Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin

Shabbat Shalom from CAS

Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat Bulletin Ki Tavo September 17, 2022 21 Elul 5782 send your submission to bulletin@cas-stamford.org ‌ ‌ Friday Candle Lighting 6:43 PM Mincha 6:48 PM Shabbat Shacharit 7:00 AM/8:00 AM/9:00 AM Sephardic Minyan 9:00 AM Shmuel Class 9:00 AM Latest Shema 9:01 AM Back to the Basics with Bob 10:00 AM Latest Shacharit 10:17 AM Pre-Mincha Shiur 5:40 PM Daf Yomi 5:45 PM Code of Jewish Law 5:45 PM Mincha 6:35 PM Havdalah 7:42 PM Selichot 10:00 PM/12:57 AM Shabbat Shalom Fred Rogers understood the secret of gratitude. In his Emmy acceptance speech in 1997, he said, "It's a beautiful night in this neighborhood. So many people have helped me come to this night. Some of you are here, some are far away, some are even in Heaven. All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are. Those who have cared about you and wanted what was best for you in life. Ten seconds of silence. I'll watch the time. (10 Sec Pause) Whomever you've been thinking about, how pleased they must be to know the difference you feel they've made." Gratitude emerges from pausing for 10 seconds to contemplate the impact of people, both living and not, who "loved us into being" and without whom we are not here today. Moshe underscores this principle, one we emulate every Pesach. The farmer who brings his first fruits to Jerusalem, expresses his gratitude not simply by acknowledging the blessings of the moment but harking back in time hundreds of years to the moments which led to his celebration today. He begins with the threat of Lavan, the slavery and redemption from Egypt. History offers context. Take Ten Seconds today and each day to reflect on people in your life who have helped you become who you are today. If you can, reach out and say Thank you. We are honored this Shabbat to host Rabbi Mark Wildes of Manhattan Jewish Experience and his wife Jill. Rabbi Wildes will speak briefly at Friday night davening and at an Oneg hosted at the Faizakoff's at 9 pm. He will also deliver the sermon in the Sanctuary following Musaf, give a shiur before Mincha and engage in a conversation about his book The 40 Day Challenge. We will also offer minyanim on Shabbat morning at 7, 8, and 9 AM as well as a Sephardic Minyan at 9 AM due to popular demand. We are grateful to Bob Abrams who will be leading a monthly Fundamental of Prayer Class at 10 AM-10:30 AM in the old office. Dovi, our Teen director, wil be leading a Kiddush and Convo during the main kiddush as well. Join us this Saturday night for our Pre Selichot Panel at 9 pm followed by Selichot at 10 pm or 12:57 am and the sunrise service at Cummings Beach on Sunday morning at 6:10 am. Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom and Ketivah VeChatimah Tovah, Rabbi Daniel Cohen COVID Update - Guidelines for Shul Attendance In Event of Illness  If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate yourself from others in your home.If after 5 days you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication, and your symptoms are improving, or you never had symptoms, you may end isolation.You should wear a high-quality mask (N95, KN95, surgical) through day 10.Only those who had severe illness or have a weakened immune system need to test negative before ending isolation. All others do not need to test to end their isolation, but should continue to mask through day 10. Shabbat Information  Learn about the Shabbat Torah Reading for Parshat Ki Tavo with the insights of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l - click here The Haftarah for Ki Tavo is read from (Isaiah 60:1-22) Haftarah summary by Chabad.org - click here Haftarah summary by Haftarah Helper - click here Selichot begin this Saturday night. There will be a 9:00 PM "Power Principles for Elul" program followed by 10:00 PM selichot, and chatot option at 12:57 AM. Would you like to read the Torah or Haftarah for your bar mitzvah parsha? Let us know by clicking here! Back to the Basics with Bob: Prayer Primer and Shul Fundamentals! A Monthly Shabbat Learners Experience at Agudath Sholom One Shabbat each month at 10 AM, Bob Abrams will lead an interactive and engaging experience to learn some of the Shabbat prayers and a bit of the weekly Torah portion and the Haftarah. Afterwards we will join the minyan in the Sanctuary for Musaf. Back to Basics will be in the old office. Begins this Shabbat, September 17th. Message from Duvie Shapiro  Shalom CAS Congregants from Jerusalem! I'm really looking forward to joining all of you for the Yomim Noraim this year! With Hashem's help, we will have a beautiful and uplifting davening together. I'm counting on you to join me as we sing and pray to Hashem to be written in the Book Of Life! May we all be blessed with a year full of good health, happiness, parnassa beshefa, nachas from our children, and a year of truly getting closer to Hashem! And who knows, maybe next year I'll have the zechus to be the Chazzan for CAS here in Jerusalem. Shana Tova U'Metukah and a Chasiva VeChasima Tova! Sincerely, Duvie High Holiday Seating Charts  If you reserved seats through the Patron program, click here to view the seating charts. Men's Mikvah Usage for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur The Armon Hotel is opening up their mikvah for usage for men before the holidays. Hours are as follows: Sunday, September 25th 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM and Tuesday, October 4th 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Please go to the main desk who will arrange for access to the mikvah. Selichot Update Selichot begins this Saturday night, Sep. 17th. The first one at 10 PM will be a ruach oriented Selichot led by our Teen Director Dovi Siderson. The second selichot will be at 12:57 AM. Selichot during the week are as follows: 10 PM - Maariv and Selichot (Sunday - Thursday) 6:05 AM - Monday - Friday prior to 6:30 AM Minyan Mazal Tov to Deborah & Neil Metviner on the engagement of their son Aaron to Amanda Mondre, daughter of Mila & Dr. Steven Mondre of New York City! Celebrate with the family! Make a donation in their honor and we will send an acknowledgement to the family. Just click here Welcome New members Dr. Noah & Susan Klein, Shira & Steven Manheimer, Aylee Schneider, Nadav Shachmon and their families Shabbat Topics & Participants Shmuel Class Mark Wagshul Back to the Basics Bob Abrams Sanctuary Sermon Rabbi Mark Wildes: Happiness Beyond the Instant Code of Jewish Law Rabbi Yossi Kamman Seudat Shlishit Rabbi Mark Wildes in Conversation with Rabbi Cohen on the 40 Day Challenge Pre-Mincha Shiur Rabbi Mark Wildes on the Psychology of Confession Thanks To Our Sponsors Senior Challah Deliveries: Yonnie & Sara Rubinfeld and Shelly Rubinfeld in memory of their brothers and sons - Chaim Schnier ben Dov Moshe and Avraham Yisrael ben Dov Moshe - on the occasion of their yahrzeits Sanctuary Kiddush: Co-sponsored by The Podelko family in memory of Marina's father, Nahum Sapir in commemoration of his yahrzeit this coming week; and Nadav Shachmon & Aylee Schneider in celebration of the birth of their son, Tal Michael Shachmon-Schneider Seudat Shlishit: Anonymously in memory of Ruth Chaya Bas Abraham Sign Up For These Events learn more 5783 High Holiday Schedule learn more High Holiday 5783 Guest Tickets learn more Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Mark Wildes Shabbat, September 17 sign up Power Principles for Elul: A Pre Selichot Night Panel Shabbat, September 17 - 9:00 PM sign up Family Apple Picking Sunday, September 18 - 10:00 AM learn more Pre-Rosh Hashana Challah Bake Sunday, September 18 - 7:30 PM sign up Touch the Heavens Astronomy Night Sunday, September 18 - 9:00 PM learn more CAS Womens Club invites you to Remembering The Family Store Monday, September 19 - 5:00 PM sign up Womens Book Club Monday, September 19 - 8:15 PM sign up CAS Movie Club Tuesday, September 20 - 8:00 PM learn more Pre High Holiday Spiritual Consultation with Rabbi Daniel Cohen sign up Lulav Etrog Sets sign up Sukkah Decorating for All Ages Sunday, October 2 - 10:00 AM sign up Craft Beer Tasting in the Sukkah Wednesday, October 12 - 8:00 PM sign up Simchat Torah Lunch 5783 Tuesday, October 18 - 12:00 PM learn more Senior Challah Delivery Sponsorships Upcoming Events Sounds On The Sound   Sunday, September 18 - 6:10 AM Join us for an early bird service on the water at Cummings Beach in Stamford as we greet the light of the sun and the soul. We will blow the shofar for the sounds on the sound! Please RSVP to Rabbi Daniel Cohen at rabbicohen@cas-stamford.org High Holidays HIGH HOLIDAYS BAALEI TEFILLAH AT AGUDATH SHOLOM We are looking forward to a very meaningful holiday season. We will be hosting five minyanim on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. There will be a minyan in the sanctuary, chapel and library as well as an outdoor Ashkenaz and Sephardic minyan. We have secured Duvie Shapiro as the primary Chazan in the Sanctuary and Ithamar Kashi as the Chazan for the Sephardic Minyan. Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Kurtz will be speaking at all of the minyanim during the holidays. We are grateful to the following people who will be primary people leading tefillot: Gideon Pell, Rabbi Oran Zweiter and Izzy Lustig in the Library Matt Greenberg, Michael Feldstein and Sam Sroka in the Chapel Michael Feldstein and Duvie Shapiro in the Sanctuary Menchaem Kirschner in the Ashkenaz Outdoor Tent Minyan Itamar Kashi in the Sephardic Outdoor Tent Minyan GET TO KNOW OUR GUEST CHAZAN DUVIE SHAPIRO! We are looking forward to hosting Duvie Shapiro on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the sanctuary. Here is a sampling of some of his tunes for the Yamim Noraim. CHECK OUT A ROSH HASHANAH REFLECTION GUIDE DEVELOPED BY RABBI COHEN AND ELISHEVA COHEN Click here CAS Announcements MAKING MITZVAH MOMENTS FOR JFS We are redoubling our efforts this season and beyond to support the Schoke JFS Kosher Food Pantry. Beyond the annual high holiday drive (info in days ahead) join Giving Thursdays at CAS. Drop off food on Thursdays (pick up an extra item when shopping for Shabbat) and we will deliver to the food pantry on Fridays. Items needed are Olive Oil/Vegetable Oil, Canned Tuna/Salmon in Water, Boxed Milk, Oat and Almond Milk, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Jarred Tomato Sauce and also consider purchasing items at Virtual Grocery Store - Elayne and James Schoke Jewish Family Service (ctjfs.org/virtualgrocerystore). Thank you in advance! SAVE THE DATES: September 17th: Monthly Explanatory Experience with Bob Abrams in Manger Beit Midrash September 17th: Selichot Night Panel (9:00 pm) - Dashu Bei Rabim: A Conversation with Rabbis/Educators about important Jewish principles related to Elul/HH and beyond. Light refreshments September 24th: Teen Minyan in Manger Beit Midrash September 16-17: Scholar in Residence Weekend with Rabbi Mark Wildes of Manhattan Jewish Experience October 1st: First Responders Appreciation Shabbat October 2nd: Cemetery Services October 2nd: Sukkah Decorating October 2nd: Shul Wide Reverse Tashlich Event October 12th from 8pm-9:45pm: The Young Families committee and CAS Men's Club will be hosting a night out with the guys "Beer Tasting in the Sukkah" led by our very own beer expert, Ethan Green. Chinese cuisine will be served. October 15th: Sukkot Across Agudath October 15th: Meet and Greet in Shul Sukkah October 23rd: Torah Dedication JOIN OUR NEW INITIATIVE SENIOR AMBASSADORS Senior Ambassadors to ensure that as a community we elevate our commitment to the older members of our shul. Responsibilities of Senior Ambassadors are the following: Active Member of Healing Visits Kiddush Assistance and Partner with Youth Kiddush Ambassadors Support Senior Events (Holiday, Educational, Social) Eyes and Ears for Our Clergy Erev Shabbat Shalom Calls If you would like to join the team, please email Rabbi Cohen in the weeks ahead. VKFC STATEMENT OF CLARIFICATION REGARDING HOME-BASED FOOD OPERATIONS The Vaad of Fairfield County supervises numerous local establishments. We have received questions about the reliability of products prepared in private homes and sold in our community. We do not supervise them and cannot attest to the kashrut of any of these products. CAS Youth News Millstone Scholars Program Begins at the end of October  Registration is open until Oct. 15th. For more information, visit https://tikvahfund.org/millstone/home/ Weekday Schedule Selichot Selichot: Sunday-Thursday 10:00 PM, Monday-Friday 6:05 AM Shacharit Shacharit: Sunday 7:15 AM/8:30 AM, Monday-Friday 6:30 AM/7:30 AM Mincha Mincha: Sunday-Thursday 6:40 PM, Friday 6:36 PM Candles Friday 6:31 PM CAS Adult Education Join one of our CAS classes. Click for up to date schedule We Wish A Speedy Recovery To Carmiya Chaya Hadas bat Tziporah Miriam Dov ben Pnina Eliezer ben Chana Emunah Malka bat Fayga Bryna Freidel bat Esther Mordechi Dov ben Yospa Yehudit Danya Nechama Miriam bat Devorah Perel bat Chava Shoshana bat Mazal Udel bat Valentina Vitza Yaakov Meir ben Ahuva Yoseph ben Mina Elka Click here to add a name to this list Community Announcements SCHOKE JFS IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU - LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ONGOING SUPPORT GROUPS Schoke Jewish Family Service offers a wide range of support groups to meet the various needs of the community and to help families and individuals with the transitions and challenges of life. Currently, all support groups meet on Zoom. The Divorce Support Group - Mondays, 1:00 PM; Bereavement Support Group - Thursdays, 7:30 PM; Caregiver Support Groups - Every other Sunday, 11:15 AM and every other Wednesday, 7:30 PM; COVID Support - Thursdays, 4:00 PM, 1st and 3rd Thursdays; Brain Fitness Group - Mondays, 10:30 AM and Wednesdays, 10:30 AM; Healing Chair Yoga - Class schedule to be announced on the website. To join the support groups, please fill out the form at: www.ctjfs.org/counseling/groups/ or contact Brooke Davidson, Director of Clinical and Family Life Services at bdavidson@ctjfs.org or 203-921-4161. RICH COHEN WILL SPEAK AT UJF'S ROTHSCHILD PROGRAM Tuesday, September 20th. Rich is a NY Times best selling author, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, and co-creator of the HBO series Vinyl (with Martin Scorsese). Dinner and networking at 6:30pm, program at 7:15pm. At Serendipity Labs in Stamford. Open to all. Sign up at www.ujf.org/herbie. Contact Sharon Franklin at sharon@ujf.org for more information.

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