9:30 am Parashat Emor Leviticus 23:23-24:23 Maftir: Leviticus 24:21-23 Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Kiddush follows in the Starensier

Assembly 12:00 pm in HaSifriyah: : The Jewish Community Library Now studying Parashat Ha-Shavua, the weekly Torah portion

Shabbat Morning Service

Song while the Torah is being dressed

Shiru L'Adonai Shiru l'Adonai, shiru shir chadash; shiru l'Adonai, kol ha-aretz (2) Shiru l'Adonai, barchu sh'mo; bas-ru mi-yom l'yom y'shu-ato (2)

Shabbat Shiur

(Sing unto God a new song, sing forth all the earth! Sing unto God, blessed be God's name, Praise God for God's daily help!)

Song after the Musaf Amidah

Y'hi-yu L'ratzon Y'hi-yu l'ra-tzon im-rei fee (im-rei fee), v'heg-yon lee-bee l'fanecha Adonai tzuree, Adonai Tzuree (tzuree) v'go-alee (v'go-alee), v'go-alee.

Commentary and Questions to Ponder

And from the day on which you bring the sheaf of elevation offering the day after the Sabbath you shall count off seven weeks. They must be complete: you must count until the day after the seventh week fifty days; then you shall bring an offering of new grain to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:15-16) We count the days that pass since the preceding festival, just as one who expects his most intimate friend on a certain day counts the days and even the hours. (Maimonides) The sefirah period came to symbolize the ever-present insecurity of living in exile. And the pall prevailed until the creation of modern Israel. Its history has at last transformed the counting of the omer into a celebration of Jewish sovereignty and power after nearly two millennia of homelessness. There is nothing idle about the counting of the omer. Not only does it join Passover to Shavuot, but the Jewish people to Israel. Redefined by the twentieth century, it should bring us to reflect each year about the destiny of Israel in the grand scheme of Jewish history and the contemporary world. (Rabbi Ismar Schorsch) Who (what) is the friend whom Rambam suggests we so eagerly await through the counting of the omer? - The festival of Shavuot per se? - The commemoration of the Sinai revelation it commemorates? - The opportunity for protracted study with which the Festival is celebrated? What personal milestones and expressions of Jewish life do you anticipate most eagerly, virtually (or literally) counting the days?

(May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.)

This Week At Temple Emanu-El

Sunday, April 28 9:00 am - Religious School (Grades TAPT-7) 9:00 am - Adult Education Committee meeting 9:00 am - Haverhill Jewish Scholarship/Loan Association meeting 10:00 am - Book Club (discussing Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson) 12:15 pm - Religious School Faculty Committee meeting Monday, April 29 6:00 pm - High School Dinner and Classes (Grade 7 students are invited) Tuesday, April 30 7:15 pm - Executive Committee meeting Wednesday, May 1 4:00 pm - Religious School (Grades 3-7) 7:00 pm - Makheila (choir) rehearsal Friday, May 3 Candlelighting - 7:28 pm 6:00 pm - Tot Shabbat Saturday, May 4 9:30 am - Shabbat Morning Service Bar Mitzvah of Andrew Eisen son of Amy and Edward Eisen 12:00 pm - Shabbat Shiur (Torah Study Class) Now studying Parashat Ha-Shavuah, the weekly Torah portion Shop as you always do... use Scrip and Temple Emanu-El benefits. Call the Temple Office (978-373-3861) or look in your e-mail for details.

(Prayer for Healing) Mi she berach avoteinu, M'kor hab'racha l'imoteinu May the source of strength, Who blessed the ones before us Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing And let us say: Amen. Mi she berach imoteinu, M'kor hab'racha l'avoteinu Bless those in need of healing with r'fuah sh'leima The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, And let us say: Amen.

Mi She-berach

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Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:00 A.M. Please RSVP to the Temple Office (978-373-3861) or by e-mail: Nancy@TempleEmanu-El.org Friday, May 3, 2013 6:00 pm Introducing pre-schoolers to Shabbat Shabbat Rituals Story Activity Dinner Led by Rabbi Ira Korinow & Debbi Levasseur Please RSVP to Nancy at 978-373-3861 Sunday. May 5, 2013 9:30 am (Breakfast included) Election of new members to the Board of Directors and Committee Reports

Temple Emanu-El Book Club

Welcome to Temple Emanu-El

Tot Shabbat

Temple Emanu-El Annual Meeting

Temple Emanu-El cordially invites you to attend The Seventy Second Annual Confirmation Friday, May 17, 2013 7:00 P.M.

Claire Ayala Breger-Belsky Alyssa Jaime Helman Wise Huston Chabot Chlo Jean Isabelle-Alper Shaina Nicole Gilks Evan Hans Larsen Noam Seth Hantman Emilee Ryann Nathan Zachariah Abraham Bouchard Shalek

In The Community
Sunday, May 5, 2013 3:30 pm - 7:15 pm at Osgood Landing 1580 Osgood Street (Rt. 125) in North Andover (1/4 mile from the Haverhill line) Double Feature: The Other Son and Hava Nagila (The Movie) Call the Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation for more information - 978-688-0466 Purchase tickets at www.mvjf.org General Admission is $18 For more information on any of our many exciting programs or about becoming a member of Temple Emanu-El, call the Temple Office at (978) 373-3861 514 Main Street Haverhill, MA 01830 www.TempleEmanu-El.org

Shavuon April 27, 2013 17 Iyar 5773 Shabbat Shalom! !

Jewish Film Festival 2013

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More than Israel has kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath has kept Israel (Ahad Ha'am)

Ira L. Korinow, D.D. Rabbi

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