CONGREGATION BETH PARSHAT BALAK DAF HASHAVUAH WEEK OF JULY 5 / TAMMUZ 7

Weekday Services July 6‐10 FRIDAY, JULY 11 AM & PM Services at CBI 7:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Sun, F 8:00 am • M‐Th 6:30 am 8:00 p.m. Shabbat dinner at CBI Sun‐Th: 6:45 pm RSVP by July. 8—$10 per child, $15 per adult, $45 maximum per family 9:00 p.m. Text study with visiting scholar, R. Leibowitz INDEPENDENCE DAY Topic: Can I trust you? , Social Dynamics, and Jewish Unity. Friday, July 4th Shacharit ...... 8:00 am SATURDAY, JULY 12 9:30 a.m. Early Childcare SHABBAT PARSHAT BALAK 11:30 a.m. Text study with visiting scholar, R. Aaron Leibowitz Friday July 4th Topic: – Nations Capitol or City of God? Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ...... 7:00 pm 12:30 p.m. North Berkeley @ the Home of Noah & Hope Alper, 7:00 p.m. study with visiting scholar, R. Aaron Leibowitz 910 Oxford St. Berkeley Topic: Under Your Father’s Shadow – the on Eliezer the Candle Lighting ...... 8:17 pm Great 8:00 p.m. Mincha Saturday, July 5th 8:15 p.m. Seudah Shlishit Morning Service ...... 9:15 am 9:18 p.m. Maariv and @CBI & Haftorah Reader: Glenn Massarano Educational Childcare ...... 11:00 am Sponsored by a grant from the Legacy Heritage Innovation Project Yeladim & Talmidim A: Bloom Shul Club: Jack Cohen Sermon: by Deena Aranoff Beth Israel Classes

Mincha ...... 8:00 pm SUNDAY Seudah Shlishit ...... 8:20 pm Sunday Morning Class Ma’ariv, Havdalah & Shabbat ends after ...... 9:21 pm A class structured to appeal to Talmud students of all levels, from beginners to more experienced. On hiatus. KIDDUSH SPONSORS Sunday, 9:00‐10:00 a.m. Linda Diamond, in memory of my husband, Richard diamond, z"l and in honor of July 4th; MONDAY Nae Golomb, in memory of my father, Joel S. Golomb. Both Nae and Linda Women’s Dance Nights at CBI! Come dance to a blend of world music, in memory of Leslie Ann Provence; jazz, klezmer, hip hop and more. No moves to remember, no cost either. Gladys & Phil Leider Just a chance to let loose and some good exercise in a fun way! Does not meet this Monday, July 7th. Hachnassat Orchim 2nd & 4th Mondays @ 8:00 pm Toby & Ezra Hendon WEDNESDAY Students of Torah, Teachers of Torah Visiting CBI Jewish Writings of Emmanuel Levinas: The Levinas Study Group meets at

8 pm at the Schweig home to discuss various essays of the Jewish SHABBAT SHALEM—SHABBAT PINCHAS philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. No background necessary. The class is A complete Shabbat experience including communal learning and meal, facilitated by our resident scholar, Muni Schweig at his home. activities for children, and joyful Shabbat celebration together Muni Schweig ‐ 1st, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 8:00 p.m.

SCHOLAR‐IN‐RESIDENCE RABBI AARON LEIBOWITZ THURSDAY FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 11 – 12 Mishmar – Learners’ Night: Join a Beit Misrash atmosphere for a weekly During his childhood as the “Rabbi’s Son” in Beth Israel, night of learning at CBI. We will do our best to match you up with a Aaron Leibowitz would have sworn the one thing he chevrutah (study partner) or (a group of learners) for some free would never be was a Rabbi. Today he is not only a wheelin’, meaningful and personal text seeking and learning. Rabbi, but trains and nurtures new as the Thursdays, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. founder and head of “Sulam Yaakov Threshold,” a

leadership training program coupled with a co‐working FRIDAY space and accelerator for entrepreneurship in Jewish Talmudic Wisdom: Join us for a weekly class that explores key sugyot Education. He is currently running an alternative (talmudic units) that discuss major Jewish questions of practice and community based Kashrut initiative which has been featured in Israeli and thought. Class is not meeting on July 4th. international press, and he is the secretary general of the Yerushalmim R. Yonatan Cohen ‐ Fridays, 9:00 a.m. party in city council which he is slated to represent as a Jerusalem City

Councilman in 2016. Rabbi Aaron lives in Nachlaot with his wife, Miriam.

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A Message of Comfort and Solidarity: The CBI Family joins the YCT Donate your car/boat/vehicle to Beth Israel/Midrasha. Full tax write off. community ‐ talmidim, musmakhim, rebbeim, friends and supporters ‐ Beth Israel/Midrasha share proceeds from sale. Contact : 510‐849‐ in learning Shas Mishnayot for the Shloshim of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, 0961 or Midrasha, Diane: 510‐843‐4667. and Naftali Frenkel, z"l July 30 / 3 Av. See the Daf online to sign up.

May the memories of these precious souls be forever a blessing of peace and strength for Am Yisrael. May all people live in Eretz Yisrael in In the Community safety and security. May Hashem bless our Holy Land with a spirit of camaraderie and fellowship among all its inhabitants. Long‐time CBI member Aaron Blumenfeld's newly released CD called Nigunim: 25 Hebrew Songs in Chassidic Style is now available at Shifra Puah: mazal tov to Aliza & Kenny Weiss and big brother Matt on Afikkomen Bookstore in Berkeley. You can hear many tunes at aarons‐ the birth of a baby girl Devorah Nechama (Alexandra Deborah). A world.com. great way to support the family is to provide meals during the next few weeks. To sign up for a meal use the following calendar link: http:// mealmein.com/helpout/tij12 We have arranged special menus with Oakland Kosher, Amba and Grand Bakery to help make providing a meal even easier. For menus and directions for ordering click (or copy and paste this link into your internet browser): http://bit.ly/UNN0g0, If you need help with sign up, please contact Frayda Gonshor Cohen at [email protected]. Thank you and Tizku L'mitzvot!

Memorial Service for Sara Levi: Please join the family of Sara Levi on Monday, July 7 at 11:00 am at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park in Berkeley. RSVP to [email protected] 510/725‐8860. Long‐term member Sara Levi was a survivor from the island of Rhodes, who passed away this past March. She would have turned 100 this July. See some her history here: http://nevadahumanities.org/blog/sara‐levi

Students of Torah, Teachers of Torah Visiting CBI

Tuesday, July 22d at 7:00 PM Kabbalistic Insights on Death and Dying w/ R. Naftali Citron, of the Carlebach Shul, NYC Rabbi Citron has been a popular teacher of Jewish mysticism in the U.S. and abroad for the last 20 years. He is the founder of the Day of and the spiritual leader of a congregation at the forefront of loving spiritual practice in a non‐ judgmental atmosphere. He grew up in Berkeley.

Towards the end of July, we will also welcome Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth, Executive Director of Beit Hillel and the Rav of Ohel Ari (Minyan Chadash) Congregation in Ra'annana. Beit Hillel was recently founded in Israel as a Modern Orthodox Attentive Leadership forum for rabbis, rabbaniyot (women scholars and leaders) and other scholarly or community leaders. R. Neuwirth served as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for a hi‐tech company and is a former captain in the Israeli Navy Special Forces. He also served as Director of the Overseas Department of Tzohar Rabbinical organization and as the Rabbi of Bnei Akiva of North America. This unique experience gave him the chance to work closely and educate Modern Orthodox youth in North America. Rabbi Neuwirth, a firm adherent of the Torah v'Avodah philosophy, holds a Semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and received a B.A. in Mathematics and computer science from the Bar Ilan University in Israel. Rabbi Neuwirth will be here on a family trip with his four children

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