Shomrei Torah Shabbat - Pesach VIII 22 Nisan, 5778/ April 7, 2018 Benjamin Yudin, Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, Associate Rabbi MAZAL TOV Hadassah Kovacs on the birth of a grandson, born to her children Chani and Rabbi Oran Zweiter of Stam- Pesach VII - VIII Schedule ford, CT. Erev Pesach - Thursday, April 5 Shacharit 5:35,6:30,8:00am HAKARAT HaTOV Early Mincha 5:55pm Ba’al Kriah Upstairs– Gideon Bannett Early Candle Lighting 6:10pm Ba’al Kriah Downstairs– Joseph Jarashow Candle lighting 7:07pm Mincha 7:12pm G’MAR HaCHAG FOR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLERS WITH THE YUDINS Pesach VII - Friday, April 6 Come celebrate G'mar HaChag with the Rabbi and Shevi at their home: Shabbat Day, April 7th, 5:30- Shacharit 8:00,8:45,9:00am 6:15pm for 3rd, 4th and 5th Graders; 6:15-7:00pm for High Schoolers. Early Mincha 5:55pm Early Candle lighting 6:11pm ANNUAL PESACH YIZKOR APPEAL Candle lighting 7:08pm Please help support Shomrei Torah’s Yizkor Appeal, which is an important fundraising effort for the shul. We hope that you will continue to make Shomrei Torah a priority in your charitable giving. Our primary objective Daf Yomi 6:30pm for this appeal is 100% participation, at whatever level you feel comfortable. To participate in advance, make Mincha 7:13pm your pledge on the Shomrei Torah website: www.shomrei-torah.org/passoveryizkorappeal. Pesach VIII - Yizkor - Shabbat, April 7 Shacharit 8:00,8:45,9:00am YOM HASHOAH EVENT On Wednesday, April 11 at 8pm, Shomrei Torah will host Isaac Levendel, Holocaust survivor, researcher, Yizkor Approximately 11:00am renowned lecturer, and acclaimed author. Q&A and reception with book signing will follow. Daf Yomi 6:15pm Mincha 7:00pm SHABBAT CHAYAL WITH NAHAL HAREDI On April 14, Shabbat Parshat Shemini, we will be hosting an eventful Nahal Haredi Shabbaton. The goal is Dvar Torah at Seudah Shelishit to raise awareness of the challenges Nahal Haredi soldiers face and to gain support for the mission of With Yossi Loewy the Nahal Haredi Amuta for these soldiers, who enlist voluntarily into the IDF. Every day that they don their Havdalah 8:17pm IDF uniforms, they become targets, putting their lives in harm’s way. With B”H, over 11,000 veterans/bogrim of Nahal Haredi since its inception 19 years ago, the number of vets is growing exponentially. A Shabbaton Schedule will follow. Weekly Schedule April 8 - 13 YOM HAZIKARON Shomrei Torah is working with the Afikim foundation and Israel's Ministry of the Diaspora to make a mean- Sun. ingful and inspiring program for Yom HaZikaron. The program is called Yizkereim, in which we remember Shacharit 6:30,7:00,8:00am the 23,632 soldiers and security forces who sacrificed their lives defending and protecting our land. We would not be privileged to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary without them. We are obligated to perpetuate Mincha 2:00,7:15pm their memories. The program will commence in the Shul on Tuesday evening, April 17th, with a video presentation. Shomrei Torah has signed up to perform 150 positive deeds in memory of our heroes. Please Ma’ariv 7:37,9:00pm go to http://honorisraelsfallen.com/group/315 to sign up your positive act. Shacharit Mon.,Thurs 5:45,6:30,7:45am SISTERHOOD LEIL IYUN Tues., Wed., Fri. 5:55,6:30,7:45am Join the Sisterhood of Shomrei Torah on Sunday night, April 22 at 7:30pm for an evening of dessert, learning and inspiration with Mrs. Shoshana Schechter, on the topic of, “Reflections Through the Mirrors of Mincha Mitzrayim: Women and the Fulfillment of Jewish Destiny.” Shoshana is an assistant professor of Bible at Mon. - Thurs. 7:15pm Stern College for Women & the director of the Mechina program there. Please sign up to attend or sponsor the event at https://www.shomrei-torah.org/event/leiliyun. Ma’ariv Mon. - Thurs. 7:37,9:00pm NAFTALI ARON T.E.P. ANNUAL BREAKFAST We are pleased to announce that Rabbi David Lapp will be the honoree at the Naftali Aron Torah Enrich- Erev Shabbat - April 13 ment Program 12th Annual Breakfast. The breakfast will take place on Sunday, April 29th at 8:45 am. To Parshat Shemini - Shabbat Mevarchim make a reservation and/or sponsor, please contact Michael Glass at: [email protected]. The cost of admission for the Breakfast is $25 per person and an additional $25 to sponsor. Early Mincha 6:01pm Early Candle Lighting 6:16pm LEARNING SPONSORSHIPS Candle Lighting 7:16pm A Day of Learning Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat 7:21pm April 6- Sponsored by the Karp family to commemorate the Yahrzeit of Adam's Grandmother, Betty Un- .ז''ל Shabbat, April14 keles, Batya Bat Gedalya April 9- Sponsored by Marilyn and Michael Bodner, Rhoda Schneider and Dov and Esther Sherizen, .ז''ל Shacharit 8:00,8:45,9:00am to commemorate the Yahrzeit of George Schneider Sof Z’man Kriyat Sh’ma 9:38am April 12- Sponsored by Gloria Baron in memory of Bernard Baron- Bentzion Baruch ben Eliezer Men- .ז''ל Mincha 7:06pm achem Mendel April 12-Sponsored by the Karp and Fishman families to commemorate the Yahrzeit of Deborah's fa- .ז''ל ther, Jerome Fishman, Yaacov Mordechai ben Moshe Yosef PACHIM KETANIM FROM RABBI YUDIN: In Honor of Pesach Bulletin sponsored by: In his Haggadah, the Shem MiShmuel commenting on the paragraph of Rabban Gamliel explaining the Pe- sach to commemorate His passing over our homes and sparing the Jewish nation from losing their firstborn; he adds the following. The Zohar on Shemos (2:1) says when we assimilated in Egypt, we ate Egyptian food Carol Weissmann and thanked the Egyptians for their sustaining us. This unfortunately made the Jewish people guilty and deserving of persecution and enslavement. To end our slavery, we had to literally slaughter, consume and Re/Max Properties Select. eat their god, thereby renouncing their culture and thanking Hashem for our sustenance. Religion is not limited to some temple. Rather, the home- eating in the home, interacting with spouse and children in the Direct phone 201-390-6600 home, is governed by our religion. Finally, with America the land of freedom and opportunity, providing a lifestyle never dreamed of by our ancestors, we dare not make the mistake of our ancestors in Egypt, who [email protected] attributed their sustenance to Egypt; we know better! What is the lesson of Pesach? It is reciting the Birkat Hamazon daily slowly with a bencher because America is the vehicle, but it all comes from Him. SHIURIM SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF April 1 REFUAH SHELEIMAH There will be no shiurim during the week of Chol Hamoed Pesach, other Esther Sheva bat Priva; Laizer Mendel ben Basha; Dovid Shimon ben than Daf Yomi. Shayna Yenta; Yaakov ben Sara; Devorah Esther bat Miriam Rut; Zechariah Avraham Ben Basha Bracha; Adina Sarah bat Fayge; Avraham ben Blumah; Normal Shiurim will resume during the week following Pesach, begin- Tzvia Rivka bat Naomi Chedva; Harav Mordechai ben Chaya Malka, Malka ning Monday, April 9th. bat Etta Riva; Shalva Gavriella bat Shani Aliza and Eitan Avraham ben Sima Daf Yomi: Mon. and Tues. at 8pm, with Dr. Zvi Loewy. See calendar on first page for Rachel. Yom Tov Daf Yomi schedule. SHOMREI TORAH LEARNING SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM To sponsor a day, month, or year of learning visit Shomrei Torah Learning YOUTH DEPARTMENT SCHEDULE Sponsorship Program or contact Mendy Aron, Mike Glass, Milty Frank or For the second days of Pesach, April 6 and 7, normal groups will meet, as Neil Gordon. follows: Youth Minyan will meet. Teen Minyan MVP Program (Boys ages 9-11/ Grades 4, 5, and 6) will meet in the Jr. Congregation room at 9:30am. Cocoa and Conversation (Girls ages 9-11/ Grades 4, 5, and 6) will meet in the Jr. Congregation room at 9:30am. Junior Congregation (ages 7-8/ Grades 2 and 3) will meet at 9:30am in the Jr. SCRIP NOTICE Congregation room. Did you know that you can do all of your shopping at your favorite stores and Super Siddur Program (ages 5-6/ Kindergarten and 1st grade) will meet at 9:30am in the first classroom on the left. support the shul by using SCRIP at NO extra cost to you? Order SCRIP now for: ShopRite, Food Showcase, Maadan, Petak's, Seasons, Cedar Market, Busy Beginners Program (ages 2.5-4) will meet at 9:30am in the middle class- room. Glatt Express, Grand and Essex and many more! Order by contacting Milty Frank at 201-916-9721 or [email protected], or online by clicking HERE. Tot Shabbat (ages 0-3) will meet at 10:30am in the Upper Beit Medrash. CHESED OPPORTUNITY Norman Fox, a long-time Shomrei Torah member, is in CareOne at Pascack Valley Hospital, 250 Old Hook Rd, Westwood, NJ. He could use visitors and mental stimulation. If anyone is able to visit him, it would be a big mitzvah. PROJECT S.A.R.A.H ANNUAL BREAKFAST Project S.A.R.A.H. (Stop Abusive Relationships At Home) provides services and resources for Jewish victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse throughout the state of New Jersey. Its 12th Annual Breakfast will take place Sunday April 22nd, 9:30-11:30am, at Cong. Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Ave., Teaneck. The keynote Speaker is Dr. Joyanna Silberg. The event is free; walk -ins are welcome. Babysitting is available (please let know in advance) and valet parking will be provided. For reservations: www.ProjectSARAH.org. NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS The children have been so hard at work preparing for Pesach.