Program Schedule Fall 2018/5779
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Program Schedule Fall 2018/5779 2 CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES 2 CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES 3 & 16 RABBI’S MESSAGE 3 & 16 RABBI’S MESSAGE 4 HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE 4 HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE 5-6 SUKKOT & SIMCHAT TORAH EVENTS 5-6 SUKKOT & SIMCHAT TORAH EVENTS 7 SELICHOT AND HIGH HOLIDAYS 7 SELICHOT AND HIGH HOLIDAYS 8-9 REB SHLOMO’S 8-9 REB SHLOMO’S 24TH YAHRZEIT WEEKEND 24TH YAHRZEIT WEEKEND 10-11 YOM TOV AND 10-11 YOM TOV AND FRIDAY NIGHT DINNERS FRIDAY NIGHT DINNERS 12-14 ANNUAL DINNER REPORT AND PHOTOS 12-14 ANNUAL DINNER REPORT AND PHOTOS 15 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 15 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 16 KABBALAH DAY 16 KABBALAH DAY 17 SPONSORS AND LIFE CYCLES 17 SPONSORS AND LIFE CYCLES 305 West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 18 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 18 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Phone: (212) 580-2391 Fax: (212) 721-4872 Email: [email protected] 19-20 ADVERTISEMENTS 19-20 ADVERTISEMENTS www.thecarlebachshul.org Shabbat & Holiday YOUTH Candle Lighting Times PROGRAMS DATE PARSHA CANDLES August 3 Eikev 7:50 PM August 10 Re’eh, Rosh Chodesh 7:42 PM Shabbat August 17 Shoftim 7:32 PM Starting in September, August 24 Ki Teitzei 7:22 PM children’s activities held every Saturday from August 31 Ki Tavo 7:11 PM 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM September 7 Nitzavim 6:59 PM September 9 Rosh Hashanah Day 1 6:56 PM Our program includes games, prizes, stories September 10 Rosh Hashanah Day 2 7:56 PM and more - all geared for September 14 Vayeilech, Shabbat Shuvah 6:47 PM children (ages 5-12). Each September 18 Yom Kippur 6:41 PM program leader is picked September 21 Ha’Azinu 6:36 PM by the Carlebach Shul September 23 Sukkot – Day 1 6:32 PM for their professionalism, September 24 Sukkot – Day 2 7:32 PM great personality, and love of children. September 28 Chol HaMoed Sukkot 6:24 PM September 30 Shmini Atzeret 6:20 PM October 1 Simchat Torah 7:20 PM High Holidays October 5 Bereshit, Mevarchim 6:12 PM For ages 5 - 12, our October 12 Noach 6:01 PM program runs from October 19 Lech-Lecha 5:50 PM 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM October 26 Vayera 5:41 PM On Rosh Hashanah, give November 2 Chayei Sara, Mevarchim 5:32 PM your children a meaningful November 9 Toldot 4:24 PM High Holiday experience. November 16 Vayetzei 4:18 PM Please RSVP to the Shul’s November 23 Vayishlach 4:13 PM office. The program is free November 30 Vayeshev 4:11 PM with purchase of an adult High Holiday ticket. December 7 Miketz, Chanukah, Rosh Chodesh 4:10 PM December 14 Vayigash 4:11 PM Please call the Shul at December 21 Vayechi 4:13 PM 212-580-2391 or send an email to [email protected] December 28 Shemot 4:18 PM so that we may include your children 2 - The Carlebach Shul A MESSAGE FROM YOUTH PRESIDENT’S LETTER PROGRAMS RABBI NAFTALI CITRON ✍ The True Purpose of Tefillah How does one pray? Prayer is a strug- are today considered at best irrelevant gle for many people. Some struggle and at worst barbaric? However, this with the repetitive nature of using the perspective of the forerunner to tefillah siddur, the prayer book. Some don’t is the root of a common inability to make quite understand what they’re praying a stronger spiritual connection to G-d. stand this better through the following for or what prayer is truly about. And example. Let’s say a husband and wife, yet most people pray with concrete To better understand the power of the Jacob and Miriam, realize that if one does expectations of their prayers being Temple offerings, let’s first start with a nice thing for the other, the other will answered and are disappointed when the Hebrew word korban. The root of reciprocate in kind. In other words, for ev- they don’t get what they prayed for. this word is karov—to draw close. The ery favor given, one is owed. What’s the goal of bringing a korban was to draw problem with this? Jacob and Miriam will In trying to understand prayer, the first oneself closer to G-d. It is easy to view end up keeping score, constantly thinking thing we must consider is whether the sacrifices as a way to sate G-d’s hunger, about who owes who what, and if they’re word “prayer” is really the best translation but this approach is obviously fraught with getting taken advantage of and not being of the Hebrew word tefillah. Our tradition danger. The assumption that G-d benefits compensated fully for the favors they do. has many words to describe the act of somehow from meat being consumed A better approach would be for Jacob and praying, just as the Eskimos have many on an altar led to many people mistak- Miriam to give each other “wish lists” of words for snow. A few examples are enly thinking that G-d actually needs our things they would like, and to sometimes avodah shebalev (service of the heart), offerings and can therefore be bought do each other favors without expecting techinah (supplication), siach (conver- off, so to speak. People believed they anything in return. This will allow them to sation), and of course tefillah. So what could mask their inadequacies by bringing have a loving and caring relationship that does tefillah mean? The word has two sacrifices, and G-d would simply ignore is not contingent upon reciprocal favors. roots: “pelel” (executing judgment) and their sins. The simplistic understanding “tofel” (to bind, similar to tefillin). It can of the nature of the sacrifices easily led Now we can understand offerings a little also be understood as struggle or judge. down the road of corruption. That is why better. It is a mistake to think that by In other words, prayer isn’t simply about the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, bringing an offering you are doing G-d a making a list of requests to G-d; prayer Hosea, Amos, and Micah all critiqued the favor and He will have to reciprocate. The contains a self-evaluation as well as a sacrificial system when it insulted justice, Talmud (Brachot 32b) discusses the prob- struggle to overcome inner challenges. mercy, and righteousness. The prophets lem of iyun tefillah, which means praying were not criticizing the sacrifices, but with the concrete expectation of having The Talmud in Brachot explores two opin- the way they were being abused. The your prayers answered. Having such ions regarding the Rabbinic institution of Temple itself became part of the problem, expectations is like thinking that G-d owes daily prayer: that it was instituted by our as the security people felt because of you the things you are asking for. This forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Temple and its offerings prevented kind of thinking undermines the sincerity or that it is in place of the morning and them from attempting to fix their ways. of the relationship that tefillah is meant to afternoon offerings that were brought foster. Tefillah, like a korban, needs to be in the Temple. Associating our tefillah How do we avoid this pitfall of the sacri- about compassion and love and supplica- with the daily offerings in the Temple ficial system? By understanding that G-d tion. As the Talmud says, “Do not make might give people misgivings about the doesn’t need our offerings in a physical practice. Why would we want to make a sense. Rather, He is giving us an opportu- connection to animal sacrifices, which nity to connect with Him. We can under- continued on page 16 Fall 2018/5779 - 3 HIGH HOLID AYS SELICHOT NIGHT WITH YEHUDA GREEN ROSH HASHANAH & YOM KIPPUR st 5779 Saturday Night, September 1 (Technically Sunday Morning, September 2nd) at The Carlebach Shul (see page 7 for High Holiday seating information) 12:30 AM at West Side Institutional Synagogue (120 West 76 St.) ROSH HASHANAH 2 ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH Tuesday, September 11th with Morning Services ...................................... 9:00 AM Mincha ...................................................... 7:05 PM RABBI NAFTALI CITRON, YEHUDA GREEN, & MICHAEL MOST YOM KIPPUR EREV ROSH HASHANAH EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 9th Tuesday, September 18th Candle Lighting ........................................ 6:56 PM Mincha/Maariv .......................................... 7:00 PM Mincha .......................................................2:45 PM Followed by High Holiday Dinner (see page 10) Candle Lighting .........................................6:41 PM Kol Nidre ...................................................6:55 PM 1 ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR DAY Monday, September 10th Wednesday, September 19th Morning Services ...................................... 9:00 AM Mincha ...................................................... 6:10 PM Morning Services ...................................... 9:00 AM Followed by Tashlich at 79th Street Boat Basin Yizkor .......................................................12:45 PM Candle Lighting ...................... not before 7:56 PM Mincha ...................................................... 5:00 PM Maariv ....................................................... 8:00 PM Neila ......................................................... 6:25 PM Followed by High Holiday Dinner (see page 10) Fast ends ...................................................7:47 PM 4 - The Carlebach Shul SUKKOT EREV SUKKOT HOSHANA RABBAH/ EREV SHEMINI ATZERET Sunday, September 23rd Candle Lighting ........................................ 6:32 PM Sunday, September 30th Mincha ...................................................... 6:30 PM Morning Services* ................... 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM 1 ST DAY SUKKOT Candle Lighting ........................................ 6:20 PM Mincha ...................................................... 6:25 PM Monday, September 24th *Please see Page 6 for more details Followed by Yom Tov dinner (see page 10) Morning Services ...................................... 9:00 AM Mincha ...................................................... 6:35 PM Candle Lighting ...................... not before 7:32 PM SHEMINI ATZERET Maariv ....................................................... 7:35 PM Monday, October 1st 2 ND DAY SUKKOT Morning Services ...................................... 9:00 AM Tuesday, September 25th Yizkor ...................................................... 11:45 AM Morning Services .....................................