ה י ב ר ו א י נ ס ט י ט ו ת ד ׳ ר י ב ר ד ל ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale THE BAYIT BULLETIN February 10, 2012 18 Shevat, 5772 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Wishing Mazal Tov to: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Joan & Arnie Stark on the birth of a grandson to parents Lauren & David Boim. To big brother Isaac, Bronx, NY 10463 grandparents Judie & Eddie Boim and great-grandmother Vicki Matalon. www.thebayit.org Susan & Bob Zeif on the birth of twin grandchildren Noah Samson and Adina Yonit, born to Staci & Doron. To siblings Kira and Maya, grandparents Keri & Len Gershuny, great-grandmother Nelly Ekstein and to the E-mail: [email protected] entire family. Phone: 718-796-4730 Wishing Condolences to: Fax: 718-884-3206 Marion Fishman on the passing of her father Harry Kirsch. Shiva will be observed until Wed. Shacharit at Rav Avi Weiss: [email protected] the Kirsch home, 86 Terrace Ave., West Orange, NJ. Shacharit Fri., Mon. - Wed. 7:00am, Sun. 8:00am. Min- Rabba Sara Hurwitz: [email protected] cha/Maariv Sun. - Tues. 5:15pm. Rav Steven Exler: [email protected] Welcome to New Members: Rachel & Aaron Lerner. Kiddush Kiddush is sponsored by Joan & Arnie Stark in This Shabbat @ The Bayit honor of the birth of their grandson. FRIDAY NIGHT CHILDREN’S SERVICE with Menachem Menchel: All children are welcome To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact to partake in a 25 minute Shabbat program including tefillah, activity and kiddush with snack! Right hand side of Social Hall, immediately following Lecha Dodi. Arielle Berger - [email protected]. TEFILLAT ESTHER: Will take place this Shabbat, 9:00am in the Lower Level Beit Midrash. This Week SPECIAL TALK WITH DR. HANNAH KEHAT AFTER MUSSAF: “Receiving the Shabbat Parshat Yitro Torah by Women”. Dr. Kehat is the Founder and Executive Director of Kolech: The Religious • Candle Lighting: 5:06pm Women’s Forum. She has a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy from Hebrew University, and has received many awards for her work on religion and feminism. • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:10pm • Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 6:50am BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Professor Zvi Zohar: “Women, Torah, Mitzvot and Rabbinic Authority - a subversive reading of Eshet Hayyil by • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am hakham Yisrael Ya’akov elGhazi, Jerusalem’s chief rabbi c. 1750”. Dr. Zohar is Chauncy • Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM) Stillman Professor of Sephardic Law and Ethics at Bar Ilan University, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. • Tefillat Esther: 9:00am (LL BM) THIS SAT. NIGHT - SPECIAL YOUTH EVENT: All 1st-5th graders are • Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:33am invited to the Bnei Akiva Riverdale kickoff event at HIR! Join your friends as we play • Parsha Shiur: 4:10pm MINUTE TO WIN IT! Raffles, Prizes, Snacks and Fun! Admission is FREE! 7:00pm - 8:30pm. • Mincha: 4:55pm Next Shabbat @ The Bayit • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:10pm SHABBAT MEVARCHIM TEFILLAH: We’re continuing our spirited tefillah next Shabbat at Weekday Times 9:00am in the LL BM. Help ensuring a minyan, it will be greatly appreciated. Healthy kiddush will follow. Contributions of healthy, unopened, acceptably kosher certified snacks welcome! • Shacharit LEARNING SERVICE: Learning Service will take place next Shabbat, Feb. 18, from 9:30am - Sun: 8:30am 11:00am in Room 3-1 with Rabbi Moshe Edelman. Upcoming dates are Mar. 10 and Apr. 29. Mon/Thurs: 6:40, 8:00am FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: The February birthday kiddush will take place on Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Shabbat, Feb. 18. If you would like to make a donation to the kiddush fund in honor of a February birthday, please fill out the form at http://tinyurl.com/HIRbirthday. • Mincha/Maariv all week: 5:15pm BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Tora Flora talk with Dr. Jon Greenberg: Next Week “Freud: Anatomy is destiny. Greenberg: Botany is theology!” Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim Jon Greenberg received his Ph.D. in agronomy at Cornell University and conducted research at USDA and University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Greenberg teaches at the Heschel Shabbat Shekalim School in New York. Visit TorahFlora.org to read some of Dr. Greenberg’s essays on • Candle Lighting: 5:14pm Biblical and Talmudic botany, or e-mail him at [email protected] to receive e-mail announcements of his speaking events, botanical garden Torah tours, and publications. • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:15pm • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am FILM NIGHT - “Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace” - 7:30pm: Emmy Award winning Director Harry Hunkele will introduce the film and facilitate a discussion. This is the true story of the • Mincha: 5:00pm 1979 Camp David Peace Accord and Treaty between Egypt and Israel. It is a tale of secret missions, • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:19pm internal power struggles and diplomatic brinkmanship by a cast of characters never before revealed - until now. Channel Productions crisscrosses the globe in search of the true story behind one of the most difficult diplomatic achievements of the 20th Century. NEW WEBSITE: Our new website is rolling out! Project Matanot L’evyonim will be our first program to take advantage of the new platform. Each member will receive a unique link to login to the system. Please use your preferred e-mail address to send a message to [email protected] to ensure that we have your correct info. THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Happenings @ the Bayit Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets in Room 3-4. ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us for Friday night dinner in the main lobby. To sponsor future tents contact James Lapin at [email protected]. 7:30am Sun.-Fri., and Shabbat after Mincha. ISRAEL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING: The IAC will meet on Tues., Feb. 14 PLEASE NOTE: Rav Avi’s classes will not take place this week. 8:00pm in the Main Lobby. Agenda includes: supporting a Mar. 18 event at Lincoln They will resume in March. Park Synagogue, the upcoming presentation from Eli (see below), and action Rabba Sara’s Tuesday shiur will not meet this week. regarding the partisan textbook, Arab World Studies used to educate high schoolers about the Middle East. Please e-mail [email protected] to RSVP or post Shabbat questions. 8:10am - Midrash Hashavua with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) After Mussaf - Special Talk with Dr. Hannah Kehat (Main Sanctuary) MAYOR OF ELI @ THE BAYIT - Sat. night, Feb. 25, 8:00pm: Eliana Passentin, 4:10pm - Parsha Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman (Main Spokeswoman for the Town of Eli will speak on “The History of Shilo - From Yehoshua Bin Nun to Mark Twain.” Koby Elraz, Mayor of the Town of Eli and Sanctuary) Reserve officer in the Golani Brigade will speak about “Political and Military Strategy After Mincha - Shiur with Professor Zvi Zohar (Main Sanctuary) of the State of Israel.” Coordinated by the Israel Action Committee. After Mincha - Parshat Hashavua with Beth Aharon (2nd Fl. Beit Midrash) HEALTHY BODIES EVENT - Feb. 26: Want to learn more about what we put into Monday our bodies and how to take care of them? Partake in informative sessions with local 6:30pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level I (Lobby)* experts, tween yoga, and prepare healthy snacks with nutritionist Nava Billet. Sun., 7:15pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level II (Lobby)* Feb. 26, 9:30am - 12:00pm - Lower Level. Child care available. 8:00pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: On Fri. night, Mar. 2 help a 8:00pm - Advanced Talmud with Rabbi Jeff Fox (at David Mann’s home. neighbor turn Fri. night into Shabbat, and bring them to the Bayit for E-mail [email protected] to attend.) a delicious dinner and Shabbat experience. $15 per person, $45 for families. RSVP to Aaron Braun at [email protected]. Tuesday 10:00am - The Unique and The Sublime: Biblical Characters THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP - Wed., with Rabba Sara (not meeting this week) Mar. 14, 7:00pm: Under the guidance of poet and translator Atara Fobar. Poems will be read in Hebrew with English translation and discussion. All Wednesday are invited! Please note: this class is now on Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm (not 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* Tuesdays) and is relocating to the 3rd FL, Room 3-3. Upcoming dates: 4/4, 5/2, 6/6. Thursday WELCOMING TO OUR BAYIT: If you would like friends or family welcomed on Shabbat morning, you can now enter their names in this link: 10:00am - Book of Joshua with Rav Steven (Lower Level Beit Midrash) http://tinyurl.com/bayit-shabbat-welcome. Please continue to make our Bayit 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study (Lobby)* welcoming by introducing yourself to at least one new person every Shabbat and by Friday inviting new families to join you for a Shabbat meal. Not every "new" face is new to Riverdale, but if they are new to you, that’s what counts. 7:20am - Tractate Moed Katan with Rav Steven (Lower Level Lobby) MEET THE BAYIT PRESIDENT: Do you have an issue or idea you’d like to share * All Hebrew classes are taught by our experienced teacher Sara Kinberg. For more info. with Bayit president, David Schwartz? David is holding “office hours” on Sunday on the Hebrew program and for guidance about placement, please contact Sara at mornings at the Bayit. To schedule an appointment, please contact Shuli at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher. [email protected] or 718-796-4730 x102. UPCOMING SHABBAT SPEAKERS HIR CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Mark your calendars for these terrific presentations! Interested in making healthier and fresher 2/25 Rivka Haut: part of our “Va-ani Tefillati: Personal Perspectives on Prayer” series (after Mincha) food choices this summer? 3/3 Rachel Kirschbaum - Middle School Judaics Faculty, Ramaz Join HIR CSA and receive your fruit, vegetables and/or eggs School (after Mincha) directly from local farms for 22 weeks this coming summer.