tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27521039796444307582024-03-13T07:46:22.406-07:00Bnai BlogRabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-52434824606633990192021-11-29T07:02:00.008-08:002021-11-29T07:02:57.105-08:00Seeing Lessons: A Chanukah Contemplation<p> B”H</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Seeing Lessons</span></u></b></p><p>We have all heard of music lessons and driving lessons. But seeing lessons? Seeing is something that a healthy person is born with the capacity to do automatically, why would one need lessons? </p><p>It is just that - learning to see- that one of the primary observances of Chanukah asks us to do. In the Neirot Halalu –the piece of liturgy said immediately after the lighting of the Chanukah lights we say “And we have no right to make practical use of them (the lights), they are only to be looked at” </p><p>This is actually quite curious, in as much as the other types of lights we are asked to kindle as a Judaic precept- The Shabbat and Holiday lights are specifically designed to be used for illumination. With Chanukah, we are asked to do nothing with the lights except to look at them. </p><p>Every Jewish holiday carries a lesson that has the capacity –if absorbed- to enhance our lives throughout the entire year. A key component of Chanukah is to use the lights of the Chanukiah as a tool for teaching us to see in a new way. </p><p>If we look at a Chanukah lamp or candle, we will see that it has three mandatory components (an electric light or a burning pool of flammable liquid do not at all fulfill the obligation of performing the precept of the Chanukah lights): </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A wick</li><li>Fuel, e.g. oil or wax</li><li>The flame carried by the wick and fed by the oil.</li></ul><p></p><p>To have a clear lasting flame all three components are necessary. A wick ignited is soon extinguished in a powerful but uncontrolled and smoky blaze to oblivion. Oil or wax without a wick will not burn in an illuminating manner and is very hard to ignite, as it is a cold and inert substance under normal conditions. Without the flame, there is no chance of light. </p><p>During the entire historical period leading up to the events commemorated in Chanukah. The great challenge of the Hellenists to the Jews committed to their beliefs was: Why do you insist on proclaiming the supreme purpose of doing Mitzvot (precepts) with certain objects and certain places in certain times? Symbolism is fine, but do you really think that there is intrinsic value in these practices? Can you not have great spiritual experiences without all these physical details? Philosophize, meditate, but why the Tefillin (phylacteries)? Why the Shabbat? Why the Brit? Be in a spiritual mode or be in a physical mode but who are you kidding by straddling the fence and pretending that cold, inert physical activity has intrinsic spiritual value?</p><p>The Judaic response is that the soul and body are indeed dichotomous and struggle with each other. The body desires the transient and tangible, the soul desires the eternal and ethereal. When the upwardly striving flame of the soul meets the inert coldness of the wick of the body they struggle and smoke. Either the body wins and the flame gutters out, or the soul wins and consumes the body, leaving only formless soot behind. The Western Traditions of asceticism and hedonism are two sides of this same Hellenic coin. In the dichotomous model, one side can only assert itself at the expense of the other. </p><p>Judaism offers another model –the lamp. The flame does not consume the wick; it is the source of a clear and lasting light. The oil mediates between the wick and the flame slowly being consumed whilst the flame and wick maintain their integrity at peace with each other. The oil is the Mitzvot -the precepts of Judaism. These are the concrete objects and experiences within which G-d asks us to find Him. The physical also flows from G-d’s essence. The challenge of the physical is finding the G-dliness in it, as the physical by its nature conceals the life force constantly giving it existence. This is in contrast to the spiritual which does reveal the creative energy within -that is, indeed the very definition of spirituality. </p><p>However when we surrender ourselves to G-d and say, “show us where you are in the physical world” we are guided to the Mitzvot –the physical actions G-d creates as doorways to the Infinite within our finite world. </p><p>When our body (the wick) is immersed in this “oil” and the flame of the soul is applied to our body's action expresses the G-dly and the body is illuminated and at peace with the light of the soul. We see that there is no Dichotomy in life, only possible harmonies. Since “Hashem your G-d is Truth”, Truth is that which is always the same under all circumstances. If G-d is less present or available in the physical realm then that is not Truth. How is G-d available in the physical? By the practice of the Mitzvot which all involve the physical in some way.</p><p>These are the seeing lessons the Chanukah lights teach us. Never see the physical as a contradiction to the G-dly but as a necessary ingredient to an illumined and just world. G-d is only real to us when present everywhere under all circumstances. We learn to never see the physical as the enemy or the spiritual as impossible to attain. See them as the ingredients of a lamp that just need to be drawn together in harmony to shine. </p><p>Truly see the lights of Chanukah, and nothing will ever look the same</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><br /></div>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-88865502841706215062021-11-15T09:26:00.001-08:002021-11-15T09:26:36.239-08:00Torah portion<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/LL1v1jbY9nc" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-22706038609858855842021-10-28T12:52:00.003-07:002021-10-28T12:52:33.262-07:00Important announcements!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px; zoom: 1;"><tbody><tr><td class="" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2443992571678925653mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px; zoom: 1;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2443992571678925653mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 30.96px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="color: black;"><u><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>IMPORTANT COVID NOTICE</strong></span></span></u><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> This notice is to inform our members that COVID is currently widely circulating within local Jewish institutions. Also, there are both children and some adults in the community who are still unvaccinated and lacking immunity.<br /> <strong>Fortunately, to our knowledge, no case has been documented resulting from a transmission at Bnai Torah.</strong><br /> However, given the attendance/affiliation of many members and their household family members at multiple local Jewish institutions, we are reminding you of the following provisions of the shul COVID policy:</span></span></span><ul><li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">No one should enter the shul building who has any of the possible symptoms of COVID.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">No one should enter the shul building who has a household family member who has tested positive until cleared by the public health department of his City or Town</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Also, out of an abundance of caution, if you or a household family member have had an exposure to a documented COVID case and been directed to get a COVID test, you should refrain from entering the building until your or their COVID status has been determined.<br /> <br />The safety of our members is of utmost importance and we need to continue our vigilance in enforcing protective measures.</span></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px; zoom: 1;"><tbody><tr><td class="" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2443992571678925653mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px; zoom: 1;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2443992571678925653mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 30.96px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shabbat Shalom!<br /><br /><strong><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89560281697?pwd%3DS2IvRXpWOG1QQjZDUUVVUUk4MW1xQT09&source=gmail&ust=1635534561762000&usg=AFQjCNGt5UGI_LGbPFvZJWx1UPB1oCjKJg" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89560281697?pwd=S2IvRXpWOG1QQjZDUUVVUUk4MW1xQT09" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #2947dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">New Zoom Link for all classes </a><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89560281697?pwd%3DS2IvRXpWOG1QQjZDUUVVUUk4MW1xQT09&source=gmail&ust=1635534561762000&usg=AFQjCNGt5UGI_LGbPFvZJWx1UPB1oCjKJg" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89560281697?pwd=S2IvRXpWOG1QQjZDUUVVUUk4MW1xQT09" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #2947dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">- Click Here</a></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">All services will be in the large sanctuary!</span></span></em></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">In order to keep all members and guests safe at B'nai Torah, all participants at any function in the shul, services, meals (except when eating) <u> MUST</u> wear a face mask over both their nose and mouth. These requirements are mandated by the City of Springfield. <br />Shabbat Shalom!</span></strong></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-2584672963295575942021-08-13T14:12:00.007-07:002021-08-13T14:12:51.225-07:00New COVID policy @ CBT effective immediately <p> <span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">In an abundance of caution, given the substantial transmission rates in Hampden County, the high prevalence of vaccinated members with increased Covid risk, and presence of children under 12 years of age who have not been immunized, Congregation B’nai Torah has issued the following Shul COVID-19 Policy revisions effective Shabbat 8/13 -14 onwards:</span></p><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: 18px;"> <strong>ALL INDIVIDUALS AGES 5 YEARS AND OVER (VACCINATED OR NOT) MUST BE FULLY MASKED IN ALL INDOOR AREAS OF CONGREGATION BNAI TORAH AT ALL TIMES</strong>, <em>with the following exceptions :</em></span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Masks may be removed <strong>only for eating </strong>(e.g. kiddushes, events) and must be refastened after one has completed eating.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Hazzan, Baal Tefillah, Baal Torah, or shofar blower if he is vaccinated and socially distanced from other individuals on the bima, ,may remove his mask on the Bimah <strong>while he is facing the Ark. </strong> </span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"> <br /> <strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em></em></strong><strong>The Rabbi or other </strong>speakers<strong><em> may face the congregation and be unmasked while delivering remarks</em></strong><strong> </strong>while standing as far away from the front of the congregation on the Bimah as possible.</span></div><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Other Protective Measures for Food Service Events:</strong></u></span></span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Masks shall be worn in buffet lines and when seated at tables at all times except when food is actually being consumed.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">To avoid close contact in a buffet line, no more than about 8 individuals (e.g. family group, table grouping) should be at buffet tables at one time. For example, at a larger gathering, attendees should be seated and be directed to approach the buffet one table at a time. </span></div>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-36622186635501225252021-07-09T00:28:00.000-07:002021-07-09T00:28:04.806-07:00Schedule for Services and Torah Study: Shabbat and Coming Week<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3215093174475671005templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">This week as Shabbat ends we begin the intense period of national reflection we know as the "Nine Days". For more information please <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dbdbfc847c1%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNHyQ6dFAvqoN6qX0nEPZcxbtYIW8g" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=bdbfc847c1&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here.</a> Join us this Shabbat as we mark Rosh Chodesh -the new month which carries in it the hope of healing and renewal. This week's talk is about the work of this important period and is titled <strong>"The road from Sad to Glad does not pass through Mad"<br /><br />Shabbat Shalom and Chodesh Tov!</strong></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong><em><u>NEW ! </u></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Zoom link for all services and classes: </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dd3f23ada3b%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNEg230DABq84HB84X233C4SRcZ4YA" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=d3f23ada3b&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>81775656038?pwd=<wbr></wbr>K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT<wbr></wbr>09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 817 7565 6038 Passcode: 248365</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_3215093174475671005templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><hr /><h2 style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule:</span></span></strong></h2><h2 style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday 7/9</strong></u><br /><br /><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM<em> Remember all </em><strong>Rosh Chodesh Insertions</strong><br /><br /><em>Candlelighting: 8:08 PM</em><br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day /Rosh Chodesh 7/10</strong></u></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Shacharit: </em>9AM</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the latest Biblically mandated time for the reading of the Shema which is<u><strong> 9:04AM</strong></u></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: 8 - 9:20 PM</em><br /><br /><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: 9:20 PM -all Nine Days <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D0cd15e20f0%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNEUx6RYxuB1K4-TtKJOBMTeX4lDkw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=0cd15e20f0&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">rules</a> in effect.</em></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 7/11</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or click <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D0e1097d067%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNHavTPhskiitelmgBbcEBhbmE5Rdg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=0e1097d067&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">here </a></em></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">: 8AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Class in Halachic </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Man via Zoom: 9:30AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:00 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong><u><em><span style="background-color: darkorange;">New Day and Time:</span></em></u><span style="background-color: darkorange;"> </span>Parsha- in-Depth Text Study </strong>7:50 -8:45 PM on Zoom</span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 7/13</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D24edc80454%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNGbBXndRfy5PPnO2CY-2fyfc9NvBg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=24edc80454&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Morning Services 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">Chanie Yaffe's Yiddish Group </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">11:30AM - 12:25PM</span></span></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 7/14</strong><br /><em>Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Df766edaff6%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNEto7muuaVleU34fYUgmbw_hC_0dw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=f766edaff6&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 7/15</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Df3a72e971e%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNEFXT7-asf_1CX5e5kf2HSshkMQtw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=f3a72e971e&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><u>New! Let's Meet the Prophets: </u></strong> <em>A deep dive into a very misunderstood group of women and men</em> 7:50 -8:45PM on Zoom</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3215093174475671005mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 7/16</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D3d8985aa8e%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1625901831991000&usg=AFQjCNEwZ9uQSsVL1nVM_Alv0B4Ot6Gdlg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=3d8985aa8e&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br /><br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br /><br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting 8:05PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-885800731330511832021-07-04T18:06:00.004-07:002021-07-04T18:06:43.482-07:00Schedule change for 7/5 (National Holiday). Note from Rabbi<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 26px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Morning services Tomorrow, <em>Monday 7/5/</em><br />at</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;"><strong><span style="font-size: 26px;"> </span><u><span style="font-size: 26px;">8AM. </span></u></strong></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24px;">Due to National Holiday, no regular classes, but I am available for Torah study with any number of people anytime during the day - just contact me to arrange.</span></p>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-23335919658820210562021-06-27T12:05:00.001-07:002021-06-27T12:05:01.805-07:00Mincha 7:45PM Today - Please note change! <p> Reminder: Mincha for Fast / Maariv at Bnai Torah is 7:45PM Today - Please note change! See you there אי"ה</p>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-46700854199520753262021-06-11T13:38:00.002-07:002021-06-11T13:38:44.930-07:00A Thought, A Schedule, and Important Changes - Please Read!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; max-width: 600px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="templateBody" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnShareBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnShareBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnShareBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><img align="left" data-file-id="5433156" height="112" src="https://mcusercontent.com/91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe/images/f43b95d5-1cd2-3c8a-2bc8-7e9ca763b727.png" style="border: 0px; height: 112px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">T<span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">his week Korach attempts a coup against the leadership of Moshe and Aharon. His malfeasance lay not in his arguments, but in their motivation. Judaism embraces argument "These and these are both the words of the Living G-d", says the Talmud (Eruvin 13B).<br /><br />However, argument is good when it concerns ideas, policies and philosophies. Self esteem is a good thing, But when self- esteem becomes located in winning an argument, the ego aspect destroys everything. This is what happened with Korach and why we are admonished not be like him. Through respectful and vigorous discussion and debate we become stronger and better </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">Important:</span></strong></u><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;"> This week, the Tuesday Torah-in-Depth Class will meet on Tuesday 6/15. On </span><u><em><strong><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">all </span></strong></em></u><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">subsequent weeks the class will meet on</span><strong><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;"> </span><em><u><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">Mondays</span></u></em><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;"> </span></strong><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">starting </span><strong><em><u><span style="background-color: antiquewhite;">6/21</span></u></em></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Zoom link for all services and classes: </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 817 7565 6038 Passcode: 248365</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; 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font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule: <u><em>THE ERUV IS UP!</em></u></span></span></strong></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday: </strong></u><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM <em>Candlelighting: 8:07PM</em><br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day: </strong></u></span></span><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">9AM</span></h2><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the Biblical time for the reading of the Shema which is<u><strong> </strong></u></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: 8PM </em><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: 9:23 PM</em></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 6/13 - 3 Tammuz</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">: 8AM</span></span><br /><br /><u><strong><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">NO</em></strong></u><strong><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </em></strong><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">"</em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Halachic Man" Class</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Monday 6/14</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Morning Services- 7:00am</em></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:00 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 6/15</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Morning Services 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Chanie Yaffe's Yiddish Group </span></strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">11:30AM - 12:25PM. </span></em></span><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Starting this week !<span style="font-size: 16px;"></span></strong><strong> Class is </strong></span></span><u>Live in Library</u> <strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">and </strong><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">also </em><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">on Zoom. </strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Vaccinated individuals do not have to mask</em></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>New! Parsha- in-Depth Text Study </strong>7:50 -8:45 PM on Zoom</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 6/16</strong><br /><em>Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 6/17</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><u>New! Let's Meet the Prophets: </u></strong> <em>A deep dive into a very misunderstood group of women and men</em> 7:50 -8:45PM on Zoom</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 6/18</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81775656038?pwd=K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br /><br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br /><br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting 8:10 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-23740247888035343292021-05-31T14:42:00.003-07:002021-05-31T14:42:30.224-07:00My letter to our community concerning Israel<p> </p><!--StartFragment-->
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Many years ago, a dear friend and congregant, a strongly religious and
observant Jew, who was a Holocaust survivor told me: “Of course my faith was
challenged , of course I have many unanswerable questions, but emerging from
the camps I knew one thing: The greatest evil the world had ever seen devoted
itself above all else to the annihilation of the Jewish people and therefore
Judaism. If the greatest evil the world had ever seen sought to destroy Judaism
then Judaism must be the greatest good the world has ever seen”. Hence, his
lifelong intense devotion to Judaism and its observance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">So too, today: Much has happened in
the last month. Foremost in our minds are the attacks by Hamas and other Arab
terrorist groups upon our brothers and sisters in Israel. This was followed by
a recently unprecedented degree of Anti-Jewish rhetoric and physical attacks in
the USA, the UK, Belgium, and many more places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In truth, though we have been through worse and G-d willing will get
through this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">I see, however, important moral
clarity gained from all these unfortunate events. To whit, the hatred of Israel
is the hatred of all Jews everywhere. Hamas and its ilk desire there be no Jews
G-d forbid in Israel or frankly anywhere in the world. The attacks upon Jews
everywhere physically, verbally and in social media demonstrate that none of
this is about the so-called “occupation” – it is about the age-old desire to
eliminate the Jewish people and their message from the world. However, G-d put
us here for a reason, and despite grievous wounds we are still here and will
with G-d’s help always be here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">We
all are deeply distressed by the loss of lives, especially those of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>children on the Arab side. As Jews we
treasure every human life</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">. Therefore, let us look at the utter
cruelty and disregard for life -even Arab life- displayed by the terrorists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Look at the profound anti-Semitism of
them and their supporters. Look at the murder, callousness and cruelty of all
these terrorist movements world-wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Look at Israel’s efforts to protect their own and even the lives of many
who hate us in Gaza and elsewhere -look at her efforts to minimize the death of
those not actively involved in wanton attempts to murder the innocent. Evil
seeks to destroy good, and the treasure of goodness preserved by our people
through everything is the heritage and hope of humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">So, let me share some things we can
do -there is a “soul” and a “body” to this <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">The ‘Soul”: Let us redouble our
engagement in Judaism. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Let us study more Torah that we know
what treasures we possess. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Let us remind ourselves that G-d
brings success to our efforts – and increase the intensity and involvement in
Tefilah – not just prayer but the bonding with a very real G-d who challenges
us to seek and discover it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us increase our involvement in Mitzvot and
in particular, Tzedakah -especially for the needs of our family in the Land of
Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">The “Body”: In<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>conjunction with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>these spiritual efforts let us also build the
real world vessels for thar energy. Speak up<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>-to political leaders, to each other, in person and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on social media on behalf of the Israel and
the Jewish people. Speak out against the false narrative of the victimhood of
those who embrace mayhem and murder. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">As our prophet Isaiah (5:20) said so
many years ago -but so applicable to today: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">כ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>הוֹי הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טוֹב, וְלַטּוֹב רָע:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>שָׂמִים חֹשֶׁךְ לְאוֹר וְאוֹר לְחֹשֶׁךְ,
שָׂמִים מַר לְמָתוֹק וּמָתוֹק לְמָר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that
change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter! The murderers are the victims?
Those who seek the genocidal annihilation of our presence in our land given to
us by G-d are somehow on the side of justice? They are crueler to their fellows
than Israel is to its actual enemies!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Call out clearly on every platform
you have that the Land of Israel belonging to the Jewish people is an
intrinsic, key, element of Judaism and asking a Jew to give that up or deny it
is to ask a Jew to repudiate Judaism as a whole!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">But light drives away dark, not a
broom. Let us focus on the wonderful gift Judaism is and let us share its
universal values as embodied in the Noahide Laws with all. There are so many
moral and ethical challenges out there that Judaism has a clear view on -and
these are the universal values<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>contained
in the torah for the benefit of all humanity. Study them, and share them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">I do not doubt that over time -if we
remain strong in what is right even our bitterest enemies will see the folly of
their ways benefit of the universal aspects<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>of the Torah that leaves room for every human to attain all possible
good. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">I
know we feel deeply about these issues, if anyone would like to discuss them,
my physical and virtual doors are always open to hearing from, and dialoguing
with, each and every one of you<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Also, we had a wonderful Shavuot,
with more people in our Shul than I have seen for a long time. We saw a
good<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>number of Thank G-d children, also.
We continue to make bespoke tutoring available to any Jewish child needing it
-please contact us if you know of any who might benefit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Most of all us extend our wishes for
good health, continued growth in all good things to each one of you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">בברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
/ With blessing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Shlomo and Chana Yaffe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Some
our Torah study opportunities: All<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on
Zoom (</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">call in available<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>)<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Tuesday Nights 750 -845 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">:
Torah Mysteries: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We will explore multiple
approaches to some of the challenging and mysterious texts found each week in
the Torah reading</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Thursday nights 7:50 – 845 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">:
The Prophetic Journey: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Join us for a deep
dive in to the world of the Prophets, who they were, and what their words teach
us today. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">Every
Monday,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: </span></u></b><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">The
Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah <b>8:30-9AM</b></span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> / </span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">Quick
Lunch n' Learn -<b>1230-1245 PM</b></span><b><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--EndFragment-->Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-32034999959289778692021-05-28T10:56:00.003-07:002021-05-28T10:56:47.580-07:00Important Re-opening information and schedule<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-5468470398583601629templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Thank G-d -we continue to move in a good direction:<br />The emergency Covid regulations for Houses of Worship issued by the Governor of Massachusetts will be rescinded effective May 29. 2021. The Executive Board of B’nai Torah has adopted the following COVID Policy applicable to our institution effective May 29, 2021:<br /> <br />Masking Policy:</span></span><ol><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Masking shall be required in all indoor areas of our shul buildings for all individuals including children who have not been fully vaccinated. </span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> Individuals who may have had clinical symptoms of COVID, been diagnosed with COVID by a medical provider, or had positive antibody test results during the pandemic but are not fully vaccinated are not exempt from this masking requirement.</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> Masks shall be worn in a manner to cover both the nose and mouth area.</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Individuals who are fully vaccinated for COVID are not required to be masked in the indoor areas of our shul buildings. We acknowledge and support the decisions of many fully vaccinated congregants and visitors of the shul to continue masking in our indoor spaces at this time due to personal concerns or circumstances.</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Masks will be made available at the entrance for those who arrive without one.</span></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Seating in indoor areas (Note: To begin Sunday, May 30th 2021):</span></span><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Capacity Limits and spacing requirements required by the Governor’s Orders and CDC guidance for Houses of Worship have been rescinded. However, some congregants and visitors may request others arriving after them to select seating at a social distance; kindly honor this request when other seating is available.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Kiddushes and Other Events Serving Food Inside the Shul Buildings:</span></span><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">All individuals are welcome to participate in these activities, however, to address COVID safety concerns, unvaccinated individuals should keep a social distance from fully vaccinated individuals when eating and masks are removed. Masks shall be reattached after eating is completed</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> This policy will be periodically reviewed and is subject to change based on new C.D.C. guidance or to conform to new governmental regulations.</span></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong><em><u>NEW ! </u></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Zoom link for all services and classes: </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D0f171deb9b%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1622310933040000&usg=AFQjCNFbnubG8ILZo8AKszJZ3VE2xxtFVQ" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=0f171deb9b&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>81775656038?pwd=<wbr></wbr>K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT<wbr></wbr>09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 817 7565 6038 Passcode: 248365</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-5468470398583601629templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><hr /><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule:</span></span></strong></h2><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday 5/28</strong></u><br /><br /><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM<br /><br /><em>Candlelighting: 7:57PM</em><br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day: 5/29</strong></u></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Shacharit: </em>9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please Note: We resume doing the full service from Brachot -but please do recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the Biblical time for the reading of the Shema which is<u><strong> 9:02 AM</strong></u></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: 7:45PM</em><br /><br /><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: 9:10 PM</em></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 5/30</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D4572e0c8cc%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1622310933040000&usg=AFQjCNEcoRbv893hFExrvWsSn6F-6B80VQ" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=4572e0c8cc&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">: 8AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Class in Halachic </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Man via Zoom: 9:30AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Monday 5/31</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Morning Services- MEMORIAL DAY 8:00am</em></span></span><br />No classes<br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:00 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 6/1</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Morning Services 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>New! Parsha- in-Depth Text Study </strong>7:50 -8:45 PM on Zoom</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 6/2</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 6/3</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><u>New! Let's Meet the Prophets: </u></strong> <em>A deep dive into a very misunderstood group of women and men</em> 7:50 -8:45PM on Zoom</span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5468470398583601629mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 6/4</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above</em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br /><br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br /><br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting 8:02PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-49022332019537031152021-05-25T05:33:00.001-07:002021-05-25T05:33:43.098-07:00Aggadot of the Talmud Chagiga 5a<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/YPbttjvHXc0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-30167650950316252832021-05-21T12:09:00.001-07:002021-05-21T12:09:07.429-07:00Keep Israel in Mind! Schedule for Shabbat and the whole week<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-600167058533806815templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">A short note from Rabbi Y.<br /><br />Dear </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shlomo,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Our Parsha begins with the word "Naso" -"to lift up" -our heads and be counted. Let us lift up our heads proudly as Jews and be counted in our strength and resolve.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">Even though this war with the various groups of Arab terrorists in Israel is over, Please keep our brothers and sisters in Israel in your prayers and your advocacy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">Don't let your friends, relatives and anyone you know be hoodwinked by any narrative that claims Israel is any way to blame for the deaths in this fighting.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"> No rockets and no riots, then no deaths. Don't hide your rockets next to kids, no kids have to die.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">Be forceful, be unwavering and let's add to our Prayer, Mitzvot and Torah study. It is our spiritual power together with doing the right and sensible real world steps (for example no concession to terrorists whatsoever, ever) that will cause G-d to send his blessings upon Israel.<br /><br />Regarding Prayer: 1-3 more people for each morning and evening weekday service will ensure we have a minyan every day. This is very important at this time. </span><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><em><u>Please come!</u></em></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> whenever you can, and let me know which day(s) you are coming</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong><em><u>NEW ! </u></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Zoom link for all services and classes: </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Df18468d866%26e%3Dde79a9a8fe&source=gmail&ust=1621710269229000&usg=AFQjCNFGThtDYbjulY9YJWA2BNGhzLmxKw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=f18468d866&e=de79a9a8fe" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>81775656038?pwd=<wbr></wbr>K01hUUVHQkt0aldwV2R6YlpHTUVVUT<wbr></wbr>09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 817 7565 6038 Passcode: 248365</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-600167058533806815templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><hr /><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule:</span></span></strong></h2><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday 5/21/21- 10 Sivan</strong></u><br /><br /><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM<br /><br /><em>Candlelighting: </em>7:50PM<br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day: 5/22/21 - 11Sivan</strong></u></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Shacharit: </em>9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please Note: We resume doing the full service from Brachot -but please do recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the Biblical time for the reading of the Shema which is<u><strong> 9:02 AM</strong></u></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: </em>7:40 PM<br /><br /><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: </em>9:03 PM</span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 5/23/21</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dfe779c04e7%26e%3Dde79a9a8fe&source=gmail&ust=1621710269229000&usg=AFQjCNG9b_2ArDjgbPnALQ5U42NYT6LpFw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=fe779c04e7&e=de79a9a8fe" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">: 8AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Class in Halachic </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Man via Zoom: 9:30AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Monday 5/24/21 </strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Morning Services- 7:00am</em></span></span><br /><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:00 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 5/25/21</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Morning Services 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>New! Parsha- in-Depth Text Study </strong>7:50 -8:45 PM on Zoom</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 5/26/21</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 5/27/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><u>New! Let's Meet the Prophets: </u></strong> <em>A deep dive into a very misunderstood group of women and men</em> 7:50 -8:45PM on Zoom</span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-600167058533806815mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 5/28/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above</em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br /><br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br /><br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting -7:57PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-74072834415613175492021-05-16T07:01:00.001-07:002021-05-16T07:01:18.796-07:00Halachic Man<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/tBMDQ92BUAQ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-76563924781949516032021-05-14T14:44:00.000-07:002021-05-14T14:44:05.042-07:00Shabbat, Special Happenings for Shavuot and more!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-3648268276981886258templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">This year we are open for Shavuot - we will have a Tikkun (Shavuot Eve Study), a Kiddush Luncheon in a bag to eat <u><strong>outdoors or at home</strong></u> and much more<br /><br />Shavuot is when we renew our commitment to the Torah and its Study.<br /><br />Now is a good time to choose one of our many learning opportunities available on Zoom and join us regularly</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Zoom link for all services and classes: </strong><br /><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D756f5e9ac0%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862618000&usg=AFQjCNGFA9bsR_PyqChHYImcSx461sZs7w" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=756f5e9ac0&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>89200471872?pwd=<wbr></wbr>RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz<wbr></wbr>09</a><br /><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 Passcode: 248365</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-3648268276981886258templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><hr /><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule:</span></span></strong></h2><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday 5/14/21- 3 Sivan</strong></u><br /><br /><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM<br /><br /><em>Candlelighting: </em>7:43PM<br /><br />Count Omer 48<br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day: </strong></u></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Shacharit: </em>9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please Note: We resume doing the full service from Brachot -but please do recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the Biblical time for the reading of the Shema</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: </em>7:35 PM<br /><br /><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: </em>8:55PM<br /><br />Count Omer 49</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 5/16/21 Shavuot Eve </strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D42c709f503%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862619000&usg=AFQjCNHBVxp6N5UEcBvJFH90QGF2Jv1DwA" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=42c709f503&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">: 8AM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Class in Halachic </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Man via Zoom: 9:30AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Yom Tov Candle Lighting</em> 7:45 PM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Zoom Yizkor for those who can't come to Shul -6:30 PM</em><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dde59c23925%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862619000&usg=AFQjCNF_Ki4kphmAk4NJAdy4Bqp8KQ5XAQ" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=de59c23925&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>89200471872?pwd=<wbr></wbr>RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz<wbr></wbr>09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 Passcode: 248365</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7PM</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Tikkun / Torah Study</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:15 - 9PM (two sessions)</span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Holiday Maariv and Light Kiddush refreshment to take outdoors or home </em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">- 9PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Monday 5/17/21 Shavuot 1st Day</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Schedule:</strong></em><br /><strong>Shavuot, Monday- May 17</strong><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Services- 9:00am</em><br /><br /><strong>Please join us as we stand together and hear the 10 Commandments as we renew our acceptance of the Torah! </strong><br /><br /><em>Hear the Ten Commandments- 10:00am<br /><br />Kiddush Dairy Luncheon in a Bag after services<br /><br />Individual wrapped ice cream for kids!</em></span></span><br /><br /><em style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mincha /Maariv</em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> 7:45 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting for Shavuot Day 2 <strong>not before</strong> 8:57PM</span></span><br /><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 5/18/21</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Yom Tov Shacharit / Book of Ruth: 9AM<br /><br />Yizkor 10:30AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7:45 PM<br /><br />Havdalah / Yom Tov ends 8:58PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 5/12/21</strong><br /><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dfbf97eebf8%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862619000&usg=AFQjCNEWAUK5uQSej1x6e4LSgL3hGruxmw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=fbf97eebf8&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 5/20/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D88b9f43878%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862619000&usg=AFQjCNFh-c_V2iwgFRVmEy7x8BIui2C9dw" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=88b9f43878&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Big Question: Genetic Science and Judaism Part 1 - 7:50 PM</span></span><br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3648268276981886258mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 5/21/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D0fb0466757%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1621114862619000&usg=AFQjCNG3LAmjGa46v3vn3MUYI-a-N7XHpQ" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=0fb0466757&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br /><br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br /><br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br /><br />Candle Lighting -7:50PM</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-8282639510821664212021-05-13T15:58:00.005-07:002021-05-13T15:58:38.807-07:00Please join us on zoom for prayer and Torah study regarding the situation in Israel<p> <img data-file-id="5433156" height="469" src="https://mcusercontent.com/91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe/images/f43b95d5-1cd2-3c8a-2bc8-7e9ca763b727.png" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; height: 469px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center; width: 625px;" width="625" /></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Please join us for a special session as we pray for our<br />brothers and sisters in Israel.<br />We will follow with Torah discussion on these issues.</span></em></strong><br /><br /><u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">The Big Idea Class at B'nai Torah -Tonight, Thursday, 5/13 at 7:50pm</span></span></strong></span></u></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><strong>Zoom Link for all services and classes this week</strong></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09#success" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09#success</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 Passcode: 248365</span>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-17931916024002687022021-05-11T08:48:00.011-07:002021-05-11T08:48:45.689-07:00Briefing on situation in Israel. From our Federation.<p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fccs7" data-offset-key="4tige-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fccs7" data-offset-key="2qlh6-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2qlh6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="gs" style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; white-space: normal; width: 1329.29px;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" id=":1c3" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL msg251120781075770541" id=":1aa" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_251120781075770541WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fccs7" data-offset-key="4tige-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fccs7" data-offset-key="2qlh6-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2qlh6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="py34i1dx" style="color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="2qlh6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87663333742</span></span></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Friends,<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the situation seems to be escalating in Israel, our partnership with JAFI and Partnership2Gether is offering the opportunity for us to learn what is happening in Israel beyond the headlines we are seeing in the news. Please follow the link below at 1:00 PM to participate in this <span style="color: #212121;">special briefing with Ambassador Dr. Michael Oren. – <u>Stewart Bromberg, CEO Federation.</u><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Message from Naveh Yogev, P2G Director<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Afula- Gilboa- Southern New England<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the past 24 hours we are experiencing an escalation in violence in Israel, from Jerusalem and throughout the country. Our partnerships have been instrumental in responding pro-actively to the situation – each according the their specific regional needs.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">We would like to invite you, and whomever you think could benefit, to a special briefing with Ambassador Dr. Michael Oren, allowing an opportunity to understand what is happening beyond the headlines.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Israel, Ambassador Oren served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, in the paratroopers in the Lebanon War, a liaison with the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Gulf War, and an IDF spokesman during the Second Lebanon War and the Gaza operation in January 2009. He acted as an emissary to Jewish refuseniks in the Soviet Union, as an advisor to Israel's delegation to the United Nations, and as the government's director of Inter-Religious Affairs. He was a gold medal-winning athlete in the Maccabiah Games.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Briefing will take place today, at 1:00pm EST, using this link:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87663333742&source=gmail&ust=1620833576586000&usg=AFQjCNFme8_uvTY7Ludz2pAWpNDvVN3tag" fg_scanned="1" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87663333742" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>87663333742</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This briefing has been quickly arranged and we apologize if you are unable to attend.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; 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The Torah speaks of "Bechukotai" following G-d's statutes.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">The word actually mean "that which is engraved".</span><br /><br />Our Judaism is not written on us -writing that an be erased, but engraved- it is part of us and and it can be temporarily hidden and fill with debris but it remains there, always.<br /><br />A quick puff of air and we can see it again.<br /><br />A little involvement in a Mitzvah or Torah study or Prayer is "breath of fresh air" that blows away the dust that hides the true self.</span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shabbat Schedule:</span></span></strong></h2><h2 class="mc-toc-title" style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Friday 5/7/21 25 Iyar</strong></u><br /><br /><em>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat: </em>7PM<br /><br /><em>Candlelighting: </em>7:36PM<br /><br />Count Omer 41<br /><br /><u><strong>Shabbat Day: </strong></u></span></span></h2><em>Shacharit: </em>9AM<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Please Note: We resume doing the full service from Brachot -but please do recite the three paragraphs of the Shema before arriving in Synagogue so as to conform to the Biblical time for the reading of the Shema</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Mincha/ Torah Study/ Maariv: </em>7:25 PM<br /><br /><em>Havdalah/ Shabbat Ends: </em>8:46PM<br /><br />Count Omer 42</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Sunday 5/9/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above, or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shacharit: 8AM<br />Class in Halachic Man via Zoom: 9:30AM<br />Mincha /Maariv 7PM </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Special Yom Yerushalayim Service </em></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Count Omer 43</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Monday 5/10/21 Yom Yerushalayim</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM - <em>Special Yom Yerushalayim Service </em><br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM<br />Count Omer 44</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Tuesday 5/11/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br />Yiddish with Mrs. Yaffe: 1130AM<br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM<br />Secrets of the Haftarah - 7:50 PM<br />Count Omer 45</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Wednesday 5/12/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br /><br />Mincha /Maariv 7 PM<br />Count Omer 46</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Thursday 5/13/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Shacharit: 7AM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mincha /Maariv 7 PM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Big Question: What Changed at Sinai: - 7:50 PM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Count Omer 47</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Schedule for Friday 5/14/21</strong><br /><em>All Classes and Morning Services are on our Zoom link listed above or <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Shacharit: 7AM<br />The Other Side of the Talmud: Aggadah 8:30-9AM<br />Quick Lunch n' Learn -1230-1245 PM<br />Mincha /Kabbalat Shabbat 7 PM<br />Candle Lighting -7:43PM</span></span><br /><br />Count Omer 48</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 class="mc-toc-title" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Special Events Coming Up: </h1><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">1. We will have a special Yom Tov <em>dairy-luncheon-in-a-bag </em>/outdoor safe<br />Kiddush this Shavuot!<br /><br />And, to prepare for the holiday, the resumption of our "Women Connect" program</span></span><br /><img height="349" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/C_3ZEi0nceoW9H9YltOsH7EyQuchWtiQF1t1d_iC9AsLYBtIVRoRU99TpFGkQDHxzvisvKioIibcTWZIYYKV1ozEceZd8lIslW2ZRfJ0ao0r5y38_SUyk1GdOIA3Mk-_RA3jc05coPtoJJVny4VJ1kQabDvVAA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe/images/955152c6-b036-afcc-24de-0d2feaaf6dc7.png" style="border: 0px; height: 349px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-27816822432284835252021-05-04T16:51:00.002-07:002021-05-04T16:51:32.312-07:00Haftarah<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/lEfCMmFSDTM" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-62990824544934605582021-05-03T06:35:00.003-07:002021-05-03T06:35:58.719-07:00Incredible Mitzvah Opportunity -Just 1 hour a week! <p> <span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">I hope you are well. We have resumed morning and evening Minyanim / services and some mornings we are 1 or 2 men short.</span></p><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Praying with a Minyan and making a Minyan possible is a very great Mitzvah of enormous importance. </span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">If you can give us just one hour a week! Please fill out </span><a href="https://doodle.com/poll/ebd9x6pd89yh2shf?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">this Doodle poll by clicking here</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> and checking the box as to which day(s) you can join us weekly (or let me know about any other interval)</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">You can be all the difference! Thanks!</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">(Rabbi) Shlomo Yaffe</span>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-15862423938073493262021-04-30T15:06:00.002-07:002021-05-03T10:22:26.343-07:00Shabbat Shalom - Responding to the Meron Tragedy & Schedule<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; max-width: 600px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="templateBody" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">We wish you a Shabbat Shalom. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Yet, we are faced with sadness in the midst of joy and darkness amidst light with the terrible tragedy in Meron, Israel on Lag Ba'Omer -last night. <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/305300" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a><br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1/posts/3926230017497142" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a>for a very moving article expressing the feelings of the Jewish people at this moment: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>Let us respond in the three ways that Jews have for all our existence:</em></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">1. <strong>Tzedakah</strong> -<strong> Charity</strong>; A good idea would be to donate to an organization that was there at the disaster scene helping and sometimes saving such as <a href="https://secure.afmda.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20004b?df_id=1483&mfc_pref=T&1483.donation=form1&s_src=GNRLWEB&FURL=UR&NONCE_TOKEN=3FFE7CCAE12FEC015C8E10DFD168ABB8" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Magen David Adom click here to donate.</a><br /> <br />2. <strong> Tefilah - Prayer </strong>- for the bereaved families and for recovery of the injured : The Orthodox Union has suggested reciting Tehillim / Psalms 20,121, and 130 found<a href="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2601.htm" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"> by clicking here</a> and then choosing those Mizmorim / Psalms from the menu.<br /><br />3. <strong>Torah Study</strong> - Study Chapter 4 of Pirkei Avot / Ethics of the Fathers <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot.4?lang=bi" style="color: #2947dd; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">click here </a>- or any piece of Torah. </span><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Schedule for Shabbat Emor 18-19 Iyar 4/30 - 5/1 2021</strong></u></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Friday</strong>: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00 PM<br />Candlelighting 7:28PM<br />Omer 34 Tonight<br /><br /><strong>Shabbat:</strong> 9 AM - Shacharit<br /><em>Please recite all prayers (except Baruch She'amar) until Mizmor Shir l'yom Hashabbat before arriving at Synagogue . We begin with Baruch She'amar and Mizmor Shir</em><br /><br />Mincha / Maariv / Torah Study 7:20PM<br /><br />Havdalah / Shabbat ends 8:37 PM Omer 35 Tonight</span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; 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margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">7PM</span></strong><span style="background-color: yellow;"> Mincha / Maariv - </span><em><span style="background-color: yellow;">Remember to count the omer after 8:23PM</span></em><br /><br /><u><em><strong><span style="background-color: cyan;">Zoom link for All services and classes :</span></strong></em></u><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D21bc0b5df1%26e%3Dde79a9a8fe&source=gmail&ust=1617744629400000&usg=AFQjCNH4_KTkyUIGMc_CILmCvnWvYPlP-Q" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=21bc0b5df1&e=de79a9a8fe" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 Passcode: 248365</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Weekly Schedule of Classes - All classes are on our Zoom link listed above</strong></span><br /><br /><u style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Tuesday, Thursday and Friday</strong></u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">8:30 - 9:00 AM </span></span><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;">The Other Side of The Talmud </strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">- The Aggadah</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">12:30 -12:45 PM </span></span><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;">Quick Lunch N' Learn </strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">- Weekly Torah Portion (grab your own lunch)</span></span><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><u>Sunday</u></strong><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>No class this Sunday.</em><br />This Sunday morning at 8AM services our son, Shneur Zalman Yaffe will begin putting on Tefillin in preparation for his Bar-Mitzvah which follows with G-d's help in two months time. Zalman will share a few words with us afterwards. Please join us in person or by Zoom</span></span><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><u>Tuesday</u></strong><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">7:50 -8:40 PM </span></span><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;">The Haftarah in Depth </strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">(Note New Time)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Mrs. Yaffe's Y<b>iddish Class, </b></span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Tuesday 5/4</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">, is at </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">1130 AM</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">. Please note 15 minute time change.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">On </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Wednesday 5/5</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> Rabbi Yaffes 830AM Talmud class and 1230PM Quick Lunch n' Learn </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">will not take place. </strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><u style="color: #656565; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Thursday </strong></u><br /><span style="color: #656565; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">7:50 -8:40 PM The Big Idea - Exploration of the great themes of Judaism</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat and that we may share happy occasions in the future,<br /><br /><em>Shlomo and Chana Yaffe</em></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-92023598966661804232021-04-23T09:20:00.001-07:002021-04-23T09:20:18.404-07:00Schedule of Services and classes Friday 4/23/21 - Friday 4/30/21<p> </p><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><u><em><span style="font-size: 28px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">LIVE MINYANIM ARE BACK - PLEASE JOIN US!</span></strong></span></em></u><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><u style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Friday 4/23/21</strong></u><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>7PM </strong>Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat Live!<br /><strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">Candlelighting 7:13PM</span></strong></span></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Count Omer 27</span></span></em></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><u><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Shabbat 4/24/21</strong></u><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">9AM: Shabbat Shacharit</strong><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">7:15 PM Mincha /Pirkei Avot Study (Ladies and G</strong><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>entlemen</strong></span></span><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> invited) & Ma'ariv<br /><br />Shabbat ends /Havdalah 8:29 PM</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Count Omer 28</span></span></em><br /> </p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><em><strong>Zoom link for All services and classes :</strong></em></u></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D21bc0b5df1%26e%3Dde79a9a8fe&source=gmail&ust=1617744629400000&usg=AFQjCNH4_KTkyUIGMc_CILmCvnWvYPlP-Q" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=21bc0b5df1&e=de79a9a8fe" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09</a><br />By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 Passcode: 248365</span></span></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><u><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Sunday</strong></u><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"> 4/25/21<br /><span style="background-color: yellow;">Live and Zoom morning Minyan 8AM</span><br />"Halachic Man" reading group 9:30AM by Zoom<br /><span style="background-color: yellow;">Live Mincha / Maariv 7PM</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Count Omer 29</span></span></em></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><u style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">Services Monday -Friday 4/26 - 4/30 2021</span></strong></u><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">7AM</span></strong><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 22px;"> Shacharit / Morning Services</span><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">7PM</span></strong><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"> Mincha / Maariv - <em>Remember to count the omer after 8:23PM</em></span></span></span><br /> </p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><strong>Classes Tuesday -Friday 4/27 - 4/30 2021</strong></u></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Tuesday 4/27 </strong><br /><strong>8:30 AM</strong> Agaddot of the Talmud<br /><strong>12:30 -12:45 PM</strong> Quick Lunch n' Learn<br /><strong>7:45PM - 8:30 PM</strong> The Haftarah in-depth</span></span></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Wednesday 4/28</strong><br /><strong>8:30 AM</strong> Agaddot of the Talmud<br /><strong>12:30 -12:45 PM</strong> Quick Lunch n' Learn</span></span></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Thursday 4/29 </strong><br /><strong>8:30 AM</strong> Agaddot of the Talmud<br /><strong>12:30 -12:45 PM</strong> Quick Lunch n' Learn<br /><u><strong>No Big Idea Class</strong></u></span></span></p><hr /><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Friday</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong> 4/30</strong><br /><strong>8:30 AM</strong> Agaddot of the Talmud<br /><strong>12:30 -12:45 PM</strong> Quick Lunch n' Learn<br /><em>Candle Lighting 7:28 PM</em></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><u><em><strong>Zoom link for All services and classes :</strong></em></u></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3D21bc0b5df1%26e%3Dde79a9a8fe&source=gmail&ust=1617744629400000&usg=AFQjCNH4_KTkyUIGMc_CILmCvnWvYPlP-Q" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=21bc0b5df1&e=de79a9a8fe" style="color: #656565; 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Open Forum -"Stump the Rabbi"<p> <strong style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 30px;">Special Program Tonight!</strong></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>The Big Idea</strong>: Open Forum -"Stump the Rabbi" <em>on Zoom </em></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>7:45PM - 8:30 PM</strong></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200471872?pwd=RXFlODBtVXpVZnkvRGx3aTg5ck4rZz09</a><br /> By Phone: 646 558 8656 / Meeting ID: 892 0047 1872 / Passcode: 248365</span></span><br /> </p><hr style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;" /><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Preceded by Mincha & Maariv - LIVE! at 7PM</strong><br />Ask anything you'd like but please do email questions in beforehand (or just ask them at the program) to: <a href="mailto:rabbi@bnaitorahma.org" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">rabbi@bnaitorahma.org</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Follow our website and blog at: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe%26id%3Dfd6033058b%26e%3D2e8492c836&source=gmail&ust=1614638103272000&usg=AFQjCNGOP2I4clQzT23eOm1wMnywBJUzIg" fg_scanned="1" href="https://bnaitorahma.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91a32f8bd103ce27e1e6196fe&id=fd6033058b&e=2e8492c836" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.bnaitorahma.org/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Our Calendar is Here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html&source=gmail&ust=1614638103272000&usg=AFQjCNGUA-zXG_ucjZkklFQhoEFdsTH9rA" fg_scanned="1" href="https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html" style="color: #656565; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html</a></span></span></p>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-43092393563945592772021-04-22T06:09:00.002-07:002021-04-22T06:09:35.088-07:00Yoma Aggadah Being a good example<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/JbF7N2A8_WU" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-14528635422079770612021-04-20T17:44:00.002-07:002021-04-20T17:44:25.760-07:00Haftarah in Depth -Kedoshim<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/d6DfZvn3ksI" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752103979644430758.post-4708153890983217942021-04-20T09:53:00.002-07:002021-04-20T09:53:15.684-07:00Weekly Torah Portion Acharei Kedoshim #1 -Don't fly too high!<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/o9H2NZU-MkA" frameborder="0"></iframe>Rabbi Shlomo Yaffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583759128658035546noreply@blogger.com0