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Parshat Vayigash is about the twelve brothers coming together and leaving their contentious past behind. It's about the unity that's necessary for the Jewish people. One of the hardest aspects of unity is that no matter how we feel about one another, the antisemites hate us all one and the same. There's no disparity in their eyes. Ayelet wrote this poem a few weeks back and would like to share it with the community.

They don’t know my face
They don’t know my name
They don’t know my favorite game to play
But they want me dead

They don’t know I hate peanut butter
They don’t know I love theater
They don’t know I used to be a picky eater
But they want me dead

They don’t know that I have a baby sister
They don’t know I love to read
They don’t know I pick my cuticles until they bleed
But they want me dead

All they know is that I keep kosher
That I wear a necklace with a star
That on Shabbat I don’t drive a car
So they want me dead

I’m just a kid
Just trying to make it through school
I’m not even very cool
So why, why, do they want me dead?  

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Hearshen

Candlelighting time on December 22 is 5:15 pm.
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Kiddush Sponsorship

Thank you to Stella DeLeon for sponsoring Kiddush this week for her husband Jack's Meldado.

Sponsorships are available for all occassions. Donations start at $36. Call the office at 404-633-1737 or email adam.kofinas@orveshalom.org for dates and details.

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We're only $3,600 from our goal of $25,000! Make your donation by December 31, 2023 and it will be matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor.

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BIRTHDAYS
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Shabbat
Maya Gross

Sunday
Isaac Glasser Cohen

Monday
Asher Benator
Cynthia Morgan
Danny Tourial
Joel Nerenbaum
Steven Bush

Wednesday
Adela Salame-Alfie
Isabelle Maslia
Jason Benator
Mark Benjamin

Thursday
Pearline Franco
Yuriy Akbashev

Friday
Meredith Galanti
Scott Tenenbaum
Zane Grosswald

ANNIVERSARIES

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sunday
Joel and Beth Arogeti

Wednesday
Arnold and Esther Zipperman
Nathan and Rachelle Parker

Thursday
Bob and Dale Israel

Shabbat
Joseph Bernath

Sunday
Raquel Alfie-Cohen
Harry Friedman

Monday
Lea Cohen
Elise Akouka

Tuesday
Lucille Freiser
Franklin Selber

Wednesday
Jack DeLeon

Thursday
Sonya Rabinowitz
Flora Sevy
Stanley Cure

Friday
Edgar Silver
Luna Levy