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Parshat Ki Teitzei 14 Elul 5779 Sept 13-14, 2019 Shaul Robinson Josh Rosenfeld Sherwood Goffin Z”L Yanky Lemmer Tamar Fix Alan Samuels Parshat Ki Teitzei 14 Elul 5779 Sept 13-14, 2019 Shaul Robinson Josh Rosenfeld Sherwood Goffin z”l Yanky Lemmer Tamar Fix Alan Samuels ECHOD Senior Rabbi Assistant Rabbi Founding Chazzan Cantor Executive Director President SHABBAT SCHEDULE THIS SHABBAT 5:51pm Earliest Candle Lighting 6:51pm Shabbat Candle Lighting Shabbat Morning Friday Night 9:00am Services in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary. Drasha given by Rabbi Shaul Robinson followed by Musaf. 6:55pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat in Nathaniel Richman Cohen AJ Gindi will be speaking after Musaf on “Mystery Donor: The Sanctuary. Services officiated and Dvar Torah given by Rabbi Story Behind the Tale.” Davening led by Chazzan Yisroel Lesches. Shaul Robinson. Davening led by Chazzan Yisroel Lesches. Shabbat Morning Shabbat Afternoon 7:45am Hashkama Minyan in the Belfer Beit Midrash followed by a 5:35pm Louis & Rhoda Lazar Memorial Shabbat Pre-Mincha Shiur in the shiur on the third floor given by Rabbi Moshe Sokolow. Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary given by Community Intern, 9:00am Services in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary. Mindy Schwartz on "She Shall Weep for Her Father and Mother Drasha given by Rabbi Shaul Robinson followed by Musaf. for a Full Month": The Eishet Yefat To'ar and Elul AJ Gindi will be speaking after Musaf on “Mystery Donor: The 6:30pm Women’s Tefillah Group Mincha Location: Belfer Beit Midrash Story Behind the Tale” 6:35pm Mincha/Seudah Shlishit. Community Intern, Mindy Schwartz Davening led by Chazzan Yisroel Lesches. will be speaking on “Aseret Yemei Teshuva: Should Our Eyes Be 9:15am Beginners Service led by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald in Rm LL201 On the Rearview Mirror or the Road Ahead?“ 9:42am Latest Shema AJ Gindi has served as the president of his shul, 9:45am Rabbi Herschel Cohen Memorial Minyan in the Belfer Congregation Magen Abraham, for 20 years, a trait he Beit Midrash inherited from his father and grandfather before him. He 10:00am Youth Groups for children ages 2-12 has also served as President of Sephardic Bikur Holim for 11:00am “Baby & Me” (ages 0-24 months, 3rd floor gym) 6 years and was on the initial board of founders of the Shabbat Afternoon Jersey Shore Hatzalah. The turning point of his life was 4:00pm Herb Weiss Bikur Cholim Society: Meets in the Shele on February 5th, 2013 when he became an altruistic Danishefsky Covlin Foyer to visit patients at Mount Sinai West. kidney donor. Today he serves as Renewal’s Community Advocate to help facilitate transplants and give others a Renewal of Life. (New volunteers needed and welcome) 4:50pm Beginners Mishna Chavura with Moshe Sheinwexler in the Renewal is an organization dedicated to facilitating living kidney Belfer Beit Midrash transplants. Founded in 2006, Renewal has been involved in well over 5:35pm Samson Raphael Hirsch Bible Class with Rabbi Ephraim 600 lifesaving transplants since inception. They save lives by helping Buchwald in Rm 211 facilitate kidney transplants for those suffering with chronic kidney 5:35pm Louis & Rhoda Lazar Memorial Shabbat Pre-Mincha Shiur in disease. They also provide guidance and support to help patients and the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary given by Community their families navigate all the medical challenges of coping with their Intern, Mindy Schwartz Zolty on "She Shall Weep for Her condition. Their services are free of charge to anyone in need. AJ will Father and Mother for a Full Month": The Eishet Yefat To'ar speak in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Sanctuary right after musaf. and Elul 6:30pm Women’s Tefillah Group Mincha Location: Belfer Beit Midrash Mindy Schwartz Zolty is a student at Yeshiva University’s 6:35pm Mincha/Seudah Shlishit. Community Intern, Mindy Schwartz Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) Zolty will be speaking on “Aseret Yemei Teshuva: Should Our and a MA candidate in Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Eyes Be On the Rearview Mirror or the Road Ahead?“ Graduate School. Mindy is a graduate of Stern College for 7:50pm Ma’ariv/Shabbat Ends Women, where she majored in Judaic Studies and Art History. Mindy previously served as the Adult and Teen Educator for Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck and as a HAKARAT HATOV lecturer and group leader at Congregation Oheb Zedek on the Upper Mordechai Beilis for writing this week’s Dvar Torah. West Side. Mindy is a Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholar and currently serves as a senior editor of The Lehrhaus, an online forum for articles on Sandra Kilstein and Enid Moskowitz for leading our LSS Hospitality Jewish scholarship and culture. Mindy lives with her husband, Yoni, on efforts for the last year. the Upper West Side. Thank you to our generous sponsors, whose donations covered last week’s Youth Department Back to Shul Puppet Show: Becky and Eitan Kimmelman, Talia and Liron David, Dr. Meryl and Benji Brown, and Estee and Eli Friedman NEXT SHABBAT Motzei Shabbat, September 21: Leil Selichot: 10:30pm THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Join Chazzan Yanky Lemmer accompanied by Grammy Award winning trumpeter Frank London on harmonium and trumpet. Opening Hashkama Kiddush: Golda Hudes on the occasion of the 35th remarks by Rabbi Shaul Robinson. Location: 10:30pm in the Nathaniel yahrtzeit of her father Aaron Yohanan Chaim ben Menashe z”l. Richman Cohen Sanctuary, 12:55am in the Belfer Beit Midrash. Main Kiddush: Pauline and Evan Sehgal in honor of the birth of their .)איתא יעל( daughter, Edith Yael Beginners Kiddush: Beatrice Stoller in commemoration of her MAZAL TOV mother's yahrtzeit, Sonia Mazur a"h and her husband's yahrtzeit, Elias Stoller z"l. Liz and Alex Taub and big sister, Keira, on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal Tov to grandparents, Hindy and Ruby Taub. Seudah Shlishit: Pauline and Evan Sehgal in commemoration of the fourth yahrtzeit of our beloved father Robert Sehgal, Ruvan Ben Debra and Avi Srulowitz on the birth of a baby boy. Shmuel HaLevi z”l. UPCOMING EVENTS WEEKLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Sunday: Sunday, September 15: 2G3G Holocaust Survivor Series: 5:00pm *(Resumes after High Holidays) Sunday Morning Responsa Screening and discussion of “Numbers of my Great-Grandfather’s Monday: Arm” with special presentation by Elliott Stoinz. Cost: $10 per per- son, $36 for family of 4, and $5 per additional person. To register, Chug Ivrit led by Harel Fenigstein 7:00pm-8:15pm. In this class, we read please visit www.jicny.com or email [email protected]. articles from the Israeli press, watch videos of news stories, Location: Rm 206/207 documentaries and comedy clips, listen to (and sing along!) to Israeli songs and chat in Ivrit. This year, we will have a special focus on Israeli Thursday, September 19: Challah and Cake Sale: 6:00pm poetry. Location: Rm 207 To preorder, please email [email protected] Jewish Living Workshop: 7:30pm-9:00pm. The remaining 8 Location: Shele Danishefsky Covlin Foyer workshops will be on Mondays from 7:30-8:30pm. Sign up for “hands on” Jewish living experience. We learn by doing. Topic: Rosh Hashanah Thursday, October 10: Lulav and Etrog Sale: 7:00pm Email: [email protected] Location: Rm 208/210 Location: Shele Danishefsky Covlin Foyer Tuesday: Thursday, October 10: Beginners Sukkot Shopping: 7:00pm The Marilyn & Sam Isler, “Studies in the weekly Parsha” led by Rabbi Shaul Robinson: 10:30am– 11:30am. Location: Rm LL201 Meet us to buy lulavim and etrogim at rock-bottom prices! Location: 135 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Beit Midrash night, The M'lachim (Kings) Study Group led by Ron Platzer: 7:45pm-8:30pm. Location: Rm 211 Tuesday, October 29: Concerts in Motion: 5:00pm Wednesday: Join LSS and Concerts in Motion as we bring a private concert Hebrew Reading Crash Course Levels I and II experience to you, right in the comfort of your own synagogue. 6:30pm-8:00pm. This is the third of five classes. Locations: LL201 & 211 Concerts in Motion is a New York City-based not-for-profit organization that brings personal live concerts to people who are Teshuva Program: Elul: Days of Awe—Days of Love with Rabbi Shaul experiencing physical frailty, to veterans, or to those who simply Robinson. 7:30pm-8:30pm Topic: Becoming a Real “Ba’al Teshuvah”: Nachmanides and Blu Greenberg on Judaism All Over Again. find going to concerts in a crowded concert hall too overwhelming. This event is free and open to all. However, to help us anticipate Thursday: attendance, please register at www.lss.org/event/concert. Women’s Talk Time: led by School Psychologist Ruth Moser Riemer: 11:30am-12:30pm. Last Week’s Topic: Anti-Semitism: Rm LL201. *(Resumes after Sukkot) The Jacob Adler Parsha Class 2019 HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE KOL NIDRE APPEAL www.lss.org/hhschedule2019 It is this time of year that we again call upon our community to contribute to the HH appeal with a sense of renewed optimism, continuity, and, generosity. Within less than two weeks of the fall of the Notre Dame SEATING cathedral last spring, hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to www.lss.org/form/seats rebuild it. A large portion of these pledges came from the personal fortunes of Jewish families, French and non-French alike. How one Sold out: Womens Main Sanctuary, Women & Mens Kollel Minyan processes the largesse of these contributions is certainly up for debate Please note; seating is first comes first serve with no right answer. 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