פקודי PARSHAT RJC BULLETIN Candle Lighting Havdala March 11, 2016 March 12, 2016 5776 ב׳ באדר - ח׳ באדר -- March 11 - 18, 2016 2 Adar II - 8 Adar II 5:40 PM 6:41 PM

Mazal Tov! Annual Comedy Night - MOTZEI ! Israel Action Join the RJC at Policy Conference Julie and Shalom Schwartzben and big sister The Youth Department is proud to present the on March 20-22 in Washington, DC to Serena on the birth of a baby boy. Mazel tov 12th annual Comedy Café Night, featuring the to Grandparents, Judy and Dr. Lyon meet with Senator Schumer, Senator comedic talents of Mark Schiff. Come out for a Gillibrand, and Congressman Engel to Schwartzben and Marcy and Dr. Arnold night of fun and laughter this Motzei Shabbat, Schneider, and to Great Grandparents, Sonia lobby for a stronger US-Israel relation- March 12th, at 8:30 PM. Sign up today! $65/ ship. Click here to sign up for Policy and Dr. Melvyn Schwartzben and Mrs. Vera person. All proceeds will benefit the Youth Koppel. Conference, or contact Adam Engel Department. For more information, please see The Schwartzbens invite the community to a at [email protected] or 646-360-1543. Shalom Zachar at 8:30 in the RJC Board the flyer inside the bulletin. Room this Friday night. RJC Women - Purim cards Matanot L’Evyonim Chazzan Shim Craimer on the release of a new The Fund for the Needy (FFN) is gearing up for $1.50 each album, “Kolot HaChuppah”. For more details, its annual Purim Matanot L'Evyonim drive. The visit www.shimoncraimer.com/music” $15 per dozen FFN provides food, shelter, clothing and Mikvah Hours medicine, to over 50 families in Riverdale and Contact the office to make a purchase. Beginning March 13th, the Mikvah will the Bronx. We invite you to participate in this open on Saturday night at 8:45-10:15pm. chessed year-round, but please help us make Masechet Gittin Saturday-Thursday: 8:00-10pm this year's Purim drive, so critical to the yearly In honor of the completion of Masechet Please call ahead (718-549-8336) to see if budget, successful. Please donate online at Gittin, R’ Simcha Krauss will be giving a there is any wait time for a room. rjconline.org/payment.php shiur on March 13th, at 8:45 AM in the Friday night: 40 mins after candle lighting. No RJC Board Room. All are welcome! appointment necessary. Please be prompt; Mishloach Manot attendant will be there for 15 mins. Keilim We are excited to once again enhance our Thank you to our CSS Security team this Mikvah open during daylight hours only. community's Purim celebration by distributing week. To join, email [email protected]

Yoetzet Committee creative mishloach manot packages to all shul members. In addition to REMINDER The Yoetzet committee is looking for any interested female volunteers who would like to building achdut within our community, this Special Meeting of the RJC Membership help with Yoetzet programming, as we begin project raises funds for our shul's operations. Thursday, March 17th, 2016 working with our new Yoetzet, Julia Baruch. If We are also pleased to offer opportunities to 7:30 PM you are interested in joining the committee, make a special Purim contribution to the RJC RJC Social Hall please contact Yael Schlenger Fund for the Needy, RJC Israel Emergency Fund ([email protected]) or Allison and/or to sponsor a mishloach manot package Services פקודי Steinmetz ([email protected]). for an Israeli Soldier. This Shabbat: Parshat ב׳ באדר - Using the link below, login and enter your March 11 - 12, 2016 Have you met our new Yoetzet, Julia Baruch? Friday - Mincha 5:50 PM email address and password to order. Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM www.rjconline.org/purim-5776/2016.html Latest Shema 9:08 AM Learn more about Julia, our (Gitin 90): 4:30 PM new Yoetzet, on our site, or The Mishloach Manot Committee is seeking Shiur Masechet Avodah Zara 4:45 PM Mincha 12:35 / 5:30 PM touch base with her at assistance in packing the membership 5:50 PM mishloach manot.. If you are available on Ma'ariv 6:36 PM 646-598-9226 or at March 20th, and/or March 22nd, from 6-9 Weekday Schedule [email protected] PM (for all or part of that time) and are Sunday 6:45 / 7:30 / 8:30 / 9:00 AM interested in participating, please contact Russi Monday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM Bohm ([email protected]). Drop-ins Tuesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM Kiddush Korner Wednesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM welcome! Tizku L’mitzvot! Thursday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM Join us next week for Kiddush after the 8:45 Friday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM minyan! The Kiddush Committee continues to THE ANNUAL DINNER Sunday Mincha Gedolah 1:35 PM organize regularly scheduled kiddushim, every Mincha/Ma'ariv S-Th: 5:31 / 6:50 PM FEATURING RABBI ALLEN SCHWARTZ Late Ma'ariv Sun - Thur: 9:30 PM other week, following the 8:45 minyan—but ויקרא 6PM MARCH 16TH, 2016 Next Shabbat*: Parshat ט׳ באדר - we need your support! Your participation will March 18 - 19, 2016 ensure this program’s success. The Kiddush is a REGISTER ONLINE AT: Candle Lighting 5:55 / 6:48 PM great sponsorship opportunity to recognize a Friday - Mincha 5:37 / 6:58 PM RJCONLINE.ORG/CHEVRA2016 Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM simcha, celebrate a milestone or commemorate Latest Shema 10:01 AM a yahrzeit. Full sponsorships start at $600, and Daf Yomi (Kiddushin 8): 5:40 PM include chulent, kugel and a variety of snacks Shiur Masechet Avodah Zara 5:40 PM and drinks. Partial sponsorships are also Mincha 6:40 PM The Pearls of Prayer will meet this week Seudah Shlishit 7:00 PM available. To sponsor, please contact the office, Ma'ariv 7:44 PM Havdala 7:49 PM or visit www.rjconline.org/sponsor_kiddush. *subject to change

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Upcoming Shabbat Programming

April 2 - Rabbi Benzion Klatzko

Rabbi Benzion Klatzko is the founder of Shabbat.com, a Jewish social network designed to allow people to connect and meet in a safe and friendly environment. Rabbi Klatzko was a rabbi in the New York area for ten years before he moved to California to serve as the UCLA Campus Rabbi; in this role, he made a significant impact in reconnecting thousands of Jewish young men and women with their heritage, and became a sought-out expert on campus outreach. Rabbi Klatzko is also an author, cantor, music producer and Mohel.

Career advisement? Please contact Howard Millendorf 718-796-5850 [email protected]

Refuah Shelaima Yocheved Sarah Bas Fruma Faiga, Malka Bat Chana, Miriam Leah Bat Bracha Sheindel, Hinda bat Rivka, Yaakov Ben Ruth, Shalom Yitzchak ben Pesha, Devora bat Shayna Beyla, Nechama Yehudit Tzviya bat Chaya, Shalom Yechezkel ben Kayla Chana, Peretz Yisroel ben Batya Kayla,Yechezkel Chaim ben Masha Zissel, Avraham Daniel ben Devora Tova, Toba bat Esther Faiga, Gedalya Ben Rus, Tesha Chana bat Chasuna Miriam, Zippa Chana bat Rachel Reya, Shneur Yechezkel ben Chaya Feiga, Yosef ben Genia, Gila bat Francis, Tziporah bat Gila, Miriam Golda bat Ruchel, Yisroel ben Yonah, Beila Ruchel bat Miriam, Elisheva Malka bas Sarah Miriam, Simcha Chaim ben Ben Ariella Tamar, Shifra bat Bayla Perel, Shoshana Malka bat Chaya Zelda, Chaya Zelda bat Masha, Yehoshua Tzvi ben Hinda, Meir Yitzchak ha Cohen ben Pesil, Iliana bat Gitel, Gitel bat Miriam, Haddassah Hinda bas Baila, David Zalman haKohen ben Dina, Ronen Paz ben Rafa'ela Penina, Chaya Malka Esther bat Tzipporah, Shlomo Eliezer ben Yisroel Halevi, Chana Rachel bat Rivka Alya

Welcome to the Community!

If you are new to the community, please let the welcoming committee know at [email protected] or through the RJC website. To sign up for COMMU- emails from the young couples minyan, email [email protected]. Aviva Cohen & Sheri Rotenberg, Co-Chairs RJC Welcoming Committee.

Gemach of Riverdale - Interest Free Loan Program American Friends of Magen David Adom will be holding a parlor meeting The Gemach of Riverdale provides interest-free loans to families and indi- on Tuesday, March 15th, at the home of Nicole and Michael Strongin viduals in our community who find themselves with unexpected shortfalls (address provided upon response). Come for dessert and an exclusive brief- or short term capital needs. Our simple, discreet application process ensures ing, with guest speaker Tal Rabin. Space is limited. To reserve, contact Karen confidentiality and quick decision timeframes. If you know of anyone in our Stein ([email protected] or 212-757-1627) or Nicole & Michael Strongin community who needs help, or if you need help yourself, the Gemach of ([email protected]). Riverdale is here. Please contact Rabbi Moshe Drelich for a confidential consultation at 917-408-3035 or [email protected]. Mishloach Manot Cards for Riverdale Hatzalah Support Riverdale Hatzalah this Purim by purchasing Mishloach Manot Mishloach Manot/Matanot L'Evyonim for Jerusalem ’s Impoverished Elderly! cards. Please contact Charlotte Hammerman at 718-548-0599 for more Torat Reva Yerushalayim will once again be preparing Mishloach Manot/ information. Matanot L’Evyonim packages which we will hand deliver to the neglected elderly of Jerusalem. The packages will include healthy snacks, gifts and Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies (WIJS) invites you to the Young Israel Purim treats. The packages that Torat Reva Yerushalayim delivered over the of New Rochelle, 1149 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY for a presentation past ten years to Jerusalem 's elderly were the ONLY gift packages that these by Sandra E. Rapoport, Esq., Wednesday, March 16, 2016 @ 7:45pm, on the individuals received! *A donation of $18 covers one package, $180 covers topic “Ish Mitzri Becomes Ish ha-Elokim: Understanding the Relationship packages for an entire floor of a nursing home. Please click on the following Between Moses and Yitro.” As always, the lecture is free of charge and open link to donate online www.toratreva.org Or mail a check payable to Torat to both women and men. We extend a warm welcome to the Westchester Reva Yerushalayim to: Torat Reva Yerushalayim,75 Berkeley Avenue, (and beyond) communities to join in this venture of advancing Jewish schol- Yonkers, NY 10705 arship in our area. Future WIJS programs are scheduled for April 5 and May 24, 2016. Please visit www.yinr.org for the complete schedule. Sunday afternoon March 13, 2-3 pm: FREE Intimate Voices Family Pro- gram at CSAIR, 475 West 250th St. Informal, interactive exploration of se- Stein Annual Dinner, March 21st, 2016. The yeshiva is pleased to lections of great music live and close-up with musicians who love working honor Rabbi Yissy & Ahuva Cherns with the Hakores HaTov Award, Shimon with kids. Designed for ages 5 and up, this lively one-hour program will Fried with the Alumni Award, and Rabbi Shmuel & Kayla Goldstein and also be enjoyed by younger children who especially love music, and by David & Rivka Kasle with the Parent Awards. Please join us for an evening of adults of all ages. Free admission. Info at www.intimatevoices.org or CSAIR celebration. For more information, to place an ad or make a reservation office, 718-543-8400. please call 914-965-7082 or go to www.steinyeshiva.org/events.

League of Our Own Girls Sunday Softball Riverdale Mikvah Benefit -Join the Riverdale community on March 31st, to Registration is now open for League of Our Own Girls Sunday Softball celebrate and support the Mikvah. It’s sure to be a fun evening with a com- league! Junior league for grades 3-5 and Senior league for grades 6-8. Eve- pilation of local musical talent delicious food, some interesting auction items ryone makes a team, everyone plays, everyone learns and improves their you won't want to miss, and good friends! For a reservation go to river- skills, no experience required!! Games take place on Sunday mornings and dalemikvah.org some weekday evenings in Riverdale. New player evaluations are on Sunday March 13th from 9:30am - 12:00pm at SAR Academy, 655 W. 254 St., Riverdale. To register: www.thebayit.org/softball. To become a volunteer parent coach: www.thebayit.org/coach. For more info: [email protected]. We look forward to a great season!

Weekly Classes at the RJC Connect with us! Dr. Jonathan I Rosenblatt, Senior Rabbi Daf Yomi Shabbat Gemara Shiur [email protected] 718-548-1850 x115 / 917-405-0517 After 1st minyan, Sun-Fri. After Hashkama Minyan Rabbi Yitzi Genack, Assistant Rabbi Mon-Fri, 6:00 am Sun at 7:30 am Class with Rabbi Avrumy Fein [email protected], 718-548-1850 x131 Phone: 718-548-1850 Sunday, 9:15 am Emergency 201-399-4492 The Gentlemen’s Julia Baruch, Yoetzet Halacha [email protected] Monday, 1:00 pm Navigating the & [email protected], 646-598-9226 www.rjconline.org A Touch of Class Chumash Shimon Craimer, Chazzan Tuesday, 12:00 pm Michal (Marilyn) Selber; contact for details: [email protected], 646-326-8256 With the Rabbinical Team in the [email protected] / 347-275-8801 Adin and Chaya Rayman, Youth Directors Social Hall ***Classes are open to all and will [email protected] Riverdale Jewish Center meet in the Beit Midrash unless Rabbi’s Parsha Shiur Samson Fine, President 3700 Independence Avenue, Tuesday 8:30 pm otherwise noted.*** [email protected] Bronx, NY 10463 With Rabbi Rosenblatt Hezzy Jesin, Executive Director [email protected], 718-548-1850 x113