Adar - Sivan 2011 March –June 5770
No. 291
Lawrence Teitelman, Rabbi Meir Bilitzky, Founding Rabbi David Rouhani, President
Young Israel of New Hyde Park 264-15 77th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Office/Eruv update: (718) 343-0496 Alternate/FAX: (718) 343-6509
Website: www.yinhp.org
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Regular C
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af Yom
i (Mon.-Fri. 5:30 A
M, S
at-Sun 7:30 A
M) - R
abbi Teitelman
Sefer S
hmuel (W
ed. 10:00 AM
) - Rabbi B
ilitzky G
emara K
idushin (Wed. 11:00 A
M) - R
abbi Bilitzky
Talmud Y
erushalmi B
erakhot (Sun. 8:50 A
M) - R
abbi Teitelman
Nach S
hiur (Sat. 8:15 A
M) - R
abbi Teitelman
Halakha &
Minhagim
Shiur (S
at. 40 minutes before M
incha) - Rabbi Teitelm
an This schedule is subject to change. P
lease see our weekly bulletin "The P
ark Page" for the m
ost current times of services and classes.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS and COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS President: David Rouhani Vice President: Selig Lenefsky Treasurer: Bill Isler Financial Secretary: Yochanan Donath Chairman of the Board: Lawrence Sobin Recording Secretary: Maurine Sobin Trustees: Marty Glick, Anne Jasse, Betsy Mandel, Eta Mordkovich, and Ari Hoschander Advertising: Marc Horowitz Bikur Cholim: Adrienne Wolf Calendar: Lisa and Howard Lerner Certificates: Ilene Horowitz Education/Programming Anne Jasse Fundraising: Marc Horowitz High Holiday Seats: Chuck Waxman Insurance: Lawrence Barth Journal Dinner Rena Gombo and Myra Grunfeld Kiddush: Lisa and Howard Lerner Maintenance: Joe Bettelheim and Marty Glick Mikveh: Lawrence Barth
KIDDUSH RATES
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS CONTINUED
Membership: Anne Jasse North East Queens Jewish Debbie Waxman Community Council: Newsletter: Paige and Eric Finkelstein Publicity: Chuck Waxman Religious: Lawrence Barth Shalach Manot/ Rashel Rouhani, Purim Cards Ellen Barth and Roz Weissman Shalosh Seudot: Dovid Gottesman Shiva: Simchat Torah Ellen Barth and Luncheon: Lisa Lerner Special Gifts: Louella and Marty Glick Tree of Life: Louella Glick Yom HaShoah Committee: Chuck Waxman
If you are interested in sponsoring a Kiddush, here are some of the prices: Entenmanns (dairy) $100.00 G&I Bakery(pareve) $150.00 Tuna & Egg Salad $165.00 (separate from cake) Fruit Platters $75.00 (each) Cholent & Kugel $340.00 Sapienza Bakery(dairy)$165.00
Please note: A deposit is required at time of order. Sponsors are asked to pay in full prior to the Kiddush or Seuda Shelishit date. Payments can be dropped off in our shul office or given to the Lerners or Dovid Gottesman.
****Prices are subject to change****
RABBI'S MESSAGE
After a two-year stint at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D.C., a college-mate of mine elected to attend law school instead of his alternative option, a research program in electrical engineering. In justifying the decision to his more scientifically-inclined associates, he was wont to quip: “Law school has a beginning, a middle, and an end” (emphasis his). At the risk of getting sued for trademark non-compliance – in case my friend registered his expression with his former employer – we might describe the month of Adar as being “a beginning, a middle, and an end.” If, as per the Torah and Talmud, Nisan is considered the first month, then Adar – the month just before Nisan – perforce must be the twelfth and last one. Indeed, four times in the Megilla that we will read on Purim do we explicitly encounter this characterization: “the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar” (Esther 3:7, 3:13, 8:12, 9:1). Adar, however, is also a middle. When we reckon the year as per the more common convention as starting with Rosh Hashana in Tishrei, it emerges that Adar is the midpoint. In a Jewish leap year like the present one, there is exactly the same number of weeks from the previous New Year to Purim as there is from Purim until the next one. Yet, perhaps most surprisingly, Adar is a beginning. Tractate Shekalim (1:1) delineates those activities conducted during the month of Adar: In addition to the de rigeur reading of the Megilla on Purim, there was collecting funds for the Temple, enforcing agricultural laws, maintaining the roads, preparing the mikvaot, marking previously unidentified graves, and more generally, osin kol tzorkhei rabim – “tending to all the communal needs”. After the winter season which at best was downtime - a distraction from meaningful advancement – and more often a cause for physical and even spiritual disrepair - Adar was the opportunity to make the necessary corrections, and then forge ahead with a new agenda of goals and targets for the upcoming year.
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RABBI'S MESSAGE (CONTINUED)
At Young Israel at New Hyde Park, we can reflect on the past year - whether defined from Nisan or Tishrei - and take pride in our collective achievements: a magnificent renovation of our sanctuary; the ceremonial groundbreaking and progressing construction of our mikvah; a Siyum of Avoda Zara, following thirty months of study, and as part of Nach Yomi and Daf Yomi, also of Sifrei Neviim and Seder Nezikin. We have been fortunate to host scholars-in-residence, an outreach-training seminar, and several Yismichu and Yachad Shabbatons. YINHP publications now include a holiday Torah journal Bikurei Torah – with the articles written by our members - to complement our seasonal newsletter Hear YI, weekly bulletin The Park Page, and annual Book of Remembrance. Our ongoing adult and youth programming recently featured two special events in January, a Tu Bishvat workshop for the children and a challah-baking practicum for the ladies, as part of our series on “Enhancing the Shabbat experience.” We are also proud of our communal involvement, particularly our leadership role in the Yom Hashoah program and hosting the semi-annual Tri-Community Blood Drive. With the arrival of Adar, we also look forward to the upcoming holidays of redemption – Purim and Pesach – but also to our annual journal dinner honoring Rita and Selig Lenefsky and Paige and Eric Finkelstein, the opening of Mikveh Yisrael of New Hyde Park, and our eventual Siyum on Tanakh and the Talmud. May we merit the realization of the words of the Mishna, “With the onset of Adar, we proliferate our joy” … by experiencing Adar as an end, a middle, and especially as a beginning.
Happy Purim to you and your families!
Lawrence Teitelman
YINHP CLOTHES GEMACH
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOOD CERTIFICATES
Food certificates are a wonderful and simple way to help raise funds for the shul's capital improvements. Each member family has an annual obligation to purchase certificates in the following amounts: Single: $600 Family: $1,200 Senior Single: $500 Senior Couple: $1,000 Those who don't meet their obligation will be charged 5% of that amount. Gift cards are available for our area's three major supermarkets, Pathmark, Waldbaums, and Stop & Shop. We also have Mazurs, and A & A. Lastly there are Chesed Dollars that are accepted by many kosher establishments. They can be purchased from Ilene Horowitz , 718-470-9474 Paige Finkelstein 718-343-4821, Art Feldman , 516-227-0707 Marc Horowitz (at the morning minyan), or the shul office. Everybody shops (and eats) so there really is little excuse but to participate in the program, not just to fulfill your obligation, but to make it a habit year round.
Dear Congregants, On behalf of the Executive Board, I would like to wish you a happy Purim. One of the greatest qualities that Klal Israel is known for is the fact that Simcha is part of our daily lives and with this trait we are able to elevate ourselves to higher levels both physically and spiritually. With that said, I am very happy to announce that our Mikveh project has begun.On October 20th, we had the merit of pouring the Mikveh reservoirs and pools, which by itself is considered one of the highlights of building any Mikveh. Of course there is still plenty of work left before the completion of the project, but I believe, with the help of Hashem and with the support of our Congregants and friends, we will get it done and it will be the most beautiful Mikveh for the Northeastern Queens and New Hyde Park area. We have also had many events and projects such as YISMCHU Shabbatons , SEED programs, Kiruv seminars, Blood drive and many lectures and Shiurim in our Shul. I would like to wish a Mazal Tov to our Journal Dinner Honorees, Mr.Selig and Mrs.Rita Lenefsky, and Mr. Eric and Mrs. Paige Finkelstein. The dinner shall be held on Lag Ba'Omer which falls on Sunday, May 22, 2011. Please mark your calendars and send in your ads on time. I look forward to seeing you all in our Shul and at our events. David Rouhani President The YINHP has created a clothing gemach to help needy families in the Queens and Nassau Counties. We are looking for new or gently –used clothes (or hangers) to benefit needy families
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Sunday Evening May 22, 2011 18 Iyar, 5771
Colbeh Great Neck, NY
Guests of Honor:
Paige and Eric Finkelstein
Lifetime Community Service Award:
Rita and Selig Lenefsky
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MEMBER WINS PHOTO CONTEST
CONDOLENCES TO Ben-Aryeh Waxman's son of Chuck and Debbie Waxman photograph won third place in the te hai photo competition with this beautiful photo
Joe, Cindy and the Bettleheim family on the loss of Joe’s Father Imre Bettleheim. Jason and Dr. Kimberly, Scott and Ian Mayer on the loss of Jason’s father Steven Mayer. Charles and Shirley Blaut on the loss of Charles's brother William Blaut. Oscar Berenberg, Ira and son Menachem and sisters Ruth Goldschmiedt and Gail Gold and the entire family on the loss of Judy Valfer Oscar’s daughter. Chaim and Linda, Elaad and Dov.Zev Israeli on the loss of Chiam’s brother Moshe. Dr. Mark Krotowski on the loss of his father Avraham Krotowski a long time former member. Barry and Meredith, Myles and Raquel Brown Barbara Brown sister of Barry . Adele Herman and family on the loss of her mother Suzie Tuch, a long-time member of our shul") MAY THE ALMIGHTY COMFORT THEM AMONG
THE MOURNERS OF ZION AND JERUSALEM
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW HYDE PARK’S FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL
FAMILY HEALTH, WELLNESS& VENDORS’ EXPO
Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:00 am—4:00 pm
Free Admission
Two Clowns & Face Painting for Children Samples, demos & free raffles
Mercy Hospital will be take Vitals Numerous Venders and service providers
Please contact Mark Krieger at 917-703-4694 to become a vendor
MAZAL TOV TO continued
MAZAL TOV TO
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SISTERGRAMS Eric Gombo and Jen Gerewitz on their engagement and to Rena and Jerry Gombo, Josh Irene Dicker, Marilyn and Israel Gombo and to Dotty Memrlestein and to Jen’s parents Ruth and Fred Gerewitz Brenda and Elihu Turkel on the birth of a grandson Yehuda Turkel, son of Daniel and Sarala Turkel Dr. Yitzchak and Batya Moskowitz on the bris and naming of their son Yaakov (Jacob) Alexander Tal and Stefan Coleman and family on the Brit and naming of their son Ezra and to big sister Avigayil Rabbi and Claire Bilitzky on the birth of their great grandchildren Yaakov Refaei to Lauren and Shimon Avital and a daughter Nechama Rivka to Faigy and Refael Forchheimer and to the new grandparents Leah and Rabbi Avraham Feldman and Serach Leah and Rabbi Yitzchak Bilitzky Rachel and Dr. Rabin Nouranifar on the birth of a daughter Mishna Shoshana. Mazel Tov to Aunt and Uncle Rashel and David Rouhani Drs. Sari and Shmuel Jacoby on the birth and bris of their son Menachem Melech Mendel (Max) YINHP Alumni (now of Cleveland) Sarah and Dr. Yosef Rudolph, on the birth of their son Binyamin Moshe YINHP alumni Dr. Jill and Evan Leibowitz on the birth of a baby girl and to big brother Eitan. Aliza and Levi Afrah on the birth of their daughter Aderet Tehila, and to grandfather Stan Schwartz Ari and Hindy Schwartz on the birth of Kayla Yita and to grandfather Stan Schwartz Dr. Jill and Evan Leibowitz on the birth of their daughter Sarah Orly Rachel and Dr. Daniel Frogel on the birth of their daughter Tehilla Atara Dr. Yitzchak and Batya Moskowitz on the birth of a boy, and to grandparents Rabbi & Mrs. Benjamin Samson. Susan and Bill Isler on the birth of a grandson Benjamin Eitan to Malka and Charles Isler and brother Alex
Dena and Rabbi Dr. Irwin Lenefsky on the marriage of their daughter Sara Levenson to Nosson Tzvi Seplowitz, son of Sheera and Rabbi Yerachmiel Seplowitz and to Rita and Selig Lenefsky and the entire family. Liza and Rabbi Benjamin Samson on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Yosef Mayer, son of Dr. Israel and Susan Samson Joseph Kazlow on the Bar Mitzvah of his grandson Dovid Zelig Kazlow and to parents Ira and Linda Kazlow, Aunt Arlene and Uncle Art Feldman and the entire family Mazal tov to Jonathan and Stacy Ezor on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Eitan. YINHP alumnus Rabbi Dr. Irwin and Dena Lenefsky on his being promoted to Colonel by the U.S. Army at a ceremony at West Point. Mazel Tov to his parents Selig and Rita Lenefsky.
Happy Birthday To Ruth Shifman 03/01 Ellen Barth 04/03 Sorah Stein 03/01 Ruth Provda 04/19 Arona Okin 03/15 Gizela Grunwald 04/20 Annette Teichner 03/18 Gizela Wolk 04/22 Anita Kaufman 03/19 Hannah Hurewitz 04/29 Rita Lenefsky 03/22 Beth Krieger 05/03 Debbie Waxman 03/22 Rashel Rouhani 05/16 Yael Boyarsky 03/28 Ethel Rumelt 05/17 Elaine Horowitz 03/29 Rachel Frogel 05/21 Adele Shapiro 03/31 Marilynne Vogel 05/24 Shirley Jaret 04/01 Devora Kahn 05/25
Happy Anniversary to
Beth and Mark Krieger 03/01 Roz and Chuck Weissman 03/07 Sylvia and Harry Glaubach 03/27 Susan and Bill Isler 04/03 Talia and Michael Farbowitz 05/01
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FOOD CERTIFICATES
Food certificates can be purchased from the following:
YINHP office: (718) 343-0496 Ilene Horowitz: (718) 470-9474 ([email protected]) Art Feldman: (516) 227-0707 ([email protected]) Rena Gombo: (718) 343-3855 ([email protected]) Paige Finkelstein: (718) 343-4821 ([email protected]) Food Certificates can be delivered to you upon request.
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