YINR Shabbat Newsletter 


Parshat B'Haalotcha                16 Sivan 5773                  May 24/25, 2013

 

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Times

Shabbat 

Candle Lighting:7:56pm

Friday Mincha: 7:00/8:05pm

Daf Yomi: 6:55am & 6:40pm

Hashkama: 7:45am

Group Leader Teen Minyan: 8:45am (MP5/6)

Main Minyan: 9:00am

Teen Minyan: 9:30am (MP1)

Pirkei Avot: 6:40pm

Mincha: 7:40pm

Talmud Class: 8:05pm (Rabbi Reuven Fink)

Teen Class: 8:05pm (Rabbi Chaim Fink)

Shabbat Ends: 9:11pm

  

Daily Davening Schedule

Sun and Mon (Memorial Day): 7:30/8:30/9:00am

Tue, Wed & Fri: 6:30/7:00/7:30am 

Thu: 6:20/7:00/7:30am

Mincha/Maariv:(Sun - Thu): 8:05pm

Please note, late Maariv will resume late summer/early fall.

  

Schedule of Classes

Sunday

8:00am: Minchat Chinuch - Rabbi Reuven Fink

  

8:00am: Talmud Class - Rabbi Abish Zelishovsky of Bais Medrash Gavoha of Lakewood

  

Monday

1:30pm: Parshat Hashavua not being held this week

  

Evening: Limudei Kodesh Assistance for High School Students By Appointment - Rabbi Chaim Fink

  

7:00pm: Jewish Philosophy not being held this week

  

Wednesday

9:30am and 9:00pm: Practical Applications of Hilchot Kashrut - Rabbi Chaim Fink (Please note new evening start time)

  

Thursday

8:30am: Women's Tehillim Group at the home of Anne Wasserman

  

7:00pm: Talmud Taanit - Rabbi Reuven Fink

  

Daily Daf Yomi Shiurim

Sunday: 6:40am

Mon (Memorial Day): 6:40am and after Maariv

Tue: 5:40am and after Maariv

Wed: 5:40am and after Maariv

Thu: 5:30am and after Maariv

Fri: 5:40am

Shabbat: 6:55am and 1 hour before Mincha

  

 

Monthly Calendar 

May calendar

 

5773 Davening Times

 

YINR Hospitality

If you are a guest or new member who would like to be hosted for a Shabbat meal, or if you would like to host new members or guests, please email the shul hospitality committee.

 

Taharat Hamishpacha Guidance

Mrs. Shaindel Fink is available to advise women and answer questions regarding taharat hamishpacha (family purity) with the guidance of Rabbi Reuven Fink.  She is certified as a teacher in Jewish Marital Education and welcomes calls or texts on her mobile phone: 914-265-0065.

 

Shabbat Groups Locations

Shabbat Morning Schedule  

8:45 - 10:20am: Group Leader Teen Minyan (MP5/6)

9:30 - Teen Minyan (MP1)

9:30 - 10:30am: Babysitting (MP3/4)

9:45 - 10:30am: Junior Cong (MP2) for 1st-4th Grade

10:30-End of Shul: GROUPS in various locations (see below)

  

Nursery and Kindergarten - MP5/6 (Across from Social Hall)

(If your child will be in babysitting at 9:30am and then in groups, please make sure your child makes it downstairs to groups.  We are going to ask our babysitters to walk the children down, but you should still double check that your child made it!)

1st-3rd grade Girls - MP2 (Upper level - to the left front)

1st-4th grade Boys - MP1

4th-6th grade Girls - MP4 (Upper level - to the left back)

5th-6th grade Boys - MP7 (Lower level - through Atrium doors)

Parent and Child Room - MP3

(Upper level - to the left back)

 

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Mazal Tov

Mazal Tov to Cantor Uri and Judy Aqua on the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Talia, to Eli Litwin of Los Angeles.  Mazal Tov to Eli's parents, Seryl and Sy Litwin.  Mazal Tov to siblings Daniel and Debby Aqua and Adam Aqua.  Mazal Tov to the grandparents Sa'adya Aqua of Rehovot, Israel and Mrs. Pesla Litwin of Los Angeles. 

 

Mazal Tov to Rachel and Gary Berger on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Max.  Mazal Tov to Max's siblings Nicole, Jeremy and Daniel. Mazal Tov also to Max's grandparents Muncie Mandel and Carol and Don Berger.  Mazal Tov to aunts and uncles Judy and Marc Berger and Debra and Jonah Sarasohn, and to all the relatives and friends who have come to join in the celebration.  Thank you to Rachel and Gary for sponsoring the kiddush after the Main Minyan.

 

Mazal Tov to Ronnie and Jack Bruder on the birth of a grandson, born to their children, Jessica and Daniel Sultan.

 

Mazal Tov to Ellin and Samuel Heilman on the birth of a grandson, born to their children, Irit Koren Heilman and Adam Heilman of Tel Aviv. 

 

Mazal Tov to Anne and Mark Wasserman on the birth of a granddaughter, born to their children, Bailey and Andrew Stein.  Mazal Tov to the baby's great grandparents, Ellen and Stanley Wasserman, and great aunt and uncle, Rivka and Stu Berger.

 

To send a tribute card from YINR in honor of these smachot, or any other reason, please click here.

 

Condolences

We extend condolences to Amy Grauer on the passing of her beloved mother, Marilyn Applbaum.  Shiva will be observed at 360 Central Park West, Apt. 9F, Manhattan (at 96th Street) until 12:00 noon this Friday, May 24th.  Shacharit on Friday is at 7:30am and Mincha/Maariv on Thursday is at 7:55pm.

 

To send a tribute card from YINR in memory of Marilyn Applbaum, please click here.

 

We extend condolences to Barbara Bolshon on the passing of her beloved father, Herbert Bolshon.  Shiva will be observed from Monday, May 27th until Thursday morning, May 30th at Barbara's home at 118 Ralph Avenue, White Plains.

 

To send a tribute card from YINR in memory of Herbert Bolshon, please click here.

 

Tomchei Shabbos

Thank you to Cantor Uri and Judy Aqua for sponsoring this week's Tomchei Shabbos in honor of the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Talia, and Eli Litwin.

 

Welcome

We are delighted to welcome to our community Mickey and Doni Nyer who moved in on Old Orchard Road with their children, Ephie (5 years) and Abigail (2 years).

 

Announcements 

Thank you to Anne and Chaim Jaroslawicz for sponsoring the kiddush after the Hashkama Minyan in commemoration of the first Yahrzeit for Chaim's father, R' Eliyahu Shraga Feivel ben R' Menachem Mendel Z"l.

 

Thank you to the sponsors of last Shabbat's visit by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein: Liz and Martin Askowitz, Sylvia Burian, Karen and Michael David, Claudia and Marcos Douer, Laurie Bilger and Eli Epstein, Carol and Aaron Greenwald, Sharon and Lawrence Grunfeld, Aura and Dan Lurie, Aliza and Steven Major, Leon Meyers, Karen and Joseph Rafalowicz, and Baila and Stan Weiss. Thank you also to UJA-Federation of New York and its Tov B'Yachad initiative, which helped arrange and co-sponsored the visit. 

 

Welcoming New Members to YINR!  Women's League's Hospitality Committee plays an important role in helping to ensure that newcomers to our community feel welcome and have a smooth transition.  Please email hospitality@yinr.org if you:

 

* need a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal

* would like to host new members for a shabbos meal

* have any ideas as to how we can better serve guests and new

  members

* know of new families who are moving to the neighborhood
* would like to host prospective families who are visiting the

  neighborhood

 

The Hospitality Committee

Noelle Albanese-Levin, Cheryl Malina, Michal Paley, Randi Shane, Amy Weisberger, and  Shira Wurzburger

 

NewRoShul Mailing List.  The NewRoShul Yahoo Group is a new mailing list serving Jewish families in the New Rochelle vicinity.  Topics of discussion involve childcare, service providers (electricians, gardeners, plumbers, doctors, etc.), items for sale/to give away, and much more.  Men and women welcome.  Please click here to join.

 

Events

Ruach Program.  Please join Ruach on Wednesday, May 29th for  a viewing of the highly acclaimed film, "The Other Son".  Following the movie a discussion will be moderated by Nancy Siegel.  Lunch is at 12:30pm, program begins at 1:15pm.  Introduction to Bridge is at 3:00pm.  This week's Ruach Program was sponsored by Dr. Karen and Rabbi Sheldon Schwartz in memory of Karen's parents, Drs. Morris and Ruth Weingarten.

 

Please join us for a special tour of the Cloisters Museum on Wednesday, June 26th led by our own Esther Goldman.  The cost is $63 which includes tour and transportation.  Following the tour we will have lunch at The Corner Café in Riverdale.  Space is limited.  Please be sure to RSVP for all Ruach programs to Vera Koppel

 

Ruach is looking for sponsors so that we can continue offering the caliber of programming that so many of our members look forward to each week.  If you would like to sponsor Ruach in honor or in memory of someone, please contact Vera Koppel.  

  

Chai Lifeline Shabbaton.  YINR has the special privilege of hosting a Shabbaton for the boys of Chai Lifeline on May 31-June 1.  We are planning a meaningful and inspirational Shabbat, including a community dinner on Friday night and shul-wide seudah shlishit on Shabbat afternoon.  There are several ways you can participate in this wonderful Shabbat and help make it a success.  

  • Attend Friday night dinner: the cost of dinner is $40/adult
    and $25 per child under 18. 
  • Sponsorships are available at several levels: $500
    sponsorships include Friday night dinner for an entire
    family.  $360 sponsorships include two dinner
    reservations.  $180 sponsorships include one dinner
    reservation.  Numerous special opportunities are available
    to sponsor programming throughout the Shabbaton.
  • To participate at one of these sponsorship levels or to register for dinner, please click here
  • Hosts are needed for our guests.  If you are able to host our
    guests in your home, please contact Amy Eagle.  
  • If you are interested in one of the special sponsorship opportunities, please contact Blimi BergerShifra Garber, Richie Katz or Leon Zemel

 

Graduation Kiddush.  Shabbat, June 8th, will be our annual Graduation Kiddush.  Please join us as we celebrate the hard work and achievements of our graduates at both the Hashkama and Main Minyanim.  We ask that each family contribute $50, and are seeking sponsors at the $180, $250 and $360 levels to help cover the cost of the Kiddush.  All sponsors will be acknowledged.  Please email the shul office if you are interested in sponsoring or to confirm your $50 pledge. 

 

Women's League

Women's League Annual Dinner.  Please join us at the Women's League Annual Dinner honoring Shira Hammerman, on Tuesday, June 4th, at 7:30pm. The evening will include entertainment from Julie Gerstenblatt, comedian and culture blogger.  Couvert: $65. Please make a payment by noting WL Dinner in the "other donation" section of the YINR website payment page, https://www.yinr.org/donations.php or drop off/send checks made out to YINR Women's League to Carrie Rose, 43 Stratford Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804.  We look forward to a beautiful evening!  

 

Youth

Both Teen Minyanim will take place this week.  In addition to the 8:45am Group Leader Teen Minyan, the 9:30am Teen Minyan will continue from now until the end of the academic year with the exclusion of a few heavily programmed Shabbatot. We encourage boys and girls as young as 5th grade to attend the minyan. We ask parents to encourage their children to participate in davening and leining, and arrive in a timely manner to support this minyan.

 

Teen Boys needed for Chai Lifeline Shabbaton - May 31st-June 1st.  We are seeking male volunteers who are 9th grade - college age who will be committed to making the Chai Lifeline Shabbaton THE SOCIAL SCENE for boys that Shabbat. By doing so, we will truly give the Chai Lifeline boys respite from their daily struggles and the ability to just enjoy a "normal," "care-free" Shabbat. To sign up to volunteer, please click HERE.

  

Battle of the Groups Chanukah Chagigah Prize.  The prize for the 5th/6th grade team who won the Battle of the Groups competition at our annual Chanukah Chagigah will be a Limo/Sportime USA trip on Sunday, May 26th from 10:30am - 2:00pm.  Drop off and pick up at YINR.  Cost is $25 per child. Please RSVP by Thursday, May 23rd by clicking HERE.

 

Want to be a youth leader next year? Click HERE to apply! Application deadline is July 1st.

 

Participate in Teen Minyan!  Would you or your child like to lead davening or lein in Teen Minyan?  Please take the time to fill out this form and one of our gabbaim will reach out to you or your child to coordinate! 

 

Community Events

Kid's Kloset is looking for donations of gently used children's clothing to be distributed to the Jewish Family Service. Clothing can be dropped off at Beth El Synagogue during the day with the custodian or call 914-831-7616 or Ruth Krasner for more information.