| | Congregation Agudath Sholom
Shabbat Bulletin | | | January 23, 2010 8 Shevat 5770 | | | Friday night Candlelighting 4:48 p.m. Mincha 4:53 p.m. Saturday morning Hashkama 8:00 a.m. Coffee and Commentary with Rabbi David Walk 8:45 a.m. Main Sanctuary 9:00 a.m. Usher: Lorraine Kweskin Shacharit: Yosef Feldstein Musaf: Michael Feldstein Torah Readers: Michael Berg, Arthur Green, Ethan Green Rabbi Daniel Friedman: "Post Modern Orthodoxy" Latest time to recite Shema 9:37 a.m. Latest time for Amidah 10: 27 a.m. Tzvi Bernstein's Shiur "Intentional Nullification of Prohibited Substances and How It Affects Your Kiddush" Babysitting in Cantor Wollheim's office (ages 0-1) 10:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat in the library (1-3 yr olds) 10:30 a.m. Mini Minyan in the youth room (4-6 yr olds) 10:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation in the chapel (2nd-6th grd) 10:30 a.m. Chapel Kiddush is sponsored by Debbie Berg in honor of Mike's Big Birthday Sanctuary Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Cohen & Rabbi Walk in honor of their Big Cholent Challenge Daf Yomi 4:00 p.m. Mincha 4:30 p.m. Seudat Shlishit is sponsored by David Cohen in memory of his mother, Miriam Irom Cohen's, yahrzeit Rabbi Daniel Friedman: "Christian Zionism-G-d's Salvation or Dirty Money?" Maariv 5:43 p.m. Shabbat ends 5:48 p.m. Crash Course in Jewish History begins this Thursday with Avi Narrow-Tilonsky at 7:30 p.m. | | WEEKDAY SCHEDULE Daf Yomi Sunday 7:45 a.m. Monday-Thursday 7:00 a.m. Shacharit Sunday 8:30 a.m. Monday-Friday 6:30/7:30 a.m. Mincha Sunday-Thursday- 5:00 p.m. Friday 5:02 p.m. Candlelighting next Friday 4:57 p.m | | Shabbat Announcements | | | CAS EVENTS THIS WEEKEND CAS EVENTS THIS WEEKEND VISITING SCHOLAR-RABBI DANIEL FRIEDMAN, Friday and Saturday Speaking at the B'nai Mitzvah dinner Friday night at 6:15p.m and speaking throughout the weekend. B'NAI MITZVAH DINNER-Friday 6:15 pm ANNUAL CHOLENT CHALLENGE Saturday A battle between Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Walk for the hottest cholent in town! PURIM BALL-Saturday 6:30 -8:00 p.m. You're gonna have a ball at our 3rd Annual Purim Ball! Music, carnival treats and prizes for best costume. STAMFORD ERUV ASSOC-At Young Israel Sunday 10:30 a.m. Arthur Smith will discuss the boundaries of the Eruv & how it was constructed. Rabbi Bechhofer, the author of "The Contemporary Eruv" will be speaking. Open to the community and it's FREE. ________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ WE WISH OUR BCDS STUDENTS A SAFE AND EXCITING TRIP TO ISRAEL LEORA BELL REBECCA GOLDSTEIN HANNAH ZUCKER YONATAN ISRAEL ABIGAIL BERK SOPHIA HANDLER REUBEN DIAMOND NOAH MARLOWE VALERIE BODURTHA AMANDA JANKELOVITS ZEV FELLER ZACHARY OKUN ADINA COHEN EMILY JELEN ANDREW FRENKEL SHANE RAND RACHE FEURSTEIN ZIMRAT SLOYER JARED FRENKEL JACOB RASTEGAR ARIEL GOLDBERG CARLY STECKEL JAKE GOLDSTEIN BRADLEY WALDSTREICHER ZACHARY WOHLBERG ALSO TO THE STUDENTS FROM THE SOLOMON SCHECHTER MIDDLE SCHOOL SHERRI GOLDSTEIN AND SARAH STRASSBURGER Welcome to our Canadian speaker and his wife, Rabbi Daniel and Batya Friedman __________________________________________________________________________________ Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages are sponsored by: the Linda Beson Nursing Education Fund ___________________________________________________________________________________ Around the Shabbat Table Campaign Elevating the People and the World Around You! The Shabbat meal is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen our families, community and connection to G-d. The Around the Shabbat Table Campaign encourages each family to include three elements at their meal: 1. Share a Torah Insight 2. Sing a Jewish Song 3. Refrain from Gossip-Celebrate Positive Speech Suggested Torah topic for your Shabbat table: In the parsha of Beshallach, the Jewish people are given a new mitzvah. In the midst of their complaining, they are told to collect manna for six days but to refrain from collecting it on Shabbat. One of the messages of Shabbat is patience-that whatever work consumes us during the week can wait. Why is this an appropriate lesson for the Jewish people at this stage of their development? What else do you think that the idea of Shabbat might convey to them? _______________________________________________________________ DON'T MISS THE VIDEO OF OUR MLK EVENT THIS PAST WEEKEND. GO TO AGUDATHSHOLOM.ORG __________________________________________________________________________________ Crash Course in Jewish History
Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?
Discover your role in four thousand years of Jewish History.
Four Thursday nights starting February 4th. Led by Avi Narrow Tilonsky _________________________________________________________________________________ Celebrate a special occasion by sponsoring a Kiddush. Many dates are available in the near future. Contact Joanna in the shul office jbell@agudathsholom.org
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Upcoming Youth Programs
February 5th-6th-Oneg at the Wexler's 6th-Teen Minyan 14th-Jr. Lstte & Learn at Starbuck's Ridgeway at 10:00 a.m. 20th-Teen Minyan 20th-Jr.Teens New Roc City $25 RSVP ______________________________________________________________________________________________
LIVING TORAH LIBRARY
There are many ways that YOU can get involved in this exciting program...
Þ Ask us to set you up with a study partner (or bring your own partner)
Þ Learn topic of your choice for men, women and children every Monday night from 7:30-9:00 pm
Þ Donate a sefer from our "wish list"
Þ Sponsor a night of learning
*There will be a Minyan for Maariv after learning at 9 pm as well as drinks and refreshments throughout the evening!
*Please contact Rabbi Yehuda Jeiger (rabbijeiger@hotmail.com) for more information and to get involved in this exciting new opportunity!
GIFT SHOP
GOT THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY? GET A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM OUR GIFT SHOP! ______________________________________________________________________________________________
MIBERESHIT WORLDWIDE QUIZ If you're in grades 4-6 and would like to participate in this exciting quiz contact Rabbi Yehuda Tucker @ yytucker@gmail.com The first exam is Feb. 30th ____________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE! CAS ANNUAL DINNER MAY 2ND 2010 Guest of honor: Howard Rothman Distinguished Service Award: Toby Schaffer Young Leadership Award: Maruja and Allon Ivri Dinner Chairs: Elissa Klapper and Aviva Maller Journal Chairs: Sherri Rosenthal and Joe Zalis _________________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE! FEB. 27TH SHABBAT B'YACHAD IN HONOR OF NORTH AMERICAN INCLUSION MONTH. WE WILL BE USING OUR NEW RAMP IN THE MAIN SANCTUARY TO FACILITATE GREATER ACCESSIBILITY TO RECEIVE ALIYOT. Dear Congregants,
Our weekly Kiddush offers us the opportunity to come together as a community. We can socialize, catch up with friends, and relax together. These kiddushim are an integral part of our Shabbat morning. In the interest of maintaining and elevating this time together, we are in need of more sponsors of the weekly Kiddush. Over the next few months, you may be receiving a call as you approach a family birthday or anniversary, asking you to take part in sponsoring the weekly Kiddush. While the standard Kiddush costs $350 we are interested in making this honor more available to the entire congregation. For $50, you can co-sponsor the Kiddush alongside others with birthdays or anniversaries at the same time. If you are able, please contact the shul office and consider Kiddush sponsorship as a way to continue to support our shul.
Sincerely, The Board of Directors _________________________________________________________________________ TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT FOR HAITI GO TO: UJFSTAMFORD.ORG | | UPCOMING CAS EVENTS ¨ CHESED MEETING-Wednesday, February 3rd, 8:00 p.m. The Chesed Committee needs you! Join a short planning meeting to help co-ordinate senior lunches, Chesed meals, bikur cholim & other ways to help our community. For more information call Janet Bein at 637-2324. ¨ SHAMROCKS & SHTICK-Saturday, February 13th, 7:30 p.m. A special Irish themed dinner, entertainment, drinks & concert to benefit CAS Youth. Sponsorship opportunities available. $50 per person-adults only. RSVP on line at agudathsholm.org . ¨ YOUNG FAMILIES SHABBAT LUNCH-Saturday, February 27th Ring in Purim with a Shabbat feast at CAS! Entertainment is always supplied. $18 adults $10 child $60 max per family. ¨ COMMUNITY PURIM SEUDAH-Sunday, February 28th, 4:00-6:00 p.m. for more info contact Liat Karsch at 569-0840. ¨ ANNUAL CHEVRA KADISHA DINNER-Tuesday evening, March 2nd, 6:00 p.m., honoring Ron and Michael Warmflash, guest Rabbi Elchonon Zohn of the National Association of Chevra Kadisha, featured speaker Rochel Berman, "When Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things." Cost: $36/person, $180 sponsorship (entitles a donor to two reservations). Invitations are in the mail. For more information, please call Sharon Feldstein at sharonfeldstein@gmail.com ¨ SAVE THE DATE! SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA Saturday, March 6th Visiting Scholar RABBI ILAN ADLER Rabbi Adler served at CAS from 1986 to 1993 as assistant and then associate Rabbi. Born in Israel and the son of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, Rabbi Adler has been in Baltimore since leaving Stamford, and currently serves as the Rabbi of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah, a 250-family modern Orthodox synagogue. If you'd like to be a host family contact Rebecca Sigman at rebeccasigman@yahoo.com | | CAS Adult Education Classes | | CLASSES RESUME AS REGULARLY SCHEDULED. Visit learn.cas-stamford.org for more information. | Bible from the Beginning - with Rabbi David Walk In this ongoing survey of the Torah, we discuss issues in the Bible, verse by verse. Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
Dvar Yom B'Yomo - with Rabbi David Walk
Take an in-depth look at a topical issue each week, either from the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming Jewish Holiday. At BCDS.
Monday at 12:30 p.m.
Shabbat Halacha for Everyone - with Rabbi Dr. Jeff Cahn
Explore fascinating aspects of Shabbat practice and its interface with the modern world. Each week we will delve into a different relevant and interesting aspect of Shabbat observance. No previous background required. Monday at 7:00 p.m.
Judaism 101 - with Bob Abrams
Have you ever wondered why we keep Kosher, what's in the boxes ofTefillin, or what the significance of the Tzitzit is? What does Elijah's cup really represent, and why are there three Matzot at the Seder? How about the meanings of the names in the Bible or what all of those fast days really represent? Come and find out. All levels welcome, knowledge of Hebrew not required.
Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Hebrew Reading Crash Course - with Ben Soifer
Learn to read Hebrew in time for Chanukah in seven easy lessons.
Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Inyana D'Yomo - with Rabbi David Walk
Enjoy a small discussion in Hebrew on the weekly Torah portion. Hebrew fluency a must.
Monday at 8:00 p.m.
The Meaning of Our Prayers - with Bob Abrams
We're supposed to pray every day, but how many of us really know what it's all about? Understand the structure of our daily prayers, who wrote them, what they mean, and even their relation to the Temple service. Are you familiar with the references to angels in our morning service? (And do we really have to shuckle when we pray?) Learn about it all. Reading Hebrew is not required.
Monday at 8:30 p.m.
Power of the Prophets - with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Take a closer look at Jewish history you thought you knew. Explore the life and times of King David through an in-depth study of Samuel II.
Tuesday at 8:15 a.m.
The Soul of Prayer: Meeting G-d in the Siddur and Your Life - with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
An in-depth exploration of many of our familiar prayers. Discover the tools for soulful service of G-d. For women only.
Tuesday at 9:15 a.m.
Parsha Perspectives & Paradigms - with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Glean relevant life messages from the weekly Torah portion in this upbeat class.
Tuesday at 12:00 noon
Judaism as a Community - with Rabbi David Walk
Exploration of the history of the concept called "Kehilla." How did Jewish communities develop, grow and function? Understand the roles of communal organizations in the shaping of a Jewish society.
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Building a Conscious Community - with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Five week seminar based on the writings of Rabbi Kalomymous Kalman Shapira, the last Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto. Self-observation with an eye towards organizing and running a spiritual community.
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.
Business Ethics Luncheon with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Explore the interface of Business ethics and Jewish law. Call the CAS office for exact location and dates. The 2nd Thursday of every month.
Next on January 14th at 12:30 p.m.
Talmud Bavli: Masechet Makot - with Rabbi David Walk
This class focuses on the tractates which discusses the Jewish legal system.
Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
The Pre-Shabbos Torah Taste - with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
These 30 minute sessions unlock a fresh perspective & fascinating ideas from the Torah portion.
Friday at 8:15 a.m. | | COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS ¨ STAMFORD ERUV ASSOCIATION-Sunday, January 31st at 10:30 a.m. At the Young Israel of Stamford. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Stamford Eruv, a program that will feature a presentation by the Stamford Eruv Association President, Arthur Smith who will discuss the specific boundaries of the Eruv and how it was constructed. Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer, the author of "The Contemporary Eruv" will discuss some of the specific halachot relating to eruv. FREE. For more information contact Michael Feldstein at michaelgfeldstein@gmail.com or 203 973-6279. ¨ FAMILY BEIT MIDRASH PROGRAM-Sunday, January 31sst 6:00 p.m. at Young Israel Light dinner followed by shiur, "The Laws of Hachnasat Orchim" given by Michael Feldstein, concurrent learning programming for children 5-12 yrs old. FREE. ¨ SIXTH ANNUAL END THE MADNESS SHABBATON for singles in Stamford-Friday, February 5th For observant singles 25-35 yrs old. If you'd like to host a meal or help with sleeping accommodations, contact Michael Feldstein at michaelgfeldstein@gmail.com for more info. ¨ FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE VAAD OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY VISIT http://www.vaadct.org/services.html. ¨ YOUNG ISRAEL COMEDY NIGHT-Saturday, Feb. 6th at 8:00 p.m. Presenting the comedy of Matt Goldich. Matt is a stand-up comedian and writer for the David Letterman show. $22 per person $18 if you RSVP by 1/29 to angelikaz@gmail.com. Dessert reception to follow. ¨ NEW DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP-Mondays at 10:00 a.m. Divorced or separated? This support group provides an opportunity to share feelings & information with those in the same situation. Facilitated by Laurel Schwartz, PhD, Clinical Psychologist at JFS. To inquire call 203 921-4161 x 214. ¨ THE RACE FOR COLLEGE-Monday, February 8th, 5:00 p.m. at Ferguson Library Pre-planning for college for 8th to 11th graders and their parents conducted by Claire Friedlander, JFS College Consultant. Last in the series. Open to the community. ¨ SEFORIM BOOK SALE-YU STUDENT BOOK AND ART SALE Go to: http://www.soyseforim.org ¨ AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE-March 21-23 in Washington D.C. Join Rabbi Cohen for three of the most important days affecting Israel's future. The Aipac Policy Conference offers pro-Israel citizen activists the opportunity to lobby their members of Congress on Capitol Hill face to face about issues affecting the U.S. and Israel. To register contact Akiva Roth at akroth@aipac.org or online at www.aipac.org You can also register by calling the shul office. ¨ The microphone system in the sanctuary is approved by The Zomet Institute in Israel. | | | | | | | | | |
