Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x107 Ari Hart, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x124 Anat Sharbat: Assistant Rabba [email protected]/ x106 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 Richard Langer, Executive Director: [email protected]/ x104 Menachem Menchel, Director of Programming & Youth Education: [email protected]/ x119 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: [email protected]/ x121 David Fain, Assistant Youth director [email protected]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 Special Kiddush to celebrate our new Sefer Torah in honor of Toby & Rav Avi Weiss Bayit BULLETIN Mazal Tov To: Jackie & Marvin Binstock on the birth of a grandson. Mazal tov to parents Hadar Schwartz & Josh Binstock, grandparents Shuly Schwartz & Eric Fishman, and to the entire family. Condolences To: Edith & Steven Bayme on the loss of their son Yehuda Bayme. Shiva will take place at 3720 Independence Ave., Apt. 1E until Sunday mid-afternoon, September 13th (Erev Rosh Hashana). The family of Charles Antmann on his passing. Welcome New Members: Toby Director, Susan Tober & Saul Andron, Emma Stein & Nate Potek, the Haller family, Sharonna Bloom & Jonah Abramowitz, Jessica & Jacob Pollack. This Week - Parshat Nitzavim Candle Lighting: 6:54pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:55pm Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Learning Service: Will resume in the Fall Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:42am Listening Room: 5:25pm Parsha Shiur: 5:55pm Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:40pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:55pm High Holidays For a comprehensive High Holiday schedule through Yom Kippur, see page 6. Next Shabbat Parshat Vayeilech Shabbat Shuva Candle Lighting: 6:42pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45pm Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:00pm Shabbat Shuva Drasha: 6:30pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:43pm 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 September 11 - 18, 2015 27 Elul - 5 Tishrei 5775 www.thebayit.org 718-796-4730 Next Shabbat @ The Bayit - Shabbat Shuva This Shabbat Shuva, September 19, we will be welcoming the Kehilah into our Bayit to jointly celebrate Ezra Cohen's Bar Mitzvah. Although there will be no formal derasha, Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman will share some thoughts on teshuvah after the Haftorah and prior to offering a berakhah to Ezra. Rav Steven’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha: Shabbat, September 19th at 6:30pm "Receiving the Yoke and Giving Permission: The Interpersonal Realm in Tefillah and Teshuvah" There will be childcare during the drasha. High Holidays 2015/5776 Visit www.thebayit.org/holidays for the High Holiday Schedule, Seat Reservations, Late Selichot, Childcare, Laws and Customs, Kol Nidrei Appeal, and Sukkot information. Seat reservations for Rosh Hashana must be submitted online in order to be processed. The deadline to be entered in our annual Kol Nidrei Book is 9/16/15. Rosh Hashana Shiurim September 15th (Day 1) Between Mincha/Maariv: Rabbi Jeff Fox "The Cartography of the Soul; The Inner Experience of Teshuva" September 14th (Day 2) Between Mincha/Maariv: Wendy Amsellem “Fearing Sin Too Little and Too Much: Rabbinic Encounters with Satan in the Talmud Bavli” Shofar Blowing for the Homebound: Please contact Rav Steven ([email protected]) or Rav Ari ([email protected]) if you know of someone who is homebound so that we can arrange for them to hear the blowing of the shofar. Hatarat Nedarim (annulment of vows) and Pruzbul (Shmitta year loan procedure): This Sunday morning, 9/13, following the 7:30am tefillah. All are welcome. Pruzbul forms will be available. Questions? Email [email protected]This Shabbat @ The Bayit 9:15AM - HACHNASAT SEFER TORAH CELEBRATION: Please join us at 9:15am Shabbat morning services as we dance in a brand new Sefer Torah and Megillat Esther dedicated to Rav Avi & Toby for their 40+ years of service to our community. Kiddush will follow. SPECIAL TALK: At the conclusion of tefillah, Rav Avi will give a talk entitled "Holding On and Letting Go: In Tribute to Abba - Rabbi Dr. Moshe Weiss." The talk, in honor of his father's memory, will discuss preparation for the High Holidays and consciousness of moment. WELCOME RABBA DR. ANAT SHARBAT! In her half-time capacity as Assistant Rabba this year, Rabba Anat will be speaking and teaching, counseling and participating in programming and life cycle events. She will be present on Shabbat and yamim tovim and in the office on Mondays and Fridays. We look forward to continuing to learn from her and grow with her as a Bayit community in the days ahead. Rabba Anat has served as Rabbinic Intern in our Bayit for the last two years. She and her husband Ariel are the parents of four daughters. BETWEEN MINCHA/MAARIV: Shiur with Rabbi Jeff Fox.
*Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on place-
ment, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher.
Joe Hoch z"l Memorial Daf Yomi Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets
7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri. and Shabbat after Mincha in Room 3-7. Open and accessible to all. You are invited to join at any time! This Shabbat: Double Daf Yomi at 5:45pm and after Mincha
Rosh Hashana: Between Mincha/Maariv on both days
Do you know someone who needs any of the following?
Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees?
Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Please register your child and become a youth member today!
HIGH HOLIDAY CHILDCARE - HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET? Make sure to reserve your spot today!
Special offer: FREE SEAT IN SOCIAL HALL for 3rd graders and up who register for child care!
There will be 1 hour of tefillah for ages 7-11
Seat reservations for Rosh Hashana must be submitted online in order to be processed. www.thebayit.org/childcare.
To sponsor snacks for future
Shabbatot please contact
Menachem or Gillian Steinberg
or go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor.
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2015-2016
This year, we are aiming for sponsorship every single Shabbat. Please see sponsorship options on the right. Please help us reach our goal of 100%
participation. To sponsor 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
Shabbat Morning Groups: Room 3-7: 9:10am - 9:40am - Ages 6+, Enjoy a doughnut and learn this week’s parsha with David Fain
3rd Floor Youth Wing 9:40am - 11:40am This Week: Groups begin 9:50am following
LL BM: Tot Shabbat Room 3-4: Nursery
Room 3-5: Pre-K
Room 3-6: Kindergarden
Room 3-1: Grades 3-6
Room 3-2: Grades 1-2
PARSHA & DRAMA with Adena Blickstein 10:30am-11:30am, Ages 6 and up!
Come experience the Parsha through inclusive
drama, dance & song with new creative arts specialist.
10:30am-2:30pm: Drop off your child for a day of fun & learning! Featuring: Holiday arts & crafts, Shofar-blowing contest, Pasta lunch, Movie, smoothies and free play, and more! Early Bird Rate (Ends Sept. 8th, 5:00pm): $15/child After September 8th, 5:00pm: $20/child; $35/two children; $50/three children.
Learn more and register at www.thebayit.org/dropoff!
10:30am-12:00pm: Sukkot themed arts & crafts, edible project and more!
$10/online; $12/at the door; $40/5 sessions
Sign up at www.thebayit.org/totswithdonna
For assistance, please contact: Menachem Menchel, Director of Programming & Youth Education
call the office at 718-796-4730 ext. 104 to confirm the
availability of your preferred date.
CITY HARVEST FOOD DRIVE Tuesday September 1st - Wednesday September 30th
Food Needed: All types of kosher canned or nonperishable, sealed
or packaged food are acceptable for collection. Non-kosher food will
not be accepted for this food drive. All food donated must have one of
the following Hashgachot: O-U, O-K, Chof-K, Star-K.
Most Needed Foods: Shelf-stable, Kosher
sources of protein, such as: tuna, salmon,
sardines, peanut butter, beans, soy products.
Collection boxes will be in the coat room.
THE BAYIT BULLETIN
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.
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 the developmentally and physically challenged.
If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership.
New Calendars: The new Jewish calendars for 5776 have arrived.
Pick up your copy in the HIR office.
BAYIT CHESED DAY - SUNDAY, SEP. 20TH
The 10 days of repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuva) are a great time
to do a Mitzvah: donate blood; donate clothing; take a bone marrow
