CONGREGATION DARCHEI NOAM

January 27-28, 2016 / 1 Shevat, 5777

PARSHAT VAERA Mazal Tov! Darchei Noam has received the official Certificate Rosh Chodesh Shevat of Occupancy for our newly expanded building. A HUGE yash- er koach to Mark Moerdler and Harvey Schwartz for leading the Eruv Hotline: 201-254-9190 www.FairLawnEruv.com effort and to all others who worked on the expansion. Friday Mazal Tov to Joshua and Zahava Bafunso on the birth of a son. Candle Lighting – 4:49 p.m. Mazel tov to big brother Asher. Everyone is invited to stay after Mincha & Kabbalat – 4:54 p.m. davening Shabbat morning for the bris. The community is also Repeat Kriat Shema after 5:59 p.m. invited to the Shalom Zachar this Friday evening from 8:00- Shabbat Day 10:00 p.m. at 12-20 12th Street. 8:00 a.m. Minyan Welcome to Talia and David Eis and daughter Yakira who are in the new Social Hall visiting the community this Shabbat. Rabbi Ari Pruzansky on “Non Jewish Lives Matter (More Save the dates! Than Jews?)”. Kiddush is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Ro- Family Superbowl Party! Come watch the game at the Darchei man Genut in honor of the birth of their granddaughter, Noam Superbowl Party. Enjoy the great party food including Rivkah, and in honor of Roman's retirement. heros, wings, fries, chicken nuggets, chili, soda, beer (if you are old enough!) and more! The party will start at 5:30 p.m., Sunday No She’arim b’Tefillah class this Shabbat. February 5. The game will be shown on a large projection 9:00 a.m. Minyan screen. Bring your bean bags, lounge chairs, your appetites, and Sof Zman Kriat Shema –9:40 a.m. your love of the game and have fun with friends! We need a minimum of 20 adults to reserve by Sunday, January 29, to run Kiddush is sponsored by Vicki Keyak in celebration of the this party. Please email Abe at [email protected] to regis- engagement of her son Joshua to Elinor Massachi. ter. Please pay in advance. Advance reservations: $20 per person Youth Groups ($25 at the door), $12 for each child under 10. RSVPs request- Youth Director: Talia Katz ed. Come join the fun!!!!! Groups meet in the upstairs youth rooms Family Luncheon: On March 25, Darchei Noam will hold a 9:30 a.m. - Ages 3 - 2nd grade family luncheon. Details to follow. 10:30 a.m. –Tot Shabbat Yoga at Darchei Noam: Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. at Congregation Darchei Noam. $10 per session. To reserve a spot contact Dena Mincha – 4:40 p.m. Heller [email protected] sponsored by the shul. Dvar by Darchei Noam Journal Dinner: Sunday evening, June 11, Moshe Zharnest. 2017. More info to come. Maariv – 5:49 p.m. Yoetzet Halacha Program Saturday Night Out to benefit the Shabbat Ends – 5:59 p.m. Yoetzet Halacha Program in Fair Lawn. Saturday night, March ______4, 8:00-9:30 p.m. at Congregation Darchei Noam. For men and Sunday women. Silent auction, raffle, and competitive games! Register Shacharit - 8:15 a.m. on darcheinoam.com.Please consider donating goods or services Breakfast and Mishna with Rabbi Avi Herzog to the silent auction. Questions or for more information, please Please sponsor Sunday bagels-and-learning. Contact Harvey Schwartz. contact [email protected]. Mincha/Maariv – 4:55 p.m. Urgent need—Chesed opportunity: Tomchei Shabbos of Ber- Weekdays gen County has an urgent need for drivers, especially during the upcoming winter break weeks. Deliveries take Shacharit place Wednesday nights between 4-8 p.m. If available, please Monday & Thursday — 6:35 a.m. email [email protected] Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday – 6:45 a.m. (No weekday mincha through the winter.) Divorce Support Group for Orthodox Women. Dr. Carol Maariv Glaser, facilitator. Meets Mondays, Jan. 9 and 16, 2017, from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. There is no fee. If you are interested in attend- Monday-Thursday - 8:00 p.m. ing, please call 201-833-8822. All responses kept confidential. ______Learning for a Refuah Shleimah for 3-year-old Sophie Span- The YU Seforim Sale is coming soon. Let Darchei make it easy. We are working with YU to have seforim orders shipped directly to shul. You genthal (Shalva Gavriella Bat Shani Aliza). Every Thursday 8:45-9:00 p.m. To join, dial: (712) 451-0282 Access Code: save the shlepp and YU will share a percentage of the sales with the shul. 478324. For weekly reminders, please email classforso- Interested? Let Marshall Wilen know at [email protected]. [email protected]

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L’Dor V’Dor Summer Internships for High School Students: half eved K’nani is exempt. That (Chagigah 4a) derives The Hebrew Home at Riverdale is accepting applications for this from the phrase used in the passuk regarding aliyah laregel, their L’Dor V’Dor Summer Internship, July 5 – August 4. For “lir’os es penei ha’adon Hashem - to see the countenance of The more information call at (718) 581-1416 or email Master Hashem”. The use of the word “ha’adon - The Master” [email protected]. implies exclusivity and thus indicates that only one who is totally Bikur Cholim of Bergen County has set up a new not-for-profit cor- free of other masters can submit himself with total commitment to poration to provide services that support families with ill members at the servitude of Hashem. healthcare facilities in our community. They are presently seeking Makkas bechoros is the only one of the ten plagues that we individuals to join their board of trustees. Those interested should con- have miztvos to remember. It was on the night that makkas becho- tact Rabbi Donath. Learn more at bikurcholimbergencounty.org ros occurred that Pharoh made the official government declaration freeing the Jews. The mitzvos that recall makkas bechoros (pidyon

Fair Lawn Orthodox Jewish Community Events haben, etc.) are not so much intended to recall the miracle involved Feb 7 – Challah Bake for a refuah sheleima for Sophie Spangen- in this makkah but rather to celebrate our gaining independence. thal, Shalva Gavriella bat Shani Aliza, Tuesday, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Our independence enables us to commit ourselves to total and AM, SHOMREI TORAH. For details or to sign up, click here: absolute subservience to God. Challah Bake Sale. The Baal Hatanya writes (in Likutei Torah) that it is well Feb 11 – Sisterhood Murder Mystery Event, “Murder at the Juice known that it was during the period of the Second Temple that the Joint”, Saturday night, 8:00 – 10:00 PM, SHOMREI TORAH. For rabbis instituted many gezeiros and harchokos, as opposed to the details or to sign up, click here: Roaring 20s Speakeasy. period of the First Temple. He suggested (based Feb 11 – Special Grandparent & Child Learning, Sunday, 8:00 – on Kabbalah sources) that at the time of the First Temple, since the 10:15 AM, SHOMREI TORAH. For details or to sponsor, click Jewish people had independence, they were able to be totally here: Special Grandparent PCL. committed to Hashem, and therefore the yetzer hara had less con- Feb. 25 – Wine Tasting, with over 30 wines, Saturday night, 8:30 trol over them. But during the period of the Second Temple, since – 11:00 PM, SHOMREI TORAH. For details or to sign up, click they lacked independence, their commitment to Hashem suffered here: Wine Tasting. (by definition), and therefore there was a much greater need “Ten-for-10,” one-on-one with a Rabbi or Rebbetzin for gezeiros, because the yetzer hara had a stronger hold on the from Anshei Lubavitch, ten sessions over ten weeks, $10 a ses- people. sion. Any topic of your choice. For more info call Rabbi Neubort at 201-794-3770 or Rabbi Bergstein at 201-362-2712. Copyright © 2010 by TorahWeb.org. All rights reserved. ______Parashat Vaera On Freedom and Independence by Rabbi Hershel Schachter The commentaries on the Chumash find it difficult to understand why the exodus from Egypt had to be accomplished by means of a deception. Moshe Rabbeinu only requested three days off from slavery in order to worship the Jewish God, but he knew quite well that they did not plan to ever return to slavery. Why did Hashem have Moshe fool Pharoh? Some have suggested (based on historical evidence) that in Egypt of old there was a law that no slave may worship any reli- gion at all. Pharoh’s granting of permission for the Jewish slaves to worship the Jewish God implicitly meant that he was freeing them. Therefore, there was no deception at all. In the Talmud (Gittin 40a) we find a similar idea regarding an eved K’nani. An eved K’nani did not put on . If a Jew- ish adon would encourage his eved K’nani to wear tefillin, this was understood as an implicit indication that he had just freed him. The Talmud (Bava Metzia 10a) comments on the passuk (Vayikra 25:55) “‘ki li Bnei Yisroel avodim’ velo avodim l’avodim - Jews are exclusively God’s servants, and there- fore it is improper for a Jew to sell himself as a slave”. God wants us to be totally and absolutely subservient to Him and direct slaves of His. One who is a slave to another human being can not be total- ly committed to God. On the Shalosh Regalim all Jewish men are obligated to visit the Beis Hamikdash and bring special korbanos, but women do not have this obligation. Any mitzvah which women are exempt from also does not apply to an eved K’nani, but a man who is half freed and still half eved K’nani is obligated to wear tzitzis and tefillin etc. because of the half of him that is free. However, with respect to the mitzvah of aliyah laregel, a man who is half freed and still