RJC BULLETIN Candle LighƟng March 22, 2019 5:55/6:52 PM Havdalah March 23, 2019 7:52 PM SHABBAT SHIURIM AT THE RJC Rabbi Drelich's Shabbat Parsha and Talmud Sanhedrin Shiur will follow the 7:00 am minyan Kiddush. Hashkama Shiur Rabbi Charles Sheer's shiur will meet in room 201 after the Hashkama Kiddush. Topic this week is “Four Poetic Compositions by Yehuda HaLevi - on Zion, Shabbat and Love.” Salami, Scotch, and Shiur will resume next week. the Siyum will be taking place instead of SSS and the whole minyan is encouraged to stay as Kiddush will not start until after the conclusion of the siyum. Shabbat: Post Mincha Shiur in the board room on the Orach Hashulchan, halahcha pertaining to Shabbat will be given by Rabbi Moshe Neiss. MAZAL TOV Mazal Tov to Edith and Sam Rosenbloom on the forthcoming marriage of their grandson, Eytan Rosenbloom to Rebecca Perlman on Sunday, March 24th. Mazal Tov as well to Karen and Michael Rosenbloom, Eytan’s parents and to Rebecca’s parents, Robyn and Jeff Perlman. Mazal Tov to Shoshana and Zach Ainsberg, big sister, Aria and big brother, William on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to Jody and Rabbi Dr. Amichai Erdfarb on the bar mitzvah of their son Yaakov Binyamin. Mazal Tov also to siblings Deena Shayna, Rosa Avigayil, and Yehuda Menachum. KIDDUSH KORNER The Main Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the RJC & Lisa and Richie Heisler. Please contact the office for sponsorship opportunities or email [email protected]. The 8 AM Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is being sponsored by Nancy and Milton Honig on the occasion of Yahrzeits for their respective mothers, Dr. Joan Wolfermann and Luise Honig. The Young Couples Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Zach Horowitz and Benjy Bloch in honor of them being mesayim Masechet Sanhedrin. A special thanks to Sima Horowitz and Adela Bloch for their support and encouragement throughout the process. The Siyum will be taking place instead of Salamis, Scotch, and Shiur. The whole minyan is encouraged to stay as kiddush will not start until after the conclusion of the siyum. Seudah Shelishit is sponsored by Dr. Eli Kleinman on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his paternal grandfather Eliyahu Ben Avrohom Shlomo and adopted date for his grandmother Hentche Mirel and children of the Shoa, Avrohom Shlomo, Yitchak, Yakov, Moshe Nen Ephraim, Ahron, Shmuel, Liba Necha, and all of their families. KEL MALEH ANNOUNCEMENT Please note that next Shabbat afternoon, March 30, is the final time to recite a Kel Maleh before the month of Nissan. This will extend until May 11 (6th of Iyar.) Parshat Tzav March 22 – March 29, 2019 ט‘ ב אדר ו‘ — כ‘ ב אדר ב‘ 15 Adar II – 22 Adar II 5779 HAKARAT HATOV Thank you to the CSS. Security team. To inquire about volunteering, contact [email protected]Rabbi Penner’s discussion entitled, Disabilities in the Jewish Community: One Family’s Journey, is being sponsored by Ethel and Stan Scher in memory of Ethel ‘s parents, Dr. Gustave and Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan, Yedidia ben Aryeh Leib HaCohen, and Shifra Mirel bat Rav Mordechai Todros. Than you for our amazing RJC Youth leaders for all their hard work on this year’s Purim programming and those that helped make the events a success. Thank you to Rachel Mandelbaum for arranging Mishloach Manot this year as well as all the volunteers who helped pack: Shoshana Genack, Malkie Bernstein, Michelle Nidam, Suzanne Cohen, Leah Fruchter, Nomi Roseman. Also thank Joyce Friedman for arranging Mishloach Manot deliveries through RJC Connections. Thank you to the following people who read the Megilla and the Torah portion for us in our different Minyanim and in the Riverdale community over Purim: Avi Bernstein, Andre Kahn, Gil Kepecs, Levy Langer, Sidney Langer, Avi Muschel, Irving Ruderman, Adam Steinmetz, Jonathan Strauss, Moish Sturm. We appreciate your feedback as we conƟnue to make improvements in the weeks to come. Submissions for the bulleƟn must be submiƩed by Wednesday, 12PM to bulleƟ[email protected]. WEEKLY SHIURIM & CLASSES AT THE RJC Daf Yomi: Mon - Fri: Following the 6:00 am minyan. Shabbat: 1 hour before Mincha. Sunday: After the 6:45 am minyan. Sunday: 7:30 AM - An in-depth Halacha class based on the parsha, meets in social hall with Rabbi Eliezer Sher. Tuesday: 1:00 PM - Ladies learning- Touch of Class meets in the Beit Midrash. Tuesday: 8:30 PM - Parsha class in the Beit Midrash. Thursday: 8:30 PM— Rabbi Noah Gardenshwartz’s class with Baba Kama: Genevah vs Gezalah SPECIAL SHABBAT THIS WEEK WITH RABBI PENNER - POSTPONED The Shabbat program scheduled for this week, March 23rd, with Rabbi Penner has been postponed and will be rescheduled. YOUNG COUPLES MINYAN The YCM is looing for someone to lain on March 30, Parshat Shmini. Please email Noah Pollack at [email protected]. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION The Annual Meeting of the Congregation will be held Monday evening, April 1, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. Friday ‐ Mincha 5:37 / 6:57 PM Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM Latest Shema 9:59 AM Daf Yomi (Chullin 116): 5:40 PM Early Mincha (Beit Midrash) 6:00 PM Mincha 6:00 / 6:40 PM Seudah Shlishit 7:00 PM Ma'ariv 7:47 PM Sunday 6:45 / 7:30 / 8:30 / 9:15 AM Monday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM Tuesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM Wednesday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM Thursday 6:00 / 6:45 / 7:45 AM Friday 6:00 / 6:55 / 7:45 AM Mincha/Ma'ariv S‐Th: 5:39 / 7:00 PM Late Maariv S‐Th 9:30 PM Next Shabbat: Parshat Shmini (Parah) March 29 ‐ 30, 2019 ‐ 23rd of Adar II 5779 Candle Lighting 6:00 / 6:59 PM Friday ‐ Mincha 5:42 / 7:04 PM Shacharit 7:00 / 8:00 / 8:45 / 9:00 AM Daf Yomi (Chullin 123): 5:50 PM Mincha 6:00 / 6:50 PM Havdala 8:00 PM March 22 ‐ 23, 2019 ‐ 16th of Adar II 5779 Weekday Schedule This Shabbat: Parshat Tzav Services
Transcript
RJC BULLETIN Candle Ligh ng March 22, 2019 5:55/6:52 PM
Havdalah March 23, 2019 7:52 PM
SHABBAT SHIURIM AT THE RJC Rabbi Drelich's Shabbat Parsha and Talmud Sanhedrin Shiur will follow the 7:00 am minyan Kiddush. Hashkama Shiur Rabbi Charles Sheer's shiur will meet in room 201 after the Hashkama Kiddush. Topic this week is “Four Poetic Compositions by Yehuda HaLevi - on Zion, Shabbat and Love.”
Salami, Scotch, and Shiur will resume next week. the Siyum will be taking place instead of SSS and the whole minyan is encouraged to stay as Kiddush will not start until after the conclusion of the siyum. Shabbat: Post Mincha Shiur in the board room on the Orach Hashulchan, halahcha pertaining to Shabbat will be given by Rabbi Moshe Neiss.
MAZAL TOV Mazal Tov to Edith and Sam Rosenbloom on the forthcoming marriage of their grandson, Eytan Rosenbloom to Rebecca Perlman on Sunday, March 24th. Mazal Tov as well to Karen and Michael Rosenbloom, Eytan’s parents and to Rebecca’s parents, Robyn and Jeff Perlman. Mazal Tov to Shoshana and Zach Ainsberg, big sister, Aria and big brother, William on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to Jody and Rabbi Dr. Amichai Erdfarb on the bar mitzvah of their son Yaakov Binyamin. Mazal Tov also to siblings Deena Shayna, Rosa Avigayil, and Yehuda Menachum.
KIDDUSH KORNER The Main Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the RJC & Lisa and Richie Heisler. Please contact the office for sponsorship opportunities or email [email protected]. The 8 AM Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is being sponsored by Nancy and Milton Honig on the occasion of Yahrzeits for their respective mothers, Dr. Joan Wolfermann and Luise Honig. The Young Couples Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Zach Horowitz and Benjy Bloch in honor of them being mesayim Masechet Sanhedrin. A special thanks to Sima Horowitz and Adela Bloch for their support and encouragement throughout the process. The Siyum will be taking place instead of Salamis, Scotch, and Shiur. The whole minyan is encouraged to stay as kiddush will not start until after the conclusion of the siyum. Seudah Shelishit is sponsored by Dr. Eli Kleinman on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his paternal grandfather Eliyahu Ben Avrohom Shlomo and adopted date for his grandmother Hentche Mirel and children of the Shoa, Avrohom Shlomo, Yitchak, Yakov, Moshe Nen Ephraim, Ahron, Shmuel, Liba Necha, and all of their families.
KEL MALEH ANNOUNCEMENT Please note that next Shabbat afternoon, March 30, is the final time to recite a Kel Maleh before the month of Nissan. This will extend until May 11 (6th of Iyar.)
Parshat Tzav
March 22 – March 29, 2019 ‘ב אדר ב‘כ —‘ ו אדר ב‘ט
15 Adar II – 22 Adar II 5779
HAKARAT HATOV Thank you to the CSS. Security team. To inquire about volunteering, contact [email protected] Rabbi Penner’s discussion entitled, Disabilities in the Jewish Community: One Family’s Journey, is being sponsored by Ethel and Stan Scher in memory of Ethel ‘s parents, Dr. Gustave and Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan, Yedidia ben Aryeh Leib HaCohen, and Shifra Mirel bat Rav Mordechai Todros. Than you for our amazing RJC Youth leaders for all their hard work on this year’s Purim programming and those that helped make the events a success. Thank you to Rachel Mandelbaum for arranging Mishloach Manot this year as well as all the volunteers who helped pack: Shoshana Genack, Malkie Bernstein, Michelle Nidam, Suzanne Cohen, Leah Fruchter, Nomi Roseman. Also thank Joyce Friedman for arranging Mishloach Manot deliveries through RJC Connections. Thank you to the following people who read the Megilla and the Torah portion for us in our different Minyanim and in the Riverdale community over Purim: Avi Bernstein, Andre Kahn, Gil Kepecs, Levy Langer, Sidney Langer, Avi Muschel, Irving Ruderman, Adam Steinmetz, Jonathan Strauss, Moish Sturm.
We appreciate your feedback as we con nue to make improvements in the weeks to come. Submissions for the bulle n must be submi ed by Wednesday, 12PM to bulle [email protected].
WEEKLY SHIURIM & CLASSES AT THE RJC Daf Yomi: Mon - Fri: Following the 6:00 am minyan. Shabbat: 1 hour before Mincha. Sunday: After the 6:45 am minyan. Sunday: 7:30 AM - An in-depth Halacha class based on the parsha, meets in social hall with Rabbi Eliezer Sher. Tuesday: 1:00 PM - Ladies learning- Touch of Class meets in the Beit Midrash. Tuesday: 8:30 PM - Parsha class in the Beit Midrash. Thursday: 8:30 PM— Rabbi Noah Gardenshwartz’s class with Baba Kama: Genevah vs Gezalah
SPECIAL SHABBAT THIS WEEK WITH RABBI PENNER - POSTPONED The Shabbat program scheduled for this week, March 23rd, with Rabbi Penner has been postponed and will be rescheduled.
YOUNG COUPLES MINYAN The YCM is looing for someone to lain on March 30, Parshat Shmini. Please email Noah Pollack at [email protected].
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION The Annual Meeting of the Congregation will be held Monday evening, April 1, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
Riverdale Y and City Harvest Food Drive For Pesach Has Begun The Riverdale Y in partnership with City Harvest has organized a food drive in advance of Passover, collecting the most needed items for the holiday. The food collected is distributed to Kosher food pantries throughout the city. This year the drive will take place from March 11 through April 15, and the Y will act as a donation site. Questions should be directed to Rabbi Joseph Robinson at [email protected]. Riverdale Single Moms Cooking Class Monday March 25, 8:00 AM Please join us for an evening with world renowned cook, Gloria Kobrin, of Kosher by Gloria, At the home of Orital Weinroth 5035 Arlington Ave. Participation is free; Subsidized babysitting available. RSVP to [email protected]. Hebrew Free Burial Association Breakfast Sunday, March 31, 9:30AM The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) will hold its annual Riverdale community breakfast on Sunday, March 31, at 9:30 AM at the Riverdale Jewish Center. The honorees are Alicia Solan-Teglasi and Victor Teglasi, Andrew Eisenberger and Jennie Goldress, and Deborah and Steven Berko-witz. For more information or to make a reservation please call HFBA at 212-239-1662 or go to http://www.hebrewfreeburial.org/riverdale. Morning For Parents Of Future and Current Lone Soldiers Sunday March 31, 11AM Mingle with other lone soldiers parents and learn all about IDF/ Right and Benefits/ Enlistment/ IDF Programs/Tips for Parents. Event will take place at Elissa and Philip Klapper Stamford, CT (address will be given upon RSVP) For more information contact lone soldier advisor Leo: [email protected]. Please RSVP to Michael Baccellieri: [email protected]. RJC Connections RJC Connections helps to “connect” volunteers in our community with those who may need assistance/company in various capacities. If you know of anyone who would like to be set up for meals, needs help getting to/from shul, or would like visits over Shabbat or Yom Tov please contact Joyce Friedman at [email protected].
Community Mikvah Hours 3708 Henry Hudson Parkway East, Bronx, NY 10463, (718) 549-8336 Mikvah hours March 11th-31st Sunday - Thursday night: 7:30pm-10:00pm Friday night: 40 minutes after candle lighting, Saturday night: 8:00-10:30pm The Keilim Mikvah is open during daylight hours ONLY. Gemach of Riverdale — Interest Free Loans Gemach of Riverdale provides interest free loans to members of the Riverdale community. For more information contact the Gemach confiden-tially at [email protected] or 917-408-3035. Riverdale Medical Gemach The Riverdale Minyan (TRM) has established a medical equipment Gemach that is open to the Riverdale Community. If you should have a temporary need for medical equipment or have something to donate, please contact [email protected] or call Rochel Cheifetz at 917-748-2052 or Ilana Gordon at 917-623-8873. Riverdale Gown Gemach We are currently collecting gowns and would be honored to receive your gowns for this cause. Please contact [email protected] for more information. Riverdale Y Sarah Lily Adoption Fund The Riverdale Y has established the Sarah Lily Fund for Adoption with the help of a loving family who wanted to pursue this important path. The fund provides two $5,000 grants annually to help Jewish families being formed by adoption. For more information please visit www.riverdaley.org/sarahlilyfund. Career Advisement and Networking Are you in need of some assistance with your job search? Please contact Howard Millendorf at 718-796-5850 or [email protected]. Meals for New Moms If you would like to be notified of opportunities to make meals for new mothers, please contact Atara Douglas at [email protected].
Upcoming Community Scholar in Residence with Rabbi Menachem Penner
Max and Marion Grill Dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,
Yeshiva University
Shabbat, March 30
Parsgat Shmini, Shabbat Parah
Shabbat Pre‐Mincha SERIES 1 hour before Mincha: The Crown:
Biblical David: Superhero? Iconic Hero? Flawed Hero. Given by Rabbi Joe Brodie
For more informa on please visit h ps://www.rjconline.org/event/thecrown
Sunday night, March 31 RJC Rosh Chodesh Shiur for Women:
Nissan Shiur with Chani Juravel
May 3‐4, Parshat Achrei Mot
June 14‐15, Parshat Nasso
RIVERDALE JEWISH CENTER UPCOMING EVENTS AND ADULT EDUCATION
REFUAH SHELAIMA Shifra bat Bayla Perel, Michal Devora bat Chava, Aryeh ben Ruth Shulamit, Raanan Yitzchak ben Miriam, Elka bat Chana, Nechemya Baruch ben Rivka, Fayga bat Rochel, Anthony ben Janet, Meryl Liba bat Alta, Aryeh Menachem ben Shlomo Eliezer HaLevi, Sarah bat Ras; Peretz Yisroel ben Batya Kayla, Geula Liba Yehudit bat Gittel Tzifra; Gershon Yaakov ben Feygel HaLevi, Rivka Ester bat Freide, Idit Chava bat Yaffa, Chaim Elhanan ben Batya, Shifra Feige bas Miriam Esther. We will be updating this list for the April 5 bulletin. Please email [email protected] with any names you would like included by Wednesday, April 3.
