January 3— 9, 2019 6— 12 5780 Congregation Ohr 19146 Lyons Road, Boca Raton, FL 33434 (561) 479-4049 www.torahohrboca.org Rabbi Benjamin S. Yasgur President Jonas Waizer

The 6:45am Daf Yomi will be presented by Reuven Podolsky while Rabbi Kurzer is away. Office Hours Mon. - Thur. 9:00am - 3:00pm Friday 9:00am - 12noon

SHABBAT SCHEDULE Parshat Vayigash Parasha pg. 250 pg. 1144

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3rd CANDLE LIGHTING Earliest 4:36pm Standard 5:23pm Yomit 5:05pm /Kabbalat 5:20pm Rabbi Paysach Krohn: “Bringing Out The Best Within Us” 9:00pm

SHABBAT Hashkama Minyan, Beit Midrash 7:20am Nusach Sfard Minyan 8:00am Main Minyan, Main Sanctuary 8:30am* Upstairs Minyan 9:00am* Beit Midrash Minyan 9:45am Latest Shema 9:47am *Shabbat Drasha by Rabbi Paysach Krohn: “Your Siddur, Your Life: Enhancing Our Communications”

SHABBAT AFTERNOON Daf Yomi 3:40pm Mishnah Yomit 4:25pm Rabbi’s Shiur 4:40pm Mincha 5:10pm Fast of Tenth of Tevet – Tuesday, January 7 followed by Seudah Shlisheet—D’var Torah The Fast of Asarah B’Tevet commemorates the onset of the siege that Nebuchadrezar by Dr. Herbert Taragin of Babylonia laid to Yerushalayim. Thirty months later the city walls were breached, Ma’ariv 6:15pm and on the 9th of (Tisha B’Av) of that year, the first Beit HaMikdash was destroyed. Shabbat Ends 6:20pm should stir us to reflection, repentance, and an enhanced commitment to Mitzvot. (Certain medical conditions permit exemptions from fasting.) WEEKDAY SCHEDULE Fast Begins: 5:57am ◆ Early Mincha: 1:00pm ◆ Mincha 5:10pm Earliest Davening (Sun-Thurs) 5:57am* Ma’ariv: 5:45pm (Approx.) ◆ Fast Ends: 6:20pm Earliest Tallit/Tefillin (Sun-Thurs) 6:25am* Daf Yomi 6:45 am & after 7:30am Minyan

SHACHARIT Sunday 7:00 7:30am 8:00am Make your reservations for Monday 6:50am 7:30am 8:00am the Annual Dinner today! Tuesday 6:45am 7:30am 8:00am Space is filling up quickly. Wednesday 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am Don’t get shut out! Thursday 6:50am 7:30am 8:00am Friday 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am MINCHA/MA’ARIV Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur (561) 451-2566 Sunday—Thursday (one minyan) 5:30pm [email protected] m Repeat Kriat Shema after 6:23pm* Office Hours Hattie Thum Women’s Tehillim Group Monday & Wednesday 10:30am to 1:30pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9:00am to 12 noon Sunday, 9:00am in the West Wing

It is advisable to call in advance for an appointment. Afternoon appointments available by request. *These are the latest times during the week

Event flyers and forms can be printed from the Torah Ohr website torahohrboca.org or picked up in the shul lobby. SPONSORSHIPS SEUDAH SHLISHEET Shabbat, January 4th, is co-sponsored by and by ,(ע'ה Bruce Deutsch in memory of his mother, Eleanor Deutsch (Ella bat Dov Wolff and by ,(ע'ה Sheryl Scher in memory of her late husband, Charles Scher (Yechezkel ben Yosef (ע'ה and father, O.D. Taragin (Asher Dovid (ע'ה Dr. Herbert and Susan Taragin in memory of his mother, Betty Taragin (Chaya Bluma D’var Torah by Dr. Herbert Taragin A Year of Learning ע'ה A Year of Learning for Rabbi Dr. Chaim Shapiro, HaRav Chaim ben Shlomo Aharon ע'ה Learning Friends in memory of Saul Chapman, Yisrael Kalman ben Moshe ע'ה Friends of Alvin Greenfield in his memory, Avraham ben Yaakov ע'ה Friends of Dr. Sonny Meiselman in his memory, Nissan Yitzchak ben Shlomo Zalman (ע'ה Charlotte Chandler Stone in memory of her brother, Steven Chandler (Shalom ben Moshe Dovid (ע'ה Dov Bodlander in memory of his wife, Adele Bodlander (Odel bat Yehudah Tzvi A Month of Learning Sponsored by In Memory of ע'ה Phyllis and Chaim Reiss her father, Pinchus ben Avraham 12/6-1/3 ע'ה Mindle and David Cheslow her father, Nechamiah ben Mordechai Yonah HaLevi 1/3-1/31 A Week of Learning Sponsored by In Memory of ע'ה Mark Schare his mother, Reva bat Yoseph HaLevi 1/3-1/10 A Day of Learning plus Torah Fund Dedication Sponsored by In Memory of ע'ה Michael and Judith Poretsky his brother, Avrohom ben Gershom 1/3 A Day of Learning Sponsored by In Memory of ע'ה Marcia and Ron Brauner her mother, Esther Mindel bat Yechiel Michoel HaLevi 1/3 ע'ה Milton and Vera Hamburger his father, Yosef ben Shimon 1/3 ע'ה Steven and Norma Hamburger his father, Yosef ben Shimon 1/3 ע'ה Alice Scheinwald and Susan Kaufman their mother, Fayga bat Alexander 1/6 ע'ה Joel and Sally Flamholz his father, Yisroel Dovid ben Alexander 1/8 A Month of Learning Sponsored by In Honor of 12/27-1/24 Friends of Michael Poretsky Michael’s 80th birthday A Week of Learning Sponsored by In Honor of 12/27-1/3 Anonymous the continued recovery of Yakira Golda bat Hinda A Day of Learning Sponsored by In Honor of 1/4 Dorothy Chapman, Judy & Ari Cohen, Mike Poretsky’s Special Birthday Judy Fuchs, Eunis and Allen Penn 1/4 Karen Greene Rabbi Kenneth Greene’s first Siyum HaShas

New Members ATTENTION NON-MEMBERS – FINAL FINAL OPPORTUNITY. There is still time to become part of our community AND get into the Mazel Tov Shirley and Leonard Glotzer addendum to the phone directory if you join the Laurie and Alan Kaufman on the birth of a grandson Hetty and Avrohm Perl shul today (Thursday) or early tomorrow Lala and Sigi Bessler on the engagement of a grandson morning (January 3rd). Our dedicated office Roz Greenberg-Haskell on the engagement of a grandson staff, our devoted photographer, and our Rosanne and Howard Benn on the marriage of a granddaughter committed publishing group are all standing by to expedite your application through the enrollment process, and get you into the book. Susan and Moshe Wieder on the marriage of a granddaughter Since time is of the essence, if there are issues that are preventing you Sheila and Jack Prince on the birth of a great-granddaughter from taking the plunge, join now, and we’ll address them afterwards.

REFUAH SHELAYMAH Sam Colman (Shmuel ben Sarah Rachel), Malka Silver Fuchs (Malka Shoshana bat Esther Beila), Avi Gittler (Avraham Maier ben Raizel), Martha Gittler (Charna bat Rivka), Ileana Goldwasser (Leah bat Sara), Robert Goodman (Ron Avraham ben Chaya Zlota), George Heino (Rafael Yaakov Yissocher Noson ben Alta Elka), Carl Heit (Chaim Gershon ben Zelda), Rabbi Michael Kanterovitz (Rav Michael ben Batia), Art Kraut (Eliezer Anshel ben Perl Gittel), Bruce Lederman (Baruch Aharon ben Bashya), Aviva Levine (Aviva Rachel bat Tzila), Malka Levy (Malka bat Leah), Molly Lieberman (Malka bat Esther), Charles Meyers (Meier ben Chava), Mitchel Nerenberg (Menachem Mendel ben Leah), Margareta Neulinger (Malka bat Esther), Jay Rosenfeld (Yehuda Baruch ben Golda), Rachel Rosner (Rachel bat Toiba), Sheila Shapiro (Sarah Esther Malka bat Fayga Raizel), Barbara Sterman (Bracha bat Batya), Heni Weisfogel (Esther Hena bat Gitel), Susan Wertman (Chaya Sarah bat Leah), Louis Witonsky (Lavan ben Yehuda), Reuven Eliyahu ben Shaindel Malka, Elchanan Yisrael Ben Devora Leah, Ahuva bat Tema, Aharon Dov ben Tiferet Chana, Zelda bat Kayla, Ahava Rivka bat Yehudit Elisha The World Jewish Congress & Congregation Torah Ohr are pleased to invite you to an important discussion with Betty Ehrenberg, Executive Director World Jewish Congress - North America “The New Antisemitism and the Assault on Israel’s Legitimacy” Sunday, January 12th at 10am RSVP: Bonnie Biondi at (212) 755-5770, ext. 246

Upcoming Book Reviews:

Monday, January 6th at 8pm —Marty Levine: “Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel” Monday, January 20th at 8pm—Herschel Rabbi Yoni Levin Sennett - "Those Angry Days" “Preserving The th Wednesday, January 29 at 4pm— Mira Torah in an Ever Sennett—”The Plot Against America” Changing World” Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Safety Committee—Volunteers Needed Please call Jay Levy (845) 721-3845 *THURSDAY* at 7:00pm February 6, 2020 12:15pm Rabbi Philip Moskowitz “title”

“Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” Comedy Night—Monday, January 13, 2020 @ 7:30pm A Brief Perspective of The Auschwitz Exhibit Special Insights about Jerry Seinfeld “How He Made Something in The Museum of Jewish Heritage Out Of Nothing” Thursday, January 9, 2000 at 4pm by Susan Fruchter-Kramer Presented by Ira Epstein Suggested Donation $5 Eshet Chayil Event The Deadline for the Wednesday, January 8 2020 Mah Jongg cards Silverball Museum Trip! order is at 10am Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:30-3:30pm JANUARY 15, 2020. 19 NE 3rd Ave Delray Beach $15 Flyers are available $15 each Advanced reservations only in shul lobby. New Sisterhood Tribute cards Any questions - contact now available in the office. Judy Cohen or

Prepackaged sets of 3 cards Eunis Penn Meet The Author for $10

These lovely cards were Barry Libin—Author of “The Vatican’s Vault” designed by our member, Monday, January 27, 2020 at 8:00pm Sheryl Satzman. פרשת ויגש Congregation Torah Ohr January 3 — 18, 2019 ● 6 – 21 Tevert 5780 Parashat Vayigash Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Earliest Davening: 5:57am* Earliest Tallit/Tefillin : 6:25am* 3 (6 Tevet) 4 (7 Tevet) Daf Yomi: 6:45am and after 7:30am Minyan Candle Lighting Vayigash Plag (Sun-Thurs): 4:37-4:40pm 4:36p— Earliest with 7:20a, 8:00a, 8:30a, 9:00a & Bracha 9:45a- Shacharit Mishnah Yomit: Sun-Fri: 15 minutes before Mincha ● Shabbat: 15 minutes before shiur 5:23p— Standard Shabbat Drasha by Rabbi Paysach Krohn: “Your 5:05p— Mishnah Yomit Mincha/Ma’ariv: Sun - Thurs: 5:30pm ● Sunday-Thursday afterMa’ariv Siddur, Your Life: Enhancing Repeat K’riat Shema: 6:23pm* 5:20p— Mincha Our Communications” 9:00p— Scholar-in- 9:47a— Latest Shema (*Latest time during the week) Residence Rabbi 3:40p— Daf Yomi Paysach Krohn: 4:25p— Mishnah Yomit Sunday 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am Wednesday 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am “Bringing Out The Best 4:40p— Rabbi’s Shiur Shacharit times Monday 6:50am 7:30am 8:00am Thursday 6:50am 7:30am 8:00am Within Us “ (followed 5:10p— Mincha followed by during the week by a dessert reception) Seudah Shlisheet Tuesday 6:45am 7:30am 8:00am Friday 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 6:15p— Ma’ariv

6:20p— Shabbat Ends

5 (8 Tevet) 6 (9 Tevet) 7 (10 Tevet) 8 (11 Tevet) 9 (12 Tevet) 10 (13 Tevet) 11 (14 Tevet) 9:00a— Hattie Thum 10:00a— Rabbis On Fast of Tevet 10:00a– M. Levine 10:00a— Rabbi Benjamin Vayechi Tehillim Group (in the Rotation—Dr. Kenneth 5:57a— Fast Begins “Controversial Figures in Yasgur “Parshat 7:20a, 8:00a, 8:30a, Tanach” HaShavua Investigations West Wing) Chelst - "Daniel: A 11:00a— Dr. Jack Prince 10:00a— Eishet Chayil 9:00a & 9:45a- Shacharit 10:15a— Rabbi Paysach Transformational Prophet" “Minhagim—The Program (P.I.)” Candle Lighting 9:49a— Latest Shema 11:00a— Mel Krohn: “Chizuk, 11:00a– Rabbi Shalom Customs and 11:00a– R’ M. Eskovitz “Book 4:40p— Earliest with 3:45p— Daf Yomi Compliments, and of Proverbs (Mishlai)” Greenbaum “Learn to Kornblum -“Lessons in Ceremonies of : 11:00a– Pinny Davidman Bracha 4:30p— Mishnah Yomit Constructive Character” Layn” Sefer Beresheit” (This Their Origin and “Lessons in Sefer Ahava” 11:00a— Malka Morris 5:28p— Standard 4:45p— Rabbi’s Shiur Wednesday Evening Kollel class is in Hebrew) Rationale” 5:10p— Mishnah Yomit 5:15p— Mincha followed 7:15p– R’ K. Greene “Are You "History of the 8:00p— Men’s Club 1:00p— Early Mincha Development of the Oral 5:25p— Mincha by Seudah Shlisheet Mishnah Yomit 5:15p Praying More, but Understanding it Less?” Law” (for women only ) Mincha/Ma’ariv: 5:30p Book Review—Marty 5:10p— Mincha 6:20p— Ma’ariv Levine: “Print to Fit: The 5:45p (approx.)— Ma’ariv 8:05p– D. Cheslow “Talmud 4:00p—Sisterhood 6:25p— Shabbat Ends (Sunday-Thursday) Without Fear: Gemara for Presentation: Susan New York Times, 6:20p— Fast Ends Women and Men” Fruchter-Kramer "Not Zionism, and Israel" Refreshments will be served between classes Long Ago; Not Far Away" 12 (15 Tevet) 13 (16 Tevet) 14 (17 Tevet) 15 (18 Tevet) 16 (19 Tevet) 17 (20 Tevet) 18 (21 Tevet) 9:00a— Hattie Thum 10:00a— Rabbis On 11:00a— Dr. Jack Prince 10:00a– M. Levine 10:00a— Rabbi Shemot Tehillim Group (in the Rotation—Rabbi David “Minhagim—The “Controversial Figures in Benjamin Yasgur 7:20a, 8:00a, 8:30a, West Wing) Tanach” “Parshat HaShavua Jacobowitz - "The Life and Customs and 11:00a– R’ M. Eskovitz 9:00a & 9:45a- Shacharit 10:00a— Betty Impact of Rabbi Joseph B. Ceremonies of Judaism: “Book of Proverbs (Mishlai)” Investigations (P.I.)” Candle Lighting 9:50a— Latest Shema Ehrenberg: “The New Soloveichik " Their Origin and 11:00a– Pinny Davidman 11:00a— Mel 4:45p— Earliest with 3:50p— Daf Yomi Anti-Semitism and The 11:00a– Rabbi Shalom Rationale” “Lessons in Sefer Ahava” Greenbaum “Learn to Bracha 4:35p— Mishnah Yomit Wednesday Evening Kollel Assault on Israel’s Kornblum “Lessons in 7:00p— Rabbi Yoni Layn” 5:33p— Standard 4:50p— Rabbi’s Shiur Legitimacy” 7:15p– R’ K. Greene “Are 11:00a— Malka Morris Sefer Beresheit” (This Levin: “Preserving The 5:15p— Mishnah Yomit 5:20p— Mincha followed You Praying More, but "History of the class is in Hebrew) Torah in an Ever Understanding it Less?” 5:30p— Mincha by Seudah Shlisheet Mishnah Yomit 5:20p Development of the 7:30p— Ira Epstein: Changing World” 8:05p– D. Cheslow “Talmud 6:25p— Ma’ariv Mincha/Ma’ariv: 5:35p Without Fear: Gemara for Oral Law” (for women (Sunday-Thursday) “Special Insights about Women and Men” only ) 6:30p— Shabbat Ends Jerry Seinfeld” Refreshments will be served between classes