CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL SHABBAT MEVARCHIM PARSHAT BEHAR‐ BECHUKOTAI DAF HASHAVUAH WEEK OF MAY 16, 2015 / IYAR 27, 5775 Weekday Services May 17‐21 Kiddush Sponsors Sun. 8:00 am • M‐Th 6:30 am OHDS Sun‐Th: 8:00 pm Barbara Schick in memory of her brother Victor ben Martin, on his twelfth yahrzeit, and in honor of Jane Falk’s birthday Scholar‐in‐Residence Dr. Shai Secunda Jana Jett Loeb & Family in honor of Jana’s graduation from law school and Dr. Shai Secunda is a Lecturer in Rabbinic Literature and in memory of Jana’s dad Fred Loeb z"l, and cousin, Larry Adelman z"l Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he serves as a Martin Buber Society Hachnassat Orchim Fellow. His recent book The Iranian Talmud: Reading Laya & Yoni Cooperman the Bavli in its Sasanian Context was published in 2014 by UPenn Press. He is founding editor of The Talmud YOM YERUSHALAYIM Blog, a unique forum for discussing the many different Saturday night & Sunday, May 16th – 17th lives of rabbinic texts ‐ from the traditional beit midrash 43rd Day of the Omer to the university library, popular culture, and artistic Shacharit w/Hallel ....................................................................... 8:00 am Shabbat May 15‐16 ROSH CHODESH SIVAN OHDS Shabbaton Monday night, May 18 & Tuesday, May 19th CBI welcomes OHDS 6th and 7th graders and faculty 45th Day of the Omer for a middle‐school Shabbaton. Shacharit ..................................................................................... 6:30 am Friday, May 15th EVE OF SHAVUOT Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat @ CBI ............................................ 7:00 pm SHABBAT PARSHAT BAMIDBAR North Berkeley Minyan ............................................................... 7:00 pm Friday night & Saturday, May 22nd – 23rd 1209 Shattuck Ave (east side of street, past Oak Park, near Eunice) 49th day of the Omer Candle Lighting ............................................................................ 7:54 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ....................................................... 7:00 pm Candle Lighting ........................................................................... 8:00 pm Saturday, May 16th Morning Service ........................................................................... 9:15 am Morning Service ......................................................................... 9:15 am Educational Program ................................................................ 10:15 am Text Study with visiting scholar, Dr. Shai Secunda: Keeping it Whole: Mincha ........................................................................................ 7:50 pm Good, Evil, and the Talmud's Encounter with Iran .................... 10:45 am Seudah Shlishit ............................................................................ 8:10 pm Torah Readers: Na’aman Kam * NOTE: Before a Shabbat leading into a two‐day Yom Tov, it is advisable Haftarah Reader: Zvi Rosen to light a 24‐hour/yahrzeit candle so that on the conclusion of Shabbat, Text Study with visiting scholar, Dr. Shai Secunda: Reciting in the candles for Yom Tov may be lit by transferring the flame from this pre‐ the Original, Praying in Translation: The Mishnah's Take on existing flame. Speaking Mitzvot......................................................................... 6:30 pm Mincha ........................................................................................ 7:35 pm SHAVUOT Seudah Shlishit ........................................................................... 7:55 pm Saturday night, Sunday & Monday, May 23rd – 25th Ma’ariv, Havdalah & Shabbat ends ........................................... 8:57 pm First NIGHT SHAVUOT Saturday Night, May 23rd Special Educational Program Candle Lighting AFTER* .............................................................. 9:04 pm 9:15‐10:30 am: All children are invited for free play in the Gan room Yom Tov Ma’ariv** ..................................................................... 9:04 pm (library) together with our babysitters and parent supervision Community‐wide Tikkun L’eyl Shavuot after CBI services until dawn at Tots & Pre‐K Berkeley Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut @ Rose. Orthodox morning services 10:45 am: Clean up in Gan room @ the JCC. 11:00 am‐11:30 am: program with Laura Lipman *If a person has not recited Maariv with the prayer “Va’todieinu,” he or 11:30 am‐12:00 pm: Free play and snack in the Gan room she must say “Baruch hamavdil bein kodesh le’kodesh” before lighting 12:00 pm: Clean up in Gan room candles or cooking. K‐5 graders **In Kiddush, the order is “Borei pri ha’gafen,” “Asher abchar banu,”“Borei 10:30‐10:40 am: gather in front of CBI to walk to Becky Temko Park (2424 meorei ha’eish,” “ha’mavdeel bein kodesh le’kodesh,” and Roosevelt) accompanied by Ayelet Hashay, David Hartman, Tamar Davis “she’hecheyanu.” This order is otherwise known as “YaKNeHaZ” an and Abe Stone. acronym for wine (yayin), kiddush (a blessing specifically sanctifying the 10:45 am: Leave for Becky Temko Park holiday), candle (ner), havdalah, and time (z’man). 11:00 am‐12:00 pm: program and free play at the park. Snacks will be served. 1ST DAY OF SHAVUOT 12:00 pm: Return to CBI Sunday, May 24th Early Shacharit @ JCC* ............................................................... 5:30 am Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products as there are congregants for whom these products are an irritant due to allergies or as a result of chemotherapy or other medical treatment. Thank you. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS SHEET FROM THE BUILDING ON SHABBAT Regular Yom Tov Shacharit @CBI ............................................... 9:15 am May 21 ‐ Ruth Chapter 4 Yom Tov Mincha & Ma’ariv ........................................................ 7:00 pm Thursdays, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Light candles from a pre‐existing flame .......................... AFTER 9:05 pm FRIDAY *The Amidah service will be recited at Netz Hachmah (sunrise) at 5:52 am Talmudic Wisdom: Join us for a weekly class that explores key sugyot (talmudic units) that discuss major Jewish questions of practice and 2ND DAY OF SHAVUOT thought. Monday, May 25th R. Yonatan Cohen ‐ Fridays, 9:00 a.m. Morning Service........................................................................... 9:15 am Yizkor ........................................................................................ 11:00 am SUMMER AT CBI Megillat Ruth ............................................................................. 11:30 am Visiting Scholars and Upcoming Workshops Yom Tov Mincha ......................................................................... 8:00 pm Ma’ariv ........................................................................................ 9:00 pm Saturday, June 13—R. David Levin‐Kruss Havdalah & Yom Tov end after 9:06 pm R. David Levin‐Kruss is director of special programs and on the faculty of Pardes. He teaches mishna, Talmud, and Jewish thought and also acts as a life coach for students Beth Israel Classes seeking direction. David Levin‐Kruss holds a B.A. and Teachers’ Certification in MONTHLY ON SUNDAYS & MONDAYS English Literature and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew Practical Issues in Contemporary Halakah: Join us for a monthly class University of Jerusalem. He himself attended Pardes as a student. that explores specific topics in contemporary Halakah. Each class is Following that he spent a number of years in yeshiva and received offered during the day and nighttime to allow for greater participation. rabbinic ordination from the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Topic Seminary. Blessings and Altered States: Powerbars, Soups, and Mashed Foods (Sunday June 14 at 8 pm or Monday June 15 at 11 am) Saturday, June 26‐27 — Rav Baruch Gigi R. Yonatan Cohen Rav Baruch Gigi came to Israel from Morocco at the age of 11 and joined Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1975. From 1983‐1988, SUNDAY Rav Gigi served as a Ram and Rosh Kollel at the Hesder Special Pre‐ Shvuot Shiur with R. Eliahu Klein Yeshiva "Ma'a lot," and since 1988, he has served as a Ram The teachings of Reb Nachman of Breslov on the Book of Ruth at Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Gigi currently teaches Hilchot Torah 65 “ And Boaz Spoke to Ruth” Shabbat in the Kollel of the Yeshiva and serves as the Rav of Topics: R Nachman links the idea of a Master Gardener cultivating a field the Sephardic Synagogue in Alon Shevut. He also teaches at with mastering the art of prayer and links the art of prayer with ability to the Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz and at the Women's Advocates make a tikkun [a realignment] for souls. And that‐ is connected to the Training Program of Ohr‐Torah Stone Institutes. In 5766, Harav Baruch story of Ruth! was inaugurated, together with Harav Yaakov Medan, as Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliahu Klein is a master teacher on Chassidism and Kabbalah and alongside the founding roshei yeshiva. has authored a number of books on these topics including the recent:A Mystical Haggadah: Teachings, Meditations and Stories on Passover Shabbat, July 11— Dr. Hammer‐Kossoy R. Eliahu Klein – Sunday Night , May 17th, 6:30‐PM Dr. Hammer‐Kossoy, originally from Washington, D.C., has a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis MONDAY University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Women Latino Zumba class with an abdominal workout. Her dissertation explored the courageous manner in which Oshi Du – Mondays, 8:30 pm the rabbis of the Talmud created a new criminal punishment system. WEDNESDAY Dr. Hammer‐Kossoy is also a graduate of NATIV,