Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 September 14 - 21, 2018 5 - 12 Tishrei, 5778 www.thebayit.org 718-796-4730 Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Anat Sharbat, Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x106 Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x219 Dan Margulies, Assistant Rabbi: [email protected]/ x270 Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x107 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x102 Richard Langer, Executive Director: [email protected]/ x104 Eitan Cooper, Co-Youth Director: [email protected]/ Phone TBA Emily Hausman, Co-Youth Director: [email protected]/ Phone TBA 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: On terrace Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by Barie-Lynne & Ezra Rosensaft in honor of AZ’s Bar Mitzvah. This Shabbat: Vayeilech Shabbat Shuva Candle Lighting: 6:49pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:59pm Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:43am Learning Service: Resumes in fall Listening Room: Not meeting Parsha Shiur: 5:25pm Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:10pm Shabbat Shuva Drasha: 6:40pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:50pm Next Shabbat: Parshat Ha’azinu Candle Lighting: 6:37pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:47pm Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 6:20pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:38pm The schedule of weekday and holiday tefillot is available on page 5. Mazal Tov To: Barie-Lynne & Ezra Rosensaft on the bar mitzvah of their son, AZ (Aron Zalman). Mazal Tov as well to honored grandparents Tzivia & Michael Rosensaft, and Ruth Dolby, and to sisters: Malkey, Surie, Rifky and Claire. Welcome to cousins and extended family from near and far. Samuel Huaray Scheinbach on his Bar Mitzvah and to his parents, Lan & Adam, grandparents, Ellen & Saul, and little brother, Nathaniel. Adela & Benjy Bloch on the birth of a baby girl, Grace Rose (Chana Yael). This Shabbat @ The Bayit Kiddush will be on the terrace. Please park strollers in the driveway. During Torah Reading: A short dvar Torah by Rabbinic Intern Gloria Nusbacher. 6:40pm: Rav Steven’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha. Childcare will be provided. High Holidays 2018/5779 Please join us as we gather together for Prayer, Study, Chesed Projects and Celebrations. Kol Nidre Appeal: Thank you to the over 100 families who have already made a pledge. We are more than two-thirds of the way to our goal of raising $150,000 for this year’s Kol Nidre Appeal. We need your support to reach our target. Visit www.thebayit.org/kolnidre, email or call the office to make your pledge. Full list of High Holiday services at www.thebayit.org/holidays. Shana tova from all of us at the Bayit! Sukkot at the Bayit Lulav and Etrog: Bnei Akiva and the Bayit are once again partnering to make the purchase of quality Lulav/Etrog sets convenient and affordable. Sale times in the Main Lobby are as follows: Wednesday night, September 19th: 9:30-11:00pm Thursday, September 20th: 7:15-9:30am and 6:45-8:30pm Friday, September 21st: 7:15-9:30am Sunday, September 23rd: 9:00-11:00am Eating in the Sukkah: There will be two Sukkot at the Bayit, on the terrace and in the driveway. Those who do not have a Sukkah of their own are welcome to bring food and eat at the Bayit. Outside food may not be brought to the main Sukkah on the terrace during any Bayit function, while the driveway Sukkah will be available for guests at all times. Simchat Beit Hashoevah: Wed. September 26th. www.thebayit.org/beithashoeva. Hoshana Rabba Live: Sunday, September 30th at 8:30am. Aliyot for the Homebound: Please contact Rabba Anat ([email protected]) if you know of someone who is homebound so that we can arrange for a Torah to be brought to their homes so they can receive an Aliyah on Simchat Torah. For more info about Sukkot at the Bayit, visit www.thebayit.org/sukkot. Communal Sukkot Meal: Monday, September 24 at 7:30pm Come join your friends at the annual communal dinner in our Sukkah! Enjoy eating tasty food with family and friends. Registration required. Register online at www.thebayit.org/sukkot. Rally at British Consulate (845 Third Ave. at 52nd St.): This Monday, 9/17, 5pm British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric and behavior. And, worst of all -- HE could be England's next prime minister. JOIN OUR SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST RESPONSE TO JEREMY CORBYN & THOSE LIKE HIM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 5 PM THE DAY BEFORE EREV YOM KIPPUR RALLY @ THE BRITISH CONSULATE: 845 Third Ave @ 52nd Street, Manhattan DEMAND JEREMY CORBYN 'DO TESHUVA' Contact Shuli in the shul office for more info.
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Hebrew Inst i tute of Riverdale
Bayit BULLETIN 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463
Mazal Tov To: Barie-Lynne & Ezra Rosensaft on the bar mitzvah of their son, AZ (Aron
Zalman). Mazal Tov as well to honored grandparents Tzivia & Michael Rosensaft, and Ruth
Dolby, and to sisters: Malkey, Surie, Rifky and Claire. Welcome to cousins and extended
family from near and far.
Samuel Huaray Scheinbach on his Bar Mitzvah and to his parents, Lan & Adam, grandparents,
Ellen & Saul, and little brother, Nathaniel.
Adela & Benjy Bloch on the birth of a baby girl, Grace Rose (Chana Yael).
This Shabbat @ The Bayit
Kiddush will be on the terrace. Please park strollers in the driveway.
During Torah Reading: A short dvar Torah by Rabbinic Intern Gloria Nusbacher.
6:40pm: Rav Steven’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha. Childcare will be provided.
High Holidays 2018/5779 Please join us as we gather together for Prayer,
Study, Chesed Projects and Celebrations.
Kol Nidre Appeal: Thank you to the over 100 families who have
already made a pledge. We are more than two-thirds of the way to our
goal of raising $150,000 for this year’s Kol Nidre Appeal. We need your support to reach
our target. Visit www.thebayit.org/kolnidre, email or call the office to make your pledge.
Full list of High Holiday services at www.thebayit.org/holidays.
Shana tova from
all of us at the Bayit!
Sukkot at the Bayit Lulav and Etrog: Bnei Akiva and the Bayit are once again partnering to
make the purchase of quality Lulav/Etrog sets convenient and affordable.
Sale times in the Main Lobby are as follows:
Wednesday night, September 19th: 9:30-11:00pm
Thursday, September 20th: 7:15-9:30am and 6:45-8:30pm
Friday, September 21st: 7:15-9:30am
Sunday, September 23rd: 9:00-11:00am
Eating in the Sukkah: There will be two Sukkot at the Bayit, on the terrace and in the
driveway. Those who do not have a Sukkah of their own are welcome to bring food and
eat at the Bayit. Outside food may not be brought to the main Sukkah on the terrace
during any Bayit function, while the driveway Sukkah will be available for guests at all times.
Simchat Beit Hashoevah: Wed. September 26th. www.thebayit.org/beithashoeva.
Hoshana Rabba Live: Sunday, September 30th at 8:30am.
Aliyot for the Homebound: Please contact Rabba Anat ([email protected]) if
you know of someone who is homebound so that we can arrange for a Torah to be brought
to their homes so they can receive an Aliyah on Simchat Torah.
For more info about Sukkot at the Bayit, visit www.thebayit.org/sukkot.
Communal Sukkot Meal: Monday, September 24 at 7:30pm
Come join your friends at the annual communal dinner in our Sukkah!
Enjoy eating tasty food with family and friends. Registration required.
Register online at www.thebayit.org/sukkot.
Rally at British Consulate (845 Third Ave. at 52nd St.): This Monday, 9/17, 5pm British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric and behavior.
And, worst of all -- HE could be England's next prime minister.
JOIN OUR SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST RESPONSE TO JEREMY CORBYN & THOSE LIKE HIM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 5 PM THE DAY BEFORE EREV YOM KIPPUR
RALLY @ THE BRITISH CONSULATE: 845 Third Ave @ 52nd Street, Manhattan DEMAND JEREMY CORBYN 'DO TESHUVA'
Thursday - 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study (Lobby) *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. Class schedule may be different throughout September due to the holiday season. Contact Sara for updated class dates.
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]
Welcome to our new Co-Youth Directors Eitan Cooper and Emily Hausman! We’re delighted to introduce our new co-youth directors for the coming year, Eitan Cooper and Emily Hausman. Eitan and Emily will be sharing the leadership responsibilities of our Youth Department. On Shabbat mornings, Emily’s focus will be younger children, Tots through Kindergarten, and Eitan will be focusing on elementary school grades. Eitan and Emily will be collaborating on envisioning and executing the many other youth and family events throughout the year which encompass all age groups.
Emily Hausman is currently the director of early childhood education at the Riverdale Y. Emily and her husband, Rabbi Joseph Robinson, are the parents of Ruthie, Liam, and Ben-Ami. Emily can be reached at [email protected].
Eitan Cooper is a fourth year student at YCT. Eitan and his wife Dita, are the parents of Noam. Eitan can be reached at [email protected].
They are both Bayit community members and dynamic educators who believe in our mission of creating a safe, educational, inspiring and fun environment for our children. We are excited for a wonderful year!
THIS SHABBAT: There will be childcare during Rav Steven’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha.
HIGH HOLIDAY CHILDCARE: Still accepting late reservations for High Holiday Childcare. $20 late charge per family. Children ages 3 through 9. All ages will have outside games and story time. www.thebayit.org/childcare.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BAYIT YOUTH LEADER THIS YEAR? The Youth Department wants YOU! Join your friends and become a part of our team of teen leaders. Welcoming applicants now. Teens in 8th grade and above who are interested in becoming group leaders this year should reach out to Eitan Cooper at [email protected].
GROUPS SCHEDULE: We are beginning a new year of groups this Shabbat. 9:40-11:40am. Locations: Nursery: Room 3-4 Pre K/ Kindergarten: Rooms 3-5/3-6 1st/2nd grade: Room 3-3 3rd-6th: Room 3-1. TOT SHABBAT: meets at 10:30am.
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2018-2019: 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 – spon-sor all snacks + birthday party. $36 - Tot Shabbat. $36 - Nursery-K. $36 - Grades 1-6.
TEEN TEFILLAH RETURNS! Next Shabbat, Parashat Ha’azinu, Sept. 22nd, our weekly Teen Tefillah returns! 9:15-11:15am in Room 3-7. Facilitated by Rabbi Joseph Robinson, all 7th-12th graders are welcome. Cholent Kiddush to follow. Contact Rabbi Joseph ([email protected]) to read Torah, lead tefillah, recite Mi Sheberakhs or share a dvar Torah.
Temple Israel Center Guest Speaker Ronen Bergman
(Co-Sponsored by the Bayit)
Thursday, October 8th at 5pm
At Temple Israel Center,
280 Old Mamaroneck Rd, White Plains, NY 10605
Ronen Bergman is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading
writers on intelligence, national security, terrorism and nuclear affairs.
Hundreds of investigative articles and cover stories that have appeared
under his byline have made an international impact. Bergman is “arguably
Israel’s best investigative journalist,” and “…the foremost expert on the
Mossad.” He is the Senior Correspondent for Military and
Intelligence Affairs for Israel’s largest circulated daily
newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, and a Contributing Writer
for The New York Times. He has also published in
Haaretz, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs,
Newsweek, Der Spiegel and other major media outlets.
Most recently, Bergman released his second book, Rise
and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations.
Bayit Playground Update
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our new Bayit
Playground. We are scheduled to begin construction after the
holidays. Special thanks to Bob Santoriello and Phil Levin for
the countless hours they have devoted to the design, bidding
and permitting process.
Contribute at www.thebayit.org/playground.
Jspace at the Bayit
This week at Jspace: This week we'll be learning about the holiday of Yom
Kippur and the Story of Jonah. Mazal tov to Sam and
his family on his Bar Mitzvah!
Jspace is a Sunday morning family education program at the Bayit. Our
mission is to create a community for kids and adults with a wide range of
backgrounds to explore their Jewish identity. To learn more about Jspace,
contact Yael Smooha at [email protected]. Check out all the footage on
Please check the expiration date before bringing food.
THE BAYIT BULLETIN
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.
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.
Start the school year off right, one breath at a time Learn breathing techniques, movements, and “body hacks” to help ease
the small anxious moments of the start of school that can turn into big
stresses. Learn how to connect with your emotions, listen to the
messages in your brain and body, and breathe your way into an easeful
Farewell Seudah Shlishit for Ilana & Rav Dan Margulies! Gillian Steinberg & Mark Davis, Gedaliah Edjelman, Shira Billet & Rav
Steven Exler, Rabba Anat Sharbat & Ariel Freidenberg, Bonnie & Isaac
Geld, Debbie & Jeffrey Gelfand, Roberta & Bernard Horowitz, Beth
Levine & Adam Jacobson, Justin Kravetz, Carole & Sy Oshinsky, Ken
Perry, Shani & David Schwartz, Ruthie & Joel Simon, Michelle Sinnreich
& Avi Snyder, Rachel & Aaron Stayman, Rhonda & William Stock, Livya
Tinestit & Eliezer Weiss.
SEFARIM FUND Thank you to this month’s donors:
Anna G. Gertsberg in memory of Mikhail Gertsberg.
The Lowenstein family in memory of Morah Irene Adler
and Tailor Bernie Adler.
Lisa Licht Hirsch & Danny Hirsch in memory of Trude
Kranzler. To make a donation, pick up a flyer in the lobby, call the office, or visit our website www.thebayit.org/sefarim.
Have an upcoming simcha? No more printing and scanning! Now you can rent a room through our online form! Visit www.thebayit.org/rental to learn more. Questions? please contact Richard at [email protected]. Only reservations that accompany a signed
contract and the required deposit will be maintained.
Breath, Body, Mind Workshop with Shira Gordon
Sunday, October 7th: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday, October 14th: 9:15am - 10:15am
Sunday, November 18th: 9:15am - 10:15am
A gentle, effective breathing practice to manage stress, anxiety
and depression and improve general health and well being.
Shira Gordon, RN, MS, MPH. Certified teacher of the BBM
technique as taught by Dr. Richard Brown and Dr. Pat Gerbarg.