Mazel Tov to Gille Ann Rabbin and Jeffrey M. Birnbaum on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Skye, and to sister Corrinne; to Abby Russell on the naming of her daughter, Aria Isabella, and to grandparents Sandy and Andy Russell. SCHEDULE Saturday, November 22 Shabbat Mevorchim • Morning Services, 8:45 am • Sermon: Rabbi Arthur Schneier • Chief Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Park East Synagogue Choir Maestro Russell Ger • Congregational Kiddush in the Charles Brooks Ballroom sponsored by Gille Ann Rabbin and Jeffrey M. Birnbaum. • Chumash class: Rabbi Harold Einsidler, 3:45 pm • Mincha 4:15 pm, followed by Seudah Shlishit sponsored by Carla Rothman in memory of her parents Ida & Henry Nieporent. • Dvar Torah: Rabbi Harold Einsidler • Shabbat ends 5:18 pm SATURDAY MORNING CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS • • • Junior Congregation, 2nd floor, Devora Reichman, 10:30 am Children Services, 2 – 5, Charles Goldberg, Toby Einsidler & Staff, 11:00 am Shabbat Game Room with Donny, 1:00-3:00 pm. EVENTS Sunday, November 23 • Rosh Chodesh Kislev, Services, 8:45 am, 4:25 pm Monday, November 24 • Youth Enrichment Center Thanksgiving Program, 5:00 pm Monday, November 24 – Sunday, December 14 • Sisterhood Warm Jacket, Coats and New Toy Drive Tuesday, November 25 • Day School Thanksgiving Program, 6:00 pm Thursday, November 27 • Thanksgiving Day, Services, 9:00 am, 4:25 pm Friday, December 5 Dialogue Series with Rabbi Arthur Schneier Dr. Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, author and eminent authority on American foreign policy and international affairs, Services followed by dinner and lecture, Members $50, Non-Members $60, 6:00 pm Saturday, December 6 • Rabbi Arthur Schneier • Chief Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Park East Synagogue Choir, Maestro Russell Ger Monday, December 8 • Park East Day School Parents Association Chanukah Boutique, 9am – 7 pm • Sisterhood Book Club, “Last Train to Istanbul”, by Ayse Kulin, 10:30 am Wednesday, December 10 Film Society • “Shadow in Baghdad”, Menuhin, a freelance journalist for Arabic-language news outlets, crossing from Israel into Jordan in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to vote in Iraq’s 2010 presidential elections. $30 Light meal included. RSVP: parkeastsynagogue.org,7:00 pm Friday, December 12 Pre-Concert Shabbat • Dinner, featuring Chief Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky, Cantor Yaakov Motzen, Daniel Gildar, Services 6:00 pm, followed by dinner, Members $50, Non-Members $60 Saturday Evening, December 13, 8:00 pm Park East Synagogue 10th Annual Concert in support of Education in tribute to Chief Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot on his 10th Anniversary at Park East Synagogue Cantor Yaakov Motzen Park East Synagogue Choir, Maestro Yossi Schwartz Daniel Gildar, piano Chairman: Dr. Michael Reich Co-Chairman: Zoltan Lefkovits, Dr. Daniel Roses, Dr. Miklos Weinberger RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER PARK EAST DAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION 2014/2015 EARLY CHILDHOOD Taste of School – Kindergarten ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grades 1 – 5 MIDDLE SCHOOL Grades 6 – 8 Check out our website – www.parkeastdayschool.org LEON AND GINA FROMER YOUTH ENRICHMENT CENTER REGISTRATION 2014/2015 Kindergarten – Grade 6 Check out our new website – www.peyec.com Memorial Kaddish is dedicated in memory of Torah Scholars who were brutally killed in Har Nof, Al Kiddush Hashem - Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg z’l, Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky z’l, Rabbi Kalman Ze’ev Levine z’l, Rabbi Moshe Twersky z’l and First Sgt Zidan Nahad Seif z’l. We pray for those seriously injured, Eytan Ben Sara, Moshe Ben Atara, Aryeh Ben Bracha, Chaim Yechiel Ben Malka, Shmuel Yeruchem Ben Baila; Arleen Kleinman, beloved wife of Steven, mother of Brent, sister of Lori (Warren) Leshen. The following members of the congregation will be observing Yahrzeit this week. Mrs. Lucille Bernheim – father Mr. Nelson Schwartz – father Mrs. Elisabeth Schneier – mother Mrs. Maidy Jeger – husband Mr. Ronald Wurtzburger – mother Ms. Sheila Blank – father Mrs. Carla Rothman – mother Mrs. Hadassah Loeb – husband Mr. Allen Shnay – father Mr. Benjamin Sofer – father Ms. Sherrie Keller – uncle Mr. Stephen Loeb – mother Mr. Mayer Stiskin – brother Mr. Zoltan Lefkovits – brother Mr. Lawrence Rosner – father Mrs. Rose Lefkowitz – husband Mr. Jaime Kelstein – father-in-law Parshat Toldot “Eisav was forty years old and he took a wife…and they were a source of bitterness for Yitzchak and Rivkah.” (26:34, 35) Rivkah was righteous despite the fact that her youthful environment was replete with evil. Our Rabbis describe her exemplary virtue: When Yitzchak married Rivkah, the three blessings which had been present during Sarah’s lifetime returned: a lamp burned from one Shabbat eve to the next; her dough was blessed; a cloud signifying the Divine Presence hung over her tent. Yet, when addressing Yitzchak and Rivkah’s displeasure with Eisav’s pagan wives, the Torah mentions Yitzchak’s name first. This leads our Rabbis to comment that, indeed, Yitzchak was provoked first and Rivkah only later. Having grown up in an element that was suffused with idolatry, Rivkah was not as outraged as her husband, who had grown up in Avraham’s home. What are our Rabbis telling us with this statement? The difference between the two was their relative level of exposure. Once we are exposed to evil we lose our contempt for it ADULT EDUCATION Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt Daf Yomi, 25 Minutes before morning services Rabbi Harold Einsidler BOOK OF SAMUEL II, Tuesday, 12:30 pm TORAH TALKS, Fridays, 8:30 am CHUMASH CLASS, Shabbat, one hour before Mincha November 22, 2014 29 Cheshvan 5775 Shabbat Mevorchim Blessing of the New Month of Kislev PARSHAT TOLDOT Breishit 25: 19 – 28:9 Hertz Chumash, pp. 93-101 Artscroll, pp. 124-142 Haftorah Samuel 1 (20:18-42) p. 1207 Hertz Chumash, p. 948 Artscroll, p. 1207 DAILY SERVICES Sunday - 8:45 am Mornings - 7:45 am followed by breakfast Evenings – 4:25 p.m. Daf Yomi 25 Minutes before Morning Services