Shabbos Youth Programs: • Shmiras HaLashon (Guard Your Erev Shabbos Tongue) for girls in grades 1-6. Girls FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 in grades 1 - 5 meet at mincha in the Candlelighting .......................5:10 pm Kollel’s Franco Room. Girls in grade 6 Mincha (MS) ..........................5:10 pm meet at mincha time in the Main Shul to Carlebach Minyan (DM) ........5:10 pm daven mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos. Participants gather in lobby at end of davening. Shabbos Celebrating 50 Years • SKIP 18 months – grade 5, ECD Wing, DECEMBER 7 9:45am - 11:45am Shacharis • Mommy & Me Mommies with Early Minyan (K) ....................8:00 am children 2 years and under, ECD wing in Main Minyan (MS) .................8:45 am Good Shabbos and Welcome! the Ruach Rainbows classroom, 9:45am 9:00am Minyan (DM) ............9:00 am - 11:45am. Nine fif-Teen Minyan (CFR) ...9:15 am PARSHAS VAYIGASH • B’nei BJ, boys grades 2 – 5 with Adult Beginners (CSR) .........10:00 am Lawrence Stroll, Board Room, 10:30am. DECEMBER 7, 2013 • 4 TEVES 5774 Mincha • Nine fif-TEEN Minyan, boys and girls Page Numbers: Torah Reading: page 250, Haftarah: page 1144 grades 5 - 12, with Rabbi Shalom Yosef Early Mincha (DM) ................4:00 pm Horowitz, Conference Room, 9:15am. Mincha (MS) ..........................4:55 pm Followed by their famous cholent Maariv Kiddush. Maariv/Shabbos ends (MS) ..6:03 pm Shabbos Updates • NCSY Shalosh Seudos with Rabbi Late Maariv (K) ......................6:13 pm Chaim Neiditch, high school boys & • Carlebach Nusach Minyan begins this Friday night with Mincha at 5:10pm in girls, between Mincha & Maariv, Carson the Daily Minyan. Bring in Shabbos with extra ruach, song, dancing and energy. Room. Weekday Children welcome! Thank you to Harry Portman for coordinating this Minyan! • Shalosh Seudos with Jonathan WEEK OF DECEMBER 8 - 13 • Shmiras HaLashon (Guard Your Tongue) for girls in grades 1-6 will meet Klein WILL NOT MEET THIS WEEK. this Shabbos. Girls in grades 1 - 5 meet at mincha in the Kollel’s Franco Room. Shacharis Girls in grade 6 meet at mincha time in the Main Shul to daven mincha and • Avos Ubanim/ Father Son Learning, Sunday (DM) ........7:00, 8:00, 9:00am Kollel Beis Medrash, 6:55pm. For fathers Kabbalas Shabbos. Participants gather in lobby at end of davening. Mon/Thurs (DM) ...................6:50 am & sons of all ages. Each week there is a • Shalosh Seudos with Jonathan Klein for boys & girls grades 6-8, WILL NOT child given dvar Torah and a raffle! Tues/Wed (DM) .....................7:00 am MEET THIS SHABBOS. Please have your children accompany you to the Fri (Selichos, DM) ..................6:30 am Shalosh Seudos you attend. Mon-Fri (K) ............................7:30 am Mincha Shabbos Classes: Sunday (K) .............................1:00 pm Class Updates (Brought to you by Beth Jacob and Mon - Thurs (K) .....................2:30 pm • Rabbi Stein’s Navi Class on Mondays at Noon will not meet this Monday, Atlanta Scholars Kollel) Sun - Thurs (DM) ..................5:15 pm December 9th. • Daf Yomi, Rabbi Reuven Stein, one Maariv • Rabbi Pransky’s Redemption class will not meet this Sunday because of the Beth Jacob Dinner of Honor. hour before Mincha, Kollel, for men. Sun - Thurs (DM).....following Mincha • Shabbos Morning Chumash Shiur, Sun - Thurs (K) ......................7:40 pm • Rabbi Pransky’s Shmuel class this Wednesday, December 11th, will meet Rabbi Ilan D. Feldman, 8:15am, Main Sun - Thurs (DM) ...................9:00 pm from 7:45-8:30pm to accommodate the Beth Jacob annual meeting and Shul, for men & women. Sun - Thurs (K) ......................9:45 pm Rebbetzin Feldman’s class. • Shabbos Shiur for Men, Rabbi Doniel Pransky, 10:45am, Kollel. Next Shabbos • 12 Minute Halacha, Rabbi Yechezkel Ilan D. Feldman, Rabbi • Yechezkel Freundlich, Associate Rabbi Freundlich, following the 9:00am FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 Dr. Emanuel Feldman, Rabbi Emeritus Minyan Kiddush, for men & women. Candlelighting .......................5:12 pm Harvey Steele, Executive Director • Joey Fink, President Mincha (MS) ..........................4:50 pm Mindy Tanenbaum, Preschool Director Jodi Wittenberg & Tzippy Teller, Co-Presidents, Sisterhood This Shabbos flyer is brought to you in (CFR) Conference Room, (CSR) Carson loving memory of Marlene Mendel, z"l. Room, (BR) Board Room, (DM) Daily 1855 LaVista Road Atlanta, GA 30329 • (404) 633-0551 • Fax (404) 320-7912 Her light does not go out at night. - Prov. 31 Minyan, (FR) Franco Room in the www.bethjacobatlanta.org Kollel, (K) Kollel, (MS) Main Shul Like us on facebook: facebook.com/bethjacobatlanta Mazal Tov! Upcoming Events & Classes • Dr. Dan & Arlene Appelrouth on the birth of their granddaughter, Chana Pearl, • Sundays, December 8 &15 - Advanced Tanach for Women with Batsheva born to Rabbi David & Dalia Appelrouth of Toronto and to great-grandmother Mary Gelbtuch. 9:30am, Carson Room. A text-based class for women with Hebrew reading Caplan. skills. Participants take turns reading and translating. • Dr. Benjie Flusberg & Keren Fisher on the birth of their daughter, Lia Maayan, and • Sunday, December 8 - The Timeless Torah as Applied to Contemporary to grandparents Dr. Mark & Barbara Fisher and Dr. Alan & Roz Flusberg. Situations with Rabbi Ilan Feldman. In this monthly series, explore halachic questions • Rabbi Yechezkel & Rifki Freundlich on being honored this Sunday at Beth Jacob’s that defy simple solutions. Understand the precedents in halachic literature, and for Annual Dinner. Welcome to their parents Dr. Lester & Mrs. Chaya Pollak and Dr. Ushi one Sunday a month play Armchair Posek (halachic decisor). Class topic: “Electric & Mrs. Zina Freundlich and all the other friends and family who are in Atlanta for the wheelchairs on Shabbos (and other technological solutions to disabilities).” 10:00am, celebration. Conference Room, for men & women. • Ben & Jacquie Hirsch on the marriage of the granddaughter, Sara Nechama • Monday, December 9 - Shimon Shlomo & Margalit Ovadia Great Controversies Apelbaum, daughter of Shalom & Michal Apelbaum, to Zevi Zaks, son of Zvi Hirsch & in Jewish History Course. 7:45pm, Heritage Hall. Topic: The Rambam (Maimonides) and Gita Zaks. His Opponents with Rabbi Ilan D. Feldman. • Paul & Ilana Shenk on the birth of their granddaughter, Shayna Raizel, born to Gabe • Tuesdays at 8:45pm & Wednesdays at 12:00pm - Advanced Women’s Parsha and & Kochava Joel of Cleveland, and to grandparents Dr. Malcolm & Lynette Joel, and great- Halacha with Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich. Carson Room, for women with a yeshiva grandfather Jack Shenk. or seminary background, will be comprised of two parts: A selection from Maharal or Ramban on the Parsha (texts studied in the original), followed by a brief halacha shiur • Rabbi Shimon & Chana Wiggins on the engagement of their son, Nosson, to Libi related to Shabbos, kashrus and other areas of contemporary observance. Schneeweiss, daughter of Dr. Dovid & Esther Schneeweiss of Monsey, NY. • Concludes Wednesday, December 11 - Beth Jacob & Atlanta Scholars Kollel Women’s Division present “3 to be Free”: The Language of the Neshama. Rebbetzin Thank You to Our Donors! Miriam Feldman jumpstarts your journey to develop a sense of purpose and mission. 8:30-9:30pm, Conference Room. No charge for classes; $10 charge for materials for all NORMAN RAAB KIDDUSH FUND three classes payable at the door. • David & Halle Garfunkel in memory of David’s father, Baruch Mordechai Garfunkel, • Wednesday December 11 - Beth Jacob Annual Meeting for Year’s Review and z”l. Update of Main Shul Renovation Plans. 7:00pm, Conference Room. Meet the Beth • Jonathan & Davida Levin in honor of their new grandson, Ovadia Tzvi Kohen- Jacob Atlanta Board of Trustees. Meeting topics: Rededication Project, Shul finances, Kadosh. 2013 Shul highlights and accomplishments. • Jonathan & Davida Levin in memory of Jonathan’s mother, Cesil Levin, Tzivia bas • Sunday, December 15 - Dinner Conversations with BJ Rosenfeld: “The Natan, z”l. Chameleon in the Closet.” $25 per person, 5:30pm, Heritage Hall. BJ’s memoir traces SPECIAL DEDICATIONS the universal journey parents take as their children try to find their place in the world. • Jay & Chaya Malka Starkman and Natan & Leah Starkman are dedicating the When both of her sons broke with the family’s Conservative Jewish upbringing and Torah Reading on the Shloshim of our dear friend, MosheAron Gross z”l, and a Refuah plunged into Orthodoxy, BJ was confronted with the challenge of accepting or rejecting Shlemah for Ahuva bas Tova. their newfound religious beliefs. With candor, passion, and humor, The Chameleon • Kochava in the Closet is a unique tribute to all parents who stand behind their children’s life- • Raya Zalik, David & Helen, Daniella, Arianna & Sophia Zalik, and Annalisa Conte altering decisions. RSVP to the Shul office. are dedicating the Torah Reading in loving memory of Daniel Zalik, z”l. • Thursday, December 19 - “Zichron Moshe” Practical Halacha shiur on Choshen • Rabbi Ilan & Miriam Feldman are dedicating the Rabbi’s Sermon in honor of Rabbi Mishpat (Monetary Law), presented by Rabbi Dovid Grossman in memory of R’ Yechezkel & Rifki Freundlich’s parents, Dr. Lester & Chaya Pollak and Dr. Ushi & Zina Moshe Yitzchak z’l ben Avraham Aryeh. Rabbi Grossman studied Jewish monetary Freundlich, for raising children worthy of each other. law in Israel for over ten years at which point he received his ordination as a Rabbinic • Josh Kahn is sponsoring the 9:00 Minyan Kiddush in honor of four years with his Judge in the city of Jerusalem. After serving as a Judge in Jerusalem for a number of loving and lovely Chanukah bride Raizel, may they share many more happy years years Dayan Grossman relocated to New Jersey and continued practicing as a Talmudic together. Judge and as a Halachic arbitrator in the tri-state area. Recognizing the Jewish laymen’s • Stephen, Ellen, Daniel & Franklin Filreis are sponsoring the Kollel Kiddush in obligations but limited familiarity with the applications of the Halacha (Talmudic Law) in honor of the Shloshim of our beloved friend MosheAron Gross, z”l.