Shabbos Beshalach

          January 29th-January 30th /15 Shevat

 

 

FROM OUR RAV:

 

L'chvodchem hayikarim loy"t – Shalom rav uveracha merubah.

 

These weeks when we read the Torah portions that discuss the foundations of our beliefs such as Yitzias Mitzrayim and Matan Torah are dubbed the “shovavim” weeks. In keeping with the widespread minhag of using these weeks to review fundamentals, we will dedicate our Shovavim’ 70  shiurim to a review of the practices of taharas mishpocho.  Please join me in our review  - for men -  this Monday night at 9:20 in the shul.

 

Mazel tov to Leah & Phil Kazlow and family on the engagement of Chani to Natan Friedman, son of Dovid & Ellen Friedman of Israel. Yaaleh hazivug yafeh veyivnu bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael.

 

Mazel tov to Sharon & Dovid Schild and family on the upcoming marriage of Leah to Rafi Spero, son of Les & Linda Spero. Mazel tov to Mrs. Beckie Schild and to Laura & Jerry Stein. Yaaleh hazivug yafeh veyivnu bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael.

 

Peshi and I are very grateful to you for your heartfelt good wishes on the birth of our granddaughter Yehudis born to Avigail and Motti last Friday. May they have much nachas from her as they raise her letorah ulechupa ulemaasim tovim.

 

Peshi and I plan be”h to visit my parents in Florida this Shabbos and then celebrate with Sharon and Dovid on Sunday.  As always Rav Tanchum Cohen will available to you at 201- 560-3428 and Peshi and I will be available at 201-314-1654 for any timely issues.  May we share  besuros tovos as well!

 

We take pride in our young women, Atara Clark, Sara Feman, and Lottie Kestenbaum who will be honored at the annual JYEP Breakfast on Sunday, February 21^st at TABC at 9:30 am. They  reach out to JYEP students every Sunday under the guidance of Debby Rapps who heads the program.

 

High school tisch next Friday night at the Cohen home. Details to follow.

 

Save the date: Matza Baking on March 14 at 10 am.  More info to follow. 

 

SHABBOS SHIURIM:

 

Please join Rav Tanchum tonight for the Chumash Rashi shiur at his home, 56 Harriet Ave., Bergenfield at 8:15 pm.

 

The shiur following hashkomo will be given by Rabbi Aryeh Stechler.

 

The shiur following mincha will discuss: Shloshim Yom Kodem Hachag: Amalek in Beshalach and Purim

 

High school seuda shlishis is on recess and will resume next week.

 

WEEKDAY SHIURIM:

 

The Monday night Makos shiur will iy”h continue (13b) the sugya of the Torah’s punishments and consequences system.  Following ma’ariv we will have the shovavim ’70 hilchos nida refresher for men.

 

I am very grateful to Rabbi Avie Schreiber and to Seth Lebowitz who have undertaken to edit another Beth Abraham Torah Journal. The first was a great success in increasing the torah study amongst us and in enhancing our Yom Tov.  IY"H the second will do the same and more. Please participate. If you would like to submit an article for the Pesach journal, please contact either Seth Lebowitz at 201-385-8332, SethL41@yahoo.com or Avie Schreiber at 201-385-9096, AvieNavi@optonline.net. The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 22nd. Also, please contact them if you would like to help sponsor the journal.

 

FROM THE PRESIDENT:

 

On behalf of the board and membership we extend heartfelt mazel tov wishes to our Rav and Rebbetzin and to the entire Neuburger, Charlop and Schwerd families on the birth of Yehudis to Avigayil & Motti. Tegadluha letorah lechupa ulemaasim tovim.

 

SAVE THE DATE:  We are happy to announce that this year's Shul Dinner will take place on March 14, 2010 at The Royal Manor in Garfield, NJ.  Please note that the Royal Manor is less than 10 miles (and roughly a 15 minute ride) from Teaneck. This year, we have the privilege of honoring Nechie and Heshie Schulhof and presenting Betti & Ari Jacobson with the Max Sternbach Leadership Award.  If you would like to work on the Dinner, please contact Ora Kornbluth (at orakornb@aol.com or 201-384-8070). If you would like to work on the Journal, please contact Donny Tuchman (Dtuchman@cobblehill.org), or Roni Schwartz (Roni.Schwartz@selective.com). We look forward to seeing you all there.

 

Beth Abraham will be hosting a Yachad Shabbaton on Shabbos Parshas Terumah, February 19-20th. In past years, people who have participated in the various aspects of the Shabbaton have found the experience to be very rewarding for the entire family.  You can help in any of the following ways: (1) Hosting Yachad members and Advisors for Shabbos (sleeping) and/or Friday night dinner (preferably people who live within a ten-minute walk of the Shul); (2) Attending Shabbos lunch at Beth Abraham; and (3) Helping to sponsor part of the cost of the Shabbaton. If you have any questions or can help, please contact Debby Pfeiffer at (201) 387 0439 or debby.pfeiffer@gmail.com.

 

FROM ADULT ED:

 

Daf yomi on Shabbos (BB 162) after hashkama and one hour before mincha.

 

We are pleased to announce that we will be taking advantage of the weeks of "Shovavim" by hosting a two-part refresher course for men on various Taharas HaMishpacha topics.  The Shiurim will be given by Rav Neuburger on Monday nights February 1st and 8th, in each case, after the 9:05 Maariv. Although it is a two-part series, each shiur is intended to be understood independently.

 

NEW TWO PART SERIES FOR WOMEN: TORAH & SCIENCE. Study with Rav Tanchum Cohen various rabbinic texts and their relationship to contemporary science. Dates TBD. (1) Creation: Text and Scientific Theories, (2)Talmudic Science and Contemporary Halacha. GREAT way to prepare for those winter break trips to the Museum of Natural History !!

 

SAVE THE DATE: TorahWeb Leil Iyun  on Sunday, March 14 at Congregation Beth Aaron. 8:00 PM - Rav Mordechai Willig - You're Looking for WHAT!? Priorities and Expectations in Shidduchim. A shiur for both singles and their parents. 8:45 PM - Rav Michael Rosensweig - When Do I Ask the Rabbi? Which Rabbi?

 

FROM THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT:

 

There will be groups this Shabbos for Nursery through Second Grade.  The Third and Fourth Grade Groups will resume after winter vacation.

MSL this week will begin at 6:45 pm. This week's learning is sponsored by Larry and Julie Farkas in memory of Yitzchak ben Ephraim Fishal, Larry’s father, David and Margi Saks in memory of Eli Neustadter, David’s grandfather, and Bruce and Shani Tager in memory of Yosef Yehuda Ben Yitzchak, Bruce’s father. This week learning will be down in the social hall with Pizza served. To sponsor please contact Jon Kaplan at jpkaplan1@gmail.com.

There is no Sunday learning program for the next 2 Sundays. Rabbi Minchenberg will resume on February 7th.

 

The Mibreishit sheets are sponsored this month by Anonymous in honor of the fine work that the Mibreishit coordinators do every week, and by David & Aviva Markowitz in memory of Aviva’s grandfather, Harav Mordechai Yosef  ben Azriel Zelig.

 

FROM THE SISTERHOOD:

 

Save the Date: Make your own edible fruit bouquet with Elizabeth Kratz on February 21st at 8:30 pm in the social hall. Details to follow.

Day	Time	Location	Given by	Topic
Friday evening	8:00 pm	312 Briarcliffe Road	Rav Yaakov Neuburger	Chumash Rashi
Shabbos Daf Yomi	After Hashkama, 1 hour before Mincha	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rotating	Bava Basra
Shabbos Chabura	After Hashkama	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rabbi Tanchum Cohen	Hilchos Basar Vechalav
Shabbos afternoon	Btwn Mincha &  Maariv	Cong. Beth Abraham	Paul Koppel	Mishanyos Group for Boys
Sunday morning	After Vasikin Shacharis	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky	Hilchos Nidah
Nach Yomi	S-Th after 9:05 maariv, Fri after Maariv in shul and before Maariv in BM, 20 min. before Shabbos mincha	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rotating	Shmuel II
Weekday Daf Yomi	Sun:7:30am, Mon, Thu 5:30am Tues, Wed & Fri 5:40am	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rotating	Bava Basra
Sunday	After 7:10	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rav Zvi Sobolofsky	Hilchos Nidah
Sunday	7:00 – 8:00 pm	Yeshiva Gedolah	Avos U’Banim	Father/Son Learning
Sun-Thur, Shabbos	9:30 pm, 40 min. before Mincha	Cong. Rinat Yisrael	Rabbi Ezra Wiener	Amud Yomi (Pesachim)
Kollel Boker	6:20 am T, W, F	Cong. Bnai Yeshurun	Rav Zvi Sobolofsky	T, W-Gittin; F-Divrei Halacha/Parsha
Monday – Friday	6:00 am (5:50am on M/Th)	Cong. Beth Abraham		Amud Yomi (Yoma)
Monday	8:00 pm	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rav Neuburger	Gemara Makos
Tuesday	8:30 pm	Cong. Bnai Yeshurun	Rav Meir Goldwicht	Parshat Hashavua
Tuesday	9:15 pm (after 9:05 maariv)	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rotating speakers
Wednesday	8:30 pm	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rebbetzin Neuburger/Rav Neuburger/Guest Speakers	Various Topics
Thursday	8:15 pm	Cong. Beth Abraham	Rabbi Elozor Preil	Maseches Brachos
Thursday	9:20 pm	Cong. Beth Abraham	Dr. Barry Finkelstein	Hilchos Bishul B’Shabbos

 

COMMUNITY NEWS, CHESSED, EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

*If you, or someone you know, is traveling to Israel and are able to take a duffle with clothing for disadvantaged Jewish children please contact Tovah Reich (201) 385-5692 or Ora Kornbluth (201) 384-8070.  We will arrange for someone to meet you at the airport when your plane arrives!

 

* Bnai Yeshurun is starting a new 8:50 AM Shacharit  minyan Sunday- Friday.

 

*Sharsheret Purim cards (in lieu of Mishloach Manot.) come in packages of 12 for a contribution of $36. To purchase these cards online, please visit https://www.sharsheret.org//purimcards.php or call (866) 474-2774.

 

*Project SARAH which provides services to families in NJ that have experienced domestic violence,is setting up a home for a client. To show your support and help this client get off to a fresh start please purchase kitchen items from the Project SARAH registry at Bed Bath and Beyond. (PROJECT- first name, SARAH as the last name). Gifts can be delivered to Evy Stein from the store or dropped of at her home, 49 Regent St., Bergenfield.

 

*The Holocaust Survivor’s Cookbook- a collection of stories and recipes is being sold by Teaneck Hadassah for $36. To purchase a copy, contact Marge Kohlhagen,  201-385-7995.

 

*Women’s Ahavas Yisrael Chaburas on Wednesdays at 10:00 am (contact Sharon Lynn-201-385-2575), Wednesdays at 7:30 PM (contact Lori - lmotola@optonline.net) and a female teenage chabura meeting on Shabbos at 5 PM (contact Tamar at Talmiza@aim.com) for location.

 

*Weekly shiur given by Rochi Lerner at Yeshivat Noam on Thursdays  will resume on Thursday Feb.4th at 11:00 a.m. at Yeshivat Noam.

 

*A new weekly shiur on Parshat HaShavuah,on Tuesday nights from 8:45-9:30 PM at Beth Aaron given by Rabbi Neil Lauer.

 

*Weekly Parsha Shiur given by Rabbi Roberts on Thursdays at 8:30 pm followed by Maariv at 9:30 pm at Yeshiva Gedolah, 1443 Palisades Avenue.

*Rabbi Yisroel Reisman’s weekly satellite Navi shiur  continues on Motzei Shabbat, at 7:30pm at Keter Torah.

Dr. Devora Steinmetz will be the Davar Scholar in Residence the Shabbat of Jan. 29-30, 2010.

*Sunday, January 31st: Midreshet Yom Rishon 9:30 am Shiur #1: Rabbi Chayim Brovender, Shiur #2: Mrs. Malkie Bina. All shiurim take place in Schottenstein Center, 560 W. 185th St. Kollel Yom Rishon Shiur #1: Rabbi Meir Goldwicht, 10:30 am Shiur #2 Rabbi Chaim Brovender. This week, all shiurim will take place in Furst 501 (500 West 185th St., on Amsterdam Ave.)

*On Sunday morning, January 31, Mrs. Sally Mayer of Midreshet Lindenbaum will be giving a shiur after the 8:00 minyan at Cong. Rinat Yisrael. Her topic is: Areivut and Tochacha in the Modern World.

 

*You are cordially invited to experience a Matan shiur: "Bnei Yisrael's Traffic Jam: The Circuitous Route from Egypt to Sinai" by Atara Bressman Lindenbaum on Sunday, January 31, 12:30 pm at the home of Fran Flug & Reuben Koolyk, 1362 Mercedes St. Teaneck.

 

*Congregation Rinat Yisrael presents a lecture by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, University Chaplain and Rabbi, Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 8:00pm on Orthodoxy and the New College Experience.

 

*Teaneck Sr. NCSY will be having a dinner next Friday night, February 5th, at Beth Aaron, 950 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck NJ. It will begin at 5:00PM with Mincha. All 9th-12th graders are invited to attend. It costs $10.  For more information or to sign up please go to teaneckncsy.com.

 

*On Saturday night, February 6th at 9:00pm at Shomrei Torah,19-10 Morlot Ave, Fair Lawn, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski  will speak in commemoration of the first yahrzeit of Sarah Rein, Sara Dina Devora bas Yaacov, A”H.  His topic will be “The Sun Will Shine Again”.  Free admission.

 

*Girls Night On: An open mike night for women, by women on Saturday night, February 6th, 2010 at 8 PM at Ma'ayanot, 1650 Palisade Ave, Teaneck. Admission: $15, Students $10 (Performers receive $5 off admission).  Check out our website at girlsnighton.com. 

 

*Bar Mitzvah Boot Camp: An intensive Bar Mitzvah training class!  This 8 week Sunday morning seminar, beginning February 7th, your son will help your son learn about: 1. Tefilin, 2.  Becoming a Chazan, 3.  Preparing a Bar Mitzvah speech and project and more. For more information please contact Rabbi Stephen Knapp at RabbiKnapp@gmail.com or by phone at 917-837-2810.

*Rebbetzin Peshi Neuburger will be giving a shiur to women on “The Mikvah Experience-Something Old, Something New” at the New Teaneck Mikvah, 1726 Windsor Rd. Teaneck. Shiur will be offered on the following dates: Monday, February 8 at 8:00 pm,  Wednesday, February 10 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, February 14 at 10:00 am. Due to seating limitations, registration is required. (NO SOLICITION OF FUNDS).  To register, email mikvahshiur@gmail.com. If you have any questions, call Chaye Feigenbaum at 201-833-2837.

*Join us for a lively class and discussion given by Chana Bracha Siegelbaum, on the topic of "Vashti's Tail or Esther's Hidden Face, two models of Feminine Empowerment" at the home of Sharon Schur, 1510 Jefferson St. Teaneck, 201-692-3757, sharonschur@aol.com, on Tues. Feb. 9^th at 8 pm.

 

BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 8 pm at Bnai Yeshurun. Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel, author of the New Hagaddah, “MAKING SEDER OF THE SEDER” will speak about “Why is a Significant Part of the Seder, Mentioned in Tanach ONLY in Megilat Esther? and Other New Insights into the Hagaddah.” After the talk you can meet the author and purchased a signed edition of “Making Seder of the Seder” at a 40% discount. For further information, call 212-444-1656 before 5 PM ET or email namsel@netvision.net.il

 

*Beating the Economy: Debt Management During Troubling Times on Monday, February 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm at Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson, 1485 Teaneck Road, Teaneck. Presented by David Giller, Esq. Learn strategies for managing debts including credit cards, auto and mortgage. For more information or to register call and ask for IRA - Information and Referral at: 201-837-9090, or Email IRA@jfsbergen.org

 

*UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey's Israel Programs Center offers both needs-based and merit scholarships to high school and college students wishing to participate in an Israel Experience. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 26, 2010 .

 

*Registration for the 2010 Yavneh Youth League season is now open for all 1st-8th graders (boys and girls) who attend any Hebrew day school in the North Jersey area.  Players come from Yavneh, YNJ, Moriah, Solomon Schechter, Noam, etc.  Visit http://yavnehyouthleague.com for more information and to download registration materials.We expect registration to fill up quickly.   Register your 1st-8th grade boy or girl by 8-Feb for $50, and to be guaranteed a spot.  Yavneh Youth League provides students in grades 1-8 with an appropriately competitive season on Sunday mornings and weekday evenings in the spring.  There are divisions for both boys and girls. The focus is on baseball skill building, sportsmanship, and fun. For more information, contact Commissioner@YavnehYouthLeague.com.

 

 

If you have an announcement to add to the Shabbos announcement sheet e-mail it by 10 AM Thursday to: announcements@bethabraham.org

Important email addresses - announcements@bethabraham.org; cholim@bethabraham.org; president@bethabraham.org; administrator@bethabraham.org; youthdirector@bethabraham.org; bethabraham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; teaneckshuls-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.