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PARSHAS SHEMOS January 10 .Pub ,una ,arp PARSHAS SHEMOS v"ga, ,cy yh JAN 9‐10, 2015 ADAR19 TEVES II 5774 5775 20 שמיני PARSHAS SHEMINI MARCH 21 - 22 2014 SHABBOS PARAH WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS & GUESTS THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DR. FRANK DIMANT Mazal Tov On The HAVE DEDICATED THE ASSISTANT RABBI’S CHAIR AND Bat Mitzvah Of SPONSORED THIS WEEK’S CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH IN HONOUR OF HIS RETIREMENT AS THE CEO OF BNAI BRITH CANADA AFTER 36 YEARS OF COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP. Tova Rom זמני שבת | SHABBOS SCHEDULE ערב שבת | EREV SHABBOS PARSHA & KUGEL Turk Family Bais Medrash 4:30 PM SHABBOS PROGRAMS with Rabbi Korobkin CANDLE LIGHTING 4:41 PM High School Minyan West Wing Library 9:00 AM MINCHA/KABBALAS SHABBOS Main Shul 4:50 PM Middle School Minyan With Rabbi Mordechai Biegeleisen Jarvis Freedman Library 9:15 AM שבת | SHABBOS HASHKAMA MINYAN Turk Family Bais Medrash 7:30 AM Teen Minyan Moshe & Mania Gruda 9:00 AM Early Drop Off Nursery‐Grade 3 BAIS MEDRASH SHIUR Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall Classroom 7 9:00‐9:45 AM with Rabbi Eisenberger 8:20 AM Parents & Tots Classroom 5 9:45 AM SHACHARIS Main Shul 8:45 AM Nursery Program Classroom 2 9:45 AM BAIS MEDRASH MINYAN Rebbetzin Judy Taub Hall 8:50 AM Kindergarten Classroom 3 9:45 AM MINCHAS CHINUCH SHIUR with Rabbi Scot Berman 9:30 AM Girls Grades 1‐3 Classroom 1 9:45 AM West Wing Classroom 1 Boys Grades 1‐3 Classroom 4 9:45 AM YOUNG ADULT & UNIVERSITY MINYAN Jr. Congregation with Rabbi Aaron Greenberg of JLIC West Wing Classrooms 2 & 3 10:00 AM Perlis Hall 9:15 AM Mom‐and‐Tots Classroom 5 10:30 AM NO FRILLS MINYAN Simcha Suite 9:15 AM Father and Son Learning Moshe & Mania Gruda 7:00 PM TA’AMEI HAMINHAGIM with Rabbi Neil Cohen AFTERNOON PROGRAMS (for Men) Dr. Stephen Speisman Board Room 3:35 PM with Shimon Weiss GIRLS CHUMASH SHIUR with Maytal Cuperfain שיעור בעברית “Three Major Lessons From Learning In Yeshiva ‐ Preparation For Chanukah” West Wing #3 3:35 PM Simcha Suite 3:35 PM MISHNAYOS FOR BOYS with Rabbi Korobkin MISHNAYOS (for Men) with Rabbi Eisenberger Turk Family Bais Medrash 3:50 PM BNEI AKIVA 4:35 PM West Wing Classroom 1 3:35 PM Moshe & Mania Gruda Bais Medrash DAF YOMI with Rabbi Torczyner 3:50 PM Third Floor Classrooms 1,3,4,5,7 Rabbi’s Classroom BNOS North Lobby 4:20 PM Yevamos 98/jm ,unch West Wing Classrooms 1,2,3 MINCHA Main Shul 4:35 PM Kel Maleh: This Shabbos YES Next Shabbos YES HAVDALAH After 5:46 PM SHABBOS TORAH/HAFTARAH READING Soncino Art Scroll Torah Reading Page 319 Page 292 Sof Zman Krias Shema 10:08 AM, January 10‐16 Haftarah Page 345 Page 1146 Mara D’Asrah Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Assistant Rabbi Rabbi Zev Spitz Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Baruch Taub President Alan Steinfeld Executive Director Mordechai Bookbinder Youth Director Richard Winkler THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZEL TOVS זמני השבוע | WEEKDAY SCHEDULE For Sunday January 11 ‐ Friday January 16 We extend a hearty Mazel Tov to: Shaya & Robin Berglas and Ari & Shoshana Lerner on the engagement of Shmuli to Shira, and to grandparents Larry & Sheila Tover and Rabbi Ivan & Arleeta DAF YOMI Lerner and Morty & Carole Pancer and to great grandmother Dena Lerner Gerber SUNDAY with The Rav 7:15 & 8:45 AM Rabbi Scot A. Berman & Esther Meiersdorf on the birth of a grandson, a son to MONDAY & THURSDAY Chana & Richard Robinson with The Rav 6:00 & 8:30 AM David & Lea Blumenfeld on the birth of a grandson, Raphael Aryeh, a son to TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY Yehuda & Rachel Blumenfeld with The Rav 6:00 & 8:20 AM Rabbi Neil Cohen and Al & Sandy Donner on the birth of a grandson, Eitan SUNDAY ‐ THURSDAY with Rabbi Chaim Gross 8:45 PM Chaim, a son to Josh & Shari Cohen Tommy & Sharon Fixler on the birth of a son, Eitan Tzvi Isaac Fixler, a grandson to Larry & Grace Weltman and Gabor & Marta Fixler, a great grandson to Lily Weltman and Lea Ament SHACHARIS Chaim & Shireen Flatt and Paul & Bonnie Rodak on the engagement of Emanuel MINYAN 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Reuven to Jillian Hayley, and to grandparents Golda Wachs, Judy Shear and Mel & Bonnie Shear SUNDAY 6:39 7:00 8:00 8:45 9:15 Erez Karp and Esther Friedberg‐Karp and Michael & Rachel Lazan on the MONDAY 6:38 6:45 6:50 7:30 8:30 engagement of Ariela Shoshana to Gavriel Yitzchak and to grandparents Rivka TUESDAY 6:38 6:45 7:00 7:30 8:30 Karp, Rabbi Dov Benjamin & Lola Friedberg and Nathaniel & Marion Lazan and Seymour & Martha Pomerantz WEDNESDAY 6:37 6:45 7:00 7:30 8:30 Michael & Moira Kirzner and Michael & Karen Setzer on the birth of a grandson, THURSDAY 6:37 6:45 6:50 7:30 8:30 a son to Raphael & Elyana Kirzner FRIDAY 6:36 6:45 7:00 7:30 8:30 Morrie & Carrie Klians and Robert & Cindy Remin on the birth of a granddaughter, Ella Tamar, a daughter to Jeffrey & Daniella Remin and a great granddaughter to Lil Klians and Albert & Genie Rosenfeld and Rusty Remin EARLIEST TALLIS/TEFILLIN TIMES Mel & Karen Rom on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Tova, and to January 11‐16 Sun 6:51 AM, Mon 6:50 AM, Tue 6:50 AM, grandparents Stanley & Cynthia Ringo and Max & Margareta Rom Wed 6:49 AM, Thurs 6:49 AM, Fri 6:48 AM David & Shari Vodianoi and Heshi & Bayla Kuhnreich on the marriage of Naomi to Mordechai and to grandparents Bernice Biranbaum, Chana Kuhnreich and David & Goldy Richler MINCHA/MA’ARIV Sandra Winiarz and Rabbi Tzvi & Hindi Eisen on the birth of a grandson, Chiya Kehos, a son to Abba Hillel & Bassheva Winiarz. EARLY MINCHA Sunday‐Thursday 2:00 PM MINCHA/MA’ARIV Sunday‐Thursday 4:50 PM SHALOSH SEUDOS MA’ARIV ONLY Sunday‐Thursday 7:15 PM & 9:45 PM This week’s Shalosh Seudos will be held in the Perlis Hall and is sponsored by: Marty & Ester Collis on the yahrzeit of Shmuel ben Yehoshua Zecharia z”l, father of Ester, and on the yahrzeit of Yakov Tzvi ben Eliezer z”l, father of Marty EREV SHABBOS Leon & Elaine Genesove on the shloshim of Leon’s mother, Celia Genesove, Slova Friday, January 16 bas Chaim PARSHA & KUGEL 4:35 PM Dr. Leon Genesove will speak at Shalosh Seudos. CANDLE LIGHTING 4:49 PM MINCHA/KABBALAS SHABBOS 4:55 PM WELCOME TO OUR SHUL Professor James Diamond, Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Waterloo, author of “Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Weekly Halachah Canon” R' Mordechai Torczyner – [email protected] Dr. Albert Friedberg, author of “Crafting the 613 Commandments” If a button falls from my shirt on Shabbos, is the button CONDOLENCES muktzeh? The Shul community extends sincere condolences to: David Bernstein on the loss of his mother, Sarah Bernstein z”l Items that perform a function when Shabbos starts, like a button Bryan Ceresne on the loss of his father, Sydney Ceresne z”l that is attached to a shirt, are not muktzeh. Even should they Fred Winegust on the loss of his father, Jack Winegust z”l. cease to perform that function during Shabbos, they would not become muktzeh so long as they were intact. Therefore, a fallen PARSHAS QUESTIONS SHEMOS button is not muktzeh. However, it may not be re‐attached until BY: THE RAV after Shabbos. First Aliyah: (1:16) If Pharaoh wanted to curtail the Jewish population, why did he only order the male babies murdered? Note: Second Aliyah: (2:1) Why are Moshe’s parents not identified by name, rather just “a Some rule that a button loses its status if it is not functional right man from the house of Levi,” and “daughter of Levi”? now. It would be good to satisfy that opinion, where possible, and Third Aliyah: (2:15) Why was Moshe fearful for his life if Pharaoh was his treat a fallen button as muktzeh. step‐grandfather – couldn’t he have appealed to his mercy? If one were to decide not to re‐attach the button to the original Fourth Aliyah: (3:2) What is significant about the symbolism of a bush that burns but garment, then the button would lose its status as a functional is not consumed? implement, and it would be muktzeh. Fifth Aliyah: (3:17) Why did Hashem tell Moshe to tell the Jews that he’d take them A button that has never been attached to a garment is muktzeh. out of Egypt to go to Eretz Yisrael – why not tell them about the gift of the Torah first? Sixth Aliyah: (4:24‐26) What’s the significance of the story of Moshe’s son being (Shabbos 122b, 124b; Mishneh Berurah 308:35; Az Nidbiru 7:46; circumcised by Tzippora on their way back to Egypt? Shemirat Shabbat k'Hilchatah 15:72, 15:(222); Rivivos Ephraim Seventh Aliyah: Why did Hashem arrange that before the Plagues, Pharaoh would 1:223:7; Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 308:87) make life more difficult for the Jews by depriving them of straw? UPCOMING PROGRAMS & ANNOUNCEMENTS SISTERHOOD Purim Mishloach Manos Early Bird Deadline is This Sunday January 11th Don’t miss out. Sign up at bayt.ca. NEW…..Winter Weekly Schedule!! 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