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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

ET from BT = Erev Tov (Good Evening) from Bnai Torah - Here's what we have on for the next two days!

Hi All,

Here's what's happening for the next two days - also here's a link to borrow and read Rabbi Soloveitchik's "Halachic Man" online in preparation for our new Sunday class starting 1/17, if you haven't acquired a hard copy yet.
https://archive.org/details/halakhicman00solo
You do need to sign up -free of charge.

Wednesday 01/13
Morning services by Zoom 7AM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

No Wednesday Morning Aggadah Class

Wednesday Night Rosh Chodesh Shvat -remember Yaaleh Veyavo in Maariv

Thursday 01/14 Rosh Chodesh Shvat
Morning services by Zoom @ 7AM -remember Yaaleh Veyavo and Hallel /Musaf
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password:

New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957862272?pwd=Qlh3czNpZDZzTnZXbEh0VDc3ZFZ2QT09
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Fast 15 -Minute Lunch n' Learn 12:30- 12:45pm
Grab your own (kosher) lunch and take a short Torah break.
We"ll look at a section of the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming holiday and grab 15 minutes of spiritual invigoration in the middle of the day. Every weekday but Wednesday.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88397482267?pwd=aWYzbWFzelNrdzZWeEg0ZXZzVnVnZz09
Dial in 646 558 8656 US (New York) Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

The Big Idea: Judaism takes a look at protests, riots, and insurrections, and plain old lawbreaking.
Is protest kosher? What are it limits? is there such a thing as an illegitimate government
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84345969521? pwd=dUhXUTg3K05TYVNkaTNHSEJZSzQzQT09
Dial- in 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 843 4596 9521 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Follow our website and blog at: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/
Our Calendar is Here: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html

Unpacking the Haftarah: 730PM tonight on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Unpacking the Haftarah: 730PM tonight on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Week of Parshat Va'aira (including Shabbat) 1/10 -1/16 -flier for In Shifra's Arms -mentioned in this week's sermon

Week of Parshat Va'aira (including Shabbat) 1/10 -1/16

Flier for organization mentioned in this week's sermon and extended sermon:
If you know anyone who might need help please do refer them.

Sunday 1/10/21
1. Sunday Shacharit -live service in Synagogue's social hall@ 8AM.
Also on FB live and zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87654749537?pwd=Q3NxT21neFAvNzlsdjcvNExRWXJVZz09
Password: 248365
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 876 5474 9537 Password: 248365

New SUNDAY CLASS 1/10/21 9:30 AM
Reading /discussion group on the works of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks OBM.
Please read this text in advance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vTbO29C5vqyCnVpn2Fc49sc-J3jM8qq7/view?usp=sharing
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87900012312?pwd=RU41Nkt2ZHhIUFNBRm1NVVd1WlFrdz09
By Phone: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 879 0001 2312 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

No Maariv Zoom this week - if interested in reviving this service please contact Rabbi Yaffe

Monday 1/11
1. Morning services @ 7AM by Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957862272?pwd=Qlh3czNpZDZzTnZXbEh0VDc3ZFZ2QT09
Password: 248365
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

New! Fast 15 -Minute Lunch n' Learn 12:30- 12:45pm
Grab your own (kosher) lunch and take a short Torah break.
We"ll look at a section of the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming holiday and grab 15 minutes of spiritual invigoration in the middle of the day. Every weekday but Wednesday.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88397482267?pwd=aWYzbWFzelNrdzZWeEg0ZXZzVnVnZz09
Dial in 646 558 8656 US (New York) Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Tuesday 01/12
1. Morning services by Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

2. New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957862272?pwd=Qlh3czNpZDZzTnZXbEh0VDc3ZFZ2QT09
Password: 248365
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

3. Chanie Yaffe's Yiddish Class and Conversation Group will meet Tuesday 1/5/2021 at 11:15 AM Note New Time
This interactive group explores the rich tradition of the Yiddish language.
Please note new Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88155349161?pwd=VElDQmlpbEV3bFN4MCttb3NudTRWQT09
Dial in: 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 881 5534 9161 Passcode: 248365

Fast 15 -Minute Lunch n' Learn 12:30- 12:45pm
Grab your own (kosher) lunch and take a short Torah break.
We"ll look at a section of the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming holiday and grab 15 minutes of spiritual invigoration in the middle of the day. Every weekday but Wednesday.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88397482267?pwd=aWYzbWFzelNrdzZWeEg0ZXZzVnVnZz09
Dial in 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

New Class! Explore The Haftarot!
Haftarah -in Depth 7:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82301151219?pwd=c3lyZC94MXBmcEtFQjdyVkp2MVlaQT09
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Wednesday 01/13
Morning services by Zoom 7AM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

No Wednesday Morning Aggadah Class

Wednesday Night Rosh Chodesh Shvat -remember Yaaleh Veyavo in Maariv

Thursday 01/14 Rosh Chodesh Shvat
Morning services by Zoom @ 7AM -remember Yaaleh Veyavo and Hallel /Musaf
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password:

The Big Idea: Dreams in Jewish Thought and Law
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84345969521?pwd=dUhXUTg3K05TYVNkaTNHSEJZSzQzQT09
Dial- in 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 843 4596 9521 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Friday 1/15 Erev Shabbat Va'Aira

Morning Services @8:00AM on Zoom - Please note time change
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957862272?pwd=Qlh3czNpZDZzTnZXbEh0VDc3ZFZ2QT09
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Fast 15 -Minute Lunch N Learn 12:30- 12:45pm
We'll look at a section of the weekly Torah portion or an upcoming holiday and grab 15 minutes of spiritual invigoration in the middle of the day. Every weekday but Wednesday.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88397482267?pwd=aWYzbWFzelNrdzZWeEg0ZXZzVnVnZz09
Dial in 646 558 8656 US Meeting ID: 883 9748 2267 Passcode: 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Mincha 4:25 Candlelighting 4:25

Shabbat Day Va'aira 1/16
1. Morning Services 9 AM
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

2. Mincha followed by ma'ariv 4:10 PM
3. Motzei Shabbat- Shabbat ends 5:31PM

Havdalah and a deeper dive into today's sermon topic on Facebook Live Saturday Night 5:55 PM and on zoom Please NOTE NEW LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89223490498?pwd=L3p5ZFErcldCRVhGVzBOQUZnQU5Kdz09
Call in Number: 646 558 8656
Meeting ID: 892 2349 0498
Passcode: 248365

f you are attending any live services please review this COVID form - if it's not Shabbat please sign a copy upon attending or sign it and send it to us via email
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13pTOdmXVaBrvLNaMvMQZfTIJqwKY6aLc/view?usp=sharing

Follow our website and blog at: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/
Our Calendar is Here: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Comments on D.C. Yesterday- Schedule for Today and Tomorrow

Dear All,

I would like to share with you some brief thoughts and a message from the Rabbinical Council of America -the rabbinic body to which I belong, and the voice of mainstream American Orthodoxy with a little  introduction

As you know, it is not my practice to comment on politics in the Synagogue space and from the pulpit. However as Jewish Americans we are not only required to pray for and actively work for the success and security of our nation and follow its laws.  However these comments are not about politics, but about fundamental civic decency and our obligations thereto.

My mother never forgot her first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty when she arrived as Holocaust survivor (a hidden child) and refugee aboard the SS Queen Mary.  We also must show our "Hakarat Hatov" our appreciation to this nation which has not just taken us in but give us every opportunity and freedom. That opportunity and freedom flow from its institutions.

Hence,Judaism demands that we must speak up in the defense of, and uphold the integrity of those institutions no matter what our politics -and I know that our community holds a very diverse variety of political viewpoints -and this is the beauty of these United States.

Lets us debate with our mouths, pens,and keyboards but with eyes and ears open to what our fellow citizens are saying

The RCA comments follow:
"The Rabbinical Council of America, the largest membership organization of rabbis in North America, condemns the acts of unlawful trespass, vandalism, and violence perpetrated today at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., and denounces the inflammatory speech that incites such violence.

The political traditions of the United States call for respect for the peaceful transition of power, a vital linchpin of our democracy. We call upon all the citizens of our country to unite during these challenging times and to reaffirm our commitment to civil discourse."

Today:

Friday 1/8 Erev Shabbat Shemot

Morning Services @8:00AM on Zoom - Please note time change
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83864052924?pwd=cTAyZzJDVnBJV0FrSml6NEU2RXhlUT09

Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 838 6405 2924 Password: 248365

New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957862272?pwd=Qlh3czNpZDZzTnZXbEh0VDc3ZFZ2QT09
Call in information: +1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 869 5786 2272 Password 248365
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA
Also on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/bnai.torah.1

Mincha 4:15 Candlelighting 4:18

Follow our website and blog at: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/
Our Calendar is Here: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html

Friday, January 1, 2021

Shabbat Vayechi and the following week

Friday 1/1 Erev Shabbat VaYechi

Mincha 4:10 Candlelighting 4:11

Our good friend, Mike Robinson will be completing his Shiva at our Mincha service.
Arie Shteynsayg will be saying Kaddish on behalf of a good friend of the shul's yahrtzeit.
Please make sure we have a minyan

Shabbat Day Vayechi 1/2
1. Morning Services 9 AM
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

2. Mincha followed by ma'ariv 4:00 PM
3. Motzei Shabbat- Shabbat ends 5:18PM

Sunday 1/3/21
1. Sunday Shacharit -live service in Synagogue's social hall@ 8AM.
Also on FB live

New SUNDAY CLASS 1/3/21 9:30 AM
Reading /discussion group on the works of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks OBM.
Please read this text in advance:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1baBj40OO5_M7gmDpgFmevDYDXsuRmECD/view?usp=sharing

Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

No Maariv Zoom this week - if interested in reviving this service please contact Rabbi Yaffe

Monday 1/4
Maimonides' Yahrtzeit!
1. Morning services @ 7AM by Zoom:

Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Tuesday 01/05
1. Morning services by Zoom:

2. New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

New Class! Explore The Haftarot!
Haftarah -in Depth 7:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Wednesday 01/06
Morning services by Zoom 7AM:

No Wednesday Morning Aggadah Class

Thursday 01/07
Morning services by Zoom @ 7AM

New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

The Big Idea: Dreams in Jewish Thought and Law
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Friday 1/8 Erev Shabbat Shemot

Morning Services @7:00AM on Zoom

New Jewish Ethics and Thought Class:
Amazing Aggadah - The Non-Legends of the Talmud
8:30 - 9AM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCuLEy7YNljzEfBtPVEwhA

Mincha 4:15 Candlelighting 4:18

if you are attending any live services please review this COVID form - if it's not Shabbat please sign a copy upon attending or sign it and send it to us via email
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13pTOdmXVaBrvLNaMvMQZfTIJqwKY6aLc/view?usp=sharing

Follow our website and blog at: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/
Our Calendar is Here: https://www.bnaitorahma.org/daily-minyan--shabbat.html