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ה י ב ר ו א י נ ס ט י ט ו ת ד ׳ ר י ב ר ד ל ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale THE BAYIT BULLETIN February 8, 2013 Weekly Edition 29 Shevat, 5773 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Wishing Mazal Tov to: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Karen & Keivan Kahen on the birth of a son. To big brother Noam. Bronx, NY 10463 Wishing Condolences to: www.thebayit.org Lanie Bergman on the passing of her mother Doris Bergman. Shiva will be observed through Mon. morning, E-mail: [email protected] Feb. 11 at 185 Cow Neck Road, Port Washington, NY. Phone: 718-796-4730 Shanen Bloom Werber and family on the passing of her mother, Evelyn Bloom, of Pittsburgh. Burial was in Israel. Shloshim will be observed on 7 Adar, Feb. 17, in Pittsburgh. Fax: 718-884-3206 R’ Avi Weiss: [email protected]/ x102 Welcome to New Members: R’ Sara Hurwitz: [email protected]/ x107 Karen & Keivan Kahen. R’ Steven Exler: [email protected]/ x108 This Shabbat @ The Bayit R’ Ari Hart: [email protected]/ x124 JYEP FAMILY DINNER: Welcome to JYEP family and friends joining us for services and dinner at the Bayit tonight. Kiddush There will be no Kiddush this Shabbat. CARLEBACH TEFILLAH: Will meet this Shabbat at 9:00am in the Lower Level Beit Midrash. To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact Join us for a healthy kiddush afterward (with hot chulent!). Noah Solomon, chazzan, and Rabbi Arielle Berger - [email protected]. Yehoshua Engelman, guest rebbe - Everybody is welcome! DRASHA with Rabbinic Intern Dan Millner: “The Eved Ivri: Service Through Choice” This Week Shabbat Mevarchim BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Rav Yehoshua Engelman Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim Experience sweet Torah this Shabbat afternoon. Rav Yehoshua has taught widely around Israel in many yeshivot and spiritual settings. Shabbat Shekalim • Candle Lighting: 5:03pm BETWEEN MINCHA & MAARIV - Listening Room (Lower Level Beit Midrash) • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:05pm MELAVA MALKA AND CONCERT with Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman - Sat. night, 6:30pm • Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 6:50am (LL BM) Rabbi Engelman, a musician, Torah teacher and psychotherapist, will be playing songs of love from his four albums and also previously unrecorded music. His sensitive and moving compositions ornament • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am words from Tanach, tefillah and modern Israeli poets. They are loved and sung in many places in Israel. • Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM) This is a rare opportunity to hear him in New York. Suggested donation $18. • Carlebach Tefillah: 9:00am (LL BM) • Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:34am • Parsha Shiur: 4:05pm • Mincha: 4:50pm • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:08pm REBUILDING THE BAYIT LIBRARY & PIZZA PARTY PART II - SUN., FEB. 10, 11:00am - 3:00pm With newly installed bookshelves in the Lower Level Beit Midrash, we’re continuing to reshelve many Weekday Times sefarim (Jewish books) that have been in storage. This Sunday, 11:00am-3:00pm (anytime!) • Shacharit: Pizza lunch provided. RSVP to [email protected], or just show up! Sun: 8:30am (Rosh Chodesh Adar) Mon: 6:30, 8:15am Riverdale Hatzalah Free CPR Class @ The Bayit (Rosh Chodesh Adar) Riverdale Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corps will be offering a free American Heart Association CPR course for the community-at-large (regardless of whether you have Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:15am prior CPR or other medical training). This class will cover adult and child CPR skills, the Thurs: 6:40, 8:15am heimlich maneuver and use of a defibrillator. The course will be held on Sun., Feb. 10, at 5:00pm at the Bayit. ***Registration is required and space is limited*** To register, please fill out the form by • Mincha/Maariv all week: 5:10pm going to www.bit.ly/riverdalecpr. For more information, please contact Charlie Wohlberg at Next Week [email protected]. Shabbat Parshat Terumah • Candle Lighting: 5:12pm Next Shabbat @ The Bayit LEARNING SERVICE: Six meetings left this year with Rabbi Moshe Edelman. Join us next • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:15pm Shabbat, Feb. 16 for warm and sincere tefillot/davening with study and explanations, with a chance • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am to ask and learn. Gain a fuller understanding of the siddur’s geography, choreography...and theology too. 9:30am - 11:30am in the Lower Level Beit Midrash. All invited. • Mincha: 5:00pm • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:16pm FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: Will take place on Shabbat, Feb. 16. If you would like to make a donation to the Kiddush fund in honor of a birthday, please fill out the form at www.thebayit.org/birthday. BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Rav Steven “What Makes a Sanctuary Holy? Purim Celebrations and Kedushat Beit Knesset” THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Happenings @ the Bayit Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets 7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri. and ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us for this open communal dinner. To Shabbat after Mincha in Room 3-7. Open and accessible to all. Join this group sponsor future tents contact James Lapin at [email protected]. and experience Tractate Shabbat and beyond! THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP - Wed., Feb. 13, 7:00pm: Under the guidance of poet and NEW: Martial Arts classes - see bottom right of this page translator Atara Fobar. Poems will be read in Hebrew with Shabbat English translation and discussion. Following date: 3/6. 8:10am - Midrash Hashavua with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) 4:05pm - Parsha Shiur with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) DECORATE THE BAYIT FOR PURIM: Help get our Bayit into the After Mincha - Shiur with Rav Yehoshua Engelman (Main Sanctuary) Purim spirit - under the sea! Join the decorating: Thurs., Feb. 21, Monday 3:00pm-6:00pm and Fri., Feb. 22, from 9:00am-12:00pm. Email Kathy Goldstein at [email protected] with questions. No artistic skills 6:30pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level I (Lobby)* required! 7:15pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level II (Lobby)* 7:30pm - The Fall of The Commonwealth - Book of Kings with Rav Avi SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: On Fri. night, Mar. 1 help a (on hiatus until March) neighbor turn Fri. night into Shabbat, and bring them to the Bayit 8:00pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* for a delicious dinner and Shabbat experience. $15 per person, 8:00pm - Advanced Talmud with Rabbi Jeff Fox $45 for families. To sign up please go to www.thebayit.org/saa. (at David Mann’s home. Email [email protected] to attend) MODELING HEALTHY BODIES FOR OUR CHILDREN - Tuesday FOR MOMS: Join Aviva Braun L.C.S.W, and Leora Moved to 10:00am - Guest Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Dan Millner (Lobby) Blumenthal M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian for a lively Wednesday discussion for mothers focusing on your role as a parent in creating a healthy home environment and enjoyable meal 7:00pm - Contemporary Israeli Poetry with Atara Fobar (Room 3-6) time. Get meal and snack ideas (especially for picky eaters) and discuss eating 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* and behavior strategies and healthy body image. Sat. night, Mar. 2. Thursday 10:00am - Book of Shoftim with Rav Steven (LL BM) 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study with Sara Kinberg (Room 3-3)* Friday ISRAEL ACTION EVENT - SAVE THE DATE!!! On Mar. 3, Sun. at 7:30pm at 7:20am - Talmud Moed Katan with Rav Steven (Lobby) the Bayit there will be a forum and discussion on Israel and Jerusalem. The forum will include a presentation by Chaim Silberstein, of KeepJerusalem.org * Hebrew classes are taught by our experienced teacher Sara Kinberg. For more and other panelists. Additional details to follow. $10 suggested donation. Please info. and guidance on placement, please contact Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment email [email protected] with questions. made directly to the teacher. "ONE GENERATION TELLS ANOTHER" - A MORNING OF STORYTELLING: Join us on Sun., Mar. 10, for an exciting morning SEFARIM FUND of stories with world renowned storyteller Peninnah Schram and our own Rav Avi. Co-sponsored by PJ Library. Geared to ages 4 and up. Thank you to this month’s donors: $6/individual, $10/family. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear stories told • Rose Feigenbaum and family in by these two greats! memory of our friend Goldie Guttman THANK YOU: We would like to express our gratitude and thanks to Rav Steven, who lives in our hearts forever. Rabba Sara and the entire HIR community for their generous and loving support • Harriet Hendler in memory of my parents following the passing of Helen Schaum. Sylvia & Max Hendler and my aunt Irene Pfeferblum. BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN: Promote your business to Bayit Bulletin readers. Bulletins are emailed to almost 1,200 people, posted to To make a donation, pick up a flyer in the our Facebook Page and 300 paper copies are distributed in shul each week. lobby, visit our website www.thebayit.org/sefarim, E-mail [email protected] for an insertion order form. Ads are printed 1x/first or call the office. bulletin of every month. Attention Riverdale Teens! Volunteers needed at the POTS Soup Kitchen one Sunday a month. We leave from HIR at 11:45am and return at about 4:15pm. (The commitment is 12:00pm-4:00pm). The next date is: Feb. 10, March 3, April 14, May 12 and June 16. More to be scheduled. If interested, please contact Samantha Verrone at [email protected] or RESERVE THE BAYIT FOR YOUR SIMCHA: HIR is using a written contract for the rental of its facilities. If you would like to rent space in the shul, or if you believe that you have reserved the Bayit for Sensei Michael Fendrich &White Tiger Jewish Martial Arts your simcha but have not been contacted regarding present: Martial Arts & Meditation.