CONGREGATION BETH AARON SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat Behar May 9-10, 2014 10 Iyar 5774

SHABBAT TIMES SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 11 Friday, May 9: Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:20 p.m. Earliest Candles: 6:32 p.m. 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 p.m. Earliest Tallit 4:43 4:42 4:41 4:40 4:39 4:38 Latest Candles: 7:44 p.m. Shacharit 6:30 MS 5:40 SH 5:55 SH 5:55 SH 5:40 SH 5:55 SH Zman Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:50 p.m. 7:15 MS 6:20 BM 6:30 BM 6:30 BM 6:20 BM 6:30 BM 8:00 MS 7:10 BM 7:15 BM 7:15 BM 7:10 BM 7:15 BM Shabbat, May 10: 8:45 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. Rabbi Richie Schiffmiller’s shiur on Chozer Mincha 1:45 BM ve-Ne’or on Pesach follows the Mincha/Maariv 7:50 MS 7:50 BM 7:50 BM 7:50 BM 7:50 BM 6:25 BM Hashkama Minyan 7:00 MS Tefillah Shiur: 8:20 a.m. 7:55 SH Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Maariv 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:18 a.m. Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. KEY: MS = Main Shul BM = Beit Midrash SH = Social Hall Daf Yomi: 6:25 p.m. Women’s Learning: 6:25 p.m., at the MAZAL TOV TO Greenberg home, 291 Schley Place, Pirkei Avot Shaya First, on his acceptance to the Kollel Elyon program at Yeshiva University. Mazal Tov also to his Mincha: 7:35 p.m., followed by Rabbi parents, Sharon & Mitchell First. Rothwachs’ shiur, “Suffering, the Yaffa & Mordechai Ungar, on the birth of a grandson, born to their children Shoshana & Reuven Pinsky. Holocaust, and the State of Israel: Kol Dodi Dofek, Part 2” Maariv: 8:44 p.m. MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH Havdalah: 8:53 p.m. The Kiddush following the Main Minyan is sponsored by: Earliest Candles on Friday, May 16: L’Chaim Sponsors: 6:37 p.m. • Michelle & Joseph London Latest Candles on Friday, May 16: 7:51 p.m. Mezonot Sponsors: • Susan & Lenny Presby, in memory of Susan’s father, Yitzchok Isaac ben Mordechai • Yaffa & Mordechai Ungar, in honor of the birth of their grandson, born to their children Shoshana & Reuven Pinsky.

MAY CALENDAR Kiddushim cannot be successful without the support of the kehilla. Sponsorships for the weekly Kiddushim are $72 (L’Chaim Sponsor) and $54 (Mezonot Sponsor). If you are celebrating a simcha, THIS WEEK’S PARSHA QUESTIONS commemorating a yahrtzeit, or simply want to say “thank you,” consider sponsoring a kiddush. Visit the Printed copies are available in the lobby. kiddush website to sponsor. For questions, contact Ari Gononsky at [email protected].

On Shabbat, the shul elevator will Join the Hashkama Minyan “Society” by contributing $54 and helping to sponsor a monthly hot kiddush operate in Shabbat mode as follows: on Shabbat Mevorchim. Please help us reach our goal by becoming one of the 50 charter members of Friday: 7:00-8:45 p.m.; this group. To sign up as a charter member, e-mail the Kiddush Committee at [email protected]. Saturday: 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:30-2:30 p.m., 6:00-8:30 p.m. PARNAS HAYOM Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline before Shabbat: 201-530-0222 Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a 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 Do Chesed! Fill out our online chesed form. prominently displayed in the shul lobby. For more information, or to sign up, go to www.bethaaron.org/ parnashayom. Shop Amazon & Support Beth Aaron This week’s sponsors are: Go to 10 Iyar: Lorraine and Rabbi Sam Vogel, in memory of Sam’s mother, Bluma bat R. Shabtai ha-Kohen www.bethaaron.org/amazon and click on the Amazon link to start your online shopping. Contact Beth Aaron at [email protected] SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS WEEKLY SHIURIM

Yasher koach to the Chevra Daf Yomi, who will be finishing • Daf Yomi: For Daf Yomi shiurim and resources in Teaneck, go to Masechet Beitzah on Friday evening. Please join them for a new start www.teaneckshuls.org/daf/. with Masechet Rosh Hashana at 6:25 p.m. on Shabbat afternoon. • Daf Yomi shiur by Rabbi Rothwachs/ Rabbi Daniel Feldman/ Rabbi Mark Staum/ Rabbi Daniel Herrmann: Monday-Thursday Make Shavuot easier! The Beth Aaron Sisterhood is pleased to evenings, at 9:45 p.m. announce its first Shavuot Virtual Bake Sale. We encourage • Rabbi Rothwachs’ Bava Kama shiur: Wednesday evenings at 8:30 everyone to bake and/cook items that will be sold online to benefit p.m. the Sisterhood. If you would like to bake and/or cook items for the • Morning Mishna Chabura: Monday, Thursday: 6:55 a.m.; Tuesday, fundraiser, please submit your list of items to CBAvirtualbakesale@ Wednesday, Friday: 7:00 a.m. gmail.com by Friday, May 16. Categories include baked goods (cookies, cakes, pies, bars, challah, etc.) and assorted dairy dishes BETH AARON YOUTH (pasta, quiche, soup...you name it!). Please be specific regarding the size of your item. Once we receive everyone’s responses, we will If you would like to host an Oneg for 3rd to 5th grade girls or boys, compile an order form and send it out to the entire shul. For more contact Erica & Jason David, [email protected]. information, contact Deena Fisher, [email protected], or Sari Samuel, 201-927-9218. For more information about youth programs, contact Beth Aaron Youth Directors Erica and Jason David, 732-618-9473, On Shabbat, May 17, at 6:45 p.m., Avi Silverman of Nefesh B’Nefesh [email protected]. will speak on “Medinat Yisrael: Does it Still Inspire?”

On Monday, May 19, at 8:30 p.m., Israeli builder and real estate NCSY developer Mordechai Chazon of Chazon & Galili Ltd. will discuss Lev HaRama, a new religious Zionist community-building initiative in These Teaneck NCSY programs are open to all high school students: Ramat Beit Shemesh. • Wednesday Night Senior Schmooze, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Aliza & Rael (432 Maitland Avenue) The next Sisterhood Book Club meeting will be on Shabbat, May • Thursday Night Latte and Learning, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Lazy Bean 31, Parshat Naso, at 5:00 p.m., at the home of Rachelle Friedman, • NCSY summer programs are open for registration! You can also 11 Edgemont Place. The book to be discussed is The Zigzag Kid, by explore the amazing opportunities at www.ncsysummer.com. David Grossman. For more information, contact Diane Fogel, 201- • Increased Number of Nursing Home Shabbatonim: For information, 837-0651, [email protected]. sign up for the Teaneck NCSY texts by sending TNCSY to 41411. The annual Siyum Mishnayot will take place this year at a seudah For more information on the above events, or if you have questions, shlishit on Shabbat Parshat Shelach, June 14. All learning should be comments, and ideas, please email Rabbi Rael Blumenthal, completed by that date. Sign-up for next year’s Siyum Mishnayot is [email protected]. Join us on Facebook or email us, now open! Log on at www.lzechernishmas.com/signup.php?id=4604 [email protected]. and choose your favorite masechta to learn by yourself, with a chavruta, your spouse or child(ren). Once again, all learning is generously being sponsored by Dr. Barry Weissman, in memory of REFLECTOR BELTS his beloved parents, Pearl and Morris Weissman. For any questions, contact Alden Leifer, [email protected], 201-907-0309. Safety reflector belts safeguard you when walking to and from shul and any other night activity. Comfortable and lightweight, they are We are often willing to accept donations of usedseforim to our adjustable for men, women, and children. library in the Beit Midrash. If you wish to donate such seforim to our library, please contact Mitch First, [email protected] or Joshua The belts are available at no cost to members, but a donation to Zakheim, [email protected]. Please do not bring any offset costs is appreciated. If you would like one, please stop by the donations of seforim to the Beit Midrash without first contacting shul office or contact Judi, [email protected], 201-836-6210. Joshua or Mitch. Thank you for your cooperation. If you wish to donate money for the purchase of new seforim and have particular titles in mind, also please contact them. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PAYMENTS TO BETH AARON CareOne needs volunteers for a minyan. On Friday evening, Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 7:15 p.m. On Shabbat, Shacharit In order to properly post payments made by check to Congregation will be at 9:00 a.m, Mincha at 7:35 p.m., and Maariv at 8:39 p.m. Beth Aaron, please be sure to include a note on the memo line of all checks that clearly indicates how the funds should be applied (i.e., This Shabbat, May 10, at 6:30 p.m., at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, membership, building fund, aliyah, yahrtzeit donation, etc.). This 389 West Englewood Avenue, IDF Col. Bentzi Gruber Israel (Res.) will ensure that payments are processed correctly and in a timely will speak on “Ethics in the Field: An Inside Look at the IDF.” manner. This Shabbat, May 10, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the home of Patty Payments also can be made online at www.bethaaron.org. Please log Borodach, 322 Vandelinda Avenue, the Sisterhood of Congregation into your account to ensure that payments are applied appropriately. Arzei Darom invites all women to hear Rabbi Ephraim Kanarfogel If you do not know your password, please contact the office at speak about Chapter 3 of Pirkei Avot. [email protected] to have your password sent to you. Thank you for your cooperation. This Shabbat, May 10, at 6:45 p.m., at Congregation Keter Torah, On Sunday, May 18, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., NJ Yachad Shake It Up 600 Roemer Avenue, Rabbi Sharon Shalom, Tzohar Rabbi in Kiryat is attending a performance of the musical “Swing” at the Leonia Gat and author of From Sinai to Ethiopia, will speak on “Halacha, Playhouse, 130 Grand Avenue, Leonia. The cost is $18. RSVP to Reva Minhag, Masoret in the Ethiopian Community.” At Seudah Shlishit, Judas, 201-724-4093. following Mincha at 7:30 p.m., Rabbi Shalom will speak on “HaRav Ovadia and the History of Knesset Yisrael.” Through Tuesday, May 20, Areyvut holding a Flowers for Shavuot fundraiser. A percentage of orders will benefit Areyvut This Sunday, May 11, at 8:00 p.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, programming. Rose and mixed bouquets are available, as well as 641 West Englewood Avenue, Caroline Glick will discuss “Moving local delivery. Please call 201-244-6702 or visit the Areyvut website, beyond the Two-State Solution.” She also will sell and sign her www.areyvut.org, to order. book, The Israeli Solution, following the presentation. The program, made possible by the One Israel Fund, is in support of its partner On Tuesday, May 20, at 7:00 p.m., at Congregation Beth Sholom, program, Dolev Homes for At-Risk Youth in Israel. 354 Maitland Avenue, Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School presents HEARTBEATS 2014, “A Night of the Arts.” Tickets for the program This Monday, May 12, at 8:00 p.m., at Congregation Rinat Israel, 389 (for women only), in support of Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl West Englewood Avenue, the Jewish Women’s Journey Through campaign, are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and $8 for students. Life: Second Annual Community-Wide Event for Women will Order tickets at [email protected]. feature Yoetzet Halacha Shoshana Samuels, Dr. Naomi Greenblatt, Yoetzet Halacha Nechama Price, and Rabbi Dr. Zalman Levine. The On Sunday, May 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Moriah suggested donation is $10. For more information or to RSVP, email School, 53 South Woodland Street, Englewood, the Fifth Annual [email protected]. Torah Home Education Conference on homeschooling will be held. Childcare and a catered kosher lunch are available for an additional This Monday, May 12, at 8:30 p.m., at the East Hill Synagogue, 255 fee. Register at http://2014theconference.eventbee.com. Contact Walnut Street, Englewood, The Destiny Foundation and East Hill Yael Aldrich, [email protected], for details. Synagogue will present “Controversies, Consolations and Change - Orthodoxy in the Modern Era” with Rabbi Berel Wein and Rabbi On Monday, May 26, Memorial Day, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., J.J. Schacter. Admission is $18 in advance or $25 at the door. For Yeshivat Noam, 70 West Century Road, Paramus, the school will hold information or to reserve, contact 201-569-4008, 800-499-9346, a Color Me Fun Family Run/Walk for the entire community. All ages [email protected]. are welcome. Register by May 12 to get your Color Me Fun tee shirt, sunglasses, and tattoos. Register online at www.yeshivatnoam.org or This Tuesday, May 13, Teaneck residents will vote for four of the email [email protected] for more information. seven Town Council seats. Because the Council is responsible for much of our quality of life, as well as the ability to sustain continued On Tuesday, May 27, at 7:45 p.m., at the Apfel home, 1664 Hanover growth in our community, it is important for each registered voter to Street, Nechamacomfort is holding an event to raise awareness participate. Polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. of pregnancy loss. The program will feature a retrospective fashion show by Zoe Levin of a Backwards Glance Vintage. There also will This Wednesday, May 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., TABC invites be a gift boutique by Sheila Apfel of Giftquest. The cost is $18. all parents of middle and high school students to workshops on Light refreshments will be served. For more information or to RSVP, “Understanding the Digital Native.” Presentations will be given contact Reva Judas, 201-692-9302. by Rabbi Steven Finkelstein, Director of Guidance at TABC; Seth Dimbert, Director of Innovation at Yeshivat Noam; and Vincent On Wednesday, June 4, and Thursday, June 5, Torah Academy of Varrassi, nationally acclaimed consultant. To RSVP, email edtech@ Bergen County is sponsoring a community-wide Shavuot afternoon tabc.org. learning program in Teaneck and Bergenfield. The program features members of the TABC Limudei Kodesh faculty: Rabbi Yosef Adler, DATE CHANGE: This Wednesday evening, May 14, Congregation Rabbi Howard Jachter, Rabbi Josh Kahn, Rabbi David Nachbar, Rabbi Shomrei Torah, 19-10 Morlot Avenue, Fair Lawn, Rav Zvi Sobolofsky Nosson Rich, and Rabbi Ezra Wiener. Shiurim will begin at 5:45 and Rav Hershel Schachter will speak. At 8:00 p.m., Rav Sobolofsky’s p.m. on both days of Shavuot and will be held at Congregation Bnai topic is “Be an Educated Consumer: How Do We Decide What the Yeshurun, 641 West Englewood Avenue, on the first day of chag, and Halacha Is?” and at 8:45 p.m., Rav Schachter will speak on “Tznius: A at Congregation Beth Abraham, 396 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield, Way of Life for Men and Women.” and Congregation Beth Aaron on the second day. The free program is open to men and women. To sponsor this program or to dedicate the This Thursday, May 15, at a teleconference, the Jewish Federation learning, please contact Teri Normand, 201-837-7696, of Northern New Jersey will kick off its One Book, One Community [email protected]. program for the coming year. The book is The Golen and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. The dial-in number is 209-647-1075 and the On Sunday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, 641 participant access code is 846852#. The teleconference times West Englewood Avenue, Heichal HaTorah will hold its Inaugural are noon or 7:30 p.m. To RSVP or for information, contact Nancy Dinner celebrating its first year of learning. Honorees are Anya & Avi Perlman, [email protected], 201-820-3904. Giloni and Betti & Ari Jacobson, as well as the school’s students who are completing Masechet Kiddushin and Masechet Megillah. For During EMS (Emergency Medical Service) week, May 18-24, the more details, please email [email protected]. Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps will host activities to raise community awareness. A car wash/open house will be held on Sunday, May 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at TVAC headquarters, 855 Windsor Road. Prices are $5 for cars and $10 for SUVs. On Tuesday, May 20, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., at TVAC headquarters, there will be a blood drive. COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 6:20 a.m., Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and Mora de-Atra The Amud Yomi shiur meets weeknights at 9:30 p.m. at of Congregation Ohr HaTorah in Bergenfield, presents a Kollel Boker Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. For more program on Masechet Shabbat at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, 641 information, contact Mordechai Ungar, 201-741-3920. West Englewood Avenue. For more information or to sponsor this program, contact Jack Feigenbaum, [email protected]; Daniel Saks, This Sunday, May 11, Yeshiva University invites you to a special [email protected]; or Henry Orlinsky, [email protected]. joint program of the Kollel Yom Rishon and Midreshet Yom Rishon, weekly Sunday morning learning programs for men and On Wednesdays, at 8:15 p.m., The Jewish Learning Experience of women. The Special Jewish Ethics program, which will be held Bergen County offers a free lecture series at Congregation Rinat in the Schottenstein Center, 540 West 185th Street (between Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. Professor Larry Domnitch Audubon Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue), is open to both men of Touro College will teach a course in the rise of Nazi Germany, and women of all ages, backgrounds, and learning levels. Admission exploring the socio-political and economic situation in Germany is free, and no registration is required. The first shiur, featuring during and after World War I, the wave of anti-Semitism unleashed Rabbi Daniel Feldman, starts at 9:30 a.m. and will focus on “Living by the Nazi rise to power, daily Jewish life in Germany in the 1930s, Lifnim Meshurat HaDin: The Jewish Value Ethic.” The second shiur, German rearmament, Kristalnacht, Jewish resistance and the refugee featuring Rabbi Michael Taubes, will start at 10:30 a.m. and focus problem, and the limited response of other countries to these events. on “WikiLeaks and Whistleblowing: The Ethics of Tattling.” For information, call 212-960-0041. On Thursday mornings through May 29, at 11:20 a.m., at Ma’ayanot, 1650 Palisade Avenue, Tanakh teacher Leah Herzog will present On Mondays through June, from 9:45 to 11:00 a.m., at 1510 a shiur on “Family Systems in Bereishit.” For information, please Jefferson Street,Rebbetzin Leah Kohn will speak on the topics “12 contact Pam Ennis, 201-833-4307, ext. 265. Months - 12 Tribes - 12 Constellations” and “Lessons from King David.” For more information, contact Sharon Lynn, 201-385-2575, On Thursday nights, at the Beis Medrash of Bergenfield (BMOB), 646-456-0205. 371 South Prospect Avenue, Bergenfield, Yeshivat Heichal HaTorah is offering a Chaburah given by Senior Ram Rabbi Pesach Skulnick. A On Tuesday mornings, from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m., Yeshivat Noam’s Hachana Seder will take place from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m., Maariv will be Parent Education Committee offers “Prophetesses, Queens, and held at 9:15 p.m., and the Chaburah will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Villains: Exploring Women in Tanach,” a weekly shiur taught by For questions or to receive the mar’ei mekomot in advance, contact Aliza Weinberg, 8th Grade Tanach teacher and Tanach Enrichment Yehuda Jacoby, [email protected]. Coordinator. Dedicated to the memory of Rochi Lerner, z”l, the weekly shiur has been generously sponsored by an anonymous Through the Pay-It-Forward program, the students of Ma’ayanot donor and is free of charge. It takes place in the Yeshivat Noam Yeshiva High School for Girls are providing free homework help Middle School, 70 West Century Road, Paramus. For more for 1st-5th graders. Sessions, which take place at Ma’ayanot, 1650 information, please contact Amy Vogel, [email protected]. Palisade Avenue, meet every Wednesday from 4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. through May 28 (except May 21). On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Keter Torah presents Torah in the AM: 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. - Chavura on Personalities in Chumash: Sefer Bereishit; 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s Talmud shiur on Masechet Ketubot; 11:00 a.m. to noon (Tuesday only) - Rabbi Shalom Baum’s shiur on Sefer Haggai; 10:45 to 11:40 a.m. (Thursday only) - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s shiur on Sefer Yeshayahu.

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