VAYIGASH by Mark Gersten
December 27, 2011
VAYIGASH by Mark Gersten in memory of Helene
FIRST JUDAH SCOUTED OUT THEIR TOWN
THEN JACOB TOOK HIS FAMILY DOWN
GOSHNA, TO GOSHEN WHERE THEY’D BE
AND LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
GOSHNA:GIMMEL SHIN NUN HEY
THE ABBREVIATED LETTERS SAY
NAAS GADOL HAYAH SHAM
BUT A MIRACLE THERE, WAS YET TO COME
FOR WHEN THE TIME FOR PUNISHMENT
THE PLAGUES TO EGYPT, HEAVEN SENT
NO PLAGUE COULD DAMAGE GOSHEN’S LAND
PROTECTED WAS IT BY G-D’S HAND
FOR THERE JEWS LIVED IN HARMONY
NO ARGUMENTS JUST UNITY
ANOTHER MIRACLE WOULD BE
IN DAYS OF JUDAH MACCABEE
HIS PEOPLE JOINED INTO A BAND
AGAIN PROTECTED BY G-D’S HAND
THE DRADEL GIMMEL, NUN SHIN HEY
THE NAAS WAS UNITY THAT DAY
AND IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER TIME OF UNITY
MOSHACH APPEARING AT THE GATE
HIS GAMATRIA IS THREE-FIVE EIGHT
THE SAME AS GIMMEL SHIN NUN HEY
THE TRUTH IS HARD AND SAD TO SAY
WE NEED THE NAAS OF UNITY
BEFORE MOSHIACH’S TIME TO BE
AND FINALLY WE CLEARLY SEE
THIS TASK IS UP TO YOU AND ME
(poem based in part on commentary of bnai isasschar)
Within Our Family
December 26, 2011
Mazal Tov to Carol & David Goddard on the upcoming marriage of their daughter Debra to Ari London, son of Amy Myers and Ronny London.
Mazal Tov to Elaine Wolf on the birth of a great-granddaughter Sarah Wolf, born to her grandchildren Yair & Rachali Wolf in Yerushalayim.
Mazal Tov to Fran and Bernie Mermelstein on the upcoming marriage of their son Steven to Nava Dworetsky.
Sponsorships: Dec.31, 2011
December 26, 2011
Kiddush is sponsored by GNS.
Bima Flowers are sponsored by Ellen & Mitchell Siegel in memory of her mother Blanche Givner z”l.
SUNDAY BREAKFAST is sponsored by Hadassah & Jack Wachstock in memory of his brother Dovid Chaim ben Elazar Yehoshua.
Senior Kollel Special Classes
December 26, 2011
SENIOR KOLLEL
On Jan. 2nd, the Kollel will be holding a special class.
The topic of the Jan. 2nd class will be “2012 or 5772?”
Dinner Pictures on Facebook
December 26, 2011
FIND US ON FACEBOOK
Log onto www.facebook.com/greatnecksynagogue for pictures from events and programs, up-to-the-second news and updates, and more! Photos from our 60th Anniversary Dinner are now online!
Men’s Club Annual Report 2011-2012
December 21, 2011
Navi, Monday, December 19, 2011
December 21, 2011
Shabbat Announcements December 24, 2011
December 20, 2011
December 24 Shabbat Announcements
Hunger Initiative
December 19, 2011
GNS HUNGER INITIATIVE
The GNS Hunger Initiative wishes to thank everyone for their generous donations over these past months. We were able to provide latkes, applesauce, grape juice, baked goods, chanukah gelt and dreidels for many needy families, with your help and the assistance of Hirshel Minster. May the light of the Chanukah candles provide inspiration for us all.
Within Our Family: Dec.24, 2011
December 19, 2011
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