Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat/Pesach I & II Bulletin

Congregation Agudath Sholom Shabbat/Pesach I & II Bulletin Tzav Shabbat HaGadol April 12-14, 2025 14-16 Nisan 5785 send your submission to bulletin@cas-stamford.org ‌ ‌ Friday Mincha 7:00 PM Candle Lighting 7:12 PM Shabbat Shacharit 7:00/8:00/8:45 AM Sephardic Minyan 8:45 AM Latest Shema 8:54 AM Bob's Basics 10:00 AM Latest Shacharit 10:15 AM Last time to eat chametz 10:43 AM Last time to annul & dispose of remaining chametz 11:49 AM Daf Yomi 6:20 PM Mincha 7:10 PM Candle Lighting 8:13 PM Havdalah and Earliest time to start seder 8:13 PM Holiday Calendar Sunday - Passover Day 1 Midnight (Finish Afikomen) 12:54 AM Shacharit 8:00/9:00 AM Mincha 7:10 PM Earliest time to light candles and start seder 8:15 PM Monday - Passover Day 2 (Omer 1) Midnight (Finish Afikomen) 12:54 AM Shacharit 8:00/9:00 AM Mincha 7:20 PM Havdalah 8:15 PM Shabbat Shalom God willing, the upcoming holiday of Pesach will be one of joy, healing, growth and sweetness for everyone. Our hearts and minds are in Israel and God willing, we will witness miracles as in the redemption from Egypt in our time. As we prepare for a Pesach like no other, we pray for healing and joy for all of our families, community, Israel and humanity. In light of the situation in Israel, please consider these additional prayers and resources and other ideas to enhance the meaning of your seder. Additions for Current Situation in Israel Rabbi David Lau's Prayer for the Hostages You are Part of the Redemption: "In every generation we have to see ourselves as if we had left Egypt." This is generally understood to mean that on the Seder night we should envision ourselves leaving Egypt. Rabbi Avraham Kook understood this phrase differently. He gave it a more contemporary meaning: "In every generation every person needs to see how they are playing a role in the redemption of Israel and mankind." Egypt was only the beginning of the process. The redemption continues in every generation. Each of us is responsible to play a unique role and contribute to bringing that great day. What role are we each playing in the role of redemption in the world today? Seder Tip: Pesach is the quintessential night of gratitude. To learn more, click here. Ask everyone around the table (or send a note to your guests in advance) to share an experience for which they are eternally grateful. When have you encountered God? Thank you Elisheva Shmidman for preparing this CAS Family Pesach guide. As reminders begin counting the Omer on Saturday night. For more info on counting the Omer, click here. Wishing you and your families a wonderful Shabbat Hagadol and sweet and joyous Pesach and Chag Kasher V'Sameach and God willing good news from Israel, Rabbi Daniel Cohen Shabbat Information  Learn about the Shabbat Torah Reading for Parshat Tzav with the insights of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l - click here  The Haftarah for Shabbat HaGadol is read from Malachi 3:4-24 Haftarah summary by Chabad.org - click here. Haftarah summary by Haftarah Helper - click here. We do not recite the Av HaRachamim prayer. For the complete Pesach schedule, please click here. Would you like to read the Torah or Haftara for your bar mitzvah parsha? Let us know click here Shabbat Icebreakers (courtesy of Yaakov Moshe and Elisheva Shmidman) What is a question that you have about the seder or the exodus story (the seder is all about asking questions)? What does being free mean to you (the Jews left Egypt and achieved freedom)? What is your favorite bbq food (the Shlamim according to commentators was meant to be eaten with friends and family)? Parsha Would You Rather? Would you rather spend Pesach at home or at an exotic location? Meals this Shabbat:  One cannot eat bread on Shabbat, April 12th after 10:43 AM. The morning meal must begin early enough so as to complete the eating of Lechem Mishnah by the 4th hour of the day (10:43am). Important: The Sanctuary minyan will begin at 8:45 AM, break at 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM for Kiddush and Hamotzi and resume Torah reading at 10:00 AM. Rabbi Cohen will speak at 9:30 AM prior to first Kiddush at 9:45 AM. All minyanim will have challah rolls at kiddush so people can wash and fulfill the mitzvah of seudat shabbat. Seudah Shlishit: April 12th - Many authorities say that one may fulfill the obligation of Seudah Shlishit without bread or Matzah, but by eating fish, eggs, fruit, etc. A third meal, therefore, should be eaten, after mid-day (6½ hours or 1:30pm). Pesach Speaking Schedule  Friday Night - Rabbi Daniel Cohen Shabbat Morning - Rabbi Daniel Cohen and Rabbi Moshe Kurtz Post Mincha - Rabbi Moshe Kurtz: What is Real Jewish Culture? Pesach Day One - Rabbi Daniel Cohen Post Mincha - Rabbi Feivel Segelov: Sorry, Not Sorry: How do we react to our enemies' downfall? Pesach Day Two - Rabbi Moshe Kurtz Post Mincha - Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Shmidman: Time Flies: Sefiras HaOmer when Crossing the International Date Line 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" Welcome new members Eliza & Uri Pearl and their daughter Mira Thanks To Our Sponsors Fast of the First Born: The Goldenberg Family in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Martin Goldenberg z"l 7AM Kiddush (Shabbat): The Gov-Ari Family Chapel Kiddush (Shabbat): Miriam & Gideon Pell wishing the whole community a חג כשר ושמח Sanctuary Kiddush (Shabbat): Co-sponsored by David & Meryl Gordon on the tenth anniversary of the yahrzeit of David's father, Herman W. Gordon, Chayim Volff ben Meir; and Susan Mark in memory of an incredible father and grandfather, Sam Silber z"l (Shlomo Zalman) on his 22nd yahrzeit Chapel Kiddush (Passover Day 1): Adrienne & Michael Alexander in honor of Michael's father Herb Alexander's birthday and the 1st visit to Stamford of our their grandson Jonah Sanctuary Kiddush (Passover Day 1 & Day 2): Co-sponsored by Diane & Rabbi Daniel Cohen in memory of Michael Rosmarin z"l; Susan and Max Kolbrenner in memory of Gail Kolbrenner z"l; The Podelko Family on the occasion of the end of Shloshim for Alex's father Anatoliy Podelko z"l (Nathan ben Yakov); and Gayle & Howard Rothman in memory of Gayle's grandfather Louis Fries z"l Chapel Kiddush (Passover Day 2): The Niedober Family in memory of Yitzchak & Rivka Niedober and Eliezer & Chava Meretyk Sign Up for these Events Learn more CAS Passover Site sign up Matzah from Southern Israel [FLASH SALE!!!] Friday, April 11 Learn more CAS Youth Shabbat and Passover Groups Donate Now Maot Chittim - Passover Charity sign up Rabbi Daniel Cohen - What is Your Why? Tuesday, April 22 - 8:15 AM sign up BMC Shabbat Dinner Friday, April 25 - 8:00 PM sign up Little Lights Open Play Sunday, April 27 - 10:00 AM sign up CAS Movie Club Sunday, April 27 - 8:00 PM sign up Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut Community Event Wednesday, April 30 - 7:00 PM sign up Mikvah Annual Fundraiser Sunday, May 4 - 7:00 PM sign up Agudath Womens Speaker Series - Tuesday, May 6 - 2:00 PM Learn more Senior Challah Delivery Sponsorships Upcoming Events Literature at Lunch Roundtable led by Dr. Richard Schwartz Wednesday, April 23 - 12:00 PM Our lunches have been graced with our penetrating discussions of the roles that our holy scriptures play in deepening our understanding of timeless messages of writers and poets such as Poe, O'Henry, de Maupassant, Shirley Jackson, Leonard Cohen, Simon and Garfunkel, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, Shakespeare , MIlton, Pushkin and selected Psalms of KIng David to name a few. Our next series of Roundtables are entitled "Demystifying the Mystique of the Sabbath:" We will embark on a spiritual journey that hopefully will deepen our understanding of the ways that we can enhance our own personal appreciation and hence observance of this special day. Lunch is catered from Restaurant 613 and provided by your host. If you have any questions or plan to attend in person, please contact me at rj@richardjschwartz.com Zoom meeting ID 8784487429 Passcode 868450 Pesach At C A S Help the Hungry on Pesach  One of the most important preparations for Pesach is the minhag of Maot Chitim, ensuring that everyone has food for Pesach. Please consider a donation today to the Agudath Sholom Maot Chitim fund and we will distribute the proceeds locally via JFS and also to families in Israel. You have the power to ease the hardship of Pesach expenses for the Jewish people. Wishing everyone a Chag Kasher V'Sameach! Download the Benjamin and Rose Berger Torah To-Go Pesach 5785 from Yeshiva University  click here CAS Announcements Looking for a meaningful mitzvah?  We're seeking volunteers to visit a homebound Jewish man, Abe Cogan—a longtime member of CAS—near Scalzi Park on Fridays at 6:30 pm to help him light electric Shabbat candles and share a few minutes of warmth and companionship. It takes about 15 minutes and brings real light to someone's life. Sign up Annual Challenges in Jewish Education panel discussion, "Teaching Israel: At Home ... At School ... and in Israel"  featuring Rabbi Joshua Lookstein, Assistant Head of School, Ramaz, and Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin, Head of School, North Shore Hebrew Academy, Shabbat May 3rd, at seudah shlishit between mincha and maariv (appx 7:45PM). Moderated by Rabbi Tzvi Bernstein, Head of School, Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy. Join us for what promises to be a very stimulating discussion on an important topic. Registration for 2025 Jewish Baseball League season is live!  FCCJBL is a co-ed, ages 4-12 year old little league and plays on Sundays only. Season opener is 4/27. Please sign up on www.fccjbl.org. Please reach out to info@fccjbl.org with any questions. Israel Advocacy - Sign up for Pens and Swords  This group shares links to petitions and information about how everyone can contact political figures and businesses to advocate on behalf of Israel. Most of these actions take under a minute to complete and they keep pressure on policymakers to support Israel and/or drop actions that are detrimental. Please share the link for this group with as many supporters of Israel and the Jewish people as possible. click here Save the Date! Join us for the CAS mission to Ft. Bragg  July 27-28. Rabbi Cohen will lead a CAS mission in support of the Jewish soldiers and their community at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina from July 27-28. Mark your calendars - all are welcome. Please reach out to Rabbi Cohen or Lonnie Keene lonnie53211@yahoo.com for details. Michael Feldstein's Latest Article  click here Weekday Schedule Shacharit  Tuesday-Friday: 6:20/7:30/8:30 AM Mincha  Tuesday-Thursday: 7:20 PM; Friday: 7:00 PM Candle Lighting  Friday: 7:19 PM Monday  Omer 1, Pesach II Tuesday  Omer 2, Pesach III (CH''M) Wednesday  Pesach IV (CH''M), Omer 3 Thursday  Omer 4, Pesach V (CH''M) Friday  Omer 5, Pesach VI (CH''M) CAS Classes Join one of our classes. Click here for up to date schedule We Wish A Speedy Recovery To Tzvi Zev Yosef ben Chana Shulamit Raanan Noach ben Slova yosef ishai ben miriam Yocheved Rochel bat Chava Kayla Sheina Feiga bat Rivka Hershel Wolf ben Brucha Rema bat Etta Ahron Dovid ben Esther Bayla Freidel bat Esther Leeba Minna bat Rivka Pesach Melech ben Basha Chaya Shoshana bat Yehudit Nira bat Rachel Sara bat Nira Chana Leah bat Esther Nadav Ephraim ben Shlomit Leah Ariella Maor bat Liba Chaya Leah bat Rivka Adeline bat Bat Chava Moisha Gedalia Nechemiah Dorit bat Ora Yospa bat Shana Menucha Mary Miriam Rut bat Chana Tanya bat Malka Chaya bat Liba Moshe Yitzak ben Raisel Crendel 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 Refael Pesachya Chaim ben Golda Cheryl Sheva bat Gittel Leah Sossie Raizel bat Sarah Fraida Eliezer Meyer ben Leah Calev Natanel ben Sara Yitzchak Osher ben Chana Shayva Chaya Inna bat Tanya Click here to add a name to this list We Honor Our Military 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 Yehudit S Meni N Yaniv H Rachel W Click here to add a name to this list Community Announcements Reminder: Aaron's Place, on the ground floor of Stamford Hospital  provides kosher snacks, drinks and meals, in a comfortable environment. If you are caring for a hospitalized loved one or waiting for tests, this comfort room is a place to regroup and refresh. Information is available at the hospital front desk , The code, in Hebrew letters, is on the door of the room. An Evening with Schoke JFS, Celebrating 50 Years of Service  Sunday, May 18th, 5:30 PM. Join Schoke Jewish Family Service as we celebrate 50 years of supporting the Fairfield County community at An Evening with Schoke JFS on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 5:30 PM at Temple Beth El, 350 Roxbury Road, Stamford, CT. This special event will honor the Schoke JFS staff with the 45th Annual Mitzvah Award and include a cocktail reception, dinner, awards presentation, paddle raise supporting the Japha Family Emergency Assistance Program, dessert, and an exciting auction offering one-of-a-kind opportunities. Tickets, including dinner and dessert, are $250 and can be purchased at www.ctjfs.org/gala. For details or to place a journal ad, contact Erika Llanos at 203-921-4161 or ellanos@ctjfs.org. Come celebrate this remarkable milestone and support the important work of Schoke JFS in the community! Living Our Values: Jewish Parenting with PJ Library  Tuesday, April 15, 12:00 pm and Thursday, April 17, 8:00 pm Join PJ Library for a meaningful and interactive virtual event series designed to help parents raising Jewish children explore and integrate their values into everyday family life. In April, they will focus on the Jewish value of Freedom-How can we learn from the holiday of Passover to incorporate freedom of expression in our Judaism. Visit: http://pjlibrary.org/gettogether25 to register Community Yom HaShoah Commemoration  Wednesday, April 23rd, 7:00 pm. All are invited to join this year's community Yom HaShoah Commemoration, which will be held on April 23 at 7:00 pm, Temple Sinai, 458 Lakeside Drive, Stamford. 99-year-old Auschwitz survivor, Ernest Nemeth will be speaking as well as award-winning author Karen Blankfeld. Visit http://www.ujf.org/YomHaShoah25 to register NextGen Yom Ha'atzmaout Party  Saturday, April 26th, 9:00 pm. Celebrate 77 years of Israeli independence with NextGen on Saturday April 26 starting at 9:00 pm at Serendipity Labs, 700 Canal Street, Stamford. Enjoy food, open bar, and a live DJ spinning all of your favorite Israeli tunes. Visit: www.ujf.org/nextgenYH Fairfield County Celebrates Israel Festival  Sunday, April 27th, 2:00-5:00 pm. UJF, Stamford JCC, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County, host Fairfield County's annual Celebrate Israel Festival. Celebrate with live music, games, crafts, food, and more. Attendees will enjoy a live-performance by award-winning Israeli singer-songwriter Gilad Segev. Segev is known world-wide for his Project Heroes non-profit initiative. Visit: https://jewishfestivaloffairfieldcounty.com/ to register Yom Ha'atzmout Flag Raising and Kick-off of Jewish Heritage Month  Thursday, May 1, 10:00 am. Join UJF in celebrating the beginning of Jewish Heritage month with an honorary flag raising of Israel's flag in honor of Yom Ha'atzmout. The event will take place at the Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd by the flagpole. There will be a short reception following the flag raising which features some speakers and refreshments. Say Friendship! Please donate & participate in The Friendship Day & Walk  May 4th from 12-2:30pm. Come for a free family fun day as we walk hand in hand and smile to smile in support of families of individuals with special needs. There will be entertainment, delicious food, and more. Visit www.FriendshipDayCT.com to sign up! Voting is Open for the 2025 U.S. Zionist Congress Election  Thru Sunday, May 4th. U.S. voting in the 39th World Zionist Congress election is open! The voting will continue through May 4, 2025. Head to zionistelection.org to register and to cast your vote for Israel's future. Community Jewish Heritage Mission to Greece  Monday, October 27th- Wednesday November 5th. Join UJF on our Mission Trip to Greece from October 27-November 5 as we'll learn and explore Greece's Jewish history dating back thousands of years! There will be an informational meeting about the trip. If you wish to receive information, email Lara@ujf.org.

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