בס“ד Congregation Beth and Voliner BIMAH NOTES Our Mission: To be a welcoming, caring and spirited Orthodox congregation that enables and inspires our members, our children and all to deepen their Parshat Metzora—Shabbat HaGadol commitment to live, learn and love , applying it to everyday living in the modern world. www.biav.org Congregation BIAV Biavkc / biavminyan

SHABBAT HAGADOL This Coming Week Shabbat Zmanim: Rockoff will deliver his Shabbat HaGadol sermon Friday Mincha 7:00 PM “Wait No Longer” during Shabbat morning services— Happy ! Candle lighting 7:34 PM 10:45—11:15 AM. Elliana Applebaum Matilda Rosenberg Shacharit 9:00 AM Bernice Krawcheck This month’s Simcha is co-sponsored by: Roy Ben-Aharon Mincha * 6:45 PM Ellen Dimbert Alan & Jackye Goldberg (34th anniversary) Dov Ber Mazer Shabbat ends 8:35 PM & Dara Granoff (Gabbie’s birthday) Orli Megerman Daniel & Anne Green (Daniel & Phineas’ birthdays) Shayna Wajcman Ernesto Zepeda Joseph, Alice, Golda & Orli Megerman (Orli’s birthday) Happy Anniversary! Jason & Eva Sokol (Eva’s birthday) YAHRZEITS Davey & Mindy Wajcman (Davey’s birthday) Alejandro Aptilon & Fremerman April 13—8 Nisan Thank you for your sponsorships and sharing your simchas Mordecai & Elana Simha Max Wurzburger with the BIAV Community. April 14—9 Nisan Yetta Kaplan EXTENDED SHABBAT FORECAST Abe Krashin Kisel Wajcman Our ‘Scholar in the ‘Hood’ series continues this week. April 15—10 Nisan Sherri Jacobs will be speaking about Art Therapy and Mayer Bernstein Mental Health. April 16—11 Nisan In addition, NCSY will lead singing as part of Shabbat Ida Gould Shabang. April 17—12 Nisan Low 35° High 53° Eichenberg MAZEL TOV! Chana Rothstein Perel Rothstein To Mordechai, Elana & Ayelet Simha on the birth of a baby Shlomo Rothstein boy. Zachor will be Friday night at 9:30-10:45 PM. April 18—13 Nisan The will Bezrat Hashem be Sunday morning after Chana bat Israel Shacharit, followed by a seudah in the gym. April 19—14 Nisan Alex Spindler

SELL YOUR ! Rabbi Rockoff will be available in the office:

Monday & Wednesday—April 15 & 17— 8:00—8:30 PM Tuesday & Thursday—April 16 & 18— 9:30 AM—12 noon

Upcoming week: Weekday Minyanim: Sunday, April 14 April 14-19 Shacharit Mincha/Ma’ariv Daf Shavua Chabura after Mincha

Sunday 8:30 AM 7:35 PM Thursday, April 18 Bedikat Chametz after 8:40 PM Monday 6:30 AM 7:35 PM Note: Rabbi’s Wednesday night Tuesday 6:30 AM 7:35 PM Practical Halacha Class and Thursday’s Beit Learning Wednesday 6:30 AM 7:35 PM and Parsha class are on Pesach hiatus. Thursday 6:30 AM 7:35 PM Friday, April 19 Friday *6:15 AM *7:40 PM Office will close—1:00 PM

BIAV COMMUNITY

NEWS NEWS The Jewish Family Services Food Pantry gives families hope and sustenance. With locations in Overland Park, KS Youth Programming and Kansas City, MO, The Pantry is the community’s response to the growing need for food assistance in greater Kansas Babysitting (ages walking through 5): 9:00-12:00 City. Since opening in the Fall of 2012, the struggle against *Shabbat B'Yachad (ages 0-3 and their parents): 11:00-11:15- hunger and food insecurity continues to grow. Since 2012 we Rikki Katz have more than doubled the number of families served each *Tot Shabbat (ages 3-5): 10:30-11:30–Nadia Hoffman month to nearly 390 families. We always need shelf-stable *Kinder Congregation (grades K-1): 10:30-11:30 (10:00- food like canned and boxed goods, as well as personal 10:30 Supervised Board games in the Classroom) - Charli care items and paper products. Place contributions in the Ernstein white JFS barrel at the top of the stairs at BIAV. *Junior Congregation (grades 2-3): Runs from Haftorah until Garden KC—volunteers needed! The Temple, about 11:30–Ryan Hoffman, Jon Schwartzbard Congregation B’nai Jehudah building is closed for renovation, *Junior Congregation (grades 4-6): Runs from 10:45—11:15– but Mitzvah Garden KC is not! MGKC provided a record Rabbi Yitzchak Mizrahi 12,500 pounds of nutritious vegetables and fruit to area Shabbat Youth Service for children in 2nd grade until bar/ Kansas City food pantries and shelters in 2018. bat mitzvah in the Beit Midrash, from 10:15-10:45-Jason We need YOU! Spring planting 2019 begins soon! Sokol. Want to learn more and make a difference in our community? Contact Chuck Luchen, www.chuckluchen Youth Policy @gmail.com 913-484-5800 In order to ensure the safety of our children and encourage attendance in our educational programs, it is the shul’s policy that KC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL—April 27—May 12 at The White all children must either be in the Shabbat Groups Program or Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus. Full details at supervised in shul by their parents. Children ages 5 and under can only leave Shabbat groups when accompanied by a parent. Older thejkc.org—The White Theatre—Film. children participating in Shabbat Groups may only leave once their group has ended. After shul is over, children playing on the Annual Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Commemoration playground must be supervised by their parents. Thank you for your - Sunday, May 5, 2019/30 Nisan, 5779, 1:30 PM in the cooperation in this process. White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus. This community-wide commemoration will feature a moving NCSY News from Rabbi Nati Stern: candle lighting ceremony including Holocaust survivors, children of survivors, grandchildren of survivors, Jewish War The NCSY/JSU Shabbat Shabang is this Veterans, a youth from our community, and a representative weekend! We are proud to partner up of the entire Jewish Community. with BBYO and USY to provide Kansas City Jewish teens a meaningful experience. Rabbi Nati, NCSY and JSU are excited to welcome visiting advisors Shoshi Gofman, Liora Steinberg, and Yaakov Metz to BIAV this weekend. Congratulations to the 8th graders who are "graduating" to Sr. NCSY! We are thrilled to have you join us for your first Shabbat Shabang! NCSY would like to invite the community, Jr. NCSY and parents to singing and at seudah shlishit. Jesse Ernstein will be sharing an inspirational message. Rabbi Nati would like to thank the incredible people in our community who contributed to making this Shabbat Shabang so special. On Sunday, the local Jewish youth movements are participating in J-Serve - the international day of Jewish BIAV Summer Camp Scholarship applications are now youth community service. We will be meeting at 12 PM at being accepted. Contact the office to request an the JCC for pizza and teens will have the option of either application form. Deadline Friday, May 17. baking cookies and tying blankets or volunteering with people with at The Whole Person (transportation will be provided from the JCC). The program will be over at 4 PM. Please be in touch with SAVE THESE DATES for Upcoming BIAV Events Rabbi Nati at 913-787-1056 or [email protected] for more Shabbat, May 4 - Graduation Shabbat - when we honor information or if you'd like to participate. our recent (since last May-June) graduates of High School, Trade or Professional Schools, or College or advanced degrees. Please send the office the names of BIAV is as successful as its volunteers, your graduates with their after-graduation plans for therefore we would like to work or additional schooling - whatever is next! We look acknowledge the following for their forward to honoring their accomplishments. efforts on behalf of the shul: Shabbat, May 11– Chanukat HaBayit—celebration of the renovated sanctuary in honor of the Wurzburger family. Kiddush Helpers This Week (April 13—Simcha Kiddush) - Join the entire Congregation for Kiddush lunch. Katie Luchen, Flora Winitz, Anne & Daniel Green Tuesday, May 14—6:00 PM—Congregational Meeting Please RSVP to the office-we need 25 members to No Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit on April 20 or 27—kitchens attend in order to have a quorum to vote in the new closed for Pesach. Board and Officer slate.