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Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

301 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, CT  www.cas-stamford.org (203) 358-2200 

May 7, 2011
Emor
18th Day of Omer

3 Iyar 5771 

Shabbat Schedule

Friday night

Candle lighting

7:27pm

Early Yachad Mincha

Regular Mincha

6:45 pm

   

7:00 pm

Saturday

Hashkama

8:00am

Main Sanctuary 

9:00am

Coffee & Commentary 

8:45am

Latest Shema

9:18am

Latest Amidah

10:29am

 


Shiur

10:30am

BabySitting/
Tot Shabbat

(Library)

10:30am

Mini-minyan (Youth)/
Jr. Cong
(Chapel)

10:30am

Daf Yomi 

6:30pm

Mincha

7:20pm

Seudat Shlishit

7:30pm

Maariv

8:33pm

Shabbat Ends

8:38pm

Quick Links to

CAS Events

Shabbat Shalom 

 

We welcome the 8th graders from Bi-Cultural Day School (BCDS) and the Yachad members and advisors,  who are here  for their annual Yachad Shabbaton here at CAS

 


THIS SUNDAY, MAY 8TH AT 8:15 P.M.

Sanctify the New Moon of the month of Iyar 

VISIT THE STAMFORD OBSERVATORY 

Come to a spectacular viewing just one day before the first quarter moon. 

Saturn should be well placed too!  

See a PowerPoint presentation

called  "The Creator's Creation" IT'S FREE. 

Click here to sign up 

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Commemorate Yom Ha'zikaron and

Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Monday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m.

Celebrate Israel Memorial Day and Independence Day

 

We invite all the IDF veterans and the Tzahal Shalom host families to join us for a for a cocktail reception  

with the IDF soldiers in the Bennett Simcha Room  

                  at 6:00p.m.                   


Calling all 4th-7th grade boys and girls for a

SHABBAT AFTERNOON PIRKEI AVOT CLUB


Girls Club with Rabbi Cohen

Starts this week at Cohen's home, 15 Revonah Circle 6:00 p.m.


Boys Club with Rabbi Walk and Rabbi Avi Narrow-Tilonsky

Starts Shabbat, May 14th 6:45 at the shul


CAS SERVICE TIME NOTES 

  • We will be starting our late Friday night service on Memorial Day weekend
  • There will be only one service on Shabbat May 14 (starting at 8:45 am) for the Annual B. L. Manger Foundation Lecture and Minnie Manger-Marcia Lieberman Mikveh Dedication Shabbat
  • In addition to the special Maccabeat Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:45 pm on May 20, there will also be the regular mincha minyan at 7:00 pm

CAS WISHES ALL OUR MOMS

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

 

Shabbat Topics & Participants

Torah Reader    

Meir Attar, Daniel Jubas, Zach Okun 

Musaf

Rabbi Menachem Shagalov 

Rabbi Daniel Cohen  

"Osama's Legacy"

Bob Abrams 

"The Book of Truth"

     

 


 

Thanks to this week's sponsors...

Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages

Robin Bennett Kanarek in memory of Ruth Brown and Betty Hollander  

and the Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund 

Seudat Kiddush by

the shul in honor of Yachad 

Sanctuary Kiddush by

by the Gold family and Vicki Benjamin in honor of Joe Gold's 95th birthday 

Chapel Kiddush by

Joanne, Glenn and Sammy Karow in memory of Glenn's parents, Martin Karon and Sybil Karow's yahrzeits and Joanne's brother, Jamie Steichel's yahrzeit 

Condolences to...

Ana Lilienfeld on the passing of her father, Allen Elson 

Mazal Tov to...

· Joe Gold on celebrating his 95th birthday

· Rabbi Elly and Yocheved Krimsky on the birth of a new daughter

· Millie Schifreen on being honored for her outstanding volunteer work from the Jewish Family Service

· Judith and Andrew Levine on the birth of a granddaughter, Ella Margaret, born  

   to Megan and David Levine

· Linda and Aron Fried on the birth of a new baby girl

· A special thanks to Sally Kraus and her sister, Martha Green  for donating the  

   beautiful Shabbat candle lighting lithograph in memory of her parents, Rhoda  

   and Stanley Kraus

Weekday Schedule

Daf Yomi

Sunday

7:45 am

Mon-Fri

7:00 am

Shacharit

Sunday

7:15/8:30 am

Mon-Fri

6:30/7:30 am

Mincha

Monday

Maariv

Tues-Thursday

6:45/7:50 pm

8:00 pm

7:50 pm

Friday

Candles next Friday

7:00 pm

7:45 pm

Please note:  Cantor Wollheim will return for Shabbat May 14

Special Announcements
LIVE IN CONCERT

Yeshiva University Maccabeats

Shabbat, May 21         2:30pm

Special Concert & Dessert Reception

Cost: $25/adult; $15 child (3-12) - Sponsorships available  

All proceeds go to CAS Youth Programming
Please note:  Only Pre-Paid Reservations will be honored
Click here to learn more & sign up!
Want to see who has already signed up?  just click here

The Maccabeats will be with us for Shabbat, May 20-21:

Friday night (May 20) Kabbalat Shabbat - 5:45pm

Shabbat morning (May 21) services - 9:00 am

Luncheon following services (Sold Out) - 1:00 pm

Concert (Available) - 2:30 pm

Congregation Agudath Sholom, in conjunction with  

the B.L. Manger Foundation and the Manger Family, is proud to sponsor

DR. ERICA BROWN 

Author, scholar, and lecturer

Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Congregation Agudath Sholom 

Dr. Brown will speak three times on Saturday:

  • "The Mikvah: Celebrating Transformation" (immediately after morning services at approximately 11 a.m.)
  • "Spiritual Boredom: How to Make Our Prayers More Meaningful" (6:30 p.m. before mincha)
  • "Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things" (8 p.m. at shalosh seudot)

Special Mikvah dedication program on Shabbat morning. Kiddush

after services will be sponsored by the B.L. Manger Foundation

in celebration of the new Minnie Manger-Marcia Lieberman Mikvah

CAS Classes

NEW CLASSES! 

Join Rabbi Cohen for a stimulating discussion 

RELIGIOUS ZIONISM TODAY:  

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES  

Wed, May 11th and 18th 6:45-8:00 pm

$20 for the series includes a delicious dinner! Click here to sign up

 

Join Rabbi David Walk's new class

HISTORY OF THE MUSSAR MOVEMENT

Tuesdays in the month of May 7:30 p.m.

 

 

 See the Full Description of all our classes - just Click here!

 

Sunday

9:00 a.m.  Hebrew School

9:15 a.m.  Bible from the Beginning

Thursday

8:30 p.m.   Talmud Bavli - Makot

Monday

10:15 p.m. Dvar Yom B'Yomo at BCDS

8:00 p.m.   Inyana D'Yoma  

Friday

8:15 a.m.   Pre Shabbos Taste of Torah

Tuesday

8:15 a.m.   Power of the Prophets

12:00 pm   Parsha Perspectives

4:00 p.m.   Homework Happy Hour

7:30 p.m.  History of the Mussar          

                     Movement 

Shabbat

8:45 a.m.   Coffee and Commentary

10:00 a.m. Basics with Bob-

                  Customs & traditions

10:30 a.m. Lomdus and Learning

  

Youth News

AMAZING MAY!!!!

  • TEEN MINYAN May 14 at 9:30 AM In the Social Hall For 6-12th graders
  • TEEN MINYAN May 21 at 9:30 AM In the Social Hall For 6-12th graders, with a Sr. Teen Oneg friday night, and a Jr. Teen Oneg Saturday afternoon
  • MACCABEATS - Need we say more? Click here to sign up! 
  • NEW ENGLAND SPRING REGIONAL SHABBATON  Registration is NOW OPEN for the best long weekend of your life!  May 26-30 - five days in the Catskills with tons of ruach, fun, food, sports,  dancing, and the BEST  SHABBAT EXPERIENCE EVER!  New England NCSY's  flagship Shabbaton!  Sign up now at www.myncsy.com and save $20!   Scholarships available.
CAS Announcements

STAMFORD OBSERVATORY VISIT-Sun, May 8th at 7:45 p.m. Sanctify the New Moon of Iyar and come to a spectacular viewing just one day before the first quarter moon. Saturn should be well placed too.  See a PowerPoint presentation called "The Creator's Creation"   FREE! Click here to sign up

 

YOM HA'ZIKARON/YOM HAATZMAUT-Mon, May 9th 7:00 p.m. Celebrate Israel Memorial Day and Independence Day.  A  special program to mark these important days with a presentation and refreshments.

 

ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE  - The next meeting will be held on May 11 at 8:15 P.M. at CAS.  The main topics will be planning for Shavuot, programs for the remainder of this year, and beginning planning for next year.  For more info, email Toby Schaffer at tobyesq@aol.com.

 

RAMAZ UPPER SCHOOL CHORUS-NOTE CONCERT WILL BE AT THE JCC ON THURDAY, MAY 12TH AT 7:45 P.M.

 

DR. ERICA BROWN-BL MANGER FOUNDATION LECTURE-MINNIE MANGER - MARCIA LIEBERMAN MIKVAH DEDICATION May 14th 11:00 a.m. Dr. Brown is the scholar in residence at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

 

YOM YERUSHALAYIM-Tues, May 31st 7:00 p.m. Come celebrate the City of Jerusalem, her history and our future. A community wide event

 

AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE-May 22-24th in Washington DC. Join Rabbi Cohen and member s of CAS for three of the most important days affecting Israel's future.  Go to www.aipac.org to sign up.

 

SAVE THE DATE-Wed, July 13th  Trip to the American Jewish Museum in Philadelphia, PA. and the Historic Mikveh Israel Synagogue. Get a guided tour by the Museum and lunch.  More info to follow.  Contact Shelley Senker at shelleys38@aol.com

 

The Mehl family, 64 Sanford Lane will be hosting a L'Chaim on Friday night at 9:30 p.m. in honor of the birth of Rabbi Krimsky's new daughter

 

Note:  Town Hall BBQ will not be held May 25th

but will be rescheduled soon.

 

Community Announcements

 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS PANEL PROGRAM-Sat, May 7th 6:15 Torah Ethics in Our Everyday Lives.  Featuring Dr. Ray Bloch, Dr. Stuart Silverstein, and Dr. Steven Thau.  Moderated by Michael Feldstein. At Young Israel, open to the community

 

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR 2011 FCCJBL BASEBALL-go to the FCCJBL website, www.fccjbl.org, to sign up.  or contact Seth Marlowe at 203 977-4641 x248 or seth@fccjbl.org for more information.

 

JEWS ROCK! Sun, May 15th 3:00 p.m. at the JCC the Rock and Roll expert, Rabbi Brian Leiken will perform his own musical performances and visual imagery. A must see for young and old. Co-sponsored by the JCC and the Jewish Historical Society. Free Tickets are required. Call 203 322-7900 or www.stamfordjcc.org

 

MATAN IN NYC-Sun, May 15th 10:00 a.m. at the KJ Synagogue, 125 E. 85th St, NYC First annual Bat Mitzvah Conference. A full program intended for girls ages 12-15. Contact Michal at  917 348-4929 or go to batmitzvah@matan.org.il

 

SHIRA BILLET-Sun, May 15th 4:30 p.m. "Theodicy Before and After the Holocaust: 20th Century Jewish Responses to the Problem of Evil"  

 

AN EVENING WITH JFS-Sun, May 15th 5:30 p.m. at CAS.  The Jewish Family Service will award its 32nd Mitzvah Award to Myrna Sessa and the 6th Young Leadership Award to Tara Shapiro.  Visit www.ctjfs.org

 

THE HOPE IN MOTION WALK-Sun, June 5th 10:30 a.m. sponsored by the Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital beginning at Columbus Park.  Join Rosie's Roses in memory of Rosie Preston. Contact Jessica Morse at purimluver@gmail.com or register on-line at hopeinmotion.org

 

HONOR ILANA DELANEY-Sun, June 5th 7:30 p.m. at the JCC with guest speaker, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. Cost is $18/$25 at door

 

4TH ANNUAL BODY AND SOUL CYCLE CHALLENGE-Sun, June 12 Run in celebration of Israel's 63rd birthday. The challenge includes an easy 15 mile ride, a 30 mile ride and a 63 mile ride.  This event will benefit thousands of Jews all over the world who are helped by the Federation's programs.  Go to www.ujf.org

 

ADULT JEWISH LEARNING-Every day of the week the United Jewish Federation offers an assortment of classes at the JCC .  Including Israel, History, Kabbalah, Torah and more.  Contact Ilana DeLaney at ilana@ujf.org or www.ujf.org/education for more info.

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE-"Finding Your Focus" -Wednesday Program for ADD/ADHD kids and their families.  "Stress and the Single Parent" Tuesdays.  For more info go to www.ctjfs.org

 

 

Joanna Bell

Congregation Agudath Sholom

301 Strawberry Hill Ave, Stamford, CT 06902

Phone:203-358-2200  Fax: 203 358-2323

website: www.cas-stamford.org 


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