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Ki Teitzei September 13-14, 2019 14 Elul 5779 SHABBAT TIMES This Week’S Announcements Are Sponsored by Lamdeinu CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat Ki Teitzei September 13-14, 2019 14 Elul 5779 SHABBAT TIMES This week’s announcements are sponsored by Lamdeinu. For information on their schedule of classes, see page 4 and Friday, September 13 go to lamdeinu.org. Study in depth; be inspired! Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:40 p.m. Earliest Candles: 5:51 p.m. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15 Latest Candles: 6:50 p.m. Zman Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri 6:55 p.m. 15 16 17 18 19 20 Earliest Tallit 5:37 5:38 5:39 5:40 5:41 5:42 Shabbat, September 14 Shacharit: 7:15 a.m., in the Beit Midrash Shacharit 6:30 MS 5:40 SH 5:55 SH 5:55 SH 5:40 SH 5:55 SH Shacharit: 7:30 a.m., in the Social Hall 7:15 MS 6:20 BM 6:30 BM 6:30 BM 6:20 BM 6:30 BM Nach Shiur: 8:20 a.m. 8:00 MS 7:10 BM 7:15 BM 7:15 BM 7:10 BM 7:15 BM Shacharit: 8:45 a.m., in the Main Shul 8:45 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Rabbi Rothwachs’ drasha: “Have You Been Checking Your Messages Lately?” Mincha 1:45 MS Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:43 a.m. Mincha/ 6:45 MS 6:45 BM 6:45 BM 6:45 BM 6:45 BM 5:30 BM Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. Maariv 6:45 MS Women’s Learning: 5:35 p.m., in the Maariv 9:30 MS 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM Social Hall, Melachim Aleph, chapter 5, led by Rivka Herzfeld and CONDOLENCES T0 Mollie Fisch Daf Yomi: 5:35 p.m. ● Yochanan Hirsch, on the passing of his beloved mother, Sheindel Hirsch. Shiva will be observed at Meir Hirsch’s shiur: 5:45 p.m. 1714 60th Street, Brooklyn, through Wednesday morning, September 18. Shiva will be observed from Mincha: 6:45 p.m., followed by a shiur by Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, September 19, at 440 West Englewood Avenue, Rabbi Rothwachs: “All Work and No Teaneck. Pay: Timely Wages in Halacha.” MAZAL TOV TO Maariv: 7:50 p.m. Havdalah: 7:59 p.m. ● Rami Knapp, on his Bar Mitzvah. Mazal Tov also to Rami’s parents, Chavie & Rabbi Stephen Knapp; to his siblings, Amalya, Eli, Sophie and Dalya; to his grandparents, Letha & Dr. Raphael Levine and Friday, September 20: Dorothy & Norbert Strauss, and to all the family and friends here for the simcha. Earliest Candles: 5:41 p.m. ● Arlene & Michael Sand, on the upcoming marriage of their daughter Elana to Geoffrey Cutler. Mazal Latest Candles: 6:39 p.m. Tov also to Geoffrey’s parents, Janice & Harris Cutler of Scranton, Pennsylvania. ● Steve Schaffer, on his engagement to Amy Lazar of Teaneck. MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH This week’s Kiddush following the 7:15 a.m. minyan is sponsored by Rachel & Yitzchok Furst, commemorating the yahrtzeit of Rachel’s and Yaffa Ungar’s father, Rabbi Shlomo Kahn, z’l. To sponsor a kiddush for either the 7:15 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. minyan, please contact Moishe B. Singer, kiddush@ Save the Date: Sunday, October 6, at bethaaron.org. 9:15 a.m., help build the shul’s sukkah! This week’s Multi-Sponsored Men’s Club Kiddush following the 8:45 a.m. minyan is sponsored by Chavie & Stephen Knapp and family in honor of Rami’s Bar Mitzvah, and also by: SEPTEMBER ● Varda & David Brusowankin, in honor of their daughter Eliora Wolf’s engagement to Natan Samolin Calendar and their making aliyah to reside in Yerushalayim. ● Geoffrey Cutler, in honor of his upcoming marriage to Elana Sand, daughter of Arlene & Michael On Shabbat, Sand. the shul elevator will operate ● Arlene & Michael Sand, in honor of the upcoming marriage of their daughter Elana to Geoffrey in Shabbat mode as follows: Cutler. Friday: ● Stephanie & Jeremy Shapiro, commemorating the yahrtzeit of Stephanie’s father, Edward Rosenblatt, 5:50-8:15 p.m. Yitzchak Mordechai ben Yehudah. Shabbat: ● Debbie & David Sheffey, commemorating the yahrtzeit of David’s father, Michael Sheffey, Moshe 7:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30-2:30 p.m., Baruch ben Dovid. 5:00-8:00 p.m. ● Tikva & Larry Yudkowitz, in honor of the 49th anniversary of Tikva’s safe release from the hijacking. Upcoming Kiddushim: September 21 - Hot Multi-Sponsored Kiddush Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline September 28 - September Birthday/Anniversary Kiddush before Shabbat: 201-530-0222 There now are multiple options for sponsoring Kiddusha , including the new monthly Birthday and Anniversary Kiddushim. If you are celebrating a simcha, commemorating a yahrtzeit, or simply want Contact Beth Aaron at to say “thank you,” consider sponsoring an upcoming Kiddush following any of our minyanim. To [email protected] become a Kiddush sponsor, please go to www.bethaaron.org/kiddush. For questions, contact kiddush@ bethaaron.org. PARNAS HAYOM YAMIM NORAIM CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a For the upcoming Yamim Noraim, we will facilitating childcare yahrtzeit zechut h shelaima simcha , in the of a refua , or in honor of a , coverage for children under the age of 3 through the services of a birthday or any other occasion. Each week’s dedications are Nannypoppinz (www.nannypoppinz.com). prominently displayed in the shul lobby and sent out to the membership via email. For more information, or to sign up, please Taking place in the Mommy and Me room, the service will cost go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom. members $14/hour per child, with a minimum commitment of 3 hours per child per day. Each Nanny will watch up to 2 children at This week’s Parnas Hayom sponsors are: the same time. Complimentary groups will be provided as usual ● Shabbat, 14 Elul: Debby & David Sheffey, commemorating the for children three years of age (toilet-trained) and older. yahrtzeit of David’s beloved father, Michael Sheffey, Moshe Baruch ben David. In order to hire the correct number of nannies, advance sign-up is required. Members will continue to be able to use the Mommy ELUL: BE PREPARED and Me room with their children even if there are nannies A series of shiurim by Rabbi Larry Rothwachs on Tuesdays at watching other children in that room. 8:00 p.m. Please sign up for childcare on the Google form link below and September 17: In the Still of the Night: Why Selichot Are be sure to include which hours you are signing up for. Davening Recited When Everyone Else Is Sleeping begins in the Main Shul and Social Hall at 8:00 a.m. on both Rosh September 24: People Hearing Without Listening: Discerning Hashana and Yom Kippur, and childcare will be offered through The Shofar’s Many Messages the end of Musaf for both of those minyanim. The deadline to October 7: In Search of Solitude: Finding One’s Way into the sign up is Sunday evening, September 22. Holy of Holies Click below to access form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOxZg35goCa-CHtl Past shiurim are available online at BethAaron.org/Torah. 2yYT9NEqOLw7QpQ7r4p011YrNEVn4Vwg/viewform SHABBAT DRASHOT We are looking for a volunteer to assist in coordinating this Ki Teitzei: Have You Been Checking Your Messages Lately? effort. If you are interested or if you have any questions, please Ki Savo: Our Proudest Confessions reach out to Josh Klavan, [email protected]. Nitzavim: The Most Common Questions People Never Ask Before Rosh Hashanah ORDERING YOUR LULAV AND ESROG If you cannot attend in person, you can watch the shiurim live Log in at www.bethaaron.org/event/lulav2019 to order your on Facebook at https://wwwfacebook.com/larry.rothwachs. For Arba’ah Minim set. The cost is $65.00 for a better quality set more information, or to sponsor the series or an individual shiur, and $55.00 for a good quality set. If you cannot order online, please contact the office, [email protected] complete the form in the lobby and return it to the shul office with full payment. The deadline to order is Noon, Sunday, SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS September 29. Pickup of the sets will take place on Thursday, October 10, between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Home delivery is This Thursday, September 19, at 8:15 p.m., Rabbi Baruch Simon, available for $3 per set. For questions, contact Rich Feldman, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, will deliver a pre-Yamim Noraim shiur. All are [email protected], 201-738-7966. invited to attend. If you wish to sponsor this shiur, please e-mail [email protected]. Sponsorships are $50 and up. HIGH HOLIDAY SEATING Requests may still be submitted for High Holiday seats. Please Our longtime membersDr. Richard & Ellen Gertler are making note that we can no longer guarantee that seats can be held for aliyah in a few weeks. Please join us in wishing them a tzeitchem their “prior year occupants.” Be sure to submit your reservations, le-shalom at a Seudah Shelishit in their honor at the shul on Shabbat, with payment in full, on a timely basis. No shul member will be September 21, following the 6:20 p.m. mincha. To become a sponsor, turned away due to a lack of funds. go to www.bethaaron.org/event/Gertler.
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