For those of you who follow the Yahrzeit observance custom for your relatives, a special
Yahrzeit candle should be lit beginning at sunset on the evening before the day listed, and normally stays lit for 24 hours.
Rabbi Richard Altman has several extra Yahrzeit candles available — no charge — which may be picked up at one of the Beit Chavurah Shabbat services or from his home. Please let him know if you need one.
Whenever possible, please make an extra effort to join the congregation for the listed Shabbat service. It is much better to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish among your friends at Beit Chavurah.
2015 — 2016 Memorial List — Special Remembrance for one year:
9/16/15 — Tishri 3: Leonard Neft, brother of David Neft
8/14/15 — Av 29: Marilyn Miller, mother of Heidi Miller-Shields
8/12/15 — Av 27: Debbie Lynn Porter, Daughter of Arlene Grimes
3/3/15 — Adar 12: Carl Minns, close friend of Sara Brucker
To be remembered at Nov. 6 Shabbat and Simchat Torah:
11/6/15 — Cheshvan 24: Rosa Galeski, grandmother of Ken Clifton
11/10/15 — Cheshvan 28: Hyman Charles Barnett, Father of Bruce Barnett
To be remembered at Nov. 20 Shabbat:
11/15/15 — Kislev 3: Sarah Galletta, aunt of Joseph Broda
11/16/15 — Kislev 4: Dorothy Coffmann, mother of Tony Peterson
11/20/15 — Kislev 8: Arnold Victorovici, father of Katherine Hoenke
11/22/15 — Kislev 10: Arthur James Shoup, father of Shula Shoup; Monty Perkins, father of Helen Perkins Whitney
11/23/15 — Kislev 11: Sam Neiger, grandfather of Helaine Christensen
11/25/15 — Kislev 13: Israel Reich, father of Giora Harel
Early reminders for December 2015:
12/1/15 — Kislev 19: Wesley T. Christensen, father of Fred Christensen
12/10/15 — Kislev 28: Suzanne Abouaf, Sister of Rene Abouaf
It is very important in our Jewish tradition to remember Yahrzeits. If you have lost a close relative this year, or even in past years, please send Rabbi Altman the information. He needs the person’s name, the date of death as close as you can come, and his/her relationship to you. Even if you don’t light a Yahrzeit candle, he will read their names at the Shabbat service nearest to the actual date of the Yahrzeit.
If anyone needs a copy of the Mourner’s Kaddish, please let him know and he will be happy to send it to you, with the Hebrew and Transliteration.
The Beit Chavurah Memorial Page can be found at beitchavurah.awardspace.com/memorial.htm.
Donations in memory of a friend or loved one may be sent to: Richard Altman, PO Box 4388, Clearlake, CA 95422. Please make out the check to “Richard Altman” and put “Memorial” on the memo line, along with the person’s name you are honoring.
