Young Israel of Stamford Newsletter
Yitro - January 25-26 Shevat 18-19
We welcome Rabbi David and Julie Fine this Shabbat. Please see below the
full schedule of the praba.
Take note that Services Shabbat morning start at 8:30am.
www.yistamford.org
Elie Fishman, President
Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Yitro
Candle Lighting for Shabbat - 4:43 PM
Mincha 4:45PM
Kabbalat Shabbat: Noam Bloom
Shabbat morning: Shacharit 8:30AM
Latest Shema 9:38AM
Torah Readers: Elie Fishman & Gil Orbach
Shabbat Drasha by Rabbi Fine: The Proposal Story
Shabbat groups 10:15am with our Youth Director Jeff Kilstein
Shabbat Afternoon
Shiur by Rabbi Fine 3:30PM: What is Holiness and is it Within Our Reach?
Mincha 4:30PM
Seudah Shlishit with Rabbi Fine: Learning How to Say Three Words that We
Find Very Hard to Say
Shabbat ends at 5:47PM
Mincha & Maariv on Sunday will be at 4:40PM
Minyan Times
Shacharit
Sunday 8:15
Monday-Friday 6:20 AM
Mincha Sunday 4:40 PM
Maariv through the work week is at 8:00PM
First Set of Praba Schedule
Rabbi David Fine to spend Shabbat at the Young Israel of Stamford on January
25-26, as part of our first praba weekend.
Please join us for Friday evening services to greet Rabbi Fine and hear a
brief Dvar Torah between Kabalat Shabbat and Maariv.
On Friday night at 8:45PM, our teens will have an oneg at the home of the
Indyks on 40 Boxwood. Rabbi Fine will speak to our teens at this time.
We will be starting Shacharit services early at 8:30AM on Shabbat morning.
Please make an extra effort to arrive to shul on time. The Rabbi's sermon will be delivered after mussaf.
We will have a Q+A session with Rabbi Fine immediately after services and
before Kiddush. The first portion of the Q+A will be devoted to questions
prepared by the Search Committee and asked by a moderator. The final portion
of the Q+A session will be open to individual questions from our members. We
will attempt to get to as many questions from members as our time will
allow. If you do not have an opportunity to ask your question in the public
session, you can always ask the rabbi your question at Kiddush or at another
time during the weekend.
Rabbi Fine will give a shiur at 3:30PM in the shul. Mincha will be at
4:30PM, followed by Shalosh Seudot, at which time Rabbi Fine will give a
short Dvar Torah.
Progressive Dinner
Make sure to reserve Motsei Shabbat February 2nd on your calendar for our
Annual Progressive Dinner.
For more information contact Elaine Finkelstein eroseassociates@aol.com or
Allison Greenbaum 595-0485.
Young Israel to Honor Fishmans - Community Award Recipient: Bob Abrams
The Young Israel of Stamford will be celebrating its Annual Dinner on March
23rd, at the Stamford Sheraton. The synagogue will honor Elie and Suzanne
Fishman for their years of devotion to the Young Israel, while Bob Abrams
will receive the Community Service Award. The evening will celebrate the
theme, "Who is wise? He who learns from every person."
For more information about the event, please contact either co-chairs:
Sharon Shavrick, Lenore Fogel or Michal Smart.
Kiddush
SHARE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND ALL SIGNIFICANT HAPPENINGS WITH OUR SHUL FAMILY - SPONSOR A KIDDUSH!
To reserve a date for future sponsorship, please contact Karen Feder:
kfed16@optonline.net or 203-329-2613
Kiddush sponsorship is $85 which includes papergoods, soda, juice, packaged
cakes, gefilte fish, herring, pretzels, potatoes chips and crackers.
Families wanting a more elaborate Kiddush can make arrangements directly
with Stamford Kosher (fruit platters, cakes, kugels available) or purchase
products with reliable Heckshers like OU or Kof K (for an extended list of
Heckshers or for kitchen Kashrut procedures please contact Meryl Meiteles
mmeiteles@aol.com or Arnie Weiss aweiss5@optonline.net).
Thank you!
Link to Stamford Kosher website
http://www.stamfordkosher.com/specialevents.htm
Family Beit Midrash
Family Beit Midrash will be running this week with all of the usual classes.
Gil Orbach will be giving the third (of three) classes on the topic: "A
Study in Rabbinic Contrasts: The Saint (Rabbi Akiva) and the Heretic (Elisha
Ben Avuyah)" At 6pm Sunday at the Young Israel.
The Young Israel of Stamford Family Beit Midrash Program Proudly Announces a
Return Engagement RABBI MENACHEM LEIBTAG
Yeshivat Gush Etzion
Aleinu l'Shabayach":
The First or Last Prayer of the Day?
A Prayer About Gratitude or Destiny?
DATE: Sunday, March 2, 2008
TIME: 7PM
(dinner and other learning begins at 6PM)
PLACE: Young Israel of Stamford
Please join us to hear this well-known scholar give a fascinating shiur on
the meaning behind one of our most famous prayers. No RSVP necessary.
Stories & smores night @ YI - this week with Jeff
Who: Children ages 6-11
What Day: Jan 26th
What Time: 6:40 pm
How Much: $3 per child
Saturday Evenings Father & Son Learning
Father and Son Learning Program every Motzei Shabbos at Yeshiva Bais
Binyomin - 6:30pm.
For more information, please contact
Rabbi Belsky at 203-325-4351x16
Sally Mayer's Scholar-in-Residence February 8-9 at Agudath Sholom
FRIDAY NITE FEB 8
Dinner at 6:15 in the main social hall
$15/adult, $10/children under 12, $50 max per family
If anyone would like to attend the dinner, contact Heather Adam at the CAS
office, hadam@agudathsholom.org or call 203-358-2200
Shiur after dinner: "Our Brother's Keeper: A Model of Jewish Unity"
SATURDAY MORNING FEB 9
After davening in the main sanctuary:
"Whose Temple? The Individual vs. The Collective"
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FEB 9
Seudat Shlishit at 5pm at the home of Rhoda and Avi Freedberg, 46 Chester
Street.
"Mikveh & Modernity: How a Timeless Tradition Remains Powerfully Relevant
Today"
Chevra Kadisha Dinner
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at Congregation Agudath Sholom
Honorees: Bernard L. Shapiro, President of the Chevra Kadisha, and his son,
Benjamin Shapiro
Community Service Award: Michelle Balazano of Leo P. Gallagher and Sons
Funeral Home
Guest Speaker: RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb is the Executive Vice President of the Orthodox
Union.
Donation - $36 person
Sponsorship available at $180 (entitles one to two reservations at the
dinner)
Please join us as the community honors the many volunteers who selflessly
perform the mitzvah of preparing the dead for burial according to Jewish
tradition.
For further information, please call Phyllis Shapiro at 327-6711.
Contributing
Yahrzeit and Eitz Chaim Plaques
Contact Stan Berger 322-8334 Yahrzeit Plaques - $250
Etz Chaim Leaves - $180
Etz Chaim Rocks - $360
Etz Chaim Flowers - $540
DONOR CARDS
Send your best wishes or condolences to your friends or family with our
cards illustrated with a drawing of the beautiful stained window of our
sanctuary - $18
Contact Sharon Feldstein at 327-1672 or sharonfeld@aol.com
To make payments using Paypal...
Remember Gilad, Ehud and Eldad
Pray for the Captured Israeli Soldiers
IMPORTANT SHUL SECURITY ISSUE
The doors to the shul need to be locked at all times - please remember that
if you have used your key to enter, you need to relock the door upon leaving
the building.
Young Israel Stamford
Email: bloomima@hotmail.com
Phone: (203) 348-3955
Web: http://www.yistamford.org/
Young Israel Stamford | 69 Oaklawn Avenue | Stamford | CT | 06905
