| Congregation Agudath Sholom
Shabbat Bulletin |
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| | Chayei Sara | | November 23, 2024 | 22 Cheshvan 5785 |
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| | Friday | | | Candle Lighting | 4:11 PM | | Mincha | 4:16 PM | | Shabbat | | | Shacharit | 7:00/8:00/9:00 AM | | Latest Shema | 8:33 AM | | Sephardic Minyan | 8:45 AM | | Coffee & Commentary | 8:45 AM | | Shmuel Class | 9:00 AM | | Latest Shacharit | 9:35 AM | | Teen Minyan | 10:00 AM | | Bob's Basics | 10:00 AM | | Shiur | 10:30 AM | | Early Mincha | 12:15 PM | | Code Of Jewish Law | 3:15 PM | | Mincha | 4:05 PM | | Havdalah | 5:11 PM |
The Courageous Prayer: Stop to Daven Mincha God is our co-pilot. Through life, we never want to face the world alone. As Jews, we thank God in the morning and debrief at night through the respective prayers of Shacharit, the morning service, and Maariv, the evening service. Yet, in the middle of the day, when the phones are ringing and the hustle and bustle of work, home and school are at their peak, we are obligated to STOP it all and daven mincha, the afternoon service. In fact, according to the Talmud in Brachot, mincha is the most effective prayer for Eliyahu the prophet was answered only when he davened at this time of day, in the afternoon. In our Torah portion of Chayei Sara, we learn that Yitzchak originated the afternoon service. He too was answered right away. Our sages explain that Isaac conversing in the field towards evening (Bereishit 24:63) is a reference to the mincha service. In the same verse, the Torah states that after praying, "He lifted his eyes and he saw the camels arriving." He was praying for a wife and lo and behold, he was answered right away. We recently changed the clocks, thereby truly making Mincha "early". It is not easy to make a minyan, let alone stop what you are doing and connect with the Almighty. Yet, this is the most important tefilla. Why? It is most significant precisely because it is so hard. It takes courage to tell the world to stop while you speak with God. For this reason, it is most powerful. When we say to the world, "Wait, my success and blessings are due to the beneficence of God for God is central and indispensable," God will respond in kind and we will become His priority. In the morning, before we leave our homes, it is easier to find time as it is at the end of the day. Mincha is what we truly need to stay anchored in our faith and fortified in our mission. Thank God, the opportunities to daven mincha in our community are expanding. Besides at CAS, there is an early mincha Monday - Thursday at 613 at 1:45 PM. This Thanksgiving, we will be doing an early mincha at 1:45 PM, in addition to the regular time, so you can daven mincha, eat the meal and then return for a late maariv at 8 PM. For mincha times and locations near you visit www.godaven.com. Whether at home, in the office or on the road, stop to daven mincha. It is the pause that refreshes. Wishing you and your families a Shabbat Shalom and God willing good news from Israel, Rabbi Daniel Cohen |
Shabbat Information - Learn about the Shabbat Torah Reading for Parshat Chayei Sarah with the insights of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l - click here.
- The Haftarah is read from I Kings 1:1-31
- Haftarah summary by Chabad.org - click here.
- Haftarah summary by Haftarah Helper - click here
- Would you like to read the Torah or Haftarah for your bar mitzvah parsha? Let us know by clicking click here
Shabbat Icebreakers (courtesy of Yaakov Moshe and Elisheva Shmidman) - Who is/was a woman you admire (Avraham eulogizes Sarah)?
- Describe a time that you helped a stranger (Rivka helps the Eved Avraham)?
- What is story or line you have repeated many times (The Eved Avraham repeats the miracle that occurred to him)?
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Prayers for Hostages - We Pray for the Immediate Rescue and Release
"Acheinu kol Bais Yisrael – Our brethren, the entire Jewish People"
"Hanesunim bitzara u'bishivya – who are delivered into confinement and captivity"
"Ha'omdim bein bayam u'vein bayabasha – whether they be on the sea or dry land"
"HaMakom yiracheim aleihem viyotzi'eim mitzara li'rvacha – May the Omnipresent have mercy on them and remove them from distress to relief"
"U'mei'afela li'ora – and from darkness to light"
"U'mishibud lig'ula – and from subjugation to redemption"
"Hashta b'agala u'viz'man kariv – now, speedily, and close at hand"
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Bar Mitzvah Project FIDF Lone Soldiers in honor of Oshri Steinberg's Bar Mitzvah - For my Bar-Mitzvah, I am donating to the FIDF, Lone Soldier Program. This donation is made in honor of my grandfather, who was a lone soldier in Israel in the 1960's. https://justgiving.com/campaign/oshribarmitzvah
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 Thank You to everyone who has supported our Yom Kippur Appeal thus far and we encourage 100% participation. Whether alot or a little, the donation from your heart is an eternal investment in our shul and makes a difference! If you have not done so already, please join them.
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Shabbat Topics & Participants |
| Coffee & Commentary | Rabbi Daniel Cohen | | Shmuel Class | Mark Wagshul | | Bob's Basics | Rabbi Bob Abrams | | Shiur | Michael Feldstein: Sarah's Extraordinary Life - The Rav's Explanation of Aging | | Shacharit | Josh Goldberg | | Sanctuary Sermon | Rabbi Moshe Kurtz | | Musaf | Levi Dulitz | | Code of Jewish Law | Rabbi Yossi Kamman | | Seudat Shlishit | Bruce Newman |
- to Hadassah Lieberman on the arrival of a grandson, Yoseph Israel Lowenstein, born in Israel!
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- to Matt Greenberg and Pam Ehrenkranz on the arrival of a grandson!
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- to Nurit & Mark Wexler on the arrival of a granddaughter - Hadas Nili - in Israel! Mazal Tov to great-grandparents Debbie & Ben Soifer!
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- to Zissy Turner on her graduation from Nishmat's Miriam Glaubach Center's U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program next Thursday!
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Celebrate with the family! Make a donation in their honor and we will send an acknowledgement to the family. Just click here- We are pleased to announce the installation of the donor walls in the chapel recognizing the investments of members in our shul who laid the foundation for our new building and growth. Thank you to Elliot Glassman, Meg Haron and Miriam Sperber for their tremendous dedication to seeing this project to fruition!
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- to Mitchell Bell and the Men's Club for spearheading the Thanksgiving meal for Stamford EMS!
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- to Amy Sroka and all of the families who participated in our Mitzvah Day - together they purchased over a thousand dollars of food for the Freedberg Kosher Food Pantry!
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- Senior Challah Deliveries: Bruce Newman as a memorial to recently departed Carol Nussbaum
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- 7am Kiddush: Pam & Alan Shanker in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Alan's father, Shalom Shanker (Shalom Ben Avraham), and in honor of the 60th anniversary of Alan's Bar Mitzvah
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- Chapel Kiddush: Howard Wolfe in honor of Rachel & JJ Brenner's visit from Israel, in honor of all the soldiers of the IDF and IAF protecting our nation and our people, and with continued prayers for the safe return of all the hostages
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- Sanctuary Kiddush: Josh & Tova Goldberg in honor of the birth of their daughter Nava Hadassah Goldberg
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- Teen Kiddush: Dr. & Mrs. Farren & Hillary Isaacs
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- Seudat Shlishit: Bruce Newman
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Motzei Shabbat, November 23 - 6:30 PM |
| Agudath Sholom Cafe at Humbled Coffee House |
Tuesday, November 26 - 7:30 PM |
| Thanksgiving Morning Book Talk on Kashrut with Rabbi Chaim Jachter |
Thursday, November 28 - 9:30 AM |
| Thank Our First Responders This Thanksgiving! |
Thursday, November 28 - 11:00 AM |
| New and Prospective Member Bagel Brunch |
Sunday, December 1 - 10:00 AM |
| Scholar Series with Leora Orenshein |
Wednesday, December 4 - 8:00 PM |
| Sunday, December 8 - 8:00 PM |
| Middle Feastern Sephardic Food Event |
Motzei Shabbat, December 14 - 8:30 PM |
| BMC A.I. Pizza Contest and Game Show |
Sunday, December 15 - 1:00 PM |
| CAS Youth & UJF Chanukah Magic Show |
Sunday, December 15 - 3:50 PM |
| Israel Teen Fellowship for 10th & 11th Graders |
| 55+ Social Committee Dinner and Paint Night |
Wednesday, December 18 - 6:30 PM |
| Senior Challah Delivery Sponsorships |
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CAS Youth Group Update We're focused again on our monthly theme, Acts of Kindness. This week, we'll learn about the acts of kindness Rivka showed Eliezer at the well, and how she did it because she wanted to help, not because he had to ask. Snack will include allergy friendly chocolate "butter cups," that resemble a well to make the learning experiential and fun.
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Save These Dates! - CAS & UJF Present: A Chanukah Magic Show feat. The Great Charlini, Sun Dec 15 4:00pm at Agudath Sholom.
- CAS Chanukah On Ice! Thursday, Dec 26, with music, sufganiyot, ice skating, menorah lighting & more!
- Bubblemania at The Palace Theater! Sunday Dec 29, show starts 3pm - for more info contact Rabbi Josh at jmunk@cas-stamford.org
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We are excited to announce the launch of Israel Teen Fellowship an Agudath Sholom program in partnership with StandWithUs and designed to Educate and Inspire Teens as Israel Advocates and Religious Zionists via monthly seminars, visits to Hartford and Washington DC and internship or volunteering with Israel Advocacy Organizations. Thank you to UJF Stamford for the grant to seed this vital program. Registration is now open online until Dec 15h for 10th and11th graders. For more info, contact Rabbi Cohen.
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- CAS Code of Conduct Our board of trustees recently approved a code of conduct for the Shul. Similar codes have been adopted by many growing synagogues with similar demographics. To be very clear, we are not asking our members to change their current conduct, but rather to maintain the high standards we have become accustomed to in our synagogue. The actual text of the code can be found on our website under "members". If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Rabbi Cohen or me. Thank you for your continued support.
Harvey Kaminski, CAS President
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- Join the CAS Men's Club and Young Families in Thanksgiving for the EMS/First Responders - Donate, Cook or Deliver! CAS Men's Club & Young Families are looking for three or four of these fine kosher birds for serving up to the Stamford EMS on Thanksgiving Day. If you don't care to talk (donate) turkey or have some access to vegetables or fruit or cake we could use those as well. Sign up and help us cook a huge meal for those EMS folks working on that day. We will be in the meat kitchen from 9-11:30am preparing. Deliver to the EMS main station at 684 Long Ridge Rd. at noon. Anyone aged 8 and up are welcome to help cook--it is a lot of fun. For more info, contact Mitchell Bell at wizdrbel@yahoo.com
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- Filling the Freedberg Food Pantry As we approach Thanksgiving, join our campaign to replenish the Freedberg Kosher Food Pantry. Drop off needed foods this week or make a contribution. For more info, visit www.ctjfs.org/kosher-food-pantry/.
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- Join us on Thanksgiving morning to express gratitude to our First Responders Stamford PD at 10:00 AM, Stamford FD at 10:30 AM and Stamford EMS at 12:00 PM. Thank you in advance for your support!
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- Shacharit Sunday-Friday: 7:15/8:30 AM; Monday-Wednesday: 6:30/7:30 AM; Thursday: 7:00/8:30 AM
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- Mincha Sunday-Thursday: 4:10 PM; Friday: 4:13 PM
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- Candle Lighting Friday: 4:08 PM
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- Thursday Thanksgiving Day
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We Wish A Speedy Recovery To |
- Tzvi Zev Yosef ben Chana Shulamit
- Raanan Noach ben Slova
- Sheina Feiga bat Rivka
- Chaya Sara bat Chava
- Hershel Wolf ben Brucha
- Penina bat Sara
- Rema bat Etta
- Ahron Dovid ben Esther Bayla
- Yetta Liba bat Freidel
- Freidel bat Esther
- Pesach Melech ben Basha
- Leeba Minna bat Rivka
- Chaya Shoshana bat Yehudit
- Nira bat Rachel
- Sara bat Nira
| - Chana Leah bat Esther
- Nadav Ephraim ben Shlomit Leah
- Leah bat Rivka
- Ariella Maor bat Liba Chaya
- Adeline bat Bat Chava
- Shlomo ben Velvel
- Rivkah Devorah bat Channa Gittel
- Moisha Gedalia
- Nechemiah
- Dorit bat Ora
- Mary
- Miriam Rut bat Chana
- Abokhay Moshe ben Zoya
- Chaya bat Liba
| - Harav Eliezer ben Chaya
- Miriam bat Devorah
- אסתר רחל bat רייזל ביילה
- Chaya Rachel bat Carmi Adina
- Penina bat Batya
- Sarah Rochfl bat Paya Etel
- Dov ben Pnina
- Nehama Miriam bat Dvora
- Moshe Gavriel ben Rachel Esther
- Cheryl Sheva bat Gittel Leah
- Sossie Raizel bat Sarah Fraida
- Eliezer Meyer ben Leah
- Calev Natanel ben Sara
- Yitzchak Osher ben Chana Shayva Chaya
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- Ariel Y
- Shani Y
- Tali Y
- Harry B
- Zevi M
- Joreh M
| - Ayden M
- Nathan H
- Noam H
- Yehudit
- Sally K
- Oren L
| - Nathan L
- Jeremy S
- Meni N
- Yaniv H
- Rachel W
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- Gan Yeladim Open House and Mitzvah Day Sunday, November 24th from 9:30-11:30am. A child journeys through the year developing skills and self-expression, from a scribble to a self-portrait from a line to a letter, from the alef to the alef bet... Do you have or know someone that has a preschool-age child? Help us spread the word so every child has the opportunity to join us and be part of the Gan journey. We invite all families, current and prospective, to come to our Gan Open House and Mitzvah Day. Free and Fun for All! Featuring entertainment from Musical IQ. Fun and Free for the whole family. For more information or to RSVP, email wendy@stamfordchabad.org.
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- Join the Friendship Circle Bar/Bat Mitzvah program for 6th and 7th graders! Dec 8, Dec 15, Jan 5, Jan 12 from 6-7:30 PM at 48 Union St., Stamford. Discover how to support individuals with various disabilities, learn respectful ways to interact, and understand the impact of giving back to the community. Through a three-part series featuring fun games, interactive videos, insightful discussions led by specialists and therapists, and hands-on volunteer opportunities, you'll gain valuable skills while making a meaningful difference.
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