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The Jewish Center - The Modern Orthodox Center for Jewish Life and Learning 131 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 • www.jewishcenter.org • 212-724-2700
JANUARY 7, 2017 • PARSHAT VAYIGASH • 9 TEVET 5777
The Jewish Center S H A B B A T B U L L E T I N
EREV SHABBAT 4:25PM Candle lighting 4:30PM Minchah SHABBAT 7:45AM Hashkama Minyan (The Max and Marion Grill Beit Midrash) 8:30AM Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine 9:00AM Shacharit (3rd floor) 9:15AM Hashkama Shiur with Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Eglah Arufah: The Anti-Korban (Geller Youth Center) 9:30PM Young Leadership (1st floor) 9:41AM Sof Zman Kriat Shema 10:00AM Youth Groups: Under age 3 (drop off optional, babies must be able to independently sit upright), 3-6-year-olds: Geller Youth Center, 2nd-6th graders: 7th floor Hot Dairy Kiddush (1st floor) WITH THANKS TO OUR KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Hashkama Kiddush, Joyce & Aaron Weitz in commemoration of the yahrzeits of Aaron's father, Samuel Dov Weitz and Joyce's mother, Gertrude Cohen Hashkama Kiddush, The Wagman Family in honor of Sarah becoming a Bat Mitzvah Community Kiddush, Eve & Marc Karstaedt in commemoration of the 7th yahrzeit of Eve's sister, Shele Danishefsky Covlin Community Kiddush, Ruth & Joseph Schwarz in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Shoshana Schwarz which took place at Bet Elazraki Children's Home in Netanyah, Israel; and also her last time to hold the havdallah candle (in shul!) Community Kiddush, The Wagman Family in honor of Sarah becoming a Bat Mitzvah 12:35PM Early Minchah (4th floor) 3:00PM Bikkur Cholim/Bikkur in the Home (meet at 730 Columbus Ave.) 4:15PM Minchah 4:15PM Afternoon Groups Daf Yomi Seudah Shlishit Speaker: Rabbi Noach Goldstein, Pregame Reflections on the Val-ue of Sports THANKS TO OUR SEUDOT SHLISHIT SPONSORS: Michelle Chrein in commemoration of the Yahrtzeit of Michelle's father, Moshe Ben Shimon Halevi Nancy & Yossie Sklarin, Rosa & Barry Katz in honor of Lisa and Tyler's wedding Meira & Tobi Tugendhaft in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Tobi's mother, Rivka Miril Tugendhaft Hilchot Shabbat with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind: Musing on Snoozing: Some Halachot of Napping on Shabbat 5:27PM Shabbat concludes Parent Child Learning with Rabbi Noach Goldstein 7:30PM 7th Annual JC Teens vs. JC Clergy Basketball Game
Monday, January 9 at 7:15PM Contact Joyce Weitz for more info.
at 212-877-1176
WOMEN’S TEHILLIM GROUP
DAILY SERVICES
SHELDON RUDOFF MEMORIAL LECTURE
RABBI CHAIM STEINMETZ JANUARY 11 AT 8:00PM
Sibling Rivalry and the Formation of the Jewish People
Sponsored by Hedda Rudoff
TEEN VS. CLERGY BASKETBALL GAME JANUARY 7, 2017 AT 7:30PM
7th Annual JC Teens vs. JC Clergy Basketball Game
Join our growing list of sponsors: Sharon Schneier & Clifford Brandeis
Susan & Arthur Degen Jennifer & Ami Eden Bosi & Yaron Kinar
Leslie Cohen & Jeffrey Lang Rachel & Rabbi Yosie Levine Deborah & Robert Marcus Paulette & David Meyer Abigail & Marc Posner Barbara & Guy Reiss
Rachel & Daniel Solomons Carol & Joseph Tuchman
For sponsorship information or to register, visit the JC website or contact Jenn and Gaby at
Sunday, January 8 Asarah B’Tevet Fast Begins 5:52AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Shacharit 8:30AM Minchah 4:15PM Fast Ends 5:15PM
Monday, Jan. 9 - Thur. Jan. 12 Shachart 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Minchah 4:35PM
Friday, January 13 Shachart 7/8AM Daf Yomi 7:45AM Candle Lighting 4:32PM Minchah 4:35PM
Mazal Tov to the Wagman family on the occasion of Sarah’s Bat Mitzvah
Join us for a Friday night dinner with Lipa Schmeltzer.
Details and registration to follow Sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Chaim Dovid Berson at [email protected] for more
information.
SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING CANTOR CHAIM DOVID BERSON & LIPA SCHMELTZER
THE JEWISH CENTER AND AIPAC INVITE THE
COMMUNITY TO: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE AMERICA/ISRAEL
RELATIONSHIP A CONVERSATION WITH TIMES OF ISRAEL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID HOROVITZ
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH AT 8PM Details and registration to follow.
To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected]
UPCOMING EVENTS
YOUTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES
Looking for an easy and fun way to get involved with The Center while getting some exercise and meeting people? If so, have you considered volunteering for CSS to help with the shul’s security on
Shabbat and Chaggim? CSS will be holding training sessions this winter. The L1 course will be on two con-secutive Wednesday nights beginning January 18 for 1.5 to 2 hours each and does not involve any physi-cal training. The L2 course will be for six weeks for 2 to 2.5 hours each and will involve some physical training. Both the L1 and L2 courses are open to all -- no prior experience is necessary. If interested, please contact Steve Graber at [email protected]. All members are welcome.
COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE UJA-FEDERATION CENTENNIAL MISSION TO ISRAEL
Hike through the Judean Hills. Taste the latest trends in Israeli cooking. Volunteer to improve the lives of needy Israelis. Celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut in Jerusalem. Learn about UJA’s innovative and landscape changing work. From Saturday night, April 29 through Friday, May 5, 2017, UJA-Federation is hosting a Cen-tennial mission to Israel. With specialized tracks during the day, partici-pants can explore Israel in the ways that resonate with them. And each morning and evening, the entire mission will come together for the high-est caliber experiences and speakers that Israel has to offer. We invite you to participate on this historic trip. Learn more about the variety of tracks and see the application by visiting our website. Pending commu-nal interest, UJA is pleased to offer a targeted “best-of” track for The Jewish Center so that we can travel together as a shul community. Interested in learning more or signing up? Contact Rebecca Zimilover at [email protected] or 212.836.1356.
THE JEWISH CENTER BOOK CLUB JANUARY 22, 2017 The Tenants of Moonbloom by Edward Lewis Wallant Discussant: Esther Nussbaum Edward Lewis Wallant, who died at the age of 36, is best known for The Pawn-broker. The Tenants of Moonbloom, pub-lished posthumously in 1963 and regard-ed as a “neglected masterpiece,” is about a rent collector’s gradual awakening to suffering beyond his own. * at the home of Dinah & Andy Mendes 262 Central Park West SHABBAT OF SONG FEATURING CANTOR CHAIM DOVID BERSON & LIPA SCHMELTZER FEBRUARY 10-11, 2017 Join us for a Friday night dinner with Lipa Schmeltzer. Details and registration to follow Sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Chaim Dovid Berson at [email protected] for more information. THE JEWISH CENTER AND AIPAC INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE AMERICA/ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP A CONVERSATION WITH TIMES OF ISRAEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID HOROVITZ- TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH AT 8PM Details and registration to follow.
SAVE THE DATE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH MALCOLM GLADWELL FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Join UJA-Federation and Manhattan synagogues to hear from Malcolm Gladwell, author of best-sellers Outliers and David and Goliath. Hosted by UJA-Federation of New York To register please visit www.ujafedny.org/event/register/a-community-conversation-with-malcolm-gladwell/ SAVE THE DATE SISTERHOOD EVENT FEBRUARY 25, 2017 The New York Times called the new Broadway musical, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 “rapturous” and “a witty, inventive enchantment.” On February 25th, decide for yourself if this is the next Hamilton. Join the Sisterhood for this season’s must-see musical followed by dessert. A limited number of tickets are available so re-serve early by calling the Jewish Center at 212-724-2700 or email Aaron Strum at [email protected].
TEEN MINYAN SHABBAT JANUARY 14 For more details and to sponsor, please email [email protected] MOVIE NIGHT JANUARY 14, 2017 Register online before January 12th. Ages 5 and up. 6:30 - 8:15 p.m Showing: The Secret Life of Pets
BASKETBALL WITH DIVISION I PLAYER BEN MILSHTEIN SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 4 Boys and girls ages 7-12 from 6-7:30PM Boy and girls ages 13-17 from 8-9:30PM $10 per child. Pizza will be served. For more information, please email [email protected]
To sponsor Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit or a JC event, please contact Aaron at [email protected]
DAILY (except Shabbat) Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty, 7:45AM MONDAY Heretic with Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, 8:00PM TUESDAY Advanced Gemara Chaburah with Rabbi Noach Goldstein 7:45-8:30AM Nosh and Drash with Dr. Adena Berkowitz, 10:15-11:30AM
Jewish History: Judaism in a Christian Empire with Rabbi Ari Lamm, 7:00PM NEW! Exodus: The Origins of Leadership, Community and Redemption Sadye and Henry Bayer Chumash Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:00PM WEDNESDAY Women of the Bible with Rabbi Yosie Levine, at 11:00AM
SHABBAT Rabbi Israel Silverstein Mishnayot Class with Rabbi Yosie Levine, 8:30AM Hashkama Shiur with rotating JCU Faculty, 9:15AM Israel Friedman Daf Yomi with rotating JCU Faculty, 1 hour before Minchah 39 Melachot With Rabbi Dovid Zirkind
COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF CLASSES For more information visit our website or contact Rabbi Dovid Zirkind at [email protected]
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAZAL TOV Gilda & Irving Chodosh on the marriage of their daughter Lisa to Tyler
Ben-Jacob Lauren & Daniel Feinberg on the birth of a baby girl
Dr. & Mrs. Norton Nesis on the marriage of their granddaughter Malia to Zvi Reichmann and parents Chani & Efraim Reichmann
Ruth & Joseph Schwarz on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Shoshana which took place recently at the Bet Elazraki Children’s Home in Netanyah, Israel! Today is also Shoshana’s last time to hold the Havdallah candle (in
shul!).
CONGRATULATIONS Bill Spier on the publication of his book: Precious Commodities:
My Life and Times
THANK YOU TO OUR USHERS Mindy Horowitz and Yossi Skalrin
THANK YOU TO CSS
We would like to once again thank CSS and our dedicated CSS members for providing the security for our synagogue this week.
CONDOLENCES
Dr. Henry Lieberman on the passing of his sister Irene Rosenholtz Angela Himsel Sacks on the passing of her mother Viola Himsel
We are blessed to have so many members and friends with us on Shabbat morning. To help make it possible for everyone to enjoy the Kiddush follow-ing services, we will have two Kiddush locations whenever possible. Beginning January 14th, you will be able to enjoy Kiddush on either the first or fifth floor. Please check the weekly bulletin for details. And please be sure to sponsor at least once annual-ly. Call, email, visit our website or use our app and help keep out Kiddush the hottest in town.
JC KIDDUSH UPDATE
Every year the Rebbetzins of the Upper West Side hold a fundrais-er for our local Mikvah. This year, the event was chaired by our very own Rebbetzin Rachel Levine. Graciously hosted by Tracy & Sander Gerber, over 100 women turned out to hear Elisheva Liss, LMFT, de-liver a meaningful presentation on how we talk about intimacy. Con-tributions reached record-setting levels and the event netted almost $50,000 for the Mikvah. Thanks to everyone who participated. And please continue to support this vital communal institution. Donate online at westsidemikvah.org or make a check payable to the Mik-vah and mail it to The Jewish Center office.
WEST SIDE MIKVAH UPDATE
Did you know? At the end of services, congregants remain in their seats until the conclusion of Adon Olam. As the rabbi and cantor process down the aisles, the congregation rises. The rabbi and cantor look forward to greeting you on the receiving line on your way to Kiddush.
ABOUT THE JC
Thinking of running the New York City Marathon? Join The Jewish Center
Centennial Team! Space is limited. For more information, please email [email protected]
Preparations are underway for The Jewish Center's Centennial Year in 2017/18. We're collecting sto-ries, photos and small treasures aimed at re-living
aspects of our synagogue's history. Presently, we're seeking to identify couples that met
at The Jewish Center. Can you help us? If so, please contact Gadi Aronson, Centennial Co-
Consultant, at [email protected].
DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE AT THE JEWISH CENTER? DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID?
To Make a Father Proud Rabbi Avi Feder, William Fischman Rabbinic Intern
“@Yaakov Hey Dad, I’m alive! & #Viceroy in @EgyptGov – come visit ☺” Had Twitter existed in the Times of Old, Yosef may have sent a message much like the one above to Yaakov. Loosely modeled after the biblical narrative, the above mock-tweet encap-sulates much of the first message Yosef sends to his father after years of silence. Mere moments after revealing himself to his siblings, Yosef com-mands them to relay a message a home to his Father. Chapter 45, Verse 9 reads: מהרו ועלו אל אבי ואמרתם אליו כה אמר בנך יוסף שמני
אלהים לאדון לכל מצרים רדה אלי אל תעמד:
“Now hurry back to my father and say to him: “Thus says your son Yosef ‘God has made me Lord of all of Egypt; come down to me without delay’”. Rav Yaakov Naiman in his Darchie Mussar, ques-tions what message was Yosef wanted to convey here. Certainly any father would be proud of his son, but we understand Yosef to be above a mere brag. Further, Yaakov was a man of spir-itual pursuits and heavenly values; being the Chief Bureaucratic Oversight Officer in a for-eign government was not the career path Yaa-kov envisioned for his son and surely was not what Yosef was showing off about to Yaakov Avinu.
Looking at the above cited text with eyes at-tuned to Yaakov’s values, we understand a rich-er message, one which Yaakov took great pride in, and something we too can strive towards. The subject of the message is not the high office which Yosef held. The emphasis is to be placed on Who guided Yosef’s life into that position. Yosef prefaces by asserting that G-d placed him where he is today. It was only through divine intervention that he was alive and now the Vice-roy of the world superpower. Yosef’s message to Yaakov, and the Torah’s message to us, is how to express our pride. There is no doubt that Yosef was delighted by his achievements and felt fulfillment in life; we too have every right to be satisfied and share our good fortunes with others. The lesson being taught, however, is the lens through which we are to do just that. Claiming not that it was he who accomplished these great feats, Yosef rec-ognizes G-d for being the force behind all his prosperity, teaching us the model by which are to do the same. It is our imperative to be pleased with our lot in life, perhaps even tweet-ing a #HumbleBrag or a #Blessed about it too; but all the while let us not forget that we are to #ThankGod first.
Yosie Levine Rabbi
Dovid Zirkind Associate Rabbi
Chaim David Berson
Cantor
Ari Lamm Resident Scholar
Erica Brown
Community Scholar
Noach Goldstein Resident Scholar
Avi Feder
William Fischman Rabbinic Intern
Aaron Strum
Executive Director
Jenn & Gaby Minsky Youth Directors
OFFICERS Avi Schwartz President
Andrew Borodach First Vice President
Michael Jacobs Vice President
Deena Blanchard Vice President
Mark Segall Assistant Vice President
Yaron Kinar Treasurer
Len Berman Assistant Treasurer
Andrew Kaplan Assistant Treasurer
Miri Lipsky Secretary
PHONE NUMBERS
Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Gadish
[email protected] 646-598-1080
Jewish Center Chevra Kadisha
212-724-2700 x555
UWS Mikvah 212-579-2011
Hatzalah 212-230-1000
Eruv Status 212-724-2700 x4