| | | 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 |
| | July 6, 2013 | Matot-Masei
Shabbat Mevarchim
Chazak Chazak V'nitchazek | 28 Tammuz 5773 |
| | | Friday | Candles | 8:12pm | | Mincha | 7:00/8:17pm |
| Chapel | 8:00am | | Shiur | 10:30am | | Coffee & Commentary | 8:45am | | Sanctuary | 9:00am | Tot Shabbat/Mini Minyan/
Jr. Cong | 10:30am | | | 7:10pm | | Code of Jewish Law
| 7:20pm | | Daf Yomi | 7:20pm
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| 8:10pm | | Maariv | 9:07pm | | Shabbat Ends | 9:12pm |
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Rabbis' Office Hours This Week | Rabbi Daniel Cohen Friday: 8:45-10:00 am Rabbi David Walk Sunday: 10:00-11:00 am Monday: 1 hour before mincha Thursday: 6:35-7:20 pm |
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Join the CAS Trip to Israel with Rabbi and Diane Cohen Perfect for first-timers and veterans,this trip will span the breadth of Israel both ancient and modern: visiting new discoveries, learning, and participating in social action opportunities to deepen and enrich your experience with Torah and the land and people of Israel Click here to view the CAS Israel Tour Connection website Click here to let Rabbi Cohen know of your interest This trip is open to the entire community. |
| | | | | This Sunday night we begin the period of the "Nine Days" prior to Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is no coincidence that the focus in the Torah portion this week is the land of Israel and specifically the relationship of Diaspora Jewry to our homeland. What is our responsibility for aliyah and advocacy? Thank G-d, a few of our families and students not only study and visit Israel but are serving in the IDF and are making aliyah. We will be presenting CAS and Israel: A Retrospective and Prospective on Our Relationship with Rabbi Ehrenkranz and others on Monday evening, August 19 at 7:30 pm. The Nine Days are days of mourning and days of reflection on the loss of the Temples and our anticipation for the rebuilding. May our sadness be transformed into a renewed commitment for the land of Israel and, G-d willing, sounds of joy speedily in our days. |
| Summer Flicks at CAS Join Rabbi Walk for these features. Showtimes 7:30 pm, Wednesdays. No charge! This Wednesday, July 10-The Devil's Arithmetic (from Wikipedia): Jewish-American teen Hannah Stern (Kirsten Dunst) isn't much interested in her family's religious tradition. But her blasé attitude changes radically when she suddenly enters a time slip back to a 1942 Nazi death camp, where Hannah learns firsthand the horrors of The Holocaust and the price her family and other Jews paid because of their heritage. She also learns the importance of remembering, and how the past continues to resonate in the present. The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1999 TV movie based on the historical novel of the same name by Jane Yolen. It stars Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern and costars Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher and Mimi Rogers. Dustin Hoffman introduces the film.
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Special Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Cohen Tuesday, July 9, noon, at Temple Sholom, Greenwich Topic: Living Inspired Learn the sacred sources and strategies for living inspired, enriching your relationships and creating a legacy and enduring memories now and forever. For more information contact Alice Schoen, alice.schoen@templesholom.com, (203)542-7165
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| Youth Committee Meeting This Tuesday, July 9, 9:30 am at CAS Please come and share your ideas about youth programs at CAS and learn how you can make a difference! For more information, please contact rebeccasigman@yahoo.com
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| The High Holidays are just around the corner... if you would like to usher, please email Elisheva Kilner |
| | Agunah Alert: There will be a rally outside Norwalk Hospital (34 Maple Street) this Tuesday, July 9, at 1 pm protesting the refusal of EPHRAIM OHANA, a hospital employee, to grant his wife a get for the past 10 years. Ohana has been banned from the Baltimore Jewish Community since 2006. Read more HERE. The Organization for the Resolution of Agunot: www.getORA.org/info@getORA.org /212-795-0791 |
Excerpts from letters received by CAS following Phyllis Shapiro and Gloria Green's weekly visits to the cholim in Stamford Hospital: "Dear Phyllis and Gloria- You absolutely Lit Up My Day when you made your visit to my room in the hospital....I think it is such a Mitzvah that you carry out to people who are ill. I have to thank Agudath Sholom for sponsoring this Mitzvah and many, many thanks to both of you for your cheerful visit and good wishes." "To the Chesed Committee, Your visit and Shabbat gift last Friday was greatly appreciated. I have been using the Meditations and Prayers Folder. The Jewish community in Stamford is very supportive." Your support of the CAS Shabbat Shalom Hospital Packages, as well as your contributions to the Chesed committee and the Rabbis' Discretionary Funds make these and many more acts of chesed possible. To make a contribution in memory of or in honor of a loved one, or for any reason at all, please go to: https://sites.google.com/a/cas-stamford.org/donate/ You can also mail a check to the shul, call (203) 358-2200, or drop by! |
| Mazal Tov to: | - Liba and Steven Steinmetz on the birth of a grandson, born to Shoshana & Aaron Rosenzweig of Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel. Mazal Tov also to big siblings Moshe Menachem, Shira Leora and Talia Dodi.
- Rabbi Joe & Sandra Ehrenkranz on the birth of a great-granddaughter to Leba & Nosi Friedman of Jerusalem. Mazal Tov also to great-grandmother Judith Bragin and to grandparents Cindy & Bart Ehrenkranz of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Sharon & Jeff Lewis on the engagement of their daughter Caren to Jules Szanton, son of Sarah & Nathan Szanton of Portland, Maine.
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| Condolences to: | - Phyllis Goldblatt and Edward Adler, on the death of their beloved mother, Hannah Adler Strauss
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| Shabbat Topics & Participants |
| Usher | Elisheva Kilner | | Torah Readers | Jay Jubas, Judd Love
| | Musaf | | | Sermon | Final Words Rabbi Daniel Cohen | | Coffee & Commentary | Rabbi David Walk | | Shiur | The Impact of Shogeg Rabbi David Walk | | Perek on the Patio
| Perek 2 Rabbi David Walk | | Code of Jewish Law
| Ari Lieberman
| | Seudat Shlishit
| Siyum on Eruvin Leslie Freedman |
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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 | Fred Baer in honor of Howard Weiss's birthday (shhhh!, it's a surprise!) &
Howard Weiss in honor of Fred Baer's birthday (it's also a surprise, don't tell him!);
the Schaffer family in honor of Joseph Macy's milestone birthday | | Sanctuary Kiddush | cake by the shul; herring and crackers by Hershel Herring (anonymous) | Seudat Shlishit
| Leslie Freedman on the completion of Masechet Eruvin |
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| Daf Yomi | Sunday 7:45 am, Monday-Friday 7:00 am | | Shacharit | Sunday 7:15/8:30 am, Monday 6:20/7:30 am, Tuesday-Friday 6:30/7:30 am | | Weekday Mincha | Sunday-Thursday 8:20 pm
| | Candles Next Friday | 8:09pm |
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| CAS Announcements | YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING-This Tuesday, July 9, 9:30 am SUMMER FLICKS WITH RABBI WALK: THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC-This Wednesday, July 10, 7:30 pm MEN'S CLUB PRE-FLICK BBQ-Wednesday, July 24, 6:30 pm ($8 Men's Club members/$12 non-members) CAS AND ISRAEL: A RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE ON OUR RELATIONSHIP-an evening of reflection with Rabbi Ehrenkranz, Rabbi Cohen, and others, Monday, August 19, 7:30 pm
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Join a Committee and plan for next year at CAS. Upcoming meetings: Adult Education Committee, Thursday, August 8, 8:15-9:15 pm. Chairs: Toby Schaffer and Jeff Cahn Info: tobyesq@aol.com |
| Rabbi Walk: (all at CAS) Sunday: Bible from the Beginning - 9:15-10:00 am Monday: Parsha - noon Tuesday: Psalms - 9:00 am Wednesday: Meditation - 9:00 am Thursday: Guide to the Siddur - 9:00 am Thursday: Masechet Megilla - 1 hour before mincha Rabbi Cohen: Friday: Taste of Torah - 8:15 am Special Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Cohen Tuesday, July 9, noon, at Temple Sholom, Greenwich Topic: Living Inspired Learn the sacred sources and strategies for living inspired, enriching your relationships and creating a legacy and enduring memories now and forever. For more information contact Alice Schoen, alice.schoen@templesholom.com, (203) 542-7165 |
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| Summer Flicks with Rabbi Walk | Join Rabbi Walk at CAS for these features. Showtimes Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, no charge! (all descriptions compiled from Wikipedia) July 10-The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) Jewish-American teen Hannah Stern (Kirsten Dunst) isn't much interested in her family's religious tradition. But her blasé attitude changes radically when she suddenly enters a time slip back to a 1942 Nazi death camp, where Hannah learns firsthand the horrors of The Holocaust and the price her family and other Jews paid because of their heritage. She also learns the importance of remembering, and how the past continues to resonate in the present. The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1999 TV movie based on the historical novel of the same name by Jane Yolen. It stars Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern and costars Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher and Mimi Rogers. Dustin Hoffman introduces the film. July 17-The Jazz Singer (the original 1927 Al Jolson version) The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film depicting the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden he is punished by his father, a cantor, prompting Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer. He attempts to build a career as an entertainer but his professional ambitions ultimately come into conflict with the demands of his home and heritage. July 24-The Yankles, (2009) preceded by the Men's Club Pre-Flick BBQ The Rosh Yeshiva (rabbinical dean) of an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva decides that the school should have a baseball team to compete in the college league. Elliot (Michael Buster), one of the students with a background in minor league baseball, is able to convince Charlie Jones (Brian Wimmer), a former major league player who had been imprisoned as a result of DUI convictions--and now has to perform almost 200 hours of community service--to coach the team. As he coaches the team, he gives the players "a new measure of skill and confidence," as they help him regain his self-respect. Filmed in Utah with a "predominantly Mormon cast," the film was shown at a number of film festivals, winning a number of festival awards, although it was never theatrically released. |
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| Young Couples | Shabbat, July 20, 2013, 4 pm-The Young Couples Committee is hosting Shabbat dessert at the Shabbas Park/Belltown Park. Please join us with store-bought desserts or snacks. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket along with your desserts or snacks. All food will be shared amongst the group, so be sure that the items you have purchased have the proper kosher hechsher or that baked goods/desserts are from kosher bakeries. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Tobin at laurabl@gmail.com |
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| Youth | Tot Shabbat, Mini Minyan and Jr.Cong. continue all summer long. All other groups - see you in September! Youth Committee Meeting This Tuesday, July 9th, 9:30 am at CAS Please come and share your ideas about youth programs at CAS and learn how you can make a difference! Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Jeiger |
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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, click here Avraham ben Chana, Mila bat Frida, Perel bat Chaya,Dov ben Malka, Pinchas ben Leeba, Zahava bat Chaya Sara, Boruch ben Polina, Natalie Chana Chaya bat Aviva, Rivka bat Rose, Chaim Yisroel ben Gittel Malka, Yocheved Chana bat Leah Osne, Zechariya Eliyahu ben Ayelet Naomi, Meyer Leib ben Shayna Reisel, Shemuel Simcah ben Channah, 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. |
RABBI ADAM MINTZ- @ Young Israel of Stamford, 8:30 pm, free & open to the public. July 10 - The Messiah: Who is He and What Will He Accomplish? July 17 - Resurrection of the Dead: Will It Really Take Place and How Will It Happen? TEXTS THAT TIE: WEAVING TOGETHER A CARING AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY-Sunday, July 14, 2:30-4:30, JCC. Sign up here. CAMOS (Committee to Advance Modern Orthodoxy in Stamford)-Sunday, August 4th, noon. Annual Summer Sunday in Stamford program. It's a great way to visit the community in a relaxed way, and meet other like minded families who already live in the Stamford community. If you know any families who are considering a move to Stamford, please encourage them to get in touch with Miriam Sperber at miriam.lehrer@gmail.com, and she will provide them with all of the information. LIFE TRANSITIONS-Wednesdays at 11:30 am beginning June 19. 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 |
| SYLVIA'S CAS Sisterhood Gift Shop Summer Hours This Week, Thursday 1:00-3:00 pm |
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