Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN February 14 - 21, 2020 19 - 26 Shevat 5780 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org This Shabbat: Yitro Mazal Tov to: Sheryl Haut on the engagement of her son Ariel Rosenberg to Cayley Candle Lighting: 5:11pm Kasten. Mazal Tov to siblings Ayelet and Aaron, grandparents Stanley & Judy Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:21pm Rosenberg and Carol Rothschild and Cayley’s parents Mitch and Tammy Kasten. With loving memory of David Rosenberg z’l. Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am THIS SHABBAT @ THE BAYIT Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:30am SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE - MARK TRENCHER Teen Tefillah: 9:15am American Modern Orthodoxy: Where It Stands and Where It Is Going Learning Service: 9:45am 6:30pm: Shabbat Dinner (by reservation only) Parasha Shiur: on hiatus 8:00pm Friday Night: Comings and Goings… Who Becomes Orthodox, Niggun Circle: 4:20pm Who Leaves, Why and How. Shabbat Morning after Mussaf: What is Modern Orthodoxy and Who Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 4:50pm Owns It? Listening Room: on hiatus Between Mincha & Maariv: 10 Surprising Findings about Modern Shabbat Ends: 6:15pm Orthodoxy (Mincha 4:50pm, talk approx. 5:15pm) Kiddush No Kiddush this Shabbat NEXT SHABBAT @ THE BAYIT To sponsor a future Kiddush please SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE - RABBI MOSHE TESSONE email Seth Aronson at [email protected] Sponsored by Beth Aharon Before Mussaf: Shabbat Morning Derasha @ Beth Aharon on Weekday Times: Parashat Mishpatim-Shekalim Shacharit: Noon: Shabbat Lunch (registration required). Sun/Mon: 8:30am 12:45pm: Sephardim and Ashkenazim: How Similar Are We? History, Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45am, 7:50am Halacha and Minhag Thu: 6:40am, 7:50am Seudah Shlishit: Maqam BaParasha: The Connection between Mincha/Maariv: Maqam, the Eastern Melodic Mode and Torah Reading (Mincha Sun - Thu: 5:20pm 5:05pm, Seudah Shlishit approx. 5:30pm) Make your lunch reservations and learn more about Rabbi Tessone Next Shabbat: Mishpatim at www.thebayit.org/tessone. Shabbat Mevarchim Parashat Shekalim Guest Derasha in Main Sanctuary with Rav Ilay Ofran: "Eved Ivri - Is Candle Lighting: 5:19pm there such a thing as religious freedom?" Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:29pm Rav Ilay Ofran is the rabbi of Kvutzat Yavneh, Israel’s largest religious kibbutz. Shacharit: 7:00am, 8:30am He is the founder and head of "Mechinat Ruach Hassadeh" - a pre-military Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 5:05pm Jewish academy for boys, located in Kibbutz Be’erot Yitzhak. Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 6:23pm ♫ ♫ Niggun Circle ♫ ♫ Join us every Shabbat afternoon in the Main Sanctuary 30 minutes before Mincha every Shabbat afternoon. Come to our Niggun Circle as we join together in wordless melody. We will learn & sing niggunim from Modzitz, Eitan Katz, Joey Weisenberg and others. The Niggun Circle is facilitated by Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, thirty minutes before Mincha every Shabbat. You'll find us singing in the Main Sanctuary on the Women's side. THE BAYIT BULLETIN THIS WEEK’S CLASSES @ THE BAYIT: ABRAHAM & SARAH'S TENT: DEDICATED IN JOE HOCH Z"L MEMORIAL DAF YOMI SHIUR MEMORY OF HENRY & GOLDIE GUTTMAN z"l & SPONSORED BY JOE GUTTMAN z”l with Dov Weinstock (M-Fr) and Eli Oberstein (Sat/Sun) (CO-SPONSORS WELCOME): Sunday - Friday 7:30am Shabbat - After Mincha Join us every Shabbat for our open communal dinner. To see We are looking for occasional substitutes. Please email which Shabbatot are available for sponsorship, please visit [email protected]. Room 3.4 www.thebayit.org/tent or email James Lapin at [email protected]. SHABBAT CLASSES LEARNING SERVICE WITH LIVYA TINESTIT 8:05am: Midrash Hashavua w/Gloria Nusbacher Finding one's way around a prayer book is a learned skill. Using Torah To Go w/Ariel Freidenberg a transliterated Siddur, we will gradually build a repertoire of Parasha Shiur on hiatus prayers starting with the better-known melodies and liturgies. 4:20pm: Niggun Circle w/Rabbanit Bracha The learning service begins at 9:45am in the 2nd-floor office Listening Room w/Myra Estelle on hiatus past the kitchen and ends at 11:00am. WEEKDAY CLASSES RIVERDALE MIKVAH HOURS Monday - PRESIDENTS DAY NO CLASSES Friday Night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. Please be on time. 9:30am: Conversational Talmudic Tales With a Twist in Saturday Night: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Hebrew w/Rabbanit Bracha Weeknights: 7:00pm - 10:00pm 10:30am: Talmud Avodah Zarah w/Rav Ezra www.riverdalemikvah.com | 718-549-8336 11:30am: Halacha Chavurah w/Burt Nusbacher 7:30pm: The Non-Literary Prophets: w/Rav Avi (on hiatus Thank you to the Bayit Community: until March) Thank you to everyone who supported our family after Bob’s 8:30pm: Advanced Gemara Shiur w/Rav Jeff Fox passing. We felt so supported during the funeral, burial and Tuesday shiva. All the food deliveries, visits, calls and notes were greatly 10:00am: Midrash on the Parasha w/Rav Ezra appreciated. Thank you, 7:30pm: Foundations of Judaism (Room 3.7) - Lynn Cohen & Family 7:30pm: iEngage Series (Lower Level Beit Midrash) Wednesday 11:30am: Talmudic Tales With a Twist w/Rabbanit Bracha (in Do you know someone who needs any of the English) following? Would you like to volunteer for any of Thursday these committees? 10:00am: Book of Isaiah w/Rav Steven Shiva: Beth Braunstein: [email protected] 11:15am: Intro to Talmud w/Gloria Nusbacher Bikur Cholim: Ruth Licht: 718-796-349, All classes in the Main Lobby unless otherwise noted. [email protected] Our Hebrew teacher, Sara Kinberg, will resume teaching after Meals for New Parents, After Pregnancy Loss or Passover. For more information, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. During Illness: Shira Billet: [email protected] Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] ALIYOT AT THE BAYIT Bayit Band: [email protected] Have a guest or special occasion coming up? Contact Bayit Green Committee: Ann Rauch, [email protected] Gabbai, Hillel Jaffe to arrange for Aliyot and other Kibbudim. Child Protection Committee: Rahel Bayar, [email protected]. [email protected] SOCIAL WORKER @ THE BAYIT: Shelter: James Lapin, [email protected] Arona Berow, LMSW, is a licensed social worker who is Social Action: Michael Goldblum, available to the HIR community through the Partners in [email protected] Caring (PIC) program facilitated by Jewish Board and Israel Action: Bonnie Geller-Geld, funded by UJA‐Federation of New York. Arona will be [email protected] working in Riverdale at the Beatman Center on To reach Bayit president Daniel Feit please email Mondays & Wednesdays and can be reached by email at [email protected]. [email protected] or by phone at 212-632-4735. Contact Us: Phone: 718-796-4730 Email: [email protected] Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Richard Langer, Executive Director: Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x104 [email protected]/ x103 [email protected]/ x219 Emily Hausman, Co-Youth Director: Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: Bracha Jaffe, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x120 [email protected]/ x116 [email protected]/ x106 Joseph Robinson, Co-Youth Director: Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x120 [email protected]/ x102 [email protected]/ x107 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x121 [email protected]/ x102 SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS : Snacks Sponsorship: $36 - Tot Shabbat To sponsor snacks for youth groups go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor. $100 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Nursery-K $150 – sponsor all snacks + $36 - Grades 1-6 REMINDER: Groups conclude at 11:40am. Please make every effort to pick up your children birthday party on time. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Groups Schedule: Room 3-6: Kindergarten RH SH: Tot Shabbat Room 3-1: Grades 3-6 Boys Room 3-4: Nursery Regular groups: 9:40am - 11:40am Room 3-2: Grades 3-6 Girls Room 3-5: Pre-K Tot Shabbat: 10:30am Room 3-3: Grades 1-2 Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit Shabbat Mishpacha February 21st at 6:15pm is the place to be! For assistance, What is Shabbat Mishpacha? It is a Family-friendly please contact our Co-Youth Friday night tefillah. Enjoy a streamlined Kabbalat Directors, Emily Hausman Service followed by a short story, Maariv, and [email protected]) or Joseph Kiddush! Robinson ([email protected]) 718-796-4730 x 120 We look forward to seeing you there! PLAYGROUND GROUPS SCHEDULE! HIR LEAGUE OF OUR OWN 2020 Groups will be outside at the following times. If you arrive at shul with your children, please check to see if their group is outside at Girls softball registration is now open! that time as per the schedule below. Thanks! We are returning for another great season in 2020! Open to all girls in grades 3-8. No previous playing 10:00 - 10:30: Nursery and pre-K experience needed. 10:30 - 11:00: Kindergarten, Grades 1 - 2 Parents: We need more help coaching 11:00 - 11:30: Grades 3 - 6 and managing the league. Please email [email protected] to get involved! TEEN TEFILLAH Facilitated by Joseph Robinson, all 7th-12th graders are To register, visit www.thebayit.org/softball welcome. Contact R. Joseph at [email protected] for info. Pajama Youth Shabbat | February 29th PURIM PAJAMA PARTY IS COMING TO THE BAYIT! Come celebrate Rosh Chodesh Adar at Pajama Shabbat Youth Monday Night, March 9th – Tuesday, March 10th Groups. Wear your CRAZIEST PJ items to groups and we will show them off during Kiddush! We would like to collect bedtime Visit thebayit.org/purim for the full schedule from the start of the story books for our collection for immigrants.