 Simon Bolivar d. 1830 Venezuelan general, "The Liberator." He led revolutions that freed Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela from Spanish rule.
Deaths
1991 Isaac Bashevis Singer b. 1904 Polish-born American Nobel-winning Yiddish author.
1980 Peter Sellers b. 1925 British actor. Film: The Pink Panther (1964, Inspector Clouseau) and Being There (1979, the gardner).
1974 Sir James Chadwick b. 1891 English Nobel-winning physicist. He discovered the neutron (1932), for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
CHOMEDEY COMEDY BREAK:
With High Holidays rapidly approaching, here's an oldie but goodie but still ONLY a joke:
During the last holiday season, many individuals expressed concern about the seating arrangements in the synagogue. In order for us to place you in a seat which will best suit you, we ask you to complete the following questionnaire and return it to the synagogue office as soon as possible.
1. I would prefer to sit in the... (Check one:)
___ Talking section ___ No talking section
2. If talking, which category do you prefer?
(Indicate order of interest:)
___ Stock market ___ Sports ___ Medicine ___ General gossip
___ Specific gossip (choose from below:)
___ The rabbi
___ The cantor
___ The cantor's voice
___ The cantor's significant other
___ The rabbi's significant other
___ Fashion news
___ What others are wearing
___ Why they look awful
___ My neighbors
___ My relatives
___ My neighbors' relatives
___ Presidential Election, results from
___ Who is cheating on/having an affair with whom
___ My children/grandchildren
___ Other:_______________________________
3. Which of the following would you like to be near for free
professional advice?
__ Doctor __ Dentist __ Nutritionist __ Psychiatrist __ Child psychiatrist
__ Podiatrist __ Chiropractor __ Stockbroker __ Accountant
__ Lawyer, General Practice __ Criminal Lawyer __ Civil Lawyer
__ Real estate agent __ Architect __ Plumber
__ Buyer (Specify store:_____________ )
__ Golf pro [tentative; we're still trying to find a Jewish One]
__ Other:____________________________
4. I want a seat located (Indicate order of priority:)
__ On the aisle
__ Near the exit
__ Near the window
__ In Aruba
__ Near the bathroom
__ Near my in-laws
__ As far away from my in-laws as possible
__ As far away from my ex-in-laws as possible
__ Near the pulpit
__ Near the Kiddush table (not applicable on Yom Kippur)
__ Near single men
__ Near available women
__ Where no one on the bimah can see/hear me talking during services
__ Where no one will notice me sleeping during services
__ Where I can sleep during the rabbi's sermon [additional charge]
__Where I can use my blackberry (SHHHH)
5. (Orthodox only) I would like a seat where:
__ I can see my spouse over the mechitza
__ I cannot see my spouse over the mechitza
__ I can see my friend's spouse over the mechitza
__ My spouse cannot see me looking at my friend's spouse over the mechitza
6. Please do not place me anywhere near the following people:
(Limit of six; if you require more space, you may wish to consider
joining another congregation.)
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_____________________ ____
_________________________
Your name: _________________________________
Building fund pledge (acknowledging and in grateful appreciation for this change): $________________________
You may know that El Al and JetBlue recently signed an agreement to provide connecting options for customers flying between the United States and Israel .
Copy of a leaked memo from El Al to JetBlue employees
Subject: Unique aspects of a flight to Israel
Dear JetBlue employees:
Welcome to the El Al family - or as we say in Hebrew, Bruchim haba'im!
We're so excited about our new partnership. We here at Israel's national air carrier are eager to make this transition as smooth as possible and thought it would be helpful to sensitize you to some of the cultural differences you may encounter with your new customer base.
Security lines: Passengers are instructed to arrive at the airport six hours before a flight. This may seem excessive, but Israel 's crack security service demands it on the theory that no terrorist would be dedicated enough to spend six hours in a crowd of Jews. Kidding! The six-hour time period allows our security team to ask essential questions of our passengers, including "Do you have family in Israel ? Where do they live? What is the purpose of your visit?" It also allows time for the person behind you in line to ask the very same questions, in even greater detail. What you might call "intrusive rudeness" is merely what our people call "Jewish geography."
Luggage: We allow each passenger to stow luggage weighing up to 6,000 pounds. Again, this may seem generous by American standards, but it is in response to our passengers' need to bring books for their cousins in B'nei Brak, appliances for their neighbors' in-laws in French Hill, and industrial-size boxes of M & M's for Israeli soldiers.
Boarding: We board our flights for maximum efficiency, in the following order: Families with young children, families with six or more young children, families with eight or more young children, individuals with physical limitations, individuals with aches and pains that may be something but they won't know until they see a specialist, individuals who cut in line.
Carry-on luggage: You may not think a double stroller, six Borsalino hat boxes, and a Samsung flat-screen television are able to fit in an overhead bin, but please don't underestimate our passengers. During this portion of the flight it might be a good idea for flight attendants to retreat to the galley and have a beer. Or two.
Safety instructions: Hebrew is written from right to left. Similarly, in order to accommodate our passengers' unique sensibility, our instructions are delivered backward. When we say, "Please do NOT stow items under the seat in front of you," our passengers think, "I'll damn well stow my items anywhere I want to," before stowing them under the seat. When we say, "Please move freely about the cabin," our passengers respond, "If they think I am budging from this seat, they have another think coming." It works like a charm.
In-flight behavior: At some point during the lengthy overseas flight, bearded men will crowd the aisle, wrapped in leather straps and white shawls. Do not be alarmed! They will not ask you to join them!
Food service: As a Jewish airline, we serve clientele with unique dietary needs. Our choices include kosher, glatt kosher, kosher dairy, kosher meat, kosher pareve, glatt kosher dairy, gluten-free kosher meat, lactose-free kosher with nuts, lactose-free kosher without nuts, low-salt kosher pareve, high-salt gluten-free kosher meat, and "just bring me a box of cereal and some milk." Remain calm and do not reach for the emergency chute.
Landing: Passengers will often burst into applause when the plane touches down in Israel. This is because a) they are deeply moved by the thought of arriving in the Land of their Ancestors; b) they are still surprised, even after 60 years, that a Jew can safely pilot an airplane.
We hope you find these tips useful as you welcome El Al passengers aboard JetBlue.
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