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Bayit BULLETIN Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN November 1st - 8th, 2019 3 - 10 Marcheshvan 5780 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org This Shabbat: Noach Mazal Tov to: Candle Lighting: 5:34pm Ariel & Josh Weiner on Yael’s Bat Mitzvah. Mazal tov to siblings Ilan and Meirav, grandpar- ents Jan & Andy Groveman and Linda & Bernard Weiner, and great-grandparents Marilyn & Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:44pm Jack Belz and Joseph Groveman. Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Shimrit Hait & JJ Schmuckler on the birth of a boy. Mazal tov to big brother Eli, grandparents Ari & Beith Hait and the entire Schmuckler and Hait families. Women’s Tefillah: 9:00am Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 10:03am Harriet Sassoon & Stephen Oppenheimer on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Tzachi. Mazal Tov to parents David & Erica Sassoon and siblings Tani, Shayna and Sigal. Teen Tefillah: 9:15am Learning Service: 9:45am Harriet Sassoon & Stephen Oppenheimer on the engagement of their grandson Tani Sassoon to Nechama Gross. Mazal Tov to parents David & Erica and siblings Shayna, Tzachi Listening Room: 3:55pm and Sigal and to the Gross family. Parasha Shiur: 4:25pm Bina Westrich & Aaron Friedman on the birth of a girl. Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 5:20pm Shabbat ends: 6:36pm Condolences to: Phil Shaw (& Shira Gordon) on the passing of Phil’s brother, Steve Shaw. Shiva at the Shaw- Kiddush Gordon residence, 4521 Waldo Ave., Bronx, NY 10471. Visitors welcome Saturday night Sponsored by Ariel & Josh Weiner in 7:00pm-10:00pm, Sunday 10:00am-Noon, 2:00pm-6:00pm and 7:30pm-10:00pm honor of Yael’s Bat Mitzvah Bob (& Melanie) Santoriello on the passing of Bob’s mother, Grace (Santoriello) Eminian. To sponsor a future Kiddush please email Seth Aronson at [email protected] Jayne (& Harvey) Beker on the passing of Jayne’s brother, Rodney Grundman. Shiva will be observed through Thursday morning, November 7th, at the Grundman home, 16 Weekday Times: Chittenden Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Shacharit: Sun: 8:30am Welcome New Members: Jamie Schneider & Kivi Schwartz Mon/Thu: 6:40am, 7:50am THIS SHABBAT @ THE BAYIT Tue/Wed: 6:30am, 7:50am We will be celebrating a Shabbat morning Bat Mitzvah that allows the whole kahal to Fri: 6:45am, 7:50am celebrate with the Bat Mitzvah during tefillah. Mincha/Maariv: Sun-Thu: 4:35pm The flow of the morning will take place as follows: If you are in Riverdale on weekday 8:30am: "Main Sanctuary" tefillah begins in Lower Level Beit Midrash afternoons please make a special effort 9:00am: Women's Tefillah (open to the community) in celebration of Yael Weiner’s Bat to join us for Mincha/Maariv during the Mitzvah begins in Main Sanctuary next few months! ~10:15am: All are invited up from LLBM, after completion of Haftarah, to join the Women's Tefillah and hear the Bat Mitzvah read the Torah and Haftarah and for the NEXT SHABBAT @ Barukh Sheptarani with her family. Those who do not come upstairs will continue THE BAYIT downstairs with Mussaf with Rav Ezra. ~10:45am: After Barukh Sheptarani in Main Sanctuary, the Women's Tefillah portion is Parashat Lech Lecha concluded, and all remain for Mussaf with Reb Elli and Derashah with Rabba Sara. Candle Lighting: 4:26pm Kiddush after tefillah for the whole kahal. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:36pm Shacharit: 7:00am, 8:30am There will be signs and ushers on Shabbat morning, and please reach out to a member of Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 4:10pm the rabbinic team with any questions. Thank you for being a part of this! Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:28pm Please note: Tefillat Shalom Bayit will begin as usual in Lower Level Beit Midrash and Seudah Shlishit Between conclude tefillah in the Social Hall, right side. Mincha & Maariv: Please join the Between Mincha & Maariv: Elliot Rabin: Pivoting to Face Climate Change, From Noah to Daf Yomi class for a siyyum on Today Seder Kodashim sponsored by Cecily Marbach & Eli Oberstein. KRISTALLNACHT | NOVEMBER 9TH | 7:45PM Commemoration and Memorial Lecture w/Menachem Kaiser There are two training classes for Kristallnacht: Space and Subjugation the Community Security Service Menachem Kaiser is a writer living in Brooklyn, NY. His memoir, THE team this November. Weeknights in BUILDING & OTHER MYTHICAL STRUCTURES, about reclaiming White Plains or Sunday mornings in ancestral property in Poland, is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Riverdale. Ready to commit? Harcourt, as well as publishers in Germany, UK, and the Netherlands. He Questions? Please contact Tzvi was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Lithuania, and created reVilna, a Bar-Shai at [email protected]. digital map of the Vilna ghetto. THE BAYIT BULLETIN THIS WEEK’S CLASSES @ THE BAYIT: JOE HOCH Z"L MEMORIAL DAF YOMI SHIUR ABRAHAM & SARAH'S TENT: DEDICATED IN with Dov Weinstock (M-Fr) and Eli Oberstein (Sat/Sun) MEMORY OF HENRY & GOLDIE GUTTMAN z"l Room 3.4 & SPONSORED BY JOE GUTTMAN z”l (CO-SPONSORS WELCOME): Sunday - Friday 7:30am Shabbat - After Mincha Join us every Shabbat for our open communal dinner. To see Open to all. You are invited to join at any time. which Shabbatot are available for sponsorship, please visit www.thebayit.org/tent or email James Lapin at [email protected]. SHABBAT CLASSES 8:05am: Midrash Hashavua w/Rav Steven LEARNING SERVICE WITH YESHIVAT MAHARAT Following post-Mussaf Lecture: Torah To Go w/Rabbi STUDENT, LIVYA TINESTIT: Dov Lerea Finding one's way around a prayer book is a learned skill. Using 3:55pm: Listening Room w/Myra Estelle a transliterated Siddur, we will gradually build a repertoire of 4:25pm: Parasha Shiur w/Livya Tinestit prayers starting with the better-known melodies and liturgies. After Mincha @ Beth Aharon: Mila baParasha with Cyril The learning service begins at 9:45am in the 2nd-floor office Benichou, "Meat and Wine in Our Tradition." past the kitchen and ends at 11:00am. WEEKDAY CLASSES Monday SOCIAL WORKER @ THE BAYIT: 10:30am: Talmud Avodah Zarah w/Rav Ezra Arona Berow, LMSW, is a licensed social worker who is 11:30am: Halacha Chavurah w/Burt Nusbacher available to the HIR community through the Partners in 7:30pm: Book of Isaiah w/Rav Avi (at his home) Caring (PIC) program facilitated by Jewish Board and 7:30pm: Advanced Hebrew Ulpan w/Sara Kingberg* (Atria) funded by UJA‐Federation of New York. Arona will be Tuesday working in Riverdale at the Beatman Center on 10:00am - Lessons in Leadership as Found in the Book of Mondays & Wednesdays and can be reached by email at Exodus w/Rav Avi [email protected] or by phone at 212-632-4735. 11:00am - Midrash on the Parasha w/Rav Ezra 7:30pm - Foundations of Judaism (Room 3.7) Do you know someone who needs any of the Wednesday following? Would you like to volunteer for any of 7:30pm: Intermediate Hebrew w/Sara Kinberg* these committees? Thursday Meals For Ill Members: Jackie Binstock: 718-543-9135, 10:00am: Book of Isaiah w/Rav Steven [email protected] 11:15am: Intro to Talmud w/Gloria Nusbacher 7:30pm: Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study w/Sara Kinberg* Shiva: Beth Braunstein: [email protected] All classes in the Main Lobby unless otherwise noted. Bikur Cholim: Ruth Licht: 718-796-349, [email protected] *Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to Meals for New Parents or After Pregnancy Loss: Shira Billet: [email protected] Coming in December: Talmudic Tales With a Twist Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] w/Rabbanit Bracha. Sessions in Hebrew and English. Stay tuned Bayit Band: [email protected] for details! Green Committee: Ann Rauch, [email protected] RIVERDALE MIKVAH HOURS Child Protection Committee: Rahel Bayar, [email protected] Friday Night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. Please be on time. Shelter: James Lapin, [email protected] Saturday Night: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Weeknights: 7:30pm - 10:00pm Social Action: Michael Goldblum, www.riverdalemikvah.com | 718-549-8336 [email protected] Israel Action: Bonnie Geller-Geld, ALIYOT AT THE BAYIT [email protected] Have a guest or special occasion coming up? Contact Bayit Gabbai, Hillel Jaffe to arrange for Aliyot and other Kibbudim. To reach Bayit president Daniel Feit please email [email protected]. [email protected]. Contact Us: Phone: 718-796-4730 Email: [email protected] Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Richard Langer, Executive Director: Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x104 [email protected]/ x103 [email protected]/ x219 Emily Hausman, Co-Youth Director: Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: Bracha Jaffe, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x120 [email protected]/ x116 [email protected]/ x106 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x121 [email protected]/ x102 [email protected]/ x107 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 $36 - Tot Shabbat SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS : Snacks Sponsorship: $100 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Nursery-K To sponsor snacks for youth groups go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor. $150 – sponsor all snacks + $36 - Grades 1-6 REMINDER: Groups conclude at 11:40am. Please make every effort to pick up your children birthday party on time. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Room 3-6: Kindergarten RH SH: Tot Shabbat Groups Schedule: Room 3-1: Grades 3-6 Boys Room 3-4: Nursery Groups: 9:40am - 11:40am Room 3-2: Grades 3-6 Girls Room 3-5: Pre-K Tot Shabbat: 10:30am. Room 3-3: Grades 1-2 Teen Tefillah Facilitated by Rabbi Joseph Robinson, all 7th-12th graders are welcome.
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