REFU’AH SHELEIMAH YAHRTZEITS

May 30—7 Sivan Mrs. Clare Schecter Chaya bas Moshe Grandmother of Jill Jackeri Mainzer Mr. Nathan Silverman Grandfather of Kevin Cranman May 31—8 Sivan Mrs. Lillie Garber Laika bas Nachum Aunt of Jay Rosenheck June 4—12 Sivan Mrs. Noretta Rosenthal Nechama bas Dovid Grandmother of Julie Rice

Chana Rachel bas Leah Naomi Niece of Susan Krohn Gabrielle Chava bat Perel Cousin of Linda Czuper Rella bas Dena Mother of Saul Sloman David ben Shayna Hindy Father of Gary Lips Golda bas SRifka Mother of Eric Medwed, Sister of Elaine Brasch Tuvia Shabsai ben Faiga Terry Tenenbaum Porat Yosef ben Shira Rachel, Relative of Amanda Bunder Margalit bas Sarah Margalit Abramson Reuven ben Rochel Great grandson of Arlene and Arnold Coleman & nephew of Elayne and Ronen Gabbai Chana bas Frada Bunnie Taratoot Zhenya bas Basya Mother of Ella Pinkhasov and Alex Pindrik Avush ben Dena Rus Brother of Susan Krohn David Michael ben Rachel David Tillem, son of Arthur and Roni Tillem, grandson of Loretta Love

Zeev ben Larisa Friend of Raya and Artur Pinkhasov David Shlomo ben Itka, Father of Sheila Cranman Sima bat Chana Mother of Araksi Resenson Inna bas Leah Inna Turney, aunt of Amira Nachman Freyda Bayla bas Shayna Shula Mother of Sheila Cranman Reuven Zander ben Rachel Cousin of Bruce Barron Menachem Mendel ben Leah Mel Drukman Aria bat Reut Infant daughter of Reut and Tom Avisar Avraham ben Gerti Relative of Linda Czuper Leibe Hershel ben Itka Uncle of Sheila Cranman Naomi Matilda bas Rachel Daughter of Avi and Rachel Gallen Hadassah bat Osnat Mother of Raya Pinkhasov

Rabbi Binyomin Friedman, Rabbi David Karsh, President Rabbi Mordy Birnbaum, Youth Director Debbie Kalwerisky, Executive Director

1st Day Yom Tov Torah Reading | Page 400 Maftir Reading | Page 892

Haftorah Reading | Page 1228

SHABBOS SHAVUOS 2nd Day Yom Tov /Shabbos

Torah Reading | Page 1012 Maftir Reading | Page 892

Haftorah Reading | Page 1229

YOUTH PARSHA PACKETS

SHABBOS EMAIL OR SHUL WEBSITE

GENERAL FUND Terry and Jan Tenenbaum In honor of Terry's chavrusas, Rabbi Daniel Estriecher of 45 years and Binyomin Pearlman of 4 years. Danny and Melanie Frank In honor of the birth of their daughter Shimra Faiga Mordechai and Golda Lea Guterman In honor of the birth of their son Marina Sirota In memory Mr. Mutsuji Ishigami, beloved father of Junko Horvath Miriam and David Ziskind In appreciation of everyone involved in the mobile Lag B'omer celebration! Kevin and Sheila Cranman In honor of Pace Kaplan becoming a bar mitzvah Jay and Susan Rosenheck In honor of Pace Kaplan becoming a bar mitzvah Terry and Jan Tenenbaum In honor of Pace Kaplan becoming a bar mitzvah David and Miriam Karsh In honor of the engagement of Scott Italiaander and Leah Coffill. Terry and Jan Tenenbaum In honor of the engagement of Scott Italiaander and Leah Coffill. Joey and Carla Hotz In honor of the engagement of Scott Italiaander and Leah Coffill. Joey and Carla Hotz In honor of the engagement of YoYo Friedman and Hadasa Florans Chaim Simcha and Margalit Abramson In memory of Charlotte Sherman, beloved mother of Sydne Cooper Chaim Simcha and Margalit Abramson In memory of John Bente, beloved father of Michla Irby Miriam and David Ziskind In memory of Max Bogner z”l, beloved father of Shoshana Stiefel. Harold and Lora Schroeder In memory of Melvin Filreis z"l, beloved father of Stephen Filreis Harold and Lora Schroeder In memory of Mr. Mutsuji Ishigami, beloved father of Junko Horvath Dennis and Marsha Yaschik In memory of Mr. Mutsuji Ishigami, beloved father of Junko Horvath Harold and Lora Schroeder In the merit of refuah shlema for Harold Kravan, brother of Susan Krohn Harold and Lora Schroeder Mazel Tov! To all of the Graduates!

BETTY GOODFRIEND CHESED FUND Kim and Dan Cohen In honor of the birth of a baby boy to Mordechai and Golda Lea Guterman

IN HONOR OF THE BIRTH OF A BABY GIRL TO MELANIE AND DANNY FRANK Dan & Kim Cohen | Carla & Joey Hotz | Chaim Simcha & Margalit Abramson | Bruce & Diane Barron | Terry & Jan Tenenbaum | Andrew & Dara Grant | Charlotte & Elliott Rich | Randy & Cory Shaw

IN MEMORY OF MIRIAM BAS YECHEZKEL Z”L, BELOVED MOTHER OF MIKE CHEN Tzali & Gila Decker | Richard & Susan Krohn | Kevin & Sheila Cranman | Chaim Simcha & Margalit Abramson | Marc & Rita Lor | Mark & Rasa Teytel | Kim & Dan Cohen | Robyn & Allan Regenbaum | Miriam & David Ziskind | Natalie & Joel Sokol | Charlotte & Elliott Rich | Harold & Lora Schroeder | Terry & Jan Tenenbaum | Randy & Cory Shaw

SHABBOS SERVICE TIMES

May 29th - Erev Shabbos (Friday) Mincha 7:00pm Early Candle Lighting 7:12pm Latest Candle Lighting 8:23pm

From pre-existing candle May 30th- Shabbos Day Mincha 8:00pm Shabbos Ends 9:26pm

WEEKDAY SERVICE TIMES

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Shacharis 7:30am

Sunday–Thursday

Mincha/Maariv 8:35pm

Thank you to our Generous Donors!

For FULL LIST of learning opportunities and links go to www.congariel.org/virtual-ariel.html

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Thursday May 28th

Mincha 8:30 PM

Friday May 29th

Shacharis 5:30 AM

Mincha 7:00 PM

Shabbos Day May 30th

Shacharis 8:00 AM

Mincha 8:00 PM

CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES

Thursday May 28th 8:23 PM

If later, light from an existing flame

Friday May 29th

Light from existing flame No earlier than 7:12 PM

No later than 8:23 PM

SHABBOS/YOMTOV ENDS

Saturday 9:26 PM

YIZKOR

Shabbos/Shavuos 2nd Day 9:30 AM

THANK YOU TO OUR BULLETIN AND E MAIL SPONSORS! Miriam and David Ziskind in honor of their wedding anniversary. Mazeltov!

THANK YOU To Laura Drukman for continuing to show love for our holy objects by cleaning the holy spaces and objects in our sanctuary in honor of Yomtov . This is a beautiful mitzvah which Laura undertakes diligently several times a year.

ANNUAL MEETING This week Sunday May 31st 5:30 PM at the shul. Come honor our outgoing members and install our new board! A link to view the meeting on zoom will be sent out via e mail.

PLASMA AND BLOOD DRIVE AT ARIEL There will be two upcoming blood drives at Ariel, next week Monday June 1st and Tuesday June 2nd. 12 NOON to 7 PM. Pre-registration required. www.gaplasma.org

PLEDGE TZEDAKAH FOR YIZKOR ON SHAVUOS On Shabbos, 2nd day of Shavuos, we will recite Yizkor for our loved ones. It is customary to pledge tzedakah as part of the Yizkor prayer. Click Here to make your pledge. (www.congariel.org/payment.php)

MAKE AN ERUV TAVSHILIN

This year Shabbos follows the first day of Yomtov. In order to prepare food on Friday for Shabbos, you must make an Eruv Tavshilin on the afternoon of Thursday May 28th before the start of Yomtov. To make an Eruv Tavshilin, take a hard boiled egg and a

piece of matza. Hold them in your right hand, and recite the bracha on page 654 of your Art Scroll siddur, followed by the declaration at the bottom of the page that with this eruv you are permitted to prepare on Yomtov for Shabbos.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Chaya Freitag, Alexandre Krakow, Alla Spivak, Asher Horovitz, Aaron Taratoot, Michael Istakhorov

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Steve & Pearl Schaikewitz, Danny & Melanie Frank

FASCINATING FACTS IN JEWISH HISTORY

When the Jewish world discovered the Ethiopian Jews, it was no surprise that their observances differed from normative Judaism. The Ethiopians had been isolated for centuries and were therefore ignorant of all the developments of Jewish history and Rabbinical decrees. Therefore they were ignorant of the holidays of Chanukah and Pu-rim and had never heard of observances like lighting candles on Friday night or making Kiddush over a cup of wine. Some of their observances were much more curious. One was the fact that while the Jewish world observes Shavuos on the 6th day of Sivan, the Ethiopian Jews observed Shavuos on the 12th of Sivan. A little investigation into this anomaly can be very in-structive.

Even though Shavuos is the only holiday whose exact date is not given in the Torah, one would think that fixing the calendar date of Shavuos would still be relatively easy. On the 2nd day of Pesach, 16 Nissan, we begin to count the 49 days of the Omer. At the end of the counting of seven weeks we are commanded to observe Shavuos. Day 50, Sivan 6 is Shavuos. Where is there room for confusion? The problem lies in the Torah’s wording of the commandment to count the Omer. The Torah states “and you shall count for yourself from the day after the Sabbath from the day of the bringing of the Omer…” What day is the day after the Sabbath? The Talmud employs the rules of Biblical exposition and explains that in this context, the word Sabbath is the first day of Passover. In the last centuries before the common era, there was a trend among the upper classes of the Jewish community to reject the Rabbinic interpretations and observe the Torah accord-ing to its literal reading. These people were called the Tzdukkim or Saducees. By their simple reading, the counting of the Omer always begins on the Sunday after the first day of Pesach, literally the day after Sabbath. For example, iIf the first day of Passover was a Sunday, Pharisees (those who Rabbinically interpret the Torah) would start counting the Omer on Monday The Saducees would not count until the following Sunday. This debate petered out a few hundred years later as most of the Saducees assimilated to first Greek,then Roman, culture. Centuries later the Jewish world discovered the Ethiopian Jews. These Jews observed many of the commandments of the Torah as found in their version of the Torah written in Amharic. The origins of this community remain unclear, but their Torah was clearly based on the real Torah. This Amharic Torah also states that the Omer count begins on the day after the Sabbath. The Ethiopian community didn’t interpret the Torah literally but they also have access to Rabbinic interpretation, so they came up with their own interpretation.. They understood the day after the Shabbos to mean not the day after the first day of Pesach but the day after the entire holiday of Passover. Passover begins on Nissan 15 and ends on Nissan 21. Fifty days later is 12 Sivan.

Thank you to Rabbi Mordy and Nechoma Birnbaum for a fabulous pre-Shavous ice cream event. Your enthusiasm and creative ways to bring

fun and learning to our youth are truly appreciated!

PRE-SHAVUOS ICE CREAM AND CRAFT DRIVE THRU WAS A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS!

Chaim and Margalit Abramson Mitch and Linda Adler Sam and Meghan Alter Randy Hampton Dov Avnaim Josh and Sarah Bakhshi Eliyahu and Veronika Bari Gayle Benator Adira Benklifa Avi and Rachel Binstock Jonny and Bev Bolnick Fred and Elaine Brasch Amanda Bunder Anonymous Betsy Cenker Chazanow Family Anonymous Adrienne Clark Kim and Dan Cohen Neal, Sydne, and Sol Cooper Kevin and Sheila Cranman Lester and Linda Czuper Carmel Dancziger

Marc and Angela Davydov Michael Berkowitz and Debra Bernstein Tzali and Gila Decker Anonymous Laura Drukman Steve and Bonnie Ellenoff Elisa and Gavin Ellman Benjamin Epstein Jon and Heather Kamenear Eric and Erin Mermelstein Stan Firestone Eric Solomon and Sharon Fleitman Daniel and Melanie Frank Michael Frank Anonymous David and Sandra Friedman Aryeh Leib, Elisheva and Bracha Friedman Arthur Friedman Rabbi Binyomin and Dena Friedman Continued on next page…..

THANK YOU AND YASHER KOACH!

To all the organizers of the fantastic Torahthon!

Rabbi Friedman for his vision and putting together a truly remarkable program of 27 speakers over 48 hours, David Karsh for his leadership, the

fundraising committee of Jay Rosenheck, Rabbi Elchanan Schulgasser, Avrohom Larimer, Josh Bakhshi, Michael Frank, graphic artist extraordi-

naire Rabbi Michoel Friedman, ALL the absolutely wonderful speakers and

ESPECIALLY OUR MAGNIFICENT AND GENEROUS DONORS!! Thanks to you we raised $27,000!!

And Torah Learning shone like never before in Atlanta. Thank you all!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Russell Finer and Terry Schultz Lora Fruchtman

Larry and Sandee Glassman Rabbi Avigdor and Shani Goldberger

Adrian and Ilene Grant Marc Grossfield

Leandro and Bela Gryngarten Mordechai and Golda Lea Guterman

Jack Hillman Asher Horovitz Meir Horovitz

Malkie Horovitz Dovid Horovitz

Junko and Stephen Horvath Joey and Carla Hotz Simon Istakhorov Scott Italiaander Ephraim Johnson

Shira Johnson Nehemia and Liat Kadosh

Marcy and Neil Kalnitz Deborah and Jeff Kalwerisky

Jason and Leanne Kaplan David and Miriam Karsh

Anonymous Sam Klein

Michael Shapiro and Anna Kogan Richard and Susan Krohn

Avrohom and Sorah Larimer

Atara Libber Harvey and Gail Linder

Gary and Renee Lips G. Lips Landscaping Services

Adrienne Litt Marc and Rita Lor Neal Mandelbaum

Zach Mainzer Yoni and Danielle Maslan Steven and Eva Mendel

Ilene and Jonathan Miller Sofia and Mati Miller

Jeff Mirinov Needle Family

Lev and Helaine Nelik Jeremy and Tova Norman

Yossi and Jill Ovadia Aleksandr Pindrik

Rafael and Ella Pinkhasov Raisa and Artur Pinkhasov

Jeffrey Prince Elliott and Charlotte Rich

Barry and Staci Ritz Jay and Susan Rosenheck

Anonymous Faigy and Martin Salomon

Bruce Schechter Claire Schneider

Harold and Lora Schroeder

Rabbi Elchanan and Bracha Schulgasser Cory and Randy Shaw

Zohar and Carmela Shiff Murray Siegel

Rabbi David and Julie Silverman Marina Sirota

Bob and Susan Sobel Joel and Natalie Sokol

Tomer and Rotem Sonsino Mark Strazynski

Inna and Michael Strizhevsky George Sweet

Terry and Jan Tenenbaum Mark and Rasa Teytel

Todd and Stephanie Wachtel David and Nancy Weissmann Dennis and Marsha Yaschik

Eric Young Marina Zalmanova

Miriam and David Ziskind