JUNE 14, 2001 - 23^rd SIVAN 5761

 YOUTH SHABBAT – June 16

It’s still not too late to get involved with our Youth Shabbat on Shabbat June 16. All children from ages 8 and up are invited to participate and join in. The theme is the Book of Vayikra. If your child would like to participate, please contact David Ritholtz ASAP.

To commemorate the yahrzeit of their beloved daughter and sister, Rebecca Hankoff, ale’ha ha’shalom, a meat kiddush is being sponsored by the Hankoff Family of West Hempstead and the Jacobson Family of Merrick , which will follow services on Shabbat , June 16. May the entire family from now on only know much health and happiness until 120.

There will be a General Membership Meeting at the Young Israel of Merrick on :

At the meeting, there will be a variety of issues discussed, the projected budget for fiscal 2001/2002 will be presented and elections for the officers of the Board of Directors will be held. Please make it your business to attend the General Membership meeting as we are entering very exciting times for the shul and we need everyone to participate.

Notice: The Father’s Day Soup kitchen volunteer morning has been canceled.

Bea Hoffman (868-5268)

In the tradition of "rak b’se’machot" or if you prefer, "nur auf simchas", or to those of us who are monolingual, "only in happy occasions", Sari and Stan Fish are inviting the shul to attend the Aufruf of their son, Benjamin on Shabbat, June 23. The Fish family will be sponsoring a kiddush for the shul in honor of their son’s upcoming marriage to Bashi Rosenfeld. Mazel Tov to all.

Candlelighting: 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

Mincha: 6:45 p.m.

Shacharit: 9:00 a.m.

Jr. Cong.: 10:15 a.m.

Kiddush: sponsored by the Hankoff and Jacobson families in memory of Rebecca Hankoff, ale’ha ha’shalom.

Rabbi’s Shiur: 7:35 p.m.

Mincha: 8:05 p.m.

Afternoon Groups: 15 minutes after mincha. This week, the older groups will meet.

Seudat Shlishit: this week will be sponsored by Renee and Jeffrey Maynard, to commemorate the yahrzeit of Renee’s late mother, Betty Czeladnicki, ale’ha ha’shalom

Shabbat ends: 9:17 p.m.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT (contributed by Jeffrey Maynard):

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that really matter. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
But then...
A student then took the jar which the other students and the professor agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full.

The moral of this tale is: That no matter how full your life is, there is always room for BEER.

HUMOUR: (with thanks to Allen Rosenthal):

Three Jewish sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.
"The first said, 'I built a big house for our mother.'
"The second said, 'I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.'
"The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember how Mama enjoyed reading from the Torah? And you know she can't see very well. So I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Torah. It took elders
in the congregation 12 years to teach him. He's one of a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it.'
"Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:
"'David,' she wrote one son, 'the house you built is huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
"'Saul,' she wrote to another, 'I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"
"'Dearest Irwin,' she wrote to her third son, 'you have the good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was delicious.'"

Wishing everyone a Shabbat Shalom and a Shavua Tov.