| | | 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 |
| March 16, 2013
| Vayikra
| 5 Nisan 5773 |
| | | Friday | Candles | 6:42pm | | Early Mincha | 5:45pm | | Mincha | 6:47pm |
| Chapel | 8:00am | | Main Sanctuary | 9:00am | | | 10:30am | Future Tots/ Tot Shabbat/ Mini Minyan | 10:30am | | Jr. Congregation
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| | B'nai Mitzvah Club
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| | Joint Teen Minyan 9:30 | | Code of Jewish Law
| 5:45pm | | Mincha
| 6:25pm | | Maariv
| 7:38pm | | Daf Yomi: | | begins 15 min before mincha, resumes during Seudah Shlishit | | Shabbat Ends | 7:43pm |
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| | | Rabbi Daniel Cohen Monday: 3:30-5:00 pm & 7:30-8:20 pm Tuesday: 10:00-11:00 am Thursday: 8:30-9:30 am @ Starbucks' High Ridge Friday: 9:45-10:30 am Stop by to sell your chametz Sunday: 10:00-11:00 am Thursday: 6:45-7:30 pm |
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| | | | What is the definition of an angel? An angel is any creation with a particular holy mission. The Hebrew term Malach signifies that beyond the celestial being above, we as human beings can also be angels. When we serve in the fulfillment of a Divine mission, we assume the role of angels.
Take a moment to explore two ways to deepen the Divine in you. 1. This coming week, President Obama is traveling to Israel. The bonds between America and our homeland are strong and enduring. Yet, we as Americans and Jews cannot shirk from our responsibility to nurture the relationship. Join me, our CAS members and thousands of other Jews and non-Jews at AIPAC's Policy Conference March 2014. Take advantage of the special rate until March 18th. Visit here to register for AIPAC 2014 and please 2. Join the CAS Free Mezuzah Campaign. I realize almost everyone reading this post fulfills this mitzvah in their home. Yet, if another Jew in our area does not have one, we can serve as the angels to bring this source of blessing and identity to their homes. Do you know a neighbor or a friend who lacks a mezuzah? Share this video link below: http://www.congregationagudathsholom.org/mezuzah.html Here is the text you can forward: CAS Free Mezuzah Campaign in Fairfield County, CT. Bringing Blessings to Jewish Homes. CAS is offering a free mezuzah and home visit to post this sacred scroll at the entrance to all Jewish homes in the area. For more info, contact Rabbi Cohen at rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org. Heartfelt thanks to Michael Maller for doing such great workshooting, directing, producing and editing the videos. Thank you for spending a few minutes considering being a partner in these two holy missions. Be an angel. The decision you make today may change your life and the world forever. Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Daniel Cohen |
| There will be a 5:45 minyan preceding the Junior Congregation Shabbaton |
The Spring Quarterly Bulletin is available |
| Kashering at the Shul Thursday, March 21, 7:30-9:00 pm Sunday, March 24, 9:00-11:00 am |
| | Visit the CAS Passover Website! Click here to see Passover events and links Click here for the complete Passover schedule! |
| Mazal Tov | - Barbara Messer, on being honored by the Manhattan Jewish Experience at their 2013 Annual Dinner Celebrating Women
- Elaine Finkelstein on being honored at the Young Israel of Stamford Annual Dinner
- the Hertzberg and Adelman families on the engagement of Adina and Steven
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| Welcome To: | - Lt. Colonel Rabbi Yedidya Atlas, Head of Special Projects for the IDF Chief Rabbinate and Rabbi of the IDF Ground Forces Command, who will be speaking at Seudat Shlishit
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| Shabbat Topics & Participants |
| Shacharit | | Torah Reader
| Marty Rubin | | Musaf | Sandy Shapir | | Rabbi Daniel Cohen | | | Usher | | | Seudat Shlishit | Lt. Colonel Rabbi Yedidya Atlas Reflections from Israel | | Shiur | Michael Feldstein The Closing of the Volozhin Yeshiva: What Really Happened ... and Why Are the Revisionists Trying to Rewrite Its History?
| | Code of Jewish Law | Hilchot Pesach | | Next Week: First Day of Pesach | Rabbi Jerry Wohlberg |
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| Thanks to this Week's Sponsors...
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Shabbat Shalom Hospitality Packages
| Lindy & Len Fox in memory of Dr. Harry Romanowitz; The Linda Beson Nursing Educational Fund | | Chapel Kiddush
| Shery & Barry Hertzberg
in honor of the engagement of their daughter Adina to Steven Adelman, and as a welcome to the Adelman family from San Diego, who are joining them this Shabbat to celebrate the engagement | | Sanctuary Kiddush
| the CAS Bi-Cultural 8th grade parents,
in gratitude for the safe return of their children and with special thanks to the leaders of
Israel Experience 2013:
Rabbi Israel, Rabbi Walk, Sima, Daniella and Roni |
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| Kiddush Sponsorships Available for all Five Days of Pesach |
| Daf Yomi | Sunday 7:45 am Monday-Friday 7:00 am | | Shacharit | Sunday 7:15/8:30 am Monday-Friday 6:30/7:30 am | | Weekday Mincha | Sunday-Thursday 6:45 pm | | Candles Next Friday | 6:49 pm |
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| INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND BEYOND... This Tuesday, March 19, 7:30pm at Agudath Sholom Featuring Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, and Ambassador Aaron Jacob, Associate Director of International Affairs at AJC and Israel's former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Co-sponsored by Temple Sholom of Greenwich. This event is free and open to the public.
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HELP OUR SHUL GROW! JOIN US WITH OUR FIRST "HARVEST NOW" GARDEN! PROJECT LAUNCH MEETING THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 17 TH, 10-11 AM Are you an experienced gardener? Do you aspire to be one? Do you wish you had a bigger garden to develop your green thumb? Do you like to do a mitzvah? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," we have some fun planned for you! As part of a new program, the CAS Chesed Committee will be planting a garden on the shul property, to grow vegetables with "Harvest Now." All the produce will be donated to a local food bank to provide those in need with access to more fresh and nutritious foods. If you are interested in participating at any level of commitment in this literally "ground-breaking" new project, please email the CAS Chesed Committee Chair, Meredith Cohen, at meredithcohen123@gmail.com and/or please come to our first project launch meeting Sunday, March 17th from 10-11 am at Agudath Sholom (in the lobby sitting area next to the elevator). |
| Community Scholar in Residence Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg This Monday-Wednesday, March 18 - 20 - Making a Mensch and Repairing the World: Judaism's Vision of Life and Tikkun Olam: Monday, 9:30 am, for parents, JCC
- Three Tests of Leadership: How Would You Respond? Monday, 7:30 pm, for High School Students, JCC
- What is Pluralism and How Do I Fit In? Can You Be Seriously Committed and Pluralistic at the Same Time? Tuesday, 7:30 pm, for 20s and 30s, at Rebecca Shapiro's home
- The Rise, Decline & Future of American Jewry: Wednesday, 8:30 am, JCC
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Humanity Comes of Age: How Can Judaism Lead the Way? Keynote Address: Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Temple Beth El for more information and to register, click here
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| | SISTERHOOD BOOK CLUB MEETING IN APRIL-"In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson, Sunday, April 7, 10:30-noon. |
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| | Rabbi Daniel Cohen Pre-Passover Classes Passover Philosophy, Miracles: Tuesday, March 19, 9-9:45 am Crash Course Review of Passover Preparation Laws: Monday, March 18, 8-9 pm Special Class RABBIS' PANEL: JEWISH ETHICS, JEWISH LEADERSHIP & LIFECYCLE- Tuesday, March 19, 12-1 pm, Free Lunch Ongoing Classes Power of the Prophets: Tuesdays, 8:15 am Parsha Perspectives and Paradigms: Fridays, 8:15 am |
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| Rabbi David Walk | Sunday Bible from the Beginning | 9:15 am | | Monday Weekly Parsha at BCDS | 12:10 pm | | Monday Hilchot Bishul B'Shabbat | 7:15 pm | | Tuesday Mystical Minhagim | 7:30 pm | | Thursday Talmud, Megillah | 7:30 pm |
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GET READY FOR PASSOVER REGISTER NOW!!! |
| | Don't want to cook Shabbat dinner before Pesach? Pre-Passover Chinese Dinner Friday night, March 22, 7pm Early 6pm minyan Click here to reserve your spot! | | Click here for chametz sale forms | | Order online, pick up in the office Click here to purchase the finest handmade Shmurah Matzah If you prepay, your pick up will be faster! | | This Passover, please remember the needy Donate to the CAS Maot Chittim/Passover Fund Click here to donate via credit card or paypal | | Join Rabbi Walk & Agudat Shir Choir Director Elliot Weiss on the 2nd night for the Community Seder Tuesday night, March 26, 7:45 pm SING ALONG TO YOUR FAVORITE PASSOVER MELODIES! DELICIOUS FOOD! GREAT COMPANY! BRING THE WHOLE CREW! Click here to reserve your seat! | | |
APRIL 12-13 JUNIOR YACHAD SHABBATON Junior Yachad will once again be coming to Stamford! Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, is dedicated to addressing the needs of all individuals with disabilities and including them in the Jewish community. Volunteers are needed for housing. All Yachad members are matched up with a staff member who will be responsible for them. The kids have varying degrees of abilities and disabilities including a wide range of developmental and learning disabilities, such as Down Syndrome, Autism, Asperger's and cerebral palsy, in general they are mild mannered. They can stay in either separate bedrooms or the same bedroom as a staff member. There might be one or two girls in a wheelchair. Please let me know how many you can sleep and if you have stairs or pets. No meals needed other than breakfast. They will be out of the house Friday night for dinner and most of Shabbat. If you are not able to pick up your "kids" that Friday from CAS, drop them back at shul before Shabbat, and pick them up after Shabbat, please let me know. Times to be determined. Please include your address and phone number as well in your response. Thanks in advance!!! Please email sharwohlberg@gmail.com 203-327-9924 |
| Sunday evening, May 5, 2013! Guests of Honor: Elissa & Dr. Philip Klapper | Aviva Maller Community Service Award: Ronni Bass Young Leadership Award: Shira & Ethan Green Annual Dinner Chairpeople: Claudia & Howard Rimerman | Diane & Elliot Sloyer |
| | | CAS Monday night Bingo needs some more volunteers (especially callers) in order to continue our efforts to raise money for special projects. In the past, we've donated new carpeting, warmers for the kitchens and a new dairy refrigerator, among other items in use today. This a "fun-draising" project that only involves your volunteering without costing you anything but a few hours of your time. We're very flexible with hours and there are all kinds of "jobs." Be it clerical, selling or especially calling, the only requisite is that you like people and have a warm, friendly disposition. We will train you and we need you more than Uncle Sam does! |
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| | The Agudat Shir Choir, under the direction of our own Elliot Weiss, would like to invite anyone who enjoys singing to join us as we start an exciting new spring season. Upcoming performances are Tuesday, March 26th at the Agudath Community Seder and Chol Hamoed at the Atria during Pesach. The Choir is open to anyone who wishes to have a good time while performing interesting and varied musical works of our people. Rehearsals take place on Thursday evenings at the synagogue from 7:15 to 9:15 pm. |
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| | FRIDAY NIGHT - LAST COMIC STANDING SHABBAT FIESTA: High Schoolers - Come to the CAS Comedy Club, showing Friday Night! Eat some great food, chill with friends, and laugh like crazy! Sign up here SATURDAY- 9:30: Teen Minyan at Young Israel as part of a joint program with NCSY SATURDAY- B'nai Mitzvah Luncheon - pick up from the Cohens' at 3pm SATURDAY- Jr. TEEN ONEG at the Lieberman home, 3:30-5:30 pm WELCOME TO ALL THOSE JOINING OUR ANNUAL Jr. Congregation Shabbaton!! Friday Night
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat.........................5:45 Kabalat Shabbat: Jake Sigman Dinner/ Ice Breaker.....................................................6:45 D'var Torah by Danielle and Alexandra Hadge Circle Games..................................... 7:45 1st Group: Guess Who 2nd Group: Action Man 3rd Group: Freeze and Justify Oneg.........................................................8:15-8:30 (Layla tov everyone.....Get ready for more fun and excitement tomorrow!!!!) *******Parents, please pick up your kids at 8:30******* Shabbat Day Breakfast........................................................8:30 Shacharit........................................................9:00 1. Max Dayan = Brachot- R Yishmael Omer (including) 2. Avi Gordon = Mizmor Shir Chanuat Habayit - Hodo 3. Mati Finkelstein = Hodo- Ashrei 4. Daniel Janush = Ashrei- Vayivarech Dovid 5. PJ Jelen = Vayivarech Dovid- Shochen Ad Divrei Torah in Main Sanctuary: Mimi Chapman Leeba Zucker Jake Sigman Shalhevet Cohen and Naomi Listokin Groups (downstairs)..............................10:30 (break up into groups) Misc. games (Apples to Apples, Tri-Dominoes, Connect Four, Uno, Twister, Cards) Kiddush....................................................................11:30 Round Robin Gaga Competition/Steal the Salami/Foosball ....................12:15 (Special prize for whoever gets Josh out)!!!!! 1st group: Steal the Salami 2nd group: Gaga Competition 3rd group: Foosball Tournament Lunch.......................................................................1:00 Bingo/ Lets Make a Deal......................................................................2:15 Parsha Jeopardy........................................3:30 (YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS) Pickup .....................................................4:30 (DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR SURPRISE GIFT) It's a surprise, so don't ask! REGISTRATION FOR FCCJBL 2013 IS NOW OPEN-CLICK HERE TO PLAY BALL! TEENS - GET INVOLVED!! MARCH 28 - SIX FLAGS TRIP for info, click here FOLLOW @CAS_TEENS ON TWITTER!! If you would like to celebrate your child's birthday or special accomplishment by sponsoring a special "kiddush" in their honor, please email me at rabbijeiger@hotmail.com Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Jeiger |
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| We wish the following people a Refuah Sheleim: Please have them in your prayers. If you would like to add a name for this month, click here Tinok ben Ayelet Naomi, Meyer Leib ben Shayna Reisel, Rachel bat Chana Yehudit, Malka Bracha bat Elke,Dovid Fishel ben Rivka, Rachel Leah bat Chaya Rivka, Aryeh Chaim ben Chaya Sara, Zahavah bat Chaya Sara, Shmuel ben Miriam, Michal Fraida bat Yita Shandel, Rachel Adina bat Batya, Yoel Yehudah Hersh ben Miryam Z'lata, Yosef Fishel ben Miryam Z'lata, Aliza bat Masha, Channa Feigel bat Esther Tov, Adele bat Sonia, Shalom Shmuel ben Gedalia, Adela Yocheved bat Shulamis, Shemuel Simcah ben Channah, Dovid Levi ben Gittel, Zev Mordechai ben Chaya Gittel, Refael Ephraim ben Sima, Sara bat Etta Zissel,Michal Fraida Chava bat Yita Shandel: At her parents request, please recite psalm 47 for Marlene Gatz, a BCDS mother battling cancer. (Please note psalm change for Marlene's 47th birthday.) The text is here. |
| Please Support our Community Mikvah Have you joined the Mayim League? Support our community's Minnie Manger-Marcia Lieberman Mikvah Donate online at www.stamfordmikvah.org Bronze $250 | Silver $500 | Gold $1,000 | Platinum $1,800 Donations of $500 and above include immersion for the year for yourself or a designated woman |
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REGISTRATION FOR FCCJBL 2013 IS NOW OPEN-CLICK HERE TO PLAY BALL!
MONTHLY BOOK TALK "ALEPPO CODEX" by MATTI FRIEDMAN-PRESENTED BY BOB ABRAMS-Wednesday, March 20th, 10am at the JCC. Follow the mysterious route of the most revered copy of the Hebrew Bible as it makes it's way from Syria to Jerusalem, where it resides today. But where are the missing pages? For more information, call Marcie Schoenfeld 203-359-9148 COLLEGE AHEAD!-Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm Program for college-bound high school students and their parents. This year's panel, moderated by Claire D. Friedlander, JFS College Consultant, will feature the deans of admissions from Michigan State University (MI), Boston University (MA) and American University (Washington, DC). Hear the latest on college admissions and Jewish life on campus. For more information, contact Claire D. Friedlander at cdfriedlan@aol.com or call at 203-921-4161. LUNCH AND LEARN WITH RABBI MENACHEM LEIBTAG-Tuesday, April 9th, at Kosh. What's So Holy About the Holy Land: A Yom Ha'atzma'ut Presentation. Lunch at 12:30, shiur at 1pm Order what you wish for lunch, and pay Kosh directly, but you must make a reservation beforehand. Please RSVP to Michael Feldstein. SYLVIA PLOTKIN MEMORIAL MAH JONGG TOURNAMENT-Wednesday, April 10, 9:30 am-3 pm. $36. Click here to register online by March 20 or pick up a registration form at the JCC. For more information, contact Connie Cirillo Freeman at 203.487.0983 or cfreeman@stamfordjcc.org. AN EVENING WITH JFS-Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 5:30 pm. Honoring JFS 34th Annual Mitzvah Award recipients Rhonda Ginsberg and Laurence Sheinman and Young Leadership Award honoree Rebecca Isenstein. Dinner and annual auction at Temple Beth El, Stamford. For more information, please contact Iris Morrison at 203-921-4161 or email at imorrison@ctjfs.org. BCDS CELEBRATION DINNER-Sunday, May 19, 2013, 5:00 pm, Stamford Hilton Hotel, honoring CAS members Elisheva Kilner & Sarah Boxer JEWISH CLUBS AT STAMFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL- Stamford High School's club meets on Tuesdays at 2:15 PM in Room 925 and Westhill's club meets on Thursdays at 2:15 PM in Room 601. Clubs meet weekly! For more information contact Rebecca@myjsc.org JFS RESIDENTIAL CLEANING SERVICE BEFORE PASSOVER-Employ professionally trained individuals to clean your home for the Passover holiday and at the same time help to support Jewish Family Service. Rates are lower or competitive with other cleaning services. Contact Larry Morowitz at JFS Employment and Training Program: (203) 921-4161 or email lmorowitz@ctjfs.org Texting, Chatting, and That Thing We Used to Call a Relationship-Contains quotes by Michael Feldstein and Sandy Weiner! Click |
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| SYLVIA'S CAS Sisterhood Gift Shop all new items for Passover Seder Plates · Matzah Plates Havdalah Sets · Wine Fountains Candlesticks · and much, much more! Pre-Passover Hours: Sunday 9-11 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12-2 Open during UN Forum this Tuesday 7:30-9:30 |
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