BA Fiscal-Year 2025-2026 Ends - Perfect Time to Support :)

Dear Beth Aharon Community - Members & Friends

BA Fiscal-Year 2025-2026, Ends this Tuesday's Midnight, June 30.

It is a perfect time to Fulfill Past Pledges for 5786 membership, kiddushim, aliyot laTorah, azkarot, our great events, supporting the BAN, and others...    
It is ALSO a good time to make any General Donation to SUPPORT and help us with our ongoing expenses.

YOUR contributions help us to sustain and grow our services and events for the Riverdale Community.

To support ONLINE please use this LINK: SUPPORT ONLINE  
Or
Leave a check for Congregation Beth Aharon at the HIR office.

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In 1998, Congregation Beth Aharon was founded at the Riverdale Bayit. Since then, for nearly 28 years, Beth Aharon established a Sephardic prayer home, a Bet Keneset using Sephardic Nusaḣ for tefilot and Torah reading.
We welcome and embrace thousands of local Riverdalians and out of town guests, of all edot and prayers and of all backgrounds, who joined us for shabbat and Holidays tefilot and for our year-round celebrations and events.

B"H we will keep on doing so in many years to come. *** Contributions Options

Check by mail to: Congregation Beth Aharon / HIR

3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463

or Dropped at the HIR office: Attention Beth Aharon

or

To support ONLINE (PayPal or Credit Card) please use this LINK: SUPPORT ONLINE

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Membership 5786 (Sep 2025-Aug 2026)

Annual Membership - $575 Family / $450 Couple / $275 Single
Associate Membership - $375 Family / $275 Couple / $175 Single

Patron - $1800 
Sponsor - $1250 

~ Our current Membership Year is the Jewish Year 5786 ~
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Kiddush Sponsorship - $600

Kiddush Co-Sponsorship - $300
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Many thanks to all of you who joined us in tefilot & events and supported us thus far in Civil Year 2026. Each contribution, large or small, is highly appreciated and brings us the support we need to continue our services and activities.

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 ~~Thank you for your continued support ~~

Tizku leShanim Rabot veTovot!

Congregation Beth Aharon :) 

Shabbat shel Shalom to Huqat and Balaq

 Ṡabat Paraṡat Ḣuqat-Balaq

 

27 June 2026 * 12 Ḣodeṡ Tamuz 5786 * י”ב בתמוז התשפ”ו ***

The BANewsletter is available here in PDF:

Shabbat Parashat Huqat-Balaq

*** Please Use This LINK to Donate Online:

SUPPORT ONLINE

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This Shabbat: Celebrating with Bene Yisrael the end of 39 years of travels; Enjoying the 1st week of the summer campation; and Thanking Hashem for his daily Ḣesed.
Earliest Candle Lighting - 6:57pm
Hadlaqat Nerot Ṡabat - 8:13pm
*** Tefilat Erev Shabbat @ the 2nd Floor BM Meqablim Malka w/ Limud & Sushi - 6:30pm @ 2FLBM
Ṡir Haṡirim - 6:40pm @ the 2FLBM 

Tefilat Ȯerev Ṡabat - 6:50pm - Minḣa followed by Qabalat Ṡabat and Ȯarvit. @ the 2FLBM 
*** Ṡaḣarit - 8:45am - with special tefilot for the USA, for Medinat Yisrael and its People, for the Sick and Wounded; for the Ḣayalim and Ḣayalot, and for an Absolute Victory.
Latest Ṡemaȯ - 9:10am - Kids are welcome to join in leading Tefila portions, Shema’, Ashre, Yimlokh, Birkhat Kohanim, and More. Bayit kids groups are available from 9:30am to 11:30am, on the 3rd floor.
Qeriat haTorah - 9:45am *** Azkara: Niftarim: Beeri ben Ruth z”l; Sander ben Yosef z”l. Niftarot: Yarden bat Avigayil z”l; Mouna bat Ouraida z”l; Shoshana bat Yokheved z”l.

Dvar Torah - 10:45am - On Bilam and curses turned blessings.
Potluck Qiduṡ - 11:45am - This Sabbat Potluck Kiddush. Please add something to the pot. All processed foods must be store-sealed, marked-kosher. All are welcome to join! Followed by Table Conversations: Talks on matters that matter.
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Parasha Limud - 7:00pm - Learning the Parasha and Haftara, in private in Ḣavruta.
Mila baParasha - 7:20pm: Understanding a word in our parasha. This week “Arad and Shitim-עֲרָד ושִׁטִּים” - the story of these places in Bene Yisrael’s travels, and why was the entry into the Holy Land from across Jericho? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.
Seȯudonet Shelishit Minḣa - 7:55pm
Shiur after Minḣa: with Rabbi David Silber: “Bilaam the Prophet” at the MNS.
*** Ṡeqiȯa - 8:31pm * Ȯarvit - 9:01pm
Żet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 9:16pm
Havdala Yisreelit after Tefila - all are welcome to join and sing along :)
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Sunday Ṡaḣarit: Qorbanot 8:00am; Hodu 8:10am

Shabbat Shalom leQoraḣ

Ṡabat Paraṡat Qoraḣ

20 June 2026 * 5 Ḣodeṡ Tamuz 5786 * ה’ בתמוז התשפ”ו ***

The BANewsletter is available here in PDF:

Shabbat Parashat Qorah

Please Use This LINK to Donate Online:

SUPPORT ONLINE

*** Evacuation Drill will Take Place on Shabbat Morning:
Follow Instructions from CSS Team & Floor Leads! Main and Upper floors to leave through the Main Henry Hudson Door; lower floor to leave through Driveway exit and Stairwell B exit. From HHP move north towards the Monument >>> ***

This Shabbat: Celebrating with the BAyit and the Honorees: 55 Years in Riverdale, 50th Annual Dinner Anniversary, 47 Years at the Open BAyit, 28 Years of Beth Aharon @ the BAyit, 18 Years at the Expanded BAyit; and Thanking Hashem for his daily Ḣesed.
Earliest Candle Lighting - 6:56pm
Hadlaqat Nerot Ṡabat - 8:12pm
Meqabel Malka w/ songs & sushi - 6:30pm
Ṡir Haṡirim - 6:40pm

Tefilat Ȯerev Ṡabat - 6:50pm - Minḣa followed by Qabalat Ṡabat and Ȯarvit.
Sarah & Avraham’s Tent - the Bayit welcomes all to join a communal Erev Shabbat dinner, in memory of Henry & Goldie Guttman z"l.
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Ṡaḣarit - 8:45am - with special tefilot for the USA, for Medinat Yisrael and its People, for the Sick and Wounded; for the Ḣayalim and Ḣayalot, and for an Absolute Victory.
Latest Ṡemaȯ - 9:10am - Kids are welcome to join in leading Tefila portions, Shema’, Ashre, Yimlokh, Birkhat Kohanim, and More. Bayit kids groups are available from 9:30am to 11:30am, on the 3rd floor.
Qeriat haTorah - 9:45am ***
Azkara: Niftarim: Beeri ben Ruth z”l; Sander ben Yosef z”l. Niftarot: Yarden bat Avigayil z”l; Mouna bat Ouraida z”l; Shoshana bat Yokheved z”l.

Dvar Torah - 10:45am - Reb Akiva Small on the Parasha & Beyond.
Qiduṡ - 12:00am - Bayit kiddush sponsored by Bayit 50th Dinner Honorees, Raba Sara & Yehoshua Abraham, all are welcome! Followed by Table Conversations: Talks on matters that matter. *** Parasha Limud - 7:00pm - Learning the Parasha and Haftara, in private in Ḣavruta.
Minḣa - 7:55pm - followed by Seȯudonet Shelishit
Mila baParasha - after minḣa: Understanding a word in our parasha. This week “Qoraḣ-קֹ֫רַח” - what is the meaning of the name; what is the connection to Aḣitofel? Basic (and love of :) Hebrew is sufficient.
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Ȯarvit - 9:00pm
Żet Hakok̇avim / Havdala - 9:15pm
Havdala Yisreelit after Tefila - all are welcome to join and sing along :)

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Sunday Ṡaḣarit: Qorbanot 8:00am; Hodu 8:10am