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Yahrzeits Sam Bakunow (Estelle Gelberman’s father) 2/5 Shevat 10 Barry Leib (R’ Aaron’s father) 2/5 Shevat 10 Burton Waisbren (Rebecca Klausner’s grandfather) 2/6 Shevat 11 Marvin Engel (Debbie Devries’ father) 2/7 Shevat 12 Ida Tanzman (Robin’s grandmother) 2/7 Shevat 12 Feb. 1-7 APIOH (A Place In Our Hearts) Memorials Will your loved one’s plaque be on the APIOH memorial board? Please contact Julie in the YIOP office at (248) 967-3655 or email her at [email protected] for more information. Memorials placed in the APIOH system will also be available for viewing online. Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237 (248) 967-3655 email address: [email protected] www.yiop.org Birthdays 2/1 Shelley Littman 2/5 Gloria Gardin 2/2 Liba Mandel (9) 2/6 Hannah Gardin (10) 2/2 Jocelyn Thompson 2/7 Mark Solway 2/4 Elli Klein (17) 2/7 Joseph Winer (16) 2/5 Billy Berlin BNEI AKIVA SNIF will meet at 4:20PM. The HW walking group will meet at the Thompson residence (12924 Victoria Ave. HW), at 3:50PM. Babysiing Infant-Toddler Room Sonya 9:00-10:15 Up to Kindergaen Infant-Toddler Room Sarah Mizrahi 10:15 1st - 3rd Grades Social Hall 10:00 4th - 6th Girls Social Hall Rikki Katz 10:00 4th - 6th Boys Rabbi’s Office Ezra Drissman 10:00 Groups this Shabbat at YIOP! 2/1 Rabbi & Mrs. Eliezer Finkelman (50) 2/6 Mr & Mrs Gil Feldman (20) 2/2 Drs Gene & Mintzi Schramm (56) YOUTH Our Next Teen Minyan will meet on Feb. 15, at 9:20AM, in the Board room. All Middle School & High School students are welcome to attend. To sponsor a Teen Minyan kiddush, please call the office at 248 967-3655 or email Rabbi Asher Nemes at [email protected] Volume XVII Issue 5 Feb. 1, 2020 ו שבט תש‘‘ פ פרשה באDavid Barth, President Young Israel of Oak Park This Week at YIOP Shabbat Schedule –Feb. 1, 2020 Candlelighting 5:26PM Friday Minchah (@YIOP & HW@ Attali’s) 5:30PM Repeat Shema 6:31PM Early Minyan 8:15AM Shacharit 9:00AM Daf Yomi 3:45PM Shiur: Meaningful Moonlight: The Why, When, How & Who of Kiddush Levana, with Rabbi Katz 4:30PM Minchah 5:20PM Maariv 6:26PM Shabbat Ends 6:31PM Weekday Minchah 5:30PM Pg. 340 Shaya Katz, Rabbi All of these classes are recorded and posted on our website homepage- if you can't make it to the class, feel free to listen: www.YIOP.org RABBI KATZ’s Corner MONDAY NIGHTS, 8PM TUESDAYS at 1:30PM Legends & Lessons: The Taz & The Shach The Taz and Shach stand as two of the most influential halachic commentaries until today. While both excelled in scholarship from an early age, they led very disparate paths to prominence. Coming from a younger generation, the Shach might have viewed the Shulchan Aruch with greater validity than the Taz, who's own title "Turei Zahav" serves as an ode to the Tur. Despite both becoming leading luminaries of the time, we tried to crack the mystery- did the two of them get along with each other? We looked at various indications with opposing conclusions. Women's Parsha Shiur: Bo When Rav Elazar Ben Arach succumbed to his desires in a foreign city it inhibited his ability to properly analyze and understand Torah. In his first attempt, he seemingly misreads a pasuk in our Parsha- that Nissan shall be made the first month. While the simple understanding is that he confused similar looking letters, there could be a deeper meaning to his ‘reading’. Given the background of Rav Elazar Ben Arach’s insistence on a person having an good heart’ in Pirkei Avos, we proposed a few different suggestions as to what lesson he was really trying to teach- of emotional restraint during moments with intellectual demands. Peshischa on Parsha: Know That I’m Here For You In three different ways throughout the Parsha, we noted how the Torah emphasizes the importance of being a supportive and empathetic peer. We learned this Hashem’s first words of the Parsha according to the Kotzker Rebbe, from the difficulty of the Egyptians during darkness according to the Chiddushei HaRim, and in the way that the donkey is rewarded, in contrast to the dog. Each message revolves around a similar theme: that to overcome or succeed one needs the support and encouragement of others. THURSDAY NIGHTS AFTER MAARIV
