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Hebrew Inst i tute of Riverdale
Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected] / x108 Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected] / x107 Ari Hart, Associate Rabbi: [email protected] / x124 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 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
September Celebration Kiddush
Thank you to our sponsors! (See pg. 2)
To sponsor a future Kiddush, please contact
Seth Aronson - [email protected] .
Bayit BULLETIN
Welcome New Members: David Cheney, Adinah East & Howard Davis, Adrienne Goldfeder & Michael Turok.
This Week
Parshat Ki Tavo
Earliest Candle Lighting: 6:02pm
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
Candle Lighting: 7:06pm
Shalom Bayit: 7:00am
Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am
Learning Service: Will resume in the Fall
Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:40am
Listening Room: 5:35pm
Parsha Shiur: 6:05pm
Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:50pm
Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 8:07pm
Weekday Times Shacharit:
Sun: 8:30, 9:00am (Kavvanah)
Mon (Labor Day): 8:30am
Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:20, 8:00am
Thur: 6:15, 8:00am
Mincha/Maariv: Sun-Thur: 7:10pm
Next Shabbat
Parshat Nitzavim
Candle Lighting: 6:54pm
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:55pm
Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am
Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:40pm
Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:55pm
KAVVANAH TEFILLAH: This Sunday, September 6th at 9:00am: An hour of Slower
tefillah with Rav Steven including meditation & song. Light breakfast follows. Halakhic
Shacharit requirements met.
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.
The deadline to be entered in our annual Kol Nidrei Book is
9/16/15.
High Holiday schedule and Laws and customs are available in the
boxes in the lobby.
Shabbat Shuva This Shabbat Shuvah, 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 derashah, 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"
3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463
September 4 - 11, 2015
20 - 27 Elul 5775
www.thebayit.org 718-796-4730
Next Shabbat @ The Bayit
HACHNASAT SEFER TORAH CELEBRATION: Join a communal celebration at Shabbat morning services as we welcome into
our sanctuary a brand new Sefer Torah and Megillat Esther dedicated to Rav Avi
& Toby for their 40+ years of service to our community. A communal kiddush
will follow.
This Shabbat @ The Bayit
Welcome to our new Rabbinic Interns: Garth Silberstein is a fourth-year rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and has
interned with Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe in Boston, MA. A California native and
out-door enthusiast, Garth has led Hazon’s Cross-USA bike ride twice, and spent a summer
running Organic Yeshiva, an innovative program combining traditional talmud study with hands-on
experience of sustainable agriculture.
Dan Margulies is a third-year student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. He studied
Chemical Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and attended Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi in
Jerusalem before college. He and his wife Ilana moved to Riverdale four months ago.
Bracha Jaffe moved here from Raanana and is a third year student in Yeshivat Maharat. Last
year she was the rabbinic intern at Rabbi Gelman's shul in Houston where she enjoyed giving
Divrei Torah and teaching all ages. Bracha facilitates Matan Bat-Mitzva programs where her
favorite part is dressing up in costume for each session. She also loves teaching women and girls
to leyn and is an active member of Tefilat Esther.
Between Mincha/Maariv: Shiur with YCT student and YCT Rav Moshe Feinstein Summer
Fellow Gabe Seed. “Night Time is the Right Time? - Rav Moshe Feinstein on the timing of Selichot.” (LLBM)
© Bonnie Geller-Geld
SELICHOT CONCERT: THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Join us this Saturday night for our annual Selichot Concert, led by our beloved Shaliach
Tzibur, Dr. Elli Kranzler. The concert will be followed by Selichot.
Doors open: 9:30pm Concert Begins: 9:45pm
Concert is free. Suggested donation $15. Seating is on a first come, first
served basis. A select number of seats will be reserved for sponsors at
$100/seat. Register online to save time at the door.
www.thebayit.org/selichot. Livestreaming available on
www.thebayit.org/concert.
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This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit
*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.
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!
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] .
Shiva: Beth Braunstein, [email protected]
Bikur Cholim: Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected]
We have many ways to become meaningfully involved.
Please pick up a flyer, consider becoming a Bikur Cholim Volunteer.
Meals for New Parents: Becca Linden: 434-962-7899, [email protected]
Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected]
Bayit Band: Rav Ari Hart, [email protected]
Green Committee: Alisa Eilenberg and Ann Rauch, [email protected]
Shabbat Midrash Hashavua is not taking place this Shabbat.
5:35pm - Listening Room with Myra Estelle (LL BM).
6:05pm - Parsha Shiur with Dr. Anat Sharbat.
Between Mincha/Maariv - Shiur with YCT student Gabe Seed.
After Mincha - Mila Ba’Parasha at Beth Aharon: Basic (and love of)
Hebrew is sufficient. This week: “V’Sadta Otam Basid- יד ם בש את דת ”וש
what is “sid;” is it paint, plaster, something else; and what color was it?
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)
ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us this Shabbat for
our open communal dinner. To see which Shabbatot are
available for sponsorship and to choose your week, go to
www.thebayit.org/tent, or email James Lapin at [email protected] .
SOCIAL WORKER @ THE BAYIT: Questions about an aging loved one, financial pressures,
concerns about children? Contact HIR social worker Anna
Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals and a sympathetic ear.
There is no fee and all conversations are strictly confidential.
Anna can be reached on Mon. 8:00am - 7:30pm, Tues. 8:00am - 7:30pm
and Thurs. 8:00am - 4:00pm at 718-601-9714 or e-mail her at
[email protected] . (In partnership with UJA & JBFCS).
Jewish Caregiver Support Group: Share experiences, benefit
from mutual support and gain practical advice. Group meetings are held
once a month on Tuesday at the Beatman Center.
Riverdale Mikveh Hours September 1 - 12, 2015: Sunday - Thursday: 7:45 - 10:00pm.
Friday night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. No appointment is
necessary but please be on time.
Motzei Shabbos:30 minutes after Shabbos until 10:00pm.
Keilim Mikveh: Open during daylight hours.
H.I.R. Community Choir
The HIR Community Choir is beginning its 14th
season this fall. All are invited to attend the first
rehearsal on Wed. evening Sept. 9th from 7:30 to 9:30
P.M. in the social hall.
For further information, contact music director
Jonathan Dzik at [email protected]
or at (718) 549-8520.
New Calendars: The new Jewish calendars for 5776 have arrived.
Pick up your copy in the HIR office.
CHESED OPPORTUNITIES
RIVERDALE FREE LOAN GEMACH: Please be advised that a Free
Loan Gemach has been established to serve residents of the Riverdale
community. The Gemach of Riverdale is a non-profit organization providing
interest-free loans to those with cash flow challenges, with dignity and
respect. For further info contact Rabbi Moshe Drelich at 917-408-3035 or
[email protected] .
Open Bayit Band Rehearsal
Play an instrument?
Come join us for an open Bayit Band rehearsal on
September 20th from 3-5pm.
We'll be playing through some tunes we'll be using on
Hoshana Rabba. All are welcome!
Golden Age Program Join us at our first meeting of the year.
Thursday, September 10th.
1:00pm - 2:00pm Learn and Light Lunch.
2:00pm - 2:30pm - Golden Age Adult Bat Mitzvah class.
For questions please call Rav Steven at 718-796-4730 x108.
Cost: $5 (pay at the door)
To RSVP, call Yael at 718-796-4730 x116.
Kulanu Chaverim Program Thursday, September 10th, 6:30pm
Join your friends for dinner and a fun activity.
To RSVP, call Yael at 718-796-4730 x116.
September Celebration Kiddush Thank you to our sponsors: Gillian Steinberg and Mark and Gavri
Davis in honor of Akiva Davis’s birthday. Elana & Mark Weinberger in honor
of Lily Weinberger’s birthday. Rachel & Seth Chalmer in honor of Ella Rose
Chalmer’s birthday. Arnold Stark in honor of the birthdays of David Stark,
Lauren Boim, and Joan Stark. Stephanie Bellin in honor of the birthdays of
Aaron and Isabelle Weinstein. Isaac Geld in honor of Bonnie Geller-Geld’s
birthday. Bradley Saenger in honor of his & Elana Saenger’s anniversary.
Danny Cohen in honor of Andrea Cohen’s birthday. Liz Shayne and Ayelet
Lannik in honor of Josh Lannik’s birthday.
Prepare for the High Holidays
Shofar Blowing and Aliyot for the Homebound: Please
contact the shul office if you know of someone
who is homebound so that we can arrange 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.
Shana Tova Gift - Friday September 11th, 11:00am: (Johnson
and Riverdale Avenues) Join the HIR staff as we wish the
Riverdale Community a “sweet new year” by handing out gifts
of apple and honey to all who pass by.
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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!
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 Summer Groups end this week: 10:00am - 11:30am
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 Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 119, Cell - 516-233-8285
[email protected]
EREV ROSH HASHANA DROP-OFF | 9/13
SUNDAY TOTS WITH DONNA | 9/27
TEENS & PRE-TEENS: Become a Youth Group Leader!
The Youth Department is now welcoming applicants for the year. For more information contact
Menachem Menchel.
FRIDAY NIGHT GROUPS with Shayna & Raphi
Groups begin 15 minutes
after Mincha starts
and last for 1 hour.
No Friday Night Groups this Shabbat.
Groups Kick Off Shabbat Next Shabbat, September 12th
Come meet your leaders on Shabbat!
Enjoy special activities and
programming.
Big party at snack
time!
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BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN*
Promote your business to Bayit Bulletin readers in the first bulletin of
every month. Contact the office at 718-796-4730
or [email protected] for more information.
*HIR's posting of any advertisement shall not be considered an
endorsement of the advertiser, or of the product or service involved.
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.
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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.
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.
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
swab, or volunteer at one of the three drives.
Give Blood, the Gift of Life:
9:00am-3:00pm 9/11 Fourteenth Anniversary Commemorative Blood Drive:
Our area blood supply is in life-threatening crisis. A Blood
Emergency for certain blood types has been declared. Please
honor 9/11 on this 14th anniversary as a national day of service,
charity & compassion by donating blood. The New York Blood
Center is a proud partner of the Magen David Adom so your
donation is a double mitzvah.
To donate you must be healthy, aged 17-75 (16 with NYBC
parental consent form) & have photo or signature ID.
Walk-ins welcome! Appointments take precedence.
Questions/reserve a time?
Call Blood Drive Coordinator, Seryl Ritter
at (718)549-8152 or email [email protected] .
Please join us and save a life.
Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry
9:00am-2:00pm Swab a Cheek, Save a Life! Have your cheek swabbed and be
registered in the Gift of Life Bone Marrow registry.
To volunteer or to learn more contact
Bone Marrow Drive Coordinator:
James Lapin at [email protected] .
HIR's Semi-Annual Clothing Drive
9:30am-12:30pm
Please sort and separately bag men's, women's
and children's clothing in sturdy garbage bags.
We are also collecting gently used sheets,
blankets, quilts, and towels. Please bag those
separately.
Deposit donations at the truck that will be
stationed outside the HIR.
Volunteers are needed. To volunteer or learn more, contact
Clothing Drive Coordinators: Steven Pretsfelder or Barbara
Gochberg at [email protected] or 718-601-3586.
Save the Date: Saturday night, November 14th at 7:00pm
Installation of Rabbi Steven Exler as Senior Rabbi of the Bayit.
Details to follow.
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THE SHAARE TEFILLAH ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE'S Legal Holiday Series continues on Labor
Day, 9/7/2015 at 9:20am, following an 8:15am Selichos and Shacharis. Rabbi Mordechai Willig will provide an overview of the laws
of Shmitat Kesafim (Cancellation of Debts) and Pruzbul. He will then convene a Beit Din to enable everyone in attendance to sign
a Pruzbul. Without a Pruzbul, all debts are cancelled on the last day of the Shmitta year. A light breakfast will be served.
Shaare Tefillah is located at 510 Claremont Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
YESHIVAT CHOVEVEI TORAH RABBINICAL SCHOOL is now accepting applications for the 2015 Meorot Modern
Orthodox Leaders’ Fellowship. The Fellowship is for college juniors, seniors, and recent graduates interested in exploring and
grappling with the opportunities and challenges of Orthodox identity and Jewish communal leadership. The program runs for 8
sessions on Wednesdays from 10/14/2015 to 12/9/2015, 6:30-9:00pm. Download the application online at www.yctorah.org.
Application Deadline 9/18/15. For more information contact Rabbi Yonah Berman at [email protected] or 212-666-0036.
MA’AYANOT YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS is pleased to invite the community to their annual Yom Iyun
on 9/20/2015, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Ma’ayanot (1650 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck). The Yom Iyun will begin with a keynote
shiur by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, on the topic Avot
Akhlu Boser veShinei Banim Tiq`henah: Vicarious Punishment and Communal Responsibility in Judaism, followed by additional
shiurim by members of the Ma’ayanot faculty. Men and women are welcome. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more
information, please contact Pam Ennis at [email protected] or 201-833-4307, ext. 265
A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: The Rabbinic-led Rally for a Better Iran Deal: Join rabbis from across the denominations
on Sunday, 9/20/2015 at 12pm at he United States Mission, E. 45th Street between 1st and 2nd Aves.
LIGHT THE WAY FOR A GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT - PEOPLE OF FAITH EVENT
This summer Pope Francis spoke out courageously for the protection of people from deadly climate change. Now he's coming to
the UN in New York to encourage world leaders as they set global goals that will be finalized at the upcoming climate summit in
Paris. Join people of all faiths at Light the Way on 9/24/2015 to let every world leader know that we'll be watching every step of
the way to ensure these goals are met. We will light the way. For more information: http://ourvoices.net/lighttheway.
WANT MORE AMAZING EDEN VILLAGE PROGRAMMING? Sunday, 9/27/2015 from 12:30pm to 3:00am.
Come celebrate Sukkot, the harvest holiday, with your favorite Jewish farmers! Eden Village Camp will be hosting a party in the
sukkah with games, snacks, friends, workshops, and so much more! So bring a picnic lunch to eat at your leisure in our sukkah and
enjoy the sights and sounds of a buzzing, bountiful festival. Take a tour of camp and the farm, harvest delicious vegetables right off
the stem, bake bread in our cobb oven, learn how to preserve the summer harvest, save seeds, make farm art and more!
To register visit www.eventbrite.com/e/sukkot-harvest-festival-tickets-16978217305.
ALL RIVERDALE CELEBRATES YACHAD: Please join us on 10/10/2015 at 8:30pm for a delicious and inspiring evening
featuring renowned speaker Judge Daniel Butler. This event will take place at the home of Giti & Jack Bendheim. Please RSVP by
10/1/2015 at www.yachad.org/riverdale. To learn more, contact Elaine Salvit Grossman at 212-613-8350 or [email protected] .
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL invites you to a Fine Whiskey Tasting to support food rescue for needy Israelis.
Tuesday evening, 10/13/15 in New York City. General admission is $225. All proceeds benefit Leket Israel, Israel’s National
Food Bank and food rescue organization. For full details visit www.whiskey.leket.org.
TO FORGIVE AND REMEMBER: RESHAPING CONTEMPORARY CONSCIOUSNESS opens at Derfner Judaica
Museum at Hebrew Home of Riverdale, 5901 Palisade Avenue, on Sept. 10. Coinciding with the High Holidays, this exhibition of
15 works by nine artists surveys both the historical and present impact of judgment, forgiveness, oneness and remembrance on
individuals and communities through the lens of contemporary art. Museum hours: Sunday -Thursday 10:30am - 4:30pm (Closed
holidays). Reception with the artists, Sunday 10/18/15, 3:30-5:30pm. R.S.V.P. to 718-581-1596. www.riverspringhealth.org/art.
RIVERDALE Y SUNDAY MARKET offers fresh, high-quality food grown or produced locally to within 100 miles. This
family-friendly seasonal market offers yummie fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, cheese, bread, pastries, fresh coffee and
many more edibles. It also provides activities for families as well as music and fun! Every Sunday 9am to 2pm at RKA- Riverdale
Kingsbridge Academy (MS/HS 141) on Independence Ave. & W 237th St.
Beyond the bayit - September 4 - 11, 2015
