CONGREGATION BETH AARON SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat Tazria/ HaChodesh March 28-29, 2014 27Adar II 5774

SHABBAT TIMES This week’s announcements are sponsored by Friday, March 28: NORPAC Mission to Washington on Wednesday, April 30. Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:45 p.m. Register at www.norpac.net. Earliest Candles: 5:58 p.m. Latest Candles: 6:58 p.m. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 p.m. This week’s announcements are sponsored by Jack Rosenbaum, in honor of Yitz Furst Shabbat, March 29: for his many, many years of serving as gabbai at the weekday 6:20/6:30 a.m. minyan. Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. Tefillah Shiur: 8:20 a.m. Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 30 Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:55 a.m. 30 31 1 2 3 4 Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. Daf Yomi: 5:30 p.m. Earliest Tallit 5:43 5:42 5:40 5:38 5:37 5:35 Women’s Learning: 5:30 p.m., at the Shacharit 6:30 MS 5:40 SH 5:35 SH 5:55 SH 5:40 SH 5:55 SH Greenberg home, 291 Schley Place, 7:15 MS 6:20 BM 6:10 BM 6:30 BM 6:20 BM 6:30 BM Pirkei Avot 8:00 MS 7:10 BM 7:05 BM 7:15 BM 7:10 BM 7:15 BM Mincha: 6:40 p.m., followed by Seudah 8:45 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Shlishit. We will be joined at Seudah Shlishit by Rabbi Avraham Willig, who Mincha 1:45 BM will inspire and uplift us with his words Mincha/Maariv 7:05 MS 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 5:50 BM and songs of inspiration. 7:10 MS Maariv: 7:58 p.m. Maariv 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM Havdalah: 8:07 p.m. KEY: MS = Main Shul BM = Beit Midrash SH = Social Hall Earliest Candles on Friday, April 4: 6:04 p.m. Latest Candles on Friday, April 4: MAZAL TOV TO 7:06 p.m. Sheila & Danny Baer, on the birth of a granddaughter, born to their children Aliza & Aryeh Baer of Teaneck. Mazal Tov also to Aliza’s father, Charlie Aptowitzer of Hillside. Mollie Fisch, on receiving the Aleinu Hero Award at the annual Project SARAH breakfast. Joshy Gildin, on his aufruf and upcoming marriage to Chani Colton of Teaneck. Mazal Tov also to Joshy’s parents, Barbara & Norman Gildin; to Joshy’s grandfather, Abe Baron of Rockleigh, NJ; to MARCH CALENDAR Joshy’s siblings, Jonathan, Alex, Jennifer and Eli; to Chani’s parents, Alyssa & Baruch Colton; to Chani’s grandparents, Bernice & Rabbi Benjamin Mandel of and Joyce & Harvey Colton THIS WEEK’S PARSHA QUESTIONS of Lawrence, NY; to Chani’s great-grandfather, Rabbi Joseph Karasick of New York City; to Chani’s Printed copies are available in the lobby. siblings, Gavi, Yehuda, Gershon and Pepa; and to the extended Gildin and Colton families. Shoshana & Ben Gabbai, on their recent marriage in . Mazal Tov also to Shoshana’s parents, On Shabbat, the shul elevator will Nechama & Steven Pudell; to Shoshana’s grandparents, Marjorie & Remmie Brown of Providence, RI, operate in Shabbat mode as follows: and Rita & Donald Pudell of East Meadow, NY; to Ben’s parents, Carmela & David Gabbai of Ramat Friday: 7:00-8:30 p.m.; Gan, Israel; and to Ben’s grandmother, Rachel Uriel of Ramat Gan, Israel. Saturday: 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Chaim Schwartz, on his engagement to Perry Newman of Queens. 1:30-2:30 p.m., 6:00-7:50 p.m. Ruth & Jonas Weiser, on their grandson Benjy Leibowitz receiving smicha at YU’s Chag ha-. Mazal Tov also to Benjy’s parents, Rhonda & Marty Leibowitz of Teaneck. Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline Aviva & Benjy Yablok, on the birth of a granddaughter, born to Ayelet & Ari Yablok of Givat Shmuel, before Shabbat: 201-530-0222 Israel. Mazal Tov also to aunt and uncle Esther & Shuie Klavan.

Having a simcha? Email MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH [email protected] by noon Wednesday for inclusion The Hashkama Kiddush is sponsored by the Hashkama Kiddush “Society.” in the announcements. The Multi-Sponsored Kiddush following the Main Minyan is sponsored by: Shop Amazon w Barbara & Norman Gildin, in honor of Joshy’s aufruf and forthcoming marriage to Chani Colton. & Support Beth Aaron w Danielle & Moshe Teitelbaum and family, in memory of Danielle’s father, Marty Kirschenbaum, Go to niftar 26 Adar. www.bethaaron.org/amazon w Aviva & Benjy Yablok, in honor of their new granddaughter, born to Ayelet & Ari Yablok of Givat and click on the Amazon link to start Shmuel, Israel, and in honor of Ari receiving smicha this past week. your online shopping. w Phyllis & Sandy Zlotnick, in honor of their new grandson, Eliyahu, born to Miriam & Josh Zlotnick of Jerusalem, and to commemorate the end of the year of aveilut for Sandy’s mom, Riva Zlotnick. Contact Beth Aaron at [email protected] Visit the kiddush website to sponsor. For questions, contact Ari Gononsky at [email protected]. PESACH AND CONGREGATION BETH AARON Beth Aaron can help you with everything you need for Pesach. Visit BethAaron.org/passover for the matza and the wine sales, Passover hospitality, information on kashering, mechirat chametz, Maot Chittim, and more. You can even sign up for Shabbat Hagadol meals! Please log into the website when placing orders or making reservations. SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS PESACH WINE ORDERS The next Sisterhood Book Club selection is By Fire, By Water The Men’s Club and Congregation Shaarei Tefillah are partnering by Mitchell James Kaplan. The discussion on this book will take with Wine Country to offer wines from around the world for your place this Shabbat, March 29, at 3:30 p.m., at the home of Chaya Sedarim and Yom Tov meals. Sale details and the wine list are Hayardeni, 976 Belle Avenue. For questions, contact Diane Fogel, available online and in the shul lobby. [email protected], 201-837-0651. Orders are due on April 1, with delivery of orders of $100 (pre- Rabbi Avraham Willig will join us for Seudah Shlishit this Shabbat, donation) between April 6 and 13 (Teaneck and Bergenfield only). March 29, following Mincha at 6:40 p.m. Please come and take Orders less than $100 must be picked up at Wine Country (next advantage of this special opportunity to be inspired and uplifted by door to Grand and Essex). Please send all orders to Moishe B. his words and songs of inspiration. A Kumsitz with the Willigs will be Singer, 170 Edgemont Place (not to the shul office). Orders will held on Motzaei Shabbat, March 29, at 9:30 p.m., at Congregation not be accepted without the 12% donation. Please email the Beth Abraham, 398 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield. Men’s Club with any questions. Kashering utensils for Pesach will be available at the shul on Monday night, April 7, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. SISTERHOOD MATZA SALE Rabbi Baruch Simon, Rosh at RIETS, will deliver a special pre-Pesach shiur, “The Mitzvah of Matza on Leil Pesach: Halachah The Beth Aaron Sisterhood is selling regular and whole wheat and Aggadah,” on Tuesday night, April 8, at 8:15 p.m., at the shul. Shmura Matza from the Shatzer Matza Factory in . To sponsor this shiur, contact Paul Lustiger, [email protected]. The deadline for all orders is Sunday, April 6. Sponsorships start at $18. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Pickup of all Matza will be on Sunday, April 13, between 1:00 and On Friday night, April 11, and Shabbat, April 12, the Men’s Club is 3:00 p.m., at the Yaros home, 910 Prince Street. sponsoring pre-Pesach Shabbat Hagadol meals. Lunch already is sold out, and there are fewer than 20 spaces remaining for dinner. Order online or print an order form to mail to the shul office. Reservations are accepted online only, with full payment. Register Questions? Please contact Barbara Yaros at 551-265-7430 or online at http://bethaaron.shulcloud.com/shabbathagadol. [email protected].

If you are interested in making a siyum on Erev Pesach (or if you are already planning on doing so), please contact the Rabbi as soon as possible so that the siyum schedule can be finalized. MECHIRAT CHAMETZ Will you be in Teaneck for Pesach? Would you like to be invited to a Seder or any other festive meal with shul members? Would Rabbi Rothwachs will be available in the shul office to arrange you like to have guests for the Sedarim or at any other time during to serve as your agent for the selling of your chametz at the the holiday? We again will be matching up guests and hosts in our following times: community. This program applies to individuals and/or families. The form is available at www.bethaaron.org/passover. For more • Sunday, March 30: 9:00-10:30 a.m. information, please contact Josh Zakheim, 201-836-0341. • Tuesday, April 1: 8:30-10:00 p.m. • Sunday, April 6: 7:15-9:45 a.m. If you would like to try out for the Beth Aaron Men’s Softball Team, • Sunday, April 6: 8:15-10:30 p.m. please contact Harold Gellis, 201-665-8608. • Tuesday, April 8: 9:00-11:00 p.m. • Sunday, April 13: 7:15-10:00 a.m. Everything must be removed from the coatrooms and the shelves by April 14. Anything left after that date will be thrown out. Download the chametz sale form or go to bethaaron.org/passover.

One copy of the Schottenstein Gemara Sukkah, volume 1, still is missing from the library in the Beit Midrash. Library policy is that PARNAS HAYOM these sefarim may not be removed from the Beit Midrash and should be returned to the shelves after use each day. We would appreciate Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a the prompt return of this volume to the library. yahrtzeit, in the zechut of a refuah shelaima, or in honor of a simcha, a birthday or any other occasion. Each week’s dedications are prominently displayed in the shul lobby. For more information, or to sign up, go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom.

This week’s sponsors: 28 Adar II: Chaya & Daniel Hager and family, in memory of Bernard Monesson WEEKLY SHIURIM THANK YOU • Daf Yomi: For Daf Yomi shiurim and resources in Teaneck, go to I would like to give special thanks to Rabbi Rothwachs for his www.teaneckshuls.org/daf/. guidance and support throughout my year of aveilut. Rabbi • Daf Yomi shiur by Rabbi Rothwachs/ Rabbi Daniel Feldman/ Rabbi Rothwachs, you are the best! Mark Staum/ Rabbi Daniel Herrmann: Monday-Thursday evenings, at 9:45 p.m. I’d also like to thank Rabbi Furst and Jayare Rosenbaum for their • Rabbi Rothwachs’ Bava Kama shiur: Wednesday evenings at 8:30 help, and tolerance of my davening, in their roles as gabbaim at p.m. Beth Aaron. Yasher Koach! • Morning Mishna Chabura: Monday, Thursday: 6:55 a.m.; Tuesday: Sandy Zlotnick 6:50 a.m.; Wednesday, Friday: 7:00 a.m.

BETH AARON YOUTH COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

This Shabbat afternoon, March 29, at 3:30 p.m., the Beth Aaron CareOne needs volunteers for a minyan. On Friday evening, Youth Department invites both adults and children to a special Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 7:00 p.m. On Shabbat, Shacharit program -- Ve-Higadta le-Vincha. Erica and Jason will lead a pre- will be at 9:00 a.m, Mincha at 7:00 p.m., and Maariv at 8:02 p.m. Pesach chocolate mock Seder (using only parve chocolate and chocolate-flavored foods) for the children (K-3rd grade) that will Every family in Teaneck, Bergenfield, and New Milford benefits from include singing, stories, and divrei . Simultaneously, a program the keylim mikvah all year round, but especially during the busy for parents (and grandparents) by Zalman Suldan will offer practical month before Pesach. Please help us recognize its importance by and innovative ideas to create meaningful and engaging sedarim financially supporting the mikvah during Keylim Mikvah Month for children and to transform the seder into a truly memorable Awareness. Funds collected will be used exclusively for the daily experience. operational expenses of the mikvah, including insurance costs, supplies, and equipment. Suggested amount is $36 per family, but, If you would like to host an Oneg for 3rd to 5th grade girls or boys, of course, any contribution is appreciated. Payments may be made contact Erica & Jason David, [email protected]. online at www.teaneckmikvah.com.

For more information about youth programs, contact Beth Aaron For help with Hebrew, please contact Yehiel Levy, 201-357-5495, Youth Directors Erica and Jason David, 732-618-9473, [email protected]. He will coach any shul member for free. [email protected]. This Shabbat afternoon, March 29, at 5:45 p.m. at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, Rabbi Jeremy Wieder NCSY will speak about “A Halakhic Analysis of Women Wearing Tefillin.”

This Friday night, March 28, at 9:30 p.m., Beth Aaron NCSY will This Sunday, March 30, at 8:45 a.m. at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, host an oneg on the lower level of the shul. We hope to see all high 389 West Englewood Avenue, Rav Baruch Gigi, , school students (grades 9-12) at the oneg, and we encourage you to , will speak in Hebrew on the topic of spread the word to your friends! "hrcgv vbav juk kg ycn :ohsgunc aushek ,usgunv ,ause ihc."

These Teaneck NCSY programs are open to all high school students: This Sunday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., at Congregation Keter Torah, • Wednesday Night Senior Schmooze, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Aliza & 600 Roemer Avenue, Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC) will Rael (432 Maitland Avenue) hold its annual dinner. Honorees are Wendy & Isaac Shulman, • Thursday Night Latte and Learning, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Lazy Bean Alisa & Stephen Levy, Dr. Garry Katz, and Yaacov Apfelbaum. For • NCSY summer programs are open for registration! You can also reservations or to make a donation, please go to http://tabc.org/ explore the amazing opportunities at www.ncsysummer.com. dinner. • Increased Number of Nursing Home Shabbatonim: For information, sign up for the Teaneck NCSY texts by sending TNCSY to 41411. On Monday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m., at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, the OU and Keter Torah are sponsoring a series For more information on the above events, or if you have questions, for senior on innovative approaches to the Hagaddah. The free comments, and ideas, please email Rabbi Rael Blumenthal, lectures, presented by Rabbi Dovid Frohman and facilitated by Rivke [email protected]. Join us on Facebook or email us, Pianko, are part of the OU’s SPIRIT (Stimulating Program Initiative [email protected]. for Retirees that Inspires Thought) Initiative. The final session is on Monday, April 7. Register online at www.oucommunity.org or call 212-613-8300. LOST AND FOUND This Thursday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m., at Temple Israel & Community • Megillat Esther in wooden case Center, Ridgewood, the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s One Book, One Community program will host Mitchell James For further information, contact the office at [email protected] Kaplan, the author of this year’s selection, By Fire, By Water. A or 201-836-6210. dessert reception will follow discussion. RSVP to Nancy Perlman, [email protected], 201-820-3904. For further information, go to www.jfnnj.org/onebook.

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On Shabbat afternoon, April 5, at 5:50 p.m. at Congregation Rinat The Amud Yomi shiur meets weeknights at 9:30 p.m. at Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. For more University Professor, , will speak on “Reflections information, contact Mordechai Ungar, 201-741-3920. on the Past, the Future and Pesach,” in commemoration of the first yahrtzeit of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, z”l. On Tuesday mornings, from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m., Yeshivat Noam’s Parent Education Committee offers “Prophetesses, Queens, and On Sunday, April 6, at 9:30 a.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Villains: Exploring Women in Tanach,” a weekly shiur taught by 641 West Englewood Avenue, Areyvut will hold its annual Bergen Aliza Weinberg, 8th Grade Tanach teacher and Tanach Enrichment County Breakfast. For more information, contact Areyvut, Coordinator. Dedicated to the memory of Rochi Lerner, z”l, the 201-244-6702, [email protected]. weekly shiur has been generously sponsored by an anonymous donor and is free of charge. It takes place in the Yeshivat Noam On Sunday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Jewish Middle School, 70 West Century Road, Paramus. For more Center of Teaneck parking lot, 70 Sterling Place (enter from Cedar information, please contact Amy Vogel, [email protected]. Lane, between Prince Street and Broad Street), Boy Scout Troop 226, chartered to the Teaneck Jewish Center, is holding a Pre-Pesach On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Keter Torah presents Torah in the Car Wash. The cost is $20 for cars and $35 for vans, which includes AM: 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. - Chavura on Personalities in Chumash: Sefer a hand wash of the exterior of the vehicle and vacuuming of the Bereishit; 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s Talmud shiur interior. For more information on the car wash, please contact Hal on Masechet Ketubot; 11:00 a.m. to noon (Tuesday only) - Rabbi Dorfman, [email protected]. Shalom Baum’s shiur on Sefer Haggai; 10:45 to 11:40 a.m. (Thursday only) - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s shiur on Sefer Yeshayahu. On Sunday, April 6, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at TABC, 1600 Queen Anne Road, there will be a Pre-Pesach Car Wash. Suggested On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 6:20 a.m., Rabbi Zvi donation is $25 for cars and $35 for vans/SUVs, which includes a Sobolofsky, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and Mora de-Atra washing of the exterior of the vehicle and vacuuming of the interior. of Congregation Ohr HaTorah in Bergenfield, presents a Kollel Boker All proceeds to benefit Maot Chitim. For more information, contact program on Masechet Shabbat at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, 641 516-287-1402, [email protected]. West Englewood Avenue. For more information or to sponsor this program, contact Jack Feigenbaum, [email protected]; Daniel Saks, On Monday, April 14, at 7:15 p.m., at Congregation Beth Abraham, [email protected]; or Henry Orlinsky, [email protected]. 396 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield, the Jewish Learning Experience is holding a seder. The cost for this Passover across America seder, On Wednesdays at 8:15 p.m., The Jewish Learning Experience of co-sponsored by the National Jewish Outreach Program, is $45 per Bergen County offers a free lecture series (not including Pesach) at adult and $25 per child. Scholarships are available. RSVP by April Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. Professor 10. For more information and reservations, contact 201-966-4498, Larry Domnitch of Touro College will teach a course in the rise of [email protected]. Nazi Germany, exploring the socio-political and economic situation in Germany during and after World War I, the wave of anti-Semitism NORPAC MISSION: April 30. If you care about Israel and want to unleashed by the Nazi rise to power, daily Jewish life in Germany in translate that care into action, join dozens of fellow Beth Aaronites the 1930s, German rearmament, Kristalnacht, Jewish resistance and on the NORPAC lobbying mission in D.C. on Wednesday, April 30. the refugee problem, and the limited response of other countries to Early registration and student discounts available. Register online, these events. (www.norpac.net), call NORPAC (201-788-5133), email Allen Friedman, [email protected], or Mollie Fisch, [email protected]. On Thursdays at noon at Ma’ayanot, 1650 Palisade Avenue, school principal Rivka Kahan is offering a six-part adult education series, Free large-print Haggadot for the visually impaired and reading “Do unto Others: A Nuanced Analysis of the Torah View on Social disabled are available from the Jewish Braille Institute (JBI) library. Justice.” The series concludes on April 3. For additional information or Call the library at 800-999-6476 or order online at www.jbilibrary.org to sponsor a shiur, please contact Pam Ennis at 201-833-4307, ext. 265. before April 7. On Thursday nights, at the Beis Medrash of Bergenfield (BMOB), 371 South Prospect Avenue, Bergenfield, Yeshivat Heichal HaTorah is offering a Chaburah given by Senior Ram Rabbi Pesach Skulnick. A Hachana Seder will take place from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m., Maariv will be held at 9:15 p.m., and the Chaburah will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. For questions or to receive the mar’ei mekomot in advance, contact Yehuda Jacoby, [email protected].

CONGREGATION BETH AARON 950 Queen Anne Road Teaneck, NJ 07666 Phone: 201-836-6210 www.bethaaron.org [email protected]

Laurence Rothwachs, Rabbi Larry Shafier, President