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The Bayit BULLETIN ה׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ ׳ א׳ד׳ט׳ט׳ת׳ד׳ת׳ ׳ ׳ ד׳ר׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale The Bayit BULLETIN June 5 - 12, 2015 18 - 25 Sivan 5775 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit Mazal Tov To: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Luba & David Teten on the birth of a son. To big sisters Leona, Peri and Sigal. Bronx, NY 10463 Rabbinic Intern Daniel Silverstein on being included in the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 most www.thebayit.org influential young Jewish Leaders for the year 2015. E-mail: [email protected] This Shabbat @ The Bayit Phone: 718-796-4730 Fax: 718-884-3206 LAST TENT CONNECTIONS AT ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: More info on page 4. R’ Avi Weiss: [email protected]/ x102 KIDDUSH THIS SHABBAT IS SPONSORED BY THE TETEN FAMILY: In honor of R’ Sara Hurwitz: [email protected]/ x107 our new baby boy (Brit on Tuesday morning); Luba’s upcoming June birthday; and the great R’ Steven Exler: [email protected]/ x108 community helping us out with our new addition, especially Aimee & Jonathan Baron; Kathy R’ Ari Hart: [email protected]/ x124 Goldstein & Ahron Rosenfeld; Debra Kobrin & Daniel Levy; Shoshana Bulow; Elana & Bradley Saenger and Frederique & Andy Small. Kiddush SEUDA SHLISHIT: Join us after Mincha for Seuda Shlishit in the Social Hall. Sponsored by the Teten family. The Summer Celebration Kiddush This Sunday, June 7th @ The Bayit will be 6/20/2015. KAVVANAH TEFILLAH | 9:00am: An hour of slower tefillah with Rav Steven To sponsor visit www.thebayit.org/celebration including meditation & song. Light breakfast follows. Halakhic Shacharit requirements To sponsor a future Kiddush, please contact met. Located in Room 3-1. Seth Aronson - [email protected]. HIR GREEN TEAM MEETING | 11:00am: Please join us to build on the spirit This Week of our Green Shabbat! We will share ways to enhance recycling and composting, and cut down on waste where you live. Room 3-4. All are welcome! Parshat Beha’alotcha Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm 41st Annual Journal Dinner Candle Lighting: 8:06pm Please join us this Sunday, June 7, at 5:00pm at HIR Shalom Bayit: 7:00am This year’s honorees: Toby & Rav Avi Weiss for over 40 years of Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am service to the HIR and the larger community. Learning Service: 9:30am (Rm 3-7) Thank you to the hundreds of people who already made reservations for the Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:09am dinner. The response to the dinner this year has been very positive and we expect an exceptionally large crowd. In order to include all those who wish to Listening Room: 6:35pm (LL BM) join us and honor Toby & Rav Avi, anyone who has not yet reserved is still encouraged to join us. Parsha Shiur: 7:05pm For last minute online reservations please visit www.thebayit.org/journal Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 7:50pm There will be a room set up with a live feed of the program for those who are Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 9:09pm not able to be seated in the Main Sanctuary. Weekday Times To share a personal story about Rav Avi and Toby to be included in a tribute Shacharit: book visit www.thebayit.org/tribute. Sun: 8:30, 9:00am (Kavvanah) This Thursday, June 11th @ The Bayit Mon/Thur: 6:40, 8:15am END-OF-THE-YEAR GOLDEN AGE CELEBRATION | 1:00pm: Join us for an End of Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:15am the Year Party from 1:00pm-2:00pm and an Adult Bat Mitzvah Celebration from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Mincha/Maariv: For questions please call Rav Steven at 718-796-4730 x108. Cost: $5 (pay at the door). To RSVP, call Yael at 718-796-4730 x116. Sun at the dinner: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30pm Mon-Thur: 8:15pm END-OF-THE-YEAR KULANU CHAVERIM PROGRAM | 6:30pm: Join your friends for the last meeting of the year. The program will include a fun activity, cotton candy, popcorn, Next Week pizza, and snow cones. To RSVP, call Yael at 718-796-4730 x116. Parshat Shlach Next Shabbat @ The Bayit Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:10pm CARLEBACH TEFILLAH | 9:00am: Join us for raucous davening, singing & dancing with Noah Candle Lighting: 8:10pm Solomon in the Lower Level Beit Midrash. Kiddush to follow. Questions? Email [email protected]. Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Click here to read “36 Under 36” article about Rabbinic Intern Daniel Silverstein. Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 7:55pm Click here to read (in Hebrew) “Rabbanit, Hardcore” article about Rabbinic Intern Dr. Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 9:13pm Anat Sharbat. THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN: Promote your business to Bayit Bulletin readers in the first bulletin of Joe Hoch z"l Memorial Daf Yomi Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets every month. Contact the office at 718-796-4730 or 7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri. and Shabbat after Mincha in Room 3-7. [email protected] for more information. Open and accessible to all. You are invited to join at any time! Shabbat 8:05am - Midrash Hashavua with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary). 6:35pm - Listening Room with Myra Estelle (LL BM) 7:05pm - Parsha Shiur with Rav Steven - ”חצדב - After Mincha - Mila baParasha at Beth Aharon: “Hatsir Bnei Yisrael miss the "hatsir" - in modern Hebrew hay - that they ate in Egypt. Really?! Humans eating hay?! Basic (and love of) Hebrew is sufficient. Monday 7:30pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan with Sara Kinberg* (at the Atria) 7:30pm - Book of Jeremiah with Rav Avi (on hiatus until further notice) Tuesday 10:00am - Book of Exodus with Rav Avi (on hiatus until further notice) 10:00am - Modern Jewish Question with Rav Ari (Lobby) 7:30pm - Foundations of Judaism: Jewish History I1 with Rav Ari (Room 3-7) Wednesday 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan with Sara Kinberg* (Lobby) Thursday 10:00am - Book of Shmuel with Rav Steven (LL BM) 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study with Sara Kinberg* (Lobby) Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher. Do you know someone who needs any of the following? Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? We can help move life along Meals For Ill Members: Jackie Binstock - 718-543-9135, [email protected]. Shiva: Beth Braunstein, [email protected] Bikur Cholim: Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected] Rethinking Moving Since 1996 We have many ways to become meaningfully involved. Please pick up a flyer, consider becoming a Bikur Cholim Volunteer. Meals for New Parents: L E B A N O N V E T E R A N S Becca Linden: 434-962-7899, [email protected] GATHERING | SUNDAY, JUNE 14: Join the Riverdale Lebanon Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] Veterans Community for the 4th Bayit Band: Rav Ari Hart, [email protected] Annual Lebanon war Veterans and friends Gathering. The Lebanon Wars Green Committee: Alisa Eilenberg and Ann Rauch were a prolonged era in Israel's history [email protected] that presented soldiers with complex and challenging realities. Each year we gather for a meaningful afternoon to honor the fallen and hear the veterans. This gathering is for all those whose lives have Rav Avi’s Memoir of the Soviet Jewry Movement: been touched by the IDF experience in Lebanon - veterans, families, Open up the Iron Door has recently been released by and friends. The 4th LVG will take place on Sunday, June 14th, Toby Press. 4:30pm @ the Bayit. Order your copy on Amazon.com today! Lebanon veterans, families and friends, are all invited to join us in this time of togetherness. HIR GIFT CARDS - Support our Bayit by purchasing Gift Cards - Buy it for the Bayit! For more information on volunteering or to place an order, email [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at 718-549-5280. NOTE: Purchases do not cost you anything extra. THE BAYIT BULLETIN Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Please register your child and become a youth member today! FRIDAY NIGHT SHABBAT, JUNE 20TH: YOUTH SHABBAT GROUPS Please join us for this annual highlight, as we celebrate our community youth with Shayna & Raphi and the year of growth and learning that they have accomplished! Groups begin 15 minutes after Mincha Groups will be entering the main sanctuary to lead tefillah begins and last for 1 Tot Shabbat Torah Parade in main sanctuary hour. Teens will be leading prayers WHAT DO YOU WANT? The Youth Department would like to hear from you. What kinds of programs are you and your children looking for? What programs do your children enjoy and want to experience more frequently? We are currently assessing our educational and programmatic offering and would love your feedback. TEENS & PRE-TEENS BECOME A SUMMER YOUTH Please contact Menachem at [email protected] to share your thoughts. GROUPS LEADER The Youth Department Wants YOU! POTS Teens Chesed Opportunity Join your friends and become a part of Attention Riverdale Teens… Volunteers needed at a local our team of summer teen leaders. Welcoming applicants now. community dining room one Sunday a month. We leave from HIR For more information contact at 11:45am and return at approximately 4:15pm. Contact Menachem Menchel at [email protected]! Samantha Verrone: [email protected] to sign up. Upcoming date is: 6/21 SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2014-2015 Snacks Sponsorship New Options: Help us reach our goal of having sponsorship every single Shabbat of the year.
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