Parshat Masei August 1-2/ 1 Av

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

Shabbat Schedule    

v      Friday       Candles – 7:53 pm      Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat – 7:00pm & 7:55pm

v      Shabbat                Shacharit – 7:30am & 9:00am          Last Shma – 9:27am                                                       Daf Yomi – 6:55pm   Mincha / Shiur – 7:45pm   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               6:00am & 7:15am

Mincha / Ma’ariv

v      Sunday – Thursday                                  7:50pm

Next Shabbat, Shabbat Chazon

v      Friday, August 8, Parshat Devarim

                   Candles – 7:45pm Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat – 7:00pm & 7:50pm

Hashkama Kiddush Sponsored by

{     Lila & Eugene Korn to commemorate the yartzeit of Eugene’s mother, Hilda Korn, Hinda bat Yosef, z”l.

Mazal Tov

{     To Judy & Jay Hochsztein on the bar mitzvah of their son, Hillel. Mazal Tov also to the grandparents, Regina Hochsztein and Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Chavel.

{     To Linda & Rabbi Michael Shmidman on the birth of a grandson, to Deborah & Akiva Shmidman.

{     To Shelly & Bruce Badner on the birth of their daughter, Helena Sarah.

Welcome New Member

{     To Rachelle Orlanski and her son Judah

Nichum Aveilim

{     To Bill Roth on the passing of his beloved mother, Lily Roth, z”l.

Shabbat Shiurim at Keter Torah

{     Hashkama Shiur by Rabbi Duvie Weiss

{     Daf Yomi – 6:55pm

{     Shiur between Mincha & Ma’ariv by Rabbi Duvie Weiss

Keter Torah Shiurim

{     Daf Yomi – Sunday at 7:15am; Monday through Friday at 6:30am

{     Wednesday following the 7:50pm Mincha – Rabbi Duvie Weiss’ Gmara shiur

Keter Torah Youth Shiurim

{     Tuesday 5:30-6:30pm – Mishnah Madness for boys in grades 1-8

{     Tuesday 6:00-7:00pm – Mitzvah of the Week Workshop for girls in grades 6-8

{     Thursday 5:30-6:30pm – Pizza & Parsha with Rabbi Noah Baron for boys in grades 1-8

{     Thursday 5:30-6:30pm – Pizza & Parsha for girls in grades 1-5

Torah in the AM

{     Meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays, Torah in the AM offers a Navi Chavura studying sefer Shoftim from 9:00-9:30am and an interactive, intermediate/advanced Gmara shiur studying the sixth Perek of Bava Metzia with Rabbi Menahem Meier from 9:30-10:30am

Keter Torah News

{     Monday, August 11, is the deadline for High Holiday seat discounts. All obligations to the Shul must be paid or addressed before seats can be allocated. For special situations, contact Rabbi Baum or Howard; all matters will be dealt with confidentially. Anyone interested in a Vatikin minyan should check the appropriate box on the order form and we will contact you with further information.

{     Next Shabbat, August 9, the Hashkama shiur will be given by Rav Yosef Carmel, Av Beit Din of the Beit Din, Mishpat Ve’Halacha BeYisrael and Rabbinical Dean of the Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, on the topic “Why Did the Menashe Tribe get a Place on the East Side of the Jordan?  What Did the Daughters of Tzlofhad Really Want?”

{     There will be a blood drive at Keter Torah on Wednesday, August 20, from 2:00-8:00pm. Donate blood and receive a complimentary cholesterol screening. All donors must present signed or picture ID. For more information call the Blood Center of New Jersey at 866-968-2265.

{     The YU Summer Kollel, concluding this week, offers the following additional daily minyanim at Keter Torah: Shacharit at 8:15am; Mincha Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00pm, and Wednesday at 4:15pm.

ATARA News

{     On Shabbat, August 23, at 4:30pm, Rivka Kahan, Assistant Principal, teacher and Chair of the Tanach and Halacha departments at Ma’ayanot, will speak on “The Eyes of the Lord Are Always Upon It: Images of Eretz Yisrael in Chumash.” To co-sponsor, contact Becky Katz at beckyavi@optonline.net or 201-693-1117.

{     Atara’s annual family picnic will be held on Sunday, September 21.  To join the planning committee, contact Gila Elbaum at 201-387-9369 or gilaelbaum@yahoo.com.

Community News

{     This Sunday, August 3, at 9:00am at Beth Abraham, Rabbi Ari Marburger will speak on “Ribbis Today: Fannie Mae, Foreclosures, and Hedge Fund Investing.”

Shabbat, August 9 – EREV TISHA B’AV

Early Mincha                                                                   5:30pm

Mincha                                                                  7:35pm

Fast Begins                                                           8:02pm

Shiur by Rabbi Baum     (Part 1 of 2)                       8:00pm

Contemporary Lessons from Ester Farbstein’s BeSeter Ra’am (Hidden in Thunder:                                       Perspectives on Faith, Halachah and Leadership during the Holocaust)

Shabbat Ends                                                        8:47pm

Ma’ariv                                                                  8:47pm

       Eicha                                                                    9:00pm

Guidelines for Erev Tisha B’AV

›     If you are davening Ma’ariv in Shul Motzei Shabbat, please bring your non-leather shoes to Shul before Shabbat and leave them in a bag

with your name on it in the coatroom.

›     Regular Torah learning is allowed the entire Shabbat.

›     Meat can be eaten as usual the entire Shabbat.

›     There is no Seuda Mafseket this year, since Erev Tisha B’Av falls on Shabbat, but all eating must conclude by 8:02pm.

›     Regular havdalah is not said on Motzei Shabbat. One should say “hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol” after 8:47pm and then say “borei m’orei ha’aish” on a fire.

Sunday, August 10 – TISHA B’AV

Shacharit/Kinot

7:00am – including selected Kinot without explanation

9:00am – with brief explanation of selected Kinot by Rabbi Baum

Chatzot – 1:01pm

Mincha – 1:40pm, 5:00pm & 7:35pm

Following the 7:35pm Mincha, Rabbi Baum will deliver part two of Contemporary Lessons from Ester Farbstein’s BeSeter Ra’am (Hidden in Thunder: Perspectives on Faith, Halachah and Leadership during the Holocaust)

Films

5:00pm – Rabbi Paysach Krohn with new and inspiring perspectives on “Leaving Envy Behind: How to Nurture a Geulah Heart in a Golus World”

6:00pm – Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust

This award winning documentary tells the dramatic and emotional story of a Jewish father who journeys with his two ultra-Orthodox adult sons back to Poland to try to find the Christian farmers who hid their family from the Nazis. 

Ma’ariv – 8:30pm

Fast Ends – 8:37pm

Please keep in mind kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit (Gilad ben Aviva) and other missing

IDF soldiers.