Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin Chukat-Balak July 1, 2023 12 Tamuz 5783 send your submission to bulletin@cas-stamford.org ‌ ‌ Friday Mincha 7:00 PM/8:17 PM Candle Lighting 8:12 PM Shabbat Shacharit 7:00/8:00/9:00 AM Latest Shema 8:17 AM Latest Shacharit 9:51 AM Shiur 10:30 AM Code Of Jewish Law 7:10 PM Mincha 8:00 PM Havdalah 9:12 PM Shabbat Shalom I hope you and your families are well! This Thursday begins the three weeks of mourning in the Jewish calendar with the fast of the 17th of Tamuz. The season marks not only the tragedy of the destruction of the Batei Mikdashot, the Temples in Jerusalem, but numerous tragedies in Jewish history. There are numerous laws designed to evoke the sadness of this time such as not listening to live music, no weddings or haircuts. Yet, the laws alone are not the end goal of this period. The goal is to evoke within each of us self reflection and recommitment to forging a world through our actions that is worthy of the rebuilding of the Temple and redemption. Do the words that we speak hurt or heal? Do we seize opportunities to elevate ourselves and our community? If you are not yet on our Making Mitzvah Moments WhatsApp group, please join here. Maimonides teaches that every day the world is in balance and one mitzvah can elevate the entire world. God willing, through the mourning of the three weeks, we will merit to witness peace, the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, and a world in which everyone sees the Divine in every human being. May we witness this era speedily and in our days. Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem, Rabbi Daniel Cohen Shabbat Information  Learn about the Shabbat Torah Reading for Parshat Chukat-Balak with the insights of of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l - click here Read Rabbi Kurtz's weekly halachic essays on the parsha here. The Haftorah is read from Micah 5:6-6:8 Haftarah summary by Chabad.org - click here Haftarah summary by Haftarah Helper - click here The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Tamuz is the entire night following Sunday July 2, (14 Tamuz). The Fast of 17th of Tammuz begins on Thursday, July 6th at 4:16 AM and ends at 9:04 PM. This begins the Three Weeks of Mourning. For more information see here. click here Would you like to read the Torah or Haftara for your bar mitzvah parsha? Let us know by clicking here. Parsha Icebreakers (Courtesy of Elisheva and Yaakov Moshe Shmidman) What is one part of Judaism you do not understand (zos Chukas HaTorah)? When have you made a mistake by being too forceful (Moshe hitting the rock)? What is something in your life worth singing to Hashem about (shiras habe'er)? What is your favorite thing involving water (the Jews complain when there is no water)? Review of Three Weeks During the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz until after Tisha B'Av, the custom is to observe some aspects of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The observance intensifies as Tisha B'Av approaches. The three weeks begins on Thursday, July 6th and ends on Tisha B'Av, Thursday, July 27th. The observances of mourning are the following: Weddings should not be performed during this period. Listening to musical instruments is prohibited. Acapella is permitted. We refrain from reciting the blessing "shehecheyanu" on new garments or fruit, except on Shabbat. We refrain from taking a haircut during this period. If you have questions, please be in touch with me or Rabbi Kurtz. The guidelines are designed to awaken within us the loss of the Temple and spur us to evaluate our own efforts in mending a broken world. God willing, through our meaningful observance of these rituals, we will merit to see the redemption and building of the third Beit Hamikdash speedily in our days. Shabbat Topics & Participants Bob's Basics Bob Abrams Shiur Rabbi Levi Feller Code of Jewish Law Rabbi Yossi Kaman Seudat Shlishit ? Mazal Tov to Mihal & David Ariyeh on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to Grandmother Cecile Minkoff to David Bessaleli on the birth of a great-grandson to Darona & Rabbi Tzvi Bernstein on the birth of a granddaughter to Franni & Josh Nagle. Mazal Tov to Aunt Leora & Uncle Yaakov Hauptman and the entire Bernstein/Nagle family. Celebrate with the family! Make a donation in their honor and we will send an acknowledgement to the family. Just click here Thanks To Our Sponsors Senior Challah Delivery: Cindy & David Pitkoff - in memory of David's father's (Bernard Pitkoff) Yahrtzeit on July 22 and in honor of his mother's (Rita Pitkoff) 96th birthday. Chapel Kiddush: Linda and Jerome Gans in honor of the birth of their granddaughter, Mayim Bergman Sanctuary Kiddush: Shira & David Gilboa in honor of their daughter, Emilia Nessa's first birthday Seudat Shlishit: Julie Daniel in commemoration of the first yahrzeit of her mother, Norine Krasnogor Paid Advertisement Sign Up for these Events sign up Twilight Zone and Torah Monday, July 3 - 7:00 PM sign up CAS Movie Club Sunday, July 16 - 8:00 PM Learn more Generations Connect! Senior Living Visits Friday, July 21 - 3:45 PM Learn more Mommy & Me Playgroup - Mondays Learn more CAS Community Garden Mitzvah Opportunity Learn more Holy Habit - Food Pantry Donations Learn more Donate Seforim to the Beit Midrash Learn more Faye and Ben Manger Beit Midrash Nights Upcoming Events Rookies and Vets Potluck Shabbat Nachamu Shabbat, July 29 - 12:00 PM Co Chaired by Jessica Furmanksy, Eliane Glassman and Simeon Wohlberg CAS Luau Party Sunday, August 13 - 8:00 PM Celebrate! CAS Announcements Stamford JCC in Partnership with Agudath Sholom invite the community to a Tisha B'Av Week Experience  Destruction and Redemption: Finding Light in the Darkness -Location: JCC Ballfield, Sunday Evening, July 23rd at 8:00 pm - Schindler's List on an Outdoor Big Screen with Introductory Remarks by Rabbi Daniel Cohen Reading of Eicha, Book of Lamentations - Wednesday Evening , July 26th at 8:30 PM - Experience an Evening with the Community on the Lawn of the JCC with Stars Above and Fire Pits, Bring a Blanket or Chair. Led by Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Mincha and Maariv will be at 8:05 PM CAS welcomes Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein as Scholar in Residence on Shabbat July 15th RABBI YEHOSHUA GRUNSTEIN, formerly the Rabbi of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Halifax, Canada, R' Grunstein currently serves as Director of Development of North America at Tzohar He will share four presentations during Shabbat 10:30 AM Shiur - Book Or Jew; Who Trumps Who? Understanding Conflict between Law and Common Custom 11:45 AM - Post Kiddush -Did the Torah Change After All? Reconciling Torah with New Realities 7:00 PM - Pre Mincha - "Be a "Free" or "Holy" Nation in our Land": What's the Ideal? 8:30 PM - Seudah Shlishit - Which Temple are we Mourning For? Attention members over 50  We are working to improve friendship and engagement in this age group in the following three ways: Working to improve how we welcome new members over the age of 50 by offering new Members the possibility of meeting with three established Members Starting a committee to brainstorm and implement activities for Members over the age of 50 Create a program for established Members to meet one another through Shabbat meals or at local restaurants Please take a moment to fill out this Engagement Survey and be in touchwith one of us to explore more ways to deepen the warmth of our shul.Bruce Newman (bruce.newman8@gmail.com, 313-549-7014) or RabbiDaniel Cohen (rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org) Monthly Young Couples Soul Study Group With Rabbi Cohen  A monthly class for young couples to discuss how the Torah provides us with valuable insights in our daily lives. This class will rotate between the homes of participants. Rabbi Cohen will speak on Cultivating Character: The Ethics of Pirkei Avot. Light appetizers will be served. Host Committee: Stacey & Aaron Berk, James & Lorraine Marcus, Alex & Brett Olssen, Tali & Jesse Salver, Eve & Phil Steinmetz and Michal & Yishai Zwiren. Contact Lorraine Hutzler for further details and to join. Lorraine.Hutzler@gmail.com Become a Senior Ambassador  Senior Ambassadors ensure that as a community we elevate our commitment to the older members of our shul. Responsibilities of Senior Ambassadors are the following: Active Member of Healing Visits Kiddush Assistance and Partner with Youth Kiddush Ambassadors Support Senior Events (Holiday, Educational, Social) Eyes and Ears for Our Clergy Erev Shabbat Shalom Calls If you would like to join the team, please email Rabbi Cohen in the weeks ahead. Weekday Schedule Shacharit  Sunday: 7:15/8:30 AM; Monday-Friday: 6:30/7:30 AM; Tuesday: 7:00/8:30 AM Mincha  Sunday-Thursday: 8:20 PM; Friday: 7:00 PM/8:15 PM Candle Lighting  Friday: 8:10 PM Fast of 17th of Tamuz  Thursday. Begins 4:16 AM, ends 9:04 PM Independence Day  Tuesday CAS Classes Join one of our CAS classes. Click for up to date schedule We Wish A Speedy Recovery To Add a name to this list → We Honor Our Military Yehudit Hochman Jeremy Slen Meni Nehmad Add a name to this list → Community Announcements Michael Feldstein News click here

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Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin Chukat-Balak July 1, 2023 12 Tamuz 5783 send your submission to bulletin@cas-stamford.org ‌ ‌ Friday Mincha 7:00 PM/8:17 PM Candle Lighting 8:12 PM Shabbat Shacharit 7:00/8:00/9:00 AM Latest Shema 8:17 AM Latest Shacharit 9:51 AM Shiur 10:30 AM Code Of Jewish Law 7:10 PM Mincha 8:00 PM Havdalah 9:12 PM Shabbat Shalom I hope you and your families are well! This Thursday begins the three weeks of mourning in the Jewish calendar with the fast of the 17th of Tamuz. The season marks not only the tragedy of the destruction of the Batei Mikdashot, the Temples in Jerusalem, but numerous tragedies in Jewish history. There are numerous laws designed to evoke the sadness of this time such as not listening to live music, no weddings or haircuts. Yet, the laws alone are not the end goal of this period. The goal is to evoke within each of us self reflection and recommitment to forging a world through our actions that is worthy of the rebuilding of the Temple and redemption. Do the words that we speak hurt or heal? Do we seize opportunities to elevate ourselves and our community? If you are not yet on our Making Mitzvah Moments WhatsApp group, please join here. Maimonides teaches that every day the world is in balance and one mitzvah can elevate the entire world. God willing, through the mourning of the three weeks, we will merit to witness peace, the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, and a world in which everyone sees the Divine in every human being. May we witness this era speedily and in our days. Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem, Rabbi Daniel Cohen Shabbat Information  Learn about the Shabbat Torah Reading for Parshat Chukat-Balak with the insights of of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l - click here Read Rabbi Kurtz's weekly halachic essays on the parsha here. The Haftorah is read from Micah 5:6-6:8 Haftarah summary by Chabad.org - click here Haftarah summary by Haftarah Helper - click here The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Tamuz is the entire night following Sunday July 2, (14 Tamuz). The Fast of 17th of Tammuz begins on Thursday, July 6th at 4:16 AM and ends at 9:04 PM. This begins the Three Weeks of Mourning. For more information see here. click here Would you like to read the Torah or Haftara for your bar mitzvah parsha? Let us know by clicking here. Parsha Icebreakers (Courtesy of Elisheva and Yaakov Moshe Shmidman) What is one part of Judaism you do not understand (zos Chukas HaTorah)? When have you made a mistake by being too forceful (Moshe hitting the rock)? What is something in your life worth singing to Hashem about (shiras habe'er)? What is your favorite thing involving water (the Jews complain when there is no water)? Review of Three Weeks During the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz until after Tisha B'Av, the custom is to observe some aspects of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The observance intensifies as Tisha B'Av approaches. The three weeks begins on Thursday, July 6th and ends on Tisha B'Av, Thursday, July 27th. The observances of mourning are the following: Weddings should not be performed during this period. Listening to musical instruments is prohibited. Acapella is permitted. We refrain from reciting the blessing "shehecheyanu" on new garments or fruit, except on Shabbat. We refrain from taking a haircut during this period. If you have questions, please be in touch with me or Rabbi Kurtz. The guidelines are designed to awaken within us the loss of the Temple and spur us to evaluate our own efforts in mending a broken world. God willing, through our meaningful observance of these rituals, we will merit to see the redemption and building of the third Beit Hamikdash speedily in our days. Shabbat Topics & Participants Bob's Basics Bob Abrams Shiur Rabbi Levi Feller Code of Jewish Law Rabbi Yossi Kaman Seudat Shlishit ? Mazal Tov to Mihal & David Ariyeh on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to Grandmother Cecile Minkoff to David Bessaleli on the birth of a great-grandson to Darona & Rabbi Tzvi Bernstein on the birth of a granddaughter to Franni & Josh Nagle. Mazal Tov to Aunt Leora & Uncle Yaakov Hauptman and the entire Bernstein/Nagle family. Celebrate with the family! Make a donation in their honor and we will send an acknowledgement to the family. Just click here Thanks To Our Sponsors Senior Challah Delivery: Cindy & David Pitkoff - in memory of David's father's (Bernard Pitkoff) Yahrtzeit on July 22 and in honor of his mother's (Rita Pitkoff) 96th birthday. Chapel Kiddush: Linda and Jerome Gans in honor of the birth of their granddaughter, Mayim Bergman Sanctuary Kiddush: Shira & David Gilboa in honor of their daughter, Emilia Nessa's first birthday Seudat Shlishit: Julie Daniel in commemoration of the first yahrzeit of her mother, Norine Krasnogor Paid Advertisement Sign Up for these Events sign up Twilight Zone and Torah Monday, July 3 - 7:00 PM sign up CAS Movie Club Sunday, July 16 - 8:00 PM Learn more Generations Connect! Senior Living Visits Friday, July 21 - 3:45 PM Learn more Mommy & Me Playgroup - Mondays Learn more CAS Community Garden Mitzvah Opportunity Learn more Holy Habit - Food Pantry Donations Learn more Donate Seforim to the Beit Midrash Learn more Faye and Ben Manger Beit Midrash Nights Upcoming Events Rookies and Vets Potluck Shabbat Nachamu Shabbat, July 29 - 12:00 PM Co Chaired by Jessica Furmanksy, Eliane Glassman and Simeon Wohlberg CAS Luau Party Sunday, August 13 - 8:00 PM Celebrate! CAS Announcements Stamford JCC in Partnership with Agudath Sholom invite the community to a Tisha B'Av Week Experience  Destruction and Redemption: Finding Light in the Darkness -Location: JCC Ballfield, Sunday Evening, July 23rd at 8:00 pm - Schindler's List on an Outdoor Big Screen with Introductory Remarks by Rabbi Daniel Cohen Reading of Eicha, Book of Lamentations - Wednesday Evening , July 26th at 8:30 PM - Experience an Evening with the Community on the Lawn of the JCC with Stars Above and Fire Pits, Bring a Blanket or Chair. Led by Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Mincha and Maariv will be at 8:05 PM CAS welcomes Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein as Scholar in Residence on Shabbat July 15th RABBI YEHOSHUA GRUNSTEIN, formerly the Rabbi of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Halifax, Canada, R' Grunstein currently serves as Director of Development of North America at Tzohar He will share four presentations during Shabbat 10:30 AM Shiur - Book Or Jew; Who Trumps Who? Understanding Conflict between Law and Common Custom 11:45 AM - Post Kiddush -Did the Torah Change After All? Reconciling Torah with New Realities 7:00 PM - Pre Mincha - "Be a "Free" or "Holy" Nation in our Land": What's the Ideal? 8:30 PM - Seudah Shlishit - Which Temple are we Mourning For? Attention members over 50  We are working to improve friendship and engagement in this age group in the following three ways: Working to improve how we welcome new members over the age of 50 by offering new Members the possibility of meeting with three established Members Starting a committee to brainstorm and implement activities for Members over the age of 50 Create a program for established Members to meet one another through Shabbat meals or at local restaurants Please take a moment to fill out this Engagement Survey and be in touchwith one of us to explore more ways to deepen the warmth of our shul.Bruce Newman (bruce.newman8@gmail.com, 313-549-7014) or RabbiDaniel Cohen (rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org) Monthly Young Couples Soul Study Group With Rabbi Cohen  A monthly class for young couples to discuss how the Torah provides us with valuable insights in our daily lives. This class will rotate between the homes of participants. Rabbi Cohen will speak on Cultivating Character: The Ethics of Pirkei Avot. Light appetizers will be served. Host Committee: Stacey & Aaron Berk, James & Lorraine Marcus, Alex & Brett Olssen, Tali & Jesse Salver, Eve & Phil Steinmetz and Michal & Yishai Zwiren. Contact Lorraine Hutzler for further details and to join. Lorraine.Hutzler@gmail.com Become a Senior Ambassador  Senior Ambassadors ensure that as a community we elevate our commitment to the older members of our shul. Responsibilities of Senior Ambassadors are the following: Active Member of Healing Visits Kiddush Assistance and Partner with Youth Kiddush Ambassadors Support Senior Events (Holiday, Educational, Social) Eyes and Ears for Our Clergy Erev Shabbat Shalom Calls If you would like to join the team, please email Rabbi Cohen in the weeks ahead. Weekday Schedule Shacharit  Sunday: 7:15/8:30 AM; Monday-Friday: 6:30/7:30 AM; Tuesday: 7:00/8:30 AM Mincha  Sunday-Thursday: 8:20 PM; Friday: 7:00 PM/8:15 PM Candle Lighting  Friday: 8:10 PM Fast of 17th of Tamuz  Thursday. Begins 4:16 AM, ends 9:04 PM Independence Day  Tuesday CAS Classes Join one of our CAS classes. Click for up to date schedule We Wish A Speedy Recovery To Add a name to this list → We Honor Our Military Yehudit Hochman Jeremy Slen Meni Nehmad Add a name to this list → Community Announcements Michael Feldstein News click here

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