The Jewish Center SHABBAT BULLETIN MAY 18, 2019 • 13 I YYAR 5779 • P ARSHAT EMOR Mazal Tov to Avi Schwartz on the Aufruf and upcoming marriage to Sarah Chaya Tauman SHABBAT SCHEDULE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS EREV SHABBAT MAZAL TOV 7:00PM Minchah Avi Schwartz on the Aufruf and upcoming marriage to 7:00PM YL Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat (1st floor) Sarah Chaya Tauman 7:49PM Candle-lighting Miriam & Jeffrey Zuckerman on the birth of a SHABBAT granddaughter and two grandsons 7:45AM Hashkama 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Morning Midrash with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS 9:00AM Shacharit Genna Singer and Grant Silverstein 9:14AM Sof Zman kriat shema 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Elie Buechler, Serving God the Wrong Thank you to our CSS members whose efforts help maintain a Way 9:30AM Young Leadership (1st floor) safe shul for our community. 10:00AM Youth Groups 11:15AM Public Lecture, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Genetics and Welcome Scholar in Residence Halakha: Past, Present and Future Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg 12:30PM Summer in the City Family Picnic Shabbat Lunch (for those who pre Shabbat Morning Public Lecture: 11:15am -registered) See page 3 for a full list of sponsors Genetics and Halakha: Past, Present and Future 4:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home Seudah Shlishit: Gedolei Yisroel and Medical Ethics: (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) 6:55PM Daf Yomi My Personal Reflections 7:00PM Shuir with Ora Weinbach, When Your Past Returns To Haunt You: This Scholar-in-Residence weekend is generously sponsored by the The Secret History of Moshe and the Mikalel Borodach & Wolf family in memory of Dr. Gerold Borodach z”l. 7:40PM Minchah Seudah Shlishit with Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg , Gedolei Yisroel and The Hanno Mott Lecture on Medical Ethics: My Personal Reflections Contemporary Jewish Ethics 8:56PM Shabbat Concludes Tuesday, May 21st Complimentary reception for Jewish Center members at 7:15PM THANK YOU TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Don’t forget to register! Registration will close Monday Morning. Community Kiddush: (see page 2 for more details) Rachel Wolf, Andrew Borodach, Kira and Julia in honor of Lynne and Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg and Adina and Prof. Yonatan Halevy. Thank Honor Our Heroes you for helping us to honor the memory of our father and grandfather Vivian & Daniel Chill in memory of Vivian's beloved father Harold M. Wednesday, May 22nd at The Jewish Center Jacobs and brother Joseph Jacobs 6:30PM Pizza with the Marines Dana & Adam Fine in memory of Dana's father, Arthur L. Alexander. 7:30PM Memorial Program Rachel Lurie in commemoration of the Yahrtzeit of Sanford S. Lurie. 8:45PM Volunteer project Evelyn & Moshe Fruchter in honor of Avi Schwartz's aufruf To register, contact Cori Weiss at Rabbi Dr Barry Dov & Sonia Schwartz in honor of the Aufruf of their son, Avi [email protected] or 212.836.1302 Schwartz and the upcoming marriage to Sarah Chaya Tauman Paulette & David Meyer in memory of Manfred H. Meyer Chazzan Probeh/Tryout Seudah Shlishit: Dana & Adam Fine in memory of Dana's father, Arthur L. Alexander with Chazzan Daniel Colthof Kathy & Milton Parnass in commemoration of the Yahrtzeit of Milton's Shabbat, May 24-25 brother, Norman Parnass, Chaim Nachum ben R' Gedalia Dovid and his wife Daniel and his wife, Sarit, will be flying in from Israel and Agnes, Chaya Sara bat Yeshaya will be with us from Thursday, May 23 – Sunday, May 26. Meira & Tobie Tugendhaft in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of his father, Among his other impressive credentials, Daniel serves his Israeli ar- Saul Dov Ben Meir Hacohen my reserve duty as Deputy Chief Cantor of the IDF.
DAILY SERVICE TIMES Sunday May 19 Mon May 20 -Thur May Friday May 24 7:45AM Daf Yomi 23 7/8AM Shacharit 8:30AM Shacharit 7/8AM Shacharit 7:45AM Daf Yomi 7:55M Minchah 7:45AM Daf Yomi 7:00PM Minchah 7:55PM Minchah 7:56PM Candle-lighting
WOMEN’S TEHILLIM GROUP: Monday, June 17th, 2019 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info. at 212-877-1176 The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700 UPCOMING EVENTS The Hanno Mott Lecture on Contemporary Jewish Ethics Honor Our Heroes Tuesday, May 21st This Wednesday, May 22nd From The ER to the Courtroom: Brain Death in American Law and Halacha, Revisited To mark Memorial Day and Fleet Week, The Jewish Featuring Dr. Kenneth Prager and Rabbi Dr. David Shabtai Center is honored once again this year to partner Dinner Reception 7:15PM with UJA and Jewish communal organizations to Mincha 7:55PM honor our military heroes -- those who gave the last Armchair Conversation 8:15PM full measure of devotion in service to our country or Dessert to follow lived out their lives as veterans. The program Join us for a masterclass on one of the most heated contemporary includes a presentation from Major General Larry S. medical ethics issues of our day. The program will focus on the medical, legal and halachic variables in defining the end of life and Taylor, USMCR (Ret.) and Hannah Deutch, how they co-exist in American and Jewish Law. registered nurse in the British Army (1941-1944). We will recognize the courage and selfless service Dr. Kenneth Prager of our brothers and sisters who have dedicated Dr. Prager is Professor of Medicine, Director of themselves to our great nation. Medical Ethics, and Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee at Columbia University Medical Center. 6:30PM Youth Pizza with the Marines
Rabbi Dr. David Shabtai 7:30PM Memorial Program Rabbi Dr. David Shabtai serves as the rabbi of the 8:45PM Volunteer project Sephardic Minyan of the Boca Raton Synagogue in Florida and serves on the faculty of the Boca Raton To register, contact Cori Weiss at Yeshiva High School as well as at Yeshiva University. [email protected] or 212.836.1302 Registration closes Monday morning! 8th Annual Keter Torah Award Ceremony Shabbat, June 1st at 11:15AM Honoring Joyce Weitz and Rona Steinerman We celebrate the two great Jewish heroines, Naomi and Ruth, over Shavuot. And, just prior to the holiday, The Jewish Center family continues to show its high regard for two women, who have demonstrated their good names through outstanding leadership and commitment, with the Keter Torah Award ceremony.
We are delighted that this year’s Keter Torah recipients are Joyce Weitz and Rona Steinerman. On June 1st, following Shabbat morning services, we will honor them in The Jewish Center’s main sanctuary. Please mark your calendars and join us!
If you would like to acknowledge the women of our synagogue, as well as our honorees, please visit the Keter Torah event page at jewishcenter.org. Your donation will contribute towards honoring these women, as well as towards supporting the work of The Jewish Center. Keter Torah Sponsor: $180 Rimon Sponsor: $72 JC R ESIDENT SCHOLAR SEARCH Steal of a Deal As Ora Weinbach will begin her studies at Yale Divinity Riverdale, Fieldston House School in August, The Jewish Center is launching a search for 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 1 maid’s room a JC Resident Scholar . This is a female leadership position designed to engage with and connect to our entire Ready To Move In community with a special focus on the many women in the Kitchen with double appliances. community. The complete job description is posted on our Top of the line throughout. website under “JC Updates”. Priced at $1.295M Call Fran Kupietzky at Douglas Elliman 917-566-2401 Resumes may be sent to and inquiries may be made of Or Irene Simon at Douglas Elliman 347-992-8611 Adina Wagman, Aliza Herzbergand Andrew Borodach at [email protected]. Summer in the City Family Picnic Shabbat Lunch The lunch we have all been waiting for has finally arrived! Thank you to our dedicated committee chair Galya Corbin and our wonderful host committee.
Thank you to our sponsors: Galya & Greg Corbin Tamar & David Freidenberg Evelyn & Moshe Fruchter Rebecca & David Herman Amanda Nussbaum & Daniel Laifer Tamar Kaplan-Marans & Joseph Nussbaum
The Herb Lauer Tikkun Leil Shavuot תמימת תהיינה Judaism and The Pursuit of Perfection Motzei Shabbat, June 8th 11:45PM Rabbi Dovid Zirkind 2:15AM Ora Weinbach Extreme Makeover Shul Edition: Building (and Renovating) The Messy Messianic Line: The Perfect Shul In Jewish Law & Thought Imperfection on the Path to Redemption
1:00AM Rabbi Noach Goldstein 3:30AM Rabbi Elie Buechler To Your Perfect Health: Medication, Vaccination, The Perfect Commitment: and the Halakhot of Communal Responsibility Conversion in Halacha and Jewish Thought
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Talmud Class Kindness and Kingship: Studies in The Greatest Controversies in Rabbi Noach Goldstein Megillat Rut Jewish History Explained 7:45AM–8:30AM Rabbi Dovid Zirkind Rabbi Elchanan Poupko 11:00AM-12:00PM Wednesdays June 12-26 at 7:00PM Nosh and Drash (followed by Mincha/Maariv) With Dr. Adena Berkowitz Mishna 101 (will resume next week) 10:15AM-11:30AM Ora Weinbach, Community Educator Week 1: Hillel and Shammai 7:00PM-8:00PM Week 2: Pharisees Vs. Sadducees Week 3: Talmud Bavli and Talmud Sadye & Henry Bayer Tanakh Class: Yerushalmi Power and Faith: Revisiting David and Golyat Rabbi Elchanan Poupko is a rabbi, teacher Rabbi Noach Goldstein and writer. He teaches in Park East Day 8:30PM-9:30PM School and is the president of EITAN-The American Israeli Jewish Network. The Dual Nature of the Chagim Yosie Levine Rabbi Parshat Kedoshim 5779 Dovid Zirkind Rabbi Eliezer Buechler, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern Associate Rabbi
The beginning of Parshat Emor introduces us to a this way, the Ramban fundamentally disagrees with Noach Goldstein variety of laws related to the kohanim. Immediately the Ibn Ezra’s assertion that all of the laws in these Assistant Rabbi following these laws, the Torah describes to us who can sections are dealing with the kohanim and the Mishkan. Chaim David Berson bring korbanot and what disqualifies a korban from Cantor being offered in the Mishkan. After the priestly-and The Ramban’s position, however, seems difficult to korban-related laws, the Torah describes the laws of understand in light of the fact that these verses also Ora Weinbach Community Educator Shabbat and all of the Jewish holidays. Why is the mention some of the korbanot that are offered on the listing of the chagim appended to the laws of the chagim. In response to this problem, the Ramban notes Eliezer Buechler kohanim and korbanot? that although these verses mention some of the William Fischman sacrifices that were to be offered on the holidays, the Rabbinic Intern The intuitive answer to this question is given by the Ibn musaf offerings are not actually mentioned until Aaron Strum Ezra, who writes that since the kohanim are the Parshat Pinchas. Executive Director primary workers in the Mishkan and deal with the korbanot, the Torah follows these sections with a What is the Ramban attempting to accomplish by Batsheva Leibtag description of the holidays and some of their arguing for a strict non-priestly reading of the chagim Director of Programming and corresponding korbanot. The Ramban disagrees, in these verses? I believe the Ramban was sensitive to Communications however, and instead takes the same data provided the dual nature of the Jewish holidays and wanted to by the juxtaposition of these sections and draws very curtail a potentially misleading assumption. On the one Sarah Cromwell different conclusions from them. The Ramban explains hand, the chagim have laws that are to be followed Youth Director that when we look at the introductory verses to the by the entire nation, yet at the same time they require laws of the holidays, the Torah states, “and God spoke that specific sacrificial rites be performed in the OFFICERS to Moses saying ‘speak to the children of Mishkan. The Ramban understood that this dual nature Andrew Borodach President Israel’” (Vayikra 23:1-2). Importantly for the Ramban, could lead to the mistaken assumption that the entire the festival laws were directed to the entire nation of enterprise of the Jewish holidays could be exported to Mark Segall First Vice President Israel, and not specifically to the kohanim as our the priestly realm. Jews could relinquish their parsha began. responsibilities to observe the holidays and let the Len Berman Vice President kohanim ‘keep’ the chagim for them. The broader The Ramban explains that “the kohanim have no more message that the Torah is trying to instill within us Aliza Herzberg Vice President involvement than the Israelites do in respect to the through these sections is that we must take charge of holidays.” Therefore, for the Ramban, the juxtaposition our own religious responsibilities. We should shy away Michael Jacobs of these sections is in order to highlight the stark from passing off our religious obligations onto others Vice President differences between the priestly laws and the laws of and strive to observe the Torah that God gave to each Scott Black the holidays that are to be kept by the whole nation. In and everyone of us. Treasurer
Daniel Solomons Assistant Treasurer ISRAEL UPDATE May 18, 2019 Naomi Goldman Eurovision 2019 Kicks Off in Plenty of Style in Israel Secretary
LOCAL RESOURCES For everyone out there wondering what the fuss about the Eurovision Song Contest is all about, Sunday evening’s opening ceremony Yoetzet Halacha certainly provided a glamorous response. Hopeful contestants from the 41 participating countries walked down the orange carpet at Tel Shiffy Friedman Aviv’s Habima Square in full battle dress, ready for the big win, and the show was spectacular. According to ISRAEL21c, the main [email protected] attraction for Israelis was of course last year’s champion, Netta Barzilai, whose win brought the 64th edition of the international singing 646-598-1080 competition to Israel this spring. Clad in an all-white outfit and carried by three assistants, she made an unforgettable entrance. This year’s contestants also upped the style game, as seen in the memorable outfits of Hatari of Iceland, John Lundvik from Sweden and Bilal Jewish Center Hassani of France. The show’s Israeli presenters Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub also graced the orange carpet. Two Chevra Kadisha rounds of semi-finals –on Tuesday and Thursday evening –will see the contestants trying to reach the grand finale on Saturday night, 212-724-2700 x555 during which the representatives of 26 countries will try to win the coveted title by popular vote. UWS Mikvah 212-579-2011 Our synagogue partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. We encourage you to learn more by contacting AIPAC at (202) 639-5200 or by visiting www.aipac.org. Hatzoloh 212-230-1000
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