CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Rosh Hashana/Shabbat Shuva September 24-27, 2014 1-3 Tishrei 5774
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CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Rosh Hashana/Shabbat Shuva September 24-27, 2014 1-3 Tishrei 5774 This week’s announcements are sponsored by Lamdeinu. See the last page of the announcements for details of the exciting Fall semester or go to lamdeinu.org for classes and signup. Study in depth; be inspired! 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 SELICHOT/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 Yom Kippur: 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 a shiur. 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.