ECHODECHOD - ShulCloud · 2014. 4. 24. · Limited to 25 people. Reserve at lss.org ook lub Meeting: “The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait

Shaul Robinson Rabbi

Sherwood Goffin

Senior Cantor

Yanky Lemmer Cantor

Lloyd Epstein

President

Ben Keil Executive Director

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ECHODECHOD

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Lincoln Square Synagogue • 180 Amsterdam Ave. at 68th Street New York, NY 10023 • 212-874-6100 • lss.org

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Thank You To Our Kiddush SponsorsThank You To Our Kiddush Sponsors Hashkama KiddushHashkama Kiddush Sponsored by Bob and Elissa Burnat in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of Bob's mother, Esther Gittel Bas Shlomo a"h; and by an anonymous sponsor.

Main KiddushMain Kiddush Sponsored by Hans Seidemann and Marion Rettek in commemora-tion of the yahrtzeits of Hans's father, Kurt Seidemann, z"l, and Marion's father, Benno Stern, z"l. Co-Sponsored by Jerry Kahn in commemoration of the yahrtzeit of his father, Abraham Kahn, z"l.

Beginners Minyan KiddushBeginners Minyan Kiddush Sponsored anonymously in loving memory of Shmuel Shoshani z”l, and in honor of Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald.

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The Molad for Rosh Chodesh Iyar will be on Tuesday at 38 minutes and 10 chalakim after 4 PM. Rosh Chodesh Iyar will be on Wednesday and Thursday.

6:21pm: Earliest Candle Lighting 6:45pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen

Main Sanctuary led by Chazzan Lemmer. 7:28pm: Candle Lighting 7:30pm: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat in the Belfer Beit Midrash

7:45am: Hashkama Minyan in the Belfer Beit Midrash followed by Kiddush and shiur with Rabbi Moshe Sokolow

9:00am: Services in the Nathaniel Richman Cohen Main Sanctuary led by Chazzan Lemmer. Post-Musaf drasha by Rabbi Ben Elton: “Paradigms for a Holy Life”

9:15am: Beginners Service led by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald in room LL201 (Lower Level)

9:26am: Latest Shema 9:45am: Rabbi Herschel Cohen Memorial Minyan in the Belfer Beit

Midrash. Drasha by Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld.

4:00pm: Bikur Cholim Meet in front of LSS. New volunteers are needed.

5:45pm: Beginners Mishna Chavura with Moshe Sheinwexler in the Belfer Beit Midrash

6:15pm: Bible Class with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald in room 211

6:15pm: Louis Lazar Memorial Pre-Mincha Shiur by Ms. Ilana Gadish: “Not-so-Sweet Revenge: Conflicting Jewish Perspectives on Grudges and Vengeance.”

7:15pm: Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit

Seudah Shlishit talk by Dr. Charles Asher Small, Director of ISGAP, the Institute for the Global Study of Anti-Semitism & Poverty on “The Threat of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and the Silence of the Jewish Community.”

8:30pm: Ma'ariv/Shabbat Ends

Mazal Tov to our Members Mazal Tov to Dasha Rittenberg on the Bar Mitzvah of

her great-grandson in Israel, Yaakov Yehudah, son of Benjamin and Tami Rittenberg, Grandson of Moshe and Anita Rittenberg. Mazal Tov to the entire Rittenberg and Werdyger families.

Weekday Prayer Schedule Weekday Prayer Schedule Sunday, April 27Sunday, April 27-- Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Mincha/Ma’ariv: Sun-Thurs at 7:35pm

Monday Daf Yomi: 6:15am Shacharit: 7:00am Shacharit: 7:50am

Tues & Fri Daf Yomi: 6:20am Shacharit: 7:10am Shacharit: 7:50am

Sunday Shacharit: 7:10am Daf Yomi: 7:45am Shacharit: 8:30am

Wed &Thurs (RC Iyyar) Daf Yomi: 6:15am Shacharit: 7:00am Shacharit: 7:40am

Yom HaShoah ProgramsYom HaShoah ProgramsYom HaShoah Programs Sunday, April 27th Sunday, April 27th Sunday, April 27th ––– Monday, April 28th Monday, April 28th Monday, April 28th

Sunday - Guided conversation on memory & loss with Emily Kuriloff Psy.D. and Michelle Friedman M.D.,

Monday- Film Screening: Here I learned to Love. Introductory remarks by Mayor Bill de Blasio followed by E-I Molei and Holocaust song by Chazzan Lemmer.

LSS will once again be taking part in the UWS community wide Reading of the names. LSS will be reading at 5am.

See page 2 for full event descriptions

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER - JUNE 1, 2014

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In case of a bereavement, please call our Clergy at 646-

543-7485 (day or night)

LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE OFFICERS Lloyd Epstein, President ([email protected])

Michael Doppelt, Alan Samuels, Shirley Stark, Vice Presidents Ian Silver, Treasurer Josh Neuman, Controller Ari Klapholz, Financial Secretary

Debra Verstandig, Executive Secretary Jay Ziffer, Corresponding Secretary Morey Wildes, Recording Secretary

You may contact our officers by emailing [email protected]

Featured Upcoming EventsFeatured Upcoming Events——lss.org/eventslss.org/events

Remembering and Not Remembering the Shoah; A Conversation for Yom HaShoah Sunday, April 27th • 8:15pm How do we deal with memory, especially painful memory? As Jews we have constant conversation with the past, which commemo-rates tragedy, and builds community. Emily Kuriloff Psy.D., author of a recent book on the impact of the Shoah on psychoanalysis, and LSS congregant Michelle Friedman M.D., director of Pastoral Counseling at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, will lead a conversation to find a space between tragedy and memory.

Yom HaShoah Reading of the Names Sunday, April 27th through Monday, April 28th Lincoln Square Synagogue will once again be taking part in the UWS Community annual Reading of the Names. This is an annual community wide event, where names of those who were murdered in the Shoah are read throughout the night and day of Yom HaShoah. The reading will take place at Ansche Chesed (251 W. 100th Street btwn West End and Broadway). The reading will begin on Sunday, April 27th from 10:00pm until Monday, April 28th at 8:00am. Members of Lincoln Square Synagogue will be reading at 5:00am. If you would like to volunteer to read names at that time, please email [email protected].

Film Screening for Yom HaShoah: Here I Learned to Love Monday, April 28th Remarks from Mayor Bill de Blasio at 7:45pm followed by E-l Molei and Holocaust Song by

Chazzan Yanky Lemmer Film Screening at 8:15pm Two brothers, three mothers...a story left mostly hidden for nearly six decades. The documentary follows Avner and Itzik, men now in their '70s living in Israel, as they retrace their childhood journey through the nightmare landscape of Eastern Europe during World War II. Searching through memory and emotion for the true story of their survival, the brothers are finally able to connect to their past and the women who cared for them. Free, but limited seating. Register online at lss.org/film

Scholars in Residence: Yoezet Halakah, Lisa Septimus & Rabbi Jeremy Stern, Executive Director of ORA. Shabbat, May 3rd Post- Musaf drasha by Yoetzet Halakah, Lisa Septimus. Pre-Mincha Shiur and Seudah Shlishit by Rabbi Jeremy Stern, Executive Director for the Resolution of Aunot (ORA). ORA is the only nonprofit organization addressing the agunah crisis on a case-by-case basis worldwide.

Guided Museum Tour at the Neue Galerie (Fifth Ave. & 86th St.) Sunday, May 18th 10:15am. The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer and Viennese Jewish Culture. $30. Limited to 25 people. Reserve at lss.org

Book Club Meeting: “The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Blochbaur” by Anne-Marie O’Connor. Sunday, May 18th 7:30pm Steven Spira will lead the discussion as he has done so many times and so wonderfully since the very beginning of the LSS Book Club. In the last few years, Steven has focused on books which intersect art and the Shoah, as this one does.

Annual Dinner – SAVE THE DATE Sunday, June 1, 2014 The Annual Dinner will take place in the shul and we will be honoring Richard Kestenbaum, Guest of honor; Moshe Sukenik, Community Service Award; Jenna Statfeld Harris & Aaron Harris, Young Leadership Award. For more information, to learn more about the honorees, to sign up, to place an ad in virtual journal or join the dinner committee please visit www.lss.org/dinner. Or email the Dinner Chairs, Robyn and Alan Samuels at [email protected].

Youth Announcements Youth Announcements –– lss.org/youthlss.org/youth

Isabelle Kish’s Heart-for-Art Bat Mitzvah Chesed Project

Sunday, April 27th. 10am-11am for boys and girls First Grade and up. Free. Design and Decorate cards for delivery to those in need of a smile. Bring your own art supplies.

**The Faith Discussion Group resumes on Tuesday April 29, 7pm-8pm. We will be reading God, Man and History by Rabbi Dr Eliezer Berkovits. Please email Rabbi Elton at [email protected] to register and receive the weekly readings. As before, this is a chance to have a free and open conversation about matters many of us find chal-lenging and difficult but central to our lives. This series will be host-ed by members, beginning (with thanks) at the home of Mrs Shirley Wald, 303 W. 66th Street, Apt. 14BE.

Weekly Learning Opportunities Weekly Learning Opportunities –– lss.org/classeslss.org/classes

Beginners AnnouncementsBeginners Announcements

The next session of the Jewish Living Workshop led by Dassa and Bill Greenbaum will meet this Tuesday, April 29th, 7pm-8pm (Please note new time). The Jewish Living Workshop, a 10 session series, is a "hands-on" experience, we learn by doing. The workshop is free; register at [email protected] or www.lss.org. Topic: Kosher-Like to keep it, but what do I do when I go to non-Kosher relatives/friends?

The next Beginners Luncheon will be NEXT Shabbat, May 3rd, 2014. The cost is still only $20. Please make your reservations by THIS Thursday, May 1st. You can register online at www.beginners.lss.org or call 212-874-6100.

Save the date! Monday, May 5th, 8:15-9:30PM, there will be a Beginners Schmooze. No charge, complimentary refreshments. Please call 212-874-6100 to confirm.

Save the date! Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald will be teaching a free Crash Course in Basic Judaism at East Hill Synagogue in Englewood, NJ at 255 Walnut Street, for 3 consecutive Thursday nights, starting on May 15th at 7:00pm. To register, please visit www.njop.org/get-involved/events/crashcourse or call 646-871-4444.

Save the date! Tuesday night, June 3rd, 11:30pm-7:00am – All Night Shavuot Learn-A-Thon. Details to follow.

NORPAC One day MissionNORPAC One day Mission

Join with over 1000 participants on the NORPAC one day mission to Washington on April 30th. The bus will leave from in front of LSS. Three Kosher meals will be provided. Register at www.NORPAC.net.

Contact Dan Feder [email protected] for more info.

Youth Groups Shabbat Schedule Youth Breakfast at 9:30

PrePrePre---K: K: K: 10:00 am — Room 206

K and 1K and 1stst grade: grade: 10:00 am — Room 207

2nd- 4th Grade (girls) : 10:00 am — Room 217

2nd- 4th Grade (boys) : 10:00 am — Room 208

Tween Minyan: 10:00am– Ballroom

SUNDAY Midrash on the Upcoming Parsha

Rabbi Ben Elton • 9:15am TUESDAY

Parsha Class w/ Rabbi Shaul Robinson • 10:30 am Faith Discussion Group w/ Rabbi Ben Elton • 7:40pm

**See Box Below for details

Tuesday Beit Midrash Night

8:15-9:15pm • Chavurot led by LSS members Tanach Survey: The Books of Samuel and Kings.

Led by Marcy Zwecker and Robyn Mitchnick.

The First Book of Samuel: Politics and Kingship. Led by Ron Platzer.

The Subversive Religious Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. Led by Sara Brzowsky.

Jewish Living Workshop (7-8pm) See beginners announcements Led by Dassa & Bill Greenbaum. Email [email protected]

WEDNESDAY Talmudic Methodology w/ Rabbi Dennis Weiss • 7:30pm Wednesday Beit Midrash Night

8:15-9:15pm • Chavurot led by LSS members Yiddish Writings of the Rav. (7pm)

Led by Moshe Sheinwexler.

Your People Shall be My People—Now What? Led by Rabbi Shaul Robinson

THURSDAY Jacob Adler Parsha Class

Rabbi Shaul Robinson • 7:30pm

A Message from the Hospitality Committee

Thanks and Yasher Koach to Harriet Frank for her unflagging efforts in successfully placing every member (and many non-members) who re-quested hospitality during Pesach, for the sedorim and other yom tov meals. And heartfelt thanks, as well, to all the generous hosts who provid-ed this gracious hospitality. We would like to expand this project to con-tinue throughout the year--- and welcome new volunteer hosts, sched-ulers and shul members. Help us fill a spare spot at your Shabbat table: Email [email protected].

Math Circle will continue to meet on Monday nights from 6-8pm in room 208. Open to children in 4th grade and up. Contact [email protected]

D’var Echod B’lev Echod Insights into the weekly Parsha and other matters at the heart of the LSS community

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Zeh Klal Gadol baTorah

Rabbi Akiva stated that the greatest principle in the Torah is found in today’s Torah reading: “You should love your friend as your-self” (19:18). There are other commandments that could have been pointed to by Rabbi Akiva that might have also made the top choice: “You shall do that which is right and good in the eyes of God”, “Hear O Israel… the Lord is One”, or “…I have placed life and death before you…and you shall choose life.” Why did he choose the one he did?

Let me suggest a reason that is reflected in human nature. Our Sages teach that the human being enters this world with the yetzer ha-rah, the evil inclination, in place. He doesn’t acquire the yetzer ha-tov, the inclination to do good until he reaches the age of majority (12 for a girl, 13 for a boy). We can observe this readily in babies and young children who generally are very self-centered and think pri-marily of themselves: grabbing a toy from another, whining when they don’t get what they want immediately, and generally exhibiting selfishness. “I want, what I want, when I want it.” The novel “Lord of the Flies” demonstrated how boys who try to govern themselves exhibit the human trait of choosing individual welfare over the common good.

The Torah is the antidote to the yetzer ha-rah. As we mature, we find that most sins are based on satisfying our own needs and desires. Stealing, murder, lust, eating forbidden foods, etc. all have the common characteristic of satisfying our yetzer ha-rah, exhibited in narcis-sism and selfishness. Once we begin to break away from this self-indulgence, we are on the road that the Torah prescribes.

The verse reads “V’ahavta L’raiachah kamochah.” The Lamed, or “L” seems unnecessary. Why the love of yourself extending to your friend? The Torah understands human nature. The first step is not giving and loving totally – rather, it is the little boy giving his friend a lick of his lollipop. “L’raiachah,” means taking small first steps.

Rabbi Akiva understood this, and that is why he called this commandment klal gadol baTorah,” the Great Principle in the Torah.

We are now in the “sefirah” period when we count the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. We are told that Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students died of the plague because although they were learned and observed the mitzvot, they did not treat each other with respect (Yevamot 62b). Once again, here is the negative trait of egoism taking over. In each of the 12,000 chavrutot (pairs), the individual de-manded their position was correct when there was a disagreement in their discussions, and did not honor the other point of view. This led to the tragedy of the whole contingent being wiped out and the world was bereft of Torah. How was it possible that the great Rabbi Akiva, who called the principle of loving your friend the klal gadol, could have his students totally disregard this principle? The answer may be that Rabbi Akiva reached this conclusion after the tragedy.

Finally, we understand why this is the Golden Rule. If you pay attention to today’s Torah reading, you will see it repeated a second time, sixteen verses later, with only the middle word changed.

In discussing how we are to treat the Ger, the stranger, we are told: “V’Ahavata oto kamocha” (19:34), you should love him as yourself. The stranger is not called a “raya,” a friend, but is referred to simply as “him.” The Torah understands that the the stranger may not necessarily be your friend. They may speak with an accent, with culinary tastes different than yours, or may be wearing a shtreimel, kip-pa serugah, or be bare-headed. Nevertheless we are adjured to love him as yourself, to reach out. It matters not whether the individual is a friend or stranger. Rabbi Akiva’s great principle thus remains the basis of all Torah.

If we can remember this lesson during these 49 days of counting, a period that through much of Jewish history has been a time of trage-dy, if ahavat chinam (causeless love) can replace sinat chinam (causeless hatred), then the end of days with the coming of the Messiah may soon be here.

Shabbat Shalom

The Lea Segre Tomchei Shabbos Fund discreetly distributes thousands of dollars to our own community members to defray the costs of Shabbat and Yom Tov meals and clothing. Help yourself and your neighbors by sending your contributions, earmarked for LSTSF to the LSS office. If you are aware of any LSS community member (including yourself) who could ben-efit from a Shabbat meal, please let us know by contacting the LSS office or by confidential email to [email protected].