Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

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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 December 1, 2012 Vayishlach  17 Kislev 5773  Shabbat Schedule Friday Candles 4:09pm Mincha 4:14pm Saturday Chapel 8:00am Coffee & Commentary 8:45am Main Sanctuary 9:00am Future Tots (Bridal Room - Parent Led) 10:30am Tot Shabbat (Library) 10:30am Mini-minyan (Youth Room)  10:30am Jr. Congregation (Chapel) 10:30am B'nai Mitzvah Club (Grades 5-6, near elevator) Jr. Teen Chat (back of social hall)     10:30am   10:30am Code of Jewish Law 3:20pm Mincha (Sanctuary) 4:05pm Daf Yomi- during Seudah Shlishit Shabbat Ends 5:08pm CAS Quick Links Sponsor a kiddush CAS Youth Pages Rabbi Walk's Parsha Weekly Rabbi Cohen's Weekly Follow us on facebook! Shabbat Shalom Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom from Israel,   Rabbi Daniel Cohen MEN'S CLUB THANKSGIVING FEAST FOR FIRST RESPONDERS: Thanks to you and your congregation again for taking time out of the holiday to come make sure that we at SEMS were taken care of. I am confident that I can speak for everyone when I say that we wholeheartedly appreciate the gesture. Thanks again,  John DeMaio (Stamford EMS) We wish the following people a Refuah Sheleima. Please have them in your prayers. If you would like to add a name for this month, email Rabbi Cohen    rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org.    Ester Rachel bat Razel Baila Rachel Adina bat Batya Sarah Rivkah bat Mindelle Devorah Bat Sara Yehuda Shalom ben Hadassah Lousya bat Janna Malka Bracha bat Elke Sara bat Eta Zeisel   Refael Ephraim ben Sima Ziv ben Vered Zev Mordechai ben Chaya Gittel Chaya Devora bat Chana Dovid Levi ben Gittel Shmuel ben Mildred Ephraim ben Channah We are excited to announce our honorees for the Annual CAS Dinner Dance Sunday evening, May 5th, 2013! Guests of Honor: Elissa and Dr. Philip Klapper Aviva Maller Community Service Award:  Ronni Bass  Young Leadership Award:  Shira and Ethan Green Annual Dinner Chairpeople: Claudia and Howard Rimerman Diane and Elliot Sloyer  We wish them and their families a hearty Mazal Tov! Please mark the date and plan to join us as we celebrate our shul and the accomplishments of our honorees. Special Announcements The first joint minyan of the year on Shabbat morning will be Dec. 29th at 8:45 AM. Please be advised that there is now a late maariv at 8:30 pm Monday-Thursday. If you can attend or for more info, contact Rabbi Walk. Mazal Tov to... Leah and Gregory Miller, grandparents Flossy & Sam Fischel , Charlotte & Alan Miller, and to great-grandmother Guta Fischel on the birth of a baby boy Judy & David Singer on the birth of a granddaughter, Madeline Olivia, born to Alisa & Danny Schwartz Sandy and Moshe Speter on the birth of a grandson, born to Debbie and Avi Glazer   Behatzlacha to Aron & Linda Fried and family on their upcoming move. We will miss you! Shabbat Topics & Participants Torah Readers Danny Alexander, Naftali Rosenberg     Rabbi David Walk   Seudah Shlishit       Code of Jewish Law                                  Solitude & Loneliness Collective Punishment and Shechem Ari Lieberman      Thanks to this week's sponsors... Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages the Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund Sanctuary Kiddush Nancy & Mark Funt in honor of their new grandson, David Chapel Kiddush                                                     Tracey & Tom Volet commemorating the Yahrzeits of Ruth and Edward Volet Weekday Schedule Daf Yomi Sunday 7:45 am Monday-Friday 7:00 am Shacharit Sunday 7:15/8:30am Monday-Friday 6:30/7:30am Weekday Mincha Sunday-Thursday 4:15 pm Late Maariv Monday-Thursday 8:30 pm Next Friday Candles 4:08 pm Upcoming Events PRE-CHANUKAH SENIOR LUNCHEON - DECEMBER 5 Learn about saving gelt at our pre-Chanukah senior luncheon. Join us on Wednesday, December 5 at CAS from 12-2pm for lunch, music, and a lecture on Medicare and pharmaceutical options delivered by Vivian Weiss. Couvert: $5. Click here to sign up  or call the shul office at 203-358-2200. Sponsored by the CAS Chesed Club. Chairs: Maruja Ivri, Vivian Weiss, and Diane Cohen. Youth chairs: Rebecca Dayan and Micaela Thau. Beginning This Week:  CAS Women's Scholar Program: Wednesdays: December 5, 12, 19 2012  and Jan. 2, 9, 2013 at CAS 7:30 pm A five-part series with: TAMMY JACOBOWITZ, PhD. TOPIC: Body and Soul in Judaism   Free of Charge - Open to both men and women Sign up online @  Click here to sign up     PLEASE JOIN US AT THE CAS  CHANUKAH FAMILY FUNFEST 2012  Sunday, Dec. 9th     11 am-1 pm Crafts, Video Presentation, Raffle, Dreidel Contests, Family Games, Prizes & Delicious Lunch!  $180 sponsorships are available  Each sponsor will receive admission for their entire family and 5 raffle tickets! Cost for the entire program is just $5 per child and $10 per adult. Please sign up online at  Click here to sign up   TEEN ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIPS FOR ISRAEL A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY Be one of six teens to be selected for a free trip to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, March 3-5, 2013 in Washington DC. The trip will include registration, travel and hotel, and the winners will join the Agudath Sholom AIPAC delegation.         To be one of the six selected: Submit in a 500 word essay-"WHY DOES AIPAC NEED YOU?" If you could lobby to the members of Congress on Capitol Hill, what would you say? What case would you present about the issues affecting the United States and Israel? Essays will be evaluated by local and national panel of AIPAC supporters. Submit to Rabbi Cohen by Friday, January 15, 2013             rabbicohen@casstamford.org            Open to 10th-12th graders from CAS.  Sponsored by Stephanie and Bob Sherman in memory of Stephanie's mother, Rosalie Aberma.  If you would like to enable more teens to attend AIPAC Policy Conference through a contribution to our AIPAC Teen Fund, please contact Rabbi Cohen. CAS Trip to Israel - November 3 - 13, 2013 Travel to Israel with Rabbi Daniel and Diane Cohen on an Israel Mission exploring highlights of Israel from ancient to modern times. Great trip for first timers. See flier in shul for more details or go to: www.ITC.com. Join Rabbi Cohen and representatives of Israel Tours for two informational sessions about the CAS Israel Trip in November, 2013. Sunday, January 13th at 9 am Thursday, January 24th at 8 pm CAS Classes Rabbi Daniel Cohen's Classes: Rabbi Cohen's classes will not meet while he is in Israel. He will return, G-d willing, December 6th. Tuesday Morning Classes   Power of the Prophets 8:15 - 9:00 am | Modern Jewish Thinkers 9:00 - 9:45 am Parsha Perspective & Paradigms 12:00 - 12:45 pm Friday Morning Classes  Torah Portion 8:15 -8:45 am | Daf Yomi Shiur 9:00-9:45 am Rabbi Cohen's Open Office Hours: Monday at the Shul 3:30 - 5:00 pm Rabbi David Walk's Classes  Sunday Bible from the Beginning      9:15 am Monday Weekly Parsha at BCDS 12:10 pm Monday New Class @ CAS  Hilchot Bishul B'Shabbat  The Laws of Cooking on Shabbat With Harav Mordechai Willig Shlit''a Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University on tape with source materials  Heyman Chapel, 1 hour; be home in time for MNF 7:15 pm Tuesday Mystical Minhagim 7:30 pm Thursday Talmud, Megillah   7:30 pm CAS Youth Department WE WILL HAVE early drop off this week for Tot Shabbaters and Mini Minyaners   Oneg - Friday night for Bnai Mitzvah Club Members (grades 5-6) at the Haron home -   104 West Lane 7-8 pm   Oneg - Shabbat afternoon for Jr. Cong. Members (grades 2-4) at the Zucker home -   507 Newfield Ave-3:30 pm until after Shabbat!   At Jr. Congregation: Come and hear Mati Finkelstein read from the Torah while Shira Haron and Shalhevet Cohen will be delivering our D'var Torah!!  If you would like to read from the Torah or deliver a D'var Torah, please let us know.   UPCOMING EVENTS:  Shabbat, December 8th-  Double Nekudot & Nekudot Sale Week!                                               Sunday, December 9th - Chanukah Family Funfest       Click here to sign up    Saturday night, January 5th, 2013 - BROOKLYN NETS GAME! Limited tickets-first come, first served! COMING SOON... JR. CONG. SHABBATON... STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO. AND FOR THE TEENS: DECEMBER: THE ROADSHOW COMES BACK TO STAMFORD!  Dec 7-8 Bring your friends!  And your chop sticks!  Chinese Dinner@CAS for high schoolers only, an AWESOME oneg, great entertainment, and a Teens Only Seudat Shlishit with great food... tuna and egg salad not invited! TEEN MINYAN Dec 8 at 9:30 AM in the Social Hall for 7-12th graders Jr. TEEN ONEG Dec 8 - For Grades 6-8  Jr. TEEN CHANUKAH PARTY!!!  Thursday Night, Dec. 13 - Donuts, Latkes, Music, and Fun... and win some extra presents and gelt! TEEN MINYAN Dec 15 at 9:30 AM for Grades 7-12 YARCHEI KALLAH SHABBATON  December 25-29 - Experience Torah like never before!  For more info contact Josh at  JYoshiMunk@gmail.com Follow @CAS_Teens on Twitter for the latest info and "stay in the know!"  Shabbat Shalom, Yehuda Jeiger     CAS Announcements JOIN RABBI COHEN'S 40 Days to a Better You for Chanukah! MY YIDDISHE CHANUKAH Sunday, December 16 6:30 pm at Temple Beth El in Stamford Featuring Arik Wollheim and local Cantors Asa Frdkin, George Mordecai, Vicki Axe, Laura Berman, and Micah Morgovsky.  The production is under the direction of Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director of the National Yiddush Theatre Folksbiene.  The performance stars Joanne Borts (currently on Broadway in the Tony-winning Best Musical, Once) and is accompanied by a modern Klezmer band.  The event is free and will be followed by post-performance noshing and schmoozing. SPONSOR THE KIDDUSH- Would you like to sponsor a Shabbat Kiddush? Call the office and ask for Cindy, 203-358-2200! LET US KNOW! We strive at CAS to support our members in time of need.   If you know of someone who is ill, please reach out to Rabbi Cohen via email at rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org or phone, alerting our clergy and Chesed committee to offer comfort and assistance. Together, we can insure CAS's role as a community of caring. Thank you very much! CAS DECORUM The policy for our kids is easy - "In shul or in groups."  Please help us maintain decorum.  Make sure you child is either sitting in synagogue or participating in our Youth Groups.  Make sure that your child enjoys Kiddush in the Simcha Room or Social Hall. READ MEGILAT ESTHER ON PURIM -We're looking to enhance our Purim Day Megilah Reading (Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 8:30 AM) by having a group of capable young men who would lein the Megilah. For training and more info please contact  Cantor Arik Wollheim-cantor@cas-stamford.org New & Prospective Member Brunch at Rabbi Daniel & Diane Cohen's Home 15 Revonah Circle, Stamford Sunday December 16, 2012 10:30-noon Enjoy great company, delicious food, and learn about our shul community. For more information, please contact the shul office at 203-358-2200 New Member Orientation for New and Seasoned Members Wednesday January 23, 2013 7:30-9:00pm CAS Sisterhood SYLVIA'S Gift Shop Hours: Sunday 10:00 am-1:00 pm | Tuesday - Thursday 12:00-3:00 pm

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