Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN September 11 - 18, 2020 Elul 22 - 29, 5780 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org If you would like to join Shabbat Welcome New Member: Diane Aiken Tefillah in person please visit thebayit.org/form/shabbat912 THIS SHABBAT @ THE VIRTUAL BAYIT to complete the health screening 6:00pm - Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat w/Rav Steven: http://zoom.us/j/6136133703. and reserve a space! Motzaei Shabbat Havdalah w/Rav Steven: 8:15pm. zoom.us/j/6136133703. This Shabbat: Torah reading in the Stone Chumash begins on page 1086. The Haftorah begins on page Parshiot Nitzavim-Vayelech 1202. Earliest Candle Lighting: 5:52pm To listen before Shabbat visit www.thebayit.org/nitzavim & www.thebayit.org/vayelech Candle Lighting: 6:52pm A page guide for tefillah and Torah reading for most commonly used siddurim and Mincha/Kabb. Shabbat: 6:20pm* chumashim is available by clicking here. Shacharit: 7:00am, 8:30am, Tot Shabbat: To maintain social distancing we are limiting sign up to 14 families per 10:00am, 10:15am session. Register at www.thebayit.org/event/totshabbat. Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:42am Zman Tefillah: 10:45am SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH @ THE BAYIT YOUTH DEPARTMENT KICKOFF EVENT (PAGE 2) Mincha & Maariv: 6:35pm 9/11 COMMEMORATIVE BLOOD DRIVE - FLYER ON PAGE 5 Shabbat Ends: 7:54pm *We will have in person tefillah for Mincha, HIGH HOLIDAYS @ THE BAYIT Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv. This tefillah will High Holiday classes and special programs: Page 4 be simulcast on zoom at zoom.us/ j/6136133700 until after Lecha Dodi. Online Annual Selichot Concert! Flyer on page 5. Signup at www.thebayit.org/selichot Link will be sent out after Shabbat. WEEKDAY TIMES: See page 3 for details on the following: To join us in person for tefillah visit Signup information for Rosh Hashana Mincha/Maariv and all Yom Kippur tefillot. www.thebayit.org/form/tefillah913 Order your Lulav & Etrog. Pickup and delivery options. to complete the health screening and sign up. FIRST NIGHT OF SELICHOT: We will begin Selichot at the Bayit at 10:45pm - about Shacharit: 25 - 30 minutes after the concert ends. Reserve your seat at www.thebayit.org/form/selichot1. To maintain physical distancing as Sun: 8:30am we enter and exit the building the service on the Terrace will begin at 10:45pm and Mon/Thu: 6:20am, 7:50am* the Main Sanctuary will start at 11:00pm. The service in the Sanctuary will be Tue/Wed: 6:15am, 7:50am* simulcast on Zoom at zoom.us/j/6136133700 and will be led in part over Zoom by Fri: 5:40am, 7:50am* Reb Elli - please join from home, if not in person. Mincha/Maariv: Sun - Thu: 6:50pm ROSH HASHANAH SEAT AND ROLE ASSIGNMENT UPDATE: We are delighted to be organizing 550+ attendees at a dozen services each of the mornings of Rosh Daf Yomi Sun: 7:30am, Mon - Fri Hashanah. This is a testament to our Bayit’s commitment to prayer for those who are able 8:30am, Motzaei Shabbat: 9:30pm. to attend in person and the many who have offered their homes and taken roles in leading Email [email protected] for Zoom services. We hope to have those assignments completed and sent out early next week. If information. you have volunteered for a gabbai/t, makria/h or site coordinator role, you should hear *Zoom only from us early next week as well!” NIGGUN CIRCLE SHOFAR BLOWING: The Riverdale Jewish Community Partnership is working diligently to set up outdoor Shofar blowing in our community on Sunday, September 20th. THURSDAY NIGHTS Times and Locations will be announced via email and through our phone system next Please join us the night before Rosh week. Hashanah @ 9:00pm Thursday, Sept 17th. We will sing familiar and THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK TO THE BAYIT: Thank you to the teen beloved songs and niggunim relating volunteers who came last Friday to the Bayit to prepare Youth Department packets for the to Elul and Rosh Hashana. High Holidays: Sarit Lapin, Beth Levine, Hila Loeser, Yosefa, Nava, Rosa, and Lily zoom.us/j/6136133700 Oberstein. Special thank you to coordinator Cecily Oberstein, Youth Committee. Chair NOTE SPECIAL TIME! To pick up a Youth Department packet with arts and crafts for the Chagim and a copy of the new "3rd Floor Newsletter" stop by the Bayit terrace, this Sunday, 9/13, 12pm-2:30pm. Next Shabbat: Page 2: Staff Directory, Youth Programs, Pages 7 - 8: Programs and Bayit resources, Rosh Hashana Classes, Virtual Tefillah and Sefarim Fund plus Social Action Committee D’var Torah Candle Lighting: 6:40pm Pages 9 - 10: Beyond the Bayit Page 3: High Holiday information and signup Pages 11 - 12: Shabbat @ Home Guide Schedule on page 3. links THE BAYIT BULLETIN Most of our staff is now working remotely. Please use the numbers listed below to contact them. If you call the main line, and leave a message it will automatically be sent to the intended recipient. IMPORTANT: We can only respond to your call if you leave a message with your name, phone number and the reason for your call! Your patience is greatly appreciated. Contact Us: Phone: 718-796-4730 Email: [email protected] Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ 917-494-3380 Richard Langer, Executive Director: Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ 732-626-5902 [email protected]/ 201-503-4923 [email protected]/ 610-405-5725 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: Bracha Jaffe, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ 914-809-0203 [email protected]/ 201-503-5562 [email protected]/ 443-983-5083 Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ 929-269-2892 [email protected]/ 646-337-4047 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ 929-269-2892 YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMMING & RESOURCES WELCOME BACK! WE MISSED YOU! HIR YOUTH DEPARTMENT DROP-OFF OPENING EVENT Where: The HIR Terrace (socially distanced stations) When: Sunday September 13th Register at: Who: Bayit children, ages 6-11 www.thebayit.org/kickoff What time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Cost: Free! Please drop your kids off for songs, stories, art projects and more! Registration available for the first 24 families. All participants must wear masks over the mouth and nose for the duration of the program and wash/sanitize hands upon entering the building. Parents must also wear masks during drop off and pick up. Registration coming soon. Check your email over the next few days! TOT SHABBAT - Signups limited to first 14 families. PLAYGROUND TIME www.thebayit.org/event/totshabbat. Our playground opening for individual household use has been a huge success! 45 minute slots (now adjusted to 2 per house- Please note: There will be NO Tot Shabbat on Rosh Hashana, hold per week to start) beginning on the hour will be available Sukkot or Shemini Atzeret. Sunday-Thursday, 9am - 6pm, & Friday 9am - 4pm. Signups for YOUTH PARASHA PAGE the coming week will open the preceding Thursday around https://images.shulcloud.com/111/uploads/Joseph/Nitzavim- midday - check the Bayit homepage or go directly to Vayeilech.pdf thebayit.org/playtime. Sign up now for next week! DAILY TEFILLAH B'TZIBBUR: Advance registration is required online at www.thebayit.org/form/tefillah913. All weekday tefillot at the Bayit will be available via Zoom at zoom.us/j/6136133700 and the Mon - Fri Shacharit at 7:50am is via Zoom only. Classes zoom.us/j/470341910 except where noted Monday: 11:00am - Halacha Chaburah: “Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuva” - Burt Nusbacher Tuesday: 10:00am - “Psalms Related to Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur” - Rav Avi 11:00am - “Judges: The Samson Story” - Rav Ezra Wednesday: 11:30am - “Insights and Discussion on Megillat Kohelet” - Rabbanit Bracha Thursday: 8:30am (following 7:50am Shacharit) - “Mussar: Personal Transformation Through a Jewish Lens” - Rabbanit Bracha zoom.us/j/6136133700 10:00am - Rabbi Dr. Heschel’s “The Prophets” - Rav Steven SEFARIM FUND Thank you to this month’s donors: Roberta Aranoff in memory of Elliot Goldberg Janet Axelrod in memory of Sonia Marder and in honor of Sam Marder To make a donation, visit www.thebayit.org/sefarim ROSH HASHANA SCHEDULE: Shabbat, Sept. 19th Rosh Hashana 1 Sunday, Sept 20th Rosh Hashana II Friday, Sept.18th Morning Teffilot: Staggered start times Morning Teffilot: Staggered start times Candle Lighting: 6:40 from 7:15am - 1:00pm from 7:15am - 1:00pm Mincha: 6:20 (We will Zoom Mincha Mincha: 6:15pm Mincha: 6:40pm and Abbreviated Kabbalat Shabbat) Candle Lighting: 7:39pm Havdallah/Yom Tov Ends: 7:40pm RESERVE YOUR SPACE AT ONE OF OUR TEFILLOT Arba Minim From Bnei Akiva @ The Bayit FOR HIGH HOLIDAYS NOW! Seat requests for Rosh We are pleased to partner with Bnei Akiva to bring quality Hashana are past due. The (very) few remaining seats Lulavim and Etrogim to the Riverdale community. will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To place an order for pickup at the Bayit, go online to Reserve at www.thebayit.org/form/tefillahRH2. https://www.jotform.com/bneiakivaofnynj/hir-lulav-and-etrog YOM KIPPUR deadline is TODAY! September 11th. Visit Orders received by Erev Yom Kippur (Sept 27) will be www.thebayit.org/form/tefillahYK to submit your seat request, ready for pickup Monday night after Yom Kippur. Orders or call Yael (201-503-5562), Shuli (929-269-2892), or Phyllis received by noon on Wed, Sept. 30th will be ready for (201-503-4923) for assistance. pickup by Thu, Oct. 1st. For home delivery ($10 charge) go online to bneiakiva.org/Mifal to place your order.