CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat Acharei Mot May 6-7, 2016 29 Nisan 5776

SHABBAT TIMES This week’s announcements are sponsored by Friday, May 6 NORPAC Mission to Washington on Wednesday, May 18. Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:15 p.m. BETH AARON WAKE UP CALL: WE NEED MORE PEOPLE! Earliest Candles: 6:30 p.m. Amalek struck when we were tired and weary. Mincha/Early Shabbat: 7:00 p.m. Don’t let that happen now! Register by May 11 at www.norpac.net, Latest Candles: 7:40 p.m. call NORPAC at 201-788-5133, or email Allen Friedman ([email protected]) Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:45 p.m. or Mollie Fisch ([email protected]).

Shabbat, May 7 This week’s announcements are sponsored by Lamdeinu. Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. For information on their schedule of classes, see page 4 and go to lamdeinu.org. Tefillah shiur: 8:20 a.m. Study in depth; be inspired! Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:19 a.m. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 8 Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Daf Yomi: 6:25 p.m. Women’s Learning: 6:25 p.m., at the 8 9 10 11 12 13 home of Marilyn Zeidel, 169 Carlton Earliest Tallit 4:45 4:44 4:43 4:42 4:41 4:40 Terrace, Yehoshua, Chapters 13-15 Shacharit 6:20 MS 5:35 SH 5:55 SH 5:55 SH 5:40 BM 5:55 SH Meir Hirsch’s shiur: 6:35 p.m. 7:15 MS 6:10 BM 6:30 BM 6:30 BM 6:20 BM 6:30 BM Mincha: 7:35 p.m., followed by Rabbi 8:00 MS 7:05 SH 7:15 BM 7:15 BM 7:10 BM 7:15 BM Rothwachs’ shiur, “The Religious Zionism 8:45 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Debate, Part 1” Maariv: 8:40 p.m. Mincha 1:45 BM Havdalah: 8:49 p.m. Mincha/ 7:45 MS 7:45 BM 7:45 BM 7:45 BM 7:45 BM 6:25 BM Maariv 7:00 MS Earliest Candles on Friday, May 13: 7:50 SH 6:36 p.m. Latest Candles on Friday, May 13: Maariv 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 7:47 p.m. 10:00 SH KEY: MS = Main Shul BM = Beit Midrash SH = Social Hall

MAZAL TOV TO

• Rita-Rivka Lewy & Abe Neuman, on making aliyah this Sunday and on the engagement of their daughter Gavi to Eyal Simani of Jerusalem. CONDOLENCES TO

• Bernice Schwartz and Morris Zimmerman, on the passing of Bernice’s husband and Morris’s brother- in-law, Arthur Schwartz. Shiva continues through this Friday, May 6, at the home of Dr. Victor May Schwartz, 650 West End Avenue (at 92nd Street), Apt. 11C, New York, New York. Calendar WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS THIS WEEK’S PARSHA QUESTIONS Printed copies are available in the lobby. • Bess & Ezra Bogner, who live on Grange Road. On Shabbat, the shul elevator will operate PARNAS HAYOM in Shabbat mode as follows: Friday: Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a yahrtzeit, in the zechut of a refuah 7:00-8:45 p.m. shelaima, or in honor of a simcha, a birthday or any other occasion. Each week’s dedications are Shabbat: prominently displayed in the shul lobby and sent out to the membership via email. For more 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; information, or to sign up, please go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom. 6:00-8:45 p.m. This past week’s sponsors were: Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline w 23 Nisan: Sherry & David Chasan, in honor of the yahrtzeit of David’s mother, Ethel Chasan before Shabbat: 201-530-0222

Contact Beth Aaron at [email protected] SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH

In honor of Yom ha-Atzma’ut, there will be a community-wide This week’s Kiddush following the Hashkama Minyan is sponsored by Shacharit Minyan this Thursday, May 12, at 6:10 a.m., in the Main the Hashkama Minyan Kiddush “Society.” Shul. The tefillah will be according to Siddur Rinat Yisrael. This week’s Kiddush following the Main Minyan is sponsored by: Next Shabbat, May 14, the shul will hold its annual fundraising Mezonot Sponsors: Kiddush for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF). Shabbat w Evie & Alden Leifer, in honor of Yakov Eizik. Chayal will be in loving memory of Ilan Tokayer, z”l. This year, we w Evie & Alden Leifer, in honor of Rita-Rivka Lewy & Abe Neuman will be raising money to assist the FIDF in purchasing additional on their making aliyah this week. You will be missed. tefillin for a “tefillin bank” for IDF soldiers who do not own their own w Rita-Rivka Lewy & Abe Neuman, to celebrate their aliyah this pairs of tefillin, but would like to fulfill the mitzvah of wrapping Sunday, May 8; in gratitude for 30 awesome years in the Beth tefillin. Sponsorship categories include Chayal ($18), Tal Aluf Aaron community, Baruch Hashem; and to celebrate the ($19-$99), Aluf ($100-$199) and Rav Aluf ($200 & over). engagement of their daughter Gavi to Eyal Simani of Jerusalem. Sponsorships will be publicized in the Kol Beth Aaron and on a poster w Cathy & Steve Schuss, in honor of the yahrtzeit of Steve’s mother, in the lobby on May 14. Let’s all join and participate. Kiddush Miriam bat Avraham sponsorships can be made by check or online at www.bethaaron. org/event/chayal16. In addition, please email the office, office@ If you are celebrating a simcha, commemorating a yahrtzeit, or bethaaron.org, photos of your children (in uniform) who are simply want to say “thank you,” consider sponsoring an upcoming serving/have served in the IDF to be displayed during the Kiddush. Kiddush. To become a sponsor, go to www.bethaaron.org/kiddush. The deadline for submitting photos is this Monday, May 9. For questions, contact Ari Gononsky at [email protected].

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME: The next Sisterhood Book Club We are in Year 3 of the Hashkama Minyan Kiddush “Society.” The selection is Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Men’s Club would like to thank our past supporters who enabled us Kiddushim Hashkama Minyan Home, by Jessica Fechter. The group will meet at 4:15 p.m. on to have more than 20 at the . Your Year 3 donation of $54 will help us continue this great tradition. You can Shabbat, May 14, at the home of Lisa Breen, 68 Edgemont Place. For become a sponsor online at www.bethaaron.org/kiddush. Contact more information, contact Diane Fogel, [email protected]. Ari Gononsky, [email protected], with any questions. Congregation Beth Aaron has reserved an exclusive section for our members and their families at the Eretz HaChaim Cemetery in Israel. Until this Thursday, May 12, burial plots can be purchased by directly REFLECTIONS OF THE MOURNING LIGHT: through Eretz HaChaim at a discount. After that time, burial plots can Mourning and Consolation in Jewish Law and Thought be purchased at the regular price until the capacity in our section Given by Rabbi Larry Rothwachs has been filled. For more detailed information, please contact Josh Klavan, [email protected] or 917-593-9290, or the Eretz HaChaim MONDAY NIGHTS AT 8:30 p.m. representative, Avi Koenig, [email protected] or 718-437-2200, • May 9: “And to the Dust You Shall Return”: Before, During, and ext.104. after the Levaya • May 16: The Mourning Light: Perspectives on Aveilut in Work is being carried out in the back of the building to enhance Halacha and Hashkafa handicap accessibility to the shul. The work should take no more • May 23: The Comfort Zone: Practical Nichum Aveilim in than a week. Please contact Micah Kaufman, [email protected], Halacha and Hashkafa with any questions. • June 6: “May the Neshama Have an Aliyah”: Memorializing the Soul of a Loved One Safety and children in shul: For the safety of all children in shul, please adhere to the shul policy that all children must be in Youth This lecture series is generously sponsored by: Groups, Youth Minyan, or davening with their parents at all times. In • Rachel & Allen Friedman, in memory of Allen’s mother, Dvora addition, the Mommy and Me room is only for children below the (Rackover) Friedman z”l age of 3, along with a parent. • Evie & Alden Leifer, in memory of Alden’s parents, Trudy & Hy Leifer, Chaim ben Nachman Moshe z”l and Gittel bat Shlomo We are happy to announce the return of the Beth Aaron Boys’ Choir, Yaakov ha-Levi z”l which will lead the tzibur in Adon Olam and Anim Zemirot on Yamim Tovim and also take part in other activities coordinated with the shul Source sheets and recordings of this lecture series can be found administration. Practices are beginning on Sunday evenings at the at www.bethaaron.org/torah and on the Torah section of the shul. Light snacks will be offered. For more information, speak to Beth Aaron app. Check out the free Beth Aaron app at the Apple Yehiel Levy or e-mail [email protected]. app store and the Google play store for Android.

Sisterhood condolence cards are available from the office for $8 Kol ha-Ne’arim Project each or $50 for 10. To order, please contact Judi at the office, A new tallit for the Simchat Torah Kol ha-Ne’arim aliyah is [email protected], 201-836-6210. being created and will be ready, be-ezrat Hashem, for Simchat Torah 5777. The highlight will be the names of children and grandchildren embroidered on the tallit. Participate in this project by submitting names at a cost of $1.50 per letter or by dedicating a section of the tallit. The costs for the project have been generously donated so that 100% of your contribution will benefit the shul. For details, go to www.bethaaron.org/kolhanearim. WEEKLY SHIURIM COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Daf Yomi: For Daf Yomi shiurim and resources in Teaneck, go to CareOne needs volunteers for a minyan. On Friday and Saturday www.teaneckshuls.org/daf/. evening, Mincha will be at 7:40 p.m. On Shabbat and Sunday, • af Yomi shiur by Rabbi Rothwachs / Rabbi Daniel Feldman / Rabbi Shacharit will be at 9:00 a.m., Mincha at 7:35 p.m., and Maariv at Mark Staum: Monday-Thursday evenings, at 9:45 p.m. 8:40 p.m. • Tanya shiur by Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg: Tuesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Until this Sunday, May 8,unopened, non-perishable food can be • Rabbi Rothwachs’ Sanhedrin shiur: Wednesday evenings at donated to local Gemachs and food pantries. Food may be left on 8:30 p.m. the back deck at the home of Debby & AZ Rapps, 1499 Sussex Road • Mishmar program: Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. (corner of Warwick Avenue). Please leave food on the back deck • Morning Mishna Chabura: Monday, Thursday: 6:55 a.m.; Tuesday, during daylight hours. For more information, contact 201-837-9683. Wednesday, Friday: 7:00 a.m. This Sunday, May 8, at Congregation Netivot Shalom, 811 Palisade Avenue, there will be a morning of learning in commemoration of Locker Rentals Now Open to All Members the first yahrtzeit of Rav zt”l. The 8:00 a.m. Shacharit will be followed by a light breakfast, a 9:15 a.m. shiur Locker rentals are now open to both full and associate members. by Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot of Congregation Netivot Shalom, and a Lockers will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. 9:55 a.m. shiur by Rabbi Michael Taubes of Congregation Zichron Mordechai. The program is being held in conjunction with The Etzion The new wood veneer lockers will be installed in the second floor Foundation. elevator lobby soon. Sized to fit your tefillin or tallit bag and deep enough for large seforim, each locker will be outfitted with a built- This Sunday, May 8, from Noon until 6:00 p.m., at Yeshiva in combination lock. The annual rental fee is $100 per fiscal year University’s Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York (July 1 to June 30). City, there will be a Yom Iyun in memory of Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l on the occasion of his firstyahrtzeit . Speakers Reserve your locker now and get the time from the installation include Rabbi Shalom Carmy, Rabbi Noah Gardenswartz, Rabbi date to the beginning of the coming fiscal year for free. To Nathaniel Helfgot, Dr. Will Lee, Rabbi , Rabbi Dr. reserve, please contact the shul office,[email protected] . Aaron Segal, and Dr. Avivah Zornberg. The program will be followed Feel free to contact Isaac Hagler, [email protected], with by Mincha. For more information, please contact Tuvy Miller, any further questions. [email protected].

BETH AARON YOUTH and JUNIOR HIGH At noon on Mondays, through June 6, at the Torah Academy of Bergen County, 1600 Queen Anne Road, Rabbi Daniel Fridman will Groups for nursery-2nd grade begin Shabbat mornings at 9:30 a.m. offer a free six-part lecture series on Megilat Ruth, “Ruth: Mother of and continue until the end of the davening in the Main Minyan. Redemption.”

Davening for 3rd-5th graders (Jr. Congregation) begins at 9:30 a.m. This Tuesday, May 10, Teaneck will hold an election for three of its At 10:10 a.m., all 3rd-5th graders are invited for parsha, Kiddush, and seven Township Council seats. As the Council is responsible for a games until the end of davening in the Main Minyan. fair amount of our quality of life, as well as the ability for continued growth in our community, it is important for each and every Those interesting in taking part in “Banim Mitpalelim,” enabling registered voter to participate by getting to the polls, which will be broader participation of boys between the ages of 7-12 in leading open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the conclusion of davening on Shabbat mornings, may sign up using the online form or by contacting Mark Staum, Menachem Kravetz or This Tuesday, May 10, at 8:00 p.m., at Ben Porat Yosef, East 243 Jason David, directly. Frisch Court, Paramus, there will be a community-wide Yom ha- Zikaron program to commemorate Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims For more information about youth programs, please contact Beth of terror. The program will include prayers, yizkor, and memorial Aaron Youth Directors Erica and Jason David, 732-618-9473, songs, and will be conducted in both English and Hebrew. [email protected]. This Wednesday evening, May 11, at 7:15 p.m., at Congregation NCSY Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, there will be a Yom ha- Atzma’ut Community-Wide Program that will begin with Mincha. For more information about NCSY and NCSY events, contact Reuven Davening will be followed by a speaker and video presentation Lebovitz, [email protected]. for Yom ha-Zikaron, a tefilat Maariv Chagigit, and a chagiga in the main ballroom, including a daglanut presentation. Parve light REFLECTOR BELTS refreshments will be offered. There will be youth groups for children from kindergarten through 5th grade from approximately 7:15 p.m. Safety reflector belts safeguard you when walking to and from shul until the beginning of the chagiga at about 8:15 p.m. and any other night activity. Comfortable and lightweight, they are adjustable for men, women, and children. The belts are available at This Thursday, May 12, at 9:00 a.m., at Beth Aaron, Lamdeinu no cost to members, but a donation to offset costs is appreciated. will hold a community Yom ha-Atzma’ut celebration for women. If you would like one, please stop by the shul office or contact Judi, Admission is $18. To register, go to lamdeinu.org. [email protected], 201-836-6210. On Thursdays, May 12 and 19 and June 2 and 9, at 11:00 a.m., at Maayanot, 1650 Palisade Avenue, Principal Rivka Kahan will offer a shiur series on “Insights into the Avraham Narrative.” On Thursday evenings May 12, 19, 26, and June 2, from 8:00 to 9:30 COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES p.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, 641 West Englewood Avenue, the Belz School of Jewish Music at will offer the This Sunday, May 8, Yeshiva University’s Kollel Yom Rishon, tuition-free Second Annual Bayrish Schreiber Memorial Seminar weekly free learning for men, will be held in Glueck 307 (515 West in Nusach ha-Tefilla.The topic to be studied this year is Kabbalat 185th Street, corner of Amsterdam Avenue), and its Midreshet Shabbat and Maariv le-Shabbat. The instructors will be Cantors Yom Rishon, weekly free learning for women, will be held in the Bernard Beer, Eric Freeman, and Sherwood Goffin of the Belz School. Schottenstein Center (on West 185th Street, between Audubon Although not required, registration in advance is recommended at and St. Nicholas Avenues). Both programs are open to participants [email protected] or [email protected]. Belz Certificates of of all ages, backgrounds, and learning levels, and no registration is Completion will be granted to those who complete the course. required. Kollel Yom Rishon will feature Rabbi and Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman, and Midreshet Yom Rishon will feature Next Sunday, May 15, at 9:15 a.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Rabbi Elchanan Adler and Yael Weil. The first shiur starts at 641 West Englewood Avenue, Areyvut will hold its Annual 9:30 a.m., the second at 10:30 a.m. For information or to download Breakfast. For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/1TjAArk, mar’ei mekomot, visit www.kollelyomrishon.org or call 201-244-6702 or e-mail [email protected]. www.midreshetyomrishon.org or call 212-960-0041.

Next Sunday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Congregation Ahavath Torah, The Amud Yomi shiur meets weeknights at 9:30 p.m. at 240 Broad Avenue, Englewood, and at 8:15 p.m., at Congregation Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. For more Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, Gedaliah Borvick information, please contact Mordechai Ungar, 201-741-3920, of myisraelhome.com and Ruthie Yudin will discuss “Trends in [email protected]. Jerusalem’s Luxury Real Estate Market: Introducing Park Eight’s Premiere Collection.”For more information, contact gborvick@ Each Motzaei Shabbat, at 8:30 p.m., Rabbi Yisroel Reisman offers gmail.com or 347-897-9943. a weekly Navi shiur, via satellite, at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue. On Monday, May 16, at 8:00 p.m., at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, Rachel Goldbaum will give a shiur for women Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, presents Torah in on “Reclaiming Intimacy: Strengthening the Bond with the Most the AM: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00-9:45 a.m. -- Chavura on close Important One in Your Life.” reading of Sefer Bereishit; 9:45-10:45 a.m. -- Gemara Sanhedrin with Rabbi Menahem Meier; Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m.-noon -- Rabbi Baum on On Tuesday, May 17, at 7:00 p.m., at CareOne at Teaneck, 544 Tehillim for specific events; Thursdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m. -- Rambam Teaneck Road, Robert Murray will discuss “Paying for Long Term with Rabbi Meier. Health Care.” Kosher refreshments will be served.

This year’s NORPAC Mission to Washington will take place on LAMDEINU: Study in depth. Be inspired. Wednesday, May 18. For details and to register, go to Spring 2016 Semester www.norpac.net. If one is unable to go, but wishes to sponsor an Parshanut haMikra: Bereishit Sefer Yeshayahu attendee, please contact Mollie Fisch, [email protected]. : Masekhet Berakhot Parashah and Haftarah Chapter 1 Pointers On Wednesday, May 18, at 7:00 p.m., at Temple Beth Or, 56 Parashat haShavua: Shir HaShirim Ridgewood Road, Township of Washington, the Jewish Federation of Sefer Shofetim Children & Matan Torah Northern New Jersey will hold its annual One Book, One Community event, this year highlighting Lev Golinkin’s “A Backpack, A Bear, and For class details or to register, go to lamdeinu.org. Eight Crates of Vodka.” A dessert reception will follow. To register, go Rachel Friedman, Dean to http://bit.ly/1TRjfZL. Lamdeinu at Congregation Beth Aaron On Sunday, May 22, at 9:30 a.m., at the Torah Academy of Bergen (advertisement) County, 1600 Queen Anne Road, the school will hold its Annual Scholarship Breakfast, this year honoring Dr. Naomi Knoller and Lawrence L. Shafier, CLU®, ChFC® Irene Stein. For more information, contact Sharon Rifkind, 201-837- Insurance  Employee Benefit Funding 7696, ext.123, or go to tabc.org/scholarshipbreakfast org.  Estate Conservation Strategies

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CONGREGATION BETH AARON 950 Queen Anne Road Teaneck, NJ 07666 Phone: 201-836-6210 www.bethaaron.org [email protected]

Laurence Rothwachs, Rabbi Yair Mayerfeld, President