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CONGREGATION BETH AARON ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat Shemini March 29-30, 2019 23 Adar II 5779 SHABBAT TIMES SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 31 Friday, March 29 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:45 p.m. 31 1 2 3 4 5 Earliest Candles: 6:00 p.m. Earliest Tallit 5:42 5:41 5:39 5:37 5:36 5:34 Latest Candles: 6:59 p.m. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:05 p.m. Shacharit 6:30 MS 5:40 SH 5:55 SH 5:55 SH 5:40 SH 5:55 SH 7:15 MS 6:20 BM 6:30 BM 6:30 BM 6:20 BM 6:30 BM Shabbat, March 30 8:00 MS 7:10 BM 7:15 BM 7:15 BM 7:10 BM 7:15 BM Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. 8:45 MS 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM 8:00 BM Nach shiur: 8:20 a.m. Mincha 1:45 BM Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Mincha/ 7:05 MS 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 7:05 BM 5:50 BM Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:52 a.m. Maariv 7:10 MS Mincha Early : 1:45 p.m. Maariv 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM 9:30 BM Seder Surprises: 4:00 p.m., in the Social Hall KEY: MS = Main Shul BM = Beit Midrash SH = Social Hall Daf Yomi: 5:40 p.m. Women’s Learning: 5:40 p.m., on the MAZAL TOV TO Lower Level of the shul, Megillat Esther, ● Helen & Eli Goldberg, on their sons Rabbis Zev, Daniel, and Noah Goldberg having been honored Chapter 1, led by Rivka Herzfeld and with the Emerging Leadership Award at the recent RIETS dinner. Mollie Fisch ● Lynn & Dov Silverberg, on the birth of their granddaughter Leora Chana, born to their children Dina Meir Hirsch’s shiur: 5:50 p.m. & Zvi Silverberg of Teaneck. 5th/6th Grade Boys’ Mishna Group: 6:20 p.m., in the Book Room CONDOLENCES TO Mincha: 6:50 p.m., followed by Rabbi Rothwachs’ shiur, “Mechirat Chametz: ● Lea (Greenspan) Borisken and Chaya Greenspan, on the passing of their beloved father, Peretz What’s the Big Deal? Part 2” Kenneth Greenspan. Shiva has been completed. Maariv: 7:59 p.m. ● Tim Levart, on the passing of his beloved father, Cecil Levart. Shiva will be observed through this Havdalah: 8:08 p.m. Monday morning, April 1, at the Levart home, 293 Merrison Street. Minyanim will be held as follows: Friday: Mincha at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 5: Sunday: Shacharit at 8:00 a.m. and Mincha/Maariv at 7:00 p.m. Earliest Candles: 6:05 p.m. Monday: Shacharit at 6:15 a.m. Latest Candles: 7:06 p.m. Please do not visit between Noon and 1:00 p.m, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., or after 10:00 p.m. ● Shabsi Polinsky, on the passing of his beloved father, Gil Polinsky. Shiva is at 90 Booth Avenue, Englewood, through the 2:00 p.m. Mincha, today, March 29. From Motzaei Shabbat, March 30, through end of shiva on Tuesday morning, April 2, shiva will be at 1005 East 19th Street, Brooklyn. ● Ziva Wagner, on the passing of her beloved father, Bert Schonbach. Shiva will be observed through this afternoon, Friday, March 29, at the Schonbach home, 40 President Street, Staten Island, NY. MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH On Shabbat, The Kiddush following the Hashkama Minyan is sponsored by the Hashkama Minyan Kiddush Society. the shul elevator will operate in Shabbat mode as follows: This week’s Men’s Club Kiddush following the Main Minyan is sponsored by: Friday: Mezonot Sponsors: 5:45-8:30 p.m. ● Cathy & Steve Schuss, in memory of Steve’s father, Harry Schuss, Naftali Herz ben Yitzchok, on the Shabbat: occasion of his 53rd yahrtzeit. 7:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. ● Danielle & Moshe Teitelbaum and family, commemorating the yahrtzeit of Danielle’s father, 1:30-2:30 p.m., 5:40-8:00 p.m. Marty Kirschenbaum, Matisyahu Tzvi ben Shraga Feivel, on the 26 of Adar. Eruv Eruv Is the Up? Call the Hotline If you are celebrating a simcha, commemorating a yahrtzeit, or simply want to say “thank you,” Shabbat before : 201-530-0222 consider sponsoring an upcoming Kiddush following either the Hashkama Minyan or the Main Minyan. To become a sponsor, please go to www.bethaaron.org/kiddush. For questions, please contact Ari Shop Amazon Gononsky at [email protected]. & Support Beth Aaron Go to www.bethaaron.org/amazon The Men’s Club is selling wine for Pesach through FillerUp. The deadline for orders is this Sunday, and click on the Amazon link to start March 31. Orders will be available for pickup at the Singer home, 170 Edgemont Place, beginning your online shopping. Monday, April 8. For an additional donation of $18, the Men’s Club will deliver your order to your home in Teaneck. The profits from this wine sale help the Men’s Club run programming throughout Contact Beth Aaron at the year, including the weekly kiddushim. Please go to www.bethaaron.org/winesale for complete [email protected] ordering instructions. PARNAS HAYOM shul. Her topic will be “The Four Loves of Shir ha-Shirim: Can We Be Friends with God?” The program is open to both men and women. Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a Light refreshments will be served. yahrtzeit, in the zechut of a refuah shelaima, or in honor of a simcha, a birthday or any other occasion. Each week’s dedications Rabbi Baruch Simon, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, will offer a Pre-Pesach are prominently displayed in the shul lobby and sent out to the shiur on Thursday, April 11, at 8:15 p.m. His topic will be “Haggadah membership via email. For more information, or to sign up, please Insights: Torah for the Seder.” To sponsor this program, please go go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom. to www.bethaaron.org/event/SimonPesach2019 or contact Paul Lustiger, [email protected]. This week’s Parnas Hayom sponsor is: ● Tuesday, 26 Adar II: Bernice Greenberg, in honor of Chaviva & On Shabbat ha-Gadol, Friday, April 12, and Shabbat, April 13, the Rabbi Rothwachs Men’s Club is offeringpre- Pesach meals. At the Friday night meal, Chinese food will be served. The price is $15 per adult or teen (ages SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS 14-17), and $7 per child (2-13). For the regular Shabbat lunch, prices are $25 per adult or teen (ages 14-17), and $8 per child (2-13). The Shabbat morning Nach study of Sefer Shmuel will begin this Sponsorships also are available; the sponsorship level determines if Shabbat, March 30. This weekly shiur, which meets in the Main Shul one or two meals are included. To sign up for either or both meals, every Shabbat from 8:20 to 8:40 a.m., provides a wonderful or become a sponsor, go to www.bethaaron.org/shabboshagadol. opportunity for Torah study prior to davening. Feel free to bring your own copy of Sefer Shmuel, although copies will be available for all If you are interested in making a siyum on Erev Pesach, Friday, April attendees. Thank you to those who have dedicated copies of Sefer 19 (or if you already are planning on doing so), please let Rabbi Shmuel: Feige & Abe Leidner, in memory of Helen & Arthur Leidner; Rothwachs know, [email protected]. Evie & Alden Leifer, In loving memory of their parents, Joseph Lipmanowicz a”h, Trudy Leifer a”h, Hy Leifer a”h; and Miriam & Izzy Become a sponsor for Sisterhood’s May 5 Pre-Shavuot cooking Salomon, in memory of their parents, Lea & Tuvia Salomon and demonstration with kosher food personality Victoria Dwek, the Chasha & Moshe Kitajewitz. co-author of many cookbooks, including the “Made Easy” cookbook series, “Everyday Secret Restaurant Recipes,” and “Secret Restaurant The Women’s Shabbat Learning Group has completed the study of Recipes.” To become a sponsor, contact Sisterhood Co-Presidents Sefer Shmuel and will begin Megillat Esther this Shabbat, March 30, Debby Sheffey and Gabrielle Silverberg, [email protected]. at 5:40 p.m., in the shul Social Hall. All women are invited to join this group, which meets one hour and ten minutes before Mincha each The Sisterhood Book Club will next meet on Motzaei Shabbat, May Shabbat. Please bring your own copy of Megillat Esther to the 11, at the Frazer home, 286 Edgemont Terrace, to discuss Two She- session. Bears, by Meir Shalev. The topic for this week’s Shivti seder limud is “Examining the Condolence cards are available from the office for $8 each or $50 for Mitzvah of Rejoicing on Yom Tov, part 2.” Rabbi Sason Gabay will lead 10. Contact Judi at the office,[email protected] , the shiur and the chabura before the shiur. The program is held on 201-836-6210, to order condolence cards. Sunday mornings in the Beit Midrash, beginning at 9:00 a.m. A light breakfast will be served at 8:45 a.m. Each Sunday morning program Sisterhood can arrange for bags of candy for smachot at a cost of $1 typically will be independent from the previous and subsequent per bag. Two weeks’ notice is appreciated. To order the bags, please programs. Thank you to our sponsors Evie & Alden Leifer, in contact Lisa Breen, 201-966-8958.
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