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Thursday, May 25, 2023

ShabBAN Shavuot veShabbat haShalom

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Parashat Shavuot Shabbat shalom 


Šiši-Šabat Šavuȯot & Parašat HaMoȯed 

26-27 May 2023 * 6-7 Ḣodeš Nisan 5783 

1-2 AḣarHaOmer * ו’-ז’ סיון התשפ”ג 



Thursday Evening, May 25 - Erev/Lel Shavuot, Sivan 6 

 * The early Shavuot evening Zemanim are based on Ben Ish Hai as brought to us by Rav Hayim Jachter of Shaarei Orah, Teaneck *

6:43pm - Earliest Candles Time

6:50pm - Mina followed by Arvit

Kiddush - Before Sheqia * 8:15pm - Sheqia 

7:57pm - Official Candle Lighting Time

8:07pm - HIR Mina

9:00pm - HIR Maariv

9:30pm - Tweens & Teens Dinner followed with Teen Learnings, Activities, and more Eats...

11:00pm-12:30am - Tiqun Lel Shavuot @ Beth Aharon

10:45am-5:00am - All night learning @ the Bayit, with Shavuot Scholars-in-Residence, Ms. Shuli Taubes of the SAR & Dr. Ari Gordon of the AJC

​​​​​​11:30 PM - The Chosen One: Jewish Approaches to the Doctrine of Election with Shuli Taubes

5:00am - Shaḣarit (HIR)

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Friday Morning, May 26 - Shavuot Day 1, Sivan 6

8:45am - Shaḣarit

9:45am - Before Torah Reading - The Ketuba

11:45pm - After Musaf - Reading Megillat Ruth

12:30pm - Beth Aharon Luncheon – RSVP

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Erev Shabbat, May 26 - Shavuot Day 2 starts, Sivan 7

6:44pm - Earliest Candle Lighting (from existing flame)

6:50pm - Shir Hashirim * 7:05pm - Mina followed by Arvit 

7:58pm - Official Candle lighting (from existing flame)

8:00pm: HIR Mina / Abbr. Kabbalat Shabbat / Arvit

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Shabbat Day, May 27 - Shavuot Day 2 

8:45am - Shaḣarit 

9:30am-12:00pm - Extended youth groups with free play and cheesecake baking (HIR)

10:30am (approx.) - Azkara * 11:00am - Short Dvar Torah - Rav Yonah on the Moed

11:45pm - After Musaf - Reading Megilat Ruth 

12:00pm - Shabbat Shavuot Kiddush: Sponsorship needed and co-sponsors are welcome. Followed by@ 12:30pm Shiur by Michael Wachsman on the Status of Hol HaMoed: "So What's the Story with Chol HaMoed, Anyway?" What is the conceptual and halachic status of Hol haMoed. Very specifically, whether we are allowed to "work" on Hol haMoed. And if we are, what kind of work we can or can't do. I'd like to also, if I can find a very modern poskim, discuss whether we should be making every effort to take vacation days so as not to work on Hol haMoed.

4:30pm-6:00pm: Annual Cheesecake Decorating with Torah learning, snacks and free play (HIR)

6:45pm - Armchair Conversation: Shuli Taubes, Ari Gordon, and Rav Steven (HIR)

7:40pm - Zohar 

7:45pm - Minha followed by Shiur & Light Seuda Sheleshit * 8:17pm - Sheqia

8:20pm - Mila baParasha - after minḥa: Understanding a word in our Megila. This week “‘Orpa - עָרְפָּה” - who was she; what does her name mean; and is there some of ‘Orpa within us? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.

 8:52pm - Arvit * 9:02pm - Tset Hakokhavim / Havdala


Moadim LəSimḣa & Shabbat shel Shalom!

Friday, May 19, 2023

ShabBAN Mevarkhim Shalom Mahar Hodesh Bemidbar Sinai

 

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Šabat Mevarḳim Maḣar Ḣodesh 

Parašat Bemidbar

20 May 2023 * 29 Ḣodeš Iyar 5783 

44 BaOmer * כ”ט אייר התשפ”ג 



This Shabbat we start Sefer Bamidbar, with parashat Bemidbar, and celebrate the Unification of Jerusalem and the liberation of Judea, Samaria, and the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War, a name which echoes the Six Days of creation. 


Participation Prize Shabbat for ALL KIDS will be this Shabbat Parashat Bemidbar, rewarding kids for their participation in tefilot, with great thanks to Judy Friedman for toy-prizes; to Riverdale Judaica for gift-certificates; and to Ami Aharon for encouraging, monitoring and prizing :)


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Earliest Candle Lighting Time - 6:39pm

Candle Lighting Official Time - 7:52pm


Šir Haširim - 6:45pm

Minḣa / Qabalat Šabat / Ȯrvit - 7:00pm


Šaḣarit (Qorbanot) - 8:45am

Latest Šəmaȯ - 9:13am 


Dəvar Torah - 10:45am 

Rav on the Midbar.


Qiduš - 11:45pm

Qidush this shabbat is sponsored by Kevin & Mylene Benmoussa in memory of Kevin’s grandmother, Zouira bat Rika z”l; and in honor of the eternal Yerushalayim.


Open Mind - 12:30pm - Free Talk Circle
This time on the book The Giving Tree, and we ask if the Tree was spineless, fraier-פראייר, motivated by egoism, or simply of a giving nature? And what do we know about the Polish Tree?!


Parent-Child Learning - 6:45pm @ 2BM

Daf Yomi - 6:45pm

Parasha Limud - 6:45pm @ 2BM

Zohar - 7:35pm

Minḣa - 7:40pm


Səȯuda Šəlišit & Šiȯur - 8:10pm

Mila baParasha - after minḥa: Understanding a word in our parasha. This week “Shevet and Mate - שֵׁבֶט וּמַטֵּה” - what do the words mean; are they the same; and which Israelite Tribe was the largest? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.


Šəqiȯa - 8:11pm * Ȯarvit - 8:46pm

Ṡet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 8:56pm



Šabat Šel Šalom & Ḣodesh Sivan Tov :)

Shavout Luncheon 5783 @ Beth Aharon @ The Bayit


 

Friday, May 12, 2023

ShabBAN Behar Behuqutai shel Shalom

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Šabat Parašat Behar-Beuqotai

13 May 2023 * 22 Ḣodeš Iyar 5783 

37 BaOmer * כ”ב אייר התשפ”ג 


* Teflat Shabbat Morning will be at the 2nd Floor Bet Midrash *



Earliest Candle Lighting Time - 6:33pm

Candle Lighting Official Time - 7:45pm


Šir Haširim - 6:45pm @ LBM

Minḣa / Qabalat Šabat / Ȯrvit - 7:00pm


Šaḣarit (Qorbanot) - 8:45am @ 2BM

Latest Šəmaȯ - 9:16am

 

Dəvar Torah - 10:45am 

Rav Yonah on the parasha.


Qiduš - 11:45pm

Qidush this shabbat is sponsored by Rachel, Yonah, Lev, Ilan and Noam Berman in memory of Yonah’s maternal grandparents, Henry Chaim ben Yaakov and Lola Fishbein (Leah bat Yona Chaim) Laks, whose azkarot were observed this past week.


Open Mind - 12:30pm
a free talk on the upcoming Yom Yerushalayim.


Parent-Child Learning - 6:25pm @ 2BM

Daf Yomi - 6:35pm

Parasha Limud - 6:45pm @2BM

Zohar - 7:25pm / Minḣa - 7:30pm @ LBM


Səȯuda Šəlišit & Šiȯur - 8:00pm

Mila baParasha - after minḥa: Understanding a word in our parasha. This week “Shalom baArets - שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ - what does the word “shalom” mean; and should we say Shalom Zakhar or Shelom Zakhar or Shlom Zakhar? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.


Šəqiȯa - 8:04pm * Ȯarvit - 8:39pm

Ṡet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 8:49pm


Šabat Šel Šalom :)

Friday, May 5, 2023

ShabBAN Emor Shalom !

 

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Šabat Parašat Emor

6 May 2023 * 15 Ḣodeš Iyar 5783 

30 BaOmer * ט”ו אייר התשפ”ג 



Earliest Candle Lighting Time - 6:28pm

Candle Lighting Official Time - 7:38pm

Šir Haširim - 6:45pm

Minḣa / Qabalat Šabat / Ȯrvit - 7:00pm


Šaḣarit (Qorbanot) - 8:45am

Latest Šəmaȯ - 9:25am 

Dəvar Torah - 10:45am 


Qiduš - 11:45pm
Qidush this shabbat is sponsored by the Ouaknine in celebration of the 2nd time of Nathanliel haftara reading, as well as the Azkara of Ziva’s grandfather, Shlomo Ben Zohara, ztz”l.
Kol Hakavod Nathanliel!


Open Mind - 12:30pm - Free Talk on Eli Cohen the spy z"l - 58th Azkara this shabbat


Parent-Child Learning - 6:20pm @ 2BM

 at the 2FBM Midrash with light eats and fun learnings.


Daf Yomi - 6:35pm

Parasha Limud - 6:45pm @2BM

Zohar - 7:20pm

Minḣa - 7:25pm


Səȯuda Šəlišit & Šiȯur - 7:55pm

Shiur after Minḣa with Rav Yehuda along with a light Seuda Shelishit at the LLBM.


Šəqiȯa - 7:57pm

Ȯarvit - 8:32pm

Ṡet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 8:42pm


Šabat Šel Šalom :)