AHAVASAHAVAS ACHIMACHIM NEWSLETNEWSLETTERTER כ"ב תשרי תש"פ שמיני עצרת/שמחת תורה OCTOBER 9, 2020 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SYNAGOGUE NEWS KOHELET AND YIZKOR Please note that on Shemini Atzeret morning at all minyanim, Kohelet will מזל טוב הושענא רבה Candlelighting..................... 6:08 p.m. be read and Yizkor will be recited after Mincha/Maariv (Sanctuary & Outdoors)... Mazel Tov to Kivi and Chani Neuman on ..................................... 6:15 p.m. the birth of a son. There will be a Covid-ika the conclusion of Mussaf. Shalom Zachar tonight from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Neuman home, 409 Grant CHILDREN שבת/שמיני עצרת Avenue. Masks are required. The Shalom Shacharit (Sanctuary) .......................... .... Simchat Torah is a very special time for ..........................7:00 & 9:00 a.m. Zachar will be take place outside in children and we need your help in Shacharit (Outdoors)............8:30 a.m. breathable sukkahs. All food will be served making it work safely. This year Daf Yomi ............................. 5:10 p.m. outside, outside of the Sukkah. There will especially, children cannot be permitted Youth Hakafot (Outdoors)... 5:15 p.m. be an "enforcer" to monitor the distancing to walk or run around freely. Please only Mincha (Outdoors) .............. 6:00 p.m. and seating to ensure safety. Simchat Torah Auction ....... 6:20 p.m. bring your child if your child is capable Maariv (Outdoors) ............... 7:10 p.m. Mazel Tov to Ed and Abby Prince on the of remaining at your side exclusively, or Candlelighting/Kiddush...................... .... birth of a grandson. Mazel Tov to the of following instructions when at Youth .............................after 7:15 p.m. parents, Ariella and Michael Guttman. Hakafot (see below). Children must always be accompanied so we can ensure WELCOME NEW MEMBER the safety of everyone at shul. We שמחת תורה Shacharit (Outdoors)............9:00 a.m. reserve the right to exclude children who Men's Aliyot/Women's Shiur ............... .... We warmly welcome Robert Sherman are not in compliance with our distancing ....................................11:45 a.m. who recently joined the shul as a Full and mask guidelines. Daf Yomi ............................. 6:25 p.m. Member. We look forward to his active participation and a warm and mutually Mincha (Sanctuary & Outdoors) .......... .... ..................................... 6:15 p.m. supportive relationship. Maariv (Sanctuary & Outdoors) ........... .... ..................................... 7:09 p.m. THE PLAN FOR SIMCHAT TORAH Motzei Yom Tov .................. 7:13 p.m. 5781 The following minyanim do not require We have been working diligently to plan registration: for a safe and joyful Simchat Torah at the conclusion of a very different but extremely בראשית meaningful Yom Tov season. Below are Monday & Thursday Shacharit (Outdoors) ......................................6:25 a.m. the details about each component of the Monday-Thursday Shacharit (Sanctuary).. plan. Masks are required for every part of ......................................7:45 a.m. Simchat Torah described below. Please Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Shacharit read everything with care so you will know (Outdoors)............................6:35 a.m. what to expect at shul on Simchat Torah Monday-Thursday Mincha/Maariv this year! (Sanctuary & Outdoors)........ 6:05p.m. Friday Candlelighting.......... 5:56 p.m. Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv. ..................................... 6:05 p.m. ברוך הבא Ahavas Achim would like to warmly welcome all newcomers, visitors and guests who are joining us for Shabbat. If President Josh Ostrin or Rabbi Steven Miodownik don’t get a chance to greet you personally, please come up and introduce yourself. We’d like to meet you! Please patronize our sponsors! Torah both at night and in the morning to Youth package—Rabbi and Youth accommodate the additional seating. Men's Directors drive In fun vehicles to רפואה שלמה section will be on the left side of the in your home and drop off special treats חולים Please include the following parking lot and women's section will be and activities for your children .תפילות your part of the right side and in the street, with ליבה שיינדל בת חוה mechitzot placed by the end of the building HAKAFOT in the parking lot. This will enable proper בת - שבע בת מלכה For reasons of safety, we will not be distancing. Folding chairs will be available אסתר בת לאה but we also encourage anyone who wants permitting Simchat Torah dancing at to bring their own chair. There will be no Hakafot this year. Only one Torah will be ראובן סורה הלוי בן אסתר dancing during Hakafot. As everything will removed from the Aron and used to מינדל בת תמימה be outdoors, no pre-registration on encircle the bimah seven times. During קלמן בן רחל signupgenius.com will be required for any each hakafah we ask everyone to remain אריאל בן עדבה of these programs. at their seats. In lieu of dancing, we will sing a responsive song at each hakafah ישראל בן וולייה (such as Mipi Keil, etc.) and a song sheet AUCTION OF KIBBUDIM הרב דוד בן פנינה - Rabbi Dovid Adlin will be distributed. We are planning a fun שרון בת לאה - Janette Arnold Mincha will be at 6:00 p.m. outdoors experience full of great surprises! After חנה בת נחה - Candi Feinberg followed by our annual Auction of Hakafot we will have the night's Torah Kibbudim. Maariv outdoors will be at 7:10 reading. We anticipate this ending at 8:30 חנה גיטל בת חוה - Ann Salit .p.m. p.m ישראל יחזקאל בן חנה - Eric Silverman Among the items to be auctioned off will גילה בת גולדה - Kay Silverman be: SIMCHAT TORAH MORNING יהודית בת רחל - Jane Stein For Simchat Torah Night: Shacharit outdoors will begin at 9:00 יצחק אריה בן חנצה בלומה - Isaac Stern Atta Hareita (1) a.m. (at HaKeil Bataatzumot). Please יוסף חיים בן בעשה - Yussie Weiss Hakafot (7) note the change from the published אברהם יוסף בן פריידע - Alan White schedule which lists 8:30 as the start מיכה שלום בן חנה רחל - Micah White Aliyot (5) - The only nighttime laining time. Hakafot will be performed in similar If you would like to submit a name for of the year! fashion to the previous night, with a few the cholim list, please call the Shul Maariv (1) more surprises. office: 732-247-0532 or you can Yigdal (1) email: [email protected]. For Simchat Torah Day: ALIYOT YOUTH HAKAFOT Atta Hareita (1) After beginning Torah reading of V'zot Habracha, we will NOT be pausing Hakafot (7) We will have our annual Youth Hakafot services for aliyot for men after Hakafot. program outdoors in the shul parking lot on Aliyot (5) - No waiting around until Aliyot will be available for those who Shemini Atzeret afternoon at 5:15 p.m. after Mussaf! choose at the conclusion of Mussaf in Children of all ages are invited to join and Kol Hanearim (1) various locations inside and outside the position themselves (with their parents) building. standing at chairs arranged at an Chatan Torah appropriate distance from each other Chatan Bereishit KOL HANEARIM surrounding the bimah in the middle of the Maftir/Haftarah parking lot. After a presentation from Kivi There will be only one reading of the Kol Neuman, each age group will be called up Adon Olam Hanearim aliyah (given to the auction one at a time for brief circle-dancing President's Announcements winner for that category) and only that around the Torah. We will use hula hoops Special "Korona Kibbudim": person will stand under the Kol Hanearim that will be held during dancing to help tallit for this aliyah. We ask parents of all keep us apart, one age or grade at a time. AA face masks for your family other children to hold your children on After each group completes their dancing Automatic registration on your shoulders during Kol Hanearim, they will be invited to take a special candy Signupgenius.com—no more hassle stand them on chairs, and/or cover them bag in the shul sukkah and then return to for indoor minyanim with your own tallit if desired. their spot in the parking lot. The program Designated parking lot Makom will end at 6:00 p.m. Kavuah with your name on it for CONCLUSION OF DAVENING outdoor minyanim STREET CLOSURE We will then proceed straight to Chatan Rabbi M. drops your name in three Torah, Chatan Bereishit, Maftir, Haftarah, The Shul parking lot may not be used to consecutive emailed Drashot and Mussaf with Birkat Kohanim. (What park cars on the last days of Yom Tov. All Private Zoom shiur for your family or color socks will the Kohanim be sport this Simchat Torah davening will be outdoors friends—Celebrate any occasion! year?) We anticipate this ending at (weather permitting). We will be closing Licensing right to Sponsor first Shul- around 11:30 a.m. off Johnson Street between South First wide Kiddush after COVID 2 Avenue and Cedar Avenue for Simchat KIDDUSH-TO-GO of someone that tested positive for YAHRZEITS COVID-19; having that contact for There will not be a shul-wide hot kiddush 10/12 Irene Balsam Father more than 10 minutes; having that this year. However, there will be a special Dr. Andrew Mother contact anytime starting two days Kiddush-To-Go, sponsored by Betzalel Freedman before they first had symptoms. and Shana Posy in honor of Ken and 10/13 Dr. Marc Scheiner Mother 10/14 Lawrence Fineberg Father Barbara Strassman, available for pick- Individuals who have traveled to a region that would require quarantine, Cynthia Greenberg Father up at the conclusion of davening. Elena Orgel Father inside or outside the U.S., including Gerald Silverstein Father Israel and Europe, or who have ALIYOT AND WOMEN'S SHIUR 10/15 Rabbi Milton Kula Father traveled anywhere by commercial 10/16 Michael Beberman Mother After Kiddush distribution, men's aliyot airline, may not attend any of our Edward Epstein Father will be available in various locations Minyanim or events, indoors or Jeffrey Korbman Father indoors and outdoors.