Volume XVII Issue 1  Groups this Shabbat at YIOP! Young Israel of Oak Park Jan. 4, 2020 ז טבת תש‘‘פ Babysitting Infant-Toddler Room Sonya 9:00-10:15 This Week at פרשה ויגש Pg. 250 Up to Kindergarten Infant-Toddler Room Sarah Mizrahi 10:15 YIOP 1st - 3rd Grades Social Hall 10:00 Shaya Katz, Rabbi 4th - 6th Girls Social Hall Rikki Katz 10:00 David Barth, President 4th - 6th Boys Rabbi’s Office Ezra Drissman 10:00 Shabbat Schedule –Jan. 4, 2020 Candlelighting 4:53PM YOUTH Friday Minchah (@YIOP & HW) 4:55PM  Our Teen Minyan will meet this Shabbat, Jan. 4, at 9:20AM, in the Board Repeat Shema 6:00PM room. All Middle School & High School students are welcome to attend. To sponsor a Teen Minyan kiddush, please call the office at 248 967-3655 or email Early Minyan 8:15AM Rabbi Asher Nemes at [email protected]. Our next Teen Minyan will Shacharit 9:00AM meet on Jan. 25.  Children can bring their tickets to the office to redeem them for a prize Teen Minyan 9:20AM during YIOP office hours. Daf Yomi 3:00PM Shiur: 3 Steps Forward for Man, 4:00PM 3 Leaps Back for Mankind: How We Begin & End the Shmoneh Jan. 4-10 Esrei with Rabbi Katz Minchah 4:45PM Birthdays 1/4 Xander Gardin (1) 1/8 Ira Winer Maariv 5:55PM 1/5 Ori Lerner (2) 1/10 George Gelberman Shabbat Ends 6:00PM Legal Holiday Learning- Weekday Minchah 4:55PM Rabbi Bernard Illowy’s Yahrzeits Handling of Intermarriage Elsie Katz (Carol Seligson’s mother) 1/5 Tevet 8 RABBI KATZ’s Corner Women's Parsha Peshischa on Parsha: Controversies Shiur: Pushing Your limits, Ben Kresch (Ed & Simon’s father) 1/5 Tevet 8 Vayegash Limiting Your One of the most Celebration fascinating rabbinic figures After discussing the Earl Barth (David’s father) 1/6 Tevet 9 in early American Jewish journey of Yosef and the Quoting from the Mei history was Rabbi Dr. brothers, and how it Hashiloach, we spoke Yissochar Dov Bernard could be that there was about Yehuda’s Illowy. A student of the Bonnie Torgow (Gary’s mother) 1/6 Tevet 9 no communication for resilience to change his Chasam Sofer, and a PhD Legends & Lessons all these years with Rachel Langbort (Dorit Flatt’s mother) 1/10 Tevet 13 mind and push himself from The University of Rav Hirsch is considered by many to Yaakov, we tried to to not give up. Budapest, Rabbi Illowy be the father of Modern Orthodoxy. understand the purpose Similarly, the Avnei came with a wealth of While it’s difficult to discern how of Yehuda’s “approach”. Nezer explained that rabbinic and secular While we find very little APIOH (A Place In Our Hearts) Memorials today’s orientation compares to his Yehuda set a high goal knowledge to the United in terms of new for himself, taking Stated in the mid-19th proposed ideology, he was certainly a information that he Will your loved one’s plaque be on the APIOH memorial board? responsibility even for century. As he soon trailblazer in creating a philosophy presents to Yosef, that that which he couldn’t learned, due to a laxity in Please contact Julie in the YIOP office at (248) 967-3655 or email her at that embraced modern culture while may not be the point. As control, thereby religious observance, the [email protected] for more information. staying committed to every aspect of the Rokeach explains making himself push few orthodox rabbis in the Memorials placed in the APIOH system will also be available for viewing religious service. Progressing from that this accounts for one his limits. We then country at the time were online. smaller to larger cities through his of our ‘steps’ before discussed the lesson of left to pick up the pieces. Shmoneh Esrei, we career, he is most known for his last Yosef and Binyamin’s We discussed 2 issues of discussed how this step the time - burying a ~35 years as the Arab in Frankfurt, a embrace- the differs from the other empathize even during woman who some said city overtaken with the new Reform two, and how Yehuda’s celebration. wasn’t Jewish in the movement but one in which he plea represents a humble Jewish cemetery, and nonetheless successfully grew the reckoning with oneself. disallowing mohalim from Orthodox community. We also looked circumcising babies born Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10 Mile Road, at the beginning conversation in his to non-Jewish women. Oak Park, MI 48237 fictional but prototypical ‘nineteen (248) 967-3655 letters’. THURSDAY NIGHTS ON LEGAL HOLIDAYS email address: [email protected] TUESDAYS at AFTER SHACHARIT MONDAY NIGHTS, 8PM AFTER MAARIV www.yiop.org 1:30PM All of these classes are recorded and posted on our website homepage- if you can't make it to the class, feel free to listen: www.YIOP.org YIOP THANKS OUR SPONSORS ANNOUNCEMENTS Early Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Aaron & Simcha Siegel in celebration of  YIOP presents Young Professionals their 25th wedding anniversary. The 2 Minute Dvar Torah will be given by Aaron Ice Skate & Pizza (ages 20’s –30’s) on Siegel. Sat., Jan. 11, at the Southfield Ice Seudah Shlisheet is sponsored by Leonard & Shoshana Pollack in honor of those Arena, from 8:15-10PM. Cost: $15 who finished Daf Yomi & those who are starting tomorrow. There will be a special Register by noon on Thurs., Jan 9, at presentation given by Rabbi Apt. yiop.org. This event must be prepaid. Walk-ins welcome, but pizza not MAZEL TOV guaranteed. To Eddie & Susie Kresch on the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Talya to  Trivia Night will take place on Jan. 18, at 8:00PM, at YIOP where we will grandmother Lenore Salomon. Ben Jaffe & to , welcome our new members. Cost: $25 per person which includes admission, To Billy & Melissa Berlin on the birth of their grandson to Ben & Elana Berlin. playing trivia, win raffle prizes, and a light dinner. There is no charge for new TODAH RABBAH members or Habonim members, but you must make reservations at yiop.org, To Ephraim & Rose Zinberg for sponsoring the Teen Minyan Kiddush on 12/21 in calling 248 967-3655 or emailing [email protected]. loving memory of her mother, Irene Cohn.  If you would like to be part of the Chesed committee or you know of a To Michael & Sue Barash for sponsoring last week’s Seudah Shlisheet for Hashem’s member in need, please contact Margery Klausner at [email protected] Hakaras HaTov. or (248) 225-7251. To Rabbi Dovid Apt for teaching the YIOP Daf Yomi for 20 years.  Volunteers are needed to work at the Player’s Golf & Event Center Fundraiser (36115 Plymouth Rd, Livonia) on Sun., Jan. 12 through Wed., Jan. REFUAH SHLEIMA... To Meyer Segal 15. Volunteers are needed during the following times: 7PM-2AM on Sunday, 11AM-6:30PM on Monday, & Tuesday and 7PM-2AM on Wednesday. If you BNEI AKIVA can volunteer, even for a few hours, please sign up on the hall bulletin board or SNIF will meet at 3:45PM. The HW walking group will meet at the Thompson's call the office. No experience needed. We must have 3 volunteers per shift. residence (12924 Victoria Ave. HW), at 3:15PM.  Save the date: Feb. 21-23, our next Scholar in Residence is Yael Weil. Yael grew up in Memphis, TN & attended Stern College for Women & Bank Street NEW CLASS FOR WOMEN College for Education. In addition to raising 7 children, she has taught in Beginning on Wed., Jan. 8, at 7:30PM, Rabbi Katz will address halachic topics based Hebrew Schools, day schools & high schools in New York, New Jersey, on study of underlying Gemara texts. Michigan, & California. Her schedule & topics are: Friday night 2/21 - Oneg at the home of Nathan & Yochie Lerman at 8:30PM, The Unsung Heroines

LEARNING @ YIOP of Sefer. Shabbat morning 2/22 - Moshe Kibail (which part of) Torah mi'Sinai. SUNDAY: - Daf Yomi: one hour before Shacharit: given by Rabbi Dovid Apt Sunday morning 2/23 - Women’s Brunch, at 10:00AM. How Perfect Must a SUN. 8:50AM -Beit Midrash Woman Be? In Search of the Real Eishet Chayil. Sponsorships opportunities are 10:30AM -Awesome Prayer (for women only), with Dr. Shapero available. For further information, please contact Esther Sherizen at SUN.-FRI -Mishnayot and Mishna Berurah: immediately following Shacharit, with Rabbi Shaya Katz MON.-FRI. -Daf Yomi Shiur: one hour before Shacharit: with Rabbi Dovid Apt (248) 968-9592 or [email protected]. MONDAY: -Beit Midrash 7PM -Parshat Hashavua, with Rabbi Gomez 7PM -Profound Advice (Peleyoetz), with David Tenenbaum 8PM -Mishlei (Proverbs), with Rabbi Katz 8PM -Tehillim, with Rabbi Belsky

TUESDAY: 1:30PM -Women’s Parshah Shiur, with Rabbi Katz

WEDNESDAY: 7:30PM -Women’s Shiur-Halacha from Gemara, with Rabbi Katz

THURSDAY: 5:30PM -Parshah from Peshischa, with Rabbi Katz This week at a glance Jan. 5-11 יד טבת 11 יג טבת 10 יב טבת 9 יא טבת 8 י טבת Fast 10th 7 ט טבת 6 ח טבת 5 ויחי of Tevet

Early Minyan 6:15AM Early Minyan 6:15AM Fast Begins 6:32AM Shacharit 7AM Shacharit 7AM Shacharit 8AM Early Minyan 6:15AM Early Minyan 6:15AM Early Minyan 6:15AM Early Minyan 8:15AM Parshat Hashavua 7PM Women’s Parshah Shacharit 7AM Shacharit 9AM 8:50AM Shiur 1:30PM Shacharit 7AM Shacharit 7AM Profound Advice 7PM Minchah 4:55PM Awesome Prayer 10:30AM Minchah 4:40PM Candlelighting 5PM Women’s Shiur 7:30PM Shabbat Ends 6:07PM Wkday Minchah 4:55PM 8PM Fast Ends 5:51PM Shiur 5:30PM Minchah 5:05PM