Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 September 7 - 14, 2018 27 Elul - 5 Tishrei, 5778 www.thebayit.org 718-796-4730 Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Anat Sharbat, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x106 Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x219 Dan Margulies, Assistant Rabbi: [email protected]/ x270 Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x107 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 Richard Langer, Executive Director: [email protected]/ x104 Eitan Cooper, Co-Youth Director: [email protected]/ Phone TBA Emily Hausman, Co-Youth Director: [email protected]/ Phone TBA Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: [email protected]/ x121 Ariel Meiri, Synagogue Administrator: [email protected]/ x101 Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: [email protected]/ x103 Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: [email protected]/ x116 Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: [email protected]/ x102 Kiddush: No kiddush this Shabbat. To sponsor a future Kiddush, please contact Seth Aronson - [email protected]. This Shabbat: Parshat Nitzavim Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Candle Lighting: 7:01pm Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:41am Learning Service: resumes in fall Listening Room: 5:20pm Parsha Shiur: 5:45pm Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:30pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 8:02pm Next Shabbat: Parshat Vayelech SHABBAT SHUVA Candle Lighting: 6:49pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:59pm Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:10pm Shabbat Shuva Drasha: 6:40pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:50pm The schedule of weekday and holiday tefillot is available on page 5. Mazal Tov To: Ilana & Rav Dan Margulies and Eve on Rav Dan's becoming Rabbi of The Riverdale Minyan. We will miss you, and we are so excited for your family and for the Riverdale Minyan! Please join us for a Seudah Shlishit this Shabbat - details below. Ruthie Simon on her new position as Executive Director at YCT. Rabbi Dov Linzer on his expanded role heading YCT. Welcome New Member: Barbara Rascoff, Rinat & Yonatan Meyer. This Shabbat @ The Bayit Drasha: Rabba Sara 7pm: Between Mincha/Maariv: Farewell Seudah Shlishit for Ilana & Rav Dan Margulies. Sponsorships welcome. www.thebayit.org/shlishi . High Holidays 2018/5779 Please join us as we gather together for Prayer, Study, Chesed Projects and Celebrations. Kol Nidre Appeal: Thank you to the over 100 families who have already made a pledge. We are more than halfway to our goal of raising $150,000 for this year’s Kol Nidre Appeal. We need your support to reach our target. Visit www.thebayit.org/kolnidre, email or call the office to make your pledge. Shofar Blowing and Aliyot for the Homebound: Please contact Rabba Anat ([email protected]) if you know of someone who is homebound so that we can ar- range for them to hear the blowing of the shofar. On Simchat Torah we can also bring a Torah to their homes so they can receive an aliyah. Full list of High Holiday services at www.thebayit.org/holidays. Shana tova from all of us at the Bayit! Sukkot at the Bayit Lulav and Etrog: Bnei Akiva and the Bayit are once again partnering to make the purchase of quality Lulav/Etrog sets convenient and affordable. Sale times in the Main Lobby are as follows: Wednesday night, September 19th: 9:30-11:00pm Thursday, September 20th: 7:15-9:30am and 6:45-8:30pm Friday, September 21st: 7:15-9:30am Sunday, September 23rd: 9:00-11:00am Eating in the Sukkah: There will be two Sukkot at the Bayit, on the terrace and in the driveway. Those who do not have a Sukkah of their own are welcome to bring food and eat at the Bayit. Outside food may not be brought to the main Sukkah on the terrace during any Bayit function, while the driveway Sukkah will be available for guests at all times. Simchat Beit Hashoevah: Save the date, Wednesday September 26th. Hoshana Rabba Live: Sunday, September 30th at 8:30am. Aliyot for the Homebound: Please contact the shul office if you know of someone who is homebound so that we can arrange for a Torah to be brought to their homes so they can receive an Aliyah on Simchat Torah. For more info about Sukkot at the Bayit, visit www.thebayit.org/sukkot. Thank you to our Selichot Concert Volunteers! Thank you to all of Saturday night’s Selichot Concert volunteers: Barry Bender, Avi Bloom, Eitan Cooper, Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, Ann & James Lapin, Ken Perry, Ma'ayan Seligsohn, Avery Simon, Joel Simon, and Ruthie Simon. Communal Sukkot Meal: Monday, September 24 at 7:30pm Come join your friends at the annual communal dinner in our Sukkah! Enjoy eating tasty food with family and friends. Registration required. Register online at www.thebayit.org/sukkot.
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Hebrew Inst i tute of Riverdale
Bayit BULLETIN 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463
After Mincha at Beth Aharon: Mila baParasha. Basic (and love of)
Hebrew is sufficient. (2nd Floor Beit Midrash).
Pre-High Holiday Classes
We will be exploring the meaning, history, and ideas embedded
within this sacred mantra over the course of the next month.
Join us on Thursdays at 10AM on 9/13, 9/20, and 9/27, and stay
tuned for additional guests, times, and opportunities.
This Thursday 9/13 at 10:00AM - Rav Avi
“Compassion: Holding God Accountable”
Hebrew Classes with Sara Kinberg* Monday - 7:30pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (at the Atria)
Wednesday - 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby) Thursday - 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study (Lobby) *Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher.
Do you know someone who needs any of the following?
Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees?
Meals For Ill Members: Jackie Binstock: 718-543-9135, [email protected]
Welcome to our new Co-Youth Directors Eitan Cooper and Emily Hausman! We’re delighted to introduce our new co-youth directors for the coming year, Eitan Cooper and Emily Hausman. Eitan and Emily will be sharing the leadership responsibilities of our Youth Department. On Shabbat mornings, Emily’s focus will be younger children, Tots through Kindergarten, and Eitan will be focusing on elementary school grades. Eitan and Emily will be collaborating on envisioning and executing the many other youth and family events throughout the year which encompass all age groups.
Emily Hausman is currently the director of early childhood education at the Riverdale Y. Emily and her husband, Rabbi Joseph Robinson, are the parents of Ruthie, Liam, and Ben-Ami. Emily can be reached at [email protected].
Eitan Cooper is a fourth year student at YCT. Eitan and his wife Dita, are the parents of Noam. Eitan can be reached at [email protected].
They are both Bayit community members and dynamic educators who believe in our mission of creating a safe, educational, inspiring and fun environment for our children. We are excited for a wonderful year!
HIGH HOLIDAY CHILDCARE: Still accepting late reservations for High Holiday Childcare. $20 late charge per family. Children ages 3 through 9. All ages will have outside games, shofar blowing and story time. www.thebayit.org/childcare.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BAYIT YOUTH LEADER THIS YEAR? The Youth Department wants YOU! Join your friends and become a part of our team of teen leaders. Welcoming applicants now. Teens in 8th grade and above who are interested in becoming group leaders this year should reach out to Eitan Cooper at [email protected].
GROUPS SCHEDULE: We are beginning a new year of groups this Shabbat. 9:40-11:40am. Locations: Nursery: Room 3-4 Pre K/ Kindergarten: Rooms 3-5/3-6 1st/2nd grade: Room 3-3 3rd-6th: Room 3-1. TOT SHABBAT: meets at 10:30am.
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2018-2019: Tot Shabbat Snacks this Shabbat are sponsored by the Shani & Yaakov Greenman in honor of Shalva Greenman’s birthday. To sponsor snacks for youth groups go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor! Snacks Sponsorship: $100 – sponsor all snacks. $150 – sponsor all snacks + birthday party. $36 - Tot Shabbat. $36 - Nursery-K. $36 - Grades 1-6.
TEEN TEFILLAH: We will be renewing our Teen Tefillah for grades 7-12 beginning Shabbat September 22nd. Save the date! Details will follow.
Tween Tefillah/Discussion on the High Holidays
Last year we introduced a one hour explanatory service for this “in between” age group to build their understanding of and
appreciation for the High Holiday liturgy. We are looking forward to having this program again and having more children
attend. We would also love to hear your suggestions for additional ways to engage this age cohort. Please stay tuned for the
launch of our T(w)een Tefillah after Rosh Hashanah.
Finally we are asking all parents to take a few minutes to make a High Holiday plan with their children. The plan can incorporate
some or all of these elements: spending time in services, taking a break and reading a book, coming to the Bayit a little later in the
morning or heading home early and participating in the explanatory service. Whatever makes sense for your child.
Thank you for your help in ensuring that children are meaningfully engaged and not running unsupervised in the building or
congregating in stairways, lobbies and hallways.
JOIN THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT'S KOL HA'NEARIM TALLIT FUNDRAISER Last Simchat Torah we were privileged to inaugurate the Bayit's Kol Hanearim Tallit as our community's children were collectively
called to the Torah under its canopy. This year we will be personalizing our Bayit's Tallit and supporting the Youth Department by
embroidering the names of our children on it. 1st year special: $36/child's name to a max of 10 letters. $2.50 per additional
letter. Please do not include last names. To ensure your child's name appears this Simchat Torah, Please register your
child/ren by Wednesday morning, September 12th, 9:00am at www.thebayit.org/tallit. The Kol HaNearim Tallit was
dedicated in loving memory of Dvora Golowa z"l ז"ל בת הרב עזריאל זאב ז"ל ויהודית מלכה גולובה שתחי דבורה איטה‘ by Anat Barber & Avi
Bloom. In order to have the Tallit embroidered on time for Simchat Torah we need a minimum of 100 names. Questions? Email
REMINDER ABOUT SAFETY AND BALL-PLAYING IN THE BAYIT:
Please remember our current no-ball-playing policy: "Please do not bring balls or other sports equipment into the Bayit. If you or your children must do so, please make sure to leave the sports equipment in the coatroom." Parents, please ensure your children adhere to this policy. It can pose a safety issue & impact the building’s welfare.
BAYIT SEFARIM FUND: Donations to the Sefarim fund will be used to purchase
the books we need as determined by the rabbinic team and
gabbaim. Donors will be recognized with a thank you in
the 2nd bulletin of every month and a dedication label in
the book when it is purchased. To donate visit our website
at www.thebayit.org/sefarim.
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Welcome to our 2018-19 Rabbinic Interns:
Noah Aronin is a fourth year student at YCT. Noah
has MA degrees in Jewish Education and Jewish
Communal Service, and has been teaching and leading
programs in the Jewish community for more than ten
years. He lives in Riverdale with his wife, Tovah, and two sons. Noah
enjoys spending time with family, writing, and being a New York
Giants fan (although he enjoys that one some seasons more than
others), and he is excited to be joining the Rabbinic Team this year.
Tali Schaum Broder is a fourth year student at
Yeshivat Maharat. As a child of the Bayit, she made
aliyah in 2005 and studied at Bar Ilan University. Over
the years, she has been involved in counseling and
informal Jewish education. Tali has worked as a
chaplain intern for the last 2 summers. She is looking forward to
sharing her passion for Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael and Torat Yisrael, as
she gives back to the HIR community. Tali lives in Riverdale with her
husband Yechiel and their adorable girls, Ayala and Lilach).
Gloria Nusbacher is a third year student at Yeshivat
Maharat. Gloria spent over 30 years as a corporate
lawyer and was a partner at one of the 100 largest US
law firms. She has studied at Drisha, given shiurim in
her local community, and served as a rabbinic intern at
Congregation Ohev Sholom-The National Synagogue, in Washington
DC. Originally from The Bronx, Gloria currently lives in Riverdale and
West Hempstead (Long Island) with her husband Burt.
Tali will be sharing a short dvar Torah during Torah reading this
Shabbat, and Gloria will be sharing a short dvar Torah during
Torah reading next Shabbat. Please welcome them - we look
forward to a wonderful year of learning and growth together!
Temple Israel Center Guest Speaker Ronen Bergman
(Co-Sponsored by the Bayit)
Thursday, October 11th at 5pm
At Temple Israel Center,
280 Old Mamaroneck Rd, White Plains, NY 10605
Ronen Bergman is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading
writers on intelligence, national security, terrorism and nuclear affairs.
Hundreds of investigative articles and cover stories that have appeared
under his byline have made an international impact. Bergman is “arguably
Israel’s best investigative journalist,” and “…the foremost expert on the
Mossad.” He is the Senior Correspondent for Military and
Intelligence Affairs for Israel’s largest circulated daily
newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, and a Contributing Writer
for The New York Times. He has also published in
Haaretz, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs,
Newsweek, Der Spiegel and other major media outlets.
Most recently, Bergman released his second book, Rise
and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations.
Machzor Drive Through
Allon Franklin will be holding a shiur at 5:45pm this Shabbat,
September 8th, titled “Drive-Through of the Rosh Hashanah
Service” to be held at 3701 Henry Hudson Parkway #4A.
All are welcome.
Jspace at the Bayit
This week at Jspace:
We're back in session! This week we'll be having a
Rosh Hashanah fruit tasting party, hearing some
shofar blowing, reconnecting with old friends and
meeting some new families too. Check out all the footage on our new
Facebook page: Jspace at the Bayit!
Jspace is a Sunday morning family education program at the Bayit. Our
mission is to create a community for kids and adults with a wide range of
backgrounds to explore their Jewish identity. To learn more about Jspace,
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our new Bayit
Playground. We are scheduled to begin construction after the
holidays. Special thanks to Bob Santoriello and Phil Levin for
the countless hours they have devoted to the design, bidding
and permitting process.
Contribute at www.thebayit.org/playground.
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY The Bayit is pleased to partner with UJA-Federation to offer
our members the opportunity to invest in a charitable gift
annuity. When you do so, you receive guaranteed income for
life, a potential immediate tax deduction, and possible future
tax savings. Ultimately, the Bayit will receive 90% of the
remainder value, while 10% will go to UJA-Federation to
support its efforts for the entire Jewish community and to help
cover the administrative costs of the program. For more
information, including sample annuity rates, please contact the
Bayit office.
HIR requires a written contract for the rental of its facilities. If you would like to rent space in the shul, or if you believe that you have reserved the Bayit for your simcha but have not been contacted regarding the new contract, please contact Richard at
[email protected]. Only reservations that accompany a signed contract and the required deposit will be maintained.
Please check the expiration date before bringing food.
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HIR GIFT CARDS - Support our Bayit by purchasing Gift Cards - Buy it for the Bayit! For more information on volunteering or to place an order, email [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at 718-549-5280. NOTE: Purchases do not cost you anything extra.
Moss Cafe is now participating in the HIR Scrip program and is offering the Bayit a 10% rebate on the gift cards.
THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit – is an open Orthodox synagogue serving the entire Jewish community by warmly embracing all
Jews, regardless of affiliation, commitment, orientation or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit," which is a home – a place of love
and welcome. We are known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue; activism on behalf of the oppressed; youth and teen
engagement; learning programs; and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and those with developmental and physical challenges.
If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership.
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