Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Ari Hart, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x124 Anat Sharbat, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x106 Ramie Smith, Prog. Dir., Asst. Rabba: [email protected]/ x119 Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x107 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 Richard Langer, Executive Director: [email protected]/ x104 David Fain, Youth Director: [email protected]/ x240 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 Kiddush: Kiddush this week is sponsored by Tamar Cohen & Gary Holmgren in honor of Kobi’s Bar Mitzvah. Bayit BULLETIN 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 September 9 - 16, 2016 6 - 13 Elul, 5776 www.thebayit.org 718-796-4730 Mazal Tov To: Tamar Cohen & Gary Holmgren on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Kobi. Mazal tov to brother Noah and to grandparents Naomi & Ben Cohen and Diane & Lou Holmgren. Roberta & Bernie Horowitz on the birth of a granddaughter, Katherine Irene, and to the proud parents Andrea & Yudi Horowitz. Rachel Federman & Hillel Greene on the birth of a boy. To big brother Abe, grandparents Esther Federman and Karen & Rabbi Kenneth Greene. Harriet & Joseph Sassoon on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Tehila Sassoon. To parents Jenny & Robbie and siblings Noam, Hadassa and Nechemia. Mazal tov also to grandparents Agnes & Isaac Kerber. Shani & Yaakov Greenman on the birth of a girl. To grandparents Liz & Dov Mintz and Betty & Rabbi Arnold Greenman and to great-grandmother Rachel Kempe and great-grandfather Rabbi Paul Greenman. Condolences To: Roberta Kraus on the loss of her father, Wilhelm Kraus. Shiva will be observed until Thursday Shacharit, September 15th, at the Kraus residence, 1142 E. 5th St, Brooklyn NY 11230. Welcome New Members: Tali Schaum & Yechiel Broder This Shabbat: Parshat Shoftim Candle Lighting: 6:56pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Learning Service: Resumes 10/29 Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:42am Listening Room: 5:25pm Parsha Shiur: 5:55pm Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:40pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:57pm Next Shabbat: Parshat Ki Teitzei Candle Lighting: 6:44pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45pm Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:30pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:45pm Weekday Times Shacharit: Sun: 8:30am Mon/Thur: 6:40, 8:00am Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Mincha/Maariv: Sun - Thur: 6:50pm BAYIT CHESED DAY - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 9:00am-3:00pm: Give Blood, the Gift of Life: HIR's 9/11 Fifteenth 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 15th anniversary by donating blood. The New York Blood Center is a proud partner of the Magen David Adom so your donation is a double mitzvah. Donors must be healthy, aged 17-75 (16 with NYBC parental consent form) & have photo or signature ID. If you have a blood donor card please bring it with you. Walk-ins welcome! Appointments take precedence. Questions/reserve a time? Call Blood Drive Coordinator, Seryl Ritter at (718)549-8152 or email [email protected]. Volunteers Needed!! Please call or email Seryl to volunteer. 9:00am-2:00pm: Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry: 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]. 9:30am-12:30pm: HIR's Semi-Annual Clothing Drive: 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. 10:00am-12:00pm: NEW CHESED OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR: We will be making cards and decorating cupcakes for the local firefighters and police officers. Learn more at www.thebayit.org/chesed. This Shabbat @ The Bayit Guest Speaker Rav Yair Silverman. Shabbat Morning Drasha: "A Deed Knocks: The Line Between Belief and Action” Between Mincha Ma'ariv: "Just As the Faces Are Different So Are Their Opinions: Prioritizing the Jewish Ideal of Diversity” Motzei Shabbat: “If You Will It, It Is Not a Dream: Dreaming Big for Israel’s Jewish Identity” at 8:30pm at the home of Dr. Rachel Yehuda & Mitch Rothschild, 4515 Waldo Avenue, Bronx, NY. This Sat. Night - Women and Children's Clothing Swap | 8:30pm-10:00pm | SH In the Social Hall. Use driveway entrance. Donations and volunteers needed. All seasons. All sizes. Maternity, nursing and baby wearing items welcome. No toys, gear or furniture please. Stroller parking and nursing room available. Children must be supervised. All leftover items will contribute to the clothing drive on Sunday. Contact Kathy Goldstein ([email protected]) or visit www.thebayit.org/swap. Next Shabbat @ The Bayit Between Mincha Ma'ariv: “On Hearing and Transformation of Self in the Hebrew Bible” w/ Iyov Jindo. Upcoming Guest Speaker @ The Bayit SEPTEMBER 24TH: Guest Speaker Rav Brad Hirschfield. Shabbat Morning Drasha: "Turning God's Prayer Into Our Lived Lives”
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10:00am-12:00pm: NEW CHESED OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR: We will be making cards and decorating cupcakes for the local firefighters and police officers.
Learn more at www.thebayit.org/chesed.
This Shabbat @ The Bayit
Guest Speaker Rav Yair Silverman.
Shabbat Morning Drasha: "A Deed Knocks: The Line Between Belief and Action”
Between Mincha Ma'ariv: "Just As the Faces Are Different So Are Their Opinions: Prioritizing the Jewish Ideal of Diversity”
Motzei Shabbat: “If You Will It, It Is Not a Dream: Dreaming Big for Israel’s Jewish Identity” at 8:30pm
at the home of Dr. Rachel Yehuda & Mitch Rothschild, 4515 Waldo Avenue, Bronx, NY.
This Sat. Night - Women and Children's Clothing Swap | 8:30pm-10:00pm | SH
In the Social Hall. Use driveway entrance. Donations and volunteers needed. All seasons. All sizes. Maternity, nursing and baby wearing items welcome. No toys, gear or furniture please. Stroller parking and nursing room
available. Children must be supervised. All leftover items will contribute to the clothing drive on Sunday.
Contact Kathy Goldstein ([email protected]) or visit www.thebayit.org/swap.
Next Shabbat @ The Bayit
Between Mincha Ma'ariv: “On Hearing and Transformation of Self in the Hebrew Bible” w/ Iyov Jindo.
Upcoming Guest Speaker @ The Bayit
SEPTEMBER 24TH: Guest Speaker Rav Brad Hirschfield.
Shabbat Morning Drasha: "Turning God's Prayer Into Our Lived Lives”
*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.
Happenings @ the Bayit
Dedicated in Memory of Henry and Goldie Guttman
z"l Abraham & Sarah's Tent, Sponsored by Joe
Guttman (co-sponsors welcome): Join us this Shabbat for
our open communal dinner. To see which Shabbatot are
available for sponsorship and to choose your week, go to
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 If you've reserved your High Holiday seats at shul...now is the
time to register for High Holiday childcare! Sign up for a unique opportunity which provides a safe and welcoming setting for Bayit youth to enjoy davening, hear Shofar, and participate in
Jeopardy and outdoor games. Ages 3 and up.
Sign up online www.thebayit.org/childcare
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2016-2017
Snacks this Shabbat are sponsored by the Bayit.
To sponsor snacks for youth groups 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
Midrash & Muffins: Room 3-7: 9:10am - 9:30am - Ages 6+, Enjoy a muffin and learn this week’s parsha with David Fain
Groups: 3rd Floor Youth Wing 9:40am - 11:40am
LL BM: Tot Shabbat
Room 3-4: Nursery
Room 3-5: Pre-K
Room 3-6: Kindergarden
Room 3-1: Grades 3-6
Room 3-3: Grades 1-2
For assistance, please contact: David Fain, Youth Director
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.
New: Moss Cafe is now participating in the HIR Scrip program and is offering the Bayit a 10% rebate on the gift cards.
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 those with developmental and physical challenges.
If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership.
HIR Community Choir The H.I.R. Community Choir starts its 15th season with rehearsals
beginning Wed. Evening, Sept. 14th from 7:30 to 9:30pm in the
social hall. Current, past and potential new members are invited
to attend. The ability to read music is helpful but not necessary. Everyone
will receive a packet of music and a CD of their voice part. Chanukah
concerts are planned. For further information, contact music director
COMMUNITY WIDE EVENING OF INSPIRATION: Please join the Riverdale community for a Pre Rosh Hashana lecture
from two outstanding Torah educators. Rabbi Jay Schachter, Rosh Beit Midrash - Young Israel of Woodmere, and Mrs. Michal
Horowitz, noted educator and lecturer. Tuesday, 9/20/2016, The Room at Riverdale K Grill House, 5693 Riverdale Avenue.
Doors open at 7:15pm. Program will start promptly at 7:30pm. Light refreshments, no solicitations. With appreciation to K Grill
House for their continued generosity.
TEXTILE RECYCLING AT THE RIVERDALE Y FARMER’S MARKET: This year, the Riverdale Y is offering a booth at
the Farmer's Market where you can drop off shoes, clothing and linens in any condition to increase awareness of textile recycling.
The Sunday Market is open from 9:00am - 2:00pm at RKA- Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (MS/HS 141) (Independence Ave. & W
237th St.).
HEBREW CLUB: Tuesdays at 11:00am, Hebrew short stories and songs in Hebrew. Hebrew for Beginners-Wednesdays
at 11:00am, learn to read, write, and speak Hebrew. Agnon short stories -Thursdays at 11:00am, in English. All classes free at
Riverdale Y Senior Center. Teacher: Avigdor Gargy, 917-498-8013.
MA’AYANOT YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Annual Community Yom Iyun. Sunday, 9/25/2016 ‐ 22 Elul 5776.
9:30am ‐ 12:30pm. Men and women welcome. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shoshana Poupko, new Dean of Students at Ma'ayanot.
Topic: "Revisiting the Days of Awe as the Daze of Ah." The Keynote address is generously sponsored by the Staiman Family in
commemoration of the yahrzeit of Mr. Staiman's father, Shalom Tzvi ben Aharon, Sholom Staiman. Additional shiurim by
members of our distinguished faculty, include: Mrs. Rivka Kahan ‐ “Could Shaul Have Succeeded? Predestination and Human Potential
in Shaul's Life,” Mrs. Gabrielle Berger ‐ “The Strength of Impermanence: The Chanukah‐Sukkot Connection,” Rabbi Donny Besser ‐ “Why is Rosh Hashana a Yom Teshuva?,” Ms. Sarah Gordon ‐ “When Good Kings Go Bad: The Cautionary Tale of Shlomo HaMelekh,”
Mrs. Leah Herzog ‐ “What Does it Mean to Love G‐d? A Deeper Look at Shema,” Mrs. Chava Lerner ‐ “Where Hallel and Tachanun
Intersect: Insights into Avinu Malkeinu,” Rabbi Zev Prince ‐ “For the sin of a Confounded Heart: Al Chet She'Chatanu Lifanecha B'timhon
Leivav,” Mrs. Shifra Schapiro ‐ “Universal Themes in Tishrei Holidays.” For more information, please contact Pam Ennis at,