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FRIDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE Kiddush is generously sponsored by The BJC Sisterhood Candle Lighting...... 5:58pm in honor of The Boca Jewish Center Kehilla and all those who are participating in this year’s Mincha/Kabbalos Shabbos/Maariv...6:05pm Community Mishloach Manos Campaign.

SHABBOS DAY SCHEDULE SHALOSH SEUDOS Shalosh Seudos is generously sponsored by Sol & Vivian Shabbos Morning Shiur ...... 8:25am Kandel in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of Sol’s grandmother, Sabina Kandel, . AVOS UBANIM Avos Ubanim is generously co-sponsored by Zev & Dina Raden in honor of all the children who learn at Avos Ubanim. Shacharis...... 9:00am AND (Latest time to say Shema………..9:42 am) Avos Ubanim generously co-sponsored by Sol & Sarah Schlesinger in honor of all the fathers Shabbos Morning Drasha with Marvin Hier who take the time to learn Torah with their children. The Plague of the Near-Sighted: The Inability to See that Today’s Miracles are as Great as Yesteryear 2020 SHUL MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Thank you to all of our members who have already renewed Youth Groups ...... 10:00-11:30am 2020 Shul Membership! Boca Grove Golf & Tennis Club has generously donated Two Golf Foursomes Mincha...... 5:05pm to Boca Jewish Center. If you would like to setup a payment Shalosh Seudos and Special Arm-Chair plan this week, please call the shul office at 561-477-8872, Conversation with Rabbi Marvin Hier or email Matthew at [email protected]. Moderated by Rabbi Yaakov Gibber Renew your 2020 Membership by February 29th 5:30pm and you will be entered into a Special Raffle to win one of the Maariv and Havdalah...... 6:53pm Foursomes to Boca Grove Golf & Tennis Club. Call or email the shul office this week to be a part of BJC’s exciting growth! Saba Joe Neustein Avos Ubanim....7:45pm SAVE THE DATE! BJC ANNUAL DINNER WEEKDAY DAVENING SCHEDULE Join us on Sunday, May 17th for our 6th Annual Journal Dinner as we honor Larry & Diane Feldman for all Shacharis of their dedicated service to our greater community, Sunday...... 8:15am and honor Gail Fine with the Aishes Chayil Award. Monday-Friday...... 6:30am UPCOMING EVENTS Mincha/Maariv SABA JOE NEUSTEIN AVOS UBANIM This Motzei Shabbos, February 22nd at 7:45pm Sunday-Thursday...... 6:05pm GROWTH THROUGH TORAH LECTURE SERIES with Rabbi Yaakov Gibber RABBI GIBBER’S WHATSAPP BROADCAST This Monday, February 24th at 11:00 am Rabbi Yaakov Gibber’s weekday Shiurim and classes are now available on WhatsApp. GUEST SPEAKER - RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN We have the opportunity to hear from the President of To join the broadcast group, please email the Shul office , Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman. He will be speaking your name and phone number to [email protected]. on the topic of “Jewish Values in a New Era”. This Tuesday Night, February 25th at 7:30 pm JFS: COMMUNITY SUPPORT BOCA JEWISH CENTER PURIM SEUDA JFS is available to us to bring a wide array of support services to the Boca Jewish Center members and community. At The Gibber Residence Purim Day, Thursday, March 10th @ 5:30PM If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, please reach Members: $20 Adults, $10 children - $60 Family Max out to the Community Outreach Coordinator, Elissa Love, at 561- 852-3298. For additional information on the services JFS Non Members:$30 Adults, $15 Children - $72 Family Max provides please visit www.ralesjfs.org. Register at bocajewishcenter.org/purim SYNAGOGUE ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING CAROLYN & ZVI SCHWARZMAN SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM Please join us this Sunday night, February 23, at 7:00 pm in the Kiddush Room for the Annual Meeting. This Shabbos, February 21st-22nd Rabbi Marvin Hier This year we are happy to once again present a balanced Founder & Dean of The budget. There are no direct increases in dues; we have · Remarks During Friday Night Dinner maintained the same dues for 4 years in a row now. Simon Wiesenthal: A Birthday to Remember All members are urged to attend this Sunday night. · Shabbos Morning Drasha You must be a member in good standing to be eligible to vote. Plague of the Near-Sighted: The Inability to See that Today’s Miracles are as Great as Yesteryear In order to begin the meeting on time, your promptness will be appreciated. · Special Arm-Chair Conversation with Rabbi Marvin Hier: Jewish Leadership Past, Present, & Future Moderated by Rabbi Yaakov Gibber at 5:30pm IT IS TIME TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE In an effort to serve you better, and improve the efficiency GUEST SPEAKER - RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN of the shul office, we have sent out a profile form for every family to fill out. Join us THIS Tuesday Night, February 25th at 7:30 pm as we have the opportunity This form has a place for you to include your children’s infor- to hear from the President of Yeshiva Univer- mation, as well as any Yahrzeits you would like us sity, Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman. He will be speak- to keep track of for you. ing on the topic of “Jewish Values in a New We ask that you kindly fill it out, and send them back to us via Era”. mail or email at [email protected]. Dr. Berman earned his B.A. from Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Medieval Jewish Philosophy from the COMMUNITY MISHLOACH MANOS PROJECT Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and his rabbinical ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanal Dear BJC members, Theological Seminary (RIETS). Following ordination, he Every year, our Sisterhood organizes a shul-wide Mishloach was selected as a Fellow in RIETS’ post-ordination study Manos, making it incredibly easy to partake in this Purim program for its most promising students and future mitzvah and give mishloach manos to fellow BJC congregants. rabbinic leaders. His studies also included two years of This is one of our biggest fundraisers, and we are seeking full learning at Yeshivat Har Etzion in , under the tutelage participation from our membership. The Sisterhood and its of the seminal Jewish thinker and leader Rabbi Dr. Aharon Mishloach Manos Committee have been hard at work planning Lichtenstein. After making Aliyah to Israel in 2008, this year's creative Purim package for our benefit and enjoyment. Dr. Berman completed his higher education with a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of With Purim only two weeks away, join me in participating in this , supervised by renowned philosopher important Shul program. Mishenichnas Adar, Marbim B’simcha! Professor Moshe Halbertal. As Rosh Chodesh Adar approaches, sign up right now by clicking the link below, and you’ll be b’simcha that you did! GUEST SPEAKER - RABBI DR. MEIR SOLOVEICHIK Good Shabbos, Join us Sunday, March 22nd at 9:30 am as Charlie Trauring, President, BJC we have the opportunity to hear Rabbi Dr. Sign up today at www.bjcst.org/purimbaskets Meir Soloveichik, director of the Zahava and AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE MARCH 1st - 3rd Moshael Straus Center for Torahand Western Thought at Yeshiva University and rabbi at Please join Rabbi Yaakov Gibber and many of our members of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan. He Boca Jewish Center at this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva College, received Washington, D.C. March 1 - 3, 2020. his semicha from RIETS, and was a member of its Beren Kollel Elyon. In 2010, he received his doctorate in religion You can register online at www.aipac.org/pc. from Princeton University. Rabbi Soloveichik has lectured If you have already registered for the conference, throughout the U.S., in , and in Israel to both Jewish please email us at [email protected] and non - Jewish audiences on topics relating to Jewish so we can coordinate with everyone while in Washington. theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, and Jewish-Christian relations. His essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Azure, Tradition, and the Torah U-Madda Journal.

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