CONGREGATION BETH AARON SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS Parshat January 24-25, 2014 24 Shevat 5774

SHABBAT TIMES SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26 Friday, January 24: Sun* Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Latest Candles: 4:45 p.m. Loca on 26 27 28 29 30 31 Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:50 p.m. Earliest Tallit 6:12 6:11 6:10 6:10 6:09 6:08 Shabbat, January 25: Shacharit Social Hall 6:30* 6:00 5:59 5:59 5:58 5:57 Hashkama Minyan: 7:30 a.m. Beit Midrash 7:15* 6:20 6:30 6:30 6:20 6:10 Richie Schiff miller’s shiur on Beit Midrash 8:00* 7:10 7:15 7:15 7:10 7:05 Melechet Me’ammer follows Beit Midrash 8:45* 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 Hashkama Minyan Mincha Beit Midrash 1:00 Tefi llah Shiur: 8:20 a.m. Main Minyan: 8:45 a.m. Mincha/Maariv Beit Midrash 4:50* 4:50 4:50 4:50 4:50 5:00 Youth Minyan: 9:15 a.m. Maariv Beit Midrash 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:41 a.m. 9:30 9:30 9:30 9:30 9:30 Early Mincha: 1:45 p.m. Daf Yomi: 3:30 p.m. *On Sunday, all minyanim will be held in the Main Shul, except the 1:00 p.m. Mincha minyan and Women’s Learning: 3:30 p.m., at the the 8:00 and 9:30 p.m. Maariv minyanim, which will be in the Beit Midrash. home of Bernice Greenberg, 291 Schley Place, Pirke Avot Mincha: 4:30 p.m., followed by a shiur The Kiddush following the Main Minyan is sponsored by the Mayerfeld and Braun families, by Rabbi Yechiel Weberman in honor of Noam Mayerfeld’s Bar Mitzvah, and by Maariv: 5:45 p.m. L’via & Charlie Weisinger, in honor of their son Akiva’s marriage to Shoshanah Sieger of Los Angeles. Havdalah: 5:54 p.m. Parent-Child Learning: 6:35 p.m. MAZAL TOV TO Latest Candles on Friday, January 31: 4:54 p.m. Razel & Yosef Adler, on the birth of their granddaughter Elisheva, born to their children E & Gavriel Fagin. Louise Jacobovitz, on her engagement to Ouri Cohen of Montreal. Mazal Tov also to Louise’s parents, Marcia & Isio Jacobovitz, and to Ouri’s parents, Elie & Ziva Cohen. Noam Mayerfeld, on his Bar Mitzvah. Mazal Tov also to Noam’s parents, Adeena & Yair Mayerfeld; to his sister Hadassah; to grandparents Zelda & Mar n Braun and Elayne & Mar n Mayerfeld; and to all the family and friends who have joined them this Shabbat for the simcha. JANUARY CALENDAR Akiva & Shoshanah Weisinger, on their marriage. Mazal Tov also to Akiva’s parents, L’via & Charlie Weisinger; to Shoshanah’s parents, Jennifer & Ronnie Sieger; to grandparents Miriam & Sam THIS WEEK’S PARSHA QUESTIONS Weisinger and Jeane e & Phil Sieradski; to extended family joining them for Shabbat Sheva Brachot; and to Beth Aaron members Esther & Na ali Olivestone, who are cousins of the kallah. On Shabbat, the shul elevator will operate in Shabbat mode as follows: Friday: 4:45-5:45 p.m.; CONDOLENCES TO Saturday: 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4:15-6:00 p.m. Rebecca Gilbert, on the passing of her father, Alexander Wolf. Shiva will be observed through Saturday night at Rebecca’s home, 843 Queen Anne Road. From Sunday through the conclusion of shiva on Is the Eruv Up? Call the Eruv Hotline Monday morning, January 27, she will sit shiva at the Wolf home, 137-11 76 Avenue, Flushing NY before Shabbat: 201-530-0222 11367. Kovie Wagner, on the passing of his father, Marvin Wagner. Shiva, which concludes Friday a ernoon, January 24, is being observed at the Wagner home, 278 Frances Street. Having a simcha? Email offi [email protected] WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS by noon Wednesday for inclusion in the announcements. Adrienne Cukor, who lives on Grayson Place. Chaya & Paul Weinrib and their children, who live on Johnson Avenue. Shop Amazon & Support Beth Aaron Go to www.bethaaron.org/amazon and click on the Amazon link to start your online shopping. SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS BETH AARON ANNUAL DINNER Sunday, February 23 The Women’s Rosh Chodesh Shiur for Adar I will be given by Nechama (Friedman) Price this Tuesday, January 28, at 8:00 p.m. By now, you should have received at the home of Cathy Schuss, 110 Cherry Lane. Her topic will be an invita on to this year’s shul “Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Aharon’s Involvement in Chet dinner honoring Roz & Ira ha-Egel.” Shiurim are held on a Tuesday evening near Rosh Chodesh Friedman and Barbara & Kal and begin with tehillim for the cholim of the community. We hope Feinberg. you will join us. For further informa on, or to host a future shiur, please contact Fern Amper, [email protected]; Esther Chaitovsky, If you have not yet received an [email protected]; or Tzippy Staum, [email protected]. invita on or if you have any ques ons, please contact Valerie The annual Men’s Club Cholent Challenge will take place next Friday, Kahn or Nechama Pudell, January 31, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. The cholent with the most votes [email protected]. will win a $100 Gi Card to Chef Central. Sign up to make a cholent - there are only 3 spaces le . Cooking will be on Thursday night, Read about our honorees, make a reserva on, and place an ad at January 30. Rules and signup are online at www.bethaaron.org/ www.bethaaron.org/dinner. event/cholent-challenge.html. To become a Kugel Sponsor for only $50, contact [email protected].

Back by popular demand, the Men’s Club is pleased to welcome PARNAS HAYOM back Bob Klapisch, baseball columnist for The Record, on Sunday, February 2, at 9:30 a.m., in the Social Hall. Bob will preview the 2014 Dedicate a day of learning at Beth Aaron on the occasion of a baseball season; discuss the A-Rod suspension, Hall of Fame vote, yahrtzeit, in the zechut of a refuah shelaima, or in honor of a simcha, Robinson Cano, and Masahiro Tanaka; and take ques ons from the a birthday or any other occasion. Each week’s dedica ons are audience on all baseball topics. There is no charge to a end, and a prominently displayed in the shul lobby. For more informa on, or to light breakfast will be served. sign up, go to www.bethaaron.org/parnashayom.

Shifra Shafi er is off ering a four-week series of yoga classes for women only, beginning in February. The classes will meet at 7:00 WEEKLY SHIURIM p.m. on the lower level of the shul on Wednesdays, February 5, February 19, February 26, and March 5. The cost is just $25 • Daf Yomi: For Daf Yomi shiurim and resources in Teaneck, go to for all four classes. All money collected will go directly to the www.teaneckshuls.org/daf/. Rabbi’s Discre onary Fund. Please bring your own mat. For more • Daf Yomi shiur by Rabbi Rothwachs/ Rabbi Daniel Feldman/Rabbi informa on or to RSVP, contact shifra.shafi [email protected]. Mark Staum/Rabbi Daniel Herrmann: Monday-Thursday evenings, at 9:45 p.m. The next Sisterhood Book Club selec on will be Tomorrow There • Rabbi Rothwachs’ Bava Kama shiur: Wednesday evenings at 8:30 Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soff er. The discussion will be held on p.m. • Morning Mishna Chabura: Monday, Thursday: 6:55 a.m.; Tuesday, Saturday night, February 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Debbie Ross, Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.; Friday: 6:50 a.m. 993 Phelps Road. For more informa on, contact Diane Fogel, 201-837-0651, [email protected]. MEN’S CLUB KIDDUSH Save Motzaei Shabbat, February 15, for the return of the Sisterhood Progressive Dinner! Get ready to have fun and spend me with Sponsorships for the weekly Kiddushim are $72 (L’Chaim Sponsor) friends. Details will follow. and $54 (Kiddush Sponsor). If you are celebra ng a simcha, commemora ng a yahrtzeit, or simply want to say “thank you,” We o en accept dona ons of used seforim to our library in the consider sponsoring an upcoming kiddush. Visit the kiddush website Beit Midrash. If you wish to donate such seforim to our library, to sponsor. If you have any ques ons, please contact Ari Gononsky at please contact Mitch First, mfi rsta [email protected], or Joshua Zakheim, [email protected]. [email protected]. Please do not bring any dona ons of seforim to the Beit Midrash without fi rst contac ng Joshua or Join the Hashkama Minyan “Society” by contribu ng $54 and Mitch. If you wish to donate money for the purchase of new seforim helping to sponsor a monthly hot kiddush on Shabbat Mevorchim. and have par cular tles in mind, also please contact them. Please help us reach our goal by becoming one of the 50 charter members of this group. To sign up as charter member, please e-mail the Kiddush Commi ee at [email protected].

REFLECTOR BELTS NEED A PASSWORD FOR THE BETH AARON WEBSITE? Safety refl ector belts safeguard you when walking to and from shul and any other night ac vity. Comfortable and lightweight, they are Do you need a password to log-in to BethAaron.org? Just visit adjustable for men, women, and children. bethaaron.org/password and type in your e-mail address for a link to be sent to you. If the email you entered isn’t registered with the The belts are available at no cost to members, but a dona on to website, it won’t recognize you. Contact offi [email protected] with off set costs is appreciated. If you would like one, please stop by the the e-mail address you would like in your profi le so we can update it. shul offi ce or contact Judi, offi [email protected], 201-836-6210. EITAN KATZ LIVE PAYMENTS TO BETH AARON In order to properly post payments made by check to Congrega on On Shabbat Parshat Terumah, Rosh Chodesh Adar I, February 7-8, Beth Aaron, please be sure to include a note on the memo line of all Beth Aaron is excited to welcome Jewish music sensa on Eitan checks that clearly indicates how the funds should be applied (i.e., Katz for a very special weekend. Eitan’s latest album release, membership, building fund, , yahrtzeit dona on, etc.). This Shuvu, is a con nua on of Eitan’s trademark style, in which he will ensure that payments are processed correctly and in a mely has been able to both entertain and spiritually upli the listener. manner. Eitan will be the guest ba’al tefi lah throughout Shabbat, which will include an inspiring and ruach-fi lled davening on Friday night. Payments also can be made online at www.bethaaron.org. Please log There will be a spirited Oneg Shabbat with Eitan at the Rothwachs into your account to ensure that payments are applied appropriately. home at 8:00 p.m. on Friday night, which will include singing and If you do not know your password, click contact the offi ce at divrei and promises to be a very special experience. offi [email protected] to have your password sent to you. Thank you for your coopera on. Eitan and his band will also be performing a concert on motzaei Shabbat at the shul at 8:30 p.m. Admission in advance or at the COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS door will be $15 per person, $25 per person for preferred sea ng. Checks should be made payable to Congrega on Beth Aaron. CareOne needs volunteers for a minyan. On Friday evening, Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 4:45 p.m. On Shabbat, Shacharit will be Please consider one of the following sponsorship opportuni es: at 9:00 a.m, Mincha at 4:45 p.m., and Maariv at 5:49 p.m.  $180 (includes 3 preferred sea ng ckets)  $250 (includes 4 preferred sea ng ckets) For help with Hebrew, please contact Yehiel Levy, 201-357-5495,  $360 (includes 6 preferred sea ng ckets) [email protected]. He will coach any shul member for free.

For more informa on about this event or sponsorship This Sunday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m., at Congrega on Bnai opportuni es, contact Irit Sandler at [email protected]. Yeshurun, 641 West Englewood Avenue, ZOA Na onal President Mort Klein will speak on “Iran Nuclear Deal: Progress or Peril?” For more informa on about Eitan and his music, please go to www.eitankatz.com. This Sunday, January 26, at 8:00 p.m., at Congrega on Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, Professor Jeremy Dauber will speak on “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sholem Aleichem: The Life – and BETH AARON YOUTH A erlife – of the Greatest Modern Jewish Writer.”

Parent-Child Learning will be held this Motzaei Shabbat, January 25, On Motzaei Shabbat, February 1, at 8:00 p.m., Congrega on at 6:35 p.m. Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue, will present “Ancient Parents and children are encouraged to come and learn. Bring your Tradi ons, Modern Challenges,” an evening of exci ng short Israeli own materials to learn or take out a book from our Youth Library. fi lms. The fi lms are The Rabbi’s Daughter (2012, Documentary) There will be ices or ice cream served each week, as well as a raffl e and Veahavta: And Thou Shalt Love (2007, Drama). Moderators are for great prizes. There also will be a door prize for every child who psychotherapist/analyst Yocheved Schacter and Rabbi Yosef Adler. a ends. Children are welcome to sign up to say a d’var Torah. Admission is $5 at the door.

Sponsorships are available star ng at $36 (ice cream party) or $118 On Motzaei Shabbat, February 1, at 8:00 p.m., the Inaugural Lecture (pizza party). To sponsor or to sign up to say a d’var Torah, please in Memory of Mrs. Chaya Newman, a”h, will be held at the Jewish go to h p://goo.gl/8abPB or email [email protected]. Educa onal Center’s Bruriah Campus, 35 North Avenue, Elizabeth. Go to www.bethaaron.org/youth for addi onal dates. Keynote speaker Esther Jungreis will discuss “Turning Nega ves into Posi ves.” There will be a Melave Malka recep on If you would like to host an Oneg for 3rd to 5th grade girls or boys, and Meet & Greet with Rebbetzin Jungreis with a book signing. For contact Erica & Jason David, [email protected]. more informa on, please contact Alumni Rela ons at 908-355-4850, ext. 6214, [email protected]. For more informa on about youth programs, contact Beth Aaron Youth Directors Erica and Jason David, 732-618-9473, On Sunday, February 2, in an cipa on of opening the Friday night/ [email protected]. Yom Tov Mikvah, the Teaneck Mikvah Associa on has invited the Rabbonim of the community to affi x mezuzot in the new building, NCSY located at 87 Sterling Place. The schedule is as follows: Congrega on Ohr Saadya, Rabbi Daniel Feldman, at 9:00 a.m. These Teaneck NCSY programs are open to all high school students: Congrega on Shaarei Tefi la, Rabbi Kenny Schiowitz, at 9:15 a.m. • Wednesday Night Senior Schmooze, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Aliza & Congrega on Arzei Darom, Rabbi Aharon Ciment, at 9:45 a.m. Rael (432 Maitland Avenue) Teaneck Jewish Center, Rabbi Lawrence Zierler, at 10:15 a.m. • Thursday Night La e and Learning, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Lazy Bean Young Israel, Rabbi Pinchas Weinberger, at 10:45 a.m. •NCSY summer programs are open for registra on! You can also Congrega on Beth Aaron, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, at 11:45 a.m. explore the amazing opportuni es at www.ncsysummer.com. Congrega on Ne vot Shalom, Rabbi Na Helfgot, at 12:00 p.m. The public is invited to a end and see the beau ful mikvah the For more informa on on the above events, or if you have ques ons, community has built together. If you are unable to a end on comments, and ideas, please email Rabbi Rael Blumenthal, February 2, but would like to tour the mikvah at another me, please [email protected]. contact [email protected]. (conƟ nued on page 4) Join us on Facebook or email us, [email protected]. Community Announcements (cont.) On Sunday, February 2, the Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon are off ering a special On Monday, February 3, at 8:15 p.m., in Furst Hall (Room 501) Yom Iyun at Yeshiva University’s Scho enstein Center, 560 West at Yeshiva University (Amsterdam Avenue and 185th Street), the 185th Street, . From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Rabbi Student Organiza on of Yeshiva - Jewish Studies Council (SOY- Dr. Jacob J. Schachter will discuss “The Role of the Past in the JSC), Chabad Club of YU, and Chabad of Washington Heights are Present and Future: Na on and Individual.” From 10:30 to 11:30 sponsoring “An Evening Showcasing the Special Rela onship a.m., Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks will speak about “Haman: The Between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Soloveitchik.” Speakers First An -Semite.” The program is open to men and women, and include Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, complimentary parking is available. For more informa on, please Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, and Rabbi Yosef contact [email protected]. Yitzchak Jacobson. There is a $5 suggested dona on; the program is free for those with a valid YU ID. For more informa on, contact The Amud Yomi shiur meets weeknights at 9:30 p.m. at [email protected]. To register for the program, go to Congrega on Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Avenue. For more h p://bit.do/livingthelegacy. informa on, contact Mordechai Ungar, 201-741-3920.

On Sunday, February 9, at 5:15 p.m., at the Marrio Glenpointe On Tuesday mornings from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m., Yeshivat Noam’s Hotel, 100 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, SINAI Schools will hold their Parent Educa on Commi ee off ers “Prophetesses, Queens, and Annual Benefi t Dinner. Among the honorees at this year’s Dinner are Villains: Exploring Women in Tanach,” a weekly shiur taught by Ma’adan Caterers and Beth Aaron members Stuart Kahan and Yossie Aliza Weinberg, 8th Grade Tanach teacher and Tanach Enrichment Markovic. To make reserva ons or a dona on, please visit Coordinator. Dedicated to the memory of Rochi Lerner, z”l, the www.sinaidinner.org/shl or call 201-833-1134, ext. x105. weekly shiur has been generously sponsored by an anonymous donor and is free of charge. It takes place in the Yeshivat Noam The Rinat Chaim Gemach, established by the family of Renee Middle School, 70 West Century Road, Paramus. For more Chaya Levy, a”h, beloved wife of Yehiel Levy, accepts dona ons of informa on, please contact Amy Vogel, [email protected]. medical supplies that can be used by members of our community. They welcome dona ons of all types of medical supplies (e.g., On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Keter Torah presents Torah in the AM: motorized wheel chairs, conven onal wheel chairs, walkers, portable 9:00 to 9:45 A.M. - Chavura on Personali es in Chumash: Sefer commodes, canes, etc.) in good condi on that are no longer being Bereishit; 9:45 to 10:45 A.M. - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s Talmud used. For more informa on, or to donate to the Gemach, please shiur on Masechet Ketubot; 11:00 a.m. to noon (Tuesday only) - contact Yehiel Levy, [email protected], 201-357-5495. Rabbi Shalom Baum’s shiur on Sefer Haggai; 10:45 to 11:40 a.m. (Thursday only) - Rabbi Menachem Meier’s shiur on Sefer Yeshayahu.

COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 6:20 a.m., Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and Mora de-Atra This Sunday, January 26, Yeshiva University invites you to its of Congrega on Ohr HaTorah in Bergenfi eld, presents a Kollel Boker Kollel Yom Rishon, weekly Sunday morning learning for men. The program on Masechet Shabbat at Congrega on Bnai Yeshurun, 641 program, which will be held in Glueck 307 (515 West 185th Street, West Englewood Avenue. For more informa on or to sponsor this at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue), is open to par cipants of all program, contact Jack Feigenbaum, jbf53@a .net; Daniel Saks, ages, backgrounds, and learning levels. Admission is free, and no [email protected]; or Henry Orlinsky, [email protected]. registra on is required. On January 26, Kollel Yom Rishon will feature Rabbi Shmuel Marcus and Rabbi Mordechai Willig. The fi rst shiur On Thursday nights, at the Beis Medrash of Bergenfi eld (BMOB), 371 starts at 9:30 a.m., the second at 10:30 a.m. For more informa on or South Prospect Avenue, Bergenfi eld, Yeshivat Heichal HaTorah is to download mar’ei mekomot, please visit www.kollelyomrishon.org off ering a Chaburah given by Senior Ram Rabbi Pesach Skulnick. A or call 212-960-0041. Hachana Seder will take place from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m., Maariv will be held at 9:15 p.m., and the Chaburah will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. This Sunday, January 26, Yeshiva University invites you to its For ques ons or to receive the mar’ei mekomot in advance, contact Midreshet Yom Rishon, weekly Sunday morning learning for Yehuda Jacoby, [email protected]. women. The program, which will be held at the Shenk Shul in the Scho enstein Center (on West 185th Street, between Audubon and St. Nicholas Avenues), is open to par cipants of all ages, backgrounds, and learning levels. Admission is free, and no registra on is required. On January 26, Midreshet Yom Rishon will feature Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman and Dr. Gillian Steinberg. The fi rst shiur starts at 9:30 a.m., the second at 10:30 a.m. For more informa on or to download mar’ei mekomot, please visit www. midreshetyomrishon.org or call 212-960-0041.

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