Boca Raton Synagogue WEEKLY RABBI EFREM GOLDBERG Marah D asrah reg@brsonline.org EREV TISHA B'AV PARSHAT DEVARIM SHABBAT CHAZON Stone Chumash Page 938 July 20 July 27, 2018 8 Av 15 Av 5778 RABBI PHILIP MOSKOWITZ Associate rabbi rpm@brsonline.org DAVID KAY, MD President president@brsonline.org RABBI DAVID SHABTAI, MD Rabbi, Sephardic Minyan rds@brsonline.org RABBI RAEL BLUMENTHAL Rabbi, BRS West rrb@brsonline.org RABBI JOSH BROIDE Outreach Rabbi rjb@brsonline.org RABBI SIMCHA SHABTAI Rosh Beis Medrash rss@brsonline.org RABBI KENNETH BRANDER, PHD Rabbi Emeritus rkb@brsonline.org MATTHEW HOCHERMAN Executive Director mjh@brsonline.org RABBI GERSHON EISENBERGER Youth Director rge@brsonline.org Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Earliest Candle Lighting Early Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Candle Lighting Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat FRIDAY NIGHT SHABBAT DAY Early Mincha () Mincha () Seudah Shlishiet at home to be completed by Fast Begins Shabbat Ends Maariv & Eichah () Please remember to wear non-leather shoes 6:35 pm 6:48 pm 7:00 pm 7:55 pm 8:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:45 pm 8:13 pm 8:13 pm 8:52 pm 9:05 pm RABBI ELI ZIANS Teen Director rez@brsonline.org KERRY PURCELL-STEWARD Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly kerry@brsonline.org Page 1 LIKE Like us on Facebook Boca Raton Synagogue FOLLOW Follow us on Twitter @RabbiGoldberg @RabbiPhilip @Broide SHARE Check out Jewish Pride Films for our latest videos HAHN JUDAIC CAMPUS 7900 MONTOYA CIRCLE N. BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33433-4912 (561) 394-0394 FAX Boca (561) Raton 394-0180 Synagogue WWW.BRSONLINE.ORG Valuing Diversity Celebrating Unity OFFICE@BRSONLINE.ORG
FROM THE RABBI S DESK TISHA B AV: TURNING MOURNING INTO ACTION On April 11, 1944, a young Anne Frank wrote in her diary: Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly until now? It is God Who has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. Who knows it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any other country for that matter. We will always remain Jews. Anne Frank was on to something. The Talmud asks, from where did Mount Sinai derive its name? After offering a few alternatives, the Talmud suggests that Mount Sinai comes from Hebrew word sinah which means hatred, because the non-jews hatred of the Jews descended upon that mountain when the Jewish people received the Torah there. Torah demands a moral and ethical lifestyle, an attitude of giving rather than taking, a life of service rather than of privilege, that has revolutionized the world. The Jewish people have been charged to be the moral conscience of the world, a mission they have not always succeeded at, but that nevertheless drew the ire, anger and hatred of so many. For two thousand years the Jews were bullied and persecuted simply because of their Jewishness and all that stands for. After the Holocaust, the world gave the Jews a reprieve from their hatred, becoming instead beneficiaries of their pity. But looking at events around the world, it is rapidly becoming clear that the last 70 years was an aberration. We are witnessing the rise of anti-semitism, particularly in Europe, as the world reverts back to its ageless pattern and habit. The Midrash (Eichah Rabbah 1) teaches that three prophets used the term eichah o how! In Devarim, Moshe asks: "Eichah, how can I alone bear your troubles, your burden and your strife?" (Devarim 1:12) In the Haftorah for Shabbos Chazon, the Prophet Yeshayahu asks: "Eichah, how has the faithful city become like a prostitute?" Lastly, Yirmiyahu begins the Book of Eichah: "Eichah, how is it that Jerusalem is sitting in solitude! The city that was filled with people has become like a widow..." Eicha How? How is it that anti-semitism persists? Why must they rise up against us in every generation? On Tisha B Av we will sit on the floor and wonder aloud, eicha? How could it be Jews in Eastern Europe have to fear for their lives yet again? Eicha how could it be that today, with all the progress humanity has made, the ADL measures more than a quarter of the world as holding anti-semitic views? Eicha how could it be that terror persists? Rabbi Soloveitchik tells us that though the Midrash identifies three times the word eicha is used, in truth there is a fourth. When Adam and Eve fail to take responsibility, God calls out to them and says ayeka, where are you? Ayeka is spelled with the same letters as eicha, leading Rabbi Soloveitchik to say that when we don t answer the call of ayeka, when we don t take personal responsibility for our problems and blame others, we will ultimately find ourselves asking eicha, how could it be? We can ask eicha, how could all of these terrible things be, but we may never have a definitive answer. Our job is to make sure we can answer the call of ayeka, where are you? Are you taking responsibility? We may not be able to fully understand why anti-semitism exists, but we can and must remain vigilant in fighting it. We must remain strong in standing up for Jews everywhere. We must confront evil and do all we can to defeat it. And, we must do all that we can to take personal responsibility to fulfill the Jewish mission to bring Godliness into the world. If individual Jews were hated for being the conscious of the others, all the more so does a Jewish country generate hate for being the moral conscious of the whole world, held to higher moral standards than any other country or state. Our job is not to be discouraged by asking eicha, but to ensure that we can answer the call of ayeka. Anti-Semitism will not come to an end by assimilating and retreating. It will come to an end when we can positively answer the question that the Talmud tells us each one of us will be asked when we meet our Maker: did you long for the redemption and did you personally take responsibility to do all that you can to bring the redemption? Did you truly feel the pain of exile and feel the anguish of the Jewish condition in the world? Do you truly and sincerely care? Did you anxiously await every day for Moshiach to herald in an era of peace and harmony, an end to anti-semitism and suffering? It is not enough to long for Moshiach, we must bring him. It is not enough to hope for redemption, we must be the catalyst for it. It is not enough to be tired of eicha, we must answer ayeka. If we want to get up off the floor and end the mourning, if we want to finally end anti-semitism, it is up to us to do what is necessary to heal our people, to repair the world, to love one another, and to earn the redemption from the Almighty. Good Shabbos, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Subscribe to receive the Rabbi's blog via email at rabbisblog.brsonline.org Page 2
SHABBAT SCHEDULE FRIDAY NIGHT Friday Night Live: Please invite someone to this Outreach Program 6:00 pm Sephardic Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:30 pm Ashkenazi Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 6:35 pm Earliest Candle Lighting 6:48 pm Ashkenazi Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 7:00 pm Candle Lighting 7:55 pm Ashkenazi Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 8:00 pm Shtiebel Minyan/Kabbalat Shabbat (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) 8:05 pm SHABBAT DAY Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 5:54 am Hashkama Minyan () 7:30 am Sephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 9:00 am Ashkenazi Minyan () 9:00 am Sermon: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Shtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) 9:30 am Teen Minyan Summer Break Youth Tefillah Groups (Jacobs and Rubin Youth & Senior Center) 9:50 am Sof Zman Kriat Shema 10:03 am Daf Yomi (Berdugo Beit Midrash) 5:00 pm Sephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:00 pm Early Ashkenazi Mincha () 6:00 pm Ashkenazi Mincha () 7:45 pm Sh kiah 8:13 pm Seudah Shlishiet at home to be completed by 8:13 pm Fast Begins 8:13 pm Shabbat Ends 8:52 pm Maariv & Eichah () 9:05 pm Please remember to wear non-leather shoes SHABBAT LEARNING Tefillah Insights Advanced Gemara Chabura (Gaby Barishanksy) Youth Groups (Drop-off begins at 10:00 am) JULY 27 & 28 PARSHAT VA'ETCHANAN Summer Recess After Hashkama Minyan 10:30 am Friday Night Live: Please invite someone to this Outreach Program 6:00 pm Sephardic Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:25 pm Ashkenazi Plag Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 6:30 pm Earliest Candle Lighting 6:46 pm Ashkenazi Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 7:00 pm Candle Lighting 7:52 pm Ashkenazi Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat () 7:55 pm Shtiebel Minyan/Kabbalat Shabbat (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) 8:00 pm Ma'ariv/Havdalah (Shabbat) 8:48 pm TISHA B AV SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JULY 21 Early Mincha () Mincha () Seudah Shlishiet at home to be completed by Fast Begins Shabbat Ends Maariv & Eichah () Please remember to wear non leather shoes SUNDAY, JULY 22 6:00 pm 7:45 pm 8:13 pm 8:13 pm 8:52 pm 9:05 pm Shacharit and Kinot () 6:15 am Shacharit and Kinot ()with brief introductory remarks to Kinot by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg 7:30 am Shacharit and Kinot () 9:00 am - 2:00 pm This Minyan will be accompanied with commentary on Kinot by the BRS Rabbis and educators from our community. Chatzot (Midday) 1:27 pm Early Mincha () 2:00 pm MANY SHULS, ONE COMMUNITY. SPEND TISHA B AV TOGETHER (For full programs schedule, please see back page) 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm () Rabbi Noach Light - hosted at BRS Longing for Connection AFTERNOON FILMS WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm () When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope, shows how a group of wounded IDF soldiers discover renewed purpose and healing by giving to others. Chafetz Chaim Heritage Foundation Video Imo Anochi B Tzarah How to Become a Person Who Truly Feels the Pain of Others 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm () HaRav Meilich Biderman Rabbi Yissochor Frand Rabbi Paysach Krohn 5:15 pm -7:00 pm () Rabbi Yechiel Spero Dr. David Lieberman Charlie Harari Project Inspire s Film for Tisha B av The Man at the Wall 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm () Mincha () 7:40 pm Shmooze by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg between Mincha/Ma'ariv Maariv () 8:20 pm Fast Ends 8:51 pm DAILY MINYAN TIMES SUNDAY 10 AV MONDAY 11 AV TUESDAY 12 AV WEDNESDAY 13 AV THURSDAY 14 AV FRIDAY 15 AV Daf Yomi - Zevachim 100 101 102 103 104 105 Ashkenazi Shacharit 6:15 am 6:15 am 6:25 am 6:25 am 6:15 am 6:25 am Ashkenazi Shacharit 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am Ashkenazi Shacharit 7:30 am 7:30 am 7:30 am 7:30 am Senders Library Ashkenazi Shacharit 7:45 am 7:45 am 7:45 am 7:45 am 7:45 am Ashkenazi Shacharit 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am Ashkenazi Shacharit 9:00 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am Senders Library Sephardic Beit Midrash Sephardic Beit Midrash Early Ashkenazi Mincha 2:00 pm 2:45 pm 2:45 pm 2:45 pm Ashkenazi Mincha/Ma ariv 7:40 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm Late Ashkenazi Ma ariv 9:45 pm 9:45 pm 9:45 pm 9:45 pm 9:45 pm Late Ashkenazi Ma ariv 10:15 pm 10:15 pm 10:15 pm 10:15 pm FOR SEPHARDIC TIMES, PLEASE SEE PAGE 8 - FOR BRS WEST TIMES, PLEASE SEE PAGE 9 Page 3
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZAL TOV Jordan & Dr. Shani Herman on the birth of their daughter. AND to proud grandparents, Isaac & Flora Reich. AND to proud Aunt Liat, Uncle Dan & the Bensimon cousins. Eytan & Elizabeth Austein on the birth of their son. And to his proud big brother, Moshe and big sister, Simi. AND, to his great uncle & aunt, Gary & Judi Krasna. Rabbi Moshe & Shelly Brand on the birth of their granddaughter. Her proud parents are Nachie and Samantha Brand of Boca Raton. AND to her proud big sister, Eden and brother, Max. AND to Aunt Gila, Uncle Ido and the Stern cousins, Sam, Gabe and Nate. KIDDUSH Hashkama Minyan Kiddush sponsored by Dr. Av Cooperman in commemoration of the Yahrzeits of his beloved parents, Philip & Lillian Cooperman. Sephardic Minyan Kiddush sponsored by Dr. Hedy & Dori Zaghi to thank Hashem on the 20th anniversary for saving Hedy from a fatal accident. ASHKENAZI EREV TISHA B AV - SHABBAT, JULY 21 1. Seuda Hamafseket (The Meal before the Fast) is omitted since it is Shabbat; instead a regular Shabbat meal is eaten (Seudah Shlishit) and Bentching may be said with a Zimun (quorum of 3). However, there should not be a pervading mood of festivity during this meal. 2. One must be careful to stop eating before Shekiyah (8:13 pm) 3. One must either carry their Tisha B av shoes to Shul before Shabbat and change them after Shabbat is over and before Ma ariv, or one can change their shoes at home after Shabbat is over (recite Baruch Hamavdil first) and then come to Shul for Maariv. THE DAY AFTER TISHA B AV (MONDAY, JULY 23) Partaking of meat and wine and listening to music is prohibited on Sunday night after the fast. However, because Tisha B av actually falls on Shabbat and its observance is delayed until Sunday, many things are permitted immediately on Sunday night. These include doing laundry, getting a haircut, shaving, and reciting the Shehecheyanu. NEW DAILY HALACHA LEARNING PROGRAM Beginning this Monday, July 23, a new learning group will be launching on WhatsApp. The group will study one Amud of Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim with Mishna Berurah each weekday (including Sunday). Every day, the group will feature the text of that day's learning, a Shiur that covers each Amud in approximately 5-10 minutes, and links and resources for further study. If you are interested in joining, please contact Binyamin Muschel - bmuschel@gmail. com GIRLS' LEARNING AND ICE CREAM PROGRAM All girls are invited to join an exciting learning program for girls entering grades 2-3, 4-5, and 6-7. The final program will take place this Tuesday, July 24, 4:15-5:00 pm in the Sephardic Beit Midrash. Please register in advance at brsonline. org/midrasha. TUESDAY NIGHT SERIES CANCELED The Womens' Tuesday Night Series scheduled for this Tuesday night, July 24, has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience. NETWORKING, PROFESSIONAL INSPIRATION AND WINE TASTING BRS Young Leadership Committee presents Networking, Professional Inspiration and Wine Tasting this Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm in the BRS Sephardic Beit Midrash. Please see page 15 for the schedule. Evening sponsored by TD Bank. UPDATE - SUMMER MINYAN TIMES As the Kollel will be concluding this Wednesday, July 25, there will no longer be a daily 7:30 am Shacharit Minyan as of Thursday, July 26. Additionally, there will also no longer be a 2:45 pm early Mincha or a 10:15 pm late Maariv. The 9:45 pm late Maariv will continue as usual. COMMUNITY BROCHURE AD SPACE AVAILABLE Our community is blessed with a vibrant year of programming. From Tishrei through Elul, September through August, we offer learning, educational and social activities year-round. And where can the year's robust schedule of speakers, special Shabbatot and programming be found? In the Community Brochure. As the BRS staff puts the finishing touches on the 5779 Community Brochure, we are asking the BRS community to support this project, our special programming and the Brochure that guides us through the year's events. We have created many affordable sponsorship opportunities. When you receive an email from the shul asking for your participation in the Community Brochure, we hope you show your support and appreciation of our programming by placing an ad in the Community Brochure. For more information and pricing options, please contact Matthew Hocherman at mjh@brsonline.org. Thanking you in advance, The BRS Board. Page 4 BRS WANTS TO WELCOME YOU! SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, October 14 for the New Member dessert reception. Are you moving into our community? Do you know someone moving into our community? Our welcome committee wants to welcome you! Please contact Orlie Cohen at orlielevy@hotmail.com or Elana Belizon at elana.belizon@gmail.com to be set up with a buddy family. SHALOM ZACHOR ANNOUNCEMENT The Austeins invite the entire community to a Shalom Zachor this Friday night, July 20, at 9:00 pm at the home of Rabbi Ari & Rachey Mirzoeff, 7790 Lago Del Mar Drive, Apt# 903 in Lago. AND Announce the Brit of their son on Monday morning, July 23, after the 7:00 am Minyan at Boca Raton Synagogue. SUNRISE MINYAN AT THE BEACH On Friday, August 3 at 6:25 am. Watch the sun rise over the ocean as you connect with God through prayer and inspiration. Meet at the Palmetto Park Gazebo for a special inspirational Minyan. Men and women are welcome. 8:15 AM MINYAN NEXT SHABBAT The 8:15 am Shabbat morning Minyan will meet again next week, Shabbat, July 28, in room 205/206. Kiddush to follow the Minyan. SETUP YOUR RECURRING PAYMENT PLAN TODAY Please be advised that the new fiscal year for the Shul has begin. From now through July 31, all payment plans will be divided over the full 12 months. If you were previously on a recurring payment plan, it does not automatically renew; a new form MUST be completed. If you would like to set up your recurring payment plan, please contact our bookkeeper, Amy at amy@brsonline.org, If you would like to discuss anything pertaining to membership, contact Matthew Hocherman at mjh@brsonline. org. THE ORIGINS OF ANTISEMITISM: ANTI-JUDAISM IN THE HELLENIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN WORLD Taught by Dr. Bob Isaacson of the KYHS History Department. Class 1: Wednesday night, August 1 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Examine ancient Greek and Roman attitudes toward Jews. Class 2: Thursday night, August 2 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Shift our focus to representations of Jewishness within the Christian Gospels. Class 3: Wednesday night, August 8 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Expand on this to chart the anti-judaism that developed in some branches of the early Christian community. Class 4: Thursday night, August 9 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Capstone our course by analyzing how these earlier ideas came to fruition during the Crusades. Dr. Bob Isaacson is a historian and a specialist in modern Jewish and French history, French-Israeli relations, antisemitism, and representations of Jews and the State of Israel in European popular and political discourse. He holds a PhD and Masters Degree in History from the George Washington University, where he designed and taught a course on antisemitism, and has published works on the French-Israeli relationship, the Dreyfus Affair, and French media coverage of Israel and its wars.
PLAN OUT Your Week WITH BRS To sponsor a Day of Learning for $180, please email Gloria at gloria@brsonline.org SUNDAY, JULY 22 SEE TISHA B'AV SCHEDULE MONDAY, JULY 23 7:00 AM DAF YOMI BERDUGO BEIT MIDRASH RABBI BEN SUGERMAN 6:15 PM BREAST & OVARIAN CANCER SUPPORT GROUP PETROVER BOARD ROOM 6:35 PM DAF YOMI (HEBREW) SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH ASHER ESSEBAG 8:00 PM NIGHT BEIT MIDRASH SENDERS LIBRARY 8:30 PM NIGHT TIME DAF YOMI PETROVER BOARD ROOM 9:30 PM CONTEMPORARY HALACHA SENDERS LIBRARY RABBI JOSH FLUG TUESDAY, JULY 24 7:00 AM DAF YOMI BERDUGO BEIT MIDRASH RABBI BEN SUGERMAN 9:30 AM PARSHA CLASS RAND SANCTUARY RABBI PHILIP MOSKOWITZ NAVI CLASS SUMMER BREAK 4:15 PM GIRLS LEARNING GROUPS SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH SUMMER KOLLEL WIVES 6:35 PM DAF YOMI (HEBREW) SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH ASHER ESSEBAG 8:00 PM NIGHT BEIT MIDRASH SENDERS LIBRARY 8:30 PM NIGHT TIME DAF YOMI PETROVER BOARD ROOM WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 7:00 AM DAF YOMI BERDUGO BEIT MIDRASH RABBI BEN SUGERMAN 10 MINUTES OF MEANING SUMMER BREAK LIVING WITH EMUNAH SUMMER BREAK IN-DEPTH STUDY OF BOOK OF SAMUEL II SUMMER BREAK 3:00 PM AFTERNOON KOLLEL SENDERS LIBRARY 6:35 PM DAF YOMI (HEBREW) SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH ASHER ESSEBAG SOMETHING TO SAY OVER AT THE SHABBOS TABLE SUMMER BREAK 8:00 PM NETWORKING PROFESSIONAL INSPIRATION & WINE TASTING SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH 8:30 PM NIGHT TIME DAF YOMI PETROVER BOARD ROOM THURSDAY, JULY 26 7:00 AM DAF YOMI BERDUGO BEIT MIDRASH RABBI BEN SUGERMAN 6:35 PM DAF YOMI (HEBREW) SEPHARDIC BEIT MIDRASH ASHER ESSEBAG 8:00 PM NIGHT BEIT MIDRASH SENDERS LIBRARY 8:30 PM NIGHT TIME DAF YOMI PETROVER BOARD ROOM 8:40 PM AMUD SHAVUI SHIUR SENDERS LIBRARY DR. MORDY GOLDENBERG NIGGUNIM & CHASSIDUS SUMMER BREAK 9:25 PM AMUD SHAVUI IYUN CHABURA SENDERS LIBRARY MOSHE WINOGRAD MUSSAR SHMOOZE SUMMER BREAK Page 5
BRS AUXILIARIES, ETC. BIKUR CHOLIM Security camera in stairwell of hospital: It is best to avoid being videoed by such cameras on Shabbat, since the image is projected on the screen. In the hospital however, it is difficult to avoid this and one is permitted to walk past the cameras. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY ERUV The Boca Raton Community Eruv is in need of funds. Yearly membership remains at $100 per family. It is now possible to sponsor the Eruv for a particular Shabbat for $360. Donations can now also be made through our website www.bocaeruv.org or by contacting Chani Salamon at (561) 392-1026 for more information. Please help, as we ALL benefit from the Eruv. The Eruv is something we all rely on and often take for granted. If you have not yet contributed, please consider doing so in order to ensure that the Eruv can be checked and maintained. KITCHEN EXPANSION DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THEO HENRY As you may be aware, the BRS Sisterhood is working hard on raising funds to expand the Shul kitchen. The Sisterhood has decided that the new expanded kitchen will be dedicated and named, the Theo Henry Kitchen in memory of our beloved custodian. If you are interested in contributing to this cause, please visit www.brsonline.org/theo SECURITY COMMITTEE The BRS Security Team is looking for more volunteers. It is just 1.5-2 hours of your time every 3 weeks. If you are able to help, then please send us an e-mail with your name & phone number to brsvst@gmail.com. If you are unable to volunteer but would like to donate to help security needs, a "security donations" line has been added to the donation type drop down menu at brsonline.org under the donate tab. ATTENTION ALL HAPPY GOLDEN GIRLS Please be advised that the Golden Girls will be on break until after the High Holidays. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE There are many classes that take place during the week that are available to sponsor. Sponsorship will be acknowledged in the BRS Weekly and announced at the class. If you are interested in sponsoring any of the following classes in memory or in honor of a loved one, please contact the Shul office at office@ brsonline.org Day of Learning - $180 Rabbi s Class on Shabbat afternoon - $250 Rabbi Goldberg s Tuesday morning Parsha Class - $100 Daf Yomi for the Week - $100 Rabbi Goldberg s Emunah Class - $54 The BRS Weekly - $100 Week of Afternoon Kollel - $150 Wednesday Night Learning Program - $150 Avos UBanim - $150 BRS Email Announcements - $100 Hashkamah Minyan Kiddush $260 - Regular $360 - Deluxe $460 - Super Deluxe Page 6 Moshe Applebaum Moshe Zvi ben Rochel Leah Yosef Chaim ben Faiga Merv Jacobs Meir ben Sarah Stuart Silverman Yeshaya Moshe ben Nacha Sarah Marcus Witztum Mordechai ben Malka Chayim ben Rashi Chaim ben Rachel Zev ben Levi Ha'Levi Yisroel Moshe ben Yocheved Arieh Leib ben Baila Rochel Isaac Shaya ben Taliya Levana Rabbi Dr. Brian Galbut Baruch Tzvi ben Rivka Batya Arnold Hordish Yosef Avraham ben Chana Yoel ben Etel Tzivia Yosef ben Rochel Harvey Gordon Yechezkel ben Leah Dovid Yosef ben Eliezer Ha'Levy Michael Lupin Michoel Yonah ben Leah Menachem Mendel ben Baila Rochel Larry Perkins Yisrael Aharon ben Bayla Golda Alan Wolnerman Abraham Pinchus ben Yentle Helen Ijac Alta Haita bat Devorah LIFE CYCLE BIRTHDAYS Rebecca Cohen Miriam Marcus Sarah Hirth Audery Mendelson Edan Carmel Dr. Akiva Marcus WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY Benjy & Tamara Gluck and Family REFUAH SHLAYMAH For members of BRS Community. For all other Refuah Shlaymah needs, please call Linda at (561) 394-0394 Joan Noven Rochel Tova bat Malka Ariella Berman Ariella Sarah bat Elisheva Malka Chana Guta bat Rochel Noa Maya Carmel Noa Maya bat Devora Rachel Jacquie Padow Ya akova Chava Rus bat Beyla Or Ester bat Dina Rivka Wendy Wasserstrom Zehava bat Chaya Eden Malka bat Ravit Sara Leah bat Maya Elanit Jean Cohen Eta Chaya bat Rachel Yocheved bat Alta Sura Leah Ruth Malinowitz Rivka bat Freida Esther bat Doba Beverly Kellman Baila Rus bat Sara Marie Gosser Muna bat Salima Shulamit Olga Newman Liba Rivka bat Esther Malka Breindel Chanah bat Chaye Raizel Helen Cohan Chula bat Zissel Shula Amsalem Shulamit bat Bella YAHRZEITS Seth Entin in memory of his father Daniel Kaskel in memory of his grandmother Susan Siedler in memory of her father Jeffrey Silkin in memory of his mother Gary Krasna in memory of his grandmother Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Smolarcik in memory of his grandfather Avis Stein in memory of her father Dorothy Perkins in memory of her mother Dr. Avram Cooperman in memory of his mother Warren Shimoff in memory of his mother Enid Gil in memory of her father-in-law Floyd Bernstein in memory of his father Dr. Jeffrey Siegel in memory of his father Hayley Ostrofsky in memory of her grandmother Cara Beim in memory of her father Isaac Reich in memory of his mother Gary Krasna in memory of his mother Marvin Hirschhorn in memory of his father Joy Smith in memory of her son Toby Albert in memory of her father Colin Stein in memory of his mother Dorothy Perkins in memory of her aunt Stanley Smith in memory of his son Rabbi Jerome Epstein in memory of his mother Lois Schwartz in memory of her mother Georgina Rice in memory of her grandmother Kenneth Zimmerman in memory of his mother Chava Weisstuch in memory of her father Kenneth Bender in memory of his mother Marcus Witztum in memory of his father Patti Lieber in memory of her father Melissa Keehn in memory of her father Josh Herschberg in memory of his mother Ron Berman in memory of his grandmother Hyla Levine in memory of her father Rabbi Ronald Gross in memory of his mother Beverly Kellman in memory of her sister Sal Abady in memory of his uncle Dorinne Gerstin in memory of her grandmother Ann Arbeitman in memory of her father Andrea Tait in memory of her father Reena Makover in memory of her father Janet Berg in memory of her father Evelyn Sauer in memory of her father Samuel Rubin in memory of his mother Robert Entin 8 Av Alice Kaskel 8 Av Joseph Black 8 Av Jean Silkin 8 Av Esther Krasna 9 Av Gershon Smolarcik 9 Av Heinie Goldbaum 9 Av Rose Schneider 9 Av Lillian Cooperman 9 Av Lynn Shimoff 9 Av Shimon Gugel Reicher 9 Av Abraham Bernstein 10 Av Sidney Siegel 10 Av Anne Stein 11 Av Sidney Friedman 11 Av Perl bat Abraham Hakkohen 11 Av Elaine Krasna 11 Av Max Hirschhorn 11 Av Brian David Smith 11 Av Eugene Rutman 11 Av Anne Stein 11 Av Syd Paris Edelman 11 Av Brian David Smith 11 Av Ann Epstein Broudy 12 Av Evelyn Domroe 12 Av Sophia Shifra Ross 13 Av Myrle Zimmerman 13 Av Henry Kamioner 13 Av Florence Bender 13 Av Nathan Witztum 13 Av Harry Shein 13 Av Eli Gabel 13 Av Judith Herschberg 13 Av Sylvia Wallberg 14 Av Arthur Miller 14 Av Lylian Gross 14 Av Evelyn Goldstein 14 Av Abraham Abady 14 Av Dora Levin 14 Av Menachem Lipshitz 14 Av Charles Tait 15 Av Rabbi Tobias Rothenberg 15 Av Michael Marks 15 Av Morris Horn 15 Av Fanny Rubin 15 Av
ISRAEL UPDATE SOCIAL ACTION Last month, in a rare display of courage to speak the truth, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis stated, (UNRWA) has become part of the problem. It provides ammunition to continue the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict. As long as Palestinians live in refugee camps, they will want to return to their homeland. His statement is a hopeful sign that UNRWA s role in perpetuating the conflict is beginning to be understood beyond the U.S. and Israel. UNRWA was established to support 700,000 Arabs displaced during Israel s 1948-49 War of Independence. The agency now actively encourages more than 5 million Palestinian Arabs living in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria to claim a so-called right of return to Israel. Only Palestinian refugees have their own dedicated United Nations agency. The international community allocates international resources disproportionately to a refugee population that is neither the largest, most recent or most desperate, through an agency designed to prolong this population s refugee status indefinitely and unlawfully. The Trump administration has been vocal in its criticism of UNRWA s distortion of international law, and has taken concrete steps towards its reform. In January, the U.S. froze $65 million of a scheduled $125 million payment to UNRWA, saying the funds will be held for future consideration. The administration is currently questioning whether the U.S. taxpayer should continue to bankroll an organization that permits and encourages hatred towards a U.S. ally. ROBERT ALAN BOB LEVINSON Is an American private investigator and retired DEA and CIA agent. He was taken hostage on March 9, 2007 when visiting Iran s Kish Island and is currently the longest held hostage in American history. PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF IDF SOLDIERS Please have in mind children and grandchildren of members of our community currently serving in the IDF: Eliana Aiken, Matthew Albert, Avishai Augenbraun, Noam Bar Yakov, Shani Ben Zikry, Raz Ben-Zikry, David Borenstein, Maya Borzak, Rotem Bronfman, Jonathan Cohen, Yonatan Fastag, Aviad Halfon, Ariel Hirschhorn, Shoshanna Golish, Rafael Nissim ben Moshe Israel, Avi Kahn, Menachem Kaplan, Shabtai Kaplan, Asher Kaplan, Shuli Klein, Jacob Katz, Razi Katz, Mikki Kowal, Ami Lieder, Noam Lowenstern, Shuli Mayer, Daniel Miller, Eitan Yitzchak ben Etel Rochel, Elad Shachar, Sarina Solomon, Oliver Solomon, Chananya Strauss, Amir Tsarfati, Joshua Weiss, Noah Weiss, and Eitan PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (IDF) AVRAHAM BEN AGERNISH Avera (Avraham) Mengitsu is an Israeli civilian with a history of severe depression and mental illness. He crossed into Gaza in September 2014. Hamas has recently admitted that they are holding him captive but there is no additional information on his condition. If you have children or grandchildren currently serving in the IDF, please let us know their names so we can include them. Please have in mind our missingin-action Israeli Soldiers. Wolfson. DEAR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, IF YOUR CHILD OR GRANDCHILD IS NO LONGER IN THE IDF, PLEASE LET KERRY KNOW SO THEIR NAME CAN BE REMOVED. Page 7 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 2018 is a critical election year for future state funding of nonpublic schools. Your vote counts in Florida, and so do the votes of your family members. You can now request mail-in-ballots for your spouse, parents, grandparents, children, siblings, in-laws and in-law siblings. Requesting a mail-in-ballot significantly increases the likelihood of voting. Counties will begin mailing the ballots this Tuesday, meaning voting will start as early as next week. To request a mail-in-ballot visit https://teachadvocacy.org/ florida/vote-by-mail/.
The Sephardic Minyan of Boca Raton Synagogue המנין הספרדי של ק"ק בוקה רטון שבת SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY דברים-שבת חזון Devarim-Shabbat Hazon מנחם אב July 21 9 מנחם אב July 20 8 דברים-חזון 6:20am Ha-Netz Shaharit 5:54am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:30pm Minhah / Arvit 8:40am Hilkhot Shabbat 6:50pm Earliest Candle Lighting 9:00am Main Minyan 7:55pm Latest Candle Lighting 6:00pm Minhah 8:28pm Earliest Shema 8:52pm Havdalah 9:10pm Arvit / Eikhah 9:31pm Rabbenu Tam מנחם אב July 28 16 מנחם אב July 27 15 מנחם אב July 26 14 מנחם אב July 25 13 מנחם אב July 24 12 מנחם אב July 23 11 מנחם אב July 22 10 תענית ט' באב ואתחנן 6:21am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:22am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:22am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:23am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:23am Ha-Netz Shaharit 6:24am Ha-Netz Shaharit 5:58am Ha-Netz Shaharit 8:45am Second Minyan 7:50pm Minhah / Arvit 7:50pm Minhah / Arvit 7:50pm Minhah / Arvit 7:50pm Minhah / Arvit 6:30pm Minhah / Arvit 9:00am Main Minyan Explanatory Kinnot 8:27pm Earliest Shema 8:26pm Earliest Shema 8:26pm Earliest Shema 8:25pm Earliest Shema 6:47pm Earliest Candle Lighting 7:35pm Minhah 1:27pm Hatzot 7:52pm Latest Candle Lighting 8:48pm Arvit / Havdalah 7:00pm Mussar 8:25pm Earliest Shema 9:27pm Rabbenu Tam 7:25pm Hanahat Tefillin 7:30pm Minhah 8:10pm Arvit 8:27pm Fast Ends Weekly Halakhah There is a known halakhah that on some level, havdalah extends until Tuesday. Meaning, that if a person is unable to properly (or simply did not) recite havdalah on Motza ei Shabbat, then he or she has until and through Tuesday to do so. In doing so, such a person only recites the berakhah on the wine פרי הגפן) (בורא and on the havdalah itself בורא (spices) and בשמים since the berakhot of,(המבדיל בין קודש לחול) Shabbat. (on fire) are recited only on Motza ei מאורי האש An interesting question arises as to a person who is able but halakhically exempt or forbidden from reciting havdalah on Motza ei Shabbat. This occurs when somebody is an אונן meaning they are the first degree relative of somebody who recently passed away, but the burial has not yet taken place. Formal אבלות begins only at the conclusion of the funeral; from the time of the person s passing until.אנינות the burial, prior to that, these relatives are in a status of If a person passes away on Friday or Shabbat and will only be buried on Sunday or Monday, then on Motza ei Shabbat, the relatives of the deceased are considered.אוננים The halakhah is that an אונן is forbidden (not only exempt) from reciting any berakhot. When a person experiences such a personal loss, they are in no position to actively present themselves in front of Hashem in such a manner. While this restriction against berakhot is lifted on Shabbat, havdalah is recited on Motza ei Shabbat. As such, an אונן is exempt from havdalah on Motza ei Shabbat, but will be able to recite havdalah after the funeral. Is that the proper practice? Arukh Ha-Shulhan explains that it depends on how we view the notion of reciting havdalah until Tuesday. Does it mean that ideally, the proper time for havdalah is Motza ei Shabbat, however, if that opportunity was missed, it s possible to make up for that lost opportunity (תשלומין) through Tuesday? Or does it mean that the actual time for havdalah is the first three days of the week (through Tuesday) and that it s preferable to perform a mitzvah at the first possible opportunity? He writes that according to the first approach, if somebody is exempt from havdalah on Motza ei Shabbat, the obligation never devolved upon them and there is nothing to make up later. However, according to the second approach, since the time for havdalah extends through Tuesday, havdalah should be recited at the first opportunity. While normally, the first possible opportunity is Motza ei Shabbat, for this person, it occurs somewhat later. A similar issue arises this week, when Tish ah be-av is commemorated after Shabbat. Since the fast begins on Motza ei Shabbat, havdalah cannot be recited at that time. [Those who are not fasting in fact, must indeed recite havdalah before they eat.] The Shulhan Arukh rules that havdalah (only on wine) should be recited on Sunday night, after the fast - concluding that the actual time for havdalah extends through Tuesday and beginning with Motza ei Shabbat, we should recite it at the first available opportunity. Rabbi David Shabtai, MD Rabbi, Sephardic Minyan is on vacation from July 24-28 Page 8
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Have YOU met someone recently that would like to learn more about our Jewish community? Please have them contact US!! Simone (561) 929-4568 SimoneBroide@yahoo.com Josh (561) 702-3864 rjb@brsonline.org Welcome to the Boca Raton Synagogue CommUNITY Outreach Initiative BRS Women s Midrasha Summer Learning Program Girls Learning Groups and Ice Cream 4:15-5:00 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays July 3 - July 24 Learning groups for girls in grades 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, with the Summer Kollel Wives in the Sephardic BM Register online at brsonline.org/midrasha 3-Part Tuesday Night @Home Series July 10 - July 25 8:00-8:45 pm Mrs. Gita (Ginsparg) Goldstein July 10 at the home of Seth and Esther Entin, 7558 Stockton Terrace Mrs. Shoshana (Galbut) Barishanksy July 17 at the home of Dr. Brian and Adina Galbut, 7600 Andorra Place July 24 at the home of Dr. Zev and Dina Raden, 22225 Hollyhock Trail CANCELED 3-Part Monday Night @BRS Series July 2 - July 16 8:00-9:00 pm A Guided Tour of the 2nd Beit Hamikdash with Rebbetzin Malka Touger Sponsored by Yocheved Hande and Penny Pearlman For more information, contact Rabbi Simcha Shabtai at rss@brsonline.org or 347.439.7031 Page 10
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