949 Clark Ave West Thornhill ON L4J 8G6 www.thornhillshul.com PHONE 905-764-1891 FAX 905-764-1606 E-Mail: theshul@aish.edu RABBI Avram Rothman 905-764-1891 x 214 (C) 416-876-0691 arothman@aish.edu REBBETZIN Ruth E Rothman 647-989-5821 tcsrbtzn@aish.edu RABBI S ASSISTANT Hadassah Hoffer 905-764-1891 x 210 hhoffer@aish.com PRESIDENT Stuart Haber stuarthaber@rogers.com GABBAI: Jonathan Sherrington aishthornhillgabbai@gmail.com YOUTH DIRECTOR: David Toledano davidtoley@gmail.com SHABBAT HOSPITALITY Chani Rosenberg chanirosenberg@gmail.com Aish Thornhill Community Shul Bulletin: Nasso May 25/26, 2018 12 th Sivan 5778 Candle Lighting - Not Before: 7:13 pm Not After: 8:28 pm Shabbat Ends: 9:33 pm ~ The ongoing mission of the Aish Thornhill Community Shul is to create a family-friendly community where Jews of all backgrounds can experience meaningful Jewish Living and Heritage in an inspiring, educational and welcoming environment. FRIDAY EVENING Early - Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv Azari Weisbrod 7:00 pm D var Torah Rabbi Rothman Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv Sanctuary 8:30 pm SHABBAT MORNING IN THE MAIN SANCTUARY New Prayer Class: Connecting to the Eternal: Rabbi Avram Rothman 8:30 am Delving into our Shabbat Tefilot Shacharis Irving Ginzburg 9:00 am Torah Service: Nasso pg: 748 Ari Rothman 9:55 am Haftorah: pg 1181 Ralph Ginzburg Rabbi s Drasha Rabbi Avram Rothman 10:40 am Mussaf Noam Wolff 10:55 am Announcements / Adon Olam Stuart Haber 11:25 am SHABBAT MORNING THROUGHOUT THE SHUL Hashkama Minyan Library 7:30 am Kiddush & Class with Rabbi Yeres Jerusalem Hall 9:20 am Is there Upsherin for Trees? Library Minyan Rabbi Mark Zelunka 9:30 am NEW Youth Minyan Lower Level Social Hall 9:45 am South side This Week s D var Torah Kiddush Jerusalem Hall ~12:30 pm SHABBAT AFTERNOON /GINZBURG LEARNING CENTRE Ginzburg Learning Centre 7:05 pm Mincha Sanctuary 8:05 pm Shalosh Seuda Jerusalem Hall 8:35 pm Havdallah 9:33 pm MAZAL TOV Moshe & Dalya Rothman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Ari Honoured Grandparents and Great grandparents; Rabbi & Rebbetzin Avram & Ruth Rothman and Ralph & Shana Ginzburg Annette Birnbaum - Morris & Minnie Daniels ~ Raphi & Sonia Wisebrod on the birth of a baby girl ~ The Rabbi, Executive and Membership would like to say thank you and farewell to Shoshana Sherrington who will be leaving the Youth department. Shoshana has worked with the Youth of the Shul for many years and we wish her Hatzlacha
KIDDUSH SPONSORED BY Asher Chaim ha Levi z l (Arthur Rothman) in honour of his great grandson s Bar Mitzvah HASHKAMA KIDDUSH SPONSORED SHALOSH SEUDA SPONSORED BY David & Nora Ihilchik in memory of David s father Shelema Yehuda ben Dovid YOUTH KIDDUSH SPONSORED BY CLASSES DURING MUSSAF BEGIN ~ 10:30 AM ALL CLASSROOM ARE ON THE 2 ND FLOOR UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED GIRL S GROUP GR 4 + Davening, Parsha, Games and Kiddush Carmel Room Rebecca & Meira 10:00 am BACKSTAGE PASS Behind the Ethical Teachings of Judaism Conference Rm Ephraim Silver 10:30 am THE PARSHA PERSPECTIVE Understanding the Weekly Torah Portion, with Focus on Personal Development Zion Room Cancelled this week GINZBURG LEARNING CENTRE: POST MUSSAF CLASSES BEGIN ~ 11:30 AM 10:30 am PARSHA PARENTING Using the subtle Torah messages on How Cancelled this Week 11:30 am to Parent in 2017 INTRODUCTION Stepping into Tur/Shulchan Aruch, The Library Jonathan Sherrington 11:30 am TO HALACHA Laws of Shabbos Meals (Hebrew textbased) RABBI S CLASS What is the Meaning of Mazal Tov? Sanctuary Rabbi Rothman 11:30 am Class for Bar Mitzvah Boy and Family All Welcome MEDICAL ETHICS Cancelled this week 11:30 am GUY S THING WITH THE RABBI GUY S THING WITH THE RABBI Controversial Issues discussed Weekly Moriah Rabbis Mitch Mandel 11:30 am Room & Stuart Haber Humans of Bereshis Zion Room Rabbi S. Scherer 11:30 am THE TALMUD Advanced Text based Library Dr. Alex Pister 11:30 am MESSAGES OF TORAH Revelation of the Depths Conference Dr. Martin Levin 11:30 am Room ISN T TIME TO Acquiring Skills in the Study of Mishna Library Ian Liebenthal 11:30 am COMPREHEND MISHNA? THE CHABURA Class for teen boys Hebron Daniel Meisels 11:30 am Room RAMBAM REVIEW Ever wanted to understand the Rambam and his unique views on everything, here is your chance Library Lev Mirlas 11:30 am
Weekday Davening Times: Sun May 27 Fri June 1, 2018 Shacharit: Sunday Shacharit: Tuesday - Friday 8:00 am 6:45 am Mincha: Sunday - Thursday 8:40 pm Next Shabbos Beha aloscha Friday Mincha / Kaballat Shabbat / Maariv Sanctuary 7:00 pm & 8:40 pm Friday June 1 : Candle Lighting Shabbat June 2: Not Before Not After 7:18 pm 8:34 pm 9:39 pm Weekday Classes Sunday: Library 8:45 AM The Mitzvah of Kiddush HaShem CANCELLED This Week Live from Israel with Rabbi Yair Spitz From Zion to the Zion Room We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Spitz will return to ATCS to conduct a weekly class exploring the Midrashim in the Torah. The classes will be run live via teleconference and allow the audience to interact with Rabbi Spitz in real time. The class will run Sundays at 4:00 pm in the Zion room, and will last for approximately 1 hour. The cost is $50 for the series of 10 classes. Payment can be provided when arriving. For anyone who finds payment difficult, please simply email Rabbi Rothman discreetly at: theshul@aish.com. We welcome everyone s participation Tue -Thurs Library 6:00 AM Weekday Mornings Mishnayos Rabbi Mordechai Cohen 7:30 AM Rambam s Mishna Torah Rabbi S. Schwartz Wed: Conference Room 10:00 AM Women s Parsha class Rabbi Rothman Monday Zion Room @ 8:00 pm Conference Room @7:30 pm Tuesday Conference Room 7:00 PM *** New Wednesday Class Moriah Room 8:00 pm Weekday Evenings NEW Deriving Halacha, Developing Skills Halacha Exercise Methods of character development as the Foundation of Jewish Life Rabbi Rothman Rabbi M. Cohen Reb. Avraham Kleiman Rabbi Rothman
Sholosh Seudot Halacha Discussion Several years ago, thieves smashed through the display window of a store and stole money and valuable merchandise. When the police arrived, they found blood splattered across the jagged edges of the smashed window. Clearly, one of the thieves had been wounded while breaking in. The police suspected that it was the work of a crime gang that had committed many robberies in the recent past. Special steps were needed to put an end to their work. The police gave an order to all the hospitals in the area to take bloods samples from anyone who came to get treated for cuts. They could then compare the samples to the blood they found on the broken glass and identify the thieves. In one hospital, the director of the emergency room was a religious Jew who hesitated to carry out the police s instruction. Was he allowed to prick hundreds of innocent patients in order to take their blood samples? Why should they suffer for another person s crime? The doctor quickly sent the question to R Zilberstein shlita for his ruling. What was the final conclusion? Find out the answer during Shalosh Seudah with Rabbi Rothman Request from Rabbi Rothman While I was able to meet with many of you whom requested a private meeting about finding the Golden Path within us, with the passing of my father and some illnesses I went through, I was unable to meet with some of you whom requested to meet. At this time, I want to invite those whom contacted me and any others wishing a private meeting to kindly contact me, and we will meet in the immediate future. Please feel free to call me at 416-876-0691 or email at ravavi@rogers.com EMUNAH SHABBAT 2018 Date: June 2, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the BAYT Speaker: RINA DEUTSCH (Topic: Mirror Mirror on the Wall: A Different Perspective on Beauty) Online registration: emunahcanada.org/emunahshabbat
Profiles This week we continue with another edition of PROFILES. This week we spotlight the Bar Mitzvah boy Ari Rothman. TCS: Mazel Tov on your Bar Mitzvah. How are the preparations going? Ari: I mostly feel ready. TCS: After Shavout and all the ice cream and cheesecake, do you still fit into your bar mitzvah suit? Ari: I did not eat that much ice cream so I am good. TCS: Do you have any siblings? a 7-year-old brother Ezra. Ari: I have a 10-year-old sister Devora (pictured with Ari) and TCS: What are you known for in the family? Ari: The all knowing guy, and an occasional smart-alecky guy. TCS: Which school do you attend? Ari: I go to Eitz Chaim on Patricia. TCS: What is your favourite subject in school? Ari: I like Science and Geology. TCS: Why Geology as that is not a subject kids usually favour? Ari: Geology is fascinating because of the way the earth changes. Stuff, fusion, stuff, pressure, more stuff I don t understand (Editor s note: this kid is way too smart for us to follow). TCS: Do you have any hobbies? Ari: I like video games, anime and learning science. Survival adventure games especially. TCS: Do you have a favourite sport? Ari: My favourite sport is probably dodge- ball, then soccer then hockey. TCS: What is the proper choice when choosing vinegar types to put on your French Fries? Ari: None, that sounds gross. However, I really like burgers. TCS: Who makes the best burger? Ari: Howie T s. TCS: Better than your dad s? Ari: His are different. He makes them hard.
TCS: Are you more like your Mom or your Dad? Ari: I am very unique. If pushed to say, probably like my Dad. TCS: Do you feel extra special to have an accountant for a father? Ari: I love my Dad, but his being the son of an accountant is not the thrill you would think it would be. He does help me with math though. TCS: Does he share accounting bulletins as a treat when you are good? Ari: No. TCS: Which parent is tougher? Ari: My dad. TCS: Mom is a softie? Ari: Of course she is. TCS: What are your summer plans? Ari: Camp Segula and as an officially trained and certified babysitter for anyone who is looking for help. TCS: What do you want to be when you grow up? Ari: I would not mind being a scientist. A biochemist in particular. TCS: Something about you, that makes your Abba and Ima proud? Ari: Getting the top score on my exams. Dad: Ari has a good sense of humour, and is quick with the comebacks Mom: Ari has a gentle soul and is wonderful with children TCS: Any shout outs? Ari: Mom you are the best, doing so much for the Bar Mitzvah and putting up with my constant distractions, Dad for helping me through everything, Dani Meisels for being a great Bar Mitzvah teacher and finally the kids in 7T. TCS: So Stuart our president elect is busy this week in intense post-shavout boot camp. [Those calories don t go away on their own, and well let s say that Michelle s cheesecake is TDF (to die for)] While he is shvitzing away, we are making you president for the week. What changes will you make? Ari: For Shavous, having non-melted ice cream. In addition, designate an actual classroom for Dani Meisel s class.