Parashat Vaera           January 4 – 5 / Tevet 27

Shabbat Mevarchim

Shabbat Schedule

v      Friday    Candles – 4:23pm    Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat – 4:25pm  

      Carlebach style minyan in the Beit Midrash – 4:25pm   

v      Shabbat   Shacharit – 7:15am & 9:00am   Teen Minyan – 9:15am    

v      Last Shma – 9:41am     Torah Tots – 10:45am    Daf Yomi – 3:15pm   

v      Mincha / Seuda – 4:05pm     Shabbat ends – 5:28pm   

Weekday Minyanim

Shacharit

v      Sunday                                                 6:40am, 8:00am & 9:00am

v      Monday & Thursday                              5:50am & 7:15am

v      Tuesday    Rosh Chodesh Shvat        5:40am & 7:00am      

v      Wednesday & Friday                              6:00am & 7:15am

Mincha / Ma’ariv

v      Sunday through Thursday          4:25pm

Daf Yomi

v      Sunday – 7:15am              Monday through Friday  – 6:30am              

Next Shabbat

v      Friday, January 11              Candles – 4:29 pm     

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat – 4:35pm

Kidnapped Soldiers

Please keep in mind the kidnapped Israeli soldiers: Gilad Shalit (Gilad ben Aviva), Ehud Goldwasser (Ehud ben Malka) and Eldad Regev (Eldad ben Tova).

Welcome

{     Keter Torah welcomes Kenneth Jacobson, Deputy National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, who will speak at Seuda Shlishit, following the 4:05pm Mincha, on the topic, “After Annapolis: What Next for Israel?”

Hashkama Kiddush

{     Sponsored by Susan & Daniel Turk in honor of the engagement of their daughter, Darona, to David Hersh, son of Meryl & Robert Hersh.

Seuda Shlishit

Sponsored by:

{     Gila Leiter & James Lavin, in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of Jim’s father, Yitzchak ben Avraham, z”l.

{     Sivya & Nahum Twersky in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of Nahum’s father, Aharon ben HaRav Menachem Nachum, z”l.                

Mazal Tov

{     To Gila & Dovid Weinstein on the bar mitzvah of their son, Eli. Mazal Tov to the grandparents, Melodye & Mordecai Weinstein and Anita & Rabbi Dovid Fuld.

{     To Ruthy & Joey Bodner, who will be honored at the Beit Orot dinner this Tuesday.

Welcome to our New Members

{     Annie & Yale Baron and their children, Joseph, Ezra & Aliza.

{     Leah & Jonathan Adler and their children, Shana, David, Shira, Eitan & Gavriella.

Thank You

{     To Meet the Members co- chairs, Judy Hochsztein & Daphna Roth, and committee members, Rachel Ashendorf, Rebecca Barkai, Amy Brody, Renee Denis, Gail Rieder, Robin Siegel, Arlene Shiner, and Barbara Sohn, for a job well done! Thank you also to our game show host, Neil Bromberg, the ATARA presidium, Allison Adler & Gila Elbaum, and all the attendees, the largest number to date!

{     To Meet the Members event sponsors: Erez & Rebecca Barkai, Malkie & Josh Bernheim, Amy & Daniel Brody, Renee & Robert Dennis, Renee & Robert Katz, Batya & Nathan Paul, Gail & Binyamin Rieder, Jay & Arlene Shiner, Jeremy & Robin Siegel and Shanna & David Wolf.

{     To Ayelet Gruenspecht for sponsoring the raffle prizes for this week’s Parent and Child Learning.

Shabbat & Motzei Shabbat Shiurim at Keter Torah

{     Hashkama Shiur by Rabbi Duvie Weiss.

{     Parasha shiur by Rabbi Baum – 8:30am.

{     Parent and Child Learning – 6:30pm, sponsored by the Leffel family in memory of Pesachia Aryeh ben Dovid, z"l.

{     Rabbi Reisman’s shiur via satellite – 8:00pm.

Keter Torah Shiurim              

{     Monday at 7:00pm – Dinner shiur & BCS with Rabbi Baum, sponsored and hosted by Diana & Michael Feintuch, 15 Mahurter Court, Bergenfield, to wish a refuah shlema for Shachna Dovid ben Chava Tova.

{     Tuesday at 11:00am – Rabbi Baum’s Navi shiur on Sefer Melachim.

{     Wednesday following the 7:15am minyan – Halacha shiur, with Rabbi Baum.

{     Wednesday at 7:00pm – Matan bat mitzvah class with Debbie Baum.             

{     Thursday at 9:00pm – Rabbi Frand’s shiur via satellite.

Keter Torah Youth Shiurim

{     Sunday, 8:45am to 9:30am – Breakfast & Learn, sponsored this week by Lisa & Ricky Finkel.

{     Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm – Pizza & Parasha with Rabbi Noah Baron, for children in grades 2-5.

Torah in the AM

{     Meeting Tuesday & Thursday, from 8:50am to noon, Torah in the AM provides an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in shiurim and individual Chavruta study.

Keter Torah News

{     The Friday night Carlebach-style minyan continues on a weekly basis. It is held in the Beit Midrash at the same time as davening in the Beit Knesset.

{     Any family wishing to sponsor the Parent and Child Learning and Breakfast & Learn raffle prizes or the weekly Pizza and Parasha class should contact Rabbi Baum at rabbibaum@ketertorah.org.

{     Please contact Rabbi Baum if you would like to join the welcoming committee or would like to be one of the “greeters” in the shul, who helps identify new people in our community.

{     On Motzei Shabbat, January 12, Sylvia Greenstein will be honored with a Service Award at the Yavneh dinner. For more information call 201-262-8494 or visit www.yavnehacademy.org.

ATARA News            

{      “Kindermusik with Ms. K,” an 8-week “Mommy and Me” program for babies up to 18 months old, will meet at Keter Torah on Thursdays, , beginning February 7, at 9:45am. To register or for more information, please call Jennifer Saal at 201-837-8712 or e-mail fef39@aol.com.

Youth News            

{     This Shabbat, Ari Weisbrot will speak at our monthly Shabbat Mevarchim Seuda between Mincha and Ma’ariv for children in grades 4-8. Sushi will be served.

{     Children in grades 1-4 are invited to the KTYD PJ movie night this Motzei Shabbat from 6:30-8:00pm. The cost is $3 per child; no reservations are needed.

{     Please reserve Motzei Shabbat, February 2, for snow tubing. Details to follow.

Community News

{     Mr. Shlomo Yarimi, director of the G’mach Merkazi, which oversees food distribution to needy families of Gush Katif, will speak in Hebrew (translation provided) this Sunday, at 7:00pm at Congregation Beth Aaron. For more information, visit www.KerenHaTzadik.org or call 201 837 9358.

{     Beginning this Monday at 8:15pm, Rav Baruch Simon, a Rosh Yeshiva at YU, will begin a weekly Contemporary Halachic Issues shiur at Beth Aaron.

{     A TIME of North Jersey invites women experiencing infertility to a Rosh Chodesh "Tea & Talk”, led by Shayna Goldberg, this Tuesday at 8:00pm at the home of Rebbetzin Chaviva Rothwachs, 288 Schley Place, Teaneck. For information, call 201-289-5872 or e-mail nj@atime.org.

{     This Wednesday at 8:30pm at Bnai Yeshurun, the Bnot & Sisterhood of Beth Abraham will present a Rosh Chodesh shiur for women by Rebbetzin Nechama Karlinsky on “Meeting Difficult Challenges in Life”.