Shomrei Emunah Weekly Bulletin November 1, 2014 8 of Cheshvan 5775 CONGREGATION SHOMREI EMUNAH RABBI BINYAMIN MARWICK, RABBI Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha 6221 GREENSPRING AVENUE BALTIMORE, MD 21209 RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB, RABBI EMERITUS Vol. 5 No. 2 410-358-8604 FAX 410-358-0664 RABBI BENJAMIN BAK, ‫זצ׳ל‬, RABBI EMERITUS (1972-1989) With the clock change, please make note of the following new minyanim: Sunday Mincha: Additional Daily Maariv minyan: 12:40pm 8:15pm. “Now that Yom Kippur is over LET'S TALK LOSHON HORAH!" (halachos that is) Come join our chabura, Sundays after the 8am minyan in Classroom 1 until 9:15 sharp. Men only please. Warning: Learning the halochos of Shmiras HaLoshon is a life changer. For further information please contact Chaim Haber: chabermd@gmail.com Avos Ubanim Shomrei's Father Son learning program will begin next Motzei Shabbos, November 8th at 6:45pm! Pizza! Soda! Raffles! Prizes! Thank you to all our Concert Sponsors Action Building Maintenance & Chesapeake HVAC Atlantic Mechanical Avi & Sari Bernstein Boruch & Chani Bernstein In honor of Dr. Moishe & Mrs. Janet Blajchman Mr. & Mrs. Alan Broder Mr. Jon Davison Pinchas & Toby Fader Kenneth S. Friedman Chiropractic Avi & Sora Greenlinger Guaranteed Rate Abe & Laure Gutman Aryeh & Sandy Guttenberg Katz & Luxenburg, CPA Dovid Meir & Faigy Loeb Murray & Baila Jacobson Naiman & Associates, CPA Northwest Refuse Chanina & Tammy Reischer Avi & Judy Rosenberg Yechiel & Rochelle Rubin Stuie & Lisa Schabes Eli & Ronnie Schlossberg Paul & Chanie Schuster Barbie & Yitzchok Siegel Hillel & Dena Soclof Sol Levinson & Bros. Chaim & Rebecca Spero Hillel & Keren Traub Herman E. Wealcatch Insurance Shmuel & Malki Wealcatch Mazel Tov • Joe & Helaine Bondar and Stan and Beth Hillelsohn on the • • • • birth of a grandson, born to Nachi & Raquel Bondar. Bill & Sarah Rose on the birth of a granddaughter born to Jonathan and Talia Rose of Jerusalem. Mazel Tov also to the other grandparents Alan and Gabrielle Hershkowitz of Staten Island and to the aunts, uncles and cousins. Shlomo and Joy Shulman on the birth of a granddaughter born to Shuey and Chaya Horowitz of Baltimore. Moshe and Rena LaBrie on the birth of a grandson born to their children Betzalel and Avigail LaBrie of Queens, NY. Mazel tov to the great grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Mendy Vim and Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaBrie. Steve and Leah Sichel on their marriage. V2 SW Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha November 1 2014/8 of Cheshvan 5775 Mincha: 5:50pm Shacharis: 7:00am 8:15am 9:00am Mincha: 2:00pm 3:05pm 5:35pm Maariv: 6:49pm Candles: 5:48pm Parshas HaShavuah: 8:30am Sof Z'man Krias Sh'ma:10:12am Daf Yomi: 3:35pm Shiur: 4:35pm Donations • Abe and Laure Gutman Sponsoring Rabbi Reisman‘s Shiur as a zechus for a Refuah Shelaima for Ahuva bas Chana Rochel. Daf Yomi Shabbos Afternoon Shiur will be given by Rabbi Marwick on the topic: “Shabbos 19: Elective Surgery Close to Shabbos” • Jane Mayer in memory of her father, Ephraim Zitwer, 10 of Shalosh Seudos Speaker: Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh Ingber from the Old City Tzedaka Fund. • Brenda Strum in memory of her father, Emanuel Reich, 13 of Shalosh Seudos Sponsors: • Sarah & Rick Bernard in memory of Sarah’s father, Jacob Levinson, 10 of Cheshvan. Notes for this week: ⇒ The final time for Kiddush Levanah is Thursday night, November 6th. ⇒ Chaburah following the 8:15 Shachris. This week, led by Shraga Goldenhersh. ⇒ Shabbos morning Parsha Shiur will be given this week by Moshe Roth. Cheshvan. Cheshvan. Senior friends of Shomrei invite you to a lecture by Dr. Moshe Lasson on Wednesday November 5 at 7:30 PM in the social hall. Topic: "Walking on Eggshells" Communicating and giving advice to adult children. Yahrzeits Laurie Margolies Mother 8 Cheshvan Sabina Dorn Gasner Next Week: Shabbos Parshas Vayera Frumi Willner Father 8 Cheshvan Meyer Mincha: David Neuman Father 9 Cheshvan Samuel Neuman Arthur Rubenstein Mother 4:40pm Candle Lighting: 4:40pm Please Daven for a Refuah Sheleimah for: Chaim Sender ben Miriam Sarah Yitzhak Meyer ben Tziviya Refael Chaim Yeshaya ben Chaya Yeshaya Shalom ben Malka Gittel Rivka bas Shoshana Raizel Ahuva bas Chana Rochel Aaron ben Sarit Sheindel Naomi bas Sarah Sora Yenta bas Rochel Important Note: To add a name please contact the office by email: Office@ShomreiEmunah.org. The list will be cleared every Rosh Chodesh. Mother 9 Cheshvan Molly Sharfman Sarah Bernard Father 10 Cheshvan Jacob Levinson Jane Mayer Father 10 Cheshvan Ephraim Zitwer Elisa Barsky Father 11 Cheshvan Leo Gertel Shrage Muller Mother 11 Cheshvan Sheva Muller Shrage Muller Mother 11 Cheshvan Sheva Muller Eve Messing Mother 13 Cheshvan Anne Drucker Rena Juni Brother 13 Cheshvan Daniel May Brenda Strum Father 13 Cheshvan Emanuel Reich Edward Schwartz Father 13 Cheshvan Josef Schwartz 14 Cheshvan Sol Adler Chavi Greenblatt Father Shulamit Gartenhaus Father 14 Cheshvan Solomon Cohen DAVENING TIMES Shachris Sunday Monday ETT: 5:39am ETT: 5:40am 6:20 (MS) 6:20 (BM) 6:50 (MS) 7:15 (BM) 7:20 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9 Cheshvan Carolyn Rubenstein William Sharfman Tuesday ETT: 5:41am 6:30 (BM) 7:00 (MS) 7:30 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) Wednesday ETT: 5:42am 6:30 (BM) 7:00 (MS) 7:30 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) Thursday ETT: 5:43am 6:20 (BM) 6:50 (MS) 7:20 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) Friday ETT: 5:44am 6:30 (BM) 7:00 (MS) 7:30 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) This Week 11/2-11/6 Legal Holidays S, Tu, W, F Mon, Thu Rosh Chodesh Sunday Weekday 6:20 (MS) 6:10 (MS) 6:05 (MS) 7:15 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) 7:15 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) 7:15 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) MS - Main Shul, BM - Bais Medrash, SH - Social Hall, ETT - Earliest Talis/Tefilin 6:10 (BM) 6:40 (MS) 7:15 (BM) 8:00 (MS) 8:30 (BM) 9:00 (MS) Mincha/Marriv: 4:45pm (MS) Additional Mincha: Sun: 12:40pm (MS) Additional Maariv: 7:15pm (BM) 8:15pm (MS) 9:00pm (MS) 10:00pm (BM) Shul Notes • Aliyos If you have a Bar Mitzvah or Aufruf coming up, please contact David Bienenstock at Zeidy12@aol.com to arrange your Aliyos. • Message From The Chessed Committee: A family in the community is in need of Shabbos meals. Please see "take a meal" form http://www.takethemameal.com/meals.php?t=NHYU1159 or contact office@shomreiemunah.org or Rochel Katz at rachelk8@gmail.com or call 410-292-4113. • Did you know? Gifts can be made to Shomrei Emunah with a stock donation? Shomrei has an account with Morgan Stanley and Vanguard to accept all stock gifts. Check the donations tab at www.shomreiemunah.org for more information or call Shira at (410) 358-8604. • Special Chessed Opportunities: Larry Soltz is in Tudor Heights and would appreciate visitors. For more information contact Rabbi Marwick at rabbimarwick@shomreiemunah.org AFFORDABLE ASSISTED LIVING "STERLING H OSPITALITY" PROVIDES LOVING CARE WITH DIGNITY 7015 PARK HEIGHTS AVENUE EMAIL: STERLINGCARE@MSN.COM OR CALL 410 410--318 318--8999 YOUTH NEWS Shabbos Youth Programs • • • • • • • Mommy & Me Infant and Toddler Program - Social Hall - 10:30am Babysitting - Classroom 2 , Time: 9:00 - end of Shul Beginner’s Minyan (1st-3rd Grade) - Classroom 1,9:30 - end of Shul Younger Girls Groups (1st-3rd Grade)-Board Room,10:00-end of Shul Older Boys Groups (4th-6th Grade) - Tower Classroom 1,10:25 Older Girls Groups (4th-6th Grade) - Kallah Room,10:00-end of Shul Youth (Teen) Minyan - Classroom 3, 9:15 The youth department would like to remind all parents to remain on the shul premises if your children are participating in youth groups. Happy Birthday to all Shomrei Youth with November Birthdays!! Sara Leora Eliav Meira Aidee Daniella Gardyn Greenlinger Hamburger Kidorf Moss Press Meira Sarah Tehila Ephraim Chanadena Doron Sobol Stein Traub Wiener Volosov Ziffer Is your child’s birthday in November and not on this list? Fill out the youth survey on the Shul web site! Father and Son Learning Shabbos Afternoon: 3:35pm in the Bais Medrash Refreshments will be served . SHOMREI ISRAEL COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS PLEASE SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES Sunday, December 7 at 7 p.m. – Dr. Herb London – Topic: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, one of the biggest threats to the State of Israel Dr. Herbert I. London is president of the London Center for Policy Research and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is the former president of the Hudson Institute. Dr. London is professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University, and he was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. He is a graduate of Columbia University, 1960 and the recipient of a Ph.D. from New York University, 1966. Dr. London is a noted social critic whose work has appeared in every major newspaper and journal in the country including such diverse publications as Commentary, National Review, American Spectator, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Washington Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Modern Age, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Orbis, Encounter, Forbes, and The New Criterion. He is the author and editor of twenty-seven books and three plays. Dr. London is a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and is an affiliated professor at the University of Haifa. Sunday, February 15 - Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam, research associate of the BeginSadat Center for Strategic Studies, and lecturer in the Department of Arabic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, Dr. Kedar is a frequent guest in the Israeli, Arab and international media. In January 2011, Dr. Kedar gave a very insightful presentation on Capitol Hill on "Why is the Middle East Such a Difficult Area for Americans and Westerners to Understand?” Shabbat, March 14 or 21 – Returning to Shomrei for a second presentation, Yonah (Jeremy) Bob is a foreign affairs lecturer and a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. He has been speaking professionally since 2000 in the US, Canada, and Israel. He lectures about Iran, the peace process, cyber and drone warfare, ultra orthodox in the IDF and much more. He has previously worked for the IDF Legal Division, the Foreign Ministry and the Justice Ministry. Yonah has been interviewed by the BBC, Skynews, ABC Los Angeles Radio, Russia Today, I-24 News and several other Israeli and American radio programs. LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH RABBI M ARWICK! • • • • • Shomrei Po st-Carpool Shiur for Women a weekly discussion of contemporary iss ues connected to the Parsha. M eets Tuesdays at 9:15am. Please contact Rabb i Marwick with any q uestions. Thursday Morning Shiur on Contemporary Halachic Issu es at 9:15am For more information conta ct D a v i d B i e n e n s t o c k a t Zeidy12@aol.com. “Pizza & Parsha” f or Students & Young Professionals ages 17-29 this program is dedicated L’ilui Nis hmas Gilad Schwartz a nd is funded in part by a grant from the Louise D. a nd Morton J. Ma cks Center for Jewis h Education through its Jewish Educa tional Enhancement Program. For 5774, the ser ies is sponsored by the Ma yer Family. Halachic Th emes fro m th e Parsha Shiur Topic this past week: V'sein Tal Umatar Livracha: The Proper Time to Pray for Ra in The Rav’s Mishnayos Shiur! Attention Boys in 5th, 6th & 7th grade. This week @ 4:05pm in the Bais Medrash. Learning Maseches Sheka lim. Community Notes • Emergency Tehillim squad: To have the whole sefer Tehillim said for an emergency situation, please call Judy (410-358-9049) or Leah (410-764-6252). May we only share simchas. • Offering Shabbos & Yom Tov meal placements OHR CHONON SHABBOS CONNECTIONS: 1-410-SHABBOS, ohrchonon@gmail.com. • AMIT Sarah Ribakow/Tikvah Chapter Tribute Brunch commemorating Kristalnacht and the Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in the World Today. Date: Sunday November 9, 2014 Time: 11:30 AM Location: Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah 7000 Rockland Hills Drive, Baltimore, MD. Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Eitan Mintz, B’nai Israel. Lloyd Street Synagogue. A look at the State of Israel, European & World Jewry Cost: $70 Members Ad Journal Opportunities, contact AMIT Office at 410-484-2223 or email robbiep@amitchildren.org. • The women of the community are invited to attend the 12th Annual Worldwide Event for the Yarzeit of Rachel Imeinu and Fundraiser for Aniyei Eretz Yisrael. “In a Time of Open Miracles, What Can We Do?" Motzei Shabbos November 15, 2014 8:30 p.m. Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion 6602 Park Heights Avenue introduction by HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Shlita. Shiurim by Rebbitzen Tehila Jaeger and Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller. Special message by Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman. $10 women/$7students. For more information and to sponsor:410-358-2573. • Talmudical Academy proudly presents Uncle Moishy Live in Concert! Sunday November 9th 2014 at 3:00pm. Bnos Yisroel Building, 6300 Park Heights Ave. Tickets $20, $36, $45. $136 Sponsorship includes four $36 tickets, $220 Patron includes six $45 tickets. Tickets available on the T.A. website, www.talmudicalacademy.org. • Join WIT as we welcome our Scholar in Residence, Mrs. Shira Smiles from Sunday Night, November 2nd through Thursday, November 6th. The program begins with a shiur for our Young Women's Davison, ages 18-30 on Sunday night at 8:00 pm. All programs take place at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion. No Charge for WIT Members. Non Members: $10 per class. For a complete schedule, visit WIT's website, www.witbaltimore.org or send an email to witbaltimore@verizon.net • Join a celebration of life with Bonei Olam this coming Monday night, November 3rd, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Crane, 3511 Bonfield Road (off Seven Mile between Shelburne & Bonnie Road) and hear inspirational words from Rabbi Bochner, Rabbi Hauer and a personal story. A light buffet dinner will be served. • Ratzon’s Kick Off Party will be held this Sunday, Nov. 2, from 12:30-2:30 at Bnos Yisroel. Come see what everyone is “singing” about Ratzon. Record a CD in our FREE recording booth; FREE pizza, refreshments, and live performances. Free admission! For women and girls only. See what Ratzon’s voice lesson program is all about, speak to student alumni; registration is available on site. For more information go to www.ratzonmd.com or call Sara Strobel at 410764-7464. 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