Congregation Bnai Yeshurun Weekly Shabbat Announcements August 2-9, 2019

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Shabbat Times HaRav Asher Weiss Speaks to CBY Summer Kollel

7:05, 7:35, We are in the middle of the “Three Weeks,” mourning for a house Candle Lighting & 7:50 pm that was destroyed two thousand years ago. We never saw the house and neither did our parents or grandparents. Yet, millennia after its Mincha Only 5:15 destruction we still mourn, explained HaRav Asher Weiss, speaking Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat NM 6:45 in our Beis Medrash last Thursday. As Jews, we mourn because we Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat OM 7:15 don’t just live in the present but we have a glorious past and a Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat NM 7:55 glorious and hopeful future. And then Rav Weiss launched into an illuminating analysis of the core nature of our fast days. Latest Shema 9:28 am Hashkama 7:00 am Ashkenaz–Social Hall 8:30 Sefard–Beis Medrash 8:30 Ashkenaz–New Main 9:00 Ashkenaz–Old Main 9:15 Youth Supervised Play 9:00 Youth Groups (N–3rd grade) 9:20 Mommy & Me-Nursery Wing 10:15 Men’s Club Kiddush in honor of the Kohn Family after davening

7:30 am Daf Yomi-Manny Adler 6:35 pm Parshat HaShavua-R’ Weinberger 8:40 am Mishna Yomit (Avoda Zara) 8:15 am Gemara - R’ Frank Breslau After 8:30 & Dr. Joey Bench am After Minchas Chinuch –Ariel Felman Sefard Dayan HaRav Asher Weiss, the author of the Minchas Asher, an Av Pirkei Avot - Josh Notkin 7:05 pm Beis Din, Rosh Kollel, and visited the Summer Kollel at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun on the morning of July 25th. Members 1:45 & Shabbat Mincha of the Kollel as well as many community rabbanim and baalei 5:30 pm battim filled our Beis Medrash to listen to Rav Weiss’ analysis and Manny Freed z”l 4:45 pm words of chizzuk. Parent Child Learning Rav Weiss discussed the underlying nature of 28 different fast days, Mincha & Shiur 7:35 pm some of which we no longer observe. Citing numerous Talmudic R’ Dr. Shmidman’s shiur “What Did the Rambam Really Think sources, he separated the fasts into four categories: repentance, About the Reinstitution of Korbanot?: Maimonides and winning favor with HaShem, mourning, and remembrance. He Nachmanides on the Utilization of Historical Causation in explained the importance of minhagim in understanding our Ta’amei Ha-Mitzvot” following mincha current practice, using as an example Ta’anit Esther and Ta’anit Bechorim, both of which fall into the remembrance category. He Ma’ariv 8:54 pm

noted that it’s not particularly clear what specifically we are supposed to remember on Ta’anit Esther and it’s not particularly clear why we no longer fast on Ta’anit Bechorim. But that is the way our minhagim have evolved. 7:05, 7:35, Next Shabbat Candles 7:42 pm Rav Weiss concluded with expressions of admiration and affection for Bnai Yeshurun and the Teaneck community, citing the Summer Kollel as well as the large turnout of ba’alei battim for a shiur on a weekday morning.

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Special Events ▪ Pruzansky’s community wide Ahavas Yisrael three ▪ Shalom Zachor at the Rochlin home, 1365 Milford weeks shiur-“How to Love Every Jew” will take place on Terrace, at 8:45 pm Friday night. August 8th at 8:00 pm. ▪ Zamist Shalom Zachor at 745 Downing Street at 9:00 pm ▪ The shul office is looking for a tech savvy teen to work on Friday night. a special project. Happy to give chesed or work study hours. If you are available, please contact the shul office at Kiddush in honor of Nehama & Binny Kohn in ▪ 201-836-8916 ext. 5 or email [email protected] appreciation of Binny’s service to CBY and in advance of their aliya this summer. ▪ The 1st deadline for High Holiday Seat reservations has passed. If you have not yet submitted your form, we Welcome to Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman who will ▪ encourage you to do so as soon as possible. deliver a shiur following the 7:35 pm mincha. Beis Medrash Committee Mazal Tov ▪ Summer Kollel Friday Parsha Shiur, open to men & ▪ Devora & Igor Genkin on the engagement of their son women, at 11:00 am with R’ Werblowsky will take place Yaakov to Batya Cohen of Southfield, Michigan. in the Old Main. ▪ Elayne & Myles Baer on the birth of a grandson, a son to ▪ Attention high school boys home for the summer! Join Sarah & Rabbi Avi Miller. the CBY Summer Kollel on Monday & Wednesday ▪ Robin & Josh Rochlin on the birth of a grandson, a son to evenings from 8:15–9:00 pm for Gemara Brachos–Perek Nicole & Michael. Keitzad Mevarchim with Rabbi Yechiel Neuberger. ▪ Phyllis & David Savetsky, on the birth of a grandson, a son ▪ Manny Freed z”l Parent Child Learning continues all to Yocheved & Shmuel Ross and on the engagement of summer long. Join us Shabbat afternoons at 4:45 pm in their granddaughters, Elisheva Savetsky to Yehuda the Beis Medrash for delicious snacks, awesome prizes, Benjamin and Sara Esther Solomon to Yisrael Moshe and exciting Torah learning! Vilna. David Frohlich z”l Youth Department ▪ Ellen & Peter Tilem on the engagement of their daughter Eve to Jared Fuller of Great Neck. ▪ This week’s Tot Shabbat will be led by Rachel Wilens. rd ▪ Judy & Michel Werblowsky on the bat mitzvah of their ▪ Summer Shabbat youth groups for Nursery-3 grade. granddaughter Leah, daughter of Devora & Chaim ▪ The Youth Department is looking for summer youth group Werblowsky in Israel. leaders going into 5th grade and older. If interested, ▪ Kara & Avram Zamist on the birth of a son. please email [email protected]. CBY Notes Men’s Club ▪ Adult Education Committee welcomes Rabbi Dr. Michael ▪ The final Men’s Club Kiddush of 5779 will take place on Shmidman, “What Did the Rambam Really Think About Shabbat Nachamu, August 17th. To sponsor please contact the Reinstitution of Korbanot?: Maimonides and Neal Landerer or the shul office. Nachmanides on the Utilization of Historical Causation in Ta’amei Ha-Mitzvot" after the 7:35 pm mincha. Rabbinic Transition Committee Update A survey will be sent out shortly. The survey is a way of ▪ Those individuals who have been learning the Daf & wish reaching out to all members to gain vital input in the process of to participate in the Siyum HaShas at MetLife on January selecting CBY’s new rabbi. Please be sure that the office has a 1, 2020 may avail themselves of the advance sale for the separate email address for each adult member (husband & Lomdei HaDaf. To order tickets please visit wife) for the purposes of taking the survey. Please send email www.thesiyum.org & use the CBY group code addresses to [email protected]. The survey will only DY-07666-1236A. Please note that those ordering with accept one completed survey from any one particular email this code will be seated as a group in the CBY section. address. Please note that the survey will come from ▪ The next TORA Lunch & Lecture will be held on Tuesday, [email protected]. The survey will only take a few minutes August 6th featuring R’ Yosef Weinberger, on the topic of to complete. We look forward to the involvement of the entire “Yemos Ha'Mashiach: What Are We Waiting For?" Lunch membership as we reach this next major milestone in CBY at 12:00 pm and lecture at 12:45 pm. Sign up at history. www.bnaiyeshurun.org/tora.

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Weekly Davening Schedule

Sun. Aug. 4 Mon. Aug. 5 Tues. Aug. 6 Wed. Aug. 7 Thu. Aug. 8 Fri. Aug. 9 Earliest tefillin – 4:54 am Latest Shema – 9:28 am Mincha Gedola - 1:38 pm

Daf Yomi 7:00 am 5:30 am 5:30 am 5:30 am 5:30 am 5:30 am

Shacharit - Old Main 6:05 6:15 6:15 6:05 6:15 Shacharit - Beis Medrash 6:25 6:20 6:30 6:30 6:20 6:30 Shacharit - Old Main 7:30 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 Shacharit - Beis Medrash 7:20 7:30 7:30 7:20 7:30 Shacharit - Old Main 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 Shacharit - Old Main 8:50 8:50 8:50 8:50 8:50 8:50 Shacharit – New Main 7:00 8:00 9:15

Mincha - Beis Medrash 1:45 & 4:30 1:45 pm 1:45 pm 1:45 pm 1:45 pm Plag Mincha-Old Main 6:25 6:25 pm 6:25 pm 6:25 pm 6:25 pm Mincha - Old Main 7:55 pm 7:55 pm 7:55 pm 7:55 pm Mincha – New Main 7:55 pm

Ma’ariv - Old Main 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 Ma’ariv - Beis Medrash 10:01 10:01 10:01 10:01 10:01 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00

Beis Medrash Program Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Daf Yomi 7:00 am 5:30am 5:30 am 5:30 am 5:30 am 5:30 am Mishna Yomit 8:30 am 7:45 am Daf Yomi B’Halacha Chavurah 8:30 pm R’ Meir Shalem 9:35-10:45 am Night Seder Open Learning 8-10 pm Hilchos Shabbos -R’ Yosef Weinberger 8:30-9 pm Senior Lunch & Learn 1-2:30 pm Parsha & Halacha w/ R’ Taubes 10:15 pm Summer Kollel Shiur w/R’ Neuburger (BM) Sugyos on Mikvaos 12:00-1:00 pm Summer Kollel Night Seder (BM) 8:00 -10:00 pm Summer Kollel High School Boys Shiur (BM) 8:15 – 9:00 pm 8:15 – 9:00 pm Summer Kollel Parsha w/R’ Werblowsky (OM) 11:00 am

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visits and shiurim from Rav Asher Weiss have been the Meet the Kollel Members Part II highlight of his summers here.

Elie Weiss, a local Although Yossi Katz product who grew up on grew up in Passaic, he Maitland Avenue, has been feels a very strong learning in the RIETS connection to CBY. Semicha program for the Growing up he spent last 3 years. Next year, he almost every Yom Tov will iy'H be moving to Eretz davening in CBY while he Yisrael where he will be was visiting his learning in Mir . As grandparents Pesh and a veteran of the Bnai Simcha Katz. Yossi just Yeshurun Kollel, he has finished a year in YU’s found the summer program Gruss Kollel of to be tremendously and he will be joining the rewarding and is Yeshiva University Torah disappointed that he will no longer be able to take part after Mitzion Kollel of Chicago moving to Eretz Yisrael. this coming September. Yossi and his wife Emma are the parents of Zevi, who plans on applying to be the next Rabbi of

CBY. Please note, that while Rabbi Pruzansky and Phil Blass is from nearby Rabbi Zahtz are in Israel, Rabbi Yosef Paramus. After his History major at YU, he stayed on Weinberger is available, should any need in RIETS and recently arise. finished Semicha. Phil intends to do one more year of learning before going to law school. He is learning Maseches Mikvaos and Maseches Makkos this summer, and over his time here is continually impressed Contact Us with all the minyanim and shiurim that Bnai Yeshurun has to offer. Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, [email protected] Rabbi Ari Zahtz, Assistant Rabbi Yechiel Neuburger [email protected] has always called Rabbi Yosef Weinberger, Rabbinic Intern Teaneck home. He [email protected] learned in KBY, Yeshiva Rabbi Jonathan Schachter, Teen Programming Shaar HaTorah, and [email protected] then RIETS where he Judah Rosenbaum, Youth Director [email protected] received semicha. Elysia Stein, Executive Director [email protected] During the year he Executive Committee [email protected] studies at Ferkauf Ethan Keiser, President [email protected] School of Psychology Steven Becker, First Vice President while teaching in MTA. Doron Katz, Second Vice President Yechiel has spent Jennifer Miller, Third Vice President several summers with Andrew Berkowitz, Treasurer the CBY Kollel. The Saul Kaszovitz, Assistant Treasurer Esti Kaminetzky, Secretary Chaim Kiss, Gabbai Rishon [email protected]

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Community Announcements ▪ 3 Weeks of Shiurim: Community-Wide Focus on Ahavat ▪ This year world renowned Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson will give Yisrael Coming up this week: This Shabbos August 3rd, a 9 Days Zman Shiur on Wednesday, August 7th at 8:00 the Drashot at Ahavat Shalom, Beth Aaron, Beth pm. Co-Hosted by Rachel & Azi Mandel and Sheryl & Abraham, Chabad of Teaneck, Ohr Saadya, Shaarei Orah, Aaron Liberman. At the home of Rachel & Azi Mandel Teaneck Sephardic Center, and Zichron Mordechai will 60 Westminster Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ. Event in IyH focus on Ahavas Yisrael. Mrs. Yael Weil @ Keter support of Just One Life and over 18,000 babies they Torah, Wednesday August 7, 10:30 am. Rabbi Pruzansky helped save. @ Bnai Yeshurun, Thursday August 8, 8 pm - How to ▪ This Wednesday, August 7th at 8:30 pm, Congregation Love Every Jew. May this project be l’ilui nishmas Beth Abraham will be hosting Rabbi Yehuda Landy who Reuven Tzvi ben Menachem, Rabbi Reuven Bauman A’H will help prepare us for Tisha B'Av with a shiur on the who brought Kiddush Hashem and Achdus to Jews topic of "Uncovering Sefer Yirmiyahu". Men and women worldwide. are invited. Rabbi Landy has spent years researching the ▪ Please join us for an AMIT Teaneck Chapter Summer archaeological and geographical material connected with Afternoon Tea which will be held on Saturday, August Tanach and is also a licensed Israeli tour guide. His 3rd at 5:00 pm at the home of Lois Blumenfeld & research and presentations take him to world museums Norman Sohn which is located at 1358 Sussex Road. Ms. and far away Jewish communities. Rabbi Landy has Miriam Krupka Berger, Dean of Faculty at Ramaz Upper recently published his new book on Sefer Yirmiyahau. School and a Tanach and Judaic teacher will speak about ▪ Join Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey for a “Eichah: Translating a Poetry of Grief”. To RSVP visit wine and cheese tasting and great speaker! FedTalks: AMITChildren.org/GeulaChapterTea or email Robbie Israel with Jonathan Frankel, Social Entrepreneur Who’s Fried at [email protected]. going to help the tri-state area become a cyber capital? ▪ This Shabbat, at 6:40 pm at Keter Torah, Rabbi Dr. Israel of course! Wednesday, August 7th at 7:00 pm at Raphael Zarum, Dean of the London School of Jewish Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, 50 Studies, will speak on "The Ten Lost Tribes: Lessons Eisenhower Drive, Paramus NJ. Register at from Archaeology for Today." Following Mincha at 7:40 www.jfnnj.org/fedtalks. $10/person. pm, Rabbi Dr. Zarum will speak on "Hope vs. Despair: ▪ Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls Presents Tisha Why didn't we give up when the Bet Mikdash was B’Av afternoon program for teenage girls All girls from destroyed?" grades 7-12 are welcome to join us. Sunday, August 11th ▪ The next community-wide "Kavana Minyan" (60-minute Location: Congregation Beth Abraham Youth Building shacharit) is this Sunday, August 4, at Beth Aaron (lower 406 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield, NJ Time: 3:00 - level), from 8-9am. Spread the word, and bring a friend! 5:00pm: 3:00 pm: Mrs. Yael Weil: “The Daunting Task of Fixing What is Broken” 3:40 pm: Ms. Sarah Gordon: ▪ Monday August 5th at 8:00 pm at Rinat - Annual “Jewish Unity: Is it Worth It?” 4:20 pm Rabbi Donny Community-Wide Event for Women featuring Tova Besser: “Tracing the Roots of Disaster: The Sugya of Warburg Sinensky, Dr. Elana Gotfried, and Dr. Leah Kamtza and Bar Kamtza” Knapp sharing Fresh Perspectives: Shifting Our Mindsets to Meet Life’s Realities. Registration and ▪ Rabbi Michael Taubes will give his annual Tishah B'Av sponsorship opportunities at class for women on Sunday afternoon (August 11) at 2:45 www.rinat.org/form/yoetzet-halacha-event-2019. PM at Congregation Zichron Mordechai, 268 West Englewood Avenue. Topic: "National Hatred: An ▪ Refa’enu's peer-led mood disorder support groups will Overview of the History of Anti-Semitism” meet Tuesday, August 6th at 7:30 pm in the Ben Porat Yosef Building at E. 243 Frisch Ct. in Paramus, NJ. ▪ Are you a high school girl who is around for any part of Doors open at 7:10 pm. Please make an effort to be on the summer? Join us 7:15 on Monday nights for NCSY's time (by 7:30 pm) so as not to disrupt the flow of the Summer Girls Learning Initiative from July 8-August 12. groups. Groups are divided between a group for those SGLI is an opportunity for high school girls who are with a disorder (depression, bipolar) as well as a group home for the summer to spend time with other girls their for their loved ones. Please check website to confirm age and have some exciting Torah learning experiences. meetings: www.refaenu.org. No reservations are Classes will be offered by dynamic presenters from our required. For more information contact: local Yeshivot. SGLI is sponsored by NCSY and [email protected]. supported by , Central, Maayanot, Naaleh, and Frisch. The sessions will be at Congregation Beth Abraham, 396 New Bridge Rd, Bergenfield in the social Congregation Bnai Yeshurun Phone (201) 836 – 8916 Community Announcements 641 West Englewood Ave. Teaneck, NJ 07666 www.bnaiyeshurun.org

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hall. Yummy food will be served! Students entering 9th throughout Bergen County, go on trips, do volunteer grade and those who just graduated are also welcome. work, learn how to deal with threats to Israel and Jews - For more information please contact Dr. Aliza Frohlich or just hang out at the bagel break between classes. at [email protected] BCHSHS is the place to be on Sunday mornings where ▪ Orli Scharf is giving basketball lessons for her bat you can discover just how awesome it is to be Jewish. To mitzvah and all proceeds go to United Hatzalah. To sign register visit www.bchsjs.org and click on "To register for up or for more information please email Fall 2019" to download an application. Questions? Call [email protected]. Cost is $20/lesson. To us at 201-488-0834. learn more about United Hazalah or to make a donation, ▪ Remembering Israel’s Fallen through Yashar L’Chayal. please visit https://israelrescue.org/orlischarf. Be a part of 23,741 people who will remember every ▪ If you're going to be in Israel this summer, why not soldier who fell in the defense of the State of Israel by sponsor a BBQ for our lone soldiers, and bring the donating $18. You will immediately receive a certificate family! Contact us at [email protected], so we can with the name of a fallen soldier to commemorate during arrange the details! Israel’s Memorial Day. With your help, no soldier will be forgotten. Join us now in remembering every one of ▪ Teaneck Bat Mitzvah Dress Gemach-Donate your Israel’s fallen soldiers. Your donation will not only daughter’s dress or gown to our local Bat Mitzvah dress commemorate a soldier but will also go towards helping gemach. Or borrow a dress or gown: choose from a hundreds of bereaved families of such fallen soldiers, beautiful assortment of lightly worn dresses. Contact through the Helping Israel Fund’s Bereaved Family Renee S. at: [email protected] (in conjunction Program. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, not with Project Ezrah) a single soldier will be forgotten! To find out more about ▪ Ongoing collection of full-size shampoo, conditioner, Remember Israel’s Fallen, visit body wash & bar soap that is distributed to community Facebook.com/IsraelsFallen and www.IsraelsFallen.com. members in need. Drop off at 578 Grenville Ave. purple For more information about the Helping Israel Fund, box located at the right-side door. For info contact Gila visit: www.helpingisraelfund.com. [email protected]. ▪ Please send all requests for tehillim to Evelyn Meyer at [email protected]. Please include only the Hebrew name of the ill person. There is no need to indicate the person's real identity or their ailment. Evelyn will post a message to TeaneckShuls every 2 weeks, containing only the Hebrew name of all the people requiring tehillim. There will be no mention of the name of the person who submitted the request. All information, other than the Hebrew name, sent to Evelyn, will be kept in strict confidence. Every 3 months, Evelyn will contact the person who submitted the info asking if there is still a need for tehillim to be said, so she can keep the list current & timely. Anyone not responding to Evelyn's email will be removed from the tehillim list at that time. This list is meant for long term illness-type situations. Those requiring tehillim in the event of an immediate surgery, sudden accident, emergency type nature may, of course, post directly to TeaneckShuls on their own. We pray that this tehillim list will remain short & people will have no use for it. ▪ Registration is ongoing for the fall semester at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies (BCHSJS), a regional Hebrew high school for 8th to 12th graders. Classes are held on Sundays. Classes include ethics, current events, Bible, Jewish philosophy, Israel, contemporary issues and many more options. You will have the opportunity to make Jewish friends from towns

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