Shabbat Notes
Parshat Behar May 17-18/ 12 Iyar
Shabbat Schedule
v Friday Candles – 7:50 pm Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat – 7:00pm & 7:55pm
v Shabbat Shacharit – 7:15am & 9:00am Parsha Shiur – 8:30am
Teen Minyan – 9:15am Last Shma – 9:14am Daf Yomi – 6:50pm Mincha / Shiur – 7:40pm Shabbat ends – 8:57pm
Weekday Minyanim
Shacharit
v Sunday 6:40am, 8:00am, & 9:00am
v Monday & Thursday 5:50am & 7:15am
v Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday-Lag Ba’omer 6:00am & 7:15am
Mincha / Ma’ariv
v Sunday through Thursday 7:55pm
Next Shabbat
v Friday, May 23, Parshat Bechukotai
Candles – 7:56pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat – 7:00pm & 8:00pm
Kiddush Sponsored by
{ Sivya & Nahum Twersky in honor of the aufruf of their son, Reuven.
Mazal Tov
{ To Sivya & Nahum Twersky on the upcoming marriage of their son, Reuven, to Melissa Moskowitz.
{ To Sheryl & Bruce Schainker on the birth of a grandson, to Ellie & Hillel Glazer.
{ To Regina & Michael Koenig on the birth of a granddaughter, to Taly & Jason Koenig.
Nichum Aveilim
{ To Bruce Schainker on the passing of his beloved brother, William A. Schainker.
Thank you
{ To Mrs. Gertrude Gold for her assistance in the office this week.
{ To all those who registered for the NORPAC mission to Washington this coming Wednesday and to Mort Fridman for his efforts in coordinating this important event.
Shabbat & Motzei Shabbat Shiurim at Keter Torah
{ Hashkama shiur by Rabbi Duvie Weiss
{ Parsha shiur by Rabbi Baum at 8:30am
{ Shiur between Mincha & Ma’ariv by Rabbi Duvie Weiss on different aspects of Shmita
{ Rabbi Reisman’s shiur via satellite – 10:30pm
Keter Torah Shiurim
{ Daf Yomi – Sunday at 7:15am; Monday through Friday at 6:30am
{ Tuesday & Wednesday following the 7:15am minyan – Halacha shiur with Rabbi Baum
{ Tuesday at 11:00am – Navi shiur with Rabbi Baum
{ Wednesday at 8:00pm – Rabbi Duvie Weiss’ Gmara shiur, studying Masechet Shabbat
{ Thursday at 9:00pm – Rabbi Frand’s shiur via satellite
Keter Torah Youth Shiurim
{ Sunday following the 8:00am minyan & ending at 9:15am- Breakfast & Learn with Rabbi Baum
{ 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 9:00am to noon, Torah in the AM provides an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in shiurim and Chavruta study.
We thank Richie Heisler of Butterflake for providing the cookies each week.
Keter Torah News
{ Next Shabbat, following Mincha at 7:50pm, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Cohen, Associate Professor of Bible at Yeshiva University, will speak on “The Literary Art of Biblical Narrative in the Book of Ruth”. Rabbi Cohen will return to Keter Torah on June 7, Parshat Naso, to speak at Seudah Shlishit on “Theology of Hesed in Ruth: From Human to Divine.”
{ Keter Torah is hosting an event this Sunday morning. Parking spaces will be available for Shacharit, but, if possible, please walk to Shul.
{ The next Carlebach style minyan will be on Friday, May 30, at 6:45pm.
{ Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, a pioneer of Torah education via the internet, will be our Shavuot scholar-in residence. His weekly essays on Parshat Ha’shavua are read by thousands of subscribers worldwide and reflect over twenty years of experience as a student and teacher at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel. To sponsor, contact rabbibaum@ketertorah.org or Dov Kahane at beardate@aol.com .
{ On Shabbat, June 21 Keter Torah will have a Kiddush honoring our graduating students. To sponsor, contact Daniel Seidman at seidmand@questdiagnostics.com.
{ Keter Torah is pleased to join with Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future to host a summer Kollel program beginning Monday, June 30. Many different youth learning options will be available. For information, contact Rabbi Leibtag at ketertorahkollel@gmail.com.
{ To reduce mailings, we urge anyone not registered to receive Keter Torah e-mails to submit his/her address to howard@ketertorah.org.
{ EZRAH’s Closet, a gemach for gently worn Shabbos & Yom Tov dresses, located at 1135 Boulevard, New Milford, is now open on Sundays from 5:00-7:00pm and on Thursdays from 12:00-2:00pm. For information, contact Dawn Orlinsky at 201-836-5219 or Miriam Einhorn at 646-232-6396.
ATARA News
{ ATARA’s annual Membership Event, featuring a cookie decorating class with Ann Holler, will take place this Sunday, May 18, from 8:00pm-9:30pm at the home of Heidi Kuperman, 1106 Allessandrini Avenue, New Milford.
{ The Spring Tea, acknowledging the contributions of Dassi Silverman and Naomi Rosen to ATARA, will be held on Shabbat, May 31, at 4:30pm at Keter Torah. Philys Seidenfeld will speak on “At Peace with the Life I Didn’t Ask For.” For more information, e-mail Shari Katz at shari_katz@yahoo.com or Rachel Schneider at rkschneider@mindspring.com.
{ Children are encouraged to participate in birthday or bar/bat mitzvah ma’aser by donating a gift to Chai Lifeline for a less fortunate child. For more information contact Chana Besterman at 201-385-6666.
Youth News
{ KTYD invites all children in grades 1-4 for lunch at Keter Torah on Shabbat, May 31. For reservations, e-mail rivki19@yahoo.com.
{ The next Shabbat Mevarchim Seuda for children in grades 4-8 will take place on May 31. Sushi will be served.
Community News
{ Rav Hershel Schachter’s weekly shiur continues Thursday at 9:00pm at Bnai Yeshurun.
{ This Sunday, May 18, at Beth Aaron, Rabbi Hershel Schachter will speak at 8:00pm on “Marriage in Halacha and Hashkafa,” and Rabbi Mordechai Willig will speak at 8:45pm on “Marriage and Machlokes: Middos, Parents/In-Laws and Divorce.”
{ The SINAI annual bike-a-thon, to benefit the SINAI Scholarship Fund, will take place next Sunday, May 25. For information visit sinaischools.org/bikeathon.
Please keep in mind the kidnapped Israeli soldiers:
Gilad Shalit (Gilad ben Aviva), Ehud Goldwasser (Ehud ben Malka) and Eldad Regev (Eldad ben Tova)
