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L Shabbat R E A T S H U Rosh Hashana R B E ET J September 18-19, 2020 / 5781 H DAVID Rosh Hashana Please print this bulletin before Shabbat. Chazzan Sheini President Yechezkel Freundlich Rev. Amiel Bender Jonathan Gal 6519 Baily Road, Côte Saint-Luc, Québec H4V 1A1 Canada • 514-489-3841 • www.TBDJ.org • [email protected]

שבת שלום • SHABBAT SHALOM שנה טובה • SHANA TOVA תשפ״א • 5781

ROSH HASHANA SCHEDULE FROM OUR RABBI

Covid-19 restrictions are in place for all services at the TBDJ Dear TBDJ Family, building. When davening at home, it is preferrable to do so at the same time as the rest of the community. Rifki and I extend our warmest Rosh Hashana greetings to you and your families as we Friday, September 18 / Erev Rosh Hashana begin this most unusual of Holiday experiences together. Some of you will be joining us in the tent, some of you will be inside in the main shul, and some of you will be staying at 4:00pm Daf Yomi on Zoom home. But all of us are bound together by being part of this most special congregation and 6:30pm Minha - Minyane Sépharade Tent community for Rosh Hashana. 6:40pm Candle Lighting 6:45pm , Kabbalat Shabbat, Maariv The “Journey” you are holding in your hand is one of the manifestations of this wonderful in TBDJ Tent and Main Sanctuary family that TBDJ is. It contains everything you will need to make Rosh Hashana a meaningful 6:58pm Sh’kiah experience wherever you may be. There are numerous articles from our clergy and lay 7:15pm Arvit et Kabbalat Shabbat - leadership, a special thank you to our recently retired Executive Director Joyce Reinblatt, Minyane Sépharade Tent inspiring words of from our own members as well as from students studying in Israel, the year in review in pictures, and even a section especially designed for kids. It also Shabbat, September 19 / 1 Tishrei 5781 contains two wonderful tributes to our long time members Ben and Sylvia Levitt and Lionel 9:42am Sof Zman Kriyat Sh’ma and Suzanne Rabinovitch! Additionally we have included a step by step guide for navigating Shacharit Services for those who have registered: the Holiday for those at home. And of course, don’t forget the delicious honey cake to add a 7:30am Minyan 1 - TBDJ Tent little sweetness to your Holiday table! 8:00am Minyan 2 - Applewood Tent I would especially like to highlight that “Journey” has been sponsored by Sharon and 8:30am Minyan 3 - Main Sanctuary Robert Hecht in memory of Sharon’s father, Harry Karpman, z”l. Harry was one of the most 8:30am Minyane Sépharade Tent committed and dedicated TBDJ members the shul has ever known. From the moment 10:30am Minyan 4 - TBDJ Tent he moved to CSL in the 1960’s Harry was synonymous with everything TBDJ. He was a 11:00am Minyan 5 - Applewood Tent fundraiser par excellence who never took no for an answer and was as concerned with 6:30pm Mincha and Maariv the needs of every individual as he was with the organization as a whole. Indeed, he in TBDJ Tent and Main Sanctuary dedicated so much of his heart and soul to the Baily shul that his family saw fit to engrave 6:30pm Minha - Minyane Sépharade Tent his headstone with the TBDJ insignia to forever eternalize his connection to our community. 6:57pm Shkiah This year, when so many of us have been physically distanced yet more connected to the 7:41pm Candles should be lit after this time shul than ever before, it is most fitting to dedicate Journey to his memory. Sunday September 20 / 2 Tishrei 5781 I would like to acknowledge our Immediate Past President Judah Aspler for his tireless 9:43am Sof Zman Kriyat Sh’ma work on Journey. From start to finish, this project is his baby and he has once again done Shacharit Services for those who have registered: a phenomenal job with it. I again would like to thank our current President Jon Gal and 7:30am Minyan 1 - TBDJ Tent incoming President Josh Orzech for the indescribable amount of work that went into getting 8:00am Minyan 2 - Applewood Tent our shul ready for Rosh Hashana. It is an absolute honour and pleasure working with all 8:30am Minyan 3 - Main Sanctuary three of you. 8:30am Minyane Sépharade Tent Rifki and I are already saddened at the thought of not being able to greet you all in person 10:30am Minyan 4 - TBDJ Tent at TBDJ over the Holidays. Rosh Hashana at TBDJ has proven to be such a wonderful part of 11:00am Minyan 5 - Applewood Tent our Baily experience. We pray that we will soon be able to return to normal shul functioning 6:20pm (40) at TBDJ Tent in good health, and that we will once again have the opportunity to celebrate with all of you 6:35pm Mincha and Maariv in person. in TBDJ Tent and Main Sanctuary We wish you all a wonderful Yom Tov in good health. Shana Tova! 6:45pm Minha - Minyane Sépharade Tent 6:55pm Shkiah 7:39pm Havdala 7:39pm Arvit - Minyane Sépharade Tent 8:30pm Daf Yomi on Zoom at Home A day by day, step by step Guide For Rosh Hashanah 2020/5781 Prepared by Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich

THURSDAY NIGHT, September 17th • Rosh Hashana sermon with Rabbi Freundlich, TBDJ Zoom, 8:00pm

FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING, September 18th • Hatarat Nedarim (annulling of vows) is traditionally performed on erev Rosh Hashana. A zoom session will be available at 9:00am • Candlelighting is at 6:40pm. The bracha is made for Shabbat and Yom Tov together. Shehechiyanu is also recited. • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat, inside the Main Sanctuary and in the TBDJ Tent, at 6:45pm. It is ideal to daven at home at the same time as the community. • An abridged Kabbalat Shabbat is recited, beginning with “Mizmor Shiur l’yom haShabbat” (p 46) (לשנה טובה תכתב ותחתם) Traditional Rosh Hashana Greeting: L’shana tova tikateiv v’teichatem • • Many have the custom to sing shalom aleichem and aishet chayal when Shabbat coincides with Yom Tov; others do not. and phrases inserted (יום הששי) Rosh Hashana kiddush is recited (p. 94 in Artscroll), with the additional paragraph • for Shabbat. Shechiyanu is recited. • Traditional simanim are eaten at the meal, together with corresponding prayers for health and blessings. .are added (יעלה ויבא) and Rosh Hashana ( רצה) In Birkat Hamzon, insertions for both Shabbat •

SHABBAT – ROSH HASHANA DAY 1, September 19th • Latest time to recite shema is 9:42am • Include insertions for Shabbat into the shacharit Shmoneh Esrei. Remember as well to recite “zachreinu lchaim” and “mi chomocha” (296, 298 Artscroll) • For one davening at home, there is obviously no repetition of the shmoneh esrei by the chazan, but one can say the .by oneself (לאל עורך דין and ה' מלך) piyyutim on p. 328-330 • We do not recite on Shabbat. • It is appropriate to review the Torah reading even if one cannot be in shul. The story of Isaac’s miraculous birth to elderly parents, his circumcision, and the subsequent exile of Yishmael can be found on page 402 (Artscroll). The Sages record that it was on Rosh Hashana that the barren Sarah was remembered. • We do not blow the shofar on Shabbbat. • shmoneh esrei can be found on p 448; remember to add Shabbat insertions. • It is appropriate to recite Unetaneh Tokef (p 480-482) even when praying by oneself. Similarly, one can recite v’kol maminim (p 490).

• Both mincha and seudat shlishit should be completed before sunset (6:56pm). Aveinu Malkeinu is NOT recited on Shabbat.

SATURDAY NIGHT – DAY 2 • Preparations for the Second Day should not begin until nightfall (7:41pm) • Candles should be lit after 7:41pm. The bracha is only for Yom Tov. Shechiyanu is recited again, and one should have in mind to include the new fruit which will be eaten during the meal. The fire should be taken from a pre- existing flame – either a 24 hour candle that was lit from before Yom or by holding a match against an oven or stovetop element that has been left on. One may not strike a match to create a new fire on Yom Tov. • Kiddush is the regular Rosh Hashana kiddush, with the additional paragraph for Havdallah (pg 96). Two candles are held together to make a bracha on the flame. Shechiyanu is recited at kiddush, having in mind to eat the new fruit. • It is customary to eat a new fruit immediately after kiddush (one makes a bracha on the fruit, but not a shechiyanu since that was just recited during kiddush). If one does not have a new fruit, one still recites shechiyanu during kiddush/candlelighting. • Some have the custom to eat the simanim again on the second night; others do not.

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– • atest time to recite shema is 9am. • Recite the Rosh ashana shmoneh esrei for hacharit ( 296). • Recite Aeinu aleinu (. 8). • ne does not say the Attributes without a minyan, but one may say the beautiful rayer that follows on 92 .(רבונו של עולם) • It is aroriate to reiew the Torah readin, een if one cannot be in shul. The story of the indin of Isaac can be found on ae 2, which the aes teach also too lace on Rosh ashana. The ram tanled in its horns that Araham offered is also an allusion to the shofar. • The shofar is sounded. The reuirement is to hear blasts. The list of locations where the shofar will be blown throuhout the day is rinted at the end of this uide. • ussaf shmoneh esrei can be found on . 8. Unetaneh Tokef can be said alone ( 8), as can v’kol maaminim ( 6).

• Traditionally Tashlich is recited on Rosh ashanah afternoon (not on habbat) net to a body of water. If this cannot be erformed with roer social distancin measures, one can recite it any time until om iur. Any body of water is sufficient, even if it is not natural and doesn’t contain fish. The power of this custom lays in the stirrin words of rayer that are recited one should not actually throw bread into the water. It is a waste of food and certainly does not attain any forieness. If tashlich was not done before om iur, there is still some benefit in recitin it until oshana Rabba. • incha should be comleted before sunset at 6m. Aeinu aleinu is recited. • adalah is recited after 9m.

• The ast of edalya beins at 29am, and ends at 22m.

DAILY SCHEDULE: SEPTEMBER 20 - 25 will be recited each morning as per this schedule: • Monday: 40 minutes prior to the early Shacharit minyan (6:10am) • Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday: 35 minutes prior to the early Shacharit minyan (6:25am) • Thursday: 35 minutes prior to the early Shacharit minyan (6:15am) • Sunday Erev : 15 minutes pior to Shacharit (7:45am) Selichot will also be recited each morning at the start of the 8:00am minyan.

SUNDAY MON - TZOM GEDALIA TUESDAY ROSH HASHANAH FAST 5:29am to 7:22pm Shacharit 7:00 & 8:00am DAY TWO Shacharit 6:50 & 8:00am Mincha 6:30pm SEE FRONT PAGE Mincha 1:30pm & 6:30pm Shkiah 6:51pm WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Shacharit 7:00 & 8:00am Shacharit 6:50 & 8:00am Shacharit 7:00 & 8:00am Mincha 6:30pm Mincha 6:30pm Candle Lighting 6:26pm Shkiah 6:49pm Shkiah 6:47pm Mincha 6:30pm

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THANK YOU

We thank our generous sponsors for facilitating our special Rosh Hashana package, hand-delivered to over 500 homes. If any TBDJ member did not receive a package, we sincerely apologize. Please let us know, so that we can correct the situation. • Thank you to Sharon & Robert Hecht for sponsoring our Journey magazine this year, in memory of their father and father-in-law, Harry Karpman zl. Please see the special tribute page dedicated to our Past President, at the front of the Journey book. • Thank you to Renee and Marty Lieberman and family, for sponsoring the special food delivery in your packages. Please see a special note from the family below. • Thank you to our special sponsors of the TBDJ tents in use on Rosh Hashana; at TBDJ and Applewood Park. We hope that the expanded tents and their new flooring will help make Rosh Hashana as comfortable and inspirational as possible this year. Thank you to Reuben Dubrofsky, Karen & Lionel Dubrofsky, Susan Lieberman, Chaya & Lorne Lieberman, Pearl & Len Mendel.

DEDICATION LETTER

Dearest Baily Family,

We are sending you a “special goodie” in loving memory of our dear father, Max Brooks - Mordechai Ben Benzion Chaim HaLevi zl, as we commemorate his 15th yarzeit, which took place on the 20th of Elul. This “special goodie” is symbolic of the incredibly “special person” our father zl was, and all the “goodness” our extraordinary father brought into our lives and into this world. Our dear father zl was born in a small town near Krakow, Poland on Purim and immigrated to America as a toddler with his parents and 6 siblings. Like Mordechai our ancestor, our Mordechai, our hero exemplified commitment to Torah values and the needs of the Jewish people. Our father zl grew up during the depression and gained an understanding of the human struggle, its fragility, and developed a deep sensitivity and compassion towards his fellow man. As the middle child, he worked diligently to support his entire family, and his ultimate value was to always care for others. As an eligible bachelor at the age of 53, our father fell madly in love with our magnificent mother, Sydell Strickman Spatz, a young beautiful widow and her two adorable children. They married, he adopted her children, Bernice and Jeffrey, and with the birth of Renee two years later they became a unified family who were raised equally with an impeccable value system entrenched with the love of Torah, honour and consideration towards all. Our parents Shabbos and holiday tables were forever overflowing with an abundance of guests, mostly strangers who were alone or without family as our father zl stood up weekly in Shul inviting anyone to our home who had no where to go. Our beloved father zl was a proud modern Orthodox Jew, a devoted Levi, an honest hardworking businessman and an inspirational role model, completely dedicated to his family, his Shul, his community, and klal Yisroel. He was passionate about Jewish Education and was committed to davening in Shul, saying tehillim and learning Torah daily before going to work, always encouraging others to join him. We remember our father, grandfather and great grandfather with eternal love, respect, and admiration. We remember his warmth and generosity that reached a multitude of people in need and he did it humbly and discreetly. But mostly we remember and cherish the life he lived with generosity of spirit, integrity, kindness and unconditional love for all people. He had an open home, an open hand, and an open heart. It is appropriate that we honour our precious father zl on his 15th yartzeit as the number 15 represents Hashem’s name and our dear father zl served HaShem his entire life with great love, sincerity, humility and dignity. Our precious father zl passed away ten days before Rosh Hashana on the 20th of Elul, in a month where we strive to renew our bond and strengthen our relationship with HaShem. May our dear fathers righteous legacy of middot tovot, chessed, benevolence and unwavering faith and closeness to HaShem be a source of inspiration to us all. When you make a blessing over this “special goodie”, please have in mind, Mordechai Ben Benzion Chaim Halevi zl. May his precious neshama have an Aliya. Wishing you all a very happy New Year overflowing with the blessings of good health, happiness, prosperity and may all your prayers be fulfilled this year and always G-d willing !! Shana Tova Umetuka !!

Love, Renee and Marty Lieberman Bernice and Tommy Kohn (NJ & Toronto) Jeffrey and Debby Brooks (Raanana, Israel) and families