CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Rosh Hashana/Shabbat Shuva September 24-27, 2014 1-3 Tishrei 5774

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SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28 Sun* Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri 28 29 30 1 2 3 Earliest Tallit 5:50 5:51 5:52 5:53 5:54 5:55 Shacharit 6:05 MS 5:05 MS 5:20 MS 5:20 MS 5:05 MS 5:40 MS /SHACHARIT START TIMES: and 7:00 BM 5:35 BM 5:45 BM 5:45 BM 5:35 BM 6:15 BM The times listed for Selichot/Shacharit Selichot 7:15 SH* 6:20 SH* 6:20 SH* 6:20 SH* 6:20 SH* 7:00 MS indicate the scheduled start times of 7:45 MS 6:40 MS 6:40 MS 6:40 MS 6:40 MS 7:45 BM the Selichot. These times are based 8:30 BM 7:40 BM 7:40 BM 7:40 BM 7:40 BM 8:30 MS on the expectation that Selichot will Mincha 1:45 BM 2:00 conclude about the time that the 6:15 MS 4:15 corresponding Shacharit minyan is scheduled to begin. However, Mincha/Maariv 6:25 BM 6:25 BM 6:25 BM 6:25 BM depending on various factors, Selichot Maariv 7:00 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Kol Nidre may end earlier than anticipated (by 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 6:20 as much as 15 minutes), and they will Selichot 12:47 BM 12:47 BM 12:46 BM 12:46 BM 12:46 BM be immediately followed by Shacharit. Thus, those planning to attend KEY: MS = Main Shul BM = Beit Midrash SH = Social Hall only Shacharit and not the Selichot * Slower-paced Selichot that precede it may wish to arrive earlier than the normal start time for Shacharit to ensure that they will be Rosh Hashana and Shabbat Schedule present for the entire Shacharit. Wednesday, September 24: Erev Rosh Hashana Shabbat, September 27 Mikvah Hours: 4:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. Make Eruv Tavshilin Tefillah Shiur: 8:20 a.m. Latest Candle Lighting: 6:33 p.m. Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. Mincha/Maariv: 6:35 p.m. Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:47 a.m. SEPTEMBER CALENDAR Thursday, September 25: Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. Vatikin: 6:05 a.m. Shabbat Shuva Drasha for Women: 4:25 p.m. THIS WEEK’S PARSHA QUESTIONS Beit Midrash: 7:15 a.m. Mincha: 5:55 p.m., followed by Rabbi Printed copies are available in the lobby. Main Shul/Social Hall: 8:00 a.m. Rothwachs’ Shabbat Shuva Drasha, “iForgive: Mincha: 4:15 and 6:15 p.m. A Case Study in Real Connectivity in a Virtual On Rosh Hashana and Shabbat, Tashlich: 5:15 p.m. World” the shul elevator will operate in Additional blowing of the shofar: 6:00 p.m. Maariv: 7:30 p.m. Shabbat mode as follows: Rabbi Rothwachs’ shiur, “The Centrality of Havdalah: 7:39 p.m. Wednesday: 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Akeidat Yitzchak during the Yamim Noraim”: Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 6:40 p.m. Sunday, September 28, Tzom Gedaliah 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Maariv: 7:20 p.m. Fast begins: 5:35 a.m. 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Earliest Candles: 7:42 p.m. Fast ends: 7:15 p.m. Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline before Shabbat: 201-530-0222 Friday, September 26: Candle Lighting and Beginning of Fast on Friday, Vatikin: 6:05 a.m. October 3, Erev : 6:18 p.m. Beit Midrash: 7:15 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:20 p.m. Do Chesed! Fill out our online chesed form. Main Shul/Social Hall: 8:00 a.m. Additional blowing of the shofar: 5:00 p.m. Shop Amazon Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:20 p.m. & Support Beth Aaron Earliest Candles: 5:32 p.m. Go to Zman Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:25 p.m. www.bethaaron.org/amazon Latest Candles: 6:30 p.m. and click on the Amazon link to start your online shopping.

Contact Beth Aaron at [email protected] Please remember to park all strollers and wheelchairs on the back Yom Kippur Appeal 5775 patio on Rosh Hashana.

The Beth Aaron Annual Yom Kippur Appeal is underway! We are At the 5:55 p.m. Mincha this Shabbat, individual Kel Malehs will looking to achieve the broadest possible participation in support not be permitted. Rabbi Rothwachs will recite a single Kel Maleh, of our beloved shul and hope to meet or exceed the amount including all the names provided by members of the congregation. raised in last year’s appeal. individuals may approach the bimah at the time the Kel Maleh is

being recited to provide names for inclusion (and we will make We now are in the season of “teshuva, tefilla, and tzedakah.” Now arrangements to receive names from the Ezrat Nashim). Those who is the right time for you to join with your friends and neighbors prefer to recite their own Kel Maleh may do so at the 1:45 p.m. and take responsibility for the continued success of Beth Aaron. Mincha minyan. Only through our combined efforts will our shul be able to thrive and grow. The deadline to order sets of Arba’ah Minim (lulav, etrog, three Chazon Ish hadassim, and two aravot) has been extended to Donations to the appeal may be made online at Sunday, September 28. The categories and prices are as follows: www.bethaaron.org/yomkippur, by calling the office at 201-836-6210 with your pledge or by dropping it off at the office. • Highest quality: $61.00 • Good quality: $51.00 To order, log into the website and then click on the “Lulavim and MAZAL TOV TO Etrogim” link on the right. You also may print out the form and return it to the office, along with full payment.If you have any Ellen Chazan, on the birth of a grandson, born to her children Ilana questions, contact Rich Feldman,[email protected] , 201-837-9185. Rosenberg & Micah Gottlieb. Rabbi Yosef Lasdun will be at Beth Aaron from Monday, September WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS 29, through Wednesday, October 1, to check tefillin and mezuzot. There will be a box where tefillin and mezuzot can be left, and Elizabeth & Peter Globus, who live on West Laurelton Parkway another box where Rabbi Lasdun will place those items that he has PARNAS HAYOM checked. Every effort will be made to provide same-day service. The cost is $60 per pair of tefillin and $7 per mezuzah (checks should be Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a made out to Congregation Beth Aaron). 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 Beth Aaron women’s programming for Simchat Torah: On October prominently displayed in the shul lobby. For more information, or to 22, Simchat Torah night, following the first hakafa, there will be a sign up, please go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom. program for women in the Beit Midrash. Divrei Torah will be offered by Rachel Frazer (Chumash), Rita-Rivka Lewy-Neuman (Nevi’im), This week’s sponsors are: and Annette Feldman (Ketuvim). Kumsitz singing will be led by 4 Tishrei: Cathy & Steve Schuss and Aliza & Kal Staiman, Sharon Kintslinger. On Simchat Torah morning, at 9:15 a.m. at the commemorating of the second yahrtzeit of Shalom Tzvi ben Aharon Rothwachs’ home, 288 Schley Place, Tzippy Staum will offer ashiur .

Sponsorships at various levels are available for the annual Simchat SELICHOT COURTESY REMINDER: Torah Kiddush presented by Men’s Club. Sign up online or send your check, payable to “Congregation Beth Aaron Men’s Club” and With late night and early morning Selichot beginning, please marked “Simchat Torah Kiddush,” along with the dedication to be considerate of our neighbors. We ask that you not slam car the office no later than this Sunday, September 28. Sealed bottles doors, not use a remote locking device that beeps, not block a of Scotch or bourbon should be delivered to Ari Gononsky, 522 driveway, and not speak loudly near the building. We are certain Sagamore Avenue. Bottles may be left in a box marked “Kiddush” by that those living close to the Beth Aaron building will appreciate the front door if no one is home. our courtesy and our thoughtfulness as we recognize that our ruchniyut is not elevated if it is at the expense of our neighbors. The next Sisterhood Book Club selection will be The Brothers Ashkenazi by I. J. Singer. We will discuss it on Motzaei Shabbat, SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS October 25, at 8:00 p.m., at Markovic home, 913 Country Club Drive. For questions, contact Diane Fogel, 201-837-0651,[email protected] . Thank you to the Men’s Club and the Sisterhood for sponsoring the purchase of additional chairs, so that we can eliminate the use of The next Men’s Club Book Club selection will be The Right and the folding chairs in the Beit Midrash on the Yamim Tovim. We wish that Good by Rabbi Daniel Feldman. We will discuss it Shabbat afternoon, they should be zocheh to do the same for other minyanim in future Parshat Noach, October 25, at 4:00 p.m. at the shul. Rabbi Feldman years! will facilitate the discussion. The following selection will be Hard Choices by Hilary Clinton. We will discuss this book on Shabbat, Thank you to Lenny Presby and Micah Kaufman for devoting Parshas Vayetzei, November 29, facilitated by Ari Schaffer, a Innumerable hours to the task of seating and reservations for the Washington political analyst. For questions, contact Mordechai Yamim Noraim. And thank you also to Moishe Singer for his work on Ungar, 201-833-4432, [email protected] or Steve Schaffer, the tech side. 201-907-0343, [email protected].

Please remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin on Wednesday, September 24, Erev Rosh Hashana. WEEKLY SHIURIM Information about the Beth Aaron Youth Sukkah Hop 5774 is coming soon! • Daf Yomi: For Daf Yomi shiurim and resources in Teaneck, go to www.teaneckshuls.org/daf/. For more information about youth programs, contact Beth Aaron • Daf Yomi shiur by Rabbi Rothwachs/ Rabbi Daniel Feldman/ Rabbi Youth Directors Erica and Jason David, 732-618-9473, Mark Staum/ Rabbi Daniel Herrmann: Monday-Thursday [email protected]. evenings, at 9:45 p.m. • Rabbi Rothwachs’ Bava Kama shiur: Wednesday evenings at 8:30 The Rebecca Gottlieb Youth Library continues to grow, and children p.m. of all ages are utilizing this wonderful resource. If you have a book • Morning Mishna Chabura: On hiatus until after Yom Kippur that is out, please return it so that others can enjoy it as well. You may help expand the library by donating children’s books or making a monetary donation at www.bethaaron.org/donation. INSIGHTS INTO THE TEFILOT OF THE YAMIM NORAIM Shiur given by Rabbi Rothwachs “Banim Mitpalelim,” an initiative designed to enable broader participation of our boys between the ages of 7-12 in leading the Monday, September 29, at 8:30 p.m. conclusion of davening on Shabbat mornings, has begun. We hope “CRY HERE” - Viduy - Heartless Procession or Heartfelt Confession? to benefit from a broader base of participants and foster a sense of involvement in the formal minyan. Children who wish to participate and are capable of reciting fluently the relevant tefillot will rotate BETH AARON YOUTH weekly. Our “Anim Zemirot Gabbai” Shimon Staum will continue to be responsible for maintaining the rotation (with the help and Yamim Noraim Youth Information: support of Rabbi Staum). Those interested in participating may We are delighted to have once again Detective Frank and Mrs. sign up using the online form or contact either of the Staums or Ruth Ferrara oversee the youth programs. As always, there will be Jason David directly. For more information, please contact Annette babysitting available (for children in Nursery-5th Grade) from 10:00 Simmons or Jason David. a.m. until the end of shul each afternoon, as well as during Kol Nidrei and Ne’ilah. Additionally, there will be a room set aside for children under the age of 3. Parents MUST remain with their children in this LOST AND FOUND room. Snacks and drinks will be provided throughout the youth program. If you feel that you want to send your child with additional • Man’s watch with black strap snacks, please remember to send nut-free snacks only. For further information, contact the office at [email protected], 201-836-6210. The Men’s Club and Youth Department is providing a light lunch for young children on Yom Kippur, thus permitting parents to remain COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS in shul. Volunteers are needed to set up and clean up lunch, as well as sponsors at $36 each. Sponsor the lunch at www.bethaaron.org/ CareOne needs volunteers for a minyan. On Wednesday, Mincha/ event/yom-kippur-childrens-lunch.html. To volunteer, e-mail Moishe Maariv will be at 6:35 p.m. On Thursday and Friday, Shacharit will be at B. Singer, [email protected]. 8:00 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv will be at 6:30 p.m. On Shabbat, Shacharit will be at 9:00 a.m, Mincha at 6:25 p.m., and Maariv at 7:25 p.m. A “Tefillah & Torah” group will take place on the first day of Rosh Hashana and on Yom Kippur for Nursery and Kindergarten children. This Shabbat, September 27, at 5:10 p.m., at Congregation Rinat The group will start at 10:00 a.m. and run for approximately Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter will 30 minutes. We thank Rita-Rivka Lewy-Neuman for providing speak on “Unetaneh Tokef and the Rav Amnon Story.” meaningful and educational programming to the Nursery and Kindergarten children during the Yamim Noraim. If you would like to This Sunday, Tzom Gedalia, September 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 help run a “Tefillah & Torah” group, please contact Erica and Jason p.m., at Ma’ayanot, 1650 Palisade Avenue, the school will hold a Yom David, [email protected]. Iyun, beginning with a shiur by Leah Herzog on “Why Remember? The Role of Memory in Jewish Life,” followed by additional shiurim by Once again, we ask that your children not bring balls to shul, as that members of the Ma’ayanot faculty. Men and women are welcome. does not set the proper tone for these Holy Days. We encourage The event is sponsored by the Staiman family, commemorating the them to come with books, cards, and games from home that they yahrtzeit of Kal Staiman’s father, Sholom Tzvi ben Aharon, Sholom would enjoy playing with during shul. Staiman. For more information, please contact Pam Ennis, ennisp@ maayanot.org or 201-833-4307, ext. 265. As always, we remind you that loitering outside of the building or in the halls by children will not be allowed. We ask you to clearly This Tuesday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m., at the Karasick home, 75 communicate to your children that they are expected to be in Thames Boulevard, Bergenfield, Rabbi Eli Brazil will discuss Camp shul with you or in a group. We appreciate your cooperation and Kaylie. The evening is open to children in grades 3 to 6 and their participation. parents. Refreshments will be served; a gift will be given to all who attend. For more information, contact Avi Rosalimsky, 201-362-9312, Please note that regular groups will be held on Shabbat Shuva, [email protected]. September 27. This Wednesday, October 1, at 8:30 p.m., at Yeshivat Noam, 70 West This Shabbat, September 27, there will be a special Shabbat Shuva Century Road, Paramus, Rabbi Steven Weil will present an Aseret program for children in 1st-5th grade during the Rabbi’s Shabbat Yemei Teshuva shiur, “The Fascinating World of the Yom Kippur Shuva Drasha. Children will play team games, learn Torah, and enjoy .” For more information or to RSVP, please contact a delicious treat. Please remember to pick up your child before [email protected] or [email protected]. Maariv. (continued on page 4) Community Announcements (cont.) On Sunday, October 12 (Chol Hamoed ), at 8:00 p.m., at LAMDEINU Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue,Member of A New Center for Jewish Learning in Teaneck Israeli Knesset Dr. Ruth Calderon will speak. Study in depth. Be inspired.

The deadline to register to vote in the November 4 General Election Fall 2014 Weekly Course Schedule is October 14. Eligible voters can register at the Municipal Building Register at lamdeinu.org from 8:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The registration office is open until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays; on • Parshanut HaMikra Tuesday, October 14, the office will be open until 9:00 p.m. with Rachel Friedman and Shira Schiowitz Meets Mondays from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Shabbat, November 1, the Libby Kolb Chapter of Emunah Women For women (14 weeks) Tuition: $250 will honor all present and past IDF soldiers and Sherut Leumi volunteers from Teaneck at its annual Shabbaton tea. If you know • Introduction to Talmud: Berakhot Chapter 4 someone who should be included in this honor, contact Ronnie with R. Dr. Aaron Segal Faber, [email protected], with the name/email of the soldier Meets Tuesdays from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or national service volunteer, and the parents’ contact information. For women (16 weeks) Tuition: $275

The Rinat Chaim Gemach, in memory of Renee Chaya Levy, is • Yoga with Shifra (begins October 29) now incorporated as a not-for-profit (501c3) organization. The Meets Wednesdays from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Gemach collects and lends new and used medical equipment in For women (10 weeks) Tuition: $120 good condition to those in need, for short-term or long-term use, including wheelchairs, commodes, portable commodes, walkers, • High Holiday Shiur (October 1) shower chairs, bathtub chairs, rollators, crutches and canes. To with Rachel Friedman and others contact the Gemach, to borrow equipment, or to contribute, please Meets Wednesday from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. visit our website, www.rinatchaimgemach.com, or contact Yehiel For men and women Tuition: $25* Levy, [email protected], 201-357-5495. • Parashat HaShavua (begins October 22) COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES with Rachel Friedman Meets Wednesdays from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. This Sunday, September 28, Yeshiva University’s Center for the For men and women (11 weeks) Tuition: $200* Jewish Future and the Abraham and Millie Arbesfeld Kollel and Midreshet Yom Rishon present a joint program, featuring Rabbi • Sefer Yirmiyahu Menachem Penner and Professor Smadar Rosensweig. The program with Shira Schiowitz will take place at Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus, Schottenstein Meets Thursdays from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Center (560 West 185th Street, New York City). Rabbi Penner’s For men and women (14 weeks) Tuition: $250 topic is “Teshuvah: Changing Who We Are – Not Just What We Do.” Professor Rosensweig will speak on “Sefer Yonah: The Boat, the • Parashat HaShavua (begins October 21) Water, and the Sinful City.” The first shiur starts at 9:30 a.m., the with Rachel Friedman second at 10:30 a.m. For more information about the program, Meets Tuesdays from 8:00 to 9:15 p.m. please contact Nehama Cohen, Assistant Director, Community For men and women (11 weeks) Tuition: $200* Partnerships, 212-960-5400, ext. 6350, [email protected]. • Mini-Series and Special Lectures On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer TBA Avenue, presents Torah in the AM: 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. - Chavura on Including Haftarot with R. Hayyim Angel and personalities in Chumash: Sefer Bereishit; 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. - Rabbi Jewish Philosophy with R. Dr. Aaron Segal Menachem Meier’s Talmud shiur on Masechet Sanhedrin; 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. (Thursday only) - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s shiur on * Drop-in rate: $25 per class Rambam. To register or for more information, visit lamdeinu.org or On Tuesday evenings, at 8:30 p.m., at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, email [email protected]. 641 West Englewood Avenue, Rav Meir Goldvicht offers ashiur in Hebrew on Parashat ha-Shavua. Rachel Friedman, Dean Shira Schiowitz, Assistant Dean Lamdeinu at Congregation Beth Aaron The Amud Yomi shiur meets weeknights at 9:30 p.m. at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. For more information, contact Mordechai Ungar, 201-741-3920.

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

Laurence Rothwachs, Rabbi Yair Mayerfeld, President