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BAIS TORAH BULLETIN
02:4 ‫ הדלקת נרות‬-‫פרשת חיי שרה‬
Welcome Rabbi Reiss
‫כ"א ‘ חשון תשע"ה‬
November 14, 2014
‫ערב שבת פרשת חיי שרה‬
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Mincha
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Shkiah
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‫שבת פרשת חיי שרה‬
Hashkama
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Daf Yomi
8:00
Shacharis
4:45
Sof Zman K”S 9:12
Mincha
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Shkiah
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Maariv
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Weekday Schedule:
Week of 11/16-11/21
Shacharis
WHAT’S NEW
‫ סעודה שלישית‬is sponsored by Dr. Leon Pachter for the yartzheit of his
father Yaakov Yitzchak ben Simcha Bunim
BNOS every Shabbos from 2:30-3:30 for girls grades Kindergarten through 7th
grade.
In conjunction with Community Synagogue we are pleased to announce our annual Scholar in Residence featuring Rabbi Yona Reiss THIS Shabbos Parshas Chaye Sara November 14-16. Rabbi Reiss will speak at Community Synagogue Friday night at 8:30 PM “Contemporary Conversion Controversies,”
followed by an Oneg Shabbos.Please join us Shabbos at Bais Torah for Rabbi
Reiss’ lecture at 1:15 pm ”Can the Agunah Problem be Fixed?” Motzaei Shabbos at 8:30 PM Community Synagogue will host Rabbi Reiss’ “Women’s Leadership Roles and Halacha,” lecture, and Sunday morning at Bais Torah 9:30
AM a small collation will be followed “Shidduchim-Have We All Gone Mad?”
Rabbi Frand’s Thursday shiur via the TCN network is Thursday nights at 9pm,
and Rabbi Reisman’s shiur is Motzaei Shabbos at 7:30PM.
This week, Parshas Chaye Sarah, our shul is encouraging the ordering
7:45,8:30 of Memorial Plaques for dearly departed family members or friends .The
grouping of the plaque orders helps facilitate production in a more effiMon, Thurs
cient and timely manner. Please contact the shul office (preferably by
6:20,7:45,8:30
email baistorah@gmail.com) with the details of your plaque request .
Tues,Weds, Fri
Sunday
Avos U’Banim Motzaei Shabbos at 6:45PM- Learning, pizza and prizes!!! This
6:30, 7:45,8:30 week is sponsored by Abe and Phyllis Frankel. Sponsorships are available for
$50 per week email Jonathan Rosenstock Jonathan.Rosenstock@yahoo.com.
Mincha Maariv
Sunday-Thurs
Second Maariv
Mon-Thurs
4:25
Daf Yomi the week of November 16 is sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Goldman for the yartzheit of his mother, Sarah bas Shlomo Getzel.
The first Oneg Shabbos of the season will be next Friday night November 21 at
8:30 PM hosted by Dr. & Mrs. Gedalya Rapoport 8 Whisper Lane in honor of
8:00 the engagement of their son, Peretz. Special guest speaker: Dr. Irving Schild
who will speak on the topic of: “From the Holocaust to Today”
NEXT SHABBOS
‫פרשת תולדות‬
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Mincha
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Shkiah
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VISIONS 2014: A PHOTO EXHIBITION Motzoei Shabbos, November 22 at
8:30pm with special Guest Lecturer: Dr. Irving Schild “Photography Today:
How? What? Where?” Admission is free, and open to the public. Refreshments
will be served. Raffle: One of Dr. Schild's famous photographs
MAZAL TOV
Gedalia and Leana Rapoport on the engagement of their son Peretz Moshe to Elisheva
Lerner
Congregation Bais Torah 89 West Carlton Rd  Suffern, NY 10901 (845)352-1343 www.baistorah.org
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Parashas Chaye Sarah– Eliezer and Tevi – Two Faithful Servants
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son- ‫ יהונתן משה בן דבורה טובה‬Much of Parashas Chaye Sarah concerns itself with the mission of Eliezer, the servant of Avraham,
son‫ יהונתן משה בן דבורה טובה‬to bring back a suitable wife for Yitzchak from Avraham’s ancestral home. In Bereshis Rabbah
Rosalie
Kallner
Teddy Kallner-
(60:7), we find that although he was indeed Canaan himself, and had been cursed by his father
‫טודרוס בן הינדא‬
‫ שיינה רחל בת שרה הודל‬Noach, his faithful service to Avraham enabled him to leave the status of “accursed” and enter the
Henry Shapiro‫חיים מאיר יחיאל בן מלכה לאה‬
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status of “blessed.” In Midrash Tanchuma on Parashas Lech-Lecha, we find that in the War against
‫בן מלכה‬- ‫פרידא‬
‫יחיאל‬
‫ חיים מאיר‬the Four Kings, an announcement was made that any soldier who knew that he had sinned, should
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‫מנחם מונש בן חנה‬
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not go to war. All 318 soldiers withdrew from the ranks, leaving only Avraham and Eliezer. HaShem
Bob Schore - ‫חיים ראובן בן הענדל יהודית‬
‫ חיים ראובן בן הענדל יהודית‬said to Eliezer, “By your life, I will give you the strength of the 318, which is the ‘Gematria’ of Eliezer.”
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Kirshenbaum’s
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‫בן רבקה‬father‫אריה לייב‬
‫יוסף בן שרה‬
As he arrived in Aram Naharayim, Eliezer formulated the following prayer: “HaShem, G-d of my
Larry Seligson’s son-
Tova Eizik’s grandson - ‫ שלמה‬master Avraham, May You so arrange it for me this day that You do Kindness to my master
‫פריעדל‬
‫סימא‬
‫רפאל אפרים‬
‫רייזל‬
‫בן חנה‬
‫יעקבבןיונתן‬
Avraham…” When Rivkah’s actions measured up to, even exceeded his expectations, the Chumash
Manny
Mayerfeld
Leni Loebenstein - ‫ הילני בת רחל‬describes his expression of gratitude, “So the man bowed low and prostrated himself before
‫מנחם בן קילה‬
Ben and Fran Horwitz’s
son
in HaShem. He said, ‘Blessed is HaShem, G-d of my master Avraham, Who has not withheld His
‫ליאן בן ריזל‬
‫פנחס‬
law – ‫חיים יששכר בן חיה‬
Kindness and Truth from my master. ’ ”
‫משקט‬
Ruth Malinowitz
Tevi was the servant of the second Rabban Gamliel. Although the latter had taught that it was
Ben Zauderer - ‫בנימין בן בילה‬
‫רבקה בת פריידא‬
inappropriate for a master to accept condolences upon the death of his servant, Rabban Gamliel did
Chana
Mayerfeld-‫תמרה‬
‫פרומה בת‬
Helen Furman
‫ חנהחנה בת‬so upon Tevi’s death. When his students pointed out the inconsistency between his teaching and his
‫יהודית גיטל‬
Andy Yurowitz ‫ אליהו זבי בן חנה‬behavior, he replied, “My servant Tevi was unlike other servants; he was an upright man.” (Berachos
Joel
mother - 16b) The Talmud records a discussion among the Sages as to whether someone who sleeps under
FranRosenwasser’s
and Ben Horwitz’s
‫פשע לאה בת שפרינצא‬son inlaw
a bed in the Sukkah has fulfilled his obligation (of living in a Sukkah). Rabbi Shimon said, “Once
‫משה צבי בן פריידא שמחה‬
Tevi, the servant of Rabban Gamliel slept under a bed in the Sukkah, and Rabban Gamliel said to
Larry
SeligsonAllen Nussbaum ‫אשר בן קילא‬
the Elders, ‘Do you see my servant Tevi who is a Torah scholar worthy of rabbinic ordination; he
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and Gloria
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son-Gorknows that non-Jewish servants are exempt from the Mitzvah of Sukkah, and therefore he is sleeping
don’s daughter in law
Felise Katz’s father‫ שלמית בת מיריל‬under a bed.’ And thus we learned indirectly that someone who sleeps under a bed in a Sukkah has
Shira Steinberg ‫ שירה רות בת שרה‬not fulfilled his obligation.”
SHIURIM
BIKUR CHOLIMThe Talmud asks, “Why is it that Man was created as a single individual?” And answers, “So that no
one can say, ‘My ancestors were greater than yours.’ ” The fact that Judaism accepts converts from
Please Call
Before
VisitWomen’s
Tehilim,
l’zecher
nishmas
Feigel bas Menall nations – Chinese, Germans, Eskimos proves that the Jewish People doesn’t consider itself
ing
achem Mendel, meets Shabethnically superior. Some of the greatest scholars of the Talmud, such as Rabbi Meir and Onkelos,
bos
afternoon
Rosalie
Kallner 45 minutes
before Mincha
were converts. Even King David and his scion, the Messianic King, trace their roots to the humble
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convert, Ruth, who joined our nation from Moav.
Sunday:
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If so, what is the meaning of “My son, My first-born son, is Israel.” (Shemot 4:22) And why are we
Bob Schore 356-2512
6:30 AM Daf Yomithe “Chosen People?” In short, as a twentieth century wag put it, “Why did G-d choose the Jews?”
Rabbi Avromy
Rebecca
Tilson Fein
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But we responded that he had it backwards, for in fact, “the Jews chose G-d.” Our great forefathers
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8:30 AM Miseches Pesachim - Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov discovered the One God, and dedicated their lives to His Service, to
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RabbiZauderer
Yisroel Gottlieb
the point of self-sacrifice, as Avraham did when he allowed himself to be cast into Nimrod’s furnace
SHIURIM
Sun-Thurs:
and sacrifice of their destiny, as he and Yitzchak did at the time of the Akeidah. “And because He
Women’s Tehilim, l’zecher nishmas Feigel bas Menachem Men- loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them.” (Devarim 4:37)
10:00
AM Shabbos
Daf Yomiafternoon 30
del,
meets
Rabbi
Fischer
minutesYosef
before
the halacha shiur But being the first-born means that we have siblings, created from the same earth from which we
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were created, and who have the same spiritual make-up, “Tzelem E-lohim,” “the image of God.” As
Mon-Friday
6:25 AM Daf Yomi
King Solomon prayed at the Inauguration of the Temple, “…Also a gentile who is not of Your People
Rabbi Avromy Fein
5:25 AM Daf Yomi I –
Israel, but will come from a distant land for Your Name’s sake – for they will hear of Your Great
8:30
AM
GemaraFein
Miseches PeRabbi
Avromy
sachim
Name and Your Strong Hand... – and will come and pray towards the Temple – May You hear from
Rabbi
Yisroel
7:00 AM
Daf Gottlieb
Yomi II–
Heaven, the foundation of Your Abode, and act according to all that the gentile calls out to You, so
Rabbi Yisroel Gottlieb
Sun-Thurs:
that all the peoples of the World may know Your Name, to Fear You as does Your People
10:00 AM Daf Yomi
Israel…” (I Kings 8:41-43) And as we say at the end of our Selichot Prayers, “And I will bring them to
Rabbi
Yosef
Fischer
8:25 AM
Navi
ShiurRabbi
Yosef Fischer
Mon-Friday
My holy mountain, and I will gladden them in My House of Prayer; their elevation-offerings and
5:25 AM Daf Yomi I
their feast-offerings will find favor on My Altar, for My House will be called a House of Prayer, for all
9:45
Gemara
RabbiAM
Avromy
FeinShiurRabbi
Leibel
Reznick
the nations.” (Yeshayahu 56:7)
7:00 AM
Daf Yomi
II
Rabbi
Yisroel Gottlieb
Wednesday
L’Illuy Nishmas beni, Aharon Baruch Mordechai ben Pinchas Menachem
‫אריה לייב בן רבקה‬
‫פריעדל‬
‫רפאל אפרים בן סימא‬
‫חיים בן חנה‬
8:25 AM Navi Shiur
Rabbi
Yosef
Fischer Beis8:15 PM
Melochim
9:45 AM
Gemara
Shiur
Rabbi
Yisroel
Gottlieb
Rabbi Leibel Reznick
Tuesday
Thursday
8:15 PM Chumash Shiur
8:00PM
Women’s
Dr. Yehuda
Eliezri Mishnayos
class-Tumah and TaharaWednesday
Dr. Debbie Raice Fox
8:15PM Shmuel Aleph
Rabbi Yisroel Gottlieb
Thursday
8:15 Women’s Mishnayos
Dr. Debbie Raice Fox
How to Reach Us
Rabbi Yisroel Gottlieb 357-3913, Daytime emergency 362-8362
rabbigottlieb@gmail.com
President Abe Frankel 845 425 8284, Abefrankel@aol.com
Treasurer Michael Kronenberg 845 368 1064 mkron1950@gmail.com
Facilities Yis Helprin 746-8065
Shul Secretary Aviva Schmutter 352-1343 baistorah@gmail.com M-TH
9:00-3:00, To receive e-mail updates, write to baistorah@gmail.com
Simcha Room Reservations/Kiddushim Jack Gross
659-6590
Aviva Schmutter, 352-1343
Shalosh Seudas Reservations
Jack Gross 659-6590
Bikur Cholim Eveline Kranzler, 352-8410 Sandy Lieder, 352-0122
Eiruv 362-4302
Mikvah 425-6101
Chesed Committee Charlie Grandovsky, 425-4683
Youth Jonathan Rosenstock 369-6349
Sisterhood Liaison Betty Schloss, 369 –1833 Hinda Kimmel 357-9571
Lost and Found Michael Loebenstein, 425-8895
Chevra Kadisha Steve Fessel, 425-1713, Ephraim Pessin, 914-420-6714
Gloria Gordon, 425-1276 Misaskim – 917-217-1545
Sisterhood Tribute Cards,
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In Case of Emergency The red Hatzoloh phone is in the hallway on the
wall between the rear washing station and the Simcha Room.
The defibrillator is in a cubby in the coat room opposite the Hatzoloh
phone.
Congregation Bais Torah 89 West Carlton Rd  Suffern, NY 10901 (845)352-1343 www.baistorah.org
congregation bais torah presents
A PHOTO EXHIBITION
featuring the photographs of
Dr. Irving Schild
Professor Emeritus at FIT and
Official Photographer at MAD Magazine
and other photographers
Motzoei Shabbos, November 22, 2014
8:30 p.m. in the Simcha Room
Dr. Schild will lecture on
“Photography Today: How? What? Where?”
There will be a raffle for one of Dr. Schild’s valuable photographs
Free Admission  Refreshments
You are also invited to join us
Friday night, November 21, 2014 at 8:15 p.m. for an
Oneg Shabbat
at the home of Dr. & Mrs. Gedalya Rapoport
8 Whisper Lane  Suffern, NY
Dr. Schild will lecture on
“From the Holocaust to Today”
There will
a raffle
forWest
one of
Dr. Schild’s
photographs
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