Young Israel of St. Louis SHABBAT MARCH 2ND 2019 – FRIDAY MARCH 8TH 2019 25 ADAR I 5779 – 1 ADAR II 5779 SHABBAT VAYAKHEL SHABBAT SHEKALIM SHABBAT MEVORCHIM

ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS

Kiddush: Sponsors invited: Friday, March 1st Candle Lighting ...... 5:36 pm Seudah Shlishit: Sponsored by Bnei Akiva for Shabbat Dorot. Mincha/Maariv ...... 5:36 pm Everyone is invited. Saturday, March 2nd Weekday Shacharit Hashkama Minyan ...... 7:30 am Sunday ...... 8:00 am Chumash Shiur ...... 8:15 am Monday, ...... 6:30 am Shacharit ...... 9:00 am Tuesday, Wednesday ...... 6:40 am Sof Zman Kri’at Shema ...... 9:22 am Thursday, Friday – Rosh Chodesh ...... 6:20 am Teen Minyan ...... 9:30 am Shabbat Youth Groups ...... 10:00 am Mincha/Maariv ...... 5:40 pm Pre-Mincha Shiur ...... 4:30 pm Rosh Chodesh Adar II ...... Thursday/Friday, March 7/8 Counting Jews, David's Great Mistake,

and Tachanun???? (Part 2) Bnei Akiva ...... 4:45 – 6:35 pm UPCOMING YAHRTZEITS Mincha ...... 5:25 pm 28 Adar Chaim Greenstein 30 Adar I Betty Baron Shabbat Ends...... 6:37 pm 29 Adar Malka Gittel Pollack

Hashkama Kiddush: Sponsored by the Zimand family to THE ERUV - IS UP!! commemorate the first yahrtzeit of Meir’s father, Rabbi Ephraim Zimand, and in honor of Rachel’s non-birthday and Levi’s 18th birthday.

REFUAH SHELAIMAH IT’S SHMURA MATZA TIME: Order forms have been אליעזר חיים בן פריידע ...... emailed and are also available in lobby and the beit midrash יהושע בן זהבה ...... Please return your order form and payment to the office by ברוך בן מאשא ...... th ישראל לייב בן סלאווא ...... March 5 ראובן בן שרה רבקה ...... חגי בן רחל ...... RABBI’S MONDAY GEMARA SHIUR: Will meet this week אפרים אריה בן מלכה בילה ...... on Tuesday evening (3/5) at the regular time יואל ברוך בן חיה בינה ...... עזריאל אברהם יצחק בן קיילא ...... KOL NIDRE POSTER: We will be updating the Kol Nidre יסמין לאה בת ידידיה ...... poster soon. If anyone does not want their name listed, please רונית בת רחל ...... contact the office as soon as possible. Thank you רבקה שושנה בת מנוחה שיינה ...... Frances בת שרה ...... :SINAI SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2018/2019 מרים בת שרה ...... :Save the Dates: for upcoming Sinai Scholars Program Speakers אסתר פעסל בת קיילא לאה ...... שרה רבקה בת רי יסה מי יטא...... March 29 - 30: Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman ברי ינא ליבא בת חנה ...... Sunday, May 26: Rabbi Ya’akov Neuberger יוזפא פרומט בת לאה ...... We thank those who have already sponsored our Adult חנה בת בריינה ...... Tova Rhein ...... Education Fund, which enables us to bring these high caliber טובה מאטל בת חנה אטל speakers to our community. To become a sponsor, please contact MAZAL TOV TO… Monty Mazer or Jonty Felsher. Harvey & Dorit Daphna-Iken on the birth of a granddaughter Sinai Scholars Brochure is in the lobby with full bios and details. to Donna Iken and Steve Levine, to uncles Daniel and David and to great-grandparents Julia Iken and Shalom Dafna. SAVE THE DATE: The Annual Young Israel Dinner will be held on June 2, 2019. Stay tuned for details. SHUL NEWS TREE OF LIFE: Thank you to all who have purchased leaves SECURITY USHER PROGRAM: Thank you to this thus far. If you would like to buy a leaf, branch leaf, or stone, Shabbat’s ushers, Sam Zitin and Ari Axelbaum. please submit your order form (brochures are in the Shul lobby) to Judy in the shul office. For questions contact: Jonty or Moshe Sunday, March 3rd at the beautiful Haertter Performing Arts Adler. Center at John Burroughs School, 9243 Clayton Road. Doors open at 6:30 pm and program begins at 7 pm. A dessert reception WOMEN’S DIVISION presented by Jon Rubin Catering will follow. Tickets are $18 per The Women's Division presents this year's Esther's Express person with a family maximum of $100. Purchase tickets fundraiser. You can send your Mishloach Manot wishes securely on line http://weblink.donorperfect.com/JUL_19. individuals or to the entire Shul for only $135. There are also A message from Rabbi Shulman: We talk often about the options to send it also to those who may not be members. See importance of celebrating Jewish life with joy and passion. There attached order form for full details and return with payment to is no better expression of this than the energy of a concert the Women's Divsion to the office by March 10th. performance of one of the Orthodox Jewish world's most popular BNEI AKIVA singers, Benny Friedman. But more importantly, due to the generosity of anonymous donors within the EHA and Ralph and Annette Raskas Snif: will meet at Young Israel Kadimah communities, this event is now FREE for all from 4:45 - 6:35 pm. Shabbat afternoon. Our theme will be students of our day schools!! What a great way to help build working as a team. Sophia Yampol will lead Mifkad. Parents energy and passion for Judaism among our youth. Please take are invited to attend Bnei Akiva as part of "Shabbat Dorot" advantage of this great opportunity. It promises to be a wonderful (Bnei Akiva activities will all be taking place in the beit evening. midrash). Regular "snif" programming will be followed by mincha with Young Israel and a song-filled seudah shlishit. See AN EVENING WITH ANDREW REHFELD: at The J’s Arts attached flyer for more details. & Education Building to say good-bye to Dr Rehfeld who will NCSY NEWS be leaving at the end of March. Monday, March 4th, 6:30- 8:30pm. This is a free event.  Latte and Learning - Wednesday night at Starbucks on Hanley and Wydown, 7:30 pm. FAMILY POWER/PAIRS SEMINARS: Next dates:  Parsha & Pizza – Mon - EHA Middle school, Tues - high Rabbi Menachem and Mrs. Zelda Tendler with Mrs. Ellen school girls, Wed - high school boys, @ the NCSY office. Notowich: Sat, Mar 2, from 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm, and Sun, Mar. TMK/BNEI AKIVA NEWS 3 from 9:15 am to 12:45 pm, and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.  Mishnat Pinchas v’Sarah: 5 minutes after Kiddush. Rabbi Avi and Mrs. Chanala Rubenfeld: Tuesdays, April 30,  Mishmar learning: Thursdays at Young Israel at 8:30pm May 7, and May 14, 7:00- 10:00 pm. Event for 2-4 year olds: Sunday, March 10th, 4:00-5:00 pm at Rabbi Shmuel and Mrs. Chana Greenwald: Sundays, June 23 and the Needle's home, 725 Old Bonhomme. 30, from 11 am to 4 pm. Register on line at cisfstl.org on the Family Power Coaches tab. SCHOOL NEWS TOMCHEI SHABBOS: PURIM MISHLOACH MONOT PURIM CARDS: The EHA 8th graders are selling Purim cards CARDS NOW AVAILABLE! Festive Barbara Mendelson to raise money for their class trip to Israel. The cards are 6 for Tomchei Shabbos Purim cards are for sale! Commemorate the $18 and you only need a postcard stamp to mail them via the mitzvah of mishloach manot while supporting our Tomchei USPS. To order, please contact Marni Lichtenfeld (314) 330- Shabbos families. Cards are 6 for $18, or 20 for $54. Purim cards 0086, [email protected] (Chesterfield), or Lina may be purchased from: Martha, [email protected], 991- Greenberg (347)277-7725, [email protected] (U City). 059, Tammy, [email protected], 226-9777, or Jackie, [email protected], 997-6924. COMMUNITY NEWS SUNDAY WOMENS’ TEHILLIM GROUP: will meet this COMMUNITY WINE TASTING FUNDRAISER: Directed week at the home of Pat Harris, 948 Blackberry Place, at by Dan Sigel, in association with the Jewish Federation of St. 9:15 a.m. Pat's phone number is (314) 704-6655 to call or Louis, Sunday, March 3rd, 1 – 4 pm at the Federation Kaplan- text for Tehillim to say. The Tehillim hotline (names and Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr. You are invited to updates) is 314-441-6460. Or email: [email protected]. come and taste 100 wines from all over the world and pre- purchase wine for Pesach. This is not only a sale, but the Shul SHUL OFFICE & CONTACT INFO will receive 20% of sales that have our name noted on the www.youngisrael-stl.org Office Hours: Mon, Fri 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM, Tues, Wed, Thurs 11 AM – 4 PM order form. The PJ Library will have children’s activities during Judy Haber, [email protected], 314-727-1880, the wine tasting. Food will be available for purchase. This is a Rabbi Moshe Shulman:[email protected] 314-313-3120 (cell) great way to have fun, prepare for Pesach, and help the Shul Education & Engagement Coordinator, Rabbi Jonny Fruchter: - all at the same time. [email protected], 917-862-0456 (cell) President, Jonty Felsher: [email protected] 314-363-5544(cell) L’CHAIM: Rabbi Yerucham and Shelley List invite you to join Weekly sponsorship opportunities: Kiddush ($200), Seudah Shlishit ($136), them in a l'chaim to celebrate the engagement of their son, Hashkama ($40), Teen Minyan ($20), V’shinantem ($54), Announcements ($36) Tribute cards: available in the office. Purchase for the shul: Siddur Moshe to Shulamis Friedman of Monsey, at their home, 7741 ($40), RH or YK machzor ($50 each) or Chumash ($60) to honor or Gannon Avenue, on Sunday, March 3, 1-3 pm. memorialize a friend or family member. To receive shul emails, including weekly announcements and news about ST. LOUIS KOLLEL PRESENTS BENNY FRIEDMAN! members, life-cycles and programs, send an email to: The entire community is invited to attend this year’s family- [email protected] with your request. friendly Kollel signature event “Jewish Unity Live” featuring a FACEBOOK: Like Our Shul's FACEBOOK page:facebook.com/youngisraelstlouis live performance by Jewish singing sensation Benny Friedman,