ה׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ ׳ א׳ד׳ט׳ט׳ת׳ד׳ת׳ ׳ ׳ ד׳ר׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale The Bayit Bulletin July 6, 2012 Summer Edition 17 Tammuz, 5772 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Wishing Mazal Tov to: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Rebecca Jaffe & Moishe Jenkelowitz on the birth of a boy. To big sister Sophie. To grandparents Mady & Hillel Jaffe and Esther Jenkelowitz. Shalom Zachar this Friday night at 9:30pm at the Jaffe’s, 4628 Grosvenor Ave. Brit Bronx, NY 10463 Milah on Wed. July 11 at Merkaz Hasimcha, 1898 Bay Ave (bet. E 18th St and Avenue M) Brooklyn, NY 11230. www.thebayit.org Shacarit at 7:00 followed by Brit and Seudat Mitzvah. E-mail: [email protected] Wishing Condolences to: Phone: 718-796-4730 Elliot Schwartz, Susan Sklarin and Donna Aschheim on the passing of their father David Schwartz. Shiva concludes before Shabbat. Fax: 718-884-3206 Rav Avi Weiss: [email protected] Stephanie Nussbaum on the passing of her father Dr. Tsvi Nussbaum. Shiva will conclude Mon. morning at the Nussbaum home, 6 North Cairngorm Rd., New City, NY. Rabba Sara Hurwitz: [email protected] Sylvia Zepnick on the passing of her husband Sol Zepnick. Shiva is at the Zepnick home, 5025 Goodridge Rav Steven Exler: [email protected] Ave. through Wed. Shacharit Sun. 8:30am, Mon-Wed 6:45am. Mincha/Maariv Sun 8:00pm Mon-Tue 8:10pm. Rav Ari Hart: [email protected] Welcome to New Members: Kiddush Rabbi Jeremiah & Miriam Wohlberg. There will be no Kiddush this Shabbat. This Shabbat @ The Bayit To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact GUEST DRASHA with Rabbi Adam Starr, Rabbi of Young Israel of Toco Hills and Arielle Berger - [email protected]. Former Rabbi of the Bayit: ”Seeing Blessings Arise From Life’s Challenges: The Creation of Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen” This Week PARSHA SHIUR with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman – 7:10pm Shabbat Parshat Balak Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV – Shiur with Rav Shmuel Klitsner "Hubris and Humility: The Donkey and The Bird (An Analysis of Bamidbar 22 in Light of Shemot 4)" Candle Lighting: 8:12pm Rav Klitsner was a student of Nechama Leibowitz and is a teacher at Midreshet Lindenbaum. Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 6:50am (LL BM) Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am HIR YOUTH DEPARTMENT - SUMMER GROUPS Shabbat morning groups will continue to be offered throughout the summer. Abby Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM) Finkelstein will be supervising summer groups, which will begin at 9:45am and end at Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:16am 11:30am. Please note that summer groups differ a bit from year-round groups. Parsha Shiur: 7:10pm - Tot Shabbat - RH SH 10:30am - 11:30am - 3 year olds - Room 3-4 - 4-5 year olds - Rooms 3-5/3-6 - 6-8 year olds - Room 3-3 Mincha: 7:55pm Teens will have access to the Teen Lounge from 11:00am - 1:00pm
Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 9:15pm We are still in search of assistance in groups. If you or your child would like to help lead a group this summer, please contact Abby at [email protected] or Menachem at [email protected]. Weekday Times Menachem is away during the summer, but aims to assist when possible. For general youth matters, Shacharit please e-mail Menachem. For urgent matters please contact Rav Steven at [email protected]. Sun: 8:30am (Fast of Tammuz) Mon/Thurs: 6:40, 8:00am FAST OF TAMMUZ - Sunday, July 8 Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Sunday, July 8 is the Fast of Tammuz (deferred from Shabbat, the 17th of Tammuz), Mincha/Maariv when we commemorate the breach of the walls of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the Temple, and the shattering of the Tablets at Har Sinai. Sun: 8:00pm (Fast of Tammuz) Fast Begins: 4:20am Shacharit with Selichot: 8:30am
Mon-Thurs: 8:15pm Bayit Guided Tour of the Met Exhibit with Professor Steven Fine: 11:00am* Mincha/Maariv: 8:00pm Fast Ends: 9:12pm Next Week * NOTE: Met Trip is sold out. To be put on the waiting list, please contact Rav Steven at [email protected]. Shabbat Mevarchim Shabbat Parshat Pinchas SUMMER CLASSES @ THE BAYIT: ! Enjoy a July minimester with our Rabbinic staff. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Monday evenings, 7:00pm – Rav Steven: “Ancient Concepts and Modern Analyses: Tumah, Kedushah, and Candle Lighting: 8:09pm Avodah Zarah” - July 9, 16, 23
Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am Thursday mornings, 10:00am – Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman: “God, Enemies, and Blame in the Book of Eichah” - July 12, 19, 26 For more info.: See page 4 Mincha: 7:55pm Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 9:11pm Next Shabbat @ The Bayit SHABBAT MEVARCHIM TEFILLAH: We’re continuing our spirited tefillah next Shabbat at 9:00am in Lower Level Beit Midrash. Healthy kiddush will follow. Contributions of healthy, unopened, acceptably kosher certified snacks welcome!
BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV – Shiur with Rav Steven “Mar’it Ayin – Can I Buy Kosher Yogurt at Yo-Burger?”
Membership Meeting and Election will take place July 31st at 8:30pm. To see the proposed slate of Officers and Directors go to www.thebayit.org/bulletin. THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Happenings @ the Bayit Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets in Room 3-4. ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: This week’s tent is sponsored by Teddi & 7:30am Sun.-Fri., and Shabbat after Mincha. David Levine in honor of their grandson, Jack. To sponsor future tents contact James Lapin at [email protected]. Shabbat KAVVANAH TEFILLAH - Sunday, July 15: An hour of slower tefillah 8:10am - Parshat Hashavua with Rav Steven 7:10pm - Parsha Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman with Rav Steven including meditation, study and song. Light breakfast follows. Halakhic requirements of Shacharit will be met. Room 3-6. After Mincha - Shiur with Rav Shmuel Klitsner (Main Sanctuary)
After Mincha - Parshat Hashavua with Beth Aharon (2nd Fl. Beit Midrash) DR. ANNA GEIFMAN TERRORISM LECTURE - Sunday, July 15, 7:15pm: Monday Boston University Professor of History Dr. Anna Geifman will speak on 6:30pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level I (Room 3-3)* "Fundamentalist Terrorism Before and After 9/11". Lower Level Beit Midrash. 7:00pm - Ancient Concepts and Modern Analyses with Rabbi Steven (LL BM) 7:15pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level II (Room 3-3)* Do you know someone who needs any of the following? 8:00pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (Room 3-3)* Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? Wednesday Shiva: We are looking for more volunteer support. Please contact 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* [email protected]
Thursday Home or Nursing Home Visits or Telephone Calls: 10:00am - God, Enemies, and Blame in the Book of Eichah with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman (LL BM) Rivka Haut: 718-543-1072, [email protected] 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study with Sara Kinberg (Lobby)* Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected]
* All Hebrew classes are taught by our experienced teacher Sara Kinberg. For more info. on the Meals for New Mothers: Hebrew program and for guidance about placement, please contact Sara at 718-548-2461. Aimee Baron: 718-432-0777, [email protected] Payment made directly to the teacher. Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected]
Young HIR: [email protected] HIR Gift Card Program: Plan for your shopping using gift cards! Cards available for Fairway, Skyview, Corner Cafe, Beyond the Bayit Glatt Shop, Riverdale Kosher Market and many more. ABUSE WORKSHOP IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS: The Y and Partners in Caring E-mail order to [email protected]. To see listings, log on Presents: An evening of education and awareness about Dating and Domestic to www.shopwithscrip.com, create an account, use the HIR non-profit code Violence in the Jewish Community Featuring Project S.A.R.A.H.’s newly created 58L43DE621333, and shop! Buy it for the Bayit!! relationship awareness video. Tues., Jul., 10, 7:00pm at Mt. Sinai Jewish Center, For questions call Shira Gordon - 718-549-4280. 135 Bennett Ave New York, NY 10040 . For more info. contact Avi Moskowitz at 212 -569-6200 X233 or [email protected].
Social Worker @ The Bayit: Questions about an aging loved one, OHRA WELLNESS SUMMER PROGRAM FOR JEWISH WOMEN: Ohra Yoga financial pressures, concerns about children? Contact HIR social worker, School, a registered school with Yoga Alliance, is offering a 200 hour Vinyasa yoga Anna Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals and a sympathetic ear. teaching training program for Jewish women that does not conflict with Shabbat/ There is no fee and all conversations are strictly confidential. Meet with her at HIR holiday schedules. Open to Jewish women of all ages and physical abilities. or in her office at the Beatman Center on 239th street. Anna can be reached at Registration is now open for summer and fall programs. The first training program 718-601-9714 or at [email protected]. (In partnership with UJA and JBFCS) will take place Jul. 23 - Aug. 16 on North Ave., New Rochelle. To register please contact Michelle at 1-888-980-6472 or e-mail [email protected] or go to CAMP CHILD SAFETY: Please watch this camp child safety video to http://ohrawellness.com/maayan-program-for-jewish-women/. help you have appropriate conversations with your children in preparation for camp: http://aleinu.net/AleinuChildSafetyInstitute/SafeCampVideo.aspx
DEDICATION OF A NEW SYNAGOGUE IN NEW ORLEANS - Aug. 24-26 Weekend Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans will be dedicating their new synagogue at the end of August. This weekend coincides with the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and Rabbi Uri Topolosky, a former Bayit Rabbi is extending an invitation to all who would like to be there, especially for the Sunday morning program BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN at 10:00am. For more info. you can visit www.BethIsraelNOLA.com, call 504-454-5080, or e-mail Rav Uri at [email protected]. We will now offer monthly in our Bayit Bulletin, in the 1st issue of the month, an additional advertising page. If you or someone you know would like to advertise with us please fill out a registration form at www.thebayit.org or e-mail [email protected] for more information. THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit - is an open Orthodox Synagogue which serves the entire Jewish community. The Hebrew Institute is a synagogue that warmly embraces all Jews regardless of affiliation, commitment or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit", which is a home - a place of love and welcome. The HIR is known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue, for activism, learning programs, and work on behalf of the elderly, the Support Israel and the Bayit with your honey purchase for Rosh Hashanah!
We will be offering in the weeks leading to Rosh Hashanah a limited supply of honey jars in the shul office.
Honey from the Jerusalem Mountains All natural, pure and delicious wildflower honey. B’datz, Parve, 220 gr / 7.73 oz. Lin’s Bee Farm, K’far Bilu.
Cost: $6.50 per Jar.
Supply is limited. First come first serve basis. Honey can be purchased online at www.thebayit.org. Honey will be provided after payment is received.
For more information call the shul office 718-796-4730 or e-mail [email protected].
We wish you and Kol Beit Yisrael Shana Tova Umetuka Kidvash!
“A Good New Year and Sweet as Honey!”
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit * 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 E-mail: [email protected] * www.thebayit.org * Ph: 718-796-4730 * Fax: 718-884-3206 Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman Rabbi Steven Exler
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit
“God, Enemies, and Blame “Ancient Concepts and Modern in the Book of Eichah” Analyses: Tumah, Kedushah,
and Avodah Zarah”
Thursdays @ 10:00am Mondays @ 7:00pm JULY 12, 19, 26 JULY 9, 16, 23
Week 1: Tumah (impurity): Explore the challenging and painful Mary Douglas' "Purity and Danger" themes of Sefer Eichah Week 2: Kedushah (holiness): as we journey through Rudolf Otto's "The Idea of the Holy" these 3 Weeks of national mourning. Week 3: Avodah Zarah: Moshe Halbertal and Avishai Margalit's "Idolatry"
Important safety note: For safety reasons, we ask that no one attempt to access the main building property via the back of the Johnson Ave property. The gate between the two properties has been locked. This locked gate was incorrectly seen by some members as an attempt to promote the Summer Olympics by creating a Hurdles or Pole Vault course. Just to clarify - sometimes a locked gate is just a locked gate.
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit * 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY * Ph: 718-796-4730 * Email: [email protected] * www.thebayit.org