December 2011 March 2012 Kislev - Adar 5772 No. 293 Lawrence Teitelman, Rabbi Meir Bilitzky, Founding Rabbi David Rouhani, President Young Israel of New Hyde Park 264-15 77th Avenue New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Office/Eruv update: (718) 343-0496 Alternate/Fax: (718) 343-6509 Website: www.yinhp.org Like us on Facebook
3 Week Of Dec. 18-24 Dec. 25-31 Jan. 1-7 Jan. 8-14 Jan. 15-21 Jan. 22-28 Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 Feb. 5-11 Feb. 12-18 Feb. 19-25 Feb. 26 - Mar. 3 Weekday Mornings MWThF 6:10, Tu 6:15 MTuW 6:05, Th: 6:10, F 6:15 M 6:10, TuWF 6:15, Th 6:05 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM MTh 6:10,W 6:05, TuF 6:15 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM M 6:10, TuW 6:15, ThF 6:05 AM MTh 6:10, TuWF 6:15 AM Weekday Evenings 4:15 PM Shabbat Miketz Chanuka Mevarkhim Lastest Friday Candle- Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shema (MA/ Mincha Lighting Morning Mincha Ends GRA) 4:15 PM 4:13 PM 8:45 AM 9:00/ 9:36 AM 4:05 PM 5:17 PM 4:15 PM Vayigash 4:20 PM 4:18 PM 8:45 AM 9:02/ 9:38 AM 4:10 PM 5:22 PM 4:25 PM (Th 4:15) Vaychi 4:25 PM 4:24 PM 8:45 AM 9:04 / 9:40 AM 4:15 PM 5:28 PM 4:30 PM Shemot 4:35 PM 4:31 PM 8:45 AM 9:05 / 9:41 AM 4:25 PM 5:35 PM 4:35 PM Vaera Mevarkhim 4:40 PM 4:39 PM 8:45 AM 9:04 / 9:40 AM 4:30 PM 5:44 PM 4:45 PM Bo 4:50 PM 4:48 PM 8:45 AM 9:02 / 9:38 AM 4:40 PM 5:52 PM 4:55 PM Beshalach (Shira) 5:00 PM 4:56 PM 8:45 AM 9:00 / 9:36 AM 4:50 PM 6:01 PM Notes Chanuka: Wed.-Sat. (first candle Tue. night) Chanuka continues Sun.-Wed. Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Mon.-Tue. Fast of 10 Tevet: Thu., begins 6:07 AM, ends 5:26 PM Rosh Chodesh Shevat: Wed. 5:00 PM Yitro 5:05 PM 5:05 PM 8:45 AM 8:56 / 9:32 AM 5:00 PM 6:10 PM Tu Bishvat: Wed. 5:10 PM Mishpatim Shekalim Mevarkhim 5:15 PM 5:13 PM 8:45 AM 8:51 / 9:27 AM 5:05 PM 6:18 PM 5:20 PM Teruma 5:25 PM 5:22 PM 8:45 AM 8:46 / 9:22 AM 5:15 PM 6:26 PM 5:30 PM Tetzaveh Zakhor 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:45 AM 8:40 / 9:16 AM 5:25 PM 6:34 PM Rosh Chodesh Adar: Thu.-Fri. Regular Classes: Daf Yomi (Mon.-Fri. 5:30 AM, Sat-Sun 7:30 AM) - Rabbi Teitelman Sefer Shmuel (Wed. 10:00 AM) - Rabbi Bilitzky Gemara Kidushin (Wed. 11:00 AM) - Rabbi Bilitzky Talmud Yerushalmi Berakhot (Sun. 8:50 AM) - Rabbi Teitelman Tanakh Shiur (Sat. 8:15 AM) - Rabbi Teitelman Shiur (Sat. 40 minutes before Mincha) - Rabbi Teitelman Ladies Shiur (Dates/times TBA) - Nehama Teitelman This schedule is subject to change. Please see our weekly bulletin "The Park Page" on our website or call the shul for the most current times of services and classes. 2
BOARD OF DIRECTORS and COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS President: David Rouhani COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS (CONTINUED) Membership: Anne Jasse 1st Vice President: 2nd Vice President: Treasurer: Selig Lenefsky Arthur Feldman Bill Isler North East Queens Jewish Community Council: Newsletter: Debbie Waxman Paige and Eric Finkelstein Trustees: Anne Jasse and Eta Mordkovich Publicity: Religious: Chuck Waxman Lawrence Barth Financial Secretary: Chairman of the Board: Yochanan Donath Lawrence Sobin Shalach Manot: Rashel Rouhani and Betsy Mandel Recording Secretary: Advertising: Bikur Cholim: Maurine Sobin Marc Horowitz Adrienne Wolf Shalosh Seudot: Shiva: Simchat Torah Luncheon: Dovid Gottesman Louella Glick Ellen Barth and Lisa Lerner Calendar: Lisa and Howard Lerner Special Gifts: Louella and Marty Glick Certificates: Ilene Horowitz Tree of Life: Louella Glick Education/Programming Anne Jasse Yom HaShoah Committee: Chuck Waxman Fundraising: High Holiday Seats: Insurance: Journal Dinner Kiddush: Maintenance: Mikveh: Marc Horowitz Chuck Waxman Lawrence Barth Rena Gombo and Myra Grunfeld Lisa and Howard Lerner Joe Bettelheim and Marty Glick Lawrence Barth KIDDUSH RATES If you are interested in sponsoring a Kiddush, here are some of the prices: Entenmanns (dairy) $100.00 G&I Bakery(pareve) $150.00 Tuna & Egg Salad $165.00 (separate from cake) Fruit Platters $75.00 (each) Cholent & Kugel $340.00 Sapienza Bakery(dairy)$165.00 Please note: A deposit is required at time of order. Sponsors are asked to pay in full prior to the Kiddush or Seuda Shelishit date. Payments can be dropped off in our shul office or given to the Lerners or Dovid Gottesman. ****Prices are subject to change**** 3
RABBI'S MESSAGE With the December solstice just around the corner, one wonders with ample anxiety just what type of weather might be in store for us this winter. In recent months, we experienced an earthquake; a hailstorm, which for a month kept our freezer packed with baseball-sized ice-spheres; a hurricane, that shut down the neighborhood along with the entire Metro New York region, but did not prevent the multiple semachot at our shul that weekend; an October snowfall, that downed power lines and had my brother s family moving out of their house and into ours; and a November with the warmest temperatures in recorded history. Forget Murphy: our own experience teaches that if there is something that can be expected, it is the unexpected. This is perhaps the common denominator to the complementary miracles of Chanuka. Chanuka too is about expecting the unexpected: the defeat of the mighty in the hands of weak, the masses in the hands of the few... the wicked in the hands of the righteous. The triumph of good over evil, of principle over the popular, while not something we can necessarily take for granted, is a source of inspiration. The Chanuka lights, which commemorate both the discovery and then the endurance of a lone canister of unadulterated oil, illuminate our spirits with the sense that even when it seems all is lost, there is hope. As we are about to celebrate the Chanukat Ha- Mishkan and Chanukat Ha-Mizbeach the dedication of the Tabernacle and the rededication of the Altar during the Biblical and Hasmonean periods respectively we also look forward to our own Chanukat Ha-Mikvah. Surely, fifty years ago, it was beyond anyone s wildest dreams that one day we would have our own mikvah, but even during the thirteen years since the project s formal inception many of us wondered whether this Herculean task would ever come to fruition. Miracles do happen with Divine intervention but often, as in this case, only when accompanied by human initiative and effort in New Hyde Park, ba-yamim ha-hem ba-zman ha-zeh, in our days like in times of antiquity. A happy and delightful Chanuka to you and your family. Lawrence Teitelman PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Dear Congregants, On behalf of the Executive Board, I would like to wish you a happy Chanukah and hope you are enjoying this festival of lights. This is the holiday on which we celebrate the triumph of the Maccabim over the Greeks. The Maccabim were small in number but with high spirits and Emunah in Hashem, they came through for Am Yisrael and restored glory and purity for klal Yisrael and the Beit Hamikdash. Throughout the ages, the Greeks, Romans, and countless others, prevented us from keeping Shabbat and Yom Tovim. They prevented us from performing the mitzvah of Brit Milah. They prevented us from using Mikvaot and performing the mitzvah of Taharat Mishpacha. They prevented us from learning and practicing our beloved Torah. Today at Young Israel of New Hyde Park, we participate in our weekly Torah classes and we attend our Minyanim every morning and evening. We enjoy our beautiful Shabbat and Yom Tov services, and almost every Shabbat we happily announce the birth of a Jewish boy or girl, the newest member of klal Yisrael. In addition, we have the privilege of enjoying many Jewish events. Finally, we are getting close to the completion of our amazing project, the Mikvah Yisrael of New Hyde Park. This project raises the level of purity and Kedushah for our Shul and our community. That is why I would like to call us the Maccabim of our generation. Dear congregants and friends, Thanks to your generosity and complete faith in this project, and with the help of our partners at the Mikvah USA Organization, I am proud to say that G-D willing, our community will have the merit of having one of the most beautiful and modern Mikvaot in the Northeast Queens area. May we go from strength to strength with our Torah, our Kedushah and our purity. David Rouhani President 4
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOOD CERTIFICATES Food certificates are a wonderful and simple way to help raise funds for the shul's capital improvements. Each member family has an annual obligation to purchase certificates in the following amounts: Single: $600 Family: $1,200 Single Senior: $500 Couple Senior: $1,000 Those who don't meet their obligation will be charged 5% of that amount. THE JASSES SAY, BE MY GUEST! We would love to have you come and pick up our wonderful succah. Yes! No charge! It is about 8 x 10...nice and spacious. All parts included. Please contact us at 516-437-2702. -The Jasses Gift cards are available for our area's three major supermarkets, Pathmark, Waldbaums, and Stop & Shop. We also have Mazurs, and A & A. Lastly there are Chessed Dollars that are accepted by many kosher establishments. YINHP 57th ANNIVERSARY JOURNAL DINNER Saturday Evening March 3, 2012 10 Adar, 5772 Colbeh Great Neck, NY Guests of Honor: Beth and Mark Krieger Young Adult Service Award: Allison Horowitz & Becca Schwartz They can be purchased from: Ilene Horowitz 718-470-9474, Paige Finkelstein 718-343-4821, Art Feldman 516-227-0707, Rena Gombo 718-343-3855, or the shul office. Everybody shops (and eats) so there really is little excuse but to participate in the program, not just to fulfill your obligation, but to make it a habit year round. Journal Ad Deadline: February 5, 2012 5
6 YINHP President David Rouhani, mikvah donor Rabbi Chaim Frank, and Mikvah USA Director of Special Projects Rabbi Baruch Cywiak at a recent Mikvah USA Melaveh Malkah in Brooklyn. Both Rabbi Frank and Rabbi Cywiak were among the guest speakers at our mikvah ground-breaking last year. (Photo credit: Dr. Rabin Nouranifar)
RABBI BILITZKY HONORED FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS IN THE YOUNG ISRAEL MOVEMENT Rabbi Teitelman, Financial Secretary Yochanan Donath, and President David Rouhani at the NCYI Dinner. (Photo Credit: Dr. Rabin Nouranifar) 7
MAX & YETTA ROSENBERG z l SIMCHAT TORAH KIDDUSH/LUNCHEON Once again this Simchat Torah, we had the opportunity to honor the special legacy of Max and Yetta Rosenberg z"l. Max Rosenberg served as Gabbai of YINHP for 25 years, and together with his wife Yetta, prepared a celebration for the congregation each Simchat Torah. In the years since their passing, our synagogue continues this tradition with a Kiddush/Luncheon dedicated to their memory, on the joyous occasion of Simchat Torah. Thank you our sponsors: Ellen and Larry Barth Arlene and Art Feldman Paige and Eric Finkelstein Rena and Jerry Gombo Myra and Jeff Grunfeld Ilene and Marc Horowitz Karen and Jeff Klein Lisa and Howie Lerner Rashel and David Rouhani Marcia and Dan Stevelman Nehama & Rabbi Lawrence Teitelman Debbie and Chuck Waxman Roz and Chuck Weissman Adrienne and Craig Wolf (list in formation) Special thanks to Lisa and Howie Lerner and Ellen Barth for coordinating the Kiddush. YINHP Clothing Pantry ( Gmach ) To donate new or gently-used clothes (or hangers) to benefit needy families in Queens and Nassau Counties, please contact Clothing Gemach Coordinator Mark Krieger at 917-703-4694. CONDOLENCES TO: We mourn the passing of Marsha Kissen, beloved sister of Seymour Rumelt and mother of Dr. Debra Kissen-Kahn. Lynda and Moshe Kadry (weekday minyan) on the passing of Lynda s mother Shirley Gross Koenigsberg a"h. YINHP alumni Bruriah and Dr. Tzvi Wilbur on the passing of Bruriah s father, Rabbi Binyamin Eisner z l. Rav Benny, as he was known to his thousands of students, was a beloved teacher of Torah and lectured at YINHP while visiting his children over Pesach. More about his legacy can be found on-line at www.ravbenny.org. Ethel and Seymour Rumelt on the passing of Ethel s brother Jack Schneider. Ruth and Larry Shifman on the passing of Ruth s brother Jack Radin. Wendy and Steven Mandelkorn on the passing of Wendy s mother. May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. TRI-COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE AT YINHP Breakfast Chef and Blood Drive Co-Chair Chuck Waxman, together with Rabbi Teitelman, Blood Drive Chairman Joe Varon, and State Assemblyman David Weprin at the Tri-Community Blood Drive held at YINHP. Special thank you to Joe and Chuck for their organizational effort, to Assemblyman Weprin for his support, to all who donated blood, and to Stop n Shop and Bagel Town of West Hempstead for contributing the food for the event. The Gmach is currently in need of sturdy hangers (not metal wire hangers), including any with clips for skirts. 8
MAZAL TOV TO: R. Lipa Schwartz (weekday minyan) on the Bris of his grandson. Ethel and Seymour Rumelt upon their granddaughter Anna Rumelt graduating with a Masters in Social Work from Yeshiva University s Wurzweiler School and passing her state certification exams, and upon their granddaughter Allison Rumelt starting her studies at seminary in Israel. Larry Shifman upon his 93rd birthday on November 5th. Stuart and Lisa Appel on the birth of a grandchild, daughter of Donnie and Sara Appel of Jerusalem. YINHP alumni Dr. Babak and Sharon Hakimisefat, now of Los Angeles, on the birth of a son. Shirley Jaret on the birth of a great-granddaughter Michal Leah, daughter of Shira and Chezky Varon. Mazal tov also to grandparents Dr. Alec and Mazal Jaret, and to great uncle Mitchell Jaret. Roy and Marilyn Barth on the birth of twin girls to their children Jennifer and Kevin Lipstein. Mazal tov also to great-grandparents Stanley and Vita Barth, and great uncle and aunt Larry and Ellen Barth, and the entire Barth family. Dr. Marc Berkson and Varda Weinstock on their engagement. Dr. Yael and Stuart Boyarsky on the birth of a baby girl Mia. Elana and Dr. Avraham Belizon on the birth of a baby girl Efrat Ziesel. Shari and Dr. Alan Minkoff on the engagement of their son Daniel (Yoel) to Sarah Rochel Hershberg. Rabbi Meir and Mrs. Chaviva Bilitzky on the marriage of their granddaughter Rivka Yehudis Bilitzky to Nota Aryeh Kornbluth, and to parents Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchok Bilitzky and Rabbi and Mrs. Kornbluth. Larry and Maurine Sobin on the birth of twin greatgrandchildren. Dr. Gerald and Chanie Zahtz on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Elisheva Zahtz. Roy and Marilyn Barth on the marriage of their son David to Dorya Jerusalem of Detroit. Mazal tov also to grandparents Stanley and Vita Barth, uncle and aunt Larry and Ellen Barth, and the entire Barth family. SISTERGRAMS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Pearl Smerling 12/19 Shelley Donath 02/01 Judy Fine 12/21 Arlene Feldman 02/02 Sharon Hakimisefat 12/22 Sylvia Seid 02/04 Stacy Ezor 12/26 Joan Soskil 02/15 Paige Finkelstein 01/05 Hadas Sommers 02/20 Helaine Bendrihem 01/07 Darene Indig 02/21 Sora Fruhman 01/11 Edith Sachs 02/27 Chanie Brandsdorfer 01/14 Rena Gombo 02/28 Susan Isler 01/17 Karen Klein 02/28 Myra Grunfeld 01/20 Ruth Shifman 03/01 Vita Barth 01/25 Sorah Stein 03/01 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO: Bella and Alex Hershenbaum 12/18 Karen and Jeff Klein 12/24 Annie and Ari Steiner 12/24 Gizela and Leon Wolk 12/24 Adele and Bob Shapiro 01/01 Naomi and Ari Wiesen 01/01 Sorah and Jeremy Stein 01/12 Stacy and Jonathan Ezor 01/19 Ruth and Harry Gruza 01/19 Debbie and Chuck Waxman 01/27 Linda and Chaim Israeli 02/03 Eta and Moshe Mordkovich 02/10 Sharon and Moshe Zucker 02/15 Rachel and Daniel Frogel 02/16 Beth and Mark Krieger 03/01 A THANK YOU NOTE: We would like to thank our friends from YINHP for their anniversary wishes. Time doesn't fade friendship. We are very fortunate to have the memories and those who remember. Thank you again, Bernice and Mishel 9
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