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Parshat Vayechi December 21-22, 2018 .Pub ohypan ,arp PARSHASPARSHAS MISHPATIM VAYECHI פרשת ויחי ohfrcn ,ca DECEMBERFEB 21 - 522,‐6, 20182016 ADAR2714 SHEVAT TEVES II 5774 5779 5776 20 יד zf טבת yca תשע,u""gaט שמיני PARSHAS SHEMINI MARCH 21 - 22 2014 SHABBOS PARAH ק"ק בית אברהם יוסף BETH AVRAHAM YOSEPH OF TORONTO CONGREGATION THE JOSEPH AND FAYE TANENBAUM A Family Synagogue Emphasizing SYNAGOGUE CENTRE the Warmth of Torah Tradition BAYT WEEKLY BULLETIN WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS & GUESTS FOR BAYT RENNOVATION UPDATES PLEASE SEE PAGE 3 SCHEDULE SHABBOS SCHEDULE | זמני שבת ערב שבת | EREV SHABBOS BOYS HIGH SCHOOL MINYAN West Wing Library 9:00 AM PARSHA & KUGEL with Natan Breslow with Rabbi Spitz Turk Family Bais Medrash 4:10 PM MIDDLE SCHOOL MINYAN CANCELLED - with Rabbi Biegeleisen and CANDLE LIGHTING Not After: 4:25 PM Dr. Gary Fortinsky Resumes Jan. 12 (Parents always welcome) MINCHA/KABBALAS SHABBOS Main Shul 4:30 PM BAYT TEEN MINYAN Moshe & Mania Gruda With Rabbi Moshe Herskovits 9:15 AM and Daniel Safran Bais Medrash שבת | SHABBOS HASHKAMA MINYAN Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall 7:30 AM EARLY DROP OFF Classroom 7 9:00 AM Nursery - Grade 3 - 9:45 AM BAIS MEDRASH MINYAN with Rabbi Aaron Eisenberger Milevsky Bais Medrash 8:45 AM PARENTS & TOTS Classroom 5 9:45 AM NURSERY PROGRAM Classroom 2 9:45 AM SHACHARIS Main Shul 9:00 AM KINDERGARTEN Classroom 3 9:45 AM NO FRILLS MINYAN Turk Family Bais Medrash 9:15 AM GIRLS GRADES 1 - 3 Classroom 1 9:45 AM YOUNG ADULT & UNIV. MINYAN with Rabbi Aaron Greenberg Perlis Hall 9:15 AM BOYS GRADES 1 - 3 Classroom 4 9:45 AM MINCHA Main Shul 4:15 PM JUNIOR CONGREGATION West Wing Classrooms 10:00 AM 2 & 3 After HAVDALA 5:30 PM MOMS-AND-TOTS Classroom 5 10:30 AM Kel Maleh: This Shabbos YES, Next Shabbos YES FOR SHABBOS AFTERNOON YOUTH PROGRAMS SEE PAGE 7 PAGE NUMBERS FOR SHABBOS - TORAH/HAFTARAH READING Torah Reading Haftarah Soncino Page 296 Page 315 Artscroll Page 268 Page 1145 Mara D’Asra Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Associate Rabbi Rabbi Zev Spitz Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Baruch Taub Director of Operations Morris Maron President Zac Kaye Youth Director Richard Winkler THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE NOTE: INCOME TAX RECEIPTS For safety & security purposes please don’t leave packages etc. December 28th at noon is the final date and time for the Shul office to outside the office. receive payments and donations and issue a tax receipt for the 2018 year. Office hours are: Please call the office now to pay your outstanding pledges before the Mon. & Thurs.: 9 AM - 5 PM year end. If you have already paid your balance, please consider making Tues. - Wed.: CLOSED a donation prior to December 28th. Fri:: 9 AM - 2 PM All donations will be happily receipted to the full extent permitted. THIS WEEK’S SHIURIM @ THE BAYT AT A GLANCE SHABBOS, DECEMBER 22 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 All shiurim are open to men and women unless otherwise noted. SHIUR DATE TIME LOCATION SHABBOS SHIURIM BAIS MEDRASH SHIUR Milevsky Bais Medrash with Rabbi Aaron Eisenberger Shabbos, December 22 8:15 AM PARSHA SHIUR with Ezer Diena Shabbos, December 22 8:50 AM Turk Family Bais Medrash MINCHAS CHINUCH SHIUR with Dr Gerard Klein Praying For A Sick Person Shabbos, December 22 9:30 AM Rabbi Baruch Taub Study Hall TA’AMEI HAMINHAGIM FOR MEN with Rabbi Neil Cohen/Rabbi Goldman Shabbos, December 22 3:30 PM Dr. Stephen Speisman Board Room MISHNAYOS FOR MEN West Wing Classroom 1 with Rabbi Eisenberger Shabbos, December 22 3:30 PM SHIUR B’IVRIT with Hillel Horovitz Shabbos, December 22 3:45 PM Simcha Suite DAF YOMI FOR MEN Rabbi Baruch Taub Study Hall Shabbos, December 22 3:30 PM חולין כה /Chullin 25 LIVES OF THE GREAT SCHOLARS West Wing 2 with Rabbi Meir Rosenberg Shabbos, December 22 3:45 PM WEEKDAY SHIURIM DAF HA YOMI B'HALACHA FOR MEN Sunday, Dec. 23 7:35 AM Boardroom with Rabbi Zev Hofstedter Monday, Dec. 24 - Friday, Dec. 28 7:05 AM SHIUR B'IVRIT Sunday, Dec. 23 8:45 AM Outside Location MOREH NEVUKHIM Turk Family Bais Medrash with Rabbi Korobkin CANCELLED—Resumes Jan. 7 MEN'S DAILY SHIURIM Mishnayos, Parsha, Halacha, and Navi Monday, Dec. 17 - Friday, Dec. 21 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM Milevsky Bais Medrash with Rabbi Aaron Eisenberger MEN’S SUGYA SHIUR with The Rav CANCELLED—Resumes Jan. 7 Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash TANYA: A TALE OF TWO SOULS West Wing 1 with Rabbi Shimon Aisenbach Monday, Dec. 24 8:00 PM 929 PEREK A DAY TANACH SHIUR Vayikra Chapter 21 - 25 Monday, Dec. 24 8:00 PM West Wing 3 GEMARA SHIUR FOR MEN with Rabbi Dr. Moshe Yeres Monday, Dec. 24 8:30 PM Rabbi Baruch Taub Study Hall BOOK OF KINGS II with Ariel Erani CANCELLED—Resumes Jan. 7 West Wing Library WEEKLY PARSHA SHIUR with Rabbi Eliezer Breitowitz Monday, Dec. 24 9:00 PM Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash WOMEN'S KUZARI & PARSHA SHIUR with The Rav CANCELLED—Resumes Jan. 8 10:00 AM Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash MEN’S SHIUR IN SIFREI CHASSIDUS Rabbi Dovid Yosef Kidybinski Tues., Dec. 25 & Thurs., Dec. 27 10:00 PM Turk Family Bais Medrash RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES with Ezer Diena CANCELLED—Resumes Dec. 26 Rabbi Baruch Taub Study Hall YOUNG MEN’S SHIUR with The Rav CANCELLED—Resumes Jan. 9 9:00 PM Korobkin Home ANNOUNCEMENTS :MAZEL TOV TO זמני השבוע | WEEKDAY SCHEDULE For Sunday, December 23 - Friday, December 28 Miriam & Robert Buckler and Lina & Manuel Mochon on the engagement of their children Benjamin Buckler and Esther Mochon. Mazal tov to grandparents Elaine & DAF YOMI FOR MEN Harvey Snowbell, Gladys & Jack z"l Buckler, Moises & Linda Senado and David & Esther with the Rav or Rabbi Spitz Mochon SUN, TUES, WED 7:15 & 8:45 AM Rabbi Shmuel & Tobi Horowitz on the birth of their daughter, Yehudis MON, & THURS 6:00 & 8:30 AM Elie Kaplan, son of David & Sonya Kaplan who recently celebrated his bar mitzvah in FRI 6:00 & 8:20 AM Eretz Yisrael. Mazal Tov to the grandparents, Abe & Eva Kaplan, Molly Hadlington and Daniel Hadlington Shoshana Mammon on the birth of a great grandson, Yosef, grandson to Laurence & SHACHARIS Michal Mammon and Robert & Esther Samuels, and a son to Yehoshua & Batsheva MINYAN 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Samuels A B C* B A Morris Maron and Frances Bigman on the birth of a granddaughter, Ivy Rae Kamien, SUN 6:37 7:00 8:00 9:00 9:30 daughter to Shawna & Jonathan Kamien and a great-granddaughter to Estelle Bigman MON 6:38A 6:45B 6:50C* 7:30A 8:30B and the late Irwin Bigman z”l Chaim & Freda Shiel on the birth of a great grandson, Yehoshua Meir, a son to Rabbi TUES 6:38A 7:00B 8:00C* 9:00B 9:30A Yair & Sheera Menchel and a grandson to David & Roslyn Hirschhorn and Rabbi Gary & STAT HOLIDAY Beatrice Menchel WED A B C* B A STAT HOLIDAY 6:39 7:00 8:00 9:00 9:30 Michael & Tova Snowbell and Hyla & Brian Gottlieb on the engagement of their A B C* A B children, Ariela to Zacharia. Mazal Tov to their grandparents, Harvey & Elaine THURS 6:39 6:45 6:50 7:30 8:30 Snowbell, Dr. Aaron & Anne Weisblatt, Victor Gottlieb and Rochelle Reiter FRI 6:39A 6:45B 7:00C* 7:30A 8:30B SHALOSH SEUDOS This week’s Shalosh Seudos will be held in the Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall and is sponsored by: A ‐ Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash C* ‐ West Wing Library (*Men Only) Edward & Lisa Jesin and Rosanne Zuck on the yahrzeit of Lisa and Rosanne’s father, B ‐ Turk Family Bais Medrash Jocelyn Zuck z”l Zac & Suzanne Kaye on the Yarzheit of Zac's father Solomon Kaye– Shlomo ben Earliest time for Tallis & Tefillin : Sun - Fri: 6:49 am - 6:51 am Avraham Lev z''l and Zac's grandfather Abraham Mendick- Avraham Abba ben Zelig Sof Zman Krias Shema: Sun - Fri: 10:03 am - 10:05 am haLevi z''l Ezer Diena will speak at Shalosh Seudos MINCHA/MA’ARIV EARLY MINCHA Sun. - Thurs. 2: PMB CONDOLENCE MINCHA/MA’ARIV Sun. PMA The Congregation extends condolences to: B MINCHA/MA’ARIV Mon. - Thurs. PM The family of our late member, Veronica Meisels z”l MA’ARIV 1 Sun., - Thurs.. 7: PMB MA’ARIV 2 Sun., - Thurs.. 9: PMB NEW LATE MA’ARIV Sun. - Thurs. 10: PMc PARSHAS QUESTIONS VAYECHI BY: THE RAV A - Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash B - Turk Family Bais Medrash First Aliyah: (48:7) In the middle of explaining to Yosef how Ephraim and C - West Wing Library Menashe would receive special blessings, Yaakov interrupts to explain to Yosef how Rachel died and how he buried her. Why? EREV SHABBOS - Friday, December 28th Second Aliyah: Why did Yaakov switch Menashe for Ephraim? In light of what PARSHA & KUGEL 4:15 PM happened to Yosef as a result of Yaakov showing preferential treatment to a CANDLE LIGHTING Not After: 4:30 PM non-bechor, was this prudent? MINCHA/KABBALOS SHABBOS 4:35 PM Third Aliyah: (48:20) Why did Yaakov say that Israel would bless using the names of Ephraim and Menashe? What makes them more special than all his Weekly Halacha - Parshas Vayechi other progeny? R’ Mordechai Torczyner – [email protected] Fourth Aliyah: (49:1) Yaakov begins the blessings by saying that he’d inform his sons of what would happen in the future. But do his next words fulfill that May I daven in a room with a baby whose diaper is dirty? statement? Fifth Aliyah: (49:26) What does Yaakov means when he says that his blessings We communicate with G-d when we daven, and Devarim exceeded his parents’ blessings? 23:14 states that a space in which excrement is found is unfit Sixth Aliyah: If Yaakov had already arranged with Yosef to be buried in Eretz for the presence of G-d.
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