Program Schedule Spring/Summer 2019 305 West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 Phone: (212) 580-2391 Fax: (212) 721-4872 Email: [email protected] www.thecarlebachshul.org CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES 2 RABBI’S MESSAGE 3 YOM HASHOAH AND PESACH MEALS 4 ANNUAL DINNER 5 LEARNING PROGRAMS 6 FRIDAY NIGHT AND YOM TOV DINNERS 7 TU B’SHVAT SEDER WRAP-UP 8 DAY OF KABBALAH WRAP-UP 9 COMEDY, SHAVUOT, TISHA B’AV 10 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, MAZEL TOVS, CONDOLENCES, LAG BA’OMER 11 Shabbat & Holiday Candlelighting Times DATE PARSHA CANDLES May 3-4 Achrei Mot 7:36 May 10-11 Kedoshim 7:43 May 17-18 Emor 7:50 May 24-25 Behar 7:56 May 31 - June 1 Bechukotai 8:02 June 7-8 Bamidbar 8:07 June 8 Shavuot 9:15 June 9 Shavuot 9:16 June 14-15 Nasso 8:10 June 21-22 Beha’alotcha 8:12 June 28-29 Sh’lach 8:13 July 5-6 Korach 8:12 July 12-13 Chukat 8:09 July 19-20 Balak 8:05 July 26-27 Pinchas 7:59 August 2-3 Matot-Masei 7:52 August 9-10 Devarim 7:43 August 16-17 Vaetchanan 7:34 August 23-24 Eikev 7:24 August 30-31 Re’eh 7:13 2 - The Carlebach Shul A MESSAGE FROM RABBIPRESIDENT’S NAFTALI CITRON LETTER ✍ The Seer of Lublin and The Yid Hakadosh Based on a lecture from the “Great Debates for the Sake of Heaven” series by Rabbi Naftali Citron One of the great luminaries of early and encouraged a brotherhood among Chassidism was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak students. Horowitz, known as the Seer of The Seer considered himself a prophet, Lublin. With the possible exception and often performed miracles in of the Magid of Mezritch, there was front of his court. Those who are not never a Rebbe who was a teacher great scholars tend to be impressed of so many leaders as the Seer. His by miracles, and so the Seer and disciples included Rabbi Naftali of somebody who can answer questions. his miracles were the focus of the Ropshitz, the Apter Rebbe, the first But the Rebbe cannot be a substitute, entire court and the foundation of the Belzer Rebbe, Reb Dovid of Lelov, an excuse for not putting effort into students’ faith. But there were those Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (known self-improvement. Every individual, who pushed back against this model. as the Yismach Moshe), Rabbi Tzvi whatever his level, must learn and After all, we are told, “lo bashamayim Elimelech of Dinov, and many more. strive and develop his own relationship hi”—the Torah is not in Heaven, where These disciples became the major with G-d. only those with Divine inspiration can leaders throughout Poland, Hungary, access it. Though we are only human For students of the Yid, learning had and much of Eastern Europe. One of and cannot speak to G-d, the Torah is nothing to do with status. It wasn’t his most celebrated students, who within our grasp, and instead of relying about being better than anyone else, shared his name, Yaakov Yitzchak, was on those with more access we are but about becoming close to G-d. They known as the Yid Hakadosh. The Yid supposed to reach for it ourselves. For saw learning as a process of inner Hakadosh founded his own Chassidic court in the lifetime of his mentor, and this reason, the Seer was always careful purification. They saw each page of had a very different attitude about the to distinguish between prophecy and Talmud as a mikvah, a ritual cleansing nature of Chassidism. In the court of halacha. Though he did believe he experience. Prayer, too, was about the Seer of Lublin, everything was the received Divinely-inspired visions, he making a connection with G-d. It was Rebbe; miracles and visions conducted did not base halachic rulings on his the Yid who said that praying at the by the Rebbe inspired the masses. In visions. proper time, the z’man tefillah, was Peshischa, where the Yid held court, Still, some of the Seer’s students did less important than praying with the everything was up to the individual. not like the way he made himself the proper focus. If the z’man tefillah is The rededication to Talmud study center of his court. The Yid Hakadosh approaching and you are not in the and sense of personal responsibility was one of those students. The Yid right mental space, he said, do not prevalent in the Yid’s court set the two thought that people relied on the Seer rush. Take the time to focus yourself, groups at odds. and his miracles too much. The Seer so that your prayers will actually have Let’s take a deeper look into these may have reached a certain level that meaning. allowed him to have visions, but his schools of thought. The followers of Though the Yid Hakadosh broke from the Vilna Gaon saw practice and study followers hadn’t reached that level, and the Seer of Lublin, and the two courts of the Talmud as the only way to be a as long as they could rely on visions were often at odds, the Yid’s ideas good Jew. But this led to a culture of from the Seer they would never even probably could not have flourished elitism that the Seer of Lublin found bother trying to reach it themselves. without the Seer. Before the Seer built troubling. Talmudic scholars felt that But that is not how we are supposed to they were better than everyone else. act. A key tenet of the Yid’s philosophy his court, it was Talmudic elitists who People were not learning with the goal was avodat atzmo—every individual is reigned and controlled the Jewish of understanding the will of G-d in supposed to work to improve himself. community. It was thanks to the Seer order to serve Him better; they cared We are all responsible for our own breaking that control and putting the only about achieving status within growth; no one else can do that work focus back on the common man that the community. The Seer of Lublin for us. Of course one must have a the Yid was able to rediscover the focus fought this trend. In his Chassidic Rebbe, because no one can know on the individual as a master of self- court, he catered to the less-learned everything and it’s important to have discipline and inner spiritual growth. Spring-Summer 2019/5779 - 3 5779 Pesach Dinners While each and every Seder is unique in its own way, we hope that this Seder will challenge and expand the relevance of the story of the exodus. Our Seder leaders will help us understand ancient teachings in a contemporary and meaningful way. Adding to the experience will be traditional songs as well as the songs of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach during the course of the Seder. The Hagaddah will be read in Hebrew and in English. First Seder – Friday night, April 19th RABBI JOSEPH TELUSHKIN WILL BE JOINED BY ELIYAHU CITRON $90 Members, $100 Non-Members; Prices will go up by $5 after April 12th. Second Seder – Saturday night, April 20th WITH RABBI NAFTALI CITRON $80 Members, $90 Non-Members; Prices will go up by $5 after April 12th. 7th night dinner – Thursday night, April 25th WITH RABBI AVRAHAM NEWMAN $45 Members, $55 Non-Members; Prices will go up by $5 after April 21st. Yom Hashoah Event Sunday, May 5th at 4:00 PM Carlebach Holocaust Commemoration 2019 The 2019 Carlebach Holocaust Commemoration will examine modern day spelunkers like Chris Nicola, who have added to our knowledge of how Jews survived during the Holocaust. Come hear and see the extraordinary ways Jews escaped the Final Solution, in caves and tunnels. 4 - The Carlebach Shul THE CARLEBACH SHUL’S WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:30 p.m. GALA DINNER THE ST. 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