Friday, July 17, 2020

Everything At B'nai Torah in the building, on the Web and by Phone this week

For All Zoom Classes and Services, Please contact Rabbi Yaffe (rabbi@bnaitorahma.org) for acces

Shabbat Times for Shabbat Matot -Masai  7/17 - 7/18 2020:
Candle Lighting  8:04 PM
Evening Shema should be Recited (again) no earlier than 9:00 PM
Morning Shema on Shabbat 7/18 no later than 9:11 AM -Recite three paragraphs of Shema before Synagogue services.
Shabbat ends and Havdalah is recited after  9:11 PM

This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim Av: 
If you don't come to services please  remember to recite the Blessing of the New Month before Musaf on your own.

Rosh Chodesh Av is Tuesday night 7/21 and Wednesday 7/22.

The Nine Days Begin Tuesday Night 7/21 at sundown  - Laws and Customs follow at end of email.

 

Shabbat Services
1. Friday Evening  7/17 @7PM -The Next Phase in Our Reopening 
Actual Services in Social Hall:
Please observe all the directives  found in this document:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXGyYWX5nyIto7Plj6P0iS7xiGk9eQhg/view?usp=sharing
Please let us know if you are coming (You can still come if you forgot)

Public prayer is a contingent - although important, Rabbinic obligation
Guarding one’s health is a Biblical obligation of the greatest strictness 
Please remember these priorities!


2. Shabbat Morning 7/18  9AM - Service in Main Sanctuary 
Please consult with your physician before attending if you have any health concerns!
Please let us know if you are coming (You can still come if you forgot)
Please follow all directions of the Rabbis and appointed ushers. 
Please Stop by and come earlier if you can to have your temperature taken using our new, Israeli,  Tzomet Institute Shabbat Compliant thermometer.
Please observe all the directives  found in this document:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXGyYWX5nyIto7Plj6P0iS7xiGk9eQhg/view?usp=sharing
Please sit in the same place you sat last week

Public prayer is a contingent - although important, Rabbinic obligation
Guarding one’s health is a Biblical obligation of the greatest strictness 
Please remember these priorities!
Morning Shema on no later than 9:00AM -Recite three paragraphs of Shema before Synagogue services.


3.  Havdalah on Facebook Live  Motzei Shabbat 7/18 at 9:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1


Rabbis Office Hours: I'm here in the Synagogue taking and making calls from /to our members.
Since the synagogue line is tied up at times, please call on my cell phone: 
617.595.6437. In addition, you can email me on rabbi@bnaitorahma.org to set up a phone appointment.

In the coming week those hours are:
Tuesday 7/21       9AM to 10AM and 4PM - 6PM
Wednesday 7/22 9AM to 11AM and 4PM - 6PM
Thursday 7/23     4PM - 6PM
Friday 7/24           9AM -10AM 
I look forward to seeing you on  Zoom and talking to you on the phone. Your calls and emails are a true pleasure.
     
4. Sunday Zoom Shacharit service 7/19 @ 8AM



5. Zoom Shacharit Service : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday@ 7AM 6/23 -6/26



6. New Zoom Service Mincha -Maariv every Tuesday and Thursday @ 7PM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7A Mastering Talmud Class  9:30 AM Buying, Selling and Price Gouging  - in  Tractate Bava Batra

https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1



7B.  Avot Derav Natan (Ethics of Judaism -expanded ) Daily -Tuesday through Friday  8:30 -9AM

Also on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1




8.Torah -in Depth Weekly Torah Portion Tuesday  07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Also on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

=============================================

9. The Jewish Course of WHY - Followed by Mincha  Zoom Service
 Wednesday @ 6PM
==================================================

10. Not just stories: Midrash Class Thursday  1PM  

Also on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1





11. The Big Idea  Thursday  @ 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
This Week: Maimonides on the Messiah and All That 
Also on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1


 


The first nine days of the month of Av, (Tuesday Night 7/21 – 7/30, 2020) and also the morning of the tenth of Av,  are days of acute mourning for the destruction of the first and second Holy Temples.

During this time, we don’t:

Eat meat (including poultry) or drink wine, for during this period the sacrifices and wine libations in the Holy Temple ceased. The exceptions to this rule are meat and wine consumed on Shabbat or as part of a meal that celebrates a mitzvah, such as a circumcision, bar mitzvah, or the completion of a tractate of the Talmud.

Launder clothing (except for children who go through all their clothes)—even if they will not be worn during the Nine Days—or wear freshly laundered outer clothing. Those who wish to change their clothing daily should prepare a number of garments and briefly don each of them before the onset of the Nine Days. Then it is permitted to wear these “non-freshly laundered” garments during the Nine Days.

 Swim or bathe for pleasure, remodel or expand a home, plant trees to be used for shade or fragrance (as opposed to fruit trees).

Buy, sew, weave or knit new clothing—even if they will be worn only after the Nine Days.
Exceptions to this rule: (a) If you will miss a major sale, or if the garment will be unavailable later. (b) For the purpose of a mitzvah, such as purchasing new clothing for a bride and groom.

We don’t cut nails during the actual week of the fast of Tisha B’Av—i.e., starting from the Saturday night before the fast until the conclusion of the Nine Days.

One may become engaged to be married during this period, but no celebration should be held until after Tisha B’Av.


Note: All these restrictions are in addition to the restrictions that apply during all of the Three Weeks

No comments:

Post a Comment