| | | Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin 301 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, CT (203) 358-2200 www.cas-stamford.org Mikvah 203-964-1928 / Eruv 203-324-3955 |
| January 25, 2014
| Mishpatim
Shabbat Mevarchim | 24 Shevat 5774 |
| | | Friday | Candles | 4:43pm | | Mincha | 4:48pm | | B'nai Mitzvah Dinner | 5:45pm |
| Chapel/Sanctuary | 8/9:00am | | Coffee & Commentary | 8:45am
| | Women's Tefillah Group | 9:30am
| | Shiur | 10:30am | Tot Shabbat/Mini Minyan/
Jr. Cong/BMC/Jr. Teen Chat
| 10:30am | | Code of Jewish Law
| 3:50pm
| | Daf Yomi | | | Mincha
| 4:40pm | | Maariv | 5:38pm | | Shabbat Ends | 5:43pm |
Carlebach-Style Davening Next Friday Friday Jan 31 & Saturday Feb 1 Rosh Chodesh Adar I |
Women's Tefillah Group This Shabbat in Simcha Room |
There will be two minyanim next Shabbat 2/1 (Yakar Shabbat.) Sanctuary: 8:30 am Chapel: 8 am There will be one kiddush at 10 am followed by learning sessions and musaf in the Sanctuary |
TWO NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ON SHABBAT First Shabbat of every Month: Meditative Prayer Experience 8:30-9 am, led by Rabbi Cohen. Will meet 8-8:30 am on 2/1, Yakar Shabbat
Second Shabbat of every month: Understanding Prayer Will next meet on 2/8 10:30-11 am |
| WE WANT YOU FOR BINGO! Callers are especially needed. So please do a mitzvah and join our small group of dedicated workers. Contact Roz @ roz@cas-stamford.org or call the shul at 203-358-2200. |
| Young Couples Bowling Night Out! Saturday, February 1, 8-10 pm Rip Van Winkle Lanes, Norwalk $25 per person Sign up here |
Matan Bat Mitzvah Class with Michal Smart meets this Sunday, 5:30 pm at CAS. For 6th grade girls and moms.
Free for CAS members/BCDS families |
Man Up Bar Mitzvah Class with Rabbi Daniel Cohen will continue 2/9 & 2/23 at 9:15 am. For 6th/7th grade boys and dads. A light breakfast will be served. Free for CAS members. |
RESCHEDULED
Saturday night, 3/15
Purim Concert with
Cantor Bokow and the Bagles
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| | | | | 10 or 613? Why did G-d give the Jewish people so many commandments? The Torah links parshat Yitro to Mishpatim to signify the divinity of all laws. The idea is best expressed by the following note of history:
In the 1960's, the Danish architect Arne Jacobson designed a new college campus in Oxford. Not content with designing the building, he went on to design the cutlery and crockery to be used in the dining hall, and supervised the planting of every shrub in the college garden. When asked why, he replied in the words of another architect, Mies van der Rohe: "God is in the details."
So too in Judaism. G-d is in the details.
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| CAS and AIPAC invite you to Yakar Shabbat- Friday & Saturday Jan 31 - Feb 1 with Dr. Sharon Goldman, AIPAC Northeast Political Director ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Friday Night January 31 Carlebach Style Davening, at 4:56 PM in the Chapel Dinner following services: $25 per adult/$15 per child (kid's meal) *
After dinner, Dr. Goldman will speak on: Meltdown in the Middle East -
the Implications for America & Israel ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Shabbat morning February 1: Sanctuary Shacharit at 8:30 AM | Chapel Shacharit/Musaf at 8:00 AM Joint Kiddush at 10:00 AM Learning Sessions at 10:30 AM Sanctuary Musaf at 11:15 AM TOPICS: 4:30 Mincha | 4:50 AIPAC Seudah Shlishit Discussion: Why Us? Our Responsibility to Ensure Israel's Security |
*As an alternative to the AIPAC Dinner, 1st-4th graders may attend the Jr. Congregation Shabbaton which will run concurrently. Drop off your children at the Shabbaton, attend services and the AIPAC Dinner, and pick them up by 8:30. Please register your children for the Jr. Congregation Shabbaton here. |
The annual AIPAC Policy Conference is the largest gathering of the pro-Israel movement. The 2014 conference will be held March 2-4, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Please join us by registering here. Watch Rabbi Cohen's 2013 video on the importance of attending the AIPAC conference here. |
CAS Jewish Arts Weekend THIS Saturday Evening, January 25, 7:30 p.m. Envisioning Esther: The Art and History of Illustrated Megillot Presentation by: Sharon Liberman Mintz, Senior Consultant for Judaica at Sotheby's Curator of Jewish Art, Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary Wine, Cheese & Desserts (but of course!) Free, but please sign up here! Sponsored in memory of Dr. Henry Fogelman by his daughter Peggy Fogelman, Director of Collections, The Morgan Library Museum |
The new Youth Committee will meet for the first time this Tuesday night, Jan. 28th at 8 pm at the shul. Please attend - we value your input! |
| Men's Club Meeting - Sunday, February 2 at 9:30 am. Planning and organizational meeting to prepare for the Passover Fair and upcoming events. Light breakfast. Any questions? |
| We are excited to announce the opening of Six Thirteen (formerly known as Kosh), and still located at 108 Prospect Street. The restaurant will open on February 3rd. This effort is being led by Marc Weber, a talented chef and caterer who grew up in Stamford and who attended Bi-Cultural Day School.
The restaurant remains under the kosher supervision of the Orthodox Union. |
| | At Seudah Shlishit, following 4:40 pm mincha The Search for God on the Fringe- Baruch Sterman Baruch Sterman holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia and a doctorate in physics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and his day job is in the telecommunications industry in Israel. His real passion, however, is for putting the cutting-edge tools of science to work in solving an ancient scriptural riddle. Baruch's wife and co-author, Judy Taubes Sterman, is both a yoga instructor and a teacher of biblical studies, and the couple live in Efrat with their 7 children. Together, they created The Rarest Blue, which details the fascinating account of searching for the lost tekhelet dye. |
| | - The Zalis and Rosenthal families on the brit milah of Dylan Sawyer (David Shimshon)
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| Condolences to: | -
Bonnie Nyman on the death of her beloved father, Al Wolodarsky -
Rabbi Yisrael Deren on the death of his beloved mother, Mrs. Keny Deren -
the family of Jessica Strunin Horowitz on her death
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| Shabbat Topics and Participants |
Baal Tefilah Chazzan Rafael Bokow
| Torah Readers Jeff Cahn, Ethan Green, Max Mailman, David Michelson | | Women's Tefilah Torah Readers Ziona Doft, | Rachel Jubas, Emma Rich, Talia Shapiro, Ronnie Sichel, Rivka Walk
| | Women's Ba'alot Tefilah Sandy Weiner, | Jodi Hadge Usher David Kweskin
| | Sermon L'Etat C'est Moi Rabbi David Walk | Prayer for the United States Helene Kaminski | | Shiur Effective Cursing Rabbi David Walk | Code of Jewish Law Ari Lieberman | | Daf Yomi David Bessaleli | Seudah Shlishit The Search for God on the Fringe Baruch Sterman |
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| Thanks to this Week's Sponsors...
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| Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages | the Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund | Chapel Kiddush
| The Stamford Chevra Kadisha | Sanctuary Kiddush
| The Stamford Chevra Kadisha | | Seudah Shlishit
| the shul
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| Daf Yomi | Sunday 7:45 am, Monday - Friday 7:00 am | | Shacharit | Sunday 7:15/8:30 am, Monday -Thursday 6:30/7:30 am, Friday 6:20/7:30 am | | Mincha/Maariv | Sunday-Thursday 4:55 pm, Friday 4:56 pm
| | Late Maariv in Stamford | Monday - Thursday 9 pm: @ Young Israel, 9:40 @ Yeshiva Bais Binyomin
| | Candles Next Friday | 4:51 pm
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| Annual CAS Annual Festive Dinner Sunday evening, March 23, 2014, 5:00-9:30 pm Celebrating Unity in Community Guests of Honor: Rachel & Jay Jubas Chai Award: Joe Gold Community Service Award Recipients: Stephanie & Bob Sherman Young Leadership Award Recipients: Meredith & David Cohen Stella Cohen & Rachel Dayan, Dinner Chairs Claudia & Howard Rimerman and Diane & Elliot Sloyer, Journal Chairs Helene & Harvey Kaminski and Gayle & Howard Rothman, Honorary Chairs |
Wednesdays at 7:30 pm CAS Fifth Annual Woman Scholar Program Rosh Kehilah DINA NAJMAN Marta d'Atra Kehilat Orach Eliezer Expert in Jewish bioethics and faculty member at SAR Academy For men and women! Halacha as a Dynamic Process January 29 - Lifnim M'shurat Hadin - Acting Beyond the Letter of the Law February 5 - Kavod haBriyot - Human Dignity February 26 - Precedent of Women in Halakhic Decision Making Date TBD - Halakhic Perspectives on Bioethical Decision Making - Issues in Fertility This expanded series is made possible through the generosity of Barbara & Ron Ashkenas in memory of Edward & Evelyn Weinberger |
| Sundays Bible from the Beginning 9:15 am-Rabbi David Walk Not meeting 1/26 Mondays Dvar Yom B'Yomo 12:20 pm BCDS-Rabbi David Walk Mishna Brura-Laws of Tefilah 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk | Tuesdays Power of the Prophets: Kings II 8:15 am-Rabbi Daniel Cohen The Depth of Genesis 9:00 am-Rabbi Daniel Cohen Parsha Perspectives & Paradigms noon-Rabbi Daniel Cohen at BCDS from 12:20-1:00 pm Prayer Primer 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk | Wednesdays
Halacha as a Dynamic Process
7:30 pm-Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman
January 29, February 5 & 26,
Thursdays
Talmud Bavli-Masechet Megilla 7:30 pm-Rabbi David Walk
Fridays
Taste of Torah 8:15 am-Rabbi Daniel Cohen |
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- Shabbat, 1/24-25: B'nai Mitzvah Shabbaton
- Shabbat, 1/25: Tot Shabbat Breakfast with Morahs, 10 am
- Shabbat, 1/25: Women's Tefillah Group, 9:30 am
- Saturday night, 1/25: Jewish Arts Event
- Tuesday, 1/28: Youth Committee Meeting, 8 pm
- Friday night, 1/31: Carlebach-style Davening
- Shabbat, 1/31-2/1: AIPAC Yakar Dinner and Shabbat with Dr. Sharon Goldman
- Shabbat, 2/1: Meditative Prayer Experience,
8-8:30 am - Saturday night, 2/1: Young Couples Bowling at Rip Van Winkle in Norwalk, 8-10 pm
- Sunday , 2/2: Men's Club Meeting, 9:30 am
- Thursday, 2/6: Chevra Kadisha dinner, 6 pm
- Shabbat, 2/8: Understanding Prayer, 10:30-11 am
- Monday, 2/10: B'nai Mitzvah Parent Orientation Meeting, 8-9 pm
- Friday night, 2/28: Carlebach-style davening
- Shabbat, 3/7-8: Shabbat Across America with Rabbi Chaim Marder
- Saturday night, 3/15: Purim Concert with Cantor Bokow and the Bagles
- Sunday, 3/23: Annual CAS Dinner Dance
Annual Chevra Kadisha Dinner
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 6 pm Congregation Agudath Sholom Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff, Professor of Jewish Studies, Stern College for Women A Serious Look at Humor: The Source for Jewish Laughter
$36 per person, $180 sponsor (entitles you to two reservations for dinner) | Save The Date! Shabbat, 3/7-8: Shabbat Across America with Rabbi Chaim Marder |
| Youth | Shabbat Groups Tot Shabbat (Toddlers-Age 3)-Library 10:30 am Mini Minyan (Age 3- Grade 1)-Youth Classroom 10:30 am Jr. Congregation (Grades 2-4)-Chapel 10:30 am B'nai Mitzvah Club (Grades 5-6)-Social Hall 10:30 am with R. Parhi and Ellie Zucker Jr. Teen Chat (Grades 7-8)-Daf Yomi Room 9:30 am with the Sperbers Tot Shabbat - Breakfast with your Morahs - 10 am (early start)! Don't miss this special breakfast treats and bonding time with your Morahs Irene, Debbie and Simone! - Thursday, Jan 30, 7:30 pm. Challah baking for girls grade 7-12 with Miriam Sperber, 500 Newfield Ave, #2D. Bring home some delicious challah! Rsvp to miriam.lehrer@gmail.com
- Jan 31 - Feb 1- Jr. Cong. Shabbaton. Register here. First 50 to sign up get an awesome free prize!
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Feb 8-Next Teen Minyan -
Feb 9-BMC -grades 5-6 special event -
Feb 22-Teen Minyan -
Feb 28-March 1 - Onegs - Jr. Cong. and BMC
There will be a meeting of the Youth Committee on Tuesday, January 28, at 8 pm. Please email For her Bat Mitzvah project, Rina Marlowe is collecting new or gently used Shabbos or party clothing to give to the children at Bet Ha'yeled, Amit's foster home for disadvantaged youth in Gilo, Jerusalem. Please hang your donations in the wardrobe in the back of the coatroom. If you or your teens have not been receiving the special Teen emails, contact jsperber3@gmail.com. If you would like to celebrate your child's birthday or special accomplishment by sponsoring a special "kiddush" in their honor, contact rabbijeiger@hotmail.com. |
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| Matan is a mother-daughter program for Bat Mitzvah-age girls focusing on female role models from the time of the Bible through modern Israel. Michal Smart has, once again, agreed to run the Matan program. This year, it will be run in conjunction with Bi-Cultural Day School. All sessions will meet at CAS. The sessions will be held on Sunday evenings from 5:30 - 7:00 pm on the following dates: January 26, February 2, 9 & 16, March 2, 9 & 30 and April 6. There will be no charge for Agudath members or for BCDS students. For members of the community there will be a $200 charge. To sign up, please click here: Rabbi Cohen will lead three sessions for father and sons centered on B'nai Mitzvah responsibilities to self, family, community and the world. Classes will be held at Agudath Shalom. There is no charge for members. The sessions will be held on Sunday mornings from 9:15 - 10:15 am on the following dates: February 9 & 23. To sign up, please click here: |
| Volunteers Needed | | PARTNERS IN TORAH Looking for a few good men and women to be a mentor for Partners in Torah: http://www.partnersintorah.org/. 30 minutes can change a life. If you are interested in serving as a mentor for Partners in Torah or might consider this wonderful mitzvah, please be in touch with Rabbi Cohen.
COMMUNITY CHESED HELPERS An important role of the Chesed committee is outreach to the Shul's elderly and homebound, who are often isolated and lack a lifeline to our synagogue. We are asking for volunteers, from our congregation, willing to reach out to these members to offer an ear, identify areas of need, make a visit, or offer a ride to a doctor's appointment. Even small gestures mean a great deal and do not take much time. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Vivian Weiss at 203-323-0909 or vivianweiss@gmail.com. If you are aware of any elderly or homebound shul members in need of outreach, please notify Rabbi Cohen.
WELCOME TO OUR SYNAGOGUE PROGRAM As you know, every Shabbat we station ushers at the doors in the sanctuary to welcome people, assist them and enhance the dignity of the service. In an effort to create an even warmer environment, we are expanding the usher roles to include a greeter in the lobby from 9-10:30 am. Please join the usher team. We need you and your smile. To find out more and sign up, contact Mitchell Bell. |
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| CAS Free Mezuzah Campaign in Fairfield County, CT Bringing Blessings to Jewish Homes | Do you know a neighbor or a friend who lacks a mezuzah? Share this video link: www.congregationagudathsholom.org/mezuzah.html CAS is offering a free mezuzah and home visit to post this sacred scroll at the entrance to all Jewish homes in the area.
For more info, contact Rabbi Cohen: rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org |
We wish the following people a Refuah Sheleima. Please have them in your prayers: Please email here to include names.
Aviva bat Etta, HaRav Avraham David ben Toba Leah, Pesach ben Elsa, Sarah Rivka bat Channah Rachel, Shmuel Refael ben Chana, Chaya Sarah Tzipporah bat Rivka, Rochel bat Marianna, Rav Aharon ben Bluma (HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein), Naomi Devorah bat Mindel, Rachel bat Malkah, Dovid Levi ben Gittel, Perel Etka bat Sara, Zev Mordechai ben Chaya Gittel, Refael Ephraim ben Sima, Michal Fraida Chava bat Yita Shandel: Please recite psalm 47 for Marlene Gatz, a BCDS mother battling cancer. The text is here. |
| Community Announcements | JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT-Saturday, January 25, 7:30 pm, Sunday, January 26, 11 am and 2:30 pm. Stamford JCC. Performed by the Center Women. Call the JCC to reserve seats at (203) 322-7900. FAMILY BEIT MIDRASH PROGRAM WITH ELANA STEIN HAIN, COMMUNITY SCHOLAR, LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE- The Case of the Blue Tallit: Formalism and Maximalism in Jewish Law. Sunday night, January 26, Young Israel of Stamford, 69 Oaklawn Ave. Light dinner at 6 pm followed by lecture. Free and open to the community. JCC SARA WALKER NURSERY SCHOOL MODERN PARENTING WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS-January 30, 7pm at Temple Sinai. Speakers include: Rabbi Daniel Cohen - Cultivating Courage in Your Kids, Betsy Stone - Self-Esteem-Do Our Kids Really Need It?, Jennifer Sabbah - The Well Balanced Child, Jeff DeTeso - Developing Independent and Problem Solving Children, Kids in Crisis - Keeping Kids Safe, Alisa Rhodie - Greatest Hits for Positive Parenting. FILM: HOME OF THE BRAVE: WHEN SOUTHBURY SAID NO TO THE NAZIS-Sunday, February 9, 1:30 pm, Stamford JCC, Vine Rd. and Newfield Ave. Panel discussion: Rabbi Eric Polokoff, B'nai Israel of Southbury; Rev. Shannon Wall, current Pastor of South Britain Congregational Church UCC; Ed Edelson, First Selectman of Southbury; and Scott Sniffen, director/film maker of the documentary. For information, contact Marcie Schoenfeld (203) 359-9148 or elissa@de-kaplan.com. Sponsored by The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County. Co-Sponsored by the Jewish Arts and Film Festival. LIMMUD NY 2014 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE- Friday, February 14 to Monday, February 17, Hilton Stamford Hotel. Rabbi Cohen will be speaking. Click here for more information. THE PITY OF IT ALL, A HISTORY OF JEWS IN GERMANY, 1743-1933 BY AMOS ELON- Wednesday, February 19, 10 am, Stamford JCC. Presenter: Gene Schwartz. Populated with Jewish writers and philosophers, starting with Moses Mendelssohn, the story explores their lives and their roles in the political currents of the period. For more information contact elissa@de-kaplan.com or Marcie at (203) 359-9148. Sponsored by The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County. LINKING GENERATIONS OF THE SHOAH-Our 2nd Generation Group began in July 2012. We are a group of approximately fifty members ranging in age from 40 and up and we come from all over CT and Westchester County. Our monthly meetings take place in Westport, CT (usually at the UJA offices) every second Tuesday of the month. Spouses of 2G members as well as 3rd Generation often attend our general meetings. Please come and join us. For further contact information call: Ann Cohn at 203-762-0058 (home) or 203-984-6667 (cell)
LIFE TRANSITIONS-Wednesdays at 11:30 am. Ongoing support group for the unemployed at the Stamford JFS office, 733 Summer Street, 6th Floor. The focus of the group is to provide a forum to discuss and explore the concerns and issues related to job loss and to find alternative solutions for career satisfaction. The group is a collaborative effort between JFS Counseling and Employment & Training Departments. To register or for more information, please contact Rebekah Kanefsky at 203-921-4161 or email at rkanefsky@ctjfs.org |
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| Mike's Center Cafe & Bakery at the JCC is now open on Saturday nights! Mike's will open each week one hour after the end of Shabbat and will close when the JCC closes at 9 pm. For information, please call 203-321-0051 or email mikescentercafe@gmail.com. |
| SYLVIA'S CAS Sisterhood Gift Shop This Week: Sunday 9 - 11 am | Thursday 12 - 2 pm |
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