This week’s issue of The Park Page is dedicated by
Lisa Lerner and family commemorating the Yahrzeit (24 Shevat) of her mother Diane Hecht - Dina bat Aharon u-Bluma a"h.
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The Weekly Bulletin of Young Israel of New Hyde Park
Parashat Yitro
February 6-13, 2015
17-24 Shevat 5775
Issue #429
Parasha Page Numbers
Parasha
Haftara
Artscroll 394, Soncino 288
Artscroll 1154, Soncino 302
Schedule of Services and Classes
Ketubot 4
Friday, February 6 / 17 Shevat
Shacharit
6:15 am
Candle-lighting before
5:00 pm
Mincha / Dvar Torah / Maariv
5:00 pm
Ketubot 5
Saturday, February 7 / 18 Shevat
Parasha Shiur
8:15 am
Shacharit
8:45 am
Latest time for Shema
MA 8:58, GRA 9:34 am
Sermon: “Making a Mountain out of a Molehill"
10:30 am
Shiur: "To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate?"
4:10 pm
Mincha, followed by Seuda Shelishit and Maariv
4:50 pm
Shabbat ends
6:05 pm
Ketubot 6
Sunday, February 8 / 19 Shevat
Shacharit
8:10 am
Gemara Shiur (Sota 17a)
8:50 am
Mincha / Mishna / Maariv
5:05 pm
Ketubot 7
Monday, February 9 / 20 Shevat
Shacharit
6:10 am
Mincha / Mishna / Maariv
5:05 pm
Ketubot 8
Tuesday, February 10 / 21 Shevat
Shacharit
6:15 am
Mincha / Mishna / Maariv
5:05 pm
Jewish History Series – Part 6 of 6 (C. Waxman)
7:30 pm
Ketubot 9
Wed., February 11 / 22 Shevat
Shacharit
6:15 am
Mincha / Mishna / Maariv
5:05 pm
Ketubot 10
Thursday, February 12 / 23 Shevat
Shacharit
6:10 am
Mincha / Mishna / Maariv
5:05 pm
Ketubot 11
Friday, February 13 / 24 Shevat
Shacharit
6:15 am
Candle-lighting, before
5:09 pm
Mincha / Dvar Torah / Maariv
5:10 pm
▪ Daf Yomi, currently studying Ketubot, meets Monday through Friday at
5:30 a.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.
▪ Women wishing to use the Mikvah should contact Nehama Teitelman at
518-222-3874 to schedule an appointment.
▪ The YINHP Schedule of Services and Classes for January thru May is
on-line at http://yinhp.org/docs/yinhp-schedule-2015-01-to-05.pdf.
Drash v'DaSh: A Shabbat Message and Greeting
“Daf Yomi: From Tree to Shining Tree”
(Street-sign in Bnei Brak, Israel)
With the increasing worldwide participation in and recognition of
Daf Yomi, the initiative first proposed by Rabbi Meir Shapiro in the
summer of 1923 for Jews worldwide to study the same folio of
Gemara every day and complete the entire Talmud over 7-1/2
years, the "daily daf" - much like the "portion of the week" - has
become a springboard for sermons and homilies, Derashot and
Divrei Torah, with lessons about current events, life-cycle
occasions, and more generally, our role in contemporary society.
With that in mind, we take note of an interesting intersection of the
current Daf Yomi schedule and the Hebrew calendar: Daf Yomi
began Tractate Ketubot this past Wednesday, which was also Tu
Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for the trees, according to the
normative position of Beit Hillel in the first mishna in Masekhet
Rosh Hashana. Daf Yomi will conclude Tractate Ketubot - 111
days and pages later - on Monday, May 25, the second day of
Shavuot, the Jewish Day of Judgment for fruits-of-the-tree, per the
second mishna in Masekhet Rosh Hashana.
While many observed Tu Bishvat by eating an assortment of fruits
- with or without a formal “Seder” - the outdoor weather during the
past week was not exactly suggestive of green trees, blossoming
flowers, and ripening fruits. According to the official reports from
Groundhog Day, which fell just two days before Halakha’s Arbor
Day, we are due for another six weeks of winter. As YINHP
alumnus Roy Barth mentioned to me in a conversation earlier this
week, “Tu Bishvat is all about the potential.” Projecting that
thought onto Shavuot, the “Rosh Hashana” for fruit-of-the-tree is
similarly “all about the potential”. Whereas on Simchat Torah, we
rejoice upon the completion of the Torah, on Shavuot we
celebrate Kabbalat Hatorah (the topic of our Parasha), not only
the receipt of the Torah, but undertaking to realize our potential to
study, to master, and to observe.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Lawrence Teitelman
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW HYDE PARK
National Council of
Young Israel
264-15 77th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 ∙ Tel: 718-343-0496 ∙ Fax: 718-343-6509 ∙ www.yinhp.org ∙ [email protected]
Announcements
The Inbox - [email protected]
Yasher koach to David Rouhani for his leining this Shabbat.
Kiddush this week is sponsored by Lisa Lerner and family,
commemorating the yahrzeit of her mother Diane Hecht - Dina bat
Aharon u-Bluma a"h.
Mazal tov to the Daf Yomi - at YINHP and worldwide - on the
completion of Masekhet Yevamot, following four months of study.
Those wishing to register to learn Mishnayot in memory of Mr. Martin
Glick - Mordechai ben Yisrael Moshe z"l, please contact Larry Barth.
Your selection should be completed by the Sheloshim, 11 Adar Monday, March 2.
Food Certificates for A&A Gourmet, Fairway, Pathmark, Stop & Shop,
and Waldbaum’s, and Chesed Dollars for many Jewish businesses,
can be purchased from Art Feldman 516-227-0707, Paige Finkelstein
718-343-4821, Rena Gombo 718-343-3855, and Ilene Horowitz 718470-9474. Proceeds finance capital improvement projects at the shul.
The Clothing Gemach is looking for volunteers to work Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm or Monday through
Thursday in the evenings. For more information, please contact Mark
Krieger at 917-703-4694 or visit www.BeautifulMemoriesGemach.org
Rina Schachter gave birth to her third son at LIJ on Shabbat Parashat
Shemot, and her husband Rabbi Shay Schachter, Assistant Rabbi at
“The White Shul” in Far Rockaway, davened at YINHP and gave the
Dvar Torah at our Seuda Shelishit that Shabbat.
"Love Thy Neighbor, Save Thy Neighbor" Campaign
Office Hours this week are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 10-2.
The Park Page Puzzle
“Sinai Says”
This week’s Puzzle: Find all Torah-portions in which "Sinai" is
mentioned.
Solution to last week’s Puzzle: Tamar/temarim (meaning date, as in
the fruit, or the tree on which it grows) can be found in Ex. 15:27, Lev.
23:40, Num. 33:9, and Deut. 34:3.
Yasher koach to Joe Bettelheim, Susan Isler, Karen Klein, Rita
Lenefsky, Kal Talansky, and the Teitelman children for their solutions.
Writing a Sefer Torah
in Memory of Rabbi Meir Bilitzky zt”l
We are seeking a kidney donation to save David, a resident of New
Hyde Park, with end-stage kidney failure. For more information, please
see the flyers at the shul or contact Rabbi Boruch Wolf, 516-360-0299.
Return of the Mega-Myriads $100,000 Raffle
Tickets for $100,000 raffle and other prizes
$100 - 1, $180 - 2, $250 - 3, $375 – 5. $500 - 7, $1000 - 15;
Proceeds to support our community development efforts
To purchase tickets, submit forms to office or Marc Horowitz
Participation forms available at the shul and on our website at
http://yinhp.org/docs/TorahInMemoryOfRabbiBilitzky.pdf
Upcoming Dates & Events
Nach Yomi
Study for February 6-13, per Rabbi Abramowitz’s Nach Yomi
Companion. For more info, visit www.ou.org/torah/nachyomi.
Psalms 50: Meet Asaf
Psalms 51: "Wracked" with a W.
Psalms 52: What Happened to Doeg?
Psalms 53: The Second Temple
Psalms 54: Let's Talk About Ziff
Psalms 55: All About Achitofel
Psalms 56: What Happens in Gath Stays in Gath
Tuesday, February 10 – Final Jewish History class (7:30 pm)
Sunday, February 22 - Tri-Community Blood Drive
Saturday, February 28 - Next Simcha Kiddush
Please send simcha details and sponsorships ($18) to the office.
You may also opt for the new all-inclusive payment of $200 that
lists you as a sponsor for all simcha kiddushes during 2015.
Wednesday, March 4 - Taanit Esther / Erev Purim
Thursday, March 5 - Purim & Communal Seuda
Wednesday, March 18 - Entries due for $100,000 Raffle