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6-Tevet 5780/January 3, 2020

This Weekend-January 3rd-4th Sunday, January 5th, 9-11am– The Northern New Jersey January 3rd and 4th, Shabbat Parshat Vayigash- Community is invited to Begin the Daf Together! Even if you

Congregation Bnai Yeshurun welcomes Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar, are not planning to learn daf yomi daily, please join the the Rosh of the Los Angeles Intercommunity Kollel (LINK). Orthodox Union’s Daf Yomi Initiative for a community-wide Rabbi Lebhar will give a shiur on Friday, January 3rd after the celebration of the new Daf cycle. It will take place at 4:25 Moroccan Mincha Minyan on “Is There a Future for Congregation Keter Torah, at 600 Roemer Avenue. 8:00 am– Sephardic Customs?” On Shabbat day Rabbi Lebhar will speak Shacharit followed by breakfast. 9:00 am– Words of Bracha twice - Shabbat morning at 8:30 am in the Moroccan Minyan from Rabbi Yosef Adler (mara d’atra of Rinat Yisrael and Rosh before Shacharit on “Minhagim based on Superstitions; Do We HaYeshiva of TABC) followed by Berachot daf Bet given by Really Need Them?” followed by kiddush, and Shabbat Rabbi Shalom Rosner (Rabbi of Nofei Shemesh in Beit afternoon following the 4:20 pm mincha in the New Main Shul Shemesh and OU daf yomi Maggid shiur) and an Iyun shiur on the topic of “Running a Business According to Halacha on and words of inspiration from Rabbi Hershel Schachter Shabbos: Easy Solutions to Big Problems”. On Saturday night at (RIETS Rosh and OU Kosher ). RSVP for this free 7:30 pm there will be a Melave Malka shiur with Bakashot, “The event at go.alldaf.org/jan5. To learn more about the Daf Glorious Rabbinic Conferences of the Rabbanim of Morocco in Yomi Initiative’s innovative new Daf platform and app, go to the 1940's” at 576 North Forest Drive. Rabbi Lebhar was https://alldaf.org. You can pre-order the app and be ready to educated at prestigious yeshivot in Eretz Yisroel and America start the new cycle! If you have questions, email Rabbi Avi and has learned under some of the most prominent poskim of Heller at [email protected]. the generation, including Tzvi Kushelevsky shlit”a, Rav Ezriel Aurebach shlit”a and, more recently, Rav Shlomo Miller shlit”a. Sunday, January 5th and Sunday February 9th, 9am-5:30pm Rabbi Lebhar is well-known for his popular sefarim on minhagim, -Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training courses will and he writes daily halacha emails which reach thousands be hosted by Refa'enu. The course will teach how to identify, worldwide. understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders, and will offer skills needed to Motzei Shabbat, January 4th, 8pm– Please join the Yachad New provide initial help and support to youths who may be Jersey Gala! It will take place at Congregation Keter Torah, at developing a mental healsubstanceuse problem or 600 Roemer Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666. Guests of Honor are experiencing a crisis (e.g. suicidality, psychosis, overdose, Ken & Mindy Saibel, Keter Shem Tov Award– Jeff & Ilana panic attacks). The sessions will take place at Congregation Gdanski, Women’s Leadership Award– Rachel Cyrulnik, Yachad Shaare Tefillah, 510 Claremont Ave. Parents, educators, Family Award- Moshe & Dena Kinderlehrer. Also, the 1st Annual youth program directors, and anyone who works with or Mendel Balk Yachad Center Awards to high school seniors. RSVP interacts with youths ages 12-18 are encouraged to attend. at https://www.yachad.org/newjersey/gala. Each class is limited to 25 participants, so make sure to sign up ASAP to reserve your spot! Sign up at: http://refaenu.org/ January 5th and Beyond mhfa/.

Tuesday, January 6th and 8th, 9:15am– 12:45pm– The Beit Sunday, January 5th, 8-9am– The next community-wide “Kavana Midrash of Teaneck (BMT) is pleased to invite Bergen Minyan” (60 minute shacharit) will take place at Bnai Yeshurun. County’s men-retirees and those with a flexible schedule– to join us for our first Trimester of our second year. The BMT is a unique Torah experience providing interactive learning in a Beit Midrash setting. BMT is located at Heichal HaTorah, 70 Sterling Place and meets on Monday and Wednesday mornings. This coming week, Seder begins at 9:15am for Chavrusa learning; at 10:00am , Rabbi Ronen Dvash and Rabbi Moshe Genack (Heichal) will give shiurim on Gemaras Brachos and Kiddushin respectively; at 11:00am Prof. Nechama Price (GPATS, Stern) will give a shiur entitled, “Brother vs. Brother– Shimon and Levi” (Monday), and “Fight for Leadership– Yehudah and Yosef” (Wednesday). At 12:00, Rabbi Hayyim Angel (Yeshiva University) will give a shiur on Sefer Yishayahu. Source sheets are provided and can be obtained in advance by contacting [email protected].

happenings around town

Tuesday, January 7th, 7:30pm– Refa’enu’s peer-led mood disorder support groups will meet in the Ben Porat Yosef Building at E. 243 Sunday, January 12th, 7:30pm– The Northern New Jersey Frisch Ct. in Paramus, NJ. Doors open at 7:10pm. Please make an Holocaust Memorial & Education Center invites you to hear the effort to be on time (by 7:30pm) so as not to disrupt the flow of the Honorable Jason Greenblatt, former assistant to the President groups. Groups meet regularly on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every and the White House Special Envoy to the Middle East. He will month, with some exceptions, as noted on the website. Groups are be discussing “Insights into Middle East Diplomacy & the Rise of divided between a group for those with a disorder (depression, Antisemitism though the Eyes of a Son of Survivors.” This event bipolar) as well as a group for their loved ones. Please check website benefits the capital campaign of the Northern New Jersey to confirm meetings: http://www.refaenu.org. No reservations are Holocaust Memorial & Education Center’s Centerpiece Sculpture required. For more information, contact: [email protected]. Project. It will take place at Congregation Keter Torah, at 600 Roemer Avenue in Teaneck. The suggested donation is $36. For Tuesday, January 7th, 8:15pm- Congregation Bnai Yeshurun’s Adult more information or to donate, go to Education Committee presents Rav Soloveitchik Aggadeta Chavura. www.nnjholocaustmemorial.org. Aggadeta Shiurim as delivered byמסכת ברכות Original Audio Files of *Save The Date—Bret Stephens in West Orange* זצ"ל. the esteemed Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik The Chavurah (group setting), facilitated by Rabbi Tuly Polak, will Sunday, February Feb. 23rd, 7pm-Congregation AABJ&D in West gather on a monthly basis to listen to the Aggadeta Shiurim in Orange, 700 Pleasant Valley Way, NJ will host an evening with Yiddish and discuss the concepts presented by the Rav. It is Pulitzer Prize winner Bret Stephens. recommended that participants have some basic Yiddish skills to His topic: "On the U.S. and Israel: Reflections and Predictions." appreciate the shiur. The first gathering will take place in the CBY The evening is made possible by the Ira and Doris Kukin Adult ברכות 02 "מאי שנא ראשונים, “ Classrooms. That session will focus on originally delivered in 1955. Gemara texts will be available. Walk-ins Education Fund. For additional sponsorship opportunities please welcome, however to reserve a “seat at the table” please contact Sol contact: [email protected] Rosenberg at [email protected] or David Chesir at [email protected]. Bret joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2017. His column appears Thursday and Saturday. He came to Wednesday, January 8th, 8:30pm– Congregation Ahavath Torah The Times after a long career with The Wall Street Journal, presents Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn, with opening remarks by Rabbi where he was deputy editorial page editor and, for 11 years, a Chaim Poupko. “Refining Your Life: Bringing Out The Best Within foreign affairs columnist. Before that, Bret was editor in chief of Yourself.” To become a sponsor, contact https:// The Jerusalem Post. At The Post he oversaw the paper's news, www.yeshivaohrsimcha.org/lecture-sponsor. Suggested donation for editorial and digital operations and its international editions, lecture is $18. and also wrote a weekly column. Bret is the author of "America in Retreat: The New Isolationism Motzei Shabbat, January 11th, 8:00pm- Congregation Bnai Yeshurun and the Coming Global Disorder," released in November 2014. presents a screening of “Only with Joy–The Life & Legacy of Rav Meir He is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, Shapiro” in the CBY Social Hall. Rav Shapiro was a leader, scholar, including two honorary doctorates and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize teacher, politician, sofer, & composer who, as a child, struggled with for commentary. He was raised in Mexico City and holds a B.A. learning disabilities. In his short but blazing career, he deeply from the University of Chicago and an MSc. from the London impacted the yeshiva system, raised the image of Torah & those who School of Economics. study it globally, & was a great connector of Jews of all backgrounds. His inspirational story is told by his former students, historians & March 2020– High school students are welcome to join Team Rabbis, in interviews recorded as many as 25 years ago. Experience OneFamily run in the Jerusalem Marathon. For more how he changed the face of observant Judaism today. information, please email [email protected]. Teen minyan leaders are welcome to reach out for launch party ideas/ Sunday, January 12th, 6pm– Please join the Jewish Center of curriculum and training sessions. Teaneck for our community wide MLK Jr. event. Topic will be “After Jersey City: Pursuing Communal Harmony in a Polarized Age.” A conversation featuring Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin, former Mayor Kevie Feit and former Town Manager William Broughton, moderated by Rabbi Daniel Fridman. Participating shuls include: Arzei Darom, Congregation Beth Aaron, Congregation Bnei Yeshurun, Congregation Shaare Tefillah, Jewish Center of Teaneck, Keter Torah, Netivot Shalom, Ohr Saadya, Rinat Yisrael, Young Israel of Teaneck and Zichron Mordechai. Please enter on Sterling at ramp entrance. Please contact [email protected] for any questions.