Shabbat Pareshat Vaera January 16, 2015 From the Desk of the Rav A LEAPING MESSAGE After ignoring the fact that the Nile supernaturally turned into blood, Moshe warned Pharaoh that “If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.” Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. Commentators wonder what the symbolic significance is of the plague of frogs. The annoying amphibians with their protruding eyes are widely known as exceptional jumpers. They actually can launch themselves over 20 times their own length! The Midrash, basing itself on the verse in Shir HaShirim, "The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills", notes that Jewish redemption comes forth with a leap. The name of the holiday of Pesach is actually derived from the Hebrew words "leap over." Thus, after the plague of blood nullified the deification of the Nile, the next message, by means of a plague, was to inform the Jews of the redemption by a creature that symbolizes the "leap." 25 Tevet 5775 Z’manei Tefillah Friday January 16, 2015 Candlelighting ........................................................... 4:49 p.m. Mincha ....................................................................... 4:50 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2015, Vaera Shacharit ........................................................... 7:30, 8:45 a.m. Latest Shema ............................................................ 10:07 a.m. Daf Yomi ..................................................................... 3:55 p.m. Mincha ....................................................................... 4:45 p.m. Motzei Shabbat .......................................................... 5:54 p.m. Sunday-Friday, January 18-23, 2015 Earliest Talis & Tefillin, Sunday-Friday .................6:48-6:44 a.m. Shacharit, Sunday,................................................... 7:00, 8:00 a.m. Shacharit, Monday, Thursday ............................ 6:45, 7:10 a.m. Shacharit, Tuesday, Friday, ................................. 7:00, 7:20 a.m. Shacharit, Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh ............. 6:35, 7:00 a.m. Mincha/Maariv, Sunday-Thursday .............................. 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 23, 2015 Candlelighting ............................................................ 4:58 p.m. Mincha ....................................................................... 5:00 p.m. B’nai Torah Shiurim Shabbat Shalom, Yirmiya Milevsky The Hashkama Minyan will have a shiur, given in English, following the Kiddush. Stanley Emerson will speak on the topic "The Origin of the Haftarah". Hakarat Hatov On Sunday, the 19th of Shevat – Feb. 8, 2015, Bnai Torah will honour Meyer Weinstock at a breakfast in the Sam Ferman Hall. We will present Meyer with a plaque and a scroll to thank him for his many generous contributions to Bnai Torah over the years. The cost of the breakfast is $10.00 per person, complimentary for Gold and Silver donors. Reservations are required. To reserve, please call or email the office by February 2. If you wish to have your name on the scroll, please contact the Shul office. There will be 3 options available: 1) Gold Greetings with comments - $360 2) Silver Greetings with comments - $180 3) Your name only without comments - $25 Weekday Daf Yomi, Nir Lifshitz Sunday @ 7:00 a.m., Beit Midrash Monday-Friday @ 6:00 a.m., Beit Midrash <<>> Pareshat HaShavua - Rav Milevsky Men & Women, Tuesdays @ 11:15 a.m., Beit Midrash <<>> Navi – Micha - Rabbi Gemara Men & Women, Tuesdays @ 8:00 p.m., Beit Midrash <<>> Minchas Chinuch, - Rabbi Hochman Men, Tuesdays @ 8:00 p.m., Library <<>> Chumash & Rashi - Yitzchak Deutsch Men, Tuesdays @ 8:00p.m., Beit Midrash <<>> Gemarah In depth - Rabbi Milevsky Analysis of the text and context of the treatises Yoma Men, Thursday @ 8:00 p.m., Library <<>> Congregation B’nai Torah 465 Patricia Avenue Toronto, Ontario M2R 2N1 tel/fax 416.226.3700 HaRav Yirmiya Milevsky, Mara D’Atra Paul Forman, President [email protected] www.bnaitorah.ca B’nai Torah Weekly Bulletin Pareshat Vaera We Thank Our Sponsors Synagogue Notes The Foyer Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by: Susan and Tommy Jutcovich in honour of their new grandson, Yisroel Zvi, son of Daniel and Yehudis Jutcovich of Lakewood, New Jersey, and in honour of all their children and grandchildren. Purim Mishloach Manot Fundraising Project. Mishloach Manot order forms have been sent out. Please note: Deadline for orders is Friday 30 January. Mrs. Faigie Libman to commemorate the 70th Yahrzeit of her father, Feivel ben Yechezkel, z”l, who perished in Dachau. Gladys and George Somogyi to commemorate the Yahrzeit of Gladys’s father, Chaim ben Moshe, z”l, and the Yahrzeit of George’s mother, Golda bat Yehoshua, z”l. Seudah Shlisheet this week is being sponsored by Susan and Zev Shainhouse: to commemorate the Yahrzeit of Susan’s father, Yaakov ben Tsvi Avigdor and Fayga Ettel, z”l. UPCOMING PROGRAMS JEWISH HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS: How the Netherlands produced Poskim Presented by former Bnai Torah member, Prof. Danny Frances Sunday Jan 25, after Shacharit – Breakfast will be served. Sponsored by Marty and Ruth Lockshin To commemorate the Yahrzeit of Marty's mother, Sylvia Lockshin, z”l <<>> AN ISRAELI EXPERIENCE Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 8:00 PM In the Sam Ferman Hall Experience the flavours of the country Great company - Good food $20 per person To reserve call Leila 416 226 3700 x21 <<>> REFUSING MEDICAL TREATMENT When Do Medical Recommendations Equal or Override Halacha? By: Rabbi Torczyner Wednesday Feb 4, 2015 at 8:00 Sponsors welcome <<>> MEYER WEINSTOCK BREAKFAST Sunday, February 8, 2015 $10.00/Complimentary for Gold and Silver donors To reserve, call or email the office by February 2. Ladies Tehillim There will be a Ladies Tehillim gathering on Sunday, January 18, at 10:00 a.m. There are many cholim in our Kehillah who can benefit from this act of chesed. Special notice to our Snowbirds wherever they are in the world. Make a list of the people in the shul to whom you wish to send Mishloach Manot and email the names to [email protected]. Mail your payment to the shul office. Cost $6 per name. Deadline for orders is 30th January. Please be sure to write Purim on the cheque and make it payable to Congregation Bnai Torah. Taxable Receipts. Bnai Torah receipts will be distributed starting January 21st. The first receipts will be sent by email followed shortly afterwards for those requesting regular mail. If you do not receive your receipt by the end of January, please contact the Shul office. Proxy Notice. Please find attached a Proxy Notice to be used for the General Membership Meeting in April to approve the proposed changes to the constitution. If you are unable to attend the meeting, the proxy notice will be used on your behalf. The meeting attendance requirements for changes to the constitution are onerous and only through the use of proxies will be able to meet those requirements. We ask you to sign the proxy and return to the Shul office as soon as possible. Decorum. Noise levels in the Shul have noticeably risen over the past few months. These noise levels are increasingly distracting to those wishing to daven. We will be introducing some changes to reverse this trend. In the interim, we ask that you be mindful of those Davening near to you. Stay tuned!! Jewish Music Database Some members showed interest in learning more about Eli Green's Jewish music database project. You can access his music database with the following link to his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/JewishMusicToronto. Book Discussion. The book chosen for the next Bnai Torah book discussion is Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman. It will be reviewed by Susan Shainhouse. The book discussion will take place when the weather improves. Details to follow. Halacha Corner The steam of any liquid has the status of that food. Thus, the steam of milk is considered milk. Accordingly, one should not hang ladles and spatulas where they may be affected by the steam of meat or dairy foods cooking on the stove. Kaylim Mikvah 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, other times by appointment with the Shammos, Joe Epstein. Kaylim Mikvah is not available Erev Shabbos or Yom Tov. Ladies’ Mikvah. Friday nights and Yom Tov nights, by appointment. Call Hanna Katz by Wednesday at 416.225.6483. Sisterhood Donations, Elaine Tanenzapf, [email protected] or call 416.665.2182; Tree of Life, Dedications, Memorial Plaques, Howard Kurlandski, [email protected] us at our Donations page at www.bnaitorah.ca Congregation B’nai Torah 465 Patricia Avenue Toronto, Ontario M2R 2N1 tel/fax 416.226.3700 HaRav Yirmiya Milevsky, Mara D’Atra Paul Forman, President [email protected] www.bnaitorah.ca Member Proxy Vote To: Congregation B’nai Torah, a corporation without Share Capital in the Province of Ontario located in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Canada. I, , (the ‘Nominor’) a member in good standing at Congregation B’nai Torah hereby appoint, George Weinberger Secretary of Congregation B’nai Torah, to attend and act at the Special General Membership meeting to be held on or before June 1, 2015 to the same extent and with the same power as if the Nominor were present at the same meeting or at such adjournment or adjournments of that meeting. The agenda on this Special General Membership meeting will be to approve proposed changes to the Constitution of Congregation B’nai Torah, such changes that were approved by the Executive and the Board of Governors and were distributed to and discussed with the membership at sundry Parlour meetings beginning in November 2014. I understand that I can withdraw this Member Proxy Vote by advising the Congregation in writing 5 days prior to the meeting or by attending the Special General Membership meeting in person. Signed by Date
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