WEEKLY BRIEF 14-15Nissan 5775/April 3-5, 2015–Pesach Days 1-2

SHABBAT/PESACH 1 SCHEDULE MAZAL TOV Candle Lighting 7:06pm Sylvia and Alan Schoffman on the birth of a grandson, born to Chaviva and Joseph Friday night Mincha— Negari. Main & Beit Midrash 6:40pm* CONDOLENCES TO Shabbat Morning Marvin Schechter on the loss of his beloved sister, Michal (Marilyn) Sharon. Sof Z’man Kriyat Sh’ma 9:47am Shiva is being observed at 518 Ogden Avenue Friday afternoon, Erev Pesach at 1:30pm. Shacharit— Davening times are as follows: Hashkama 7:00am Thursday 7:20am & 7:00pm; Friday 7:15am Beit Midrash 8:30am To send a card through NEROT, please contact Carrie Cooper at [email protected] Main Shul 9:00am May the Schechter family be comforted among the mourners of Tzion and Yerushalayim. Social Hall 9:15am PESACH 1-2 AND CHOL HAMOED SCHEDULE Shabbat Afternoon Daf Yomi— 5:50pm Friday, Erev Pesach, Taanit Bechorot Mincha—Main Shul 6:50pm 6:15 am—Shacharit & Siyum—Beit Midrash Shiur 7:15 am—Shacharit & Siyum—Main Shul Candle Lighting Day 2 8:06pm 8:00 am—Shacharit & Siyum—Beit Midrash 9:00 am—Shacharit & Siyum—Main Shul Please see Pesach schedule details 10:52 am—Eat Chametz Before on right —-——> 11:56 am—Burn Chametz by 7:06 pm—Candle Lighting Yasher Kochachem to the following 6:40 pm* - Mincha/Maariv/Hallel—Main & B”M for leading Siyumim on Erev Pesach: 8:03 pm—First Seder 6:15—Baruch Dagan *Please Note: Due to the lateness of the day, we will daven Mincha, Maariv and Hal- 7:15—Jonathan Kukin lel at 6:40pm on the first night of Pesach in both the Main and B”M to allow for the Se- 8:00—Shalom Krischer der to begin at the earliest possible time of 8:03pm. 9:00—Michael Van Bemmelen Shabbat, April 4 Hakarat Hatov to Susan Richmond First Day Pesach 7:00 am—Shacharit—Social Hall Monday through Thursday, April 6-9 for polishing all of our Klei Hakodesh 8:30 am—Shacharit—Beit Midrash Chol Hamoed Pesach for Pesach! 9:00 am—Shacharit—Main Shul 6:10 am—Shacharit—Beit Midrash 9:15 am—Shacharit—Social Hall 7:10 am—Shacharit—Main Shul WEEKDAY—CHOL HAMOED 5:50 pm—Daf Yomi 8:00 am—Shacharit—Beit Midrash SCHEDULE APR 6—9 6:50 pm—Mincha—Main Shul 9:00 am—Shacharit—Main Shul 7:10 pm—Mincha/Maariv—Beit Midrash Shacharit 8:06 pm—Candles After Second Seder 9:15 pm—Maariv—Beit Midrash Mon—Thur 6:10, 7:10, 8 and 9am

Sunday, April 5 Mincha/Maariv Second Day Pesach Mon—Wed 7:10pm 7:00 am—Shacharit—Social Hall Thursday Evening, April 9 8:30 am—Shacharit—Beit Midrash Erev Yom Tov Maariv 9:00 am—Shacharit—Main Shul 7:13 pm—Hadlakat Nerot Mon—Wed 9:15pm 9:15 am—Shacharit—Social Hall 7:15 pm—Mincha—Main Shul 5:50 pm—Daf Yomi Please see complete Chol Hamoed 7:10 pm—Mincha—Main Shul schedule on right ———> 8:06 pm—Yom Tov Ends—Chol Hamoed

Next Thur Night, Pesach Day 7-April 9 Candle Lighting 7:13pm Mincha 7:15pm YOUTH NEWS NEROT NEWS Pesach Youth Groups Pilates Fusion, 8:15pm There will be no groups during the first days of Pesach. Groups will Tuesday, April 7, Social Hall. resume during the last days of Pesach.. Save the date: Join Nerot for a fun evening of glass painting on The Mommy, Daddy & Me room will be available on the first two Sunday May 3, 7:30-9:30pm. Learn the art of decorating glass and days of Pesach. MDM will be located in classrooms D&E from 10:00 take home a lovely wine glass. $25 per person. RSVP to AM until the conclusion of davening. The Youth Department kindly [email protected]. requests that parents who make use of the room help neaten the room before leaving. MDM will be in the Lower Lobby Coat room during the last days of Pesach. CHESED OPPORTUNITY—PESACH MEALS If you, or someone you know is in need of a Pesach Seder, or any Allergy Notice: While the Rinat Youth Program is not nut-free, we meals on Pesach, or you would like to host someone, please are nut-aware and allergy-aware. Please do not send your children contact Lisa Rothschild at [email protected] or Esty to groups with snacks and candy from home. We provide plenty of Shafar at [email protected] to make arrangements. snacks and treats by the youth department every Shabbat. ADULT EDUCATION Adler’s weekday shiurim will resume after Pesach. TEEN MINYAN On the Seventh day of Pesach, Friday, April 10 at 6:15pm, Teen Minyan will be on hiatus for the next two weeks for Pesach & Rabbi Harcztarck will give the pre-mincha shiur. will resume Shabbat Parshat Shemini. Chag Sameach! Topic to be announced.

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DID YOU KNOW.. On Sunday evening, April 19, 2015 at 8:00pm,  that the emergency medical equipment is located in the Rabbi Dr. JJ Schacter will deliver a lecture: "The American Coatroom opposite the siddurim/chumashim? Chaplain and the Survivors" - in honor of the second yahrzeit of  that the emergency defibrillator is located near the washing his father, Rabbi Herschel Schacter z"l, and in commemoration station in the Main Lobby? of the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald.

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WEEKLY BRIEF SPONSOR Renee and Chaim Fromowitz in commemoration of the 6th Yahrzeit of Renee’s father, Dovid Meir ben Moshe, a”h.